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Southland Times, Issue 22488, 24 January 1935, Page 5

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EASTERN SOUTHLAND MATCHES. The Eastern Southland Sub-Associa-tion’s Wednesday competition matches were continued yesterday in warm weather conditions. The grounds were in good order, the outfield being very fast. GORE A BEAT GORE B. Playing on the hostel ground Gore A scored an easy victory over Gore B by a margin of 94 runs. Gore B batted first and Home, with an excellent 42, was the only batsman to reach double figures (Macara three for 39) For Gore A Macara with 78 retired, Kelly 34 retired and Currie with 38 treated the bowling with contempt and scored very easily. The detailed scores are as follows:—

Bowling analysis:—L. Barron two wickets for 28 runs, R. Thomson one for 29, Fryer one for 12, O’Neill one for &.

GORE 3. R. Thomson run out 6 L. Barron c Kelly b Macara 4 O’Neill c sub. b Macara 4 Hom c Currie b Flint 41 C. Barron run out 6 Fryer played on b Macara 4 Adair run out 9 McLeod not out 5 Kirby c Davis b Flint 0 B. Thomson b Thomson 2 Currie c sub. b Thomson 5 Extras 6 Total 92 Bowling analysis:—Macara three wickets for 39 runs, Flint two L. Thomson two for 6. for 8, GORE A. Currie c Hom b L. Barron 37 Macara retired 78 Kelly retired 34 Thomson c and b R. Thomson 0 Flint b L. Barron 0 Williams run out 1 Davis c and b Fryer 6 Kershaw not out 14 Staples c L. Barron b O’Neill 1 Extras 15 Total 18G