Mexborough and Swinton Times, May 9, 1925
Denaby and Cadeby 126 for 8 Tankersley 122
Denaby opened their home season on Saturday with a visit from Tankersley, and although the game was played in grey, bleak, comfortless weather, it was full of interest and Denaby’s victory, which home in the balance until an over our two short of the winning hit, was close cut.
The wicket was slow but fairly true, and the outfit was quite dead. Under the conditions scoring was fairly free and brace, the pitch had neither life nor foothold for the faster bowlers, and dollop was the order of the day.
The Tankersley innings came to an end for 122.
The Denaby fielding was excellent, and scarcely a chance was wasted. Wadsworth was fell to a pretty catch in the slips, and Worthington got a nasty wrap on the hand and toe in stopping a tremendous return from Barnes. Capt Higgins and Andy Holt, both newcomers to the Denaby team, bowled excellently, on an unresponsive wicket, and the former was the most effective of the Denaby bowlers, taking four wickets for 36. Worthington, bowling much lower than usual, took three for 49. Luther Robinson was it for 15 in a short spell, but he claimed a couple of valuable wickets. Greenwood had a spell but was in no sort of trim. He delivered one full toss which passed high over the astonished batsmen, Narraway had to leap like a panther to take it. It was a wide in an unusual dimension.
Denaby were quickly in trouble, for Tibbles was run out after making a single. The Denaby batsmen, Indy, showed poor judgement in estimating runs, and Wainwright twice nearly added wickets run away by vacillating partners. When writing Greenwood appeared well settled, when Greenwood walked into a straight one from Jones that to go, though he appeared to play the ball.
Then Worthington and Wainwright laid the foundation of victory, the latter scoring the more rapidly, but the youngster batted with excellent style and judgement. Read was brought on at the football for Barnes, and Dell treated with severity fought by both batsmen he soon had them both morally bowled and persisting, he got Worthington and later got when I was a venomous thing that brought the breadth of the wicket and took the leg stump, but by then Denaby were within sight of victory.
Worthington and Wainwright between them raise the score to 70, and a useful partnership between Wainwright and halt put Denaby on Velvet stop Luther Robinson had the joy of one big smack, and Billy Narraway had not even that pleasure, both fall into the crafty’s slows of Read.
When shoesmith joined Holt, six were wanted, and Shoosmith made a winning hit, a healthy sum to the score box, and losses wicket in the same over, a thoroughly sporting match going to Denaby’s credit with two wickets to spare.