PLAINS IN FORM

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 60, Issue 4368, 13 December 1950, Page 5

PLAINS IN FORM

CRICKET TEAM WINS

THAMES WELL BEATEN

|B. O’NEIL OPEN WITH 74 RUNS

The Hauraki Plains representative cricket team scoied a signal victory over Thames on Saturday last when, after piling up 318 runs for the loss of nine wickets and one retired, the Plains bowlers dismissed the Thames team for 156 runs.

B. O’Neil, opening for Plains made 74, Barr carried his bat for 50 and A.' Wilson accounted for 40, which included five fours and a six. For Thames T. Cleave (32) and N. Howard (25), were the best scorers, both wickets being taken by A. Wilson who secured three for 19, R. Fisher taking four for-24.

Details of play were:— Thames: L. Hays, b Wallis, 14; N. Howard, b Wilson, 25; T. Cleave, c Wallis, b Wilson, 32; T. Death, c Wilson, b Wells, 1; W. Grove, c W. Bemey, b Wilson, 1; E. Sutherland, c Anderson, b Wallis, 22; R. Mitchell, c and b R. Fisher, 17; M. Strange, c Anderson, b R. Fisher, 13; N. Mills, b R. Fisher, 8; A. Sutcliffe, not'out, 8; L. Newland, c Barr, b R. Fisher, 0; extras, 15; total, 156.

Bowling: Wallis, two for 60; R. Fisher, four for 24; Well, one for 2'6; Wilson, three for 19; O’Neil, none for two.

Hauraki Plains: B. O’Neil, c Death, b Strange, 74; D. Wallis, c Death, b Sutcliffe, 14; Anderson, c Mills, b Hays, 18; N. Burt, c Sutcliffe, b Sutherland, 24; R. Laurence, c Mitchell, b Sutherland, 5; Barr, not out, 50; W. Bemey, c Sutcliffe, b Hays, 23; J. McDonald, c Strange, b Newlands, 7; A. Wilson, b Sutherland, 40; R. Fisher, retired, 11; E. Wells, c sub., b Mills, 20; extras, 32; total, 318. Bowling: Strange, one for 40; Cleave, nope for 6'B; Sutcliffe, one for 33; Newland, one for 33; Hays, two for 28; Sutherland, three for 55; Death, none for 8, Howard, none for 21; Mills, one for 0.