MERCANTILE LEAGUE

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 50, 1 March 1937, Page 15

MERCANTILE LEAGUE

GREAT DAY FOR ALDRIDGE

Prestige Hosiery, 118 and 30 for no wickets beat Taubmans 85 and 55. Customs Agents, 204 for nine wickets, declared, beat Woolworths, 118. Roseneath, 157 for three wickets, beat Taxes Department, 133. * Amal. Bricks, 139 lor nine wickets, beat' Jasco, 131. Sargoods, 105 for four wickets, beat Working Men's Club; 90. MAIN PERFORMANCES. BATTING: W. Jupp (Roseneath) 129* A. Cullen (Customs Agents) 94 J. Donovan (Jasco) <?a N. B. Aldridge (Prestige Hosiery) 54 W. Brown (Woolworths) 44* L. G. Foley (Sargoods) 44 L. Beveridge (Taxes Dept.) 43 *Not out. ' BOWLING. N. B. Aldridge (Prestige) .. 7 for 23 and 7 for 63 F. E. Davies (Roseneath) ..... 7 for 32 L. G. Foley (Sargoods) 7 for 46 A. A. Jennings (Customs Agents) •.....:.. 6 tor 57 R. Stephenson (Amal. Bricks) 4 for .£? P. Stone - (Jasco) .' 4 for 29 M. Liddicoat (Amal. Bricks) 4 for 36 J. O'Sulliyan (Jasco), 4 for 39 Customs Agents again demonstrated their superiority as a team and, after hitting up 204 for nine wickets, had no difficulty in defeating Woolworths, 118. A. Cullen scored a well-played 94, and T. Tucker also was useful with 39. Jeffrey, for Woolworths, was not so devastating as usual,. taking only three wickets lor 65, while Jennings, of Customs Agents, took six-for 53. . Taxes had a thorough trouncing from Roseneath, who rattled on 157 for three wickets, of which W. Jupp, who seems to have jumped right back' to his old form,' compiled 129 not out. Going in when' two wickets were down for 15 runs, Jupp- almost immediately took full charge of. the game, hitting ten 6's,-and nearly always, at the end of the over making the necessary single to give him the bowling at the other end. F. Davies, of Roseneath', did well with the ball, taking seven Taxes wickets for 32. The Amalgamated Brick&Jasco match was a very low-scoring one, in which the most entertaining feature was Donovan's 69 from the use of the long handle.. At 'one time Jasco had six wickets down for 39,' and Donovan's contribution was very welcome. With a total of only 131 to overcome, the Amalgamated Bricks' team started very confidently, but the state of the wicket was against them, and notwithstanding a good knock by Morris for 39 and'another by C. F. Murphy for 32, their last man was in before the winning hit was registered. At the finish Amalgamated Briclts had scored 139 for nine wickets.

129* 94 69 54 44* 44 43

Prestige scored a five-point win over Taubmans. . Taubmans batted first and made 85. Prestige fared only a little better, and were all out .for 118, of which total Aldridge 54 and Mooney 35 were the only ones to do any good." In their second innings Taubmans were dismissed for 55, and Prestige, requiring only 23 to win,'had no difficulty in getting 30 without loss. Aldridge had. a .wonderful day at-Taub-. mans''expense. He scored 54 runs and took seven wickets for 63 in the first innings and seven for 23 in the second.

Working Men's Club slumped badly against Sargoods, making only 90 runs. L. G. Foley took seven wickets for 46 runs, Sargoods hit' up 105 runs for four wickets, of which total L. G. Foley scored 44. -

The following are the A grade championship points:—Customs Agents 36, Amalgamated Bricks 27, Prestige 21, Woolworths 19, Roseneath 19, Taxes 16, Sargoods 15, Working Men's Club 14, Taubmans 11, Jasco 9. RESULTS. Prestige Hosiery, 118 '(Aldridge 54, Mooney 35) and 30 for no wickets, beat Taubman's, 85 and 55 (Rotherham 29) Bowling for Prestige' Aldridge took seven for 23 and seven for 63; for Taubmans Johnstone took five for 53, and Tidman four for 21. Customs Agents, 204 for nine wickets,' declared (Cullen 94, Tucker 39), beat1 Wool Worths, 118 (Brown 44 not out). Bowling for Customs Agents Jenning took six for 57; for Woolworths Steven took three for 20, and Jeffery three"for 65. Roseneath, 157 for three wickets (Jupp 129 not out), beat Taxes Department, 133 (Beveridge 43, Casey 36). Bowling for Roseneath Davies seven for 32; for Taxes Department Beveridge took two for 20. Amalgamated Bricks, 139 for nine wickets (Morris. 39, C. F. Murphy 32), beat Jasco, 131 (Donovan 69). Bowl-1 .ing, for Amalgamated Bricks Stephenson took four; for 27, Liddicoat four, for 36; for Jasco Stone took four for' 29, O'Sullivan four for 39. I Sargoods, .105 for foun wickets ( Foley ' 44), beat Working Men's Club, 90. Bowling for Sargoods Foley took seven: for 46, Me Arthur three for 34; for Working Men's Club Matson took two for 16. B Grade. Gasco, 225 (W. Harris 99, T. Meade 59, Cook 26), beat Grey Cabs, 68 (J. Marshall 46) and 125 for seven (Forbes not out 23). Bowling for Gasco, Widdison took three wickets for 13 and two for 18, Hearne two for 32, and Cameron two' for 18; for Grey Cabs, Dean took four for 94.

Hannahs, 228 for four wickets, de-. clared (F. Oliver 110, Lowe 32, S. Gridley 30, J. O'Brien not out 32), drew with Celtic, 168 for six wickets ' (W. Johnson 11, W. R. King not out 86, H. Harker 21, J. Smythe 22, F. Law not out 10). Bowling for Hannahs G. Rait took four wickets for 40 runs; for Celtic C. Richardson took two /for 35. • ' ■ • Smith and Smiths, 234 .for ' eight wickets, declared (Henderson 91, Dobbs 11, Ruscoe 44, Roberts 43. Bennett 18, Synott 10), drew with Niven-Clarke, 79 for two wickets (Brown 26, Norris 10, Herbert not out 31, Calcinai not out 11). Bowling for Nivens Blake took four wickets for 50 runs and Norris two for 28. Justice Department, 178 for five wickets (Bishop 17, Vasta 33, Dow not out 64, Taylor 15, Wilson 16), J beat Berhampore, 102 (W. Hickling 10, R. Hickling not out 39, Lindsay 12. Crawford 15, Williams 12). Bowling for Justice Department, Wilson took three wickets for 45 runs, Rutherford two for 47, and McAuley two for eight. ■ Pastimes, 181 for eight wickets (Boyle 56, Lye 35, N. Smith 31, Jeffreys 23, Armstrong 14, Eeles 14, C. Pringle 12), beat Telephone Exchange, 175 (Raxworthy 53, Churchill 39, Cudby 31, Kruck 20). Bowling for Pastimes, A. Pringle took five wickets for 60 runs and Armstrong three for 42: for Telephone Exchange Cudby took five for 54. C Grade. Harbour ■ Board 257 for six wickets, declared (Myers 84, Prince 81 not out/ McLellan 49, Alexander 34) beat Empire Box 150 (Rait 36, Rennie A 5 dell 23, Moloneyil9, Mailman Hj- Bowling for Harbour Board, Alexander took three wickets for 8 runs .and Prince three for 82. For Empire Box, Rennie took three for 62. ,- . „ - U.L.M. 129 (Willis 69, Carroll 19 McIhnes 14) beat Shipping 71 (Welbrook 26). Bowling for U.L.M.. Newman took five wickets for 9 runs; and Carroll three for 23. For Shipping, Jones took five for 49 and Martin five for

23 Labour-Tourist 121 (Gorman 47, Bramwell 38, Maddams 14) beat Bonds Hosiery 120 (Stephenson 63,-Smith 10). Bowling for Labour-Tourist, Bramwell took six wickets for 38 runs

arid Lippitt three for 50. For Bonds, Chambers took four for 46 and Smith two for 35.

Odlins 171 (Lawrie CO, Wharton 38, Oliver 3.0, Gerard J6, Hill 10: not out) boat Tramways 125 for six "wickets (Chambers 27, -Ashworth 26, Killick 23, Moore 19 not out). ' Bowling for Odlins, Lawrie took three, wickets for 42 and Oliver two for 37: For Tramways, Gwynne took four for 03 and Ash worth-three for 26.

Audit Department 140 (Mclndoe* 44, Farnsworth 24, Davidson 23 not out, Bengel6, W.ardrop il), beat Milk Department 59 (Johnson 11, Hutchinson i 10, White 15, Adams 12 not- out) and 61' for .two wickets (Sheffield 26 not out, Hutchinson 13 " not out). Bowling for Milk Department; Hutchinson - took six wickets for 47 and Sheffield two for 18. For Audit Department, Wardrop took three for 10, Mullett two for six, Benge tvyo for 8,. and McIndoe two for, 9. /, ' , . D Grade. State Advances 173 (Morison 75, Gladding 36, Ashton 14) beat Ros.3 and Glendining 102 (Swain 31, Milgate 15, Bryce 15, Martin 13). Bowling for State Advances, Morison took ■ three wickets for 26, McCardell ;three. for 37, Hawkes two for 24, and Ashton two for 15. '•■■■ ■■': -. - ' ' . ■'■. Central 240 (E. Barton 73, Massey 47, Barnett 39, Morris 20, Lucas 24, S. W: Martin 12) beat 'Birig Harris' 97 (Harvey 49, Ready 23, Wilkins 16) and 85 (Cooper 3C, not out, Rebay 13," Hill. 11). Bowling for Central, Lucas took two wickets for 43 and . five for: 27, Dariby three for 44, Barton two for eight, and Massey two for 15. For Bing Harris, Rebay took three for 52 and Gillespie two for 10. Ferguson and Osborn 162 (Mailman 61., Russell 38, Hearfield 23, Law 12, Latham ■. 11) beat A,O.T.N. 59 (Townsend . 14; Tredrea 14). Bowling for. Ferguson and Osborn, Mailman took five wickets for 17 runs and Whaler five .for 30.-.• For- A.0.T.N., Sinclair took two for 12, R. Lusty- two:for. 1.7, arid G. Lusty two for :26. ■■,■-..■'■:.;• ■:■:•: • Seatoun '222 (Yeoman 48. Berry '26, •Tilley 22. G. Jones 20. ;•. N. Day. 19,. W. Harkness 18,vSmith 15) beat .Pensions' Department 68v(Mouat\31,. Evans 13). : t ßowling for. Ceatoun; .-., W,. : Day. took seven wickets for 15 ; runs..; For Pen-: sions-Department, Mouat took six'for .57^: rV,'>'\i-.i.. ~>-..: ' v-V/;:..;.:.; v, ..• .:, ■■ ; >;•; ;;. '. .:'... '. '.•■■• E GRADE. .:' ';; ) )■"[. ~:^ Insurance1 Officers," 216 (Gray 36, 01----sen 48, Coulton-66), drew with: General Motors,':'•.ls7 ' for eight! wickets (Eytqn; 56, Simmonds - 30, Piper 20). Bowling: For Insurance Officers, Gray took three for 47, Wiremtwo-for, %% "and Johnston two for 6;-for General Motors, Pridmore took five;for 57 and Simmonds-twoffor 44. ' ... . • i • Star Stores, '92,, beat .Wright,' S.tephV ensoh;'s4 (Deyonport1 32). • . Bowling: For Star Stores, Gates took six wickets foi^lSruns.'',;;.-■ -.. ■': ..,. ;■. >' Printing' Department,.3o7 for four, declared (Thompson not out 110, Payne riot out 103, Mills 61)/drew with Customs Department, 187 for four wickets (Richards 91, Thomas not out 46, Meachen 36). Bowling: For Printing, Peacock took three wickets: for 13 runs. ■•. ■ ■•' ■ . ■'' -.-■■ Taxes Department, 124 (Still not out 38, Bracken 26, Paton 23),-beat Rovers, 82 (Cole 41). Bowling: For Taxes Department, Stiir took four wickets for 31 runs;: for Rovers, Cole took four for 27..,- .•■■'.*' -• - -v:- :': : . \.;, ; ..;.' F GRADE. A■; .; Berha'mpore, 121 (Griffin 26, Porter 19,> Helliwell 17), beat Self Help, 56 (Marsh not out 26). Bowling: For Berhampore, Griffin1 took seven wickets for 38 runs; for Self Help, Dawson took ,'two for 6-and Gobch three for 15. : Aulsebropk-Tui, 270 > for three wickets (Bell 129, Wright 69, Hanrahan 45), beat Wellington Woollen Co., 51 (Nunns 32); Bowling: For Aulsebrooks, Hanrahan took'flve wickets for 11 runs. .- . ■;. ■■/;■;■'■ .■■-■'.,.■'■ ; ■ : -'■■:..■... -.'■ ■.-.■ G GRADE. ■ / '-. .:.-. ..;-.■ Shipping.B, 145 for six wickets (Dingle not out 68, Manning 38, Banks 21), beat Burcli and Co.. 82 (White 23, J. Keegan 17 not out, L. Newson 15)' and 105 for five (Newson not out 59, Keegan not out i 6, R. Wylie-13, G. Warwick 10). Bowling: For Shipping,. Dingle took five for 45 and two for 36, Banks four for 1.4 and Donald two for ll;*foi?;Burch: aridVCo.;'L: -.Williamson took three for 57 arid Kraft two for 58. ■■' '■'- -■ :'' ' ■' " ■■■" ■ : Gasco, 145 /(Marshall 44, Jones '34, Mulholland 29),, beat Telephone Exchange, 135 (Welsford 32, Prince 22). Bowling: For Gasco.' Glavin took two wickets for 9 runs, Mulhblland four for 46, and Marshall three for 50; for Telephone Exchange, Lcitch took three for 19. Dulhies. 89 (Knight 21, A. Robinson 20) and 78 for nine (H.1 Robinson 40), beat Moore Wilson, 72 (Brooker 32, Newton 12). Bowling: For Duthies, J. Hadfield took three wickets for 10 runs and Knight four for 34; for Moore Wilson, Newton took four for 11, Anderson two for 13, Campbell four for, 30, and McGinnety four for 48;

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