CRICKET.
I x The match of the week took ! place between R.H.Q. and Signal pSectlon® The weather was perfect I for the big match'and the wicket j was in st-class order except 1 fa? a pool of water here and there on the cutfield after the heavy weather earlier in the week® R.H.Q won the toss and elected to bat® The bowling of the Sigs seemed to be too good for the opening batsman of R.H.Q. but once again the old tail wagged along well® Best scores being Big Smithy 13, The Canteen Keeper 12 and Q,«M. Smithy 11. Sigs then started off well but the tail didn’t stand up to the strain quite so well® Top scores being Royfeo 20, Williams 12, Douglas 13 and Parry 16. When the last man came in Gee caught and bowled him for a duck and according to the telegraph R.H.Q. had won by one run but on the re-count Scorer Tomlins found that both scores totalled the same as he had forgotten to count a noball by Gatley. So the gane ended in a tie , both aides scoring 80 runs,'
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Gun Flash, Issue XII, 20 March 1943, Page 4
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188CRICKET. Gun Flash, Issue XII, 20 March 1943, Page 4
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