The competition is fierce for SA's oldest active cricketing trophy
20 December 2015 - 02:00
Said to be the oldest active cricketing trophy in South Africa, The Midland Bat has been contested in the Eastern Cape Karoo since 1891, writes Chris Marais Up from Boet en Swaer Hollow, down the drag from Dagga Boer's Nek and just over the Amathole Mountains from the old Tambookie country lies Spring Grove Farm, at the end of the Cowie Valley.
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