Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 29 July 1932
A Tame Finish
Batting Contrasts At Hickleton
The match at Hickleton, which gave every promise of a keen and interesting tussle, resulted in a somewhat tame draw.
Hutchinson and A. Middleton gave Bullcroft a glorious start. Hutchinson compiling 91 before he fell to the wiles of Hartley, with whom lie found most difficulty during his brilliant innings. Hutchinson reached 50 in 40 minutes and 91 in 100 minutes hitting one six and seventeen fours. Bullcroft’s batting was throughout of a breezy and forceful nature. their 226 being compiled in a little under two and a half hours, but in spite of this Hickleton seemed disinclined to force the pace.
Turner was again to the fore with a skilful 76 before he was dismissed l.b.w. through a rather doubtful decision, which provoked loud criticism from the crowd. After his dismissal Turner returned to the field and showed the umpire an injury on the hand where the ball had struck him. The later batsmen were all inclined to be too cautious, and run-getting became a very tedious process. Hutchinson (4 for 37), gave the most trouble, and bowled consistently well; W. Skew, who took 2 for 48, took his wickets at a rather high cost. R. Probert (4 for 45) and C. Probert (3 for 48), were on their old form again, but they,. too, found difficulty in upsetting the hard-hitting Bullcroft men.
The feature of the game was undoubtedly the breezy manner in which Bullcroft faced the Hickleton attack. Hickleton provided a strong contrast.
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Rain Foils Denaby’s “Double” Effort
Denaby’s effort to achieve a “double” at the expense of Bentley, whom they have already beaten once this season, was frustrated at Bentley on Monday owing to a number of stoppages for rain and bad light. The match was spoiled by these frequent interruptions and was eventually abandoned 30 minutes before time when Denaby were in a strong position, having six wickets in hand and requiring 39 runs to win.
Bentley batted first and the bowling of Wild and the work of Allen behind the stumps again proved outstanding factors in the effectiveness of the Denaby attack. Wild had 4 for 42 and Allen caught four of the Bentley batsmen. Dick Probert also bowled well taking 3 for 24, and Bentley were all out for 131. Denaby had scored for 94 for 4 wickets when the match was abandoned. Wainwright being top scorer with 30. Chambers also batted well.
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BENTLEY:
S Slater c Probert b Wild 2, W Meakin c Allen b Wild 0, R Chambers c Allen b Probert 46, C Middleton c Allen b Probert 13, Chambers c Wright b Jeffcote 39, A Longdon c and b Probert 0, W Hartley lbw h Wild 0, G Masterton run out 5, Bunting c Allen b Jeffcote 13, E Fletcher b Wild 8. W Scothern not out 0, extras 3; total 191.
DENABY:
B Wainwright b Bunting 30, I Greenwood c Maddison b Fletcher 15, E Robinson lbw b R. Chambers 7 J Wright c R Chambers b Bunting 23, H Foster not out 15, R Probert not out 4; total (for 4 wickets), 94.
Rawmarsh Revival
Sensational Defeat Of Wath
Wath suffered one of their heaviest defeats when they visited Rawmarsh on Saturday and collapsed sensationally against the bowling of Frank Steel and Roberts.
Batting first on a wicket which must have given the bowlers more assistance than was expected, Wath were dismissed for 59, and Rawmarsh passed this total for the loss of only two wickets. Rawmarsh were admittedly one of the weakest clubs in the Council at the beginning of the season owing to the departure of several of their best players, but have shown a great improvement during the past three weeks, when they have taken points from three of the strongest clubs in the table — Mitchell Main, South Kirkby and Wath. Frank Steel, the former Rawmarsh captain, was assisting the club for the first time this season and gave Rawmarsh a splendid start by dismissing Wath’s opening pair for less than 5 runs each. Wadsworth followed by taking Jewsbury off his own bowling. When a stand by Ellis and Cutts threatened! to place a different aspect on the score Roberts was introduced. This player had little success when he played for Rawmarsh as a professional last year and this season he has played for the club as an amateur.
Wath were unable to stand up against his medium bowling and he quickly dismissed the later batsmen. In taking five wickets for 6 runs he accomplished his best feat for Rawmarsh. Steel had four for 22 and Wadsworth 1 for 20.
Rawmarsh also commenced badly, Hargreaves dismissing Dawson and Greaves with only 11 runs on the board. Hukin opened badly and might have been out to the first ball he received, but he improved later. He featured in a third wicket partnership with T. Smelt, which passed the Wath total without further loss. For Wath, Hargreaves had two wickets for 22.
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