Poor Fielding Mars Encounter; A.F. Gomez Scores Delightful 88; Club 2nd XI Badly Beaten Wood Series between the Cricket Club and the Recreation of play scores yesterday in the second match of the Club indicate that a struggle wil! ensue when play is resumed this morning on the Recs ground. The home side was all out for 131, but the Cricket Club could not do better than 94 for five wickets, leaving R. Booth and G. S. Dunkley to hold the fort today.
The visiting Recs 2nd XI won by three wickets on the Cricket Club ground, thanks to a forceful innings of 88 by A. F. Gomez, while in enemy territory the Durham Light Infantry overwhelmed the Police by 141 runs.
The Recs started off rather shakix losing Hart-Baker, Quincey and 4 EA board. However, thanks to a P. Madar with only 33 runs on stand between Pat Madar and M. J. Divecha the score gradually rose. Ringing the changes frequently D. W. Leach, skipper of the visiting side, took every advantage of the wie and was rewarded by consistent dismissals.
Outstanding among the attacking bowlers was R. Booth, who kept an excellent length throughout, and was responsible for Madar returning to the Pavilion when that man seemed set for many more. Stokes was also in fine form, though at times a trifle erratic, while Dunkley behind the sticks played his usual sound game, only giving away four byes. Leach accepted three chances, the one to dismiss F. R. Kermani being brilliant, but on the whole the Club's fielding was poor.
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