Eastham v Eastham House — 1924

A newspaper report showing the scorecard for the annual fixture between Eastham and Eastham House, including F. G. Frost’s unbeaten century. The report reads –

This annual fixture was decided on Saturday and provided a heavy scoring match. It was won by the “House” team on whose behalf F. G. Frost (Boughton Hall) made 101 not out, there being a “sixer” and eighteen fours in his innings. R. L. Houldsworth, a Warwickshire county player, was also in the “House” team and made 36. Details:—

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Eastham

W. N. Vernon, c Robertson-Macdonald b Houldsworth	19
B. K. Stratton, b F. G. Fros	26
H. M. Pidgeon, b Houldsworth	4
J. Dorward, c Houldsworth b Frost	2
J. Wright-Davies, c R. Macdonald b Thorniley	7
J. A. Schofield, b Frost	20
J. Horne, b Houldsworth	0
A. M. Davies, b Woods	12
A. N. Shelmerdine, lbw b Maine	48
W. Southwood, not out	13
J. Dorward, c Burrows b Frost	0
Extras	11
Total	162

Eastham House

F. G. Frost, not out	101
J. B. Thornley, c Horne b A. N. Davies	12
R. L. Houldsworth, c & b A. N. Davies	36
H. S. G. Maine, c A. Davies b Wright-Davies	4
C. E. Wood, c Horne b Southwood	25
M. Swafford, c Stratton b N. Vernon	2
Extras	17

Total (5 wickets): 197

Did not bat: J. S. Vernon, A. Robertson-Macdonald, C. C. Ryland, J. G. B. Burrows and H. B. Vernon.