A NARROW VICTORY
COLLEGE ' ?MATCH WANGAXUL 'COiiIiAPSES ■' y-Ail. ;uiioxp'ectbJlly Jcce'it"finishf resulted iwhen (lie inter-collegiate .cricket match .was concluded.yesterday:after-' noon, , and the" cud'■': saw: ' tho local boys snatch victory"by.tho narrow margiii of six.runs.{''I ';Wii'ngauui:;Collegiat«: School has . enjoyed an, .uninterrupted run of- successes;:in' recent years—although Wellington;,leads by .17.'game* tp 11 -in the matches finishe'di-fand'th'.e visitors 'appeared;to be'wellbjiithp way; ' to notching :a.^-victory>invthis!Winatcii ' when there occurred bne'lof those .yagaries peculiar to'cricketij^fter having a lead of 97 on the; first innings and requiring only:' 68 runs:- for. a , wilt iv ■the fsecdnd,;Waiigan'u'i'- were.behind at .the'; finish. ■': Too' much?praise.'- cannot be '..-given •■to •the.^Wellington- team' for .the ..way in which;, it stuck"'to., its guns from "the "staff and; its'; tenacious 'fight both -in.the field and. at';the .wickets oil the .final ' day,' culminating- mv a;'well■.'deserved'.:yict;ory;;;b'ut\the; deciding: 'f aqtor inAthe gimie^ was -the state of 'the, wicket; ! "The pitch diaiiot i-appear to'be in She best of dnler.when, the game-started; 'butvitvwas"cut to pieces- on Thursday, afternoon find yesterday HVmorning- ■ after..:; Thursday's i.drenching rain. .;:So long:as-the.surface , :w,as soft -the:' balls ;came;;through; easily ■• enough, but /'.matters.'.'quickly,-; altered ■under /influence ''of; yesterday's ;:hot sun.,:;; Wellington had : a taste -of/what was- coming, when their last eight wic-kets-fell fbr::64v-ruus,::but'wh.en:-Wan-'gaiiui.,were,battiug.inithe afternoon the ,- wicket;was.,almost; :unplayable.; /Paetz simplyfrelied, bn"his;fast bowlers;" whose' deliveries; frequentlyj, either /failed; fi) rise., or :-clso buhipe'd/'wickedlyi/in'the region1 of • the ; batsmen's 'heads, and /kept Bolt: and himself.-close,- in at.; inid-on and-midTpff.; ; :The-.resuitcwas th'at'Bolt collected four catches ahoL:the'majority of the rest .were caught off purely/;de'fensiye.vshots. * Wanganui's ■■', . innings lasted roughly an hour ; and a'half.:. '-.->. " :c Details:— !: /t.: ;v.',/: , ; / (af! .^:'-.-;, ,';.'•;. :iPirst-Innings';, -»'i',j."^;^. ..Sl^~.:^:.lik Seeon'd\'iMings;-'V"'-"i,;.'. ; .;ii; i V^ wIn;GANUI ;COELEGrATB First innings;' .■...■■.;.';:"../......',..".. .25^ ■ '■'■'■■ ■■'■' ''^;.-,;/"':' Bc.pb'ii'd.'■;'liiningsi,-'^-V.-';-'V'J''-■'''.' '''■'■ ;Giesen,; /c;, Paetz,' b; Eobinsbii > i- ?; ;;../■ ;»t Hudson, ;c Bolt, b/Stephensou 'ivi./;: /O Marshall,", b Bobinspn,'■'.' "..:..;;.-.'... / ;> Bullock-Douglas, run put,.,.. .]..., 1 Hornabrpok,; c Bolt, b Stephenson 19 K.;-B.'EiTkcaldie,ye:aud:b- Middle-:/: .-'/:. ■;brQok;;;.;;; -;';;.;:;^;'-j,;;«.i-.;<i,iri;:/y*::/i,;/:'i:5:.2 Gleiidinuiiig,!csGriffitlis,; b;.-Stevens) / S :In'ues,-illOt;OUt ;-..;:;;'...... .'■';-..1.!.-:;1-.■•'-.'. 15 ■:Allen,'-;C;Bolt,;b;,Stepheiisou, ■;.,,:.■;:. / i2'. IMllerton-Smith,'c/Bolt,;b- Stephen-; ;.; J. ■';'! ;-.-.r. j';;.v;>"::■/:■:■.;. .-...;.v..!i^ -.- :&:.. .K. Kirkcaldie, ;b iEobinson:,:.;.;.. .:■',.'-0." ,-■ j;....'; ;Ext ra s, ; // ? .-.•. :.Vj, .■■■. .■'.-.'/.".'. ;-.-.;. ,-•'•/.■■ 3■'j ; -. ;,Total ; . ..'.-.vi:;y. ''..:'..■..... .'•■„•;.-; ..01 ■; Fall/of wickets: .'diie' for. 1;': two for 9;/ three -for 10; four;ffor;ll:;:flye for 31; six for''.'33;/seyeri.for ' 4±) 'eight for '46; .'nine/, for" 56.i;>;-'^P : '.^.^L^^^.'. -; '■- ■ ,;Bpwling, -Analysis:—^Stephenson.; took f our ', : , wickets]. f 0r, ; 27/ j runs; ? Epbinsou, three}for 18; 'Middlebrogk,-. oue^.for ,10; Stevens, one-foivll.. ?// '■■■■' ; il ,^ :;,.„■:'
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Evening Post, Issue 145, 22 December 1928, Page 23
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368A NARROW VICTORY Evening Post, Issue 145, 22 December 1928, Page 23
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