Thanks to the really fine all-round display of the Chefoo team, this actually happened, for the officers from the Hawkins were all out for 58, It was a capital performance for the local team. When it is remembered that, apart from two schoolboys, the Chefoo team had not played a single match this season, and, marco' none of them had even had so much as half an hour's practice with the bat and ball, to have been able to dismiss the officers' team for 58 was something of which to feel justly proud and there was much clapping as the fielders entered the porch.
In the second innings, Chefoo batted for an hour and then declared, giving their opponents a sporting chance of pulling off the ame. There was, however, but half an hour left for play and in that time the Hawkins had scored 44 for the loss of six wickets. Chefoo's second innings realized 63 runs for the loss of five wickets. Altogether it was one of the most interesting, as well as one of the most successful, cricket matches played in Chefoo. If the focal eleven could only have practice, there can be no question but that, in the event of another visit from the Hawkins, they would have to meet the ship's eleven, rather than the officers.
In the bowling analysis for Chefoo, in the first innings Newmarch took five wickets for 19 runs and Lea three for 15. In the second innings, Graham took four wickets for 13 and Lea two for 15. The Rev. H. A. H. Lea captained the local eleven with marked ability and success.
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