Dunkley, Cricket Club's Last Hope, Saves Side Heroically Against Rees' Colts: Scores' 27
ATSMEN were again dominated by the bowlers in the second week-end of league cricket, but on this occasion, it was a batsman's wicket, and how the batting succumbed so cheaply to the attack can oniy"be explained by the undoubted strength of the various bowlers.
The drying out of the grounds had made it a hard wicket on both grass pitches, and the matting wicket on the Police ground was similarly affected. 'The only excuse to offer batsmen was that the ball was coming off the 'The Cricket Club Nomads added to their first victory by a precarious win over the Rees' Colts—a win made possible only by a meritorious knock by G. S. Dunkley, eleventh man in the winning side, who was not only Rew top-scorer, but was the only man bold enough to. open his shoulders to the Dowling. The margin of victory was only 19 runs, and when it was con~ sidered that G. 8. Dunkley scored 27 runs, and that nine of the Nomads' wickets were down for but 50 runs, hhis performance was all the more notable, 'Shaforce confirmed their early sea~ son Indications of strength by" winning handsomely from the Wanderers. by five wickets, the Club side being dismissed for but the meagre total of 104 and the Services' team being the only team to disprove the theory that It was not a batsman's wicket, only two of their first. six batsmen falling fo reach double Agures." They have now a win and a draw to their credit and hold second lace in' the Teague to the Nomads Who have won their two matches, 'On the Police ground another low scoring match was seen, the Recs' Tyros having first knock and scoring 122, and the Police succumbing, main= ly to Torry Wilson's bowling, for 01 The margin of 31 runs was only made possible by. the "bright batting of K. M. Pate, R. F. Shroff and. W. Wilson.
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