Cricket 1st XI CRICKET REGULAR PLAYERS: A. Maybery (Captain), C. BIrt, M. Boyd, G. Crookes, C. du Jolt, C. Grinyer, A. Hall, A. Hattingh, R. Macfarlane, B. Oliver, G. Reardon, SUMMARY OF THE YEAR The 1st XI had its disappointments this year due primarily to the weakness of the batting but was not without success, winning 10 matches out of 25 and losing 6. The batting was brittle to put it kindly and if it had any virtue it was that number 11 was as likely to fail as number 1. This meant that we sometimes recovered but just as frequently collapsed Ignominiously into a little heap of fewer than 100 runs. None of the boys had the ability to progress quietly to fifteen or twenty without making an error. They played unnecessarily wide of the off stump and hit the ball unthinkingly into the air. Crookes showed pleas ing progress as an opener. The bowling centred around Hall who has finally learnt to bowl within himself and showed quite remarkable stamina. He has a fine future in the game I am sure particularly if he can overcome his tendency to be distracted unnecessarily by personalities. Birt Is potentially a very good offsplnner and will hopefully make more progress next year. Our over rate was alwaysgood and In this regard few opponents could compete with us. Maybery did not develop into the force he should have and was hampered by a back injury. The fielding was patchy. We seldom raised the standard above mediocre although Maybery was always very good. Oliver allowed too many half chances to go begging at 'keeper but was always prepared to look for work. Maybery was a more than accorriplished captain. His field settings were always good but bowling changes sometimes let him down.He is a fine leader and it is due almost entirely to him that we extricated ourselves from some really tight situations. One cannot fault the dress and behaviour of the boysthey were a credit to the school and showed commendable fttffi wmSBtiwstsiwsbest£Ssliii :iffHt f IIWirSinHF "iiSSffiitiE"' .fiiK -tm: i.p; m. tr,'. Mil;, ^ smJi Ant* •.*•$** *1* ft '«"^ ■Llriffvtr rff JIImF ft ifipl V '«02 JflBWrgg "ft" sChscHiii 4" SMMM Wt nt1f9 % f tM,** * fs-' * \r m ' JIW « I* * , * ^H &• 'M * * t r m a k,.t 1ST XI CRICKET Back row: C. Grinyer, R. MacFarlane, A. Hattingh, G. Crookes, G. Reardon, C. Du Toit, C. Birt. Front row: A. Tshabaiaba (scorer), B. Oliver, M. Boyd, A. Maybery (captain), A. Haii, Mr M. Griffiths. 48
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