Denaby’s Second Win.
Good Bowling in the Match with Thorncliffe.
Denaby 140 Thorncliffe 105
With the sun to bless them, cricketers came into their kingdom at last on Saturday. But the batsmen, lacking practice, still failed to give of their best, and at Denaby greatest honour went to the bowlers. Thorncliffe were beaten by 35 runs.
At the outset, when Denaby took first use of a wicket that appeared to be very good, victory for the home side looked very doubtful. Rooks and Barber bowled with such accuracy and skill, that Greenwood, Tibbles, Worthington, Narraway, Shoosmith and Foster were back in the pavilion with only 42 runs scored.
Up to the arrival of Luther Robinson not a batsman looked likely to stay. Foster helped him to stay the flowing tide of disaster for a little time, but then two more wickets were left to pull up the total out of insignificance into what proved to be something rather formidable under the circumstances. Jim Crossley and H. C. Harrison made good contributions, and these last three wickets raised the total from a paltry 44 to 140, of which G. L. Robinson made the highest individual score (45). E. Barber, the Thorncliffe slow man, had the splendid figures of six for 42. Rooks was not so successful, but he did a great bit of work in disposing of two such batsmen as Greenwood and Narraway for a mere nothing.
The comparatively moderate total of Denaby proved more than enough for Thorncliffe. They batted with extreme care and caution, but Shoosmith bowled splendidly, and was backed up by some pretty good stuff from Poole, the new man from Mansfield. Poe Hallas, the young Frickley batsman, and Cook, gave Thorncliffe a fairly good start, 31 being put on for the first wicket, but five were down for 47. Rooks gave the best display of the innings, batting with care, and choosing with judgment the ball to hit. The side were dismissed for 105, Shoosmith taking six wickets for 49, an Poole three for a like number.