THIRD SERIES STARTED

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 131, 1 December 1930, Page 14

THIRD SERIES STARTED

MODERATE SCORING

' OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES. ■Batting. •'■ Rfwne (Old Boys) 53 .ftWrts (Petono) 47*! Morgan (Wellington) .....;....... 47 Lees (Hutt) , 46 Bull (Old Boj-s) .-.-.„'. i'. 43 Boss (Hutt) 43 ; . «Xot'. out. ■ . i Bowling. ■Senior (Felone) ..-.»... ."> for 2;! BHby (Institute) ~...!.:* 5 for 27 Henderson-(lnstitute); »..;........ 4 for 2S B.aker (Midland) i,............... 4 for 58 yewman (Midland) 4 for 69 Aim (University) ............... i for V 3

'Although, the weather was fine on Saturday afternoon, cricketing conditions were disturbed by a northerly wind of considerable . force, Perfor.man.ces -with,. the bat were nothing out of the way in senior cricket; in fact, in some oases 'the play was exceedingly slow. In the bowling department some very good averages were reocrded, especially. by, Senior,,. of. Petone, irad Bilby and Henderson, of Institute, .fn the Institute-Wellington match at the Basin Reserve Henderson caused Wellington to start very badly, and at one stage lie had taken three _ wickets for three I'.uns. Wellington;inade. only. 131, to which Morgan was.rthe_ .main.-contributor .with 47, and wheh'sturQpsrw&e; drawn Institute were on fth©: right!road to. success ■with' £2 runs "forVtlie- loss of one wicket (Dempster's). Hu,tt" occupied the .batting tireases- throughout' afternoon at the Hutt Recreation^ Ground in compiling 234 against University, -several of the-, batsihen making moderate tallies which were needed to make*tn'e'tbfcU fairly fespectable.- Old Boys put on 189 runs against Petone at Petone, Senior and Rotherham howling well for the home team, and Browne and Bull doing best with the bat for Old Boys. Petone did well in reply Ijy making So for the-loss of two wickets, Roberts carrying his bafc for 47. Baker 4nd Newman set up. a" good attack, tor against Kilbirnie at K-ilbirme, the home team being dismissed fov 174. 'Midland made 72. for two wickets when stumps were drawn. <•-The" matches -are to be concluded aext Saturday,-•wheiitscme of, the, players will Be engaged;l' iit the Town-Country match.