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Members of the Camperdown High School team who won the 10-over Tappin Knock-out Cricket final by scoring an easy nine-wicket victory over Kingston Technical School at Kensington Park on July 6, 1978. Sitting (l-r) are Dennis Gordon, Adrian Faulkner, Earl Melbourne (capt), Patrick Dawes and Donald Davidson. Standing (l-r) are Lloyd Morgan (coach), Percy Tomlinson, Thomas McLean, Wayne Stoddart, Seiveright Meggoe, Carlton Williams, Dave Harris, Michael Deans, Donald Morrison, Errol Taylor, Astley Crawford and Mr Jeff Brown, headmaster of Camperdown.

It was a nice and easy win for the Camperdown cricket team with the skill set of skipper Earl Melbourne. His quick boundaries created the perfect backdrop for his teammates to secure the win in less than an hour.

Published Friday, July 7,1978

Camperdown easy Tappin Cup winners

Gleaner Sports Reporter

CAMPERDOWN EMERGED WINNERS of the 30-over Tappin Knock-out cricket competition when they scored a crushing nine-wicket victory over Kingston Technical High School in the final at Kensington Park yesterday afternoon. Scores were: Kingston Technical 65 all out in 24 overs, Camperdown 70 for one in 124 overs.

Camperdown advanced to the final several weeks ago when they stopped Sunlight Cup winners Tivoli, while Kingston Technical earned their place by easily defeating Wolmer’s five weeks ago.

Kingston Technical batted first and ran into difficulties after only three overs when they lost their two openers with the score at five. Christopher Hunt was first to go when, in attempting to hook paceman Astley Crawford, he stepped back into his wicket and, in quick succession, his partner Brian Hunter was caught off fastman Percy Tomlinson.

They never recovered from the early shock as the remaining batsmen failed to apply themselves to the situation. At one stage, they were 30 for the loss of four wickets and further crumbled to 53 for seven.  To make matters worse, four of their batsmen were dismissed via the run-out route.

The chief scores for Kingston Technical were Sinclair Brown 18 (run out), Carlton Moore 14, and Christopher Kennedy 10 (run out) while, for Camperdown, medium pacer Dennis Gordon took three for 12 off six overs, Benson and Hedges youth player Percy Tomlinson had two for seven, and Crawford one for 16.

It took Camperdown only 57 minutes to get the runs required for victory as skipper Earl Melbourne, who will leave the island for England on Monday afternoon as a member of the West Indies Youth team, hit a last 28, including five fours, before he got caught by paceman Hunt with the score at 36.  It was then left to opener Patrick Dawers (23 not out) and Adrian Faulkner (14 not out) to overhaul the losers total.

The Tappin Cup was donated by a past president of the Jamaica Cricket Umpires Association, Mr Norman Tappin, five years ago.

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