BECOMING A HABIT!

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 24, 30 January 1939, Page 13

BECOMING A HABIT!

WILLIAMS , FOURTH

CENTURY.

CONSECUTIVE INNINGS. BRADMAN TAKES NINE WICKETS. Cyril Williams, who scored 583 points for the Manukau Rugby Football Club in four seasons, has been thinking in centuries ever since and his 107 not out on Saturday for the Rovers was his fourth hundred in consecutive innings in the Onehunga Cricket Association's Shield competition. Curionsly enough, while such feats are generally associated with the name of Bradman, a player of that name was the! most successful bowler at Waikaraka Park on Saturday. He had the fine double of sis for 16 and three for 27. FIRST SECTION. Hellaby's A v. Uchensteins.—Hellaby"s A: First innings. 129 <(J. Scholium (33 not out, Haggie 16. T. Miller r>). Lichensteins: First innings, 59, Hellaby'a A gained a four-point win. Old Buffers v. Te Papapa.—Old Buffers: First innings. 310 (Armstrong 80 not ouf». Bowling: P. Lynch took one wicket for 13 runs. F. Harvey one for 16, E. Hatfield two for 53, W. Smith one for 28. Te Papapa: First innings. 114 <J. Willis 47. F. Harvey 28, W. Smith 10). Bowling: Larking five for 17, Armstrong two for 33. J. Young one for 35. A four-point win for Old Buffers. Fletcher Construction v. Reid Rubber (green).—Fletcher Construction: First innings, 76 (J. Keegan 21, W. Walker 12, R. Munns 11). Bowling: C. Fisher took three wickets for 8 runs. R. Young four for fl, F. Such two for 21, J. Lang one for 21. Reid Rubber (green): First innings, 76 (F. King 2.'5, H. Gore 21). Bowling: K. Munns three for 25, H. Thompson five 'for 48. A drawn game; each side gained three points. SECOND SECTION. Onehunga Rovers v. Athletic. —Onehunga Rovers: First innings, 202 for one wicket, declared C. Williams 107 not out, D. Williams 77). Bowling: C. Dawson took one wicket for 40 runs. Athletic: First innings, 101 (A. Blockley 41, W. Simpson 20). Bowling: G. Littlejohn five for 23, C. Williams two for 28. Onehunga Rovers gained a four-point win. Reid Rubber (gold) v. Sutherland's Tannery.—Reid Rubber: First innings, 81 (R. McSporran 30, L. Bradman 27). Bowling: E. Hall took two wickets for 4 runs, D. Hetherington sever for 47, G. Stoupe one for 26. Sutherland's Tannery: First innings, 43 (N. Hall 11). Bowling: L. Bradman six for 16, A. Gibbons two for 18, D. Bell two for 7. Second innings, 55 (D. Hetherington 31, G. Stoupe 12). Bawling: L. Bradman three for 27, A. Gibbons three for 24, Reid Rubber {gold) gained a fourpoint win. MacEwans won by default from Hellaby's