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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 7 April 1924, Page 6

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111 1 1 JUNIOR REPRESENTATIVE MATCH

WAIMEA V. NELSON C

At tho Park on Saturday Waimea 7 defeated Nelson by 19 runs on the first > innings. Waiir.ea won tho toss and sent Nelson in to bat on a wot wicket, box 3-1 and Coleman 28 were the only batsmen who made double figures for Nelson. Waimea batted m tlie afternoon on a drier wicket and made 1U runs. Having nine wickets down tor !93 Nelson’s chances of a first innings 1 victory looked bright, bv.t Waimea put on 30 runs for tlie. last wicket. N. Bin- . ! <v C nt (23) and the veteran captain, das. U Uden, 11 (notout), batted well for tlm last wicket, and the Waimea support- . |. i s chaired the captain off the field. Several of the Waimea players _ had !to leave for the train, and Nelson went in for an hour’s batting, having six wickets down fol >1 when stumps were drawn, Fox (22, and Miller (22), | not- out, reaching double figures, luir-

• tlier scores: — i WAKEFIELD —Ist Innings. A Win, c McLean, b Milter f Haycock, b Fox 0 I() Price, b Fox H ■ H. Eden, b Fox u W. Banks, b Stringer lb A. Eden, b Stringer 11 J. Clark, b Mahony l b G Cole, c and b Stringer 2 N, Baigent, b Hurley 23 D. Morrison, b Mahony 0 Jas. Eden, not out H i Extras IB

Total 129 Bowling: Stringer 3 for 10; Fox 3 for 37; Mahony 2 for 29; Miller 1 for 29; Hurley 1 for 0.

j OLD BOYS V. UNITED

i This game was played on the junior ! wicket at the Park on Saturday, the senior wicket being occupied with a junior rep. match. Old Boys won by 6 jvickets in an interesting but exceptionally small scoring game. United at the first attempt scored only 24, but Uni llovs could only manage 60 m reply, there being only one double figure on each side The second time United, with the aid of 24 extras and a brisk 17 bv S. Pike, scored 57, leaving - Old Bovs 22 to win, which cost them four wickets. Harman for Ignited took tlnce very fine catches, two in the long field, and Newman for Old Boys brought ml a wonderful one-hander in the long field. Neale took 8 wickets for 2 runs. I Following arc the scores: I UNITED.—Ist Innings

G. Thomason, b Newman “ o VlcEwan, b Blamires . J; Bensemann, c Newman, b iNeale • Harman, b Neale " Pike, b Blamires , Hargreaves, b Blamires “ R. Thoinason, I) McKellar : Mcllwraitli, l» Neale ” Grinimctt, b Neale Simpson, b Neale , 2 Wiggins, not out Extras i Total 1 Bowling: Newman * A Blamires 3 for 10, Neale 5 for 2, McKellar 1 t° l 2. 2nd Innings McEwan, b Neale J Mcllwraitli, l.b.vv. b Neale ” Hargreaves,, b Neale Bensemann, c and b Mdvcuai Harman, b McKellar 1 G. Thomason, b Dalglish ° Pike, c Neale, b Blincoe Simpson, b Blincoe R. Thomason, b Dalglish ■ Orimmett, b Webley Wiggins, not out .'r ! Extras

Total _^[ Bowling Ncalc 3 for 0. McKellar 2 for 11, Blamircs 2 for 4, Dalghsh I tor 3, Weblev 1 for 14. OLD BOYS—lst. Tunings Blincoe, c Harman, b Hargreaves £ Rowc, c and b Hargroavcs •'-' Newman b Hargreaces ' Noale. c: Harnian, b Hargrcaves 0 McKellar; b Hargreaves 4 Roberts, b Thomason ■' Dalglish, b Thomason * Webly, c and b Thomason £ Simpson, not out, Z Coilyns, b Thomason, 0 Smith, b Hargreaves J Extras'-' -^ I Total ' _ <J° Bowling.': Thomason 3 for 15, Hargreaves 7 for 31. ! 2nd. Innings Simpson, b Pike ~ Coilyns, b Pike 3 WcblV) b Hargreaves Sj Roberts, C Harman, b Pike 4 Me Kellar, not out o Nealr\ not out _ Extras 3 Total four wiekets for 28

Bowling: Thomason 0 for 0, Pike 3 for 14, Hargreaves 1 for 11.

CHAMPIONSIIIP POSITION

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Old Bovs 8 6 2 17 70. fa College 6 4 2 11 61.1 Athletic 8 5 3 14 58.3 6 o 4 6 53.0 United 7 0 7 0 0