Tag: Eastham Cricket Club

  • Eastham Cricket Club v Ince — 1919 Newspaper Report

    A contemporary newspaper report recording Eastham Cricket Club’s ten-run victory over Ince at the opening of the 1919 season.

    Transcription

    Newspaper cutting, handwritten date 1 June 1919. Newspaper title not presently identified.

  • Eastham Cricket Club 1st XI — 1929

    A photograph of Eastham Cricket Club 1st XI, published in the Evening Express on Saturday 18 May 1929. The original newspaper caption identifies the players and officials shown.

    People in the Photograph

    Back row, left to right: H. L. Garson; J. P. Timperlake (umpire); H. Harden; Rev. J. Wright Davies; W. Southwood; E. Neston.

    Front row: R. W. Sturgeon; A. N. Shelmerdine; H. B. M. Pidgeon (captain); J. Horne; W. N. Vernon.

    Front: J. Kirkham.

    Source

    Evening Express, Saturday 18 May 1929.

    The image reproduced here has been enhanced from the original newspaper photograph to improve clarity. The names and positions of those shown are taken from the original published caption.

  • Eastham v Eastham House — 1924

    A newspaper report showing the scorecard for the annual fixture between Eastham and Eastham House, including F. G. Frost’s unbeaten century. The report reads –

    This annual fixture was decided on Saturday and provided a heavy scoring match. It was won by the “House” team on whose behalf F. G. Frost (Boughton Hall) made 101 not out, there being a “sixer” and eighteen fours in his innings. R. L. Houldsworth, a Warwickshire county player, was also in the “House” team and made 36. Details:—

    Transcription

    Eastham

    W. N. Vernon, c Robertson-Macdonald b Houldsworth19
    B. K. Stratton, b F. G. Fros26
    H. M. Pidgeon, b Houldsworth4
    J. Dorward, c Houldsworth b Frost2
    J. Wright-Davies, c R. Macdonald b Thorniley7
    J. A. Schofield, b Frost20
    J. Horne, b Houldsworth0
    A. M. Davies, b Woods12
    A. N. Shelmerdine, lbw b Maine48
    W. Southwood, not out13
    J. Dorward, c Burrows b Frost0
    Extras11
    Total162

    Eastham House

    F. G. Frost, not out101
    J. B. Thornley, c Horne b A. N. Davies12
    R. L. Houldsworth, c & b A. N. Davies36
    H. S. G. Maine, c A. Davies b Wright-Davies4
    C. E. Wood, c Horne b Southwood25
    M. Swafford, c Stratton b N. Vernon2
    Extras17

    Total (5 wickets): 197

    Did not bat: J. S. Vernon, A. Robertson-Macdonald, C. C. Ryland, J. G. B. Burrows and H. B. Vernon.