Rain Stops Play At Wellington

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28537, 17 March 1958, Page 13

Rain Stops Play At Wellington

(New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, March 16. Rain again interferred with Wellington cricket yesterday when the top four teams met the bottom four in the final series of matches for the season. Only two hours of play was possible. A feature was the dashing century by the former Canterbury and Wellington Brabin Shield captain, J. W. Clarke, who now has the highest aggregate of runs tor the season in club games. T. S Malloch took four wickets for 59 runs to give him a total of 51 wickets, which looks like being the top aggregate for the season. COMPETITION AT DUNEDIN Grange In Winning Position (New Zealand Press Association! DUNEDIN. March 16. Scoring its second outright win over High School Old Boys this season. Grange virtually won the Otago Cricket Association’s competition yesterday. Old Boys was in second place to Grange before the match but is now more than 40 points behind the leader with only one series of matches to be played. Stumps scores were: —Grange. 274 and 90 for eight declared. High School Old Boys, 92 (E. J Stephenson six for 37) and 123 (A. McK. Moir six for 57). Dunedin, 253 and 111 for three declared: Kaikorai, 168 for nine declared (L. Pearson 67 not out. F. J. Cameron six for 66) and 128 for eight. North-east Valley, 197 (L. A. Clark five for 54) and 47 for four Carisbrook. 104 and 143 (K. Greenslade 50). Albion-Y.M.C.A., 306 for three declared University, 166 and seven for 150.