Club Magazine Issue 05, 2018

Squash News
HKFC and HKCC Squashers
Give Cricket Team run for their Money
off drives. At the other end John Thompson the other opener was
struggling to get the ball away and was happy to see the opening pair
of bowlers replaced in the 10th over. Unfortunately this was the time
when the Taverners upped the pace and put on two quicks which made
the scoring even harder. Keith got to 33 and retired to bring in Malcolm
Kerr (14 runs) who started well with some nice cut shots. John by this
time was trying anything he could to get runs and after being dropped
was then caught and bowled in the next over for 14. The HKCC squash
star player Chris Evans increased the scoring rate with some fantastic
long sixes down the ground and was quickly to his 30 and retired. This
brought in Chairman Dave Cross who hit some excellent fours to quickly
get to 30 and retire. By then the scoring rate was going well and the
lower order all gave a good account of themselves and adding runs to
the scoreboard with Dallas Reid getting 8 not out. The squash team
proved that they have true hand eye coordination and managed to score
190 in the allotted 35 overs.
In March a combined HKFC and HKCC Squash section cricket team
was put together to test their true sporting ability against the HKCC
Taverners cricket team.
On a fantastic sunny day which was ideal for cricket the six HKFC
players had a little trepidation prior to the match due to in some cases
not playing since school which for most was a significant time ago.
The squash combined team won the toss and elected to bat first. A
slow start ensued with the Taverners team starting with too very tight line
and length bowlers which made it difficult to score easily. Rob Jones
(2 runs) who opened the batting was unlucky when a good full ball was
edged to slip and well held to bring in Keith Frith. As Keith is one of
the few players who regularly plays cricket his class showed by keeping
the scoreboard ticking over with some fine shots including some nice
With bowling being slightly more technical and less like a squash swing
than batting it was always going to be tough to keep the real cricketers
at bay which ended up being the case. The opening bowlers did well
keeping the run rate low with Keith Frith being very miserly and going
for 18 off his 5 overs. Dave Cross got two wickets with some nice on
the spot bowling showing his Yorkshire roots finishing with figures of 2
for 23. John Thompson managed to also get a wicket for 26 runs in his
5 overs and Malcolm showed that Scots can play cricket with a steady
9 off his 2 overs. Dallas ably kept wicket showing that he does indeed
have a good pair of hands.
The Taverners managed to get the runs with 6 overs to spare and won
the game. A great post cricket analysis of the game then ensued with
Rob Jones winning the team’s moment of the day for putting his thigh
pad on his wrong leg.
The day was so successful that a full HKFC squash team have been
asked back to play a HKCC squash team in the near future.
Rob Jones
Malcolm Kerr
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