TOWN V. COUNTRY AND INTER-CLUB

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 149, 21 December 1936, Page 20

TOWN V. COUNTRY AND INTER-CLUB

INTERESTING PLAY ON SATURDAY

I In excellent cricketing weather on Saturday afternoon the If Town v. Country match was concluded at the Basin Reserve and ? a further series of matches in the inter-club competitions was cping ' menced. Town's representatives showed superiority over lliose from ;!i the country associations, but time did not permit of the match j? being finished. In Mro innings the Country players made only 52 fr runs more than were made by the Town players in one innings. | In -the. senior championship matches the play bad many !| interesting features. University ran up a big score against Karori fj at Karori Park, McMillan, Wiren, and Wilson contributing excep- | tionally well to the account. Midland, except that Hepburn played jj another fine innings, fared none too well against Hutt, who took the !i *;■; lead with seven wickets in hand, Capstick maintaining his excelI ISfl lent form and Cheevers doing well. Crook and Scott were the li *■*&■ principals in the batting department for Institute, who had Si *3&j,:.. Wellington College Old Boys fighting for runs. Wellington fell ". *Hfc- cheaply to Kilbirnie, being well behind on the first innings, and | :%P Kilbirnie, for whom Rice and Lubransky tatted splendidly, were I ;'":?". well under way with their second innings when stumps were drawn. I \^. . Boyes and Whyte (Old Boys), Cheevers (Hutt), and J. Ashenden !< 'tis (Kilbirnie) were among the most successful of the bowlers. The I 2?v matches are to be concluded,on. January 9. .

t DAY'S PLAY AT A GLANCE. *. Town ' (285) drew with Country (156 and HI). Midland (170) v. Hutt (210 for three wickets), at Hutt Recreation Ground. Institute (221) v. Wellington Collect. Old Hoys (80 for seven wickets), at Kelburu Turk. University (35» for seven wickets, declared) t. Karori, at Karori Tark.. Kilbirnie (161 and 90 for. five wickets) v. WelJJngton (80), at Kilbirnie. MAIN PERFORMANCES. BATTING. Capstick (Huft) .: 87* McMillan (University) S4* Wiren (University) 79 Wilson (University) 77 Hepburn (Midland)^ t 71 Crook (Institute) iiti Lubransky (Kilbirnie) SI Scott (Institute) 'IS Oheovers (Hutt) .' ■ 47* Rtce (Kilbfrnie) 44* Elce (Kilbirnie) 42 ♦Not out. » BOWMXG. Boyca (Old Boys) ." for 6G Whyte (Old1 Boys) r> for 60 .Ashenden (Kilbirnie) 4 for 34 Champness (Hutt) 4 for 34