misc30228	Gezira Sporting Club v Free Foresters
	Free Foresters in Egypt 1927
Venue	Gezira Sporting Club Ground, Cairo on 2nd, 4th April 1927 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Close of play day 1

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Gezira Sporting Club first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GG Rawson	c Ray b Erskine	5
CC Oxborrow	b Erskine	5
A Murray	c Clarke b Erskine	0
ARI Mellor	b Erskine	52
JG Leaf	st Ray b HM Martineau	51
JC Frith	b Curtis	21
CF Ryder	b Hartley	24
JH de la Mare	c Hartley b Erskine	4
ML Eggar	c Erskine b Melsome	60
D Macintyre	b Erskine	4
HM Hinde	not out	27
Extras		16
Total	(all out)	269
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-269

Free Foresters bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
HM Martineau	?	?	70	1	-	-
Erskine	?	?	72	6	-	-
Melsome	?	?	43	1	-	-
Curtis	?	?	38	1	-	-
Hartley	?	?	30	1	-	-

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Free Foresters first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Clarke	c Rawson b Hinde	0
DWG Ray	b Hinde	12
AT Sharp	lbw b Hinde	4
TLC Curtis	b Eggar	22
RGW Melsome	b Ryder	26
LH Methuen	b Hinde	48
JC Hartley	run out	0
TB Trappes-Lomax	run out	70
J Erskine	lbw b Ryder	20
HM Martineau	c Frith b Hinde	3
H Martineau	not out	0
Extras		18
Total	(all out)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-223

Gezira Sporting Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hinde	?	?	?	5	-	-
Eggar	?	?	?	1	-	-
Ryder	?	?	?	2	-	-

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Gezira Sporting Club second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GG Rawson	lbw b Melsome	53
CC Oxborrow	c Ray b HM Martineau	5
A Murray	b Erskine	18
ARI Mellor	c Ray b Erskine	0
JC Frith	c Trappes-Lomax b Erskine	9
CF Ryder	c Hartley b Melsome	46
JH de la Mare	c Ray b Hartley	9
ML Eggar	not out	28
JG Leaf	did not bat
D Macintyre	did not bat
HM Hinde	did not bat
Extras		5
Total	(7 wickets, declared)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?

Free Foresters bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Erskine	?	?	66	3	-	-
Melsome	?	?	36	2	-	-
HM Martineau	?	?	50	1	-	-
Hartley	?	?	16	1	-	-

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Free Foresters second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Clarke	not out	45
DWG Ray	c Leaf b de la Mare	41
AT Sharp	not out	44
TLC Curtis	did not bat
RGW Melsome	did not bat
LH Methuen	did not bat
JC Hartley	did not bat
TB Trappes-Lomax	did not bat
J Erskine	did not bat
HM Martineau	did not bat
H Martineau	did not bat
Extras		5
Total	(1 wicket)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-? (Ray)

Gezira Sporting Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
de la Mare	?	?	?	1	-	-

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