CRICKET

Southland Times, Issue 22732, 7 November 1935, Page 13

CRICKET

EASTERN SOUTHLAND YESTERDAY’S MATCHES The Eastern Southland mid-week cricket competition was continued yesterday in rough weather conditions. Results are as follows:— GORE B DEFEAT PUKERAU. On the hostel grounds Gore B defeated Pukerau by a substantial margin of runs, the latter team being two players short Gore B batted first and scored 111 runs (J. Currie 37). F. Edwards secured five wickets for 2.9 runs. Pukerau secured the small total of 44 runs. D. Edwards, with 17, secured the highest score. Several Gore bowlers shared honours. Details are as follows:— GORE B. J. Davidson c J. Murray b J. Edwards 1 J. Currie b F. Edwards 37 M. Adair bJ. Edwards x 12 W. Macara run out 14 P. Kerr cJ. Edwards bF. Edwards 13 A. D. Reid b Sharp 13 Carlaw b F. Edwards 1 Kershaw c and b J. Edwards 1 Warburton not out 8 McLeod c Lauren b F. Edwards 0 Green b F. Edwards 0 Extras U Total . Hl Bowling analysis: F. Edwards took five wickets for 29 runs, J. Edwards three for 28, Sharp one for 2. PUKERAU. J. Edwards lbw b Kerr 17 J. Lauren c Kershaw b Currie 0 J. Murray run out . 3 G. Pullar c Macara b Kerr 1 F. Edwards lbw b Green 7 J. Taylor c Macara b Davidson 2 L. Herron c Davidson b Green 6 E. Macintosh not out 1 Extras 7 Total 44 Bowling analysis:—Kerr took two wickets for 19 runs, Currie two for 2, Davidson one for 1, Green two for 10. GORE A DEFEAT CELTIC B. Gore A defeated Celtic B by a margin of 49 runs on the hostel grounds. Gore A batted first and secured 13i rims, R. Campbell with 26 securing the top-score. Horn also batted well for 25. The Celtic B team, which includes a number of young players, made a fine effort to secure 82 runs and the team should do well in further games. H. M. Hobbs topped the scoring with 24 runs. For Celtic C. Martin secured four wickets for 28 runs. Details are as follows:— GORE A. J. Horn c H. Jones b Mallon 25 P. Kelly c H. Jones b Martin 19 L. Barron b Jenkins 18 C. Barron run out 12 R. Campbell c Richards b Martin 26 R. Thomson run out 6 G. Davidson c Jones b Martin 0 J. O’Neill not out 7 C. Kirby b Martin 1 Extras 17 Total for eight wickets (declared) 131 Bowling analysis:—C. Martin took four wickets for 28 runs, Jenkins one for 12, M. Mallon one for 21. CELTIC B. Martin c Horn b Kelly 5 H. Hobbs b Campbell 24 J. Kelly c Davidson b Kelly 13 M. Mallon b Kirby 4 H. Richards run out 14 O. Taylor b L. Barron 2 Jenkins c Currie b C. Barron 0 S. Jones b Thomson 7 H. Hobbs lbw b Davidson 0 H. Jones b C. Barron 2 Smith not out 3 Extras 8 Total 82 Bowling analysis:—Kelly took two wickets for 5 runs, L. Barron one for 20, C. Barron two for 10, R. Thomson one for 17, R. Campbell one for 7, C. Kirby one for 13.