Ramblers came to this delightful venue behind the "Red Lion" pub, Betchworth for the second time in 1949 on Sunday October 2nd. They had been beaten by 45 runs in July, and this visit was their last game of the season. The battered photograph of the team was taken (at 5.05pm) as they were about to take the field.
From l-r: (standing) E.Cale, Winton Dean, Denis Mackley, Mike O'Sullivan, 'Rickie' Richardson, Harold Dupont, Ronnie Gethen, Lionel Wood, Tony Wood, ? (umpire). Charlie Izzard is squatting in the front next to "Mike" Gauntlett.
Earlier, from a late start at this time of year - 2.51pm - Ramblers had batted aggressively. In 2 hours they put on 191 before declaring for the loss of only 5 wickets off the 40 overs bowled. The first 4 batsmen all got into the 30s and 4 sixes were recorded.
Reigate Pilgrims were never able to recover from 11-3 off 4 overs. Denis Mackley bowled 4 overs, taking 4 wickets for 9 runs before being relieved by Ronnie Gethen's slightly less aggressive pace. Reigate's opener, Cliff Osborne had watched the devastation from the bowler's end before hitting his wicket facing "Mike" Gauntlett's slow left-arm lobs to make the score 33-5. Eede came in at 9 and hit Gethen for two sixes but it was too late and Ramblers ran out winners by 110 runs.
Ramblers innings:
C.Izzard b Jennings 38
F.T.Gauntlett b Day 39
H.H.Dupont runout 37
A.K.Wood st Osborne 32
R.C.R.Gethen b Jennings 25
J.Richardson not out 6
M.O'Sullivan, L.H.Wood, W.B.Dean, E.Cale and D.Mackley did not bat
Extras 14
TOTAL: 191-5 declared
Bowling:
Eede 11-2-56-0; Jennings 15-1-64-3; Day 5-0-28-1; Evans 2-0-10-0; Hammerton 7-1-19-0.
Reigate Pilgrims innings;
C.Osborne hit wkt b Gauntlett 3
P.Mundy b Mackley 8
D.Evans c Gethen (short. sq. leg) b Mackley 0
B.Day c A.K.Wood (3rd slip) b Mackley 0
Hammerton b Mackley 3
R.Barker b Gethen 13
F.Jennings c Gethen (1st slip) b Gauntlett 1
Childs b Gethen 0
Eede not out 34
George b L.H.Wood 3
E.Gent c & b L.H.Wood 0
Extras 16
TOTAL: 81
Bowling: O'Sullivan 7-3-8-0; Mackley 4-2-9-4; Gethen 8-1-39-2; Gauntlett 4-1-7-2; Wood 1.5-0-2-2.