The Archive · 1940

One Shock After Another

Booker caused one shock after another when the Police took the crease, Fairbairn, Sadler and Richardson being out with the board not in motion, Abbott and Woodley then changed the complexion of the scenery and with the latter scoring no less than 22 off Kingswood's first Over, matters looked brighter, Woodley attacked all bowlers facing him and when finally bowled by Booker had scored a most entertaining fifty, which included three huge sixes and seven fours, Gash and Bader carried on the

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