TRANSPORT CHAMPION
— « CITY AND SUBURBAN TITLE. 1940 WINNING XL'S DEFEAT. Victorious over Manukau In the deciding match on Saturday for the city and suburban senior B title. Transport clinched the honours for the season. On the previous Saturday the club had compiled 205 runs, and Manukau fought hard for the lead. At one stage they had 130 runs up for three wickets—W. Hetherington then struck a patch and dismissed three batsmen for three runs. He had bowled very consistently and Kept the batsmen quiet. Summary ol scores: Transport—First InninEs. 205 ID. Strong 15 Armitage 27. Mitchell 51. McCabe 11. D Hetherinßtcm 39. Tate 28). Bowling: Stoupe four for 42. Hammond one for 35. Learning two for 52. Brov.n two for 16. Langford one for 23. r i™ an oS au ,ir" Firsl '""'IBs. 158 (Brown 75. Lenorum is Hammond 10. Stoupe 13. Lanaford 151. urown batted for three hours and a half In an error: to save his side, and was finally caught s£, ii b ° u r ndarv when going for the runs. Bowling: W. Hetherington five for 39 (off 23 u™ l ? - 10 <" alc,e n>- D. Hetherington one for 5. Hook one for 35. Marshall one for 20 This is Transports first win in the senior B Last year the club was runner-up to Manukau. A.C.A. SENIOR B. ,?- ho /4, T; Eden.—North Shore: First innings. 164 {_ Woolley 61. Rankin 50». Eden: First iSUi™ 1 ?- ~1 T - Smltn A>'c 'or 11. w. J. coates i? v. , n >- Second innings. 102 (Annan 53. M. M. Jones 22 not out: Coates six for 40). A six-pointer for North Shore by an innings and
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 70, 24 March 1941, Page 3
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