Club cricket opened on Saturday with two interesting matches, in both of which promising form was shown: A team representing the §.C.0. entertained the Machine Gunners and won a well played game by 54 runs. The Police team failed badly on the Recreation Club ground, being dismissed for 28 runs, against 131 compiled by the home side.
Scores and analyses:
Machine Gun Ca, W. Hayward, b. Thomson J. Hawkings, c. C. Knight, b. Billings W. Leach, b.. Billings Foster, c. Tippin, b.
C. Baker, b. Allison Rawsthorne, b. Allison W. Duthoit, b. Billings W. Day, st. Leslie, b. Billings Goldman, b. Allison G. Barnes, c. Thomson, b. Billings Owen not out Extras Total
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