The following is
taken from a report produced by Winton Dean, Hon.Secretary which also included
the Club records for the first 4 years, 1946-49.
Ramblers were five times dismissed for under
100
-
three
times in consecutive innings in September
-
and
exceeded
150
sixteen times and 250 twice. Opponents were ten times dismissed for under 100 and exceeded 150 seven times.
Three opponents hit their own wickets. All were opening
batsmen.
Ramblers made exactly 2,000 runs from hits for
4 or more compared with 1,266 in 1948 and
1,335 in 1947. F.T.
Gauntlett hit the most sixes
(10)
and most fours
(73)
and reached the highest aggregate
(703)
for a Ramblers batsman in one season.
C.
Izzard hit one 5, one 6 and one 7 as well as 55 fours.
H. H.
Dupont hit a six in the first match and two in the
last, but none in between. He was the only player to damage a greenhouse and to bat under an assumed name. He is also the only regular Ramblers batsman who has never played a not out
innings.
M. O'Sullivan
and F. T.
Gauntlett each conceded 633 runs,
but 0'Sullivan bowled
43 more overs and took 14 more wickets. He bowled
4
f'ewer balls than
in 1948, and
conceded
36
runs
in
each of
three consecutive innings.
G. W. Porter bowled in six innings; though the number of his overs varied between
5 and 15, he
never conceded less than
21
runs and never more than
29.
Of a total of 10 wides and 15
no-balls bowled by the Ramblers bowlers,
H. H. Dupont perpetrated
8
wides
and 7
no-balls.
In the Richings Park total
of 183 for 5
wickets there were
no
extras, G. N. Mullins keeping wicket. Gauntlett, opening
the
bowling, conceded
only
one
scoring shot in his first
8
overs, which
included two wickets.
In the last match of the season, against Reigate Pilgrims, W. B. Dean conceded
9 byes from 2 consecutive balls
(4 from
an overthrow)
-
more than in any other whole innings during the season.
Opponents allowed 17 byes in each of four consecutive matches in August.
E. J. King caught twice as many catches off his own bowling as off all the other bowlers put together. G. W. Porter caught no catches except off his own bowling.
H. Izzard, W. B. Dean and F. T. Gauntlett each caught his 25th catch for the Club within three days.
Sixteen opponents were caught and bowled by nine different bowlers (compared with ten opponents in the three previous seasons together). More catches were caught at the wicket and in the slips than in any former season.