CRICKET
COLL IS IN FORM. CENTURY AGAINST UNITED. Conditions were perfect for cricket at tiio Sportsground on .Saturday, where matches which had been held up owing .to ram the previous Saturday were continued. Palmerston scored a first innings victory over Old Boys, City heat United by a similar margin, and Kia Toa accounted lor Combined Services by an innings and 171 runs. The only century-maker on the day was Collis (City), who gave a first-rate exhibition. His partner in a good stand was C. McVicar, and they turned what looked like a first innings deficit into a comfortable lead. Ihe outsta.nding bowlers were J. Gallichan and Pritchard. In the senior I? division a new series of matches were played. Scoring. in the main, was not high, but there were some good individual tallies, G. Griggs, the Y.M.C.A. captain, reaching his century. In the junior grades one-dav matches were played.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 92, 20 March 1939, Page 2
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149CRICKET Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 92, 20 March 1939, Page 2
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