HUTT VALLEY CRICKET

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 140, 10 March 1941, Page 3

HUTT VALLEY CRICKET

Trafalgar Park A Grade

Champions

EASTBOURNE RUNNERS-UP

By their win over Upper Hutt on Saturday, Trafalgar Park took the Hutt Valiev Cricket Association’s A grade championship for the 1940-41 season with 27 points, Eastbourne being one point behind and Metters United close up with 24 points. Petone Hibernians,' though beaten on Saturday, took the B grade honours with 26 points, followed by Gear United 22 and Oddfellows 20. The C and. D grades have one match more to play. Trafalgar Paris, 26, lead Eastbourne, 24, in the C grade, and Trafalgar Park, 27, are in tin unbeatable position in the D grade. Epum, 19. being next. L. G. Foley bowled well for Eastbourne in the A grade to take seven Bell Park wickets for 3 runs and five for 30. E. Kirkwood, an Upper Hutt D grade player. snored 106 and took five for 60 against Petone Hibernians. Outstanding performances:— i ■ ; Batting.—A grade: A. Bryant (Trafalgar Park), 69; N. Foley (Eastbourne,', 60; T. Jones (Trafalgar I’ark)-, 53; B. Sara (Eastbourne), 50 retired. B grade; A. Caldwell (Gear United), 56 not out. D grade: E. Kirkwood (Upper Hutt), 10b, It Hayes (Kpqnl), B’2 not out; I’. August (Petone Hibernians), 40 not out Bowling.—A grade: L. G. 1' oley (Eastbourne), seven for 3; R. Dunn (Moera Stop Out), six for 47; L. G, Foley (Eastbourne), five for 30. B grade: T. Douglas (Petone Hibernians), six for 23; „A. Ferguson (Gracetield), six tor 47; S. K. Mu™? (Gear United), live for 10. C grade. L. Swaysland (Goar United), five for 3-. O grade: F. Hayes (Epuni). seven for 44; H. Coleman (Metters United), six.for 20, I. MeMenamin (Hutt Hibernians) Hye for 47 • F. Buckley (Hutt Hibernians), live for 49; E. Kirkwood (Upper Hutt), five for 60. A Grade. Trafalgar Park, 315 (ißryanUßa.T. Jones 53, Young 48, C. Williams 35, Elliott 30 not out, Schmidt 2-3, W. Jones 21, Newport three for 43), beat Upper Hutt, 13- <l’ enb y 33, MeKay 20, T. Jones four for -0), A two-point win for Trafalgar Park Metters United, V 6 (O’Halloran 31, R. Dunn six for 47, Cook three for 25 , drew with Moera Stop Out, 96 (It. Dunn -1. Hill four for 24. Hillock three fqr 14). One point each. . , . , v Eastbourne. 251 for seven declared (N. Foley 60, B. Sara 50 retired, .L. G. I'olty 32, C. Brown 31 not out), beat Bel. lark 40 (L. G. Foley seven for 3), and 13- jOrd 23, McCann 38. Rutherford 21, L. G. 10U.3 live for 30, N. Foley four for i>4). A fouipoint win for Eastbourne. Empire, 124 for tour declared I Fenton 42, White 37), beat General Motors, 01 (Fox 19), and 116 for eight (Speuq? 31 not out, Wood 37, Flitter tour tor 28). A two-point win for Empire. B Grade. Trafalgar Park, 86 (Douglas six *’ or Coman three for 16), beat 1 etone Hibernians, 63 (Henwood four for 12 A -.-point win for Trafalgar Park. Gracefield, 160 for nine, declared (btr-gu-son 36 not out, Nairn 24), and 3.) for seven (Murray five tor 10, Schofer tour tor 30), beat Gear United, 50 andj)4 (Caldwell 56 not out; Ferguson six for 4<, Nairn tour for 54, Goeper three for 27). A ‘2-point win for Gracefield. . ’Taita, 87 (llawten 24, Spencer beat Central, 49 (Dudley 23, llawten tour for 16). A 2-point win for Taita. Odlin’s won by default from Oddfellows. Four points for Odlins. C Grade. Trafalgar Park. 145 for eight, declared (Mailman 42, Tapp 27 not out, Saunders 23 not out, O’Gorman tour for 42), beat Eastbourne, 69 (Phillips 29, Williams three lor 22, Baker three for 16), and 78 for three (Phillips 29, Smith 21). A 2-point win .for Trafalgar Park. . . Taita, 74 and 58 (Swaysland five for 3-. and four for 16, Dixuu three for 29), beat Gear United, 45 and 32 (Bartosh four fur 12, Smith three for 4). A 4-point win for Taita. • « Bpuni, 108 Hayes 20, Rayner three for 33)? beat Stewart Prams, 70 (Rayner 20. M. Futter three for 28). A 2-point win for Epuni. D Grade. Epuni, 134 (R. Hayes 82 not out, F. Hayes 31, Tuiliii three for 30, MeMenamin five for 47), and 76 for nine (R. Hayes 45, Buckley five .for 49, Tutiin three for 13), beal Hutt Hibernia ms, 70 and 59 for eight (F. Hayes seven for 44, Burt three for 19, F. Hansford three for 15;. A 2-puint win for Epuni. Tralalgar Park, 129 (Morrice 34 not out, Bullen 26, Coleman six for 20, Armstrong three for 35). beat Metiers United, 86 (Sunde 34, Armstrong 26, Bullen three for 24). A 2-point win for Trafalgar Park. Petone Hibernians, 160 (August 40 not out, McGurk 22, Kirkwood live tor 60), beat Upper Hutt, 49 and 218 (Kirkwood 106, Kehoe 34, Jensen three for 52). A 2-point win for Petone Hibernians.