Scottish cricket record > 1958

R• W• F O R S Y T H' Limited
reflected by the attendances at representa-
tive games, the losses on which were
mostly responsible for the Union's
deficit of £700, and which would have
been greater but for the very welcome
allocation of £250 from the profits of the
M.C.C.'s last tour in South Africa.
While there were some good per-
formances here and there, the batting
lacked back-bone, though some excuse
for the indifferent performances could
be traced to the fact that against
Lancashire, Warwickshire, and Ireland,
the Scots had the worse of the wickets,
their bowlers being particularly handi-
capped by the wet ball.
In the opening match, perhaps too
early for Scotland in mid-May, the
weather was again a spoil-sport at Old
Trafford, rain preventing any play at all
on the second day. On the last day,
greatly troubled by the spin bowling of
Hilton, Scotland never looked like
Edinburgh and Glasgow
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