PUKERAU NOTES

Southland Times, Issue 21607, 20 January 1932, Page 8

PUKERAU NOTES

SHEARING DELAYED. (From Our Correspondent.) Pleasant summer weather is being experienced at present and the district is looking exceptionally well. Grass is abundant everywhere and the turnip and oat crops look promising. Shearing operations have been delayed on account of the broken weather, but growers do not seem eager to market their clips under the present ruling ■prices. Now that the first drafts of lambs have been taken off their mothers, the shearing of the ewes will be pushed on with. Mr A. Herron recently sent away a very prime line of 480 fat lambs taken from a total of 850; the majority- being .Southdown cross. Cricket. The Mataura team visited Pukerau last Saturday afternoon and succeeded in defeating the local eleven by 8 runs. Following are the scores. PUKERAU. R. Edwards c and b Manfield 47 F. Edwards c Murphy b Maley 42 T. O’Hagan run out 6 G. Herron b Spooner 10 Latta c and b Spooner 0 J. Lauren b Bogue 2 A. Edwards b Bogue 0 P. Millar c Corbett b Bogue 0 D. Herron c Maley b Bogue 0 J. Edwards not out 0 L. Edwards b Bogue 0 Extras 16 Total 123 Bowling.—Maley took one wicket for 28 runs, Manfield one for 27, Macgibbon none for 28, Bogue five for 12, Spooner two for 10. MATAURA. Bogue c Lauren b F. Edwards 42 Mac Gibbon c and b T. Edwards 55 Manfield c D. Herron b F. Edwards 3 Leitch c Lauren b Millar 0 Maley c Herron b R. Edwards 14 Spooner b R. Edwards • O Richmond b R. Edwards 4 Murphy b R. Edwards 2 Gilchrist c S. Edwards b R. Edwards 3 Rowe not out 0 Extras 8 Total 131 Bowling.—F. Edwards two for 31, lan Edwards one for 26, P. Millar one for 23, R. Edwards six for 16. Tennis. The tennis matches in the West Otago Association competition were resumed last Saturday afternoon under ideal weather conditions, when the Willowbank and Pukerau teams met on the latter’s court. Following are the scores, Willowbank names being mentioned first: — Men’s Singles: H. Steans 6 v. L. Sharp 2; S. Patterson 6 v. L. Potter 2; J. Smith 2 v. J. Murray 6; A. Donald 3 v. E. Valentine 6. Ladies’ Singles.—Miss Morrison 6 v. Mrs Millar 0; Miss Donald 6 v. Miss J. MacLa] 0; Mrs McPhail 6 v. Miss Nixon 2; Miss J. Smith 6 v. Miss L. Taylor 0. Men’s doubles.—Patterson and Steans 6 v. Sharp and Potter 1; Donald and Smith 0 v. Murray and Valentine 6. Ladies Doubles. —Misses Morrison and , Donald 6 v. Mrs Millar and Miss Mac Lay 0; Mrs McPhail and Miss Smith 6 v. Misses Nixon and Taylor 3. Combined Doubles. —Steans and Miss Morrison- 6 V. Sharp and Mrs Millar 2; Paterson and Miss Donald 6 v. Potter and Miss Mac Lay 1; Smith and Mrs McPhail 2 v. Murray and Miss Nixon 6; Donald and Miss Smith 6 v. Valentine and Miss Tavlor 4.

totals, Willowbank 12 sets, 79 games; Pukerau 4 sets, 41 games.