South Yorkshire Times, July 28th 1933
Better Brampton
Another Shock For Wath
Brampton caused one of Saturday’s surprises by defeating Wath. The match, which yielded 462 runs, was decided by a margin of only 36 and provided one of the brightest displays seen on the Brampton ground this season. Albert Smith, who is batting as well as ever he did, made a confident opening on wicket made for runs though Crowcroft fell early, and Dodds quickly followed. One of Smith’s hard drives resulted in his dismissal for 52, through a catch. Young batted very attractively and just failed to make his first half-century in Council cricket. He seemed quite comfortable during his stay with Haigh, who had the; pleasure of making top score for his side. The “tail” wagged briskly.
A characteristic display by Bernard Senior (picture) and Charlie Potts gave Wath a good send off on their task. Senior eased freely after losing Potts at 66. Hargreaves never settled down. and with six good wickets gone for little over 180 Wath faced a serious situation, and their batting became more subdued accordingly. But the Brampton attack never relaxed and in the end Brampton gained a well-earned victory. The Brampton fielding left little to be desired. The side are showing improved form, and earlier weaknesses have been remedied.
Scores:
BRAMPTON WATH
Crowcroft b Deighton 0 B Senior c Davis b Hesketh 77
A Smith c Feirn b Hague 52 C Potts b Smith 26
J Dodds b Feirn 13 Hargreaves b Leyland 6
W Davis b Feirn 0 S Jewsbury c Denton b Barraclough 34
F Barraclough b Thomson 48 G Feirn lbw b Hesketh 14
H Haigh c Feirn b Hargreaves 67
E Hickling b Thomson 8 A Auty b Barraclough 8
K Denton b and c Hargreaves 21 J Wilson c Hesketh b Denton 24
A Taylor b Thomson 1 F Pearce c Leyland b Denton 2
W Hesketh c Senior b Hargreaves 10 W Leighton b Leyland 0
A Leyland not out 11 T J L Thomson b Denton 4
Extras 18 F Shaw not out 1
Total 249 Extras 17 Total 213