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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXV, Issue 3262, 3 February 1931, Page 5

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SATURDAY'S GAMES.

FIRST DEFEAT OF RAILWAY No. 1.

Hamill Shield matches were continued on Saturday last. Railway No. 2 played Pio Pio at PiotPio and Railway No. 1 played Otorohanga at Otorohanga. I the former No. 2 gained a 2-point win over Pio Pio, winning by 176 runs to 88. G. Martin for No. 2 with 98 was the chief scorer.

The Otorohanga v. Railway No. 1 game resulted in a win for the former's team by 163 for 5 wickets, declared, Railway all out for 81. Ross for the winners, with 67, was top man.

The following are details of the scoring:—

RAILWAY No. 1.

Liddell, c Cameron, b Fairbrother 19 , Hetet, c Fairbrother 6 Elliott, b Hughes 9 Davidsqn, c Weo, b Hughes .... 0 Douglas, c T. Hughes, b Fairbrother 0 Kitto, b Fairbrother 15 Rodgers, b Fairbrother 2 Heme, b Fairbrother 1 Weo, b T. Hughes 13 Banfield, not out 6 Extras 4 Total , 75 Bowling for Otorohanga, Fairbrother took 5 for 27, T. Hughes 3 for 29, F. Fairbrother 1 for 0. OTOROHANGA. Osmond, b Elliott 11 T. Hughes, run out 2 Ross, not out 67 F. Fairbrother, b Elliott .... 8 Donovan, b Davidson 1 Frew, b Davidson 9 . Eassy, not out 50 Extras 15 Total 163 Bowling for Railway, Davidson took 2 for 31, Elliott 3 for 56. ' In their second innings Railway made 90 for 2 wickets down (Liddell 52). RAILWAY 2 v. PIO PIO. PIO PIO. Wooten, c Paice, b Duncan .... 8 Jones, c Paice, b McKean -.. .. 0 Snell, c Duncan, b McKean .... 4 Maata, M., lbw, b Duncan .... 7 Somerfield, run out 3 Maata, T., cBo wick, b McKean 3 Neal, b Paice 22 Anscombe, not out .. . . .. .. 33 Kilmartin, st'd Martin, b Colclough 0 A. Trust, b Colclough 4 Buckeridge, c and b Colclough .. 0 Extras 4 Total 88 Bowling for Railway, Paice took 1 for 16, McKean 3 for 25, Duncan 2 for 15, Colclough 3 for 9, Churcher 0 for 19. RAILWAY 2. Paice, hit wkt, b Snell 10 McKean, b Snell 6 Martin, b J. Trust 98 Churcher, b Snell 24 Bowick, b J. Trust 17 Colclough, b J. Trust 4 Duncan, std Jones, b J. Trust .. 4 McKendry, b A. Trust 0 Buckeridge, not out 3 Trust, c Snell, bJ. Trust .... 0 Extras 8 Total 174 Bowling for Otorohanga, Snell took 3 for 35, M. Maata 0 for 38, A. Trust 1 for 25, Somerfield 0 for 6, Wootten 0 for 14, Kilmartin 0 for 23, J. Trust 5 for 25.