Mid-Week Cricket

Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6983, 20 October 1932, Page 10

Mid-Week Cricket

CLOSE GAME WON BY BELIEF WORKERS By the irreducible margin of one run, Relief Workers beat P.D.C. in a one-innings game on the Sportsground yesterday. Conditions were ideal for the occasion. Scores were:— RELIEF WORKERS

Bowling analysis: Holden, 1 for 13; Cox, 1 for 10; Long, 2 for IS, Shearman, 2 for 24; Brown, 2 for 13; Baskin, 1 for 2. COMBINED SERVICES DRAW WITH OPTIMISTS Tlic gamo between Combined Services and Optimists resulted in a draw winch was much in favour of Optimists. Batting first, they knocked up 152, Rice making G2 before he got his leg in front to MeGavin, and Edlin carrying his bat for 37. Combined Services faced with j the task of compiling quite a respcct- ! able total, started well, 2S going up before the first wicket fell. When Harr had been run out it was a different story, however, and the Optimists bowlers began to get results, tho wicket.? falling at a great rate. Time, however, j "was short, and Combined Services manI aged to keep tho innings going until stumps were drawn, when they had losi. eight wickets for 67 runs. The following are the detailed scores: — OPTIMISTS —Hirst Innings McGregor, b. lleaphy 0 Thompson, e. Heaphy, b. MeGavin Edlin, not out Somerville, c. White, b. Green .. 15 Rice, 1.b.w., b. MeGavin G2 Evans, b. McMinn .. 0 Hicken, b. McMinn 0 Oliver, b. MeGavin 5 Cockburn, st. ,b. McMinn .. 5 McNab, e. and b. McMinn h Clinton, b. McMinn 0 Extras 34

Total Bowling analysis: Heap by, ono lor 22; McMinu, live for 33; McGavin. three for 31; White, none for !); Green, one for IS; Quigan, none for 10; Cutler, nono for 17. COMBINED SERVICES—First Innings MeMinn, b. Somerville .. -3 Hart, run out 7 Dawc, c. Evans, I>. Somerville .. !• Cutler, b. Somerville > S Quigan, b. Evans 1 McGavin, c. Thompson, b. Evans ~ 5 Heaphy, not out ~ 5 White, b. Rice - “ Tilson, b. Bice * • • • Green, not out 0 Extras 7 Total for eight wickets 07 Bowling analysis: Bice, two for lo; McGregor, none for 2; Somerville, three for 21; Evans, two for 5.