1938-39

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CRICKET
1931 Lieut. W. M. Leggatt, Royal Artillery.
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933 Lieut. R. E. H. Hudson, Royal Artillery.
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935 Lieut. R. G. W. Melsome, Northamptonshire Regt.
1938 Captain L. T. Grove, Royal Engineers.
COMBINED SERVICES MATCHES
Combined Services matches may not be looked upon as the
legitimate offspring of the Army Cricket Association, but, seeing
that the Army has invariably supplied the majority of the players,
it may not be out of place to give a short account of them.
In i 9 i o and 1914 a Combined Navy and Army XI played a
Combined Oxford and Cambridge XI. On both occasions they
were victorious by six wickets.
A proposed match between the Combined Services and the
Australian Imperial Forces XI in 1919 unfortunately did not
materialise, but a Combined Services XI did play the Gentlemen
of England at Lords in 192o, and won comfortably by five wickets.
And the Combined Services XI gave a very good account of them-
selves against the very strong Australian team of 1921, and only
suffered defeat within ten minutes of the time for drawing stumps.
Against the South Africans, in 1924, the Combined Services were
right on top when stumps were drawn, and another hour or so would
almost certainly have seen them victorious. And the situation was
very much the same when the Combined Services played the New
Zealanders in 1931. The New Zealanders had but four wickets in
hand and were still a great many runs in arrears. A Combined
Services XI was beaten by Essex in 1922, but the match was played
very early in the season, and the Services' team was far from
representative. In 1937 a second match was played against the
New Zealanders at Portsmouth, but on this occasion the Combined
Services were somewhat easily defeated by 9 wickets.
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LAWS OF CRICKET
AS REVISED BY THE, MARYLEBONE CLUB,
1884, 1889, 1894, 1899, 1900, 1902, 1906, 19o8, 1910,
1912, 1914, 1919, 1922, 1924, 1927, 1928, 1931, and
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935•
1.
A match is played between two sides of eleven players each,
unless otherwise agreed to ; each side has two innings, taken
alternately, except in the case provided for
in
Law 53. The choice
of innings shall be decided by tossing.
2. The score shall be reckoned by runs. A run is scored
Ist. So often as the batsmen, after a hit, or at any time while
the ball is in play, shall have crossed, and made good their
ground, from end to end.
2nd. For penalties under Laws 16,
34,
41, and allowances
under 44•
Any run or runs so scored shall be duly recorded by scorers
appointed for the purpose. The side which scores the greatest
number of runs wins the match. No match is won unless played
out or given up, except in the case provided in Law 45.