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Somerset captain Albert Steede doesn't regret batting first in Cup Match, even though his team were dismissed for just 128 in the first innings.
By the end of the match the challengers had turned a deficit of 187 into a lead of 139 with four second i...
DATE: Aug 04, 1999
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Somerset batted for six-and-a-half hours on the final day to save themselves from sure defeat in the 98th annual Cup Match at Wellington Oval.
Facing a first innings deficit of 187, the west enders knew that only a much improved batting performance f...
DATE: Jul 31, 1999
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Albert Steede has been scoring so freely in Cup Match lately that his calculator can't keep up.
Which is why until a Royal Gazette reporter informed him last year that he had joined the `700 Club' he knew nothing of the feat. He also didn't realise u...
DATE: Jul 28, 1999
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Albert Steede has worked out how he intends to beat St. George's in the 98th Cup Match over the coming two days.
But the new Somerset captain prefers to show rather than tell.
"I'm not going into specifics, I like the element of surprise,'' said Stee...
DATE: Jul 28, 1999
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If the St. George's pitch responds to spin -- and it usually does -- Somerset will have a distinct advantage in Cup Match.
So says St. George's groundsman Mansfield Smith, who was surprised to see the champions pick just one spinner, Arnold Manders, ...
DATE: Jul 28, 1999
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veterans Arnold Manders, Clevie Wade and Charlie Marshall all need 50 runs or less to gain their membership cards.
At ages 40, 39 and 38 respectively, the trio know they are nearing the end of their careers. Reaching the 700-run mark would be fitting...
DATE: Jul 28, 1999
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Former St. George's president and selection committee chairman, Mansfield (Bojangles) Smith, has called on two of the five selectors to resign immediately after Cup Match, following the controversial dropping of his son Clay Smith.
Smith says he was ...
DATE: Jul 27, 1999
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Clay Smith vowed never to play for St. George's again after being dropped from their Cup Match team on Saturday night.
The player rated as the Island's top batsman swung a broad bat at the club's management and selectors with the pledge, just moments...
DATE: Jul 26, 1999
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A number of players will be in the spotlight at St. George's during the final Cup Match trial on Saturday... none more so than last year's captain Clay Smith who still has some work to do to convince the selection committee he is worthy of a spot in ...
DATE: Jul 22, 1999
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Striker Kyle Lightbourne is still not sure if he will be at Second Division club Stoke City this season...just weeks before the new campaign begins.
But the Bermudian professional could now be willing to see out the last two seasons of his contract w...
DATE: Jul 21, 1999
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