AIR FORCE TRIUMPH

Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 31, 7 February 1944, Page 5

AIR FORCE TRIUMPH

LAST-MINUTE WIN

MANUKAU LEAD INCREASED

Other finishes at the Domain on Saturday were shaded by a last-minute triumph of Air Force over R.V. The latter was given an excellent start by H. and Goldsworthy, who between them p on S9 in 40 mfnutes. 9 ol £??°, r Vwo contribution, a bright 57, incll ' c ? to sixes and six fours. R.V. on score 194 in just under two hours. • ing its star batsman, Kemp, eaily i innings, Air Force made httleeffmtat first to pass the R.V. tota . «« « was at 40 after 45 minutes play. . £ineijr minutes now remained. t f came Ratcliffe, who was playing his first game this season, started to accelerate of scoring, 60 runs coming in vpntU al]y half hour. The stand was eventua y worth 100, but by 5.30 p.m. both[these batsmen, who had given sue . P f cen _ service, were dismissed with hour turies to their credit. With half an hour to go 65 runs were required. These^wer^ finally scored in the last ot , eritor i. Force recorded one of the most ous victories of the season. T , mc had In an uneventful game G [® , gs . points no difficulty in taking first mnmb v off M.T.P. , A „ a Tp . KU i{ of beating Leader's Big Margin.—As a lead in the Brixton, Manukau- now has a lo p 3 for fl ve championship. Brixton led oil and carr ying wickets, R. Longville going in fl aggressive his bat for 89 not out. It was* drlving 0 n innings marked by hard, wellt handiboth sides ol the wicket. Longville he capped by an arm injury, and but ra whan would have probably made » j rei Wilson Manukau batted to head the O'Meara hit got 61 with forceful bat " nß ' ~h 51. In an entertaining way to Although the D. Hetherington Impresses. - lvc . w icketc Dilworth opening score of 131 I^ am escape was not high enough for the■ ma rked by defeat by Railway, it was an L rlngton> one of a line contribution by D. He the a wld e the opening batsmen. He made Bb. » and range of shots he got runs at a s bowling. wa3 untroubled by any of th 9. hn f sman showed With his off strokes the Dilworth batsman cuttlng cleverness in finding the Saps, a Het herington was marked by correct timing- hen was looked to be sure of a century wnen caught close in to the wicket. Brixton Championship Points.—Manukau Force 53, Railway 49, R.V. 48, Green Lane 41, 33, M.T.P. 24, Dilworth 0.8.