CRICKET

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18545, 3 November 1934, Page 15

CRICKET

|!pßverty bay season ' '-T OFFICIAL OPENING TO-DAY FOU& GAMES PROCEEDING w> f *! nr * , , ; TSfe poverty Cay Cricket Association s •1934-351 season was opened to-day, weatSßkonditjons being decidedly unI'avbrple; but the enthusiasm of the players proved unquenchable... pynhg to the overnight, rain, all lour wickets were heavy and .tricky, and it was I'nticipoted that scoring,, generally •would.be low. Some good pcylonnances were 'made during the early pjb't °t thy afternoon, notably S. lteeyes 44 for Old Bqjs against Tiira-nganuL. ;Ats.3o p.m. the positions of the respective games were as under: ' •V ifftshorno Club, playing against Wlialaupoko, had one wicket, down for 60wains. F. C. Dwyer, 24, - and V. Caul ton, 54, both not out, w#re going well It the-tea interval. - : .High 'School, playing against Marat, ■werei all out for 35, M. Sharp and. R. Br'adlev making the top score .with eight each. The Marist bowlers,'Lloyd and Wilkie, took four wickets for 18 runs and six for 16 respectively. In their match with Tuvangamu, Old Boys, Bad four wickets down for 75 runs, , S'. ' Reeves having contributed 44. CiVil Service, batting against City, had 60 riins on for the loss of one. wicket, $. Jqjnes, 11, and M. Boon, not out. 40, having given the side a good start. Thq season was officially opened by Mr. £. W. Nolan, who apologised for t&allence of Mr. V. C. R. Milford and A<o\i>behalf of the association web coihed the' adyent of the Whataupoko tejrrir.,,, He expressed the hope that the weAthfir would prove kinder as the seasoif 1 progressed,., and that with eight teahis and no byes theeompetition .would 1&# a straiglit .aud.juc'cessful run.