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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 28 October 1924, Page 5

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MANAIA v. OKAIAWA. Manaia defeated Okaiawa at Okaiawa by the narrow margin of one run. Okaiawa batted first and made 77. Betts played a good sound innings for 31 and Pratt knocked up 24. Hughes, four for 17, secured the best bowling figures. Manaia made 78. McMahon, 33 not out, topped the list, while Dr. Maun sell 14, Roberts 10 and Watson 10 helped the score along. Thomas five for 22 and Penny four for 21 bowled best for Okaiawa. Scores were as follows; OKAIAWA. ; Penny, b Sherlock I Betts, b Hughes 31 Thomas, c Hughes, b Bair.stow ... 1 Pratt, c iVfaunsell, b Hughes 21 Wiltshire, b Watson 2 Brooke, b Hughes 0 D. Johnston, libw, b Watson ...... 8 Atkins, b Hughes 0 Linn, not out 8 Barclay, run out () W. Johnston, run out 0 Extras '. 2 Total 77 Bowling analysis.—Bairstow one for 26 ,Sherlock one for 10, Watson two for 21, Hughes four for 17. MANAIA. H. Hughes, c Brooke, b Pennj' ... 0 Hobday, b Pratt 1 Dr. Maunsell, b Thomas 14 Stephenson, b Penny 3 McMahon, not out 33 Bairstow, b Penny 0 Sherlock, b Thomas 2 Watson, b Thomas : . 10 Roberts, b Penny 10 Whalen, b Thomas 0 Swainson, c Penny, b Thomas 0 Extras =. .' 5 Total 78 Bowling analysis.—Pratt one for 15, Penny four for 24, Thomas five for 22, Linn none for 13. Okaiawa in their second innings bad lost three wickets for 3 runs when rain stopped play. JUNIORS. Manaia and Eltham juniors tried conclusions oil Saturday, Manaia winning by 13 runs on the first innings. For Manaia, E. Sutton 17, AY. Sutton 13 and Sherlock 10 (not out) batted nicely, and for Eltham, Ansford 17 (not out), Lewis 14 and Coleman 11 also batted well. The following are the scores: Manaia—W. Sutton, b Coleman, 13; E. Sutton, c and b Ansford. 17; Hunt, b Coleman, 0; Guise, b Coleman, 0; Butler, b Ansford, 8; Walker, b Thompson, 6; Young, b Coleman, 0; Sherlock, not out, 10 ; Kitt, c Burdett, b Coleman, 1; Young, b Ansford, 3; Smith, c Coleman, b Ansford, 1; lives, 9 —total, 68. Eltham—Lewis, b Sutton, 14; L. Goldstone, b Sutton, 3; M. Sutton, c W. Sutton, b E. Sutton, 0; Hemingway, b Hunt, 0; Ansford, not out. 17; Kerr, b Sutton, 3; Burdett, e Sherlock, b Sutton. 2; Burrell, c Sutton, b Sutton, 3; Thompson, b Sutton, 0; Coleman, run out, 11; byes, 2 —total, 55. Owing to the rain the second innings was not played.