CRICKET FIJIANS OUTCLASS SOUTHLAND TO WIN BY SEVEN WICKETS
(P.A.) . INVERCARGILL, March 11. The Fijian cricket team beat Southland by seven wickets. Big hitting by Aria was a feature of the game. Fiji passed the Southland score with five wickets down and went on to make 153 in 154 minutes on dead ground. At one time it looked as if Southland would not save an innings defeat, but it had 18 to spare, leaving the visitors 19 to get to win. E. Cakobau and Fenn again bowled unchanged for Fiji. Scores:—
Southland.—First innings: 78. Second innings.—J. Gill, cG. Cakobau b E. Cakobau 8; I. Gilbertson, st Petero b Cakobau 4; A. W. Gilbertson, st Petero b Fenn 12; C. V. Shirley, c Bula b Cakobau 7; A. H. S. Cutler, b Fenn 9; G. Bleakley, c Snow b Cakobau 2; K. Semmens, b Fenn 23; M. P. Grace, c Petero b Cakobau 4; D. Gibson, not out 11; G. Overton, c and b Cakobau 3; N. O’Grady, c Apted b’Cakobau 6; extras 4; total 93. . Bowling: Fenn 3 for 39, Cakobau seven for 50. Fiji.—First innings:H. J. Apted, b Overton 19; G. Cakobau, c Gibson b Semmens 22; I. Bula, c Gibson b Semmens 7; E. Cakobau, st Shirley b Cutler 23; B. Mosese, c Cutler b Semmens 4; M. J. Fenn, b Semmens 4; K. T. Aria, not out 49; R. Semi, run out 16; A. J. Wendt, c Shirley b Gibson 0; K. Petero, b Cutler 6; P. A. Snow, b Cutler 1; extras 2; t otal 153. Bowling: Overton one for 18, O’Grady none for 26, Cutler three for 2, Semmens four for 77, Gibson one for 9. Second innings.—E. Cakobau, st Shirley b Cutler 4; Petero, c Gibson b Semmens 1; Aria, c Gibson b Semmens 0; G. Cakobau, not out 9; Semi, not out 11; total for three wickets 25. Bowling: Cutler one for 14, Semmens two for 16. Australian Tour Of N. Recognised LONDON, March 10. The Australian cricket team toured New Zealand in 1946 without the Imperial Crickjtet Conference’s approval. The countries comprising the conference have now officially recognised the tour so the match against New Zealand at Wellington in March, 1946, ranks as a test —the first between the two countries.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 12 March 1948, Page 8
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