The first four batsmen in the winning team all served their side well J. Č. Jenkins getting the best score with 59 to his credit, He opened cautiously and scored mainly singles, but once he got his eye in he was able to open his shoulders to the bowling and reached the boundaries on several occasions. His association with E, P. Geere produced a fine score for a second wicket stand, the two knocking up 86 runs in just under ar hour. Thereafter bright hitting was the order and Jenkins was caught by King—a high shot—and Leckie got 21 before he was dismissed, class held one of their most important races of the season, Eileen being sailed in by John Berents to win the first leg on the Challenge Cup, while OJ Hermanns brought Orion in to second place followed by Col. F.R.W. Graham on Mignonet Here again the varying winds caused skippers no end of worry and tactics adopted by some were proven useless because the wind came away from the opposite quarter to which it had blown earlier in the day
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