Batting

                    Mts       Inns    NO    Runs      HS      Av’ge        100    0     Cts     Sts

R. Stevens   8        8        1         137       34      17.12             –       –        5

H. Tozer        7        7        1            93                15.50            –       –      1

L. Ritchie       8        8        0         104       54      13.00             –       1        2

D. Walden      8        8        0        102       51      12.75             –       1      14      1

A. Stevens     7        7         1          72       27*   12.00            –       –        1

W. Baisden    7        7         0          77       39      11.00            –       –        2

R. Webb        4        4         0          34                  8.50           –      –         1

G. Wall          5        5         0           40                   8.00           –      –         2

E. Smith        6        6 1           36                   7.20                  –         1

L. Pearce       8        8        0            52                   6.50       –      –         5

Also batted:     L. Walden   7, 3, 5      W. Ash   8, 17 (1 ct)      R. Hunt     0, 0*     C. Page   0, 0     W. Stevens     5, 2*     K. Chipperfield   2      R. Chipperfield   1     J. Dixon   0     A. Dunkin   4     M. Fitzgerald   0     K. Johnson   0     R. Johnson   6      M. Schaefer   4     L. Scoley   0     G. Williams    7     M. Williams   0

Bowling

                    Overs Mdns  Runs  Wkts  Av’ge 5wi

L. Ritchie         72       16       180     29       6.20     1

H.Tozer           60       15       115     15       7.66     –

L. Pearce         32        7        71       9       7.88

G. Wall            28        6        89      11       8.09

Also bowled: R. Hunt   15 -2 -62 -4     W. Ash   10-2- 27 -3     R. Stevens   12 – 3- 31 -3

These statistics were proffered by Bill Ash in a document summarising the averages prepared for the inaugural Club meeting. Keith Newton and I decided not to include these in the club and player statistics because of missing detail.

There was no playing record for matches played, won or lost. A general consensus was that eight matches were played, Stevens, Ritchie, Walden and Pearce being ever-present but only four matches were in what was to become the 1939 scorebook. All the players who played are listed because they would have been potential members. However only the leading bowlers were shown and then only wickets and runs aggregates. Harold Tozer was able to add his overs and maidens because he kept a record of his own performance. He was also able to recall to us that Ray Chipperfield, John Dixon, Mel Fitzgerald, Len Scoley and (Man)fred Schaefer all bowled at some time. None of these were in the scorebook we had.

Doug Walden was the leading fielder (as wicket keeper) and Ron Stevens and Les Pearce are shown as the leading outfielders. In hindsight more information could have been gathered from the scorecards available. The highest scores shown were deduced in so far as they were in the scorebook and the batsmen didn’t have enough other runs to have bettered them.

Ron Stevens remembered that in the match against the Men of the Church they turned up with only ten players so sent for Gordon Williams who turned up with his brother -who was also allowed to play so they had twelve. He thinks they were again allowed to field twelve in the return match. In all probability both of these matches were scored in the Men of the Church scorebook.

                                                                                  Clyde Cartwright