Monday being a Bank and Customs holiday, the opportunity was availed of to playa match between teams representing the S.C.C. and the Bankers and Brokers. It proved an uncommonly exciting contest, as, when their eighth wicket had fallen, the Bankers and Brokers needed 25 runs to win. Then they succeeded in pulling the match out of the fire, and eventually won by 22 runs, The Club batted first and made n good start, the first wicket not falling until 62 had been made, Lavers, Barton and Sheldon, it will' be seen, secured the chief honours as batsmen. For the Bankers and Brokers, Stab played well for 59, but it mus be admitted that he had' a certain amount of luck. The exciting time was after the fall of
join Bell, who was playing steadily and the eighth wicket, when Gilmore went in to well. The newcomer, also adopted the right tactics in his case, and hit out froely, the pair winning the match amidst a lot of cuthusiasin. No fewer than fourteen bowlers were tried in the match, Wright being the most successful with eight wickets to his credit at a cost of 53 runs.
Full score 8.0.
P. Lavers, c. Reith, b. Weeks B, Po Sheldon, b. Weeks.. Lieut. Barton, c. Gilmore, P. B, Pattisson, run-out A. J. L. Wright, b. Bate: HIS. King, b. Stabb W. Sharples, b. R. H. Moorehead, S. Reynell, not-out. P. L. Byrne, run-out H. F, Henningsen, Byes, 195 w.-b.
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