Thrashed, Clobbered and Gubbed

After three victories in Week 14, all three sides suffered heavy losses this Saturday.

Scores summary-details to follow...




1st XI -At Arboretum
Edin Accies 221-8
M. Brown 60, A. Moffat 45, H. Paton 33
C. Ellis 3/37 (plus a few misplaced toys-though throwing them was fully justified).

Holy Cross 96ao
S. Bonfield 30
M.Brown 5/13
M. Jordan 3/26

2nd XI
Div 5 (Inverleith Artificial)
Carlton 3rd XI 282-6 (Majumber 106, Whatley 80*)
Holy Cross 2nd XI 197-4 (9)(Mehta 71, Wright 41*)

I only caught 20 mins of this game but witnessed: some fine striking by Nipun and pvb; one loudish oooohh from pvb; a dog running away with the ball; a Carlton fielder getting smacked by the ball in a sensitive area; a rather dire run out (of Nipun just as he seemed to be heading for a ton); Mr Admin getting out in an unfortunate manner.

On my travels I also caught 3 balls of the DT vs Mufs 2nds game-in which I saw 2 Mufs wickets and a 4...

3rd XI
Div 8 (Campbell Park)

Kismet 240odd (4 for Ellis Snr)
Holy Cross 100 odd ao (??)
Runs for McGill and Geddes (McGill made much of this on his return to the Arbo Bar: though he neglected to say that it was against their occasional bowlers given a shot after the game was effectively over as a contest...)