FIRST ELEVEN
Played 11 Won 0 Lost 7 Drawn 4
This has been a disappointing season; however, not all aspects of the cricket were bad, for the out-cricket was better than for some years.
One might expect a score in the twenties from the West Indies against Ireland, but it is not expected that such a low score will be made against Cotton CC, well as the Village Team might bowl. Neither does one expect a collapse from 48 for 2 to 58 all out when trying to exceed the Stafford GS score of 70. Low scores and collapses arc not unknown in cricket, but it is a bad batting side that makes low scores regularly and, in addition, looks as If it should do so. Excuses could be found in the had weather until June, and the slow wickets afterwards which stifled positive batting, but to find such excuses for 8 matches means that the excuse is for bad play. Only once did the XI make a hundred runs. There were, however, some innings of comparative merit: AI J Barry made fit hard-hit runs off the Oscott bowling; G Barry and Spray had a partnership of 40 against Tollerton: and Want played two neat innings: one against Stafford GS and the other against Oscott.
The out-cricket was very good. A dropped catch. whatever the difficulty, was the exception, whereas in many seasons it has been the commonplace. The opening bowling of Spray and M J Barry was of a high standard of accuracy, both of length and line; their bowling analyses prove that. Dunn bowled some useful spinners, and Jeffries could become a very accurate stock bowler. Two matches serve to show the standard of the outcricket: Mr P Danson's XI were bowled out for 83 in two and a half hours, and KES, Stafford made 70 in two and a quarter hours.
The Captain was A1 J Barry once again and the high standard of the \'1s out-cricket was due to his fine example.
Cricket 1st XI
RESULTS
School v King's School. Macclesfield. Played at Macclesfield, 28 May. Lost by 65 runs. Macclesfield 124 for 7 (Midgelow 59, M Barry 3 for 19) School 59 all out.
School v Oscott. Played at Oscott, 5 June. Lost by 7 wickets. School 51 all out. Oscott 52 for :1.
School v Newcastle 115. Played at Newcastle, 11 June. Lost by S wickets. School 48 all out. Newcastle 49 for 5.
School v Ratcliffe. Played at Cotton. 14 June. Lost by 27 runs. Ratcliffe 100 all out (Spray 7 for 29). School 73 all out. (Knowles 34 not out)
School v Wolverhampton CC. Played at Cotton, 15 June. Lost by 79 runs. Wolverhampton 122 for 8 dec. (AI Barry 4 for 26). School 43 all out. (Tonks 6 for 18)
School v St Hugh-s, Tollerton. Played at Cotton, 18 June. Drawn. Tollerton 68 all out (Spray 4 for 13, Dunn 3 for 12). School 63 for 6 (Spray 35 not out).
School v Mr Danson's M. Played at Cotton, 22 June. Drawn. Mr Danson's \T 83 all out (Spray 4 for 21, Jeffries 3 for 8). School 8 for no wicket. Rain stopped play.
School v KES, Stafford. Played at Stafford, 25 June.
Lost by 12 tuns. KES, Stafford 70 all out (M Barry 7 for 37, Spray 3 for 21). School 58 all out.
School v Cotton CC. Played at Cotton, 28 June. Lost by 27 runs. Cotton CC 55 all out. School 28 all out.
School v Oscott. Played at Cotton, 29 June. Drawn. School 117 for :1 dec. (M Barry 61 not out). Oscott 40 for 7 (Spray 4 for 11).
School v Greenflies. Played at Cotton, 6 July. Drawn. Greenflies 136 for G dec. (Spray 4 for 41). School 69 for 8.
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