SPORT IN NORTH OTAGO

Evening Star, Issue 22818, 29 November 1937, Page 7

SPORT IN NORTH OTAGO

CRICKET. The first day’s play in the second .round of the first grade competition took place qn Saturday under ideal cricketing conditions. A feature of the day’s play was the big total compiled by Oariiaru against School, the innings closing for 448 runs, of which total Zimmermann contributed 161, with Kelk 87 and Dick 59. School started badly, losing two wickets for 11 funs. Union established a good lead over Albion in the first innings, the top-scorer in this ■ match being ' Papps with 89. ■ Albion compiled , 133 runs, to which Union replied with 255 for the loss of seven' wickets. —Second Grade.— Oamaru and Albion played a drawn game. Oamaru batted first, making 250 runs. At the call of time Albion had lost six wickets for 155 runs. St. Kevin’s beat School B on the first innings. School B made 110 runs, and St. Kevin’s 1 212. —Third Grade.— St. Kevin’s A' had an outright win against School A. St. Kevin’s made 199 runs and School 33 in the first strike and 17 in the second. St. Kevin’s B secured a win on the first innings against School B. St. Kevin’s made 144 and School 74. The positions of the third grade teams at the end of the second round are:—St. Kevin’s A 18} points. School A 14, St. Kevin’s B 9, School B 4}. BOWLING. Ideal conditions prevailed on Saturday for the second series of matches in the Mills Shield competition, which resulted as follows: —Phoenix v. Meadowbauk.— (Phoenix names first.) Grant, Armstrong, C. Mollison,. Adams 21, Black, Barclay, Nimmo, Mitchell 19; Borrie, Maxwell, Mathieson, Slater 13, Genge, Mushet, Carson, Smith 27; Coulter, Weavers, Forrest, A. G. Robertson 17, Don, Patterson, Clarke, Donald 20; Luke, Treseder, Foster, .T. Reid 19, W. Brown, Herron, Bee, Blacklock 15; J. Robertson, M'Narry, T. Watson, Crisp 17, M‘Kay, Skirving. E. H. 'Taylor, Denholm 34. Points.: Phoenix §, Mpaaowbank 7i»

—Phoenix v. Awamoa.— (Phoenix names first.) Forbes, Smith, H. L. Familton, Thomson 25. M'Stay, Cromble, Jackson, Kennedy 17; A. Watson, Craig, Kear, Calder 18, G. Brooker, W. Henderson, Tomkins, Christie 22; Bremner, Cox, J. Grant, Humphries’ 18, Nicholson, ‘ Campbell, Richardson, Tisdall 21. ’ Points: Phoenix 2, Awamoa 4. , —Phoenix v. Hampden.— (Phoenix names, first.) | Jamieson, Watts, Wedde, Corson 35, Townsend, M'Kerrow, Dick, Bain 6; 1 H. P. S. Familton', Hopkins, Dunbar, E. W. Grenfell 28, Belcher, Murcott, Lang, Gould 20. Points: Phoenix 10, . Hampden 0. ! —Awamoa v. Meadowbauk. — i (Awamoa names first.) Watson. Ferguson, M'Jennett, A. Robertson 16, W. Patterson, Miller, Crichton, Martin 21; Fan's, . Reid, ; Crisp, Rusbatch 17, Orombie, Reid, At- • kinsou, Berry 19; Barsdell, Stichman, Jenkins, O, Brown 19,* J. Richardson, Archibald, Hartley, Hart 12. Points; 1 Awamoa 2s, Meadowbank 5. —Awamoa v. Pukeuri.— (Awamoa names first.) Tempero, Oradock, R. W. Robertson, Hodge 18, Sutcliffe, Boyle, Cagney, B. Easton 23; Simkin, D. Thomson, Grant, 1 Chappell IS, Steele, Stevenson, Parker, ' H. Easton 17. Points: Awamoa 10, Pukeuri 10. —Awamoa v. Hampden.— (Awamoa names first.) . M'Murtrie, A. Miller, Gien, Hewat 21, Woodley, M'William, Ross, Spiers [ 14; Tait, J. Henderson, Oats, Jeffery 21, Warwood, F. Thomson, Mursell, Harris 16. Points: Awamoa 10, Hampden 0. Total points for Saturday’s games:— Awamoa 26}, Phoenix 17, Meadowbank 12}, Pukeuri 10, Hampden 0. Positions of clubs at the end of the second series of matches:—Phoenix 63} ipoints, Awamoa 46, Meadowbank 22}, Pukeuri 10, Hampden 0. LAWN TENNIS. In the senior competitions on Saturday Oamaru defeated Awamoa by 10 matches to 6; Meadowbank accounted for Columba by 9 matches to 6, and Waimate had an easy win over Awamoa B by 12 matches to 1. In_ the Southern Sub-association’s competition Kakanui defeated Maheno by 10 sets to 6,-