Championship; "Boddy" Bowling Wins the Day 'OME brilliant bowling by Boddy, the Police veteran, enabled the lawmen to defeat the pace-setting Recs' Tyros ili the last league game of the current summer yesterday afternoon on the Recs' ground by the margin of three wickets. The encounter. which was a crucial test for the hosts and which proved disastrous tothem, resulted in the 1940 championship going to the S.C.C. Stragglers by a very narrow margin, for had the Tyros even drawn they would' have shared the title with the S.C.C. winners. The final result was a very definite surprise for few local cricketing enthusiasts had ceded the Police a chance of winning, but win "they did and in. some ways in handsome fashion. The Tyros won the toss and elected to bat first. They were retired for the poor Score of 82, This the Police passed for the loss of seven wickets but not before. several anxious moments had made themselves felt in agonizing fashion.
There was nothing wrong with the wicket which: played very true throughout the afternoon but the bowlers remained on top and rarely -did the batsmen get set. To Boddy however, the Police are indebted for their fine performance. He mwüng. and flighted the ball with "consummate skill and apart from Kermani—who finally fell a victim rot set in, Woodley was splendidly taken in the deep by Marcal off Kermani, while four runs later Symons made a nice catch in the slips off Kermani to dispose of Gash for sixteen. The same bowler clean bowled Baker at 77, and two runs later Kermani fooled Davies who was well stumped when attempting 4o the bowlers wiles—not one a big hit.
Tyro played him with confidence The game was now about even. He bowled unchanged -throughou* but Boddy showed his mettle and the innings and his final analysis of with Wilkinson went on to achieve six wickets for thirty runs was a a fine victory. Kermani secured four fine piece of work which might have wickets for 30 runs, his last four been still better had one or two overs accounting for all the victims very sharp chances behind the at a cost of but nine. Meston's three Sticks been held. wickets were secured for forty.
After a promising start the Police fell D "badly. lie Kermani in Rees' Tyros gran!
Knock. it Was touch and go whether i, D Madam b Boddy n mid-way through the Police Pitts, b. Boddy 14 20 But\to emphasize that this particular M- U. Mofideen, Poley the lawmen would get the run". G; Madar, b. Woodley 5 game. was his match. Boddy stayed r; Marcal, c. Woodley, b. at the crease for a Tong: time and] A. Symons, b. Abbott los 6 finally scored the winning run|H. Meston. c, Pitts, S. Boddy lady p When Wilkinson was his partner.
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