Fosterian Magazine – Summer 1937 - Old Fosterians and Lord ...

l6 16successful, and the game was left in an interesting state, withthe advantage rather in our visitors' hands.JJuJy uly 21. Yeovil School. Won, 104-71.We made a poor start, but after 3 wickets were down for27,Wood (36) and Pollard (21) carried the score to 70, andlater May (12) showed confidence and promise until he ranhimself out. Yeovil School offered stout resistance to ourattack for some time, but when half the side were out for 60,the remaining wickets fell cheaply.Bragg, who bowledthroughout, took 4 for tor 28, and Wood, 6 for 29.July 24. Junior Old Fosterians. ~osterians .. Won, 147-53.1 47-~3 . .Less than an hour's s play sufficed suffIced for the dismissal dIsmIssal of theOld Boys for a moderate total; the successful bowlers wereBragg (6 for 23), , Gibling (2 for 0) and Gay (2 for 20). . Our O~rbatting was decidedly more light-hearted than ,:sual: usual: a win wmwas gained with only 2 wickets down, and our fmal final total left Ieftus nearly 100 runs ahead. It was an innings of fairly levelscores: Card and Abbott, 28, May 24, Gay 16, Bragg 12,Wood and Back, 9.Those who played for the rst Ist Xf XI were: Wood (capt.),Back (vice-capt.), Bragg, Card, J Johns, Sherry, Pollard,Abbott, May, Gay, Gibling i, Ballam. Colours were awardedto Bragg, Card, Johns, Sherry, l\bbott, Abbott, Pollard, only th.e theCaptain having won his colours prevIOusly previously. . Scorer: Treasure 1; i;at the telegraph, Hicks and Baker i.Batting Batti.ng At:erages. Averages.Inns. Not Out. . Total. Highest. Aver.Wood 12 0 400 71 33.33Card 13 1 I 198 34 16.50May 9 I 2 104 24 14.86Jolins ohns 13 1 I 128 39 10.75Bragg 12 0 O 123 23 10.25Abbott Abbblt 10 t0 0 93 29 9.30Pollard 12 3 74 21 '8.22Sherry played 5 mns. inns. for 116 runs, highest score 81, ,average 29.00.Bowling. Bowli.ng.avers. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver.Wood 93.4 15 324 36 9.00Bragg 103.5 16 297 33 9.00Gibling i 38 8 111 lll 10 11.10 il.10Catches.Wood 8, Pollard 6, Johns 1 I and 9 I stumped.Wood won the average bat (kindly presented by Mrs.C. T. Phillips) and Bragg the fielding prize, and both sharedthe bowling prize.Under-I4 (Jniler-r4 Matches.We had a good all-round junior team, several of whomshould do very well in senior matches later. But their seasonshould do very well in senior matches later. But their seasonIil. )It7 17was must uneven: after two handsome victories at home, theyfailed in the return matches to show anything like their trueform, and in the final game tasted the bitterness of heavydefeat.It was strange that the batting, which in the first half ofthe season was very satisfactory almost throughout, shouldprove the weakest department in the end: five and six bats-bats·men made good scores in the opening matches, yet only twoat a time showed sureness and confidence later.Dike,Kingsbury, Mintern, Gibling ii and Ridout were the chiefrun-getters, and Fox i as a defensive batsman, and Collis as ahitter were also successful. That we had five good bowlerscapable of taking a succession of wickets was probably adisadvantage, for insufficient use was sometimes made ofPoole (6 for tor 32), Trott ii (4 for 33) and Collis (3 for 15).Most of the bowling was done by Ridout, who had theexcellent figures of 12 for tor 43, and Dike (14 for 106). r. Thegeneral level of the fielding was decidedly better than lastyear, and Dike and Gibling ii set a very high standard inkeenness and anticipation.Team:-Dike (capt.), Mintern(vice-capt.), Kingsbury, Gibling ii, Ridout, Poole, Trott ii,CoHis, Collis, Fox i, Tolley, Mitchell ii or Hann i. Reserve: Cooper.June 19. Crewkerne School junior XI. Won, 110-47. I 10-47.Dike (32) and Mintern (10) gave us an excellent start,and batting throughout was sound and solid, 110 being madein under an hour and half, including 18 boundaries.Thechief contributors after the opening pair were Ridout (20),Kingsbury (12), Collis (9), Fox i (8). . Crewkerne Schoolwere unable to offer their usual strong opposition; Trott ii(2 for 9) and Dike (3 for 21) 2l) quickly met with success, andthe change bowlers returned even better analyses-Ridout, 1for 3, and Poole, 3 for 11 ll. .June 23. Gillingham G.S. Under-14. Under-l4. Won, 115-37. l15-37.Our visitors scored very slowly against fairly accurate accuiatebowling, and though the last 7 wickets fell for 16, the inningsof 37 occupied over an hour, 28 overs being sent down. Diketook 4 for 18, Collis 3 for 3, Ridout 2 for 5, and Trott ii 1 I for6, 0, in 8overs. 8 Before tea we made a very shaky start, losing 2wickets for 4 in 5 overs against bowling that proved decidedlydifficult. Mintern (15)( , however, rose to the occasionsplendidly spiendidly and, with Kingsbury (36), carried us safely overthe danger period. The latter's good innings was marred bybad judgment in running, which rvhich sacrificed two good wickets.Runs came easily later: Gibling ii (21) played attractively, ,and Ridout (12) and CoHis Collis (8 not out) indulged in some welljudgedhitting.July 8. Gillingham G.S. . Under-14. Under-I4. Away. Drawn, 72 ((9)-80.9 ) .-8~ .well-An unexpected result after the prevIOUS previous match: playIng playing m inthe evening seemed to have a. a- disturbing effect on our team.The home team built up a good score, but strangely little use