Official handbook of the Aberdeenshire Cricket Club

Arthur Broadbent took up residence in the City, and he has
been of inestimable value to the Club since, and has performed
many fine feats for the County. In 1913 he secured six wickets
including the " hat trick " for 13 runs against Stirling at
Mannofield. The sensation of the following year was at Dun-
fermline where A. Broadbent and Iremonger dismissed the
last 5 Fifeshire batsmen without a run being added to the total.
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When cricket was resumed in 1919, as no S.C.C. matches
were played, Aberdeenshire confined their attention to local
fixtures, and after a hard struggle with Huntly in the
final won the Aberdeenshire Cup for the first time. The
following season was a very lean one, and the ojne redeeming
factor�"'was a surprise win over Perthshire at Mannofield.
The visitors closured at 142 for 8 wickets, leaving Aberdeen-
shire 75 minutes
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to bat. J. G. Scott scored at a terrific rate
and brought out his century in just over an hour, and this
fine'feat enabled his side to win by a single run secured in the
last over of the match on the call of time. The advent of
Captain G. W. A. Alexander makes 1922 a memorable year.
He came at once to the very forefront of Scottish cricket, and
in his first match for his County scored 63 runs against the
famous Australian team at Edinburgh. Aberdeenshire won
the Championship comfortably for which they had to thank
Captain Alexander whose batting, average for 10 innings in
S.C.C. fixtures was 51.55,, and A. Broadbent who captured
45 wickets for 8.26 runs each. Although the record for 1923
was not so brilliant as that of the previous season, Aberdeen-
shire retained the Championship. There were one or two
outstanding individual performances. Against Arbroath at
Mannofield, Armstrong scored 180, and on the same grounds,
against Stirling County, J. Berry secured 8 wickets for 24 runs.
The batting averages for S.C.C. matches were exceedingly
good, five players having an average of over 20, Captain
Alexander, 51.33, J. Berry, 44.00, C. H. Webster, 26.11,
R. G. McKerron, 25.44, and A. Broadbent, 20.71.
The visits of Leicestershire and Kent County were the
feature of last season's cricket. The former played a Scottish
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