Although the Police had a friendly game last Saturday little talent was discovered outside the ranks of their active cricketers, so that much still depends on the performance of such veterans as S. V, Gash and B. B. Boddy, Both are on form, and together with H. A. Sevenoaks should prove as dangerous as ever against the Army side, Sunday's fixture ' between the S.C.C, Stragglers and the Recreation Club Colts on the Cricket Club ground will be particularly interesting, inasmuch as A, V. T. Dean, R. Booth and A. C. Sinclair again face the bowling of Pat Madar and F. F, Kellner.
In the Wood Trophy match last Saturday these two spin merchants played havoc with the Club's defence, the chief reason for their success lying in the fact that the opposition continually made the mistake of playing too soon without getting up to and over the pitch of the ball, In their first game this season, against the Police, the Stragglers could not settle down on the artificial wicket, and at one time five of their batsmen were out for 17 runs, In that match Boddy and Sevenoaks bowled through the innings without relief, and finally shared honours with five apiece, But for a magnificent display of stubborn defence at a critical stage by skipper Sinclair the side would have been out for less than 67, As it was they had dismissed the Police for 97, and before they went in there seemed a good chance of pulling off the deci-T sion with 'a fair amount of ease, But Boddy produced an unusual turn of speed from the top end, and the rest was done by Sevenoaks with a contrast, of pace.
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