Soham Grammarian Summer 1960
CRICKET NOTES
With ten of last year's team available and one or two knocking at the door we looked forward with confidence to a successful season, and apart from the first game when we were soundly beaten by March, the team has come up to expectations. Two of the highlights of the season were our ten wicket victory over March by way of revenge and our one wicket defeat by the Perse after being on top for a good part of the game.
The brunt of the batting has been borne as we expected by Barber and Bailey; they have really proved themselves this year, once they set our opponents too large a total without being parted and once they knocked off our opponent's total without being separated. Morton is perhaps the most improved player in the side; he has great ability at all ball games which I hope he will use to the full. His batting and bowling have been of great value and contributed to our many successes.
Bull has bowled his away-swingers on a length and to good effect; he can bowl a long spell, and he and Morton have forged a good opening attack. So far this has not been a spinners' year but when the wicket has done 'a bit' Darby and Shalders have exploited it to the full; congratulations to Darby on winning his First XI Colours and to Shalders for his magnificent spell at Bury, his cap must surely come.
Ward has captained the team for the second year running and done a good job, his wicket keeping we shall miss very much - he has taken 50 wickets in two seasons - and also his general approach to the game.
The fielding, on the whole, has been good, Munns in particular taking a number of brilliant catches close to the wicket, even Shalders has dumb-founded his severest critics in this department.
I hope some of the middle batsmen will improve ready for next season, we shall have the bowlers but the batting may be brittle.
Lastly a word of thanks to the umpires and scorers without whose services our efforts would be in vain.
RAT
FIRST XI RESULTS
May 6th, at March. School lost. March GS 96, School 51
May 14th, at Soham. Match drawn. School 148-0 dec. (Barber 73*, Bailey 73*), Huntingdon G. S. 100-4
May 21st, at Soham. School won. School 126-7 dec. (Darby 36, Register 27*), Fordham 57
June 1st, at Cambridge. School lost. School 153-8 dec. (Morton 37), The Perse School 156-9 (Morton 5-54)
June 15th, at Soham. Match drawn. School 128-9 dec. (Bailey 55), Newport GS 72-6.
June 18th, at Soham. Match drawn. Friends' School, Saffron Walden 155-3 dec., School 82-3 (Morton 28*)
June 25th, at Soham. School won. March GS 41 (Shalders 5-4), School 43-0 (Barber 25*)
July 2nd, at Bury. School won. School 90 (Morton 29), King Edward VI School 55 (Shalders 8-24)
July 9th, at Soham. School won. School 184-2 dec. (Barber 100*, Cross 41*), Thetford GS 38 (Bull 6-17)SECOND XI RESULTS
May 6th, at March. School won. School 201-9 dec. (Sulman 71, Clarke D 34*), March GS 44 (Allan 4-10)
June 1st, at Soham. Match drawn. The Perse School 152-8 dec. (Allan 6-60), School 69-9
June 15th, at Newmarket. Match drawn. School 67-7 dec. (Folks 23), Newmarket GS 48-9 (Allan 5-19, Deasley 4-13)
July 2nd, at Soham. School won. King Edward VI School, Bury 30 (Register 4-9), School 31-8UNDER 14 XI RESULTS
June 1st, at Cambridge. School won. School 154-8 dec. (Chapman 38*, Sharp 38, Barker 37), St. Faith's 65 (Barker 5-6)
June 15th, at Newport. School lost. School 81 (Chapman 25), Newport GS 88-5
June 18th, at Saffron Walden. Match drawn. Friends' School 128 (Pearson 4-21), School 94-9
July 2nd, at Bury. School won. King Edward VI School 57, School 58-3 (Chapman 22*, Rosbrook 21*)
July 9th, at Thetford. School won. School 48, Thetford GS 45
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