CRICKET

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22337, 26 February 1938, Page 6

CRICKET

POLICE BEAT BLUE STAR

TAXIS

A win by * runs was obtained »y .» Police team in a friendly cricket match against Blue Star Taxis in a gam* full « interest. Batting first. Police made 1M (Baycroft 2». Duff 16, Constablfc 15. Booker 12 and Hill ll). Bowling for Blue Star Ta*is, Hindis took Wwieketa for » runs; Archer thre* for l«. *"»**£J! oe i£ 23, and Harding one for 24. Mue Star Taxis made a lair start, but J"****** to secure the required total. Gilbert sad Fuller, opening batsmen, made 24 ana.w respectively, and Hogg with 11 ■"««« only other to reach double figures. Bowing for Police, Montieth took six for «1 Wells two for 12, and Constable two M* 29.

VETERANS BEAT CATHEDRAS GRAMMAR SCHOOL

A win by 63 runs on tha «r*t >»*?•■ was Obtained by the Veteran's Cricket Cp» in a match against cathedral Gram*** School on the Hagley Park oval. Th* VW» erans took first strike on a drying widrtt They knocked up the good total of MS runs in good time, the chief contribute** being H. O. Elvy 38, A. King 31. and *■ E. Lawrence 31 (all retired), Hori Wflsaa 27, and H. Blazey 19, all batting wftU. W. J. Smith bowled well for the SefcOJJv to take five wickets for 60 runs. p. Abbott took one for 12, and L. HiD&ara ohe for 64. The school made l<» runsWjHart 37, M. Deamer 16, P. H. Campoej 1 12, and J. N. B. Ross ll). For Veteran*. JForsyth took two wickets for 8 run*. «r Hotz two for 24, H. Wilson one for 8, HE. Lawrence one for 10, F. Wedd one wr 12, and J. E. Fleming one for 42. *»e school followed on and played out tww, making 101 runs for seven wickets t«u Deamer with 34, L. Mart 30, J. N. B. B«* 11, and W. J. Smith 10). C. Hot2 tOOK two wickets for 13 runs. H. O. Elvy i»» for 24, and F. O. Bentley two for Z*-