South Yorkshire Times August 6th 1949
Denaby went to the Top for first Time in 28 years
Denaby and Cadeby, whose five wickets victory over Rockingham on Saturday put them at the head of the Yorkshire Council table for the first time in the Council history of 20 years, always had the measure of Mexborough in the traditional August bank holiday “Derby.”
Denaby declared at 191 for 5 Mexborough were dismissed for 77
The Customary Edge
The match had the customary bitter edge of these Mexborough-Denaby jousts. There was a Roses battle slowness about the start of the Denaby innings — Arthur Ellis for his 31 was an especially culprit in this respect — and some of the keener Denaby supporters claimed that Mexborough wasted time during the Denaby innings, but personally I felt these charges unjustified.
Where I did feel some of the Mexborough players might have shown a little more briskness was in getting from the pavilion to the wicket in their own innings.
Munden hit a capital 76 for Denaby, and with Ellis put on 91 for the second wicket, but Denaby’s innings did not liven up until the advent of Jack Bullard.
Bob Hydes, who bowled unchanged for two hours, found Bullard a Tartar. Missed three times, Bullard hit 48, and he and Munden added 58 in less than a quarter of the time it had taken Munden and Ellis to score their 91.
Mexborough fielded exceptionally well for most of the game, but towards the end were very ragged. Cory obtained five, all run, in a double overthrow.
Mexborough began their reply cautiously and steadily, and Vickers (22) and Bramhill (16) had every appearance of making the finish a sticky affair, but Waddington snapped up two wickets off consecutive balls, and this was the beginning of the end. Mexborough, 42 for none were 42 for three inside three minutes and altogether they lost five wickets at this score. Only Captain Hill and Hydes made anything of a fight for it, and the innings closed at 77
Bullard took 6 for 21 and Waddington bowled very well for his 4 for 34.