MERCANTILE LEAGUE

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 136, 6 December 1926, Page 5

MERCANTILE LEAGUE

-Vacuum Oil Co. made' 167 (Jones 31, Cleland 43, Muir 22, Burns 23 not out, Morton 18, Hay 14) and Harbour Board compiled 163 (Wright 71, Ross 25, Beveridge 17, Rountree 11, Alexander 10). Odlin's (87) played Pastimes (two for 154). Batting for. Odlin's Williams 29 and De Muth 35 were top scorers. For Pastimes Patterson 70 retired, Toms 26, Robinson 39 not out. Bowling for the winners, Wylie took four wickets for 41 and Robertson four for 20. Electric B (161) v. Ford's (78). Fitzgerald 30, Dean 44. retired, Thurston 28, Johnson IS, Robson 13 did best for the winners, and Martin 36 and Broen 14 for Ford's. Bowling for Electric, Fitzgerald took six for 19. Hyams (143) v. Gollin's (87). Top scorers for Hyam's were Henderson 39 and Nicols 38. ■;. ■ | Cowan's (187) met P. and T. .Stores (125). Top scorers for Cowan's were: Buckman 26, Brobgh 29, Ramsay 23,- Guise 34. For P. .and'T. Adams scored 41, Crundwell 23, and Bull 31. Bowling for Cowan's, Hassell took four for 30, Brough three for 0, Hufton one for 9, Brooks two for 47; and for P. and T. Adams took .three for 6 and Carr two for 25. Bannatyne and Hunter made 96 against Customs (55). For the winners, Mulford made 26 and L. Cording 10. For the losers Martin (14) and Wilson (12) were the i' best batsmen. Bowling for the winners, jC. Cording took six for 75, L. Cording I four for 38, and for Customs Cotterill captured four wickets for 25, Mackie two for [ 15, and Kelly four for 21. -Dalgety's 250 (Grubb'6B, M'Winney 66, Bews 23, Hunt 21 not out, Ewan 20, Hester 16) had a close game with W. D. and H. O.1 Wills, 239 (Barr 172, Didsbury 32, Fuller 16), Barr hit twelve sixers and twenty-two fourers. Bowling for Dalgety's /M'Winney captured five wickets for 45, ; :. .'.:Todd..M6tot^;2l2;'|or,.i_iine wickets (Russell 42, Dickinson 40 not out, Day 39, Gray 36, Blewett 18), beat Stewart's 38. Bowling for Todd's, Russell took seven wickets for 19 runs and- Day three for 13. Smith and Smith, 148 (Waller 24, Dobbs 37, Carter 46), met Cables, 02 (Henderson 25, Mabin 14). Bowling for Cables, Gornall; took four wickets for 29, including the. "hat-trick." For Smith aud Smith, Dobbs captured five wickets for 20. and DaiteKih-ce for 7.