GORE

Southland Times, Issue 23345, 1 November 1937, Page 4

GORE

LAWN TENNIS COMPETITION MATCHES BEGIN The Eastern Southland tennis competition matches were begun on Satur ■ day afternoon in fine but extremely windy conditions. There were some very evenly contested matches but the high wind made good play almost impossible. A GRADE St. Andrew’s Beats Wyndham No. 2 At the St. Andrew’s courts the home side beat Wyndham No. 2 by nine sets to seven. The detailed scores, with St. Andrew’s names first mentioned, were as follows:— Women’s Singles.—Miss M. Hampton beat Miss L. Rice 7-3; Miss H. Fleming lost to Mrs McFarlane 4-7; Miss E. Pringle beat Mrs Traynor 7-4; Miss I. Turnbull beat Mrs Scott 7-4. Men’s Singles.—H. M. Kennedy lost to C. Rout 8-9; G. L. Gardyne beat G. Davey 9-7; W. Leishman beat J. Robertson 9-4; D. G. Williamson beat W. Irvine 9-7. Women’s Doubles.—Misses Hampton and Fleming lost to Miss Rice and Mrs McFarlane 2-7; Misses Pringle and Turnbull beat Mesdames Traynor and Scott 7-5. Men’s Doubles.—Kennedy and Gar • dyne lost to Rout and Davey 8-9; Leishman and Williamson beat Robertson and Irvine 9-6. Mixed Doubles.—Kennedy and Miss Hampton lost to Rout and Miss Rice 6- Gardyne and Miss Fleming lost to Davey and Mrs McFarlane 1-7; Leishman and Miss Pringle beat Robertson and Mrs Traynor 7-3; Williamson and Miss Turnbull lost to Irvine and Mrs Scott 3-7. St. Andrew’s 9 sets, 103 games; Wyndham 7 sets, 96 games. Wyndham No. 1 Beats Citizens Playing at Wyndham, Citizens was beaten by Wyndham No. 1 by nine sets to four, three sets being unplayed. There were some evenly contested games but the wind made good play impossible. B GRADE Gore No. 1 Beats Wyndham Playing on the Gore courts, Gore No. 1 beat Wyndham by 12 sets to four The detailed scores, with Gore names first mentioned, were as follows: — Women’s Singles—Mrs McLeod beat Miss Harley 7-3; Miss D. Nicol beat Mrs Hansen 7-3; Miss J. Paterson beat Miss Traynor; Miss D. Moore lost to Miss Strang 3-7. Men’s Singles.—C. Crawford beat t. Pankhurst 9-8; M. Ussher beat W. Hansen 9-6; R. Donaldson lost to G. Douglas 8-9; G. Wilson lost to O. Gillespie 8-9. Women’s Doubles.—Mrs McLeod and Miss Nicol beat Miss Harley and Mrs Hansen 7-4; Misses J. Paterson and Moore lost to Misses Strang and Traynor 6-7. Men’s Doubles.—Crawford and Ussher beat Pankhurst and Hansen 9-8; Donaldson and Wilson beat Douglas and Gillespie 9-8. Mixed Doubles. —Crawford and Mrs McLeod beat Pankhurst and Miss Harley 7-4; Ussher and Miss Nicol beat Hansen and Mrs Hansen 7-4; Donaldson and Miss Paterson beat Douglas and Miss Traynor 7-3; Wilson and Miss Moore beat Gillespie and Miss Strang 7Gore 12 sets, 113 games; Wyndham 4 sets, 98 games. St. Patrick’s Beats Gore No. 2 At the St. Patrick’s courts the home side beat Gore No. 2 by 13 sets to two, one set being unplayed. Details, with St. Patrick’s names mentioned first, were as follows:— Women’s Singles.—Miss E. Graham beat Miss M. McLeod 7-2; Miss K. Bates beat Mrs J. Steans 7-1; Miss C. Currie beat Miss M. Moore 7-4; Miss B. Collins beat Miss Stevenson 7-1.

Men’s Singles.—F. Mcßride lost to N. Nilsom 3-9; B. Brownlie beat L. Morrison 9-4; L. Giles lost to J. Gresham 2-9; L. Ferris beat R. Griffiths 9-7. Women’s Doubles.—Misses Graham and Bates beat Miss McLeod and Mrs Steans 7-1; Misses Currie and Collins beat Misses Moore and Stevenson 7-2. Men’s Doubles.—Mcßride and Brownlie beat Milsom and Morrison 9-8. Mixed Doubles. —Mcßride and Miss Graham beat Milsom and Miss Mc - Leod 7-5; Brownlie and Miss Bates beat Morrison and Mrs Steans 7-3; Giles and Miss Currie beat Gresham and Miss Moore 7-4; Ferris and Miss Collins beat Griffiths and Miss Stevenson 7-5. St. Patrick’s 13 sets, 102 games; Gore 2 sets, 65 games. Anglican No. 2 Beats St. Andrew’s Anglican No. 2 beat St. Andrew’s on the Anglican courts by nine sets to seven. Details, with Anglican names first mentioned, were as follows:— Women’s Singles—Mrs Robinson beat Miss D. Trebilcock 7-2; Miss D. Pearce beat Miss J. McGill 7-4; Miss 1. Whitty lost to Miss A.. Hastings 2-7; Miss N. Parsons beat Miss C. Neale 7-3. Men’s Singles.—R. Zwimpher beat F Wylie 9-3; P. McKinlay beat L. Trusler 9-5; A. I. Charles lost to R. M. Hanning 7-9; E. Collett lost to A. Gardyne 8-9. Women’s Doubles.—Mrs Robertson and Miss Pearce beat Misses Trebilcock and McGill 7-4; Misses Whitty and Parsons lost to Misses Hastings and Neale 5-7. Men’s Doubles.—Zwimpher and McKinlay lost to Wylie and Trusler 4-9; Charles and Collett lost to Hanning and Gardyne 7-9. Mixed Doubles.—Zwimpher and Mrs Robinson beat Wylie and Miss Trebilcock 7-3; McKinlay and Miss Pearce lost to Trusler and Miss McGill 2-7; Charles and Miss Whitty beat Hanning and Miss Hastings 7-3; Collett and Miss Parsons beat Gardyne and Miss Neale 7-3. Anglican 9 sets, 100 games; St. Andrew’s 7 sets, 87 games. CRICKET HIGH STANDARD OF PLAY A high wind made conditions unpleasant for the opening of the Eastern Southland cricket competition matches on Saturday. Some high scoring took place, however, and the standard of play was surprisingly good. Results were: SENIOL GRADE Gore A Beats Pukerau Gore A secured a convincing win over Pukerau on the hostel grounds by a margin of 92 runs. Gore batted first and scored 207 runs for seven wickets, declared. Currie, who .opened with Barron, was in good form and scored. 66 before he miss-hit a ball from Huffadine, being caught by the bowler.

Barron also batted well and scored a sound 28. Brittenden, who has been showing good form at practices, was unfortunate to be dismissed for 15. He had been shaping well until a high bouncing ball caught by the wind struck his bat, and rebounded into Spittle’s hands. Macara knocked up a fast 45 before being caught and bowled by Sharp. Other batsmen to reach double figures were Campbell 21, Kerr 12, and Martin 14. Several Pukerau bowlers took wickets. Pukerau was dismissed fox- 115 runs. Valantine was the most successful batsman, scoring 31 runs, while Sharp also batted well for 28. Barron was in good form with the ball for Gore and took six wickets for 27 runs. Brittenden also bowled well, taking one for one. Details were as follows: GORE A Currie c and i> Huffadine 66 L. Barron c Sharp b Spittle 28 Brittenden c Spittle b McDonald 15 Macara c Spittle b Sharp 45 Campbell b Sharp 21 Kerr not out 12 Martin cJ. Edwards b Valantine 14 B. Kelly run out 3 Extras 3 Total (fox- seven wickets declared) 207 Bowling analysis—Sharp took two wickets for 59 runs; Huffadine one for 49; Spittle one for 22; McDonald one fox- 23; J. Edwards none fox- 29. PUKERAU J. Edwards c Macara b Martin 3 J, Jopp st Macara b Campbell 10 Valantine c Currie b Barron 31 McDonald b Campbell 5 Sharp b Brittenden 28 Allott b Barron 5 Spittle c Campbell b Barron 2 Herron c Macara b Barron 15 J. A. Edwards not out 6 Huffadine b Barron 0 Hughes c Kerr b Barron 0 Extras 10 Tdtal 115 Bowling analysis—Barron took six wickets for 27 runs; Martin one for 17; Campbell two for 38; Kerr none for 12; Brittenden one for 1. CELTIC BEATS TAPANUI Celtic and Tapanui were fortunate in having to play their match at Tapanui where the ground was sheltered from the strong winds. Celtic batted first, Dunnet and Henderson giving the side a good start. When there was 25 runs on the board Dunnet put his foot in front of a straight ball from Mills and was out for 17. The next three wickets fell qxiickly, but Henderson and Shepherd opened out and the score was 75 when Henderson was bowled after scoring an excellent 43. Anderson batted very correctly for his 36. The innings closed for 169. Mockford took four wickets for 30 rims for Tapanui, and Robinson secured three for 64. Tapanui did not fare well against the strong Celtic attack and was dismissed for 84. Mills 22, and Robinson 15 were top scorers. Details were as follows:

CELTIC Dunnet lbw b Mills 17 Henderson b Mockford 43 Logan b Mills 1 Anderson b Robinson 36 Espie 0 Mockford 0 Shepherd c McNeill b Robinson 17 Mallon c Mockford b Wright 0 Taylor c J. Kane b Mockford 7 Agnew c B. Kane b Mockford 24 Boyd not out 7 Lawx-y b Robinson 8 Extras 9 Total 169 Bowling analysis—Robinson took three wickets fo- 64 runs; Mills two for 39; Mockford, four for 30; Wright one for 21; B. Kane none for 6.

TAPANUI D. Kane c Espie b Mallon 11 J. Kane b Agnew 3 Mills c Dunnet b Henderson 22 McNeill c Shepherd b Taylor 10 Wright b Taylor 1 Robinson b Agnew 15 Mockford not out 11 Rodger b Agnew 0 A. Wright c Henderson b Agnew 0 B. Kane b Agnew 0 Barclay run out 1 Total 84 Bowling analysis—Agnew took five wickets for 24 runs; Mallon one for 19; Taylor two for 18; Henderson one for 12. MATAURA BEATS GORE B At Mataura the home side secured a gqod win over Gore B by a margin of almost 100 runs. Gore batted first and failed to reach the century mark, being dismissed for 88. Wylie 24, and C. Barron 15, were the most successful Latsmen. For Mataura, Leitch secured six wickets for 26 runs. Mataura scored 177, Townsend 46, Clark 22, and Leitch 24, all batting well. Kershaw bowled well for Gore and took three wickets for three runs. Reid was also in good form and took three for six. Details were as follows: GORE B Horn b Webb 7 R. Anderson c Townsend b Webb 0 J. O’Neill c Anderson b Leitch 9 C. Barron lbw b Leitch 15 Reid b Leitch 0 Carlaw b Leitch 4 Edie b Johnston 6 Wylie c Spooner b Leitch 24 Kershaw c and b Leitch 2 Jones not out 10 1.-cLeod run out 2 Extras 9 Total 88 Bowling analysis—Webb took two wickets for 19 runs; Leitch six for 26; Johnston one for 18; Townsend none for 16. MATAURA Spooner b Anderson 2 Clark c Horn b Barron 22 Johnston c Horn b Anderson 13 Leitch b Kershaw 24 Townsend st Hor . b Kershaw '46 Mac Gibbon b Kershaw 2 Armitage c Wylie b O’Neill 10 Anderson st Horn b Reid 16 Bogue st Horn b Reid 8 Alderson c Edie b Reid 0 Webb not out 9 Extras 25 Total 177 Bowling analysis—C. Barron took one wicket for 46 runs; Anderson two for 58; Kershaw three for 3; O’Neill one for 7; Reid three for 6. JUNIOR GRADE High School Beats Celtic The scoring was very low in the match between High School and Celtic, which resulted in a win for the former team by a margin of 59 runs. High School batted first and scored 95 (Wright 30, Rowntree 31, F. Barton 12). McKinnell bowled well for Celtic, taking five wickets for 24 runs. Celtic scored only 35, McCartney 21 and M.

Hobbs, 11 being the only batsmen to reach double figures. Rowntree was the most successful High School bowler, securing the .good figures of four for one. Details were as follows: HIGH SCHOOL Currie c Jenkins b McKinnell 0 F. Barton c H. Hobbs b McKinnell 12 J. A. McCartney run out 0 Wright c Jenkins b McKinnell 30 Rowntree b M. Hobbs 31 J. Barton b McKinnell 1 McMullen b H. Hobbs 2 Baynes c H. Hobbs b M. Hobbs 6 Davidson run out 4 D. Davidson b McKinnell 4 Home not out 0 Extras 4 Total 94 Bowling analysis—McKinnell took four wickets for 24 runs; M. Hobbs two for 23; Jenkins none for 21; H. Hobbs one for 22. CELTIC McCartnev b Rowntree 21 Jenkins b Currie 0 L. Hobbs b Currie 0 M. Hobbs lbw b Wright 11 McKinnell c Rowntree b G. Davidson 1 Hornby b Rowntree 0 McDowall lbw b Rowntree 0 Smith b Rowntree 0 Holt b D. Davidson 0 Shields c McMullen b McCartney 1 Gutschlag not out 0 Extras 1 Total 35 Bowling analysis—Currie took two wickets for 10 runs; Wright one for 20; G. Davidson one for 3; Rowntree four for 1; D. Davidson one for 0; McCartney one for 0. BUILDING PERMITS Ten building permits valued at £6250 were taken out at Gore during the month, compared with five permits vauled at £2495 for the same month last year. The total value of the permits issued for the seven months of the borough year is £30,414, compared with £39,600 for the same period last year, in 1935 and £11,814 in 1934.