MATCHES IN THE PROVINCE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 44, 22 February 1937, Page 14

MATCHES IN THE PROVINCE.

WHAXGARKI SLItPKISK. In the senior A championship competition of the Whangarei Cricket Association on Saturday, Old Boys, the bottom team, scored an outright win over the second team on the ladder. Combined Services. At the end of the tirst day's play Combined Services had scored 2(18 and Old Boys was two wickets down for (JO. The latter side oil Saturday carried its total to 158 (Lawrie 53. Kelly 3»> not out). Combined Services in its second innings was all out for 43. A. D. Cook being highest scorer with 10 not out and X< rris taking seven wickets for 18. This left Old Boys requiring 04 to will, which it achieved with a few minutes to spare (Williams 35, Campbell 35 not out, Kayne 22). A. D. Cook took three for 14.

Wlntnearei (lenders) secured an outright will over Nomads by an innings and 45 runs. On the tirst day Nomads was all out for 130 to which Whaiigarcl replied with 254 (Flower »">4. Nisliet 44 not out, Jennings 35, Cowan 28). Potter took five for lON. In its second innings Nomads was dismissed for 79 (Collins 27). Masters took four for 34.

In the Keillor B match Maungatapere v. ('(unbilled Services, B. C. Hawken made 118 not out for the former.

CAMBRIDGE'S 810 WIN. Kandford's Hamilton eleven played Cam bridge on Saturday, the latter Hide winning on the home pitch hy an Innings and 1-1 runs. Hamilton in the lirst innings made (its. and in the second innings 44. Cambridge made 123.

CENTCRIES—■THEN A SINGLE. Hopes that R. Homers, the former Hamilton senior cricket representative, would compile three centuries in consecutive iiuiiuas were not realised when he was caught out after scoring a simile in the second over of the game on the Morriiisville cr.cket ground on Saturday. Soniers, who is piexident of the Morriiisville Cricket Clnb, was opening batsman and captain of the I.ockerbie team against the Notting--11 a 111 team, both composed of Morriiisville district players. On the previous two Saturdays lie had scored 100 retired anil 103 not out against outside team. Lockerbie beat Nottingham by 171 runs io 142.

CLARKE SHIELD. The tirst cricket match for the Clarke Shield plaved on the Par«a Domain yesterday resulted ill an outright win for Te 'ieko over l'aeroa. Scores: —Te Teko : First innings. 47 (l.eckie 1«|. Second innings, li for three wickets. Bowling: llowat took two wickets for 1 run, (iillam four for 14, 1-ovc til ee for 2. l'aroa : Fi.si innings. 3!. Second innings. 27 for six wickets. Bowling: Love took live for 4, l'arkes tw.. for 3, Leckie two for 1.

COURT CUP. The Court Cup match played at Thame mi Saturday, between Thames and Waihi. resulted In a win for Thames by 18 runs. For the winners Cleave scored 56 and Muir 49 in the first innings, and for Waihi Thompson reached 30 and Lyon 33. Th<scores were :—Waihi : First innings, 166 ; second innings. 57. Waihi : First Innings, 74 ; second innings, 131.