For this match CJM Kenny, R O'Brien, and SSJ Huey were not available. From the team as selected West Ham United F.C. refused to release Cantwell and Gloucestershire required Eager. Lewis and Hollick replaced them.

This game never before produced World records, but this particular match brought forth two such. Frank Fee, by taking 12 wickets, took his total wickets in first-class cricket to 26 gained in only two games, a unique record, exceeding the 25 obtained by AW Rees of Auckland, New Zealand in 1889-90. Jimmy Brown, the Scottish wicket-keeper, took a wicket-keeping record by helping in the dismissal of seven men in Ireland's second innings. Ireland won the match with five minutes of the extra half-hour left on the second day. It was our first win over Scotland since 1949 and our first win in any way game since 1954. The wicket throughout was soft and damp which made forcing strokes difficult and the ball turned appreciably but the wicket's alleged difficulties were over-exaggerated by batsmen on both sides. There was only one innings total over 100 and only 14 double figures innings with Aitchison's 30, the top score of the match.

These remarks are not intended to detract from the performances of the two off-spinners, Fee and Livingstone. Both kept the ball well up to the bat, floated the ball and varied pace. Fee, on the second morning, looked as if he would take all 10 wickets, a feat never accomplished by an Irish bowler. In 17 overs he took the first nine wickets to fall for only 12 runs (including a spell of 8-7 in 11 overs). He bowled a further five overs but failed to take the remaining wicket. With Bodell, Fee and Wilson taking wickets quickly in the second innings Scotland failed to make the 131 runs that were required to win. This was a very good win because for varying reasons Ireland were without Kenny, O'Brien, Eagar, Huey and Cantwell. Marks and Duffy were dropped from the team and K Quinn, a new cap and a rugby international, was brought in as an opening bat; Bergin was fit again; Fawcett returned as wicket-keeper and Wilson and Bodell were also included.

Again only three pure bowlers were played plus Warke. Two further points are that the four Quinn brothers have now played cricket for Ireland and Fee's feat of nine wickets in an innings had previously been achieved by A Samuel in 1859 against I Zingari at Phoenix; by JP Mahaffey, 9-16 v I Zingari (a 12 a side match) in 1866 at the Vice Regal Ground in Dublin; by the Rev J Byrne who, in 1873, took nine wickets in each innings (9-48 and 9-37) in a 12 a side match against I Zingari at Phoenix and finally, and probably best of all, by TC Ross who took 9-28 in 1904 against The South Africans at the Mardyke, Cork, thereby inflicting defeat on the tourists

Play was not possible to 12:30 PM on the first day. On a damp pitch with a slow outfield Ireland made 139 in just under four hours. Again there was a good start and the score at one time was 54-1. Bergin and Quinn began to Wilson and Laurence. Scoring was very slow and only 27 were scored in almost an hour. Then Bergin was bowled off his pads by Barr who had come on for Wilson and was getting a little "lift". Finlay joined Quinn after lunch and 50 was put up in 87 minutes. Then Livingstone came on and bowled unchanged to the end. His second ball floated away from Quinn and then came back off the pitch to bowl him. Quinn produced some good off shots but had been missed at slip early on. In Livingstone's second over he had Warke caught at slip.

Lawrence bowled Finlay with a good one at 72 and Lewis was caught at slip at 92. A collapse caused by Livingstone brought the score to 123-9 and then Bodell and Fawcett put on 16 for the last wicket. Livingstone's 6-33 in 23.5 overs represents accurate bowling but no batsman used his feet to come down the wicket. Throughout the innings were only five boundaries.

Scotland began with Chisholm and Dudman at 5:50 PM. Bodell bowled four overs and Warke three. Fee came on at 6:15 PM and his first ball bowled Chisholm. 13-1-12. With a little luck Aitchison, too, might have been dismissed but he, two, and Dudman, one, played out time. Dudman had "bagged a pair" in Scotland's previous game against Warwickshire and was loudly cheered from the Scottish balcony when he scored his run! Incidentally the Scottish fielding, with the exception of Brown, was not good either on the ground or in the air and in particular a number of slip catches were dropped which made a great difference to the Irish total.

On the second day 29 wickets fell for a total of 232 runs. First came Fee's great feat when bowling from the Pavilion end. In two hours he took eight wickets to add to his overnight one. He bowled four, had one stumped and had four caught at short leg (three by Warke and one by Bergin, all fine catches). Nine wickets were down for 49 at 1 PM and excitement was in the air as Lawrence joined Brown. Fee had 9-12 at this stage. He, at once, beat Lawrence but the ball went over the top of the leg stump. 10-12 would have ranked second only to Hedley Verity's 10-10 in 1932. It was not to be. Brown and Lawrence added 33 in 25 minutes and Warke, it was, coming on in place of Bodell, who finally bowled Lawrence, leaving Brown 25 not out. A reluctance to attack either by driving or sweeping was Scotland's undoing. Bodell supported Fee very well bowling 19 overs this morning for 36 runs.

Ireland led by 57 but failed to drive home their advantage and, between lunch and tea, were bowled out for 73. Only Bergin and Pollock got double figures and they were the only players to score double figures in each innings on either side. The best stand was 17 for the first wicket. Livingstone, this time took 5-18 in 14 overs. The wicket, now drying, was becoming more treacherous and the ball was beginning to bite and sometimes keep low. Brown's wicket-keeping was outstanding. By stumping three and catching four, giving him seven victims in all, he equalled the World record and became the seventh wicket-keeper to do so in a first class match.

Scotland now needed 131 to win when they began at 4:40 PM. Bodell had Chisholm LBW in his second over and Aitchison joined Dudman. They decided on hitting tactics as the wicket deteriorated. They took the score to 46 in 30 minutes. Fee had come on and in his third over Dudman hooked straight to Hollick at deep square leg. Then Bodell delivered the coup de gras bowling Kemsley, Barr and Cosh in successive overs. Between Barr and Cosh, Fee bowled Aitchison when he played a dreadful shot at a short ball from Fee. With him went Scotland's last hope. One feels that he might have won the game for Scotland if he had shown more restraint. He was the most experienced batsman in the team and having quickly taken the score to 46-1 he might, perhaps, have slowed down and acted as sheet-anchor while the remaining 85 runs were being score. Bodell went off after taking 4-27 in 14 overs, a just reward for his accurate bowling in both innings. Wilson came in and he and Fee quickly finished off the innings with five minutes of the extra half-hour left on the second day. Fee took the last wicket to fall to establish the second World record as mentioned earlier.