-26-. kiCKBT tirjTES, There can be no doubt that the school Cricket has reached its high water mark this term. When only one old colour re mained from last year one naturally had misgivings, though the material for.a good team was undeniably there - and, indeed, nothing much happened in the first term of the year to suggest that the team would be anything but ordinary. Yet this term it. has passed on from strength to strength, finding all tte usual' opposition too weak, and culminating in a victory over Glenwood First XI, and a record score and victory against Eshowe School. The solidity of the side lies in its powerful batting, so power ful that defeat seems almost out of the question. The School has never possessed such an array of good bats, for the whole team can score well, even though the later batsmen have had little chance to show their ability. Until the close of the. season we found difficulty in getting a satisfactory opening combination,and the first two or three wickets often fell cheap ly, This, however, never caused any concern, for Larrington Dyer, Henry, Jacobs and Mason invariably came along with some thing big. At the end of the season Gilliat was brought up to , partner Burnett, and showed his appreciation by putting.-on lOl for the first wicket with him against Eshowe. Matches are not won without bowling, and here Reeves, well supported by Coutts,Good,Mason, and Henry, ruthlessly svrept tlie opposition aside. His 38 wickets in the one term is easily,a record, and nearly all of these were clean bowled. Whereas last season there was only one individual score of> over 40, there havbeeen eight this term alone by Henry (83,42, 40), Dyer (80,45),Gilliat (74) Larrington (46),and Burnett (45). The longest stands have been lOl for the first wicket against Eshowe (Gilliat and Burnett), 81 against Marist Bros (Dyer and, Henry), 81 against Glenwood 2nd XI (Henry and Mason), and 68 against Glenwood Ist XI (Larrington and Dyer). The best bowling analyses have been: Reeves' 5 for 13 vs.Marists, and 6 for 25 vs Eshowe,Coutts' 5 for 8 against Marists, and Good's 5 for 20 vs Eshowe. . The Alphabets have produced the usual keen struggle
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