Lives in Cricket No 38 - Lionel Robinson

59 43) respectively. Pegler then took six for 54 and seven for 45 to dismiss Garboldisham Manor for 228 and 164. It was a match of two contrasting days; no fewer than 502 runs were made on the first day while only 11 wickets fell but, on a chilly and windy second day, the final 19 Manor wickets went down for just 303 runs. It finished an outstanding season for Sid Pegler; playing in the final five matches of the season he hit 235 runs at an average of 58.75 and also took 36 wickets – where bowling figures were available, his 29 victims cost just 10.17 runs apiece. That proved to be the final match at Old Buckenham before the Great War. This would probably have caused little surprise at the time, given the political climate. However, what would have been surprising was that it also turned to be the end of regular country house cricket at Old Buckenham; it was widely expected that the war would be over by Christmas and it was probably assumed that Robinson would continue to bankroll cricket in 1915. As will be described in chapter five, when peace did eventually return in time for the 1919 season, there was no return to the salad days and very few high-quality matches were arranged at Old Buckenham. Further Successes At Old Buckenham