Denaby & Cadeby- Denaby 134  Doncaster Town 79 for 4 – Bad Light Stops Play

August 1927

Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Monday 29 August 1927

Bad Light Stops Play at Denaby.

Denaby and Cadeby 134  Doncaster Town 79 for 4

In response to Denaby’s poor score, Doncaster lost four wickets for 18 runs, but a stand by Brown and  Smithson prevailed until bad light stopped play  with 15 minutes to go.

Scores:

DENABY AND CADEBY.—E. Tibbles, c Needham,  b Bedford, 5 ; I. Greenwood lbw, b Smithson, 2; J.  Wright, c Bedford, b Wilson, 24; L. Palmer,  c Needham, b Wells, 41; B. B. Clarkson,  c Crowcroft, b  Bedford, 12 ; G. L. Robinson, b Smithson, 16: 3. A.  Robinson, b Smithson, 5, A. Robinson, c Brown,  b Powell, 9; R. Shoosmith, c Brown, b Powell, 2;  J. Breakwell, not out, 1; H, Lapidge, b Smithson, 0;  extras, 17: total, 154.

DONCASTER TOWN.—W. Bedford, b Greenwood, 0;  C. E. Townend, c Clarkson, b Greenwood, 3: R-  Crowcroft, c Clarkson, b Palmer, 2; O. Brown, not  out, 38; 3. W. Wells, b Palmer, 2; H. Smithson,  not out, 22 ; extras, 121 total (for four wickets),  79.