By Brian Sanderson
Though a couple of bombs landed on Fenner's ,one at the
tennis court end and the second at the other corner ,the years
of war had not made many changes in the view from the
Press box wrote Jim Kilburn. After the bombs had demolished
the tennis pavilion ,shattered the glass in the cricket pavilion
and lifted one of the sight screens out of the ground ,it was
discovered that the turf had been sprayed with bomb splinters.
The groundsmen used a powerful magnet swept the turf clean.
The admission was free and there was a big crowd.
Cambridge batted first and struggled against Arthur Booth
.He played for the County second eleven against Lancashire
at Middlesbrough at Whitsuntide ,1923, In the first innings
he took 5 for 16 in a total of 75.Cambridge shown to more
advantage in the field Mills, with his leg breaks and googlies
worried most of the batsmen ,but Smailes drove powerfully
to top score with 56 out of 291.
In the second innings Cambridge had a poor morning and were
24 for 3.In the afternoon Bodkin and Lacy-Scott put on a stand
of 87.With the new ball Bowes and Smailes broke the
partnership and the match finished on the second day at five
twenty with Yorkshire winning by innings and 74 runs.
Bowes after been in a Prison of War camp returned with match
figures of 31 -15-23-3
The next Cambridge match was against Trundlers. There was
a quote in the Yorkshire Post stating they would like to see
cricket and football played by youth instead of watching it.
Where have we heard that recently?
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