EARLY SUCCESS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 24, 29 January 1938, Page 21

EARLY SUCCESS.

WOMEN CRICKETERS. METROPOLITAX TEAM DEFEATED. (Received 3.30 a.m.) SYDXEY, thin day. The Xew Zealand women cricketers yp«terday defeated a 6trong Northern Metropolitan team at Chatarn-ood. Xew Zealand, batting firet on a damp wicket, lost nine wickete for 98. BlacHer and Taylor added 47 for the laet wk\et stand. Hatcher played a etylieh innings. Xew Zealand gained valuable batting practice for more important matches to come next week. Scoree:—• XEW ZEALAND— First Innlnps. Holmes, lbw. b Wliitelnw . 4 TngTam. c Peden. b Whitolaw r> Hatcher, b Walsh " 41 Corby, st Israel, b TOv-e Ji Hnllis. e Whitelaw. b Dive 0 Pickerinjr. c Rogers, b Barnes 13 Fowler, b Rogers fi Thomas, b Wnlsh ' ' ' r> MarHn. e Roger*, h Walsh '.'.'. ■> Taylor, e and b Walsh 11 Blackler. not out 3.-, Extras J3 Total i4T, Bowling: Rogers one for 15. Whitelaw two for 12. I,lewellyn none fur 42 Walsh four for 34, Dive two for 23, Barnes one for 6. Second Innings. Holmes, lbw. b Walsh 11 Injrram. lbw. b Wnlsh I 2 Hatcher, b Rogers ; IS Hollis. run out . o Blackler. b Dive 1." Pickerinjr. not out 0 Extras .......' 1 Total for five wickets 6S Bowling: Rogers one fof in, Whitelaw none for 14. Walsh two for 23, Llewellyn none for Iβ. Dire one for 4. NORTHERN METROPOLITAX—First Innings. M. Dive. lbw. b Thomas fi L. Israel, l> Hollis 11 R. Pedeii. b Hollis 0 X. Barber, c Fowler, h Blackler . . 21 A/ Walsh, c Taylor, b Thomas IS E. Rogers, lbw. l> Blackler J a A. Commins. c Fowler, b Thomas .... 11 E. Marshland, l> Thomas 1 I). Llewellyn, c Fowler, b Blackler . . O K. Barnes, not out 2 M. Whitelaw, lbw. b Hollis 1 Extras 4 Total 77 Bowling: Holland three for 18. Thomas four for 24, Blaeklec three for 18, Hollis none for 13. Xew Zealand won on the first innings by 68 rune.