Official handbook of the Forfarshire Cricket Club

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asplendidMemorialwaserectedinthepavilion.Thenames
oftheplayerswhofellarestillfreshinourmemories:T.B.H.
Rorie,J.B.Craik,G.B.Gilroy,G.C.Carmichael,C.A.Air,
B.S.Sturrock,R.C.Cunningham,G.Y.Macfarlane(Brechin)
E.A.Shepherd.Thesewerenames,oldandyoung,whodid
muchtocarryForfarshiretotheforefrontofScottishcricket.
It-isquestionableifForfarsMrehaveyetgotovertheresult
ofthewar,butwithPublicSchoolboysagainappearing:
theClublooksasifithadabrightfuture.Thepresent
leaderoftheplayingside,Mr.AlanFraser,whosucceeded
thatgreatallroundcricketer,Mr.Alex.Lindsay,isjustthe
personalityfortheposition,andhissuccessasaleaderis
assured.ForfarshirehaswontheScottishCountyChampion-
shiponvariousoccasionsandwithprospectsofthecoming
seasonbeingverybright,theylookforwardtoa.
successfulterm.Oneofthegreatesteventsofthelong
historyoftheClubwillbetheappearanceofthatmagnificent
cricketteam,YorkshireC.C.,EnglishCountyLeagueCham-
pionsofSeasons1922and1923..Theirappearanceoughtto
beaneducationinitself.ThenForthillwillhouseitsfirst
InternationalinJuly,whenScotlandandIrelandwilltake
partinathreedaysfixture.TheClubpossessesoneofthe
prettiestenclosuresinScotland.
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Form / genre:	Written and printed matter > Pamphlets
Dates / events:	1923 [Date published]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland > Dundee > Dundee (inhabited place) [Place published] Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland > Angus (unitary authority) [Place in text]
Subject / content:	Cricket (sport) Sports
Person / organisation:	Forfarshire Cricket Club [Author] Forfarshire Cricket Club [Subject of text] Simmath Press (Publisher and printer in Dundee) [Publisher]
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