November 30th v. DURBAN HIGH SCHOOL at Kearsney (Lost by 39 runs) High School batted first, and very good bowling and fielding by the Kearsney team,compelled the High School batsmen to play with care. Heath, particularly, batted well, and he was ably supported by Davles. The other batsmen failed, due mainly to the very accurate bowling of Lowe and Meyer. 1 10 runs did not seem too many to score, but Griffin proved too much for the Kearsney batsmen. He bowled unchanged,and only Lowe and Hulett showed any confidence against him. Lowe and Meyer had the following good bowling figures: Lowe 19 overs, 5 maidens,35 runs,5 wickets; Meyer 21 overs,6 maidens,28 runs,3 wickets. DURBAN HIGH SCHOOL; 109(Lowe 5 for 35, Meyer 3 for 28). KEARSNEY: 70(Lowe 25 not out. Griffin 7 for 27). December 7th v. STANDARD C.C. at Kearsney (Lost by 57 runs) The Standard Cricket Club proved too good for Kearsney this time. But, for all that, the game was most enjoyable. The Standard Club won the toss, batted, and declared at 99 for 5 wickets. Fletcher and Knowles scored well for the visitors, and the Kearsney bowling, generally, was too loose. The Kearsney batsmen were all at sea, and only Meyer reached double figures. They showed much better form in their second innings, but by then it was too late to do anything except save an innings defeat. STANDARD C.C.: 99 for 5 declared (Cole 2 for 18, Lowe 2 for 43). KEARSNEY: 1st Innings, 42. KEARSNEY: 2nd Innings,72for 4 wickets(Robbins 27, Cross 25). OFFORD SCHOOLS WEEK Owing to the Matriculation examinations finishing only on the Tuesday, Kearsney entered the week on Wednesday, December llth, and played three matches. Results were achieved in two of them, and rain stopped the third, with Kearsney on the losing side. J. R. Hulett, from the Colts division, was Included in the Kearsney team for the "week", and he showed good form. If he can maintain his Offord Week form he should enjoy two successful years in the 1st XI. December llth v. SOUTHERN DISTRICTS on Hoy Park No.2 (Won by an innings and 50 runs) Southern District won the toss and batted first. They were never comfortable, and only their tail-end batsmen were able to cope with the bowling. The Kearsney bowling,on the whole, was good. R. Hulett, bowling his first over for Kearsney, took a wicket with his first ball, was then hit for two fours and a six, but, since he was still prepared to throw the ball up tothe bat, took a second wicket with his last ball. The Kearsney innings started according to form, and two wickets were down with no run on the board. Thereafter,the batsmen took a hand, and scored very quickly indeed. Hagemann, Hulett M. and Hulett R. batted well,and Cole, at No. 1 1 added 24 runs in 15 minutes. Southern Districts in their second innings fared little better, and but for Scheepers (22) and Ellis (21 not out) would have been out for a very low score. R. Hulett richly earned his five wickets for 34 runs, and Cole produced his old bowling form to end with 5 for 12 runs in 10 overs. SOUTHERN DISTRICTS: 1st Innings, 59 (Hagemann 4 for 20, Cole 2 for 5, R. Hulett 2 for 14). KEARSNEY: 1st Innings, 180 for 9 declared (Hagemann 47, M. Hulett 32, R. Hulett 30 not out. Cole 24). SOUTHERN DISTRICTS: 2nd Innings, 71 (Cole 5 for 12, R. Hulett 5 for 34). 321
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