MERCANTILE LEAGUE

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 11, 13 January 1934, Page 21

MERCANTILE LEAGUE

NOTES AND COMMENTS

Last Saturday's Mercantile. L«agu« games completed the first round of the competitions, ant! each • v grade gives promise of providing keen matches; before :the, ultimate winners are found. E. Mincham (Celtic) leads the laggregate of individual scores with 570. runs, and he also holds the record, score1: of the' pa^st six years with.. an. unl>eat;eri innings of 192, . ,T. Baker (Atlantic Union) leads the individual, .bowling tally-with .50' wickets, while his,run. ;of successes with the .bat has." taken him beyond* 400. ' ~: ; :

Sargoods, with- a drawn game, .last Saturday, maintain their position 'at, the head of the A grade, while Cowans haye Nmanaged to draw level with-* win over Gas Co, Sargoods Vivill: be back to their full strength, from now; on and on present indications they will be fairly hard to dispose, of in the A grade. ' . ■ ■ :'. ■ ' ' Shipping and State Advances both won .their games on Saturday and are still level at the top! of the B grade. The position will probably remain-the same until these two team? meet next Saturday) when the virtual final, will be fought out. Shipping, and ' State Advances are solid teams and '■ both, would perform with credit in' the A. grade./ ' ; ' "'.' . ' By their defeat of Customs last week Government Printing now lead: the C grade with Tauljmans second and Customs third. The competition- between these three sides and Justice-Depart-ment should provide ':an . interesting final, . Nejv ; Zealand ; Slippers and D.I.C. lead the D grade, while TaylorPhoenix and Gas Co. are at the top of the' E grade.'; ' ■- ,At this week's meeting pf ■ the ■management committee it was decided,.to hold the usual inter-grade fixture! A v. B and C v. D «od E on Anniversary Day. It was also decided to endeavour to arrange a game for the representative side which played in Auckland. The recent game in Auckland with.the City, and Suburban Association has opened up a wide field of activities ■. in. the League and a special meeting is.to be held during the next, fortnight .in. order to discuss special reports. which have; been submitted. ..The outcome of these deliberations is likely to prove highly in)cresting to Mercantile League plnycjrs and supporter^.