SENIOR A GRADE
WIN FOR CHAMPIONS DEFEAT OF CITY The champion team, G.H.5.0.8., defeated City by a margin of 23 runs on the first innings. City had two men short, and knocked up 130, J. K. Somervell top-scoring with 40. In the G.H.5.0.8, innings, which produced 153, Wells played a steady innings for 35. Scores: — CITY First Innings J. K. Somervell, b Wilson • • 40 E. Bridge, c end b Barbour .. 1 G. H. Stewart, c Sim, b Thomson 13 W. Lysnav, b Wilson .. 0 p. H. Dow, c Slade, b Thomson la C. Fraser, not out * 3 A. McLean, b McLeod . • • ■ 23 E. C. Martin, b McLeod .. ■ • - A. Amess, c Wilson, b McLeod .. 14 Extras ® Total •• 130 Bowling.—Sim, 4,0, 0, 14; Barbour, 4., 0,1, 15: Thomson, 5. 1,2, 21; Wilson, 5 0,1, 25; McLeod, G, 0,2, 32: White, 3, o’ 0, 14; Harris, 2,2, 0, 0. G.H.5.0.8. First Innings D. A. Wells, b Amess .. •• T. White, b Amess .. • • ■ • 8 R. Carroll, c Somervell, b Stewart 10 A. Wilson, lbw, b Stewart .. • • 4 R. Sim, c McLean, b Stewart .. 0 A. McLeod, run out .. • • ■ • 8 G. Slade, st. Somervell, b Fraser.. 2/ G. Harris, run out “ R. Thomson, not out ■ • ' • J. Barbour, c Fraser, b McLean.. > D. Cederwall, not out ■ • ■ • j 8 Extras Total 153 MARIST’S BIG WIN 01,1) BOYS .OVERWHELMED Old Boys suffered a severe defeat by Marist in a one-innings match. Old Boys made 112, and in the Marist innings the M. A. O'Brien and E. James partnership added 115, O Brien securing a century, the third in the senior A grade for the season, while James, who was more restrained, secured SG. Both retired. The Marist innings totalled 248 for the loss ol five wickets. Scores:— OLD BOYS First Innings G. N. Lockett, b O'Brien .. 33 F. Newton, b James . ■ • • 5 I. Niven, c O’Brien, b Sharp .. 11 F. Beer, b Keenan 2 p E. A. Beer, c Scholium, b Sharp 3 Alan Beer, b O’Brien .. ■ • ™ W. Purcell, b O’Brien .. • • 12 P. Moscrip, not out G. Marshall, b O’Brien .. ■ • 0 Extras Total, two men short .. • • 112 Bowling.—M. O’Brien. 8,3, 4, 23: E. James, 5,0, 1, 27; Sharp, 5,0, 2, 28, Scholium, 3,0, 0, 20; Keenan, 4,0, 1, 13. MARIST First Innings P. Moscrip, b Newton •• •• 18 A. Coker, bF. Beer • • • • 4 .Vi. A. O’Brien, retired E. James, retired . • • • ■ ■ j™ P. Keenan, c and b Purcell • • E. Forsman, not out • • " J. Egan, not out 14 Extras . ■ • • • • ’ - Total for five wickets • ■ • • 248 Bowling.—Newton, 9, 0. 1, 37; F. Beer, 5,0, 1, 4 5; Purcell, 4, 01, 30, Niven, 5,0, 0, 62; Marshall, 2,0, 0, 21, Moscrip, 1,0, 0, 9-
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19891, 20 March 1939, Page 12
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439SENIOR A GRADE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19891, 20 March 1939, Page 12
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