Strathmore Cricket Union: the first 90 years a history 1928-2018

97 The Union without Bob Laing would have been like Hamlet without the Prince, and mercifully Bob was talked into staying on with various pious promises made by several clubs that they would get their act together and support the venerable Mr Laing who had done so much for local cricket. Eventually, Bob was persuaded into staying on…but only temporarily as we shall see. Inchyra applied for re-election to the Second Division and were duly admitted, as were Telecoms and Dundee High School FP, thus bringing the 2nd Division to a total of 11. Coupar Angus who had been promoted to the 1st Division had done well and finished 5th in 1967, and it was generally agreed that their admission had been a success. Montrose’s proposal to limit the number of Overs a bowler could deliver in the Three and TwoCountiesCupcompetitions was accepted. From the 1968 season, no bowler could bowl more than 7 Overs, meaning that at least four bowlers had to be used. Prior to this, it was not uncommon for only two bowlers to be used, one delivering 13 Overs and the other 12. On the representative front, there were mixed fortunes from the Union teams with once again a “hit or a miss” approach to team selection, depending on who was available – or who could be bothered! They were comprehensively defeated by the Scottish Counties at Guthrie Park, Brechin, but on a gloriously sunny day at Lochside, the Union beat a very strong East of Scotland side which contained five current internationalists in Hamish More, Morrison Zuill, Dougie Barr, Eric Thompson and Ronnie Chisholm who could only reach 130 in perfect batting conditions. The Strathmore Union man of the match was Graham Ogilvie, commonly known as “Mouse” who took 3 wickets with his spin bowling, and then hit 78 not out to take the Union to victory. Nigel Hazel in 1968