Wright Hits Century

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30681, 22 February 1965, Page 7

Wright Hits Century

A chanceless 111 by A. F. Wright ensured Malvern of victory in its match against Banks Peninsula for the Sub-Associa-tions’ Shield. Coming in when the score was 55 for three, Wright immediately took charge of the bowling. It was his third consecutive century in Malvern cricket. G. T. Wright also batted well in scoring 89, and with A. F. Wright put on 180 for the fourth wicket. Scores: —

Total (for four wkts) 255 Bowling: J. Caradus, 15, 3, 67, 2: N. Allen, 18, 2, 62, 1; 1. Plummer, 10, 0, 33. 1: P. Johnston, 7,0, 22, 0: E. Turner, 2,0, 19, 0; G. Humphries, 2,0, 19, 0.

PENINSULA D. Marshall, c G. Wright, b Blakely 42 P. Haglund, c A. Wright, b Blakely 7 N. Allen, c A. Wright, b Morris 58 W. Newton, b Blakely 6 E. Turner, st G. Wright, b Morris 15 I. Plummer, c N. Wright, b Blakely 47 D. Turner, c sub, b Morris 0 J. Humphries, lbw, b Morris 0 P. Johnstone, c Stone, b R. Gunn 9 J. Caradus, not out 16 T. Rhodes, b Blakely 1 Extras 17 Total 21S Bowling: P. Blakely, 32, 9, 68. 5: R. Morris, 14, 3, 41, 4; R. Gunn, 8, 3, 16, 1: A. Wright, 12, 4, 32, 0; J. Adams, 18, 7, 38, 0; R. Haworth, 2, 1, 5, 0. MALVERN N. Wright, b Caradus 87 G. Stone, c D. Turner, b Caradus 5 K. Haworth, lbw, b Allen .. 5 C. Adams, b Plummer 7 A. Wright, not out 111 G. Wright, not out 9 Extras 29