Mexborough and Swinton Times September 30
County Cricketers at Denaby
An Easy Victory
Home Teams Disappointing Display
Macaulay´s (picture) Five Wickets
Denaby and Cadeby 73 Yorkshire 172
E Tibbles 28; G Macaulay 5-23
H Sutcliffe 47, E Oldroyd 50, T Birtles 37*; A Robinson 4-28, H Shoosmith 3-26
The Yorkshire County Cricket team were entertained by the Denaby and Cadeby Club on Friday, when a fairly large crowd witnessed a one-sided game in which Denaby, whose team had been strengthened to 14 men, gave a very disappointing display, and Yorkshire’s first two batsmen knocked off the required runs.
More was expected of Denaby than the total of 73, which was all they were able to compile, and, allowing for the destructive bowling of Macaulay, which crumpled up the latter half of the Denaby team, the total was but a poor one.
Of course, Denabyhad the great disadvantage of the conditions under which they played their innings. D.C. Harrison won the toss and put hismen inwhen the fog still hung heavily about, and the light was very bad. Yorkshire went in about three o’clock, and the sun came out and shone brilliantly, the County innings being completed in glorious weather.
The prospects for the day’s cricket were by no means bright at 11 o’clock. A heavy fog enveloped the district since early morning, making the light, very bad indeed, and half an hour before the match was due to begin, a fine drizzle commenced. Fortunately however, this did not last very long; when Harrison sent his men in the light had improved and the drizzle ceased.
Denaby had strengthened their team to 14, which included Tom Hargreaves, Wath Athletic, W.Widdowson, Mexborough’s groundsman this season, who has just terminated that appointment, and who is now back at Denaby, R.M.Carlin, the Mexborough century maker and Fred Pearce, the Swinton bowler.
The first incident of the Denaby innings was a boundary by Greenwood off Robinson. Macaulay at the other end, soon captured the Wath players wicket however, Hargreaves being clean bowled by the last ball of the over without having hit a run. The second wicket fell with the score at 16; the third, with only a score of runs on the scoreboard. Things were not looking at Old Trafford Denaby but the innings of Tibbles democracy stop the rot, and the partnership between here Worthington, who took remote place, was responsible for another 18 runs going on loss of the next wicket. The two Denaby men played good cricket.
With the score at 56, Macaulay made a brilliant catch at first slip off Leyland and Tibbles was out after playing good cricket, though giving several chances, and had compiled 28, which proved to be the highest individual scorer for the side.
Macaulay now had a good time with the ball and the dismissal of Shoosmith completed his third wicket in five successive balls of the same over. Arthur Robinson at Stoke is ground well during this time, and the last stage of the innings was reached when he was joined by Pearce four, shortly after the arrival of the Swinton man, Arthur was cleaned bowled by Macaulay and the side was all out for 73.
Macaulay, of course, had the bowling honours, and his achievement was a noteworthy one. He took five wickets for 23 runs and the rest of the Denaby wickets were shared by M Leyland (43) Robinson (two for 28) and he Leyland (one for 13)
Dolphin sent in Sutcliffe and Oldroyd to open the County´s innings. The score soon mounted up. Oldroyd made his 50, and came in for a good deal of applause, but a minute later he was stumped by a Narraway off Hargreaves. The first Yorks wicket went down for 75, Sutcliffe and Oldroyd having just topped the Denaby scored between them without loss. Yorkshire were eventually all out for 172.