MERCANTILE LEAGUE.

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

MERCANTILE LEAGUE.

A Grade. Shipping. 198 for seven wickets (Lapworth 68, Whinham 46, Taylor 19, Thomas IS, Herd 15, Thomson 14), drew with Health, 207 (Gladding 120, Wynne 17). Bowling for Shipping: Robertson took three for 47,. Thomas two for 50, Lapworth one for 29, Whinham two for 20, ' Kershaw two for 9. For Health: Burgess five i'or 44. Smith and Smith, 219 for seven wickets (Roberts. 59, .Dpbbs 'SS, Farrell 36, Ryan 29 not- out),.■•'drew•;wit!i--'-Nivens, 135 for eight wickets (Cpndliffe 80, Humphries 20). .'■', Bowling: .For Smith and Smith, Dobbs-fbur;foi'-36;for Niv_hs, Churchill five for ..■:■..,-.. Sargo'o'ds," 185'.'for six wickets (Hewson S0(--Pope •33,.'Syihons' ; 24, Foley 12), beat Cowans 176' (R." 'Chudleigh 85, Brough ■28, A. Chudleigh;116):: -Bowling: For Sargoods, 'M'Arthur seven- wickets for 68 runs, Pope two for 7, and Hewson one for 33; for Cowans, Brooks four- for, 50, Matson one for 42, Mitchell one for 4, and I_ett one for 5. Customs 159 (Clark 35, Mitchell 51 retired,1 and O'Shea 43 not out), beat Odlins 77 (Wharton 43, Demuth 24 not put). Bowling: For Customs, Tilyard four wickets for 5, O'Shea four for 19, Cotteril one ,for 29, aud Gunson one for 10; for , Odlinsj;.Rogers, sis for 69, Williams one for 2$ andSfWebsier ,one if: 17; ''■ v";; -^'-B^(Grailc.:;-;" ■ " Roseneath 172-for nine wickets (Harts-horn-41, Faber,.,26,;. \\falden.2o; Beck 28, Woods 16 !n'ot'b_t),''. drew.'with His .Master's vV3ic;fe;.v.73':v£pr six wickets (Morris 47 not'•' out,'.Y^rrall 12)... Bowling: For ■ Roseneath,- Waldeu tobk .'three wickets > for vl9;/Dawson/two for 19; < for H.M.V., Perston three'-for 33, Morris two for 24. ■ James Smiths, ISO (Flavell 67, Gray 21, Windsor 17, St'oue 10, Howitt 10), defeated Printing: Works^S^ (Hardy 23). Bowling: For James Smith; Donovan took ..five for 20, and'Sto,iie;':thfee for 26; for Printing; Works,' Thomas six for 73. Whitcombe's,1 .154 for eight wickets, declared (Nixon '58, Swain- 40, M'Leod 15, Legge 14, Ferrisr: 14) defeated Bookers, 132 (Cruiekshank 2S, Murphy 47, Erwing 14). Bowling: 'For Whitcombe's, M'Leod three for 32, Ferris four for > 59, Swain one for 36; for Bookers, Murphy one for 23, Booker two for 31, and Buck five-for 77. • Todd Motors, 207 for five wickets, drew with Rough- and' Co;,.180 ifor eight. Batting for Todd?s,- Edmonds made 102 not out, M. Walker 53;, Ryan 26. Bowling for Todd's, Edmonds-took -four for 46. Batting for Rough and Co.; Haines made 61, Wilkes 29 not out, Williams 17, Bucknell 16./ Bowling for Rough's, Venn took three f0r..88. -■.'■■"> Gas Co! 96 for one wicket (M'Clymont 46 retired. Waugli 25 retired, Mead 20), beat W. D. and'H/O. Wills, 90 (Luke 33,, Ban'36). Bowling for the: winners, Alexander took five wickets for'-3:'runs. C Grade. Hannah's, 231 for five wickets, declared (Brown ,S9, Dennis 39, Henwood 28 not out,' Lai'sen IS, Oliver 18), defeated- "N.Z. Free Lance," 35 (Holland 11). Bowling: Foi- Hannah's, Oliver five for 17, Evans four for 16; for ''Free Lance," Hobman three.for 64. State Advances, 176 (Hill 37 retired, Morrison .29, Ashton 24, Liardet 19, Bundle IS, Fowke 15), beat Education, 29. Bowling: For State Advances, Morrison six for 14,;'aiid Hill four for 13; for Education. Smith four i'or 32. "N.Z.Truth," 132 (J. Hennessey 29, C. Fumes." 23, G. Mummerv 22, W. Crisp 17, Woodcock 10); Dalgetys', : 74 (Grubb 26,! Le£ge'.'l7, Lawrence 16). Bowling.— For "Truth": C. Fumess four-for 20, Woodcock'one for 20; for. Dalgcty'e: Law-r i'enee three- for 11, Miners two for 13, and Grubb two!for 20. D Grade. Hiitchesbri, Bowman, and Johnson, 76 (J: Bowman 16, W. Bowman 14, Cornish 10) beat- Labour Department, 63 (Suiter 30, Augustine 16). -Bowling: For Hutcheson,; Bowman, and Johnson, W. Bowman seven f0r..21; for Labour Department, Bramwell six for 32, Dare three for 32. . Telephone Exchange, 208 for five wicfcats (Churchill S7, Hancock 40, Leitch 28 not oiit; Sundborn 22 retired), defeated Macky, Logan's, 39 (Philps 20). Bowling: For Telephone Exchange, Sundborn three for 2, . Hatha way two for 14, Marchant two for 15..' ' Milk Department, 68. defeated Millerton Engineering. 45. Bowling.—For Milk Department: Eraser took five for 18, Andrews three for I.