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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 78, 3 April 1939, Page 17

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CITY AND SUBURBAN GREEN LANE WINS TITLE. MARTIN, "WOOD, HITCHCOCK II FINE FORM. R.V. wound tip the Auckland City an( Suburban Cricket As.?ociation'e competi tion on Saturday with a six-point victor; over Manukau. Dilworth Old Boys am Green Lane took minor points agains Brixton and Poneonby. These results mad< the final positions of the clubs for tin season:— Out- Ist rig-lit. Inns. No Cli P. W. L. W. L. suit. Pts •jrpen Lane .... 10 3 — R l — 43 R V it) 2 1 6 1 - ."57 Manukau 10 2 5 ° 1 — ''1 Dilworth 0.8. .. 10 - 1 4 5 - ill Pnnsonby 10 2 1 - 7 - 19 Brixton 10 1 2 2 5 - 19 The chief batting performances on Saturday were a century by J. Matthews (Ponsonby), his second of the season, and knocks exceeding seventy by Len Martin fManukau) and F. Wood (Brixton). A. Dunning also hit up 52 for Manukau. F. Hitchcock (Dilworth Old Boys), six for 56, and L. Monteith (Green Lane), six for 66, were responsible for 1>h € best bowling efforts. Detailed scores:— MANUKAU V. R.V. R.v. First inning's, six wickets (dec.) .. 255 Second innings. Finlayson, not out .. 14 Hill, b Turbott ~ I 0 Wildman, not out 14 Extras 1 Total for one wicket 29 Bowling: Turbott took one wicket for IS runs, Martin none for 10. MANUKAU. First Innings 79 Second Innings. Dunning, Ibw, by Webster 52 Pearee, c 'Webster, b Finlayson 16 Motion, c Simpson, b Finlayson 5 Brown, c Goldsworthy, b Finlayson .. 1 Beattie, b Webster 16 Martin, c sub., b Goldsworthy 75 Turner, Ibw, b Webster 1 Turbott, c sub., b Finlayson 10 Lendrum, b Goldsworthy 6 Rollins, not out 4 Eagles, absent 0 Extras 16 Total 202 Bowling: Finlayson took four wickets for 64 runs, Webster three for 60, Goldsworthy two for 29, Wildinan none for 27. A six-point win for R.V. Umpires: Messrs. H. C. Burr and F. Black ie. - DILWORTH V. BRIXTON. DILWORTH. First innings 219 BRIXTON—First Inning*. * J. Hetherington, c Gibson, b Hitchcock 2 Wood, lbw, b Hitchcock 14 Bell, L> Partridge 15 Longville, b Gitwon, b Hitchcock .... 9 Hall, c Scott, b Hitchcock 27 Peters, c Nieklin, b Hood 1 Hemmingson, c Partridge, b Hitchcock 2 A. Hetherington, b Partridge 1 Seaton, b Partridge 1 Lythe, not out ' 4 Wadsworth, c Scott, b Hitchcock .... 2 Extrae 4 Total 82 Bowling: Hitchcock took eix ■wickets for 56, Partridge three for 11, Hood one for 11, Scott none for none. Second Innings. Longville, c Partridge, b Nicklin .. 31 Wood, not oot 71 Wadsworth, b Nidslio 10 Hoare, not out 14 Extras 5 Total for two wickets 131 Bowling: Nicklin took two wickets for 43 runs, Scott none for 24, Hood none for 11, Taylor none for 19, Furlonger none for 15, Gibson none for 14. A four-point win to Dilworth. Umpires: Messrs. A. G. Jupp and J. Abbott. GREEN LANE V. PONSONBY. GREBN LANE. First innings, eight wickets (dec.) .. 349 PONSONBY—Firet Inninge. Viscoe, b Robinson • 11 Matthews, cG. Russell, b Monteith .. 114 Langdon, C G. Kussell, b Monteith .. 22 Innes, run out 4 Hook, b Monteith 8 Kobertshaw, b Monteith 1 Lewis, not out 31 Keitl, c Hough ton, b Monteith 5 Howell, lbw, b Monteith 7 stojwhurst, absent 0 Bennett, absent 0 Extras 16 Total 219 Bowling: Monteith took six wickets for 66 rung, Robineon one for 44, R. Russell none for 34, McCormick none for -58. Green Lane won on the firet innings. ' Umpire*: Meaara. 3. Bail and H. E. Bennett. - ■ .