Denaby & Cadeby – Mexborough 106 Denaby 107 for 6 – Time To Spare (picture)

July 1936

Mexborough and Swinton Times July 24, 1936

Mexborough- Minus
Depletion Finds Another Defeat
Denaby Have Time To Spare

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Slow but steady scoring and the personal successes of Burkinshaw and Broadhead were the features of the match between a considerably depleted Mexborough team and Denaby at Hampden Road.

A shower of rain just before tea, unfortunately, ruined the “gate.”

Batting first the home team, or rather the remnanants the home team (for no less than seven of the usual team were away on holiday), took an hour and a half to reach 106.

Ralph Burkinshaw and Les Machin opened the former, batting confidently and cleanly all round the wicket. Loose limbed Peg bowled beautiful length balls for his first seven or eight overs until Burkinshaw had his measure and knocked four successive fours. When Machin had been dismissed rather early, L Burkinshaw came in and the two brothers partnered prettily for half an hour, when defending Broadhead looked dangerous in smashing them unmercifully whenever a loose ball came down.

When the partnership was broken, Charlie Machin quickened interest in the game considerably. Although only in for 15 minutes, he knocked up a glorious 25 before he was neatly caught by Hough off Broadhead the rest of the team made only 17 between them. Brown, for some unaccountable reason, came in 10th when there was only five minutes or so left. Had he followed Machin, Mexborough’s total of 106 would probably have been 150. Broadhead bowled well and took four wickets for 29 runs Humphreys had two for 29.

Fast scoring

Denaby gone faster and passed the Mexborough total with 10 minutes to spare. The home team even bowled half a dozen extra overs in the 100 minutes. Broadhead, the opening batsmen, was the mainstay of the visitors. His excellent 64 contain a six and five fours. The chief excitement in the early part of the game was when Coulson took the wickets of Wright and Humphrey, both in the same over. Holland, the slow left-arm bowler, was put on when there were only 20 runs to get and 35 minutes left. He caught and bowled Broadhead, caused Criddle to sky an easy catch and bowled Hough. When Coulson bowled Ted Wathey a few minutes late, hope sprung up in Mexborough bosoms, for there was a slight chance that they would skittle out the tail end of the visiting team. But Allen settled down to score in single; Laughton started to sneak runs too, after he had been missed behind the wicket. Another single and Denaby had won a not very inspiring match by four wickets. G Carlson’s average was three for 26 and to be Hollins free for 19.