HUTT VALLEY ASSOCIATION

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 7, 10 January 1938, Page 6

HUTT VALLEY ASSOCIATION

The Hutt Valley Cricket Association s matches were resumed on Saturday and at the conclusion of the days play Gear United led in the A grade, TaHa in the B grade, Gracefield m the C grade, and Trafalgar m the D and E grades. OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES. Batting. H Webster (Bell Park), 77 not out. C. Burt (Trafalgar Park>, 60. Bowling. J. Dunn (Meadows) seven for 28. H. R. Pollock (Gear United], six for Z4T. Jones (Trafalgar Park), five for 24 B. McCann (Bell Park), five for 47. CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE.

A GRADE. Gear United 73 (J. Dunn seven for 28 and R. Dunn two for 36) and o7 for six wickets (R. G. Holland.23 not out —J. Dunn three for 23, T. Dunn two for 7) beat Meadows 64 (Pollock four for 29, Holland three for 21) and 56 (P 'Dudley 21—Pollock six for 24 ). Todd Motors 172 (O'Connor 46, H. Dunn 25—McCann five for 47, Ord two for 16) beat Bell Park 159 (Ord 30, H. Webster 77 not out—O'Connor three for 61. Dunn two for 54). Eastbourne 125 (Bradburn 38. Roberts 36—Wellington three for 20, Wallis three for 15, Scott two for 22) met General Motors 90 and 66 (Crisp four

for 34, Foley three for 33, Johns two for 16, and Bradburn two for 18).

Trafalgar Park 171 (Burt 60, Elliott 47—Shenock four for 21) met Empire 72 and 150 for eight wickets (Philp 20. Henderson 20, White 35 not out—! Dryliu three for 15, Barnes three for 9, Jones five for 24). B GRADE. Taita. 99 (Moore 33, Brewer 26), drew j with Metiers United. 99 (Tanner 27 ' Leslie 23). Bowling for Taita, Hawten i took four wickets for seven runs, I Cottle two lor ;:0. For Metters United ! Hillock took six for 20, Tanner, three I tor 25. Trafalgar Park, 75 (Jones 22). and 48 for six wickets declared, beat Central. 31 and 47. Bowling for Trafalgar Park, Ryan took four wickets for eight and four for 11, Lowe three for six. for Central, E. Wilson five for 24 and four for 16, Dcuzil three for 16 Ford Motors. 219 (McGregor 102 not out. J. Martin 41), drew with New Zealand Slippers. 128 for nine (L. Williams 34. R. Williams 24. Garner 23) Bowling for Ford Motors. J. Martin took three for 29, Dougan two for 28, r. Martin two for nine. For New Zealand Slippers, Futter took three for 42. Kristiansen four for 54. Woollen Mills v. Hibernians was postponed. C GRADE. Gear United. 128 (Jordan 37, Moore 2LJ, McLeod 30), and 39 for seven wickets, beat iT.M.C.A., 78 and 119. Bowling lor Gear United, Bradbury took three for 19, Butler four for 14, White four for 30, Asplet three for 24. Taita, 97 (Pilcher 23 not out), and 102 for seven wickets declared (Pilcher 46), beat Stewart Prams, 65 (Martin 24), and 119. Bowling for Taita, Bean took two for 15, Woolley two for nine Westbury three for 21, Kemp two for 17. For Stewart Prams, Norman took eight lor 45. j

Epuni, 111 (Harrison 34, Futter 23), beat General Motors, 24 and 49. Bowling for Epuni. Harrison took two for 31. A. Futter two for 24

M.U. Oddfellows, 112 (Mailman 41.', and 127 for four wickets declared (Sherwood 56. Mailman 31 not out), beat Gracefield, 70 (Law 29), and 81 for eight. Bowling for M.U. Oddfellows. Mailman took five for 13, Brocklebank three for 35. Sherwood four for 11. D GRADE. Lever Bros., 101 (May 21, Burt 22), and 42 for two wickets, beat Odlins, 103 (R. Williams 26, Andrews 38), and 33. Bowling for Lever Bros. Burt took eight for 30, and four for 13, Henshaw two for 33, and five for 19. For Odlins, Chudleigh took six for 30 and two for 23. L. Williams three for 16. Eastbourne, 71 and 115 for eight (Lawton 33, Girdlestone 31) beat Metiers United, 36 and 57. New Zealand Motor Bodies, 111 for five wickets declared (Ellis 61 not out. Flaws 27 not out), and 42 for four wickets, beat Central, 20 and 120. Bowling for New Zealand Motor Bodies, Flaws took three for eight, and four for 30, Thomas three for 12. Middleton four for 43. Trafalgar Park, 148 (Holdcroft 58 not out) beat Todd Motors, 137 (Salt 4). E GRADE. New Zealand Motor Bodies, 102 (Marshall 58), and 88 (Marshall 51), beat Trafalgar Park, 97 (Martin 23, Norrish 2Cu, and 31 for seven wickets. Bowling for New Zealand Motor Bodies, Foreman took three for 29, and two for 37, Wilson three for 27, and two for 39, Woodward two for 27. For Trafalgar Park, Young took six for nine, Malm three for four, Andrews six for 29.

Hibernians, 121 (Henderson 52, Prendergast 32), and 109 for nine (Ryan 25, Henderson 21), beat Taita, 118 (Alsop 23, Pilcher 34). and 38 for none (Swain 21 not out). Bowling for Hibernians, Young took four for 47. Gibbs two for eigh i.

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