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

40 another Championship, but having travelled all the way from Forfar, they thought they might as well play. In front of a small crowd gathered in groups under umbrellas discussing dismally the apparently imminent and unavoidable war (this was, of course, before the Munich Agreement) Strathmore reached 120 before the Aberdeen side knocked off the runs for the loss of 4 wickets. It would be fair to say that cricket was far from the most important topic of conversation those days, given the “international situation”, and in these circumstances the celebrations were muted, but The Aberdeen Press and Journal rightly praises the “young Shire” for their efforts, singling out professional Jess Littlewood, W D Wilson, W D Hay and Amon Hunt, the elder brother of the Aberdeenshire professional Alma Hunt. And yet, there was also the continuing desire to bury one’s head in the sand, as it were, and think of cricket rather than the rapidly deteriorating Mannofield XI 1938 - Union Champions Back:- J Bunting (Ump), L A Dixon, G A Webster, J Mortimer, W A Holmes, C S Symon, J G Hay, H A S Matson Front:- W D Hay, R F Law, H McDonald (Capt), J Lindsay, A J M Edwards, A R Mair In Front:- D Benzie (Scorer)