OPENING OF CRICKET SEASON

Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 October 1934, Page 5

OPENING OF CRICKET SEASON

WERAROA DEFEAT OTAKI. LEVIN DRAW WITH SHANNON. The opening of if lie cricket season unci the coinjpetition for the Hall Shield in the Horowhemia district took place on Saturday in .spring weather. Weraroa journeyed to Otaki and defeated Otaki by the sulbsitantial margin of 92 runs. Levin drew with Shannon, and Te Horo defeated Paraparamnu. LEVIN v. SHANNON. In the garnie played on the Sportsground at Weraroa, Shannon went to .the wickets first. Gee and Mabey opened very cautiously and took a long time to make runs. Gee was top not'dl cr with 07 runs, the only other players to reach double figures being Ma,bey (23) and Porter (15). Bowling for Levin Keith Hudson finished with the splendid figures of six wickets for 37 runs. Rhodes, Levin’s new wicketkeeper, performed well behind the •gtumps, smartly stumping one batsman and whipping off the bails for two run-outs. When Levin’s opening batsmen went to the crease there was not sufficient time for their side to record a win. F. Baumber, Rhodes and Walker all failed to stay at the wickets, leaving H. Baumber, who played a fine innings, well supported by Mackenzie, Levin’s veteran ibatsnian. They notched up 69 runs before time was called, with the wickets left for reserve, resulting in the game being drawn. Following are the scores: — SHANNON. Malbey, ,c Dunlop, b Hudson 23 Gee, run out 67 Mercer, run out 4 Porter, 1.b.w., b Hudson .... 15 Ba't-t, st. Rhodes, b Hudson 2 Spencer, run out i 9 Graham, b Hudson 3 King, b Hudson 1 Simes, 1.b.w., b Hudson 0 Astwood, not out 2 Purcell, b Hudson .... 2 Extras 4 'Total 123 Bowling analysis.—K. Hudson, six for 37; H. Baumber, none for 29; H. Hudson, one for 33; Meddings, none for 19. LEVIN. F. B’aumber, 1.b.w., b Mercer .... 3Eliodes, c iPorter, b Spencer 4 H. Baumber, c Graham, b Porter .... 45 Walker, b Spencer 3 Mackenzie, not out 9 Hudson, e Mercer, lb Porter 0 Meddings, not out 0 Extras o Total 69 Bowling analysis.—Spencer, two for 18; Mercer, one for 23; Gee, none for 13; Porter, two for 10.

' WERAROA v» OTAKI. At Otaki on Saturday, Weraroa played Otaki and had an easy win, defeating their opponents iby a margin of 92 runs. Bull was 'the best batsman for Weraroa, striking last season’s form: he inade 34 runs and was supported by Bennett and Roe wlio made 25 and L’B runs respectively. Chase took five wickets for 21 runs and G. Merwood four for 25. In their strike Otaki made 36, out of which number Chase compiled 14- Bowling for Weraroa, Bull, France and Bennett each secured two wickets for a low number of runs. Following are the detailed scores: — WERAROA. Bull, played on, b de Clifford .... 34 Wallace, b G. Merwood 10 McLaren, c and b Chase 3 Bennett, c and b G. Merwood 25 Watts, c Barrett, bG. Merwood .... 3 Roe, Lb.w., ib G. Merwood 23 France, b Chase 1Pratt, b Cliase 0 Crisp, c Kehu, b Chase 0 Harvey, c Plutey, b Chase *) Hudson, not out Extras Total 12 ' s Bowling analysis. —Be van, none for 29; de Clifford, one for 20; G. Merwood, four for 25; Chase, five for 21; Thomson, none for 13; Pussell, none for 9. OTAKI, Bevan, b Bull ® Flutey, c Harvey, b Bull C de Clifford, b Roe Chase, c Watts, b France 14 Barrett, c and b Bennett 3 Rankin, c McLaren, b France ® G, Merwood, b Bennett ® Pussell, ib Wallace •••• 3 S. Merwood, run out 1 Thomson, not out .... ..... •••■ 1 Kehu, b Harvey . Extras 2 Total -3® Bowling analysis. —Bull, two for Hj Roe, one for 11; Wallace, one Idf 2: Prance, two for 1; Bennett, two for 7; Harvey, one for two.