MERCANTILE LEAGUE

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 56, 8 March 1937, Page 15

MERCANTILE LEAGUE

CENTURY TO LIDDICOAT

With only two matches to go, Customs Agents are assured of the A grade championship, their defeat of Jasco on Saturday putting them ahead of the second team. Amalgamated Bricks. Jasco made a poor start against the bowling of Wynn and de Clifford, the side being dismissed for the small total of 143, of which Kilby made 44. Customs Agents also opened badly, but a solid 70 by Wynn gave the game a different complexion, Customs Agents getting the necessary runs with six wickets in hand.

In. the match with Sargoods, the Roseneath batsmen failed completely against the attack of Rowland, who, bowling particularly well, took seven wickets for 13 runs. The side was dismissed for 70. There was nothing remarkable about Sargood's reply, the innings being declared closed with seven wickets down for 173. James, just back from Australia, scored a hard-hitting 55 not out. Losing two wickets for 68 in the second innings, Rosenealh avoided an outright defeat by playing out time.

'A fine 62 by Robertson for Taxes Department in their match with Woolworths enabled the team, after a comparatively poor beginning, to notch a reasonable total of 177. Woolworths opened well, but the later batsmen could do nothing with the bowling of Rodden, the side failing by 55 runs. After a poor start against Taub-

mans, Working Men's Club made a fine recovery, solid efforts by Andrews, Foley, and Essen taking the score to 167. Johnstone, seven for 72, bowled exceptionally well for Taubmans. TaubmaiUi started well, but once Randall arid Gin- struck a length batsmen went cheaply, the side scoring the small total of 114.

With the solid total of 227, the chief contributors to which were I. Ramsay, A. Ramsay, Prosser, and Kemp. Prestige Hosiery appeared to be in a good position in their match with Amalgamated Bricks. The latter side, however, after losing the first wicket, cheaply, captured the bowling, Liddicoat scoring a delightful 100 not out. When slumps were drawn throe wickets had fallen for 216 runs. .The following table shows the positions of the various teams in the A grade championship. Wins Cli. P. spt. 3pt. D. L. pis. Customs Agents .15 1 10 4 — 39 Amalg. Bricks . 15 —• 7 7 1 28 Prestige Hosiery 15 1 2 11 1 22 Woolworths ... 15 — 5 4 6 19 Taxes Dept. ..15- — 5 4 0 10 Roseneatn 15 — <I 7 4 10 Sargoods 15 — 5 3 7 18 Work. Men's Club 15 — 3 8 4 17 Tnubmans 15 — 3 2 10 11 ■lasco 15 — 1 fl S 0 Customs Agents, 145 for four wickets, beat Jasco, 143. Sargoods, 173 for seven wickets, declared, beat Roseneath, 70 and 68 for two wickets. Taxes Department, 177, beat Woolworths, 122. Working Men's Club, 176, beat Taubmans, 114. Prestige Hosiery, 227, drew with Amalgamated Bricks, 216 for three wickets: MAIN PERFORMANCES. BATTING. 31. Liddicoat (Araal. Bricks) 100* C. F. Wynne (Customs Agents) 70* I. Ramsay (Prestige Hosiery) 68 C. Robertson (Taxes Dept.) 132 F. Andrews (Working Men's Club) '. 02 .1. K. James (Suruoods) 5.1* E. Pickering (Amal. Bricks) -'17 F. D. Kilb.v (Jaseo) '■■■ J4 •Not out. BOWLING. A. W. V. Kowland (Surgoods) 7 for 13 G. W. Jolinstone (Tnubmans) ...... 7 for V-i i\ de Clifford (Customs Agents) .. 5 for 44 It. Stephenson (Amal, Bricks) 5 for 78 | W. Roddeu (Taxes Dcpt.) 4 for 10] L. V. Randell (Working Men's Club) 4 for 22 C. F. Wynne (Customs Agents) 4 for 50 0. N. Meech (Woolworths). 4 for 51 N. Young (Roseneath) 4 for 65 B. K. Jeffery (Woolworths) 4 for 65 Customs Agents, 145 for four wickets (Wynne 70 not out), beat Jasco, 143 (Kilby 44). Bowling: For Customs Agents, de Clifford took five for 44, Wynne four for 50; for Jasco, Donovan took two for 38. ~,.., Sargoods, 173 for seven wickets, declared (James 55 not out), beat Roseneath, 70'(Melville 26) and. 68 for two wickets (Jupp 31 not out). -Bowling: For Sargoods, Rowland took seven, tor 13; for Roseneath, Young took four for 65 and Jupp three for 62. Taxes Department, 167 (Robertson 62) beat Woolworths, 122 (Meech 138). Bowling: For Taxes, Rodden four for 16; for Woolworths, Meech took four for 51 and Jeffery four for 65. Working Men's Club, 176 (Andrews 62, Foley 35), beat Taubmans, 114 (Tidman 31). Bowling: For Working Men's Club, Randall took four for 22, McGirr three for 26; for Taubmans, Johnstone seven for 72. Prestige Hosiery, 227 (I. Ramsay 68, A. Ramsay' 39, Prosser 36, Kemp. 35), drew with Amalgamated Bricks, 216 for three wickets (Liddicoat 100 not out, Pickering 47, C. F. Murphy 35 not out). Bowling: For Prestige Hosiery, Phillips one for 35; for Amalgamated Bricks, Stephenson five for 73. B Grade. Hannahs, 176 (Gridley 56, O'Brien 26, Low 20), beat Gasco, 57 (T. Barr 33, Hearne 13). Bowling: For Hannahs, Oliver took four wickets for 12 runs and G. Rait three for 34; for Gasco, Hearne took four for 40, Widdison three for 34, and Cameron two for 32. Celtic, 123 for no wickets (W. Johnson 63 not out, A. S. Barr 56 not out), beat Justice Department, 115 (Ward 42 J. C. Dow 17, T. Taylor 16, Wilson 29) Bowling: For Celtic, C. Richardson took five wickets for 36 runs. Smith and Smiths, 189 (J. Roberts 69, S. Brooks 52, Hart 18), beat Pastimes 139 (Jefferies 31, A. Pringle 20 M. Smith 14, Knigge 18, Armstrong 13, C. Pringle 11). Bowling: For Smith and Smiths, C Dobbs took four wickets for 63 runs, S. Brooks three for 56, and A Ruscoe two for 14; for Pastimes, A. Pringle took six for 15, C. Pringle two for 41, and Armstrong two for 50. Grey Cabs, 158 (Moylan 66, Hunt 35, Hill 26), beat Telephone Exchange, 129 (Heatherwick 49, Churchill 24) Bowling: For Grey Cabs, E. Deans took four wickets for 56 runs and. E. Purcell three for 30; for Telephone Exchange, Mclvor took three for two Cm' Berhampore by default. C Grade. Harbour Board, 151 for five wickets (Myers 58, A'Hern 22 Alexandra. 20 Prince not out 16) beat Ulm 121 (Carroll 52, Dawson 19, Fordham ID-Bowl-ing for Harbour Board Prmce took four wfekets for. 33 runs Spencer four for 31, and Alexander two for 15. 101 Ulm Kemp took two for 41. Labour-Tourist 183 (Osborne 84, BramweU 38, Darragh 19) beat Empire Box 143 (Rait 40, Moloney 25 Mailman 16, Stohr 19). Bowling for Empne Box Rait took three for 32 For Labour-Tourist BramweU took four for 28, Rooke three for 14, and Swift three f°Audit Department, 260 for seven wickets (Benge not out 52, Rex 04, Wardrop 37, Mclndoe'3l, Davidson 28) beat Odlins 235 (Laurie 72 Butler 68, Gerard 60). Bowling for Audit Benge took five wickets for 70 and Farnsworlh two for 25. For Odhns Laurie took three for 40. D Grade. Seatouri 196 (G. Jones not out 126, D. Yeoman 26) beat Ross and Glendimng 112 (Swain 22, Martin 18, Pugh 18, Milgate 17). Bowling for Seatoun G. Jones took five wickets for 66 runs, Smith two for five, and W. Day two for 25. For Ross and Glendimng Swain took four for 43, Baillie two for 51, and Mugate two for 52. State Advances 229 for five wickets (Gladding not out 105, McCordell 45, Ashton not out 30, Hawkes 20) beat Central 156 (Barton 60, Lucas 33, Morris 30). Bowling for State Advances Hawkes took five wickets for do ana McCardell four for 43. Ferguson and Osborn 136 (Hearfield not out 47, Whaler 25, Toomer 18, Law 12) beat Bing Harris 77 (Hill 28, Wilkins 18, Harvey 11). Bowling for Ferguson and Osborn Whaler took six wickets for 37 runs and Mailman four for 36. For Bing Harris de Woolf took five for 33 and Hill two for 28. E Grade. Labour Bureau 177 (Nicholson 37, Ryan 23) and 149 for nine (Sherlaw 49, Hayman 29) beat General Motors 106 (Eyton 26, Hutchings 13). Bowling for Labour Bureau Guiniven took three wickets for 30 runs and Auld three tor none. For General Motors Simmonds took seven for 47 and four for 53. Star Stores 120 for six wickets declared (Julius 76, D. Larnach not out 20) and 4 for no wickets beat Taxes Department 34 and 88. Bowling for Star Stores Gates took seven wickets for -nine runs and J. Larnach three for 15 Excelsior 131 (Myers 66, Amies 31, Jamieson 12) beat Printing Department, 44 (Peacock 11) and 55 (Peacock 14, Payne 18). Bowling for Excelsior Amies took six wickets for 39 runs, Bishop four for 18, Reeve two for none, and Myers two for 21. For Printing Department Payne took six for 33 and Mills two for 21. Special Grade. Berhampore 151 (Collins 35, Parnell 22, Porter 18) beat Duthies 56 (J. Hadfield not out 35, H. Robinson 16). Bowling for Berhampore Helliwell took six wickets for 30 runs. For Duthies Knight took three for 38 and J. Hadfleld three for 47.

Lands and Survey 212 (Keys 46, Stott 44, Reid 34, Edwards 22, Webb 17, Arnold 16, Nicholson 12) beat Burch and Co. 121 (L. Williamson 4G, Warwick 28). Bowling for Lands and Survey Arnold took three wickets for 24 runs and Royal lour for 36. For BurcH and Co. Warwick took three for 25 and Kcegan four for 80.

Gordon and Golch 291 ,for five wickets (Caton 94, O'Leary 56, Jacobsen

55, Eton 28, Petrie 32) beat J.R. MeKenzies 286 (Rodger not out 201).

Shipping 236 for nine wickets (Dingle 61, Paterson 44. Westbrook 29, Banks 16, Manning' 15) beat Aulsebrooks 129 for nine (N. Roche 55, Wright 35, R. Hanrahan 20). Bowling for Shipping Mead four for 13, Dingle four for 69. For Aulsebrooks Roche six for 63. Wright two for 56.