MANIOTOTO V. METROPOLITAN

Evening Star, Issue 26025, 13 February 1947, Page 3

MANIOTOTO V. METROPOLITAN

MATCH ENDS IN DRAW Yesterday afternoon’s play in the match at Carisbrook between Maniotofo and a Metropolitan team, though not so thrilling as that during the morning session, was interesting. The home side having declared at the lunch-time score of 376 for seven wickets, Maniototo batted for the rest of the day and at stumps had lost nine wickets for 202, thus overtaking its first innings deficit and having 41 runs in hand. The match was drawn. Scores:— MANIOTOTO. First innings 215 Second Innings. Mathias c Walsh b Couper 29 Blackburn c Sutcliffe b McArley 37 J. W. Blakely run out ... ... ... 23 McSkimming run out 3 J. D. Blakely c McGregor b Sutcliffe 23 Macassey b Sutcliffe. 10 J. P. itearney b Sutcliffe 26 Harley c Watson b Couper ... ... 6 McAtamney c St. John b Sutcliffe 4 J. C. Kearney not out 10 Mulholland not out 4 Extras (16 byes, 10 leg-byes, 1 no-ball) ... 27 Total (for nine wickets) ... 202

Jones bowled one no-ball. METROPOLITAN. First Innings. Sutcliffe c sub. b Mulholland ... 100 Geary b Mulholland ... 50 Irvine c Macassey b Mulholland ... 40 St. John o J. P. Kearney b Macassey ... ... 34 McGregor b Macassey ... 0 Mills c Harley b Macassey 69 Jones c Mulholland b McAtamney ... 14 McArley not out ... 57 Couper not out 5 Extras (6 leg-byes, and 1 noball) 7 Total (for seven wickets dec.) 376 —Bowling Analysis.—

—Bowling Analysis. 0. M. R. W. Jones ... . .. 11 2 20 0 Walsh ... . 9 2 14 0 Couper ... ... 23 9 28 2 Sutcliffe ... ... 28 7 44 •4 Watson ... ... 6 0 14 0 McArley ... ... 11 6 18 1 McGregor' ... 10 0 22 0 Geary ... 1 0 1 0 St. John ... ... ? 1 14 0

J. Mulholland 0. 21 M. R. 99 W. 3 J. Macassey ... 16 1 60 3 J. W Blakely 19 4 79 0 U. McSkimming 8 0 47 0 J. C. Kearney 13 3 36 0 J. D. Blakely 9 1 37 0 W. McAtamney 4 0 11 1 J. D. Blakely bowled one no--ball.