๐๏ธ 14 Jul โ 20 Jul 1883 ยท 1883 โ 1 match
๐งข 1st XIv SA 1st Innings Maidstone Junior Liberal Association ยท HomeformLLWLLUpon winning the toss on Wednesday last, the eighteenth of July, I had no hesitation in taking first knock, our visitors from the 1st Innings Maidstone Junior Liberal Association looking a useful side and the wicket, to my eye, worth batting upon while it retained its truest pace. Our whole side was in time dismissed, though not before F Foster had shown the way with a capital knock of 20 not out, unmoved and watchful throughout. J Danells, I am sorry to relate, contributed a golden nothing to the total, departing without troubling the scorers, while I myself was glad to chip in with 16 before I too was sent back to the pavilion. Worthy of particular mention was Jack Fryer's innings of 22, a knock which carries him past H Freed into sixth place upon the club's all-time list of run-getters, a fine and lasting distinction.
With the willow put away, our trundlers took up the task and bowled our visitors out in turn. Jack Fryer, sporting a good length throughout, was quite irresistible and returned figures of four wickets without cost, and I was fortunate enough to lend him support with three of my own, likewise for nought. Their batsman F Knight was among those sent packing for a duck, and the innings closed with our attack very much on top.
It is worth setting down, too, that in the season's charts I find myself presently at the head of the 1st XI's run-getters with 33, while Jack Fryer leads the wicket-takers with 5, both matters of quiet satisfaction to the eleven.
We close the day victors by 59 runs, a margin I attribute chiefly to sound bowling and steady hands in the field, and I would offer our visitors every credit for a contest played in the best of spirits.