AUCKLAND GAMES
Century By D. Taylor
(NJZ. Press Association) AUCKLAND, January 20. A sparkling century by D. Taylor, the Auckland selector and former New Zealand player, was the feature of the one-day matches in senior Auckland club cricket on Saturday. Taylor scored 101 in 111 minutes for' Suburbs, enabling them to win the game on the first innings. The points after nine of the 14 aeries competition are: Papatoetoe 42, Cornwell 38. Eastern 34. University 31, Suburbs 29, North Shore 22, Eden-Roekill and Grafton 21. Saturday’s details were: Suburbs Ml for eight wickets declared (Taylor 101, W. B. Norman 33; J. Sparling four for 04) beat University 17? (J. Collinge 37; R. Carrington five for 53). North Shore IK for nine declared (R. Morrison 76, B. Forties 40; K. Deas, three for 38) drew with Papatoetoe 160 for four wickets (Deas 63, Harris 39 not out). Cornwall 174 for eeven wickets declared (M. Dormer 38 not out, R. Mace 38; R. Cunis two for 19) beat Eden-Roskill 127 (R. Baddeley 31; C. Renwick three for 16, L. A. Clark three for 31) and 22 for one wicket. Eastern 223 (3. Carson 67, T. Jarvis 36, W. Playle 31; J. Mclntyre six for 51) beat Grafton 131 (K. Dwyer 46; B. Smith three for 27, R. Pro u ting three for 25, M. Burgess three for 27).
159 By D. St John (N.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON, Jan. 20. The outstanding feature of Wellington senior cricket yesterday was a power-packed innings of 159 from the former Plunket 'shield batsman, D. S. St John. Playing for University, St. John hammered the Onslow attack in scoring his runs in just more than three hours. A feature of the innings was his driving—all seven of his sixes came from straight hits. The knock was largely responsible for his team’s firstinnings win. Two other outstanding players yesterday were members of the Midland side which beat St. Pat’s. D. Yeoman, playing in his second senior game scored 91, and fast bowler N. ‘A. Huxford took seven for 38. Johnny Moyes Dead (N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) SYDNEY, January 20. The Australian cricket commentator, Mr A. G. (Johnnie) Moyes, died at his home in Sydney on Friday night, aged 70.
Mr Moyes had just returnc i from broadcasting a description of the New South Wales versus South Australia Sheffield Shield cricket match at the Sydney Cricket Ground. He was the author of 12 books cm cricket and was a former Australian inter-state cricketer and journalist. He had been awarded the M.BE. for services to sport.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30035, 21 January 1963, Page 14
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