1924 SEASON

A Review of the 1924 Season

The 1924 season saw Len Pugh now as 1st XI Captain

 

Three Saturday Elevens were fielded for the first time, together with a Thursday Eleven and a Cricket Week which featured as opposition South Woodford, Buckhurst Hill, Mr Scarlett’s XI, The Bohemians and London Guarantee Insurance.

 

Results we know about were as follows:

 

 

Won

Drawn

Lost

1st

3

5

10

2nd

11

3

4

3rd

5

2

2

Thursday

4

3

3

Cricket Week

1

0

3

 

An official set of 1st XI averages has been discovered, with the leading figures as follows with the bat:

 

 

Innings

Not Out

Runs

Average

WG Longden

18

7

264

24.0

WF Barkas

24

0

543

22.6

A Royle

17

1

312

19.5

E Tonge

14

1

251

19.3

N Hood

18

2

297

18.5

 

And with the ball, WF Barkas had the best bowling performance for the 1sts with 7-30 v Epping

 

 

O

M

R

W

Average

AE Adamson

157

46

372

28

13.3

WF Barkas

299

70

821

50

16.4

R Edsall

140

31

419

20

20.9

GL Pugh

146

31

461

17

27.1

 

Norman Hood (108) and J Wisbey (105) scored the season’s only centuries, in the Thursday XI match with Authors.

 

An evenly matched 3rd eleven fixture v Walthamstow saw 15 minutes extra time played, to try and get a result !

 

Thursday 17 July saw the match v Rev Arthur M Batty (President’s) XI where the Guardian reported:

 

Lunch at this function – AE Curry toasted “The visitors” and the Rev AM Batty responded

 

On 19 July the 2s dismissed Claybury Mental Hospital for 15 – only 2 batsmen scored runs and J Gibbs got 13 of them !

 

On 9th August the 2s at home to Wanstead , (who according to The Guardian, fielded a very weak team of 9 men), and dismissed them for just 21 , Bill Adamson having a field day, taking 6-7.

 

After the 3rd XI game at home to ASA Banks on 23 August, a pleasing ceremony was performed by Mrs A Dagnall who presented an epergne beautifully decorated to Mr and Mrs Stan Kitchener (newlyweds) who smilingly expressed their thanks to the members of the Chingford Club.