LOCAL CRICKET

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 17 February 1942, Page 2

LOCAL CRICKET

A DRAWN GAME OLD BOYS-WAKATU PLAY AIR FORCE •i ! Conditions favoured the batsmen at I Trafalgar Park on Saturday when Air Force played Old Boys-Wakalu in a senior cricket match. The game rei suited in a draw. The combined team, batting first, had • four down for 24, Ashwell assisting greatly with two slip catches the second a particularly fine effort. Glover hit a i good 62 and the innings was declared : closed at 152 for 9. Air Force did not do very well for the first half and had five down for 65, but a solid innings by Pearson, including 11 fours, enabled Air Force to get within 14 with one wicket ! in hand, i Details:

Old Boys-Wakatu:—Wilde, c Ashwell. b Ramsay, 12; Smith, b Ramsay, C; Coombs, b Campbell. 1; Glover, c Tocker. b Ashwell. 62; Neale, c Ashwell, b Ramsay, 3; Karsten. b Campbell, 12: Gaffney, b Cullen, 17: Hicks, st Pearson, b Cullen, 0; McMurray, b Cullen, 8; Burn, not out, 14: Pyne, not out, 1; extras, 17; total for 9 wickets, 153. Bowling: Campbell took three wickets for 44 runs: Ramsay three for 24; Cullen three for 59; Ashwell one for 7. Air Force:—Ramsay, lbw. b Fielding, 19; Tocker. b Fielding, 5: Pearson, not out. 70; Cullen, b Burn, 3: Bay, c Smith, b McMurray, 2; Campbell, c Smith, b Hicks, 5; Ashwell, c and b Burn, 4; Lucas, b Burn, 4; Ford, c Glover, b Neale, 6 Lissette, not out, 4; Salt, b McMurray. 0; extras, 18; total for 9 wickets. 140. Bowling: Fielding took two wickets for 45 runs: McMurray two for 23; Burn three for 22; Hicks one for 17; Neale one for 11.