THE READ SHIELD

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4634, 11 December 1934, Page 4

THE READ SHIELD

SUCCESS OF DRUIDS. EXCITING FINISH. The Druids in the opening match of the Read Shield cricket competition secured a surprise three point victory over Oddfellows. Oddfellows hit up, 61 for their first innings, Hine (30) and Shearer (10) being the principle contributors, and Irving and B. Barlow the most successful bowlers. The Druids, however, soon surpassed this score. J. Barlow and Irving were dismissed for 20, but then Hutchins and Black began to rattle the bowling with their rapid scoring. When, the former -was caught by Muir, J. Dinsdale and Howell forward as Black's partners to raise the score to 5 for 133, when Druids declared.

Principally by reason of the work of Shearer .and Hallett Oddfellows raised a score of 102 for their second knock. But half an hour was left for play when Druids went in—3l was required for a three point win and they, aided by J. Barlow's 20 runs, gained them by the narrowest of margins in a fighting finish. Followed were the scores:— ODDFELLOWS.—First Innings. Hine, run out, b Irving 30 Jackson, run out, b Howell .... 2 Johnson, c Henniker, b Barlow .. 3 Lambie, b Barlow 2 Hartwell, c McLauchlan, b Barlow 2 Shearer, b H. Dinsdale 10 Jones, b Irving 0 Hallett, b Irving 0 5. Hall, c Barlow, b Irving .... 3 Muir, b Hutchins 0 Wilson, not out 0 Extras 9 Total 61 Bowling: S. Howell took no wickets for 7 runs, J. Dinsdale none for 12, B. Barlow three for 13, H. Dinsdale one for 7, W. Irving three for 1, Hutchins one for 12. DRUIDS.—First Inhings. J. Barlow, Ibw, b Jackson .... 11 W. Irving, lbw, b Shearer .... 6 Hutchins, c Muir, b Jackson .... 32 Black, not out 35 J. Dinsdale, lbw, b Shearer .... 22 Howell, b Shearer 13 Extras 14 Total for 5 wickets (declared) 133 Bowling: Jackson took two wickets for 25 runs, Shearer three for 43, Johnson none for 6, Lambie none for 6, Hine none for 15, Jones none for 21, Hallett none for 4.

ODDFELLOWS.—Second Innings,

Hine, c Hanna, bJ. Dinsdale .... & Jackson, lbw, b Howell 0 Johnson, c Irving, b Howell .... 0 Shearer, b Irving 40 Lambie, b Barlow 0 Hartwell, b Irving 7 Jones, b Irving 0 Hallett, not out 30 Hall, c Howell, b Irving 0 Muir, cJ. Barlow, bH. Dinsdale 1 Wilson, b Irving 0 Extras 16 Total 102 DRUIDS.—Second Innings. J. Dinsdale, lbw, b Jackson .... 3 McLauchlan, c Hartwell, b Shearer 1 H. Dinsdale, c and b Shearer .. 0 B. Barlow, c Lambie, b Jackson 1 J. Barlow, b Jackson 20 Irving, 'not out 5 Extra 1 Total 31 Bowling: Jackson took three wickets for 26 runs, Shearer two for 4.