LEGAL CRICKETERS

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 84, 8 April 1936, Page 9

LEGAL CRICKETERS

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT

A win by five runs on the first innings went to the vice-presidents of the Justice Department Cricket Club yesterday afternoon, when they met a club eleven at Kelburn Park. The vice-presidents, who are mainly barristers and solicitors, batted first and; scored 160, and the club team, which won the C grade championship of the. Mercantile League, were dismissed for 155, playing one man short. The mainstay of the vice-presidents' team was A. M, Hollings, who scored a brisk: 77 before ■ retiring. He was well supported by J. S. Hanna, who scored.42. J. M. Pointon took five wickets for 55 for the club eleven. Details:— , VICE-PRESIDENTS. A. M. Hollings, retired 77 C. H. Ham, run out 2 W. F. Stilwell, c and b Shepherd . 1 A. M. Cousins, c.and b Pointon ~ 11 O. Foote, c Shepherd, b Pointon ~ 11 W. H. Cudby, b Pointon 12 .1. S. Hanna, c and b Pointon ... 42 M. F. Luckie, b Pointon 2 A. B. Sievwright, run out 0 J. Gifford, b Shepherd 0 W. McLeod, not out 0 Extras 2 Total 160 Bowling.—Shepherd took two wickets for 25 runs, Pointon five for 55, Dow none for 33, Riddell none for 45. JUSTICE ELEVEN. J. C. Redward, b Cudby 7 H. J. Bishop, st Cousins, b Ham .. 48 J. C. Dow, b Luckie 21 G. W..Riddell, b Cudby 31 G Roberts, run out 7 C. H. Benney, b Cudby 13* H. W. Shepherd.-c Hollings, b Stilwell 16 G. C. Powell, st Cousins, b Cudby 3 J. M. Pointon, b Cudby 0 J. Johnston, not out 0 J. Ellis, absent 0 , Extras 9 Total '- 155 Bowling.—Cudby took" five wickets for 36 runs, Stilwell one for 34; Luckie one.for 28, Hollings none for 27, Ham. one for 21.