WIN FOR HUTT

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 155, 28 December 1935, Page 4

WIN FOR HUTT

AGAINST MERCANTILE LEAGUE

The third annual '■■ match between representatives of the Hutt Valley Cricket Association and the Wellington Mercantile, League. was concluded on Athletic Park yesterday, and resulted in Hutt Valley gaining their first win, by 96 runs. . ■•:■; ■ . ■ Hutt scored 252 in their first innings, and at-the resumption of play yesterday Mercantile had 141 runs in hand oh. their first innings,'with six-wickets, down. Torrihgtoh made top; score in the innings with 36, and the side's total was 175; :'■":■-. ■'-'■" ■• - ' T. Jones was the best bowler, taking five for 36.:. '■'...With, a 1 lead of 77 runs on the first innings, Hutt Valley's batsmen opened out in their second strike and most of them wielded the bat breezily. They scored 153 in the innings, T. Jones's 30. being they top score.. Jennings's four wickets for 35 runs was the best bowling performance. At. the. start of their second innings Mercantile were faced with the task of making 23.1 in 170 minutes on a worn wicket, and it was not. surprising that

they failed. As it was their score of 134 was a creditable performance. Darragh did best with the bat, scoring 37.- ...... . Most of the Hutt bowlers did well, H._ Jones doing best with four wickets for 22.. ..-„,■■•• Details are:— HUTT VALLEY. First innings .;... .........; 252 Second Innings. J. Halligan, c and b McKeown 22 J. Sharpe, lbw, b,Jennings .. 12 H. Webster, b Jennings ... " 26 J. Wilson, b Jennings . 16 W. Tyrall, c Barr. b McKeown' '.'" 15 L. Harvey, b McKeown 7 I P. Dudley, b McKeown ' '2 A. Wood, b Robinson " 7 T. M. Jones, c Barr, b Robinson.. 30 W. Cate, lbw, b Jennings .. 1 H. Jones, not out 0 Extras ....'...'. 15 Total .'.,...."153 Bowling.—P. Torrington took no wickets for 4 runs; G. Herd, none for 13; D. McKeown, four for 75; A. A Jennings, four for 35; E. Robinson, two for MERCANTILE LEAGUE. First Innings. A. S. Barr, b Wood 2 I. Ramsay, c Halligan, b Dudley 30 A. Cullen, b Dudley „ ■ ia W. Darragh, b T. Jones^ . 1 D. McKeown, st Tyrall, b Dudley 8 E: T. H. Robinson, b T. Jones ' 19 P. Torrington, c Dudley, bT. Jones 36 G. Johnstone, b H. Jones 26 R. Nickless, not out 6 A.% A. Jennings, bT. Jones ...'. ■ '5 G. Herd, bT. Jones "'.'' 0 Extras 24 : Total ~^l Bowling: A. Wood took one wicket for 36 runs; H. N. Jones, one for 23- T M: Jones, five for 36; W. Cate, none'for 16; P. Dudley, three for 33; H Webster, none for 6; J. Halligan, none for 1. Second Innings. A. S.. Barr, b W. Cate 17 I. Ramsay, cH. Jones, bT. Jones. 0 P. Torrington, b A. Wood ...... 5 E. T. H. Robinson, b H. Jones 24 ,W. Darragh, c Harvey, bA. Wood 37 G. Johnstone, c Harvey, bW. Cate 1 A. Cullen, hit wicket, b Dudley' 11 D. McKeown, c Harvey, bH. Jones 14 R. Nickless, b H. Jones 8 G. Herd, c Harvey, b H. Jones 2 A. A. Jennings, not out ....... 0 Extras 15 Total :.... ~iii Bowling: A. Wood took two wickets for -28 runs; T. M. Jones, one for 32; H. N. Jones, four for 22; W. Cate, two for 11; P. Dudley, one for 25.