Chronicle-1971

Ill Nlllllt ■I '"' "^'^l^J''* -{."w' .-■-'..-•••A.*'->«1» v-' -mm.'y ■' ~/, ' t. SB? a ■fHiSS« . :r,.:.v::,ris;".. I-- f-; /-■■■," MS f^5 mmm .,7f. y 1~' » i,li^(, f," '- . :j- y ■-- —■^. - . ' iPiMifl 2nd XI Captain: M. D. Davies The team had a good year, and in fact more than half the side eventually made their way into the 1st XI. Many of the matches were close, with only a few runs or wickets being the margin. The scoring rate was generally high with many players showing a refreshing willingness to hit the ball. The bowling was steady rather than penetrative, with the result that the batsmen were frequently set a large target, and on a number of occasions this target was reached by bold batting. Individually, Davy developed into a most competent off-spin bowler while Kingston was most successful with the new ball. Kaplan, as the season progressed developed into a most proficient wicket-keeper, while on the batting side Kaplan, Coll, McLaverty, Pilkington and Eigenmann had some sound innings with Davies and C. D. Smith wielding the "long handle" to good effect. Our thanks go to Fienberg for his keenness and efficiency as scorer. The team: M. D. Davies, W. McLaverty, C. S. Kaplan, G. E. Pilkington, E. H. Coll, R. B. Kingston, R. S. Gibb, C. A. Eigenmann, C. D. Smith, B. R. Davy, G. Cliff, R. W. L. Paul. RESULTS 6.2.71: vs. Maritzburg College Maritzburg College 170 for 8 wickets (Heenan 3/43) Kearsney 58 (Pilkington 28) Kearsney lost by 112 runs. 13.2.71: vs. D.H.S. Kearsney 164 (Kaplan 28, Smith 32) D.H.S. 167 for 6 wickets (Smith 3/56) Kearsney lost by 5 wickets. 20.2.71: vs. Alexandra Alexandra 191 for 5 wickets Kearsney 164 (Heenan 69, Russell 47) Kearsney lost by 27 runs. 27.2.71: vs. Westvilie Kearsney 201 for 8 wickets (Davies 72, Russell 51) Westvilie 33 (Davies 5/10, Russell 5/17) Kearsney won by 168 runs. 13.3.71; vs. Mansfield Mansfield 45 (Davies 4/6, Paul 5/21) Kearsney 120 for 9 wickets (Coll 36) Mansfield 2nd innings 9 (Paul 4/0, Cliff 3/4) Kearsney won by an innings and 66 runs. 20.3.71; vs. Hilton Kearsney 125 (Paul 29, Smith 28) Hilton 134 for 2 wickets Kearsney lost by 8 wickets. 16.10.71: vs. D.H.S. D.H.S. 130 (Davy 7/29) Kearsney 135 for 7 wickets (Kingston 53) Kearsney won by 3 wickets. 30.10.71: vs. Michaelhouse Michaelhouse 105 (Kingston 5/38) Kearsney 112 for 5 wickets Kearsney won by 5 wickets. 20.11.71: vs. Hilton Kearsney 127 (McGibbon 33) Hilton 130 for 5 wickets Kearsney lost by 5 wickets 27.11.71: vs. Northlands Northlands 178 (Kingston 7/74) Kearsney 179 for 8 wickets (Kaplan 58, Wills 29) Kearsney won by 2 wickets. G.G. 3rd XI We enjoyeda fairly successful season during 1971. Of the ten matches played, two were lost, one won and seven drawn. As is usual, mist played a decisive part in several matches. On three occasions the mist robbed Kearsney of almost certain victory, while on three other occasions we were decidedly happy to see it rolling down! Thematches we lost were against AlexandraHigh andMichaelhouse. We ended the season with a resounding victory against Northlands. Batting first. Wheeler and Jones took the score to 163 for the first wicket, and Kearsney declared at lunch with the score at 241 for 2 wickets (Wheeler 100, Jones 83). Northlands put up a brave fight but were all out soon after tea for 124 (Ryan 5 for 21). 74

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