After the excellent performance of Ewo a week ago in comfortably accounting for the powerful Waterworks side in the inter-hong cricket series, it came as rather a surprise to see their bowling well and truly knocked all over the S.C.C. Small Ground yesterday evening by the poorly fancied A.P.C., who passed their opponents' total of 114, scored on Thursday evening, with five wickets in hand. The innings was continued, however, in o-der to give the Other batsmen a chance to show their wares, the side being finally retired for 138.
With Read, one of the opening bats, sent back for a "duck," spectators had visions of another collapse among the early batsmen—a feature that seems so prevalent in these delightful midweek encounters. But Elliott and Pullen dashed their opponents' hopes to record 30 and 28 respectively and with Habbard, Pipet and Woolhouse all reaching double figures with sound rather than- inspired innings, Ewo's total was comfortably passed and the A.P.C. ran out very good winners, The sixth wicket fell at 115 after the. winning run had been scored and with the remainder of the batsmen having a go at the offerings of mo fewer than eight bowlers, the tail failed to emulate the feats of the earlier players and the eleven was finally all out for the respectable total of 138.
Despite the fact that the A.P.C. were worthy winners there might have been a vastly different story to record had T.C.G. Pearson, who played havoc with the Waterworks' bats last week, been available. He is by far the best Ewo bowler and his absence in this encounter possibi ly, made all the difference between victory and defeat,
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