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

59 mundane Strathmore Union games not uncommon. If this was the age of austerity, no-one seems to have told “Cricket Alec” as the Aberdeen Press and Journal keeps calling the average fan. He had much to keep him happy. The only visible sign of austerity was in the clothing and equipment. Cricket equipment had always been expensive, and was now difficult to come by, with clothing still on the ration. Thus bats, pads and white flannel trousers all had to last a little longer than one might have considered desirable, and the concept of a “new ball” for every innings would have been considered sometimes a joke. A “new ball” would have to last for at least a month – something that was perhaps good news for spinners and, had they but known about it at the time, reverse swingers. The final of the Three Counties Cup that year between Gordonians and Strathmore was described by most of those who saw it as the most tense Mannofield XI 1949 - Joint Union Champions with at least two future Union Presidents amongst the ranks Back: A M Raeburn, G Eady, B B Parish, A de B Catto, J Mortimer, D Allison Middle: T B Manley, M D’Agostino, J M Milne, A A Lawrence, W A Stewart, D Beaton, E Anderson Front: N Brook (Prof), R F Law, A Mellis (Capt), A McBain (Pres), J Angus, W D Hay, T S McLeod