The scorebook reads that Lanna A captained by Pete Warner defeated Lanna B captained by Richard Young by 15 runs but the result wasn’t important as a range of Lanna club members, guests, acquaintances, newcomers and most importantly juniors from CMSCA and Lamphun all had an enjoyable afternoon of cricket at Gymkhana.
Lanna A scored 159 in their 25 overs as Jigar, Martin Papworth’s next door neighbour made 28 and Richard Cowles 32 but Lanna B replied with 144 after a fine start provided by the two Chrises Coombes and Love was followed by a cultured 40 from Champ.
Almost everybody had a bat and a bowl and a multitude of bowlers, young and old, all seemed to take a wicket apiece. There was a good crowd in attendance with Jim and Barbara at the start of their annual pilgrimage to Chiang Mai and Sandy Cullen bringing two brothers along to ensure the bar profits were very healthy