Mexborough and Swinton Times July 5, 1929

Swinton Recover.

Scarboro’ Beaten After Keen Struggle.

Swinton  183  Scarborough  151

The match at Swinton remained interesting to the end, with the issue always open.

The play fluctuated in exhilarating fashion. For instance, Swinton scored 62 before they lost a wicket, then had four down for 111. The fifth wicket did not fall till the total was 141, then another fell at 147, but the seventh took the score to 175. Three wickets fell at that total and the last wicket added only 8 runs.

Scarboro’ lost their first four wickets for 46 runs and had half the side out for only 73 ; but then J. R. Allen stayed with Waind while 63 runs were added andScarboro’ were on top so long as those two remained. Waind was the great stumbling  block to Swinton—and he was bowled, middle stump, in the fourth over of the innings,  by Pearson, but the umpire called “No ball!”

After the Waind-Allen partnership was broken Swinton—who never relaxed their efforts, and were commendably keen with the ball and in their field when thing’s were going against them assumed the mastery and the last four wickets gave them little trouble.

Waind was accorded a warm ovation for his fine innings, which was marred only by the blemish already mentioned, and by a hot return to Denton after he had passed the half-century. Denton bowled cleverly in his second spell and took 4 wickets for 32 runs; and Hart played a notable part in the success by taking the wickets of Nicholson and Purvis for 14 runs. He bowled ten overs and two balls for those 14 runs, and always had the batsmen in difficulties even Waind, who had been there from the start of the innings!

It was fitting .that it should be a ball from Hart that finished the match and clinched the victory. Willoughby took a very good catch on the leg side to dismiss Haigh, and in the batting Heaton, Denton and Price took the honours for Swinton. G. Allen took 5 Swinton wickets for 56 runs.

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