MERCANTILE LEAGUE CRICKET

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 110, 3 February 1941, Page 10

MERCANTILE LEAGUE CRICKET

A Grade Lead Again Changes SOME HEAVY SCORING IN ALL GRADES Ideal weather prevailed fol' matches under the jurisdiction of the Wellington Mercantile Crh-kei League on Saturday. For the third week tn succession the A grade leadership changed. Amalgamated Uricks were beaten by Woolworths and Working Men's Club are now die chanipionsliip leaders. Results were:-— Woolworlhs l.'io. beat Amalgamated Uricks 113. Working Men's Chib 226 for seven declared. beat Harbour Board ISO. Ilaiiuahs P. 17 for I ho._ declared, beat Customs Agents <JO and 27 for five. .Justice I )epa ri men I 213. beat .lames •Slidlb SS ami LSI. There was some heavy scoring. ror Justice Department Barlow compiled lOi in 30 minutes. It sixes ami nine lours being included in his tally. W . Jupp showed a return to form by making nil attractive 100 for Harbour Board. Bost perform.'inces in all grades were: Balling: Anderson I Wright Stephenson > 174 not out: MeSwcc>iy (Taxes <' > 125 not out : B. Clothier iTrnmwaysl 122 retired: 11. Lambert (Thompson Bros. I IIS; Vanse l Taulnnaiis I 100 not out: Barlow (.lustice Department I I<>7: W. Jupp (Harbour Board t loii; Moir d'astimes, 101; 11. Lowe (Ilatiimlisl th not out; Foley (W.M.C.I 95 not out; Lowenthal (State Advances) 90. Bowling: W. O'Connor (Prestige Hosiery) seven for "8; Gooch I Past lines ( seven for 14 : Bose (de Havillandi set en for 75: Cooper (Eveready > six lot--17; Killeltv (Taxes C> six for 2(1: M<Girr (W.M.1'.1 six for 40: M. .1. Goodson (Wool worths I six for 45. Chanipionsliip Points. Following are the positions of the loams in Ihe A grade :

♦Withdrawn. A Grade. Woolwortb« 135 (Meerh 33. Shßison XX Watson 19. Fa veil 11. Robinson 10; Henderson five for 29. Herd five for 61), beat Amalgamated Bricks 113 (Henderson ~4 It Liddicoat 2-S. Bickering 16, M. Liddicoat 12; Goodson six for 45, Robinson three tor 451 Working Men's Club 220 for seven declared (Foley 95 not out, Paton 38, Randall 31). Cairey 23: Jupp two for 28. McLellan two for 47. Bolton two for 70), boat Harbour Board 180 (W. Jupp ion. Harker 23; MeGirr six for 40. Smith three for 43). .lustice Department 213 (Barlow UI7. Va"--|a 21)- Slone three for 54. Slition two for six. Lust two for 35). beat .lames Smith SS (Monkhotise 51 : Barlow three for 42. Horne three for 28. Sellings two lor nine), and 184 (Lust SO, Monkbouse 43 not out. Simon 27; Dow four for 57. Barlow three for 54 I. Hannahs 197 for (wo. declared (H. I.owe 97 nor old. Gridley (11). heal Customs Agents 90 (McGavin IS. Fountain IS: Hair three for 41. O'Brien two for 15, Burns two for 291, and 27 for five (McGavin is not oiu : Rail three for five, O’Brien two lor two). Smith and Smith a bye. B Grade. Taubmans 250 for one, declared (Vanse 109 not out, Yeoman 80 not out, Torrington 56>. beat Shipping 100 (Davies 29 not out. Bennie 20: Isaac three for five:, and .100 for nine (Davies 53, Bennie 20; Torrington five for 17, Vanse four for ID). Sargoods 177 (Steven 70, Mark 40 not out Capper 25; Moore two for 29. Law two for'37l. beat Celtic 155 (King 08. Moore 30. Dunbar 21 ; Steven four for 39. Capper two for 40). . Prestige Hosiery 211 (Aldridge 82. Young 51- Oliver four for 40, Norris two for 46>. beat Nivens 130 15V. Clarke 32, Souness 27. Oliver 2(1. Moore 21 : O'Connor seven for 38. Aldridge two for 01). Tramways 290 tB. Clothier 122 retired. I. Elliott'3l, Perry 25. Stiver 25, Mr-Ivor *>*J- Butt three for 48, Lake three for 03), drew with State Advances 193 for six (Lowenthal 90. P. Killlek 68; Perry two for five). C Grade. Customs Dept. 180 (White 01, Myers 30, H. McMillan 27 not out: Miller five lor 2;>_). hear Grey Cabs 77 (Hill 18, Nielson 17; Howell two for 13, Myers two for 21). Social Security 03 (Dawson 22; R. Hickling live for 25. Lather five for 34), tied w'.lit Berhampore 63 t Hincbcliffe 1;>: Gmniven live for 23). Audit Dept. 223 f»r eifiltt (While 73 retired. Bryerluu 31. Wardrup 27: Keast llm-e for 89). beat Atlantic Union 171 (Masters 75. Watson 30: Stacey four fur 44. Wardrup four for 451. Sealoun 16'5 (It Dykes 70. Williams 28 mu out : Cook five for 52. Douglas three lor 50). beat Gaseu 129 (Mead 56, Cook 23: Dykes four for 4(1. Kelly, sen. three for 29, Canbain two for seven). 1) Grade. Central 180 for nine, declared (Brooks 01 not. out. Cooper 39: Ryder five tor 30). drew with Telephone Exchange- 1132 fur nine (It’der3B not out., King 37; Cooper live lor 30. Bull two for 29). Pastimes 226 (Moir 101. knigge. 32: Bowker four for 11. Head three (or 53). beat Labour Tourist 103 (Hynes 40: Moir five for 53. Knigge two for nine, George three for 29). Self Help 1.62 (Cantm 73, Payne 22, Gooch 20: Trott five for 36. A. Jennings three for 29), heat Insurance 139 (Jennings, sen. S 3. Gray 37, Olsen 24; Gooch seven for 44, Boon three for 54). Wright. Stephenson 269 for three (Anderson 174 not out. Davenport 43. McLennan 36), heat Buick and Co. 228 lor seven declared (iSiiupsou 57. Warwick 13, Dingle 30, Culver 33; Billings five tor 76). E Grade.

tThoiupsou Bros. 310 for tive declared ill. Lambert 118, Swain 57 not out: Hodson four for 90). drew with .I.OTN. Sv lor eighi (Connor 35 nut. out: Baillie four for 16. Daly three fur 19). Bonds Hosiery 160 (Phelan 51, Lharhs 21) Jones 28: Hurdle five for 57), beat City Connell 99 (Wallis 34, Cullen 25; Jones five for 55. McPhee three for 42). Taxes De.pt. 217 (Sara 60. Burns 43, Kitchen 22 Casey 22: Jeffs five for 71. Wilkinson three 'for 43). beat Printing 103 Huntingdon 23. Perkins *2O; Bracken three for seven, Burns three for 25, Sara three for 25).

Genera.] Motors 94 (Brooks 33, Kelly 14; Cooper six for 17. Randall two for 24). and 35 for two (Kelly 21 not out: Page two for 23), bent Eveready 67 (Gilbert 19. Page .11: Boilings three for 14). and 57 (Cooper 2l). Randall 17: Walts four for 1(1. Flux three for 37: Curry two for rioiiet. Taxes Dept. 251 i for nine ( MeSweeney J_2a not out, Kittelty 35: Rose seven tor <->). lient tie Hnvilland 91 (Fisher 25; Kittelty six for 26).

Empire Box 202 (Scott: 75. Norris 49: Holtman. two for eight), boat Ikncoa lO<> (Finnegan 33. Welling 23; Norris four for 32, Rontiio three for 15t.

opt dpt L n pts. Working Men's Club .. 1 • - Amalgamated Bricks • • 1 £ Hannahs 0 i 2 Justice Dept . . 1 ;» 5 0 20 1 1(1 AV ool worths .. 0 5 .4 .lames Smith .. 0 4 <» I 1.» Customs Agents .. 1) 4 7 0 12 Harbour Board ♦Taxes Department ,. 0 3 i . . <1 2 5 1 10 2 8 Smith and Smith .. 0 2 8 0 6