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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 13092, 13 February 1937, Page 7

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UMPIRES FOR TO-DAY. Rep. match: Poverty Bay Ladies v. Hawke’s Bay Ladies, Oval No. 4 Mosers. C. Carter and T. Sharp. —Senior A.— City v. G.H.5.0.8., Oval No. ;j, Messrs A. Hamilton and G. AV. hyson. Marist v. Old Boys, No. 2, Messrs J. Carrington-Welby and F>. .Tones. —Senior B.— G. i(2) v. Marist, Oval No 1, Messrs. ,1. Powell ancl J. Davoren. H. (1) .v. Civil Seryico, High School baths, Messrs. A. Sebire and ,M. J. Ryan. Rugby Old Boys v. Gisborne Club. Rectory, Messrs. G, Dunn and E. Mason. TEAMS FOR. TO-DAY. G.H.5.0.8. (2) (v. Marist) : R. Porter, F. Porter, B. Porter, T. A\ r arner, N. Dumont. P. .Livingstone, R. Field, G. Redstone, S. Ritchie, E. Beer, J. Crawford-Smith. G.H.5.0.8. senior A (v. City) : 'SYYIIs. Spence, Slade, AVilson, Cederwall, McLeod, Barbour, Bignall, White, Niven and Rowe. Civil Service (v. G.H.5.0.8., 1) A. Bignall. J. Griffiths, R. Clarke, R. Carr, AY Hart, AV. Hayden, B. Lee. C- Calvert, J. Hutch.in, G. iuHjcam, and W. Higgs.

LADIES’ REP. MATCH TO-DAY. HAWKE'S BAY v. POVERTY BAY. , The second annual match between lady cricketers of Hawke’s Bay and Poverty Bay will take place at the Oval this afternoon. The first match was played at Napier last year. Poverty Bay made ’2OO runs for the loss of only three - wickets and Hawke’s Bay replied with 1-1 and 54 runs in their two innings. In this game Miss G. Mortimer scored 112 runs for Poverty Bay . and Misses G. Mortimer and D. Sim proved the most successful of the bowlers. , This year, however, Hawke’s Bay is reported to. have a. strong team and Poverty Bay will be without the services of their two star players owing to their having left the district. The teams are as follows: Hawke’s Bay.—Misses A. O’Brien, captain, R. Jones, M. Smith, N. Colew 11, B. Reid, F. Percival, J. Farquhar., M. Lawrence, J. Knight, E. Wahlberg, E. Knowles, A. Sawyer, and Airs. J. Roberts, chaperon. Poverty Bay.—Alises J. -Wells, captain, AI. Sharp, AI. Sim, A. Lloyd P. Burnett, J. AVfiite, B. Thomson, S. Saunders. AI. AlcCallum,' P. Fry, i E. Nicol, and T. Barnes, twelfth player . LEICESTER CLUB’S FINANCES HOPEFUL. (POSITION (TJ.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright). (Received Feb. 12, 7.30 p-m.) LONDON, Feb. 11. C. S. Dempster, who is leaving for Ceylon, said he- was hopeful of Leicestershire’s prospects. Over £I6OO had been subscribed. At inn emergency meeting of the Leicestershire Cricket Club on January 29, it was disclosed that promises of donations! of £3OOO had been made provided the club- carried on for three years. Air AY. Evered, M.P., the president, said they must have £SOOO, and the meeting adjourned for a fortnight to ascertain if .additional funds can be raised.

NOTES AND NEWS. In the Sheffield Shield match against South Australia, Queensland ,in its first innings, made *37 —Allen • 68. and Baker 39. Grimmeit took 4 for 18, Cotton 3 for 27. South Australia, in its first, lost three for 138—Bndcock (in) 51, Bradman (in) 15.—P.A.