After being held up by rain for a number of weeks the S.C.C. vot off ta a fine start vesterdav afternoon when D. W. Leach's KI thrashed A P Sinalpivte aida liv coven wickate, The losers, batting first were able to muster only 107 runs and never pnnesred at ease against an attack which nartainly never seemed full of guile, Leach's team passed their opponents' total for the lass of three wingate hut pontinned their knock and finally amassed 223, P. V. Simpson. Club demon fast bowler, struck his form early and secured three wickets at vestry cost.
Pote-Hunt, who, it is understood, is shortly leaving these shores for duty with H. M. Services banged out a useful 50 before voluntarily retiring. He hit a huge six off Lingard and reached the tapes on four other oe. casions, He was miceed twice, however Auving a good innings.
Sinclair's XI took first knock Marne and Sluis opposing the offering of Duckitt and Orr, Sluis was first to go, clean bowled by Orr after a fairly useful start Thereafter runs al wave seemed hard to get and wickets fell at, alarmingly remilar_ intervals, Simpson, Dean and Sinclair were phe only to collect fourteen runs between them, The tailenders did far better than the earlier bats but despite the fact that the ninth wicket partner-shin between Gravbrooke and Lingard added 37 very valuable and badly needed runs the side was out for 107 after 98 minutes batting, Seven. bowlers were used in the attack by Leach, with six of them being sucreees in their attempts to ensnare victims, With over three hours at their disposal to get the runs needed for victory there was not the slightest need for the eventual winners to hurry in their run-scoring efforts. Orr and Pote-Hunt began well though the former was lucky during his merry knock which produced eighteen runs, Scott joined Pote-Hunt and runs came at a good rate, Rowling changes appeared to have itfle effect unau the batsmen who. however, were not timing their strokes with mid-season effectiveness, Scott finally left at 77 after having compiled a very good 30, Pate did not stay long. Jenkins finding a hole in his defence when the batsman had scored eight and the total was 98, Pote-Hunt was playing, well at times and in one bright interlude clouted Lingard all over the place He retired with the board reading 115 and the game won. at which point interest in the encounter evaporated somewhat,
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