In its first match of the season last Saturday at Soldiers Field, the Harvard Cricket Club soundly defeated the West Indies Cricket Club of Greater Boston. The Crimson team piled up 137 runs for the loss of only three wickets declared, while the West Indies team compiled only 58 runs for the loss of all ten of their wickets.

A cricket field has two wickets placed 22 yards apart in the center of the playing area. The wickets consist of three "stumps" stuck into the ground with two "bails," small wooden pieces, resting over the tops of the stumps. A wicket is "lost" when a batsman lets a ball thrown by the "bowler," go by him and hit one of the stumps, thus knocking off one or both bails.

If the batsman hits the ball in any direction, he runs to the other wicket and scores a run if he is not put out. Then, either he, or his batting partner, who stands at the opposite wicket, receives the next ball bowled and the game continues.

Four Reach "Double Figures"

Keith Lowe, from Jamaica, was the opening bat for Harvard and scored 64 runs, finally retiring, as he was not put out. Three other Crimson players reached "double figures." Charles Brower, who was captain of the team two years ago, made 20 runs "not out"; and Nassau Adams, last year's team captain, scored 18. Mansoor Ali, from India, made 17 runs.

Defensively, two men shared the bowling honors, as each took five wickets. Joe Youll, from England, allowed only 26 runs, an excellent performance. Mansoor Ali allowed the other 42 runs. Both are "medium-pace" bowlers.

Another mainstay of the Club is Jim Wolfenson, who is the wicket-keeper. The Club sorely misses Barry Eastment of Australia, the vice-captain of last year's team. This year's captain, John Frith, termed him "more than competent," both as an opening batsman and as a bowler. Lowe is filling the gap as batsman quite well, however, and Youll has stepped in as bowler.

Club Lost Subsidy

Cricket ceased to be an official sport at the University in 1902. Since then, the sport has continued in a Club status. This year it lost its subsidy from the Harvard Athletic Association. The group has about 30 members at present, and practices every afternoon at 3:30 p.m. behind Watson Rink.

This Saturday Harvard will play a return match with the West Indies Club on Franklin Field in Dorchester. The weekend of May 2 and 3 the Harvard Club will travel to New York State to play Cornell at Ithaca on Saturday and a Rochester team on Sunday. Saturday, May 9, the Crimson meets Yale at New Haven.