BANK STAFFS AT PLAY

Southland Times, Issue 23988, 1 December 1939, Page 10

BANK STAFFS AT PLAY

GOLF, CRICKET AND BOWLING MATCHES

EASTERN SOUTHLAND AND INVERCARGILL MEET

The annual St. Andrew’s Day golf, cricket and bowling matches between the staffs of the Eastern Southland and Invercargill banks were played at Gore yesterday. The weather was ideal for all sport and an enjoyable day was spent in warm sunshine. At cricket the Invercargill team scored a fairly easy win, but the Eastern Southland golf team was superior. At bowls, the honours were even, each team winning one game. Results are:— CRICKET The cricket match was played on the hostel grounds and resulted in a win for the Invercargill team by a margin of 86 runs. The visitors had first use of the wicket and scored 202 runs. Mac Gibbon, who scored 57 runs, was top scorer for the side and. he gave a sound display. Hartley 37, Miller 32 and McGowan 26 not out, also batted well. Bowling for the Eastern Southland team Gladstone took five wickets for 48 runs. The Eastern team replied with 116 runs, Bogue, with 87 being the only batsman to reach double figures. Bogue was. in excellent form and gave a most impressive display. Miller, three for 45, and Mac Gibbon, three for 45, were the most successful bowlers for the Invercargill team. Scores:— ' INVERCARGILL Mac Gibbon c Ross b Wilson 57 Longley c Wilson b Gladstone 10 Ryder c Wilson b Scobie 13 Miller c Bogue b Wilson 32 Bohan b Gladstone 9 Speight c Ross b Wilson 1 Hartley rim out 37 Cutforth b Gladstone 3 Dickson b Gladstone 0 Fallow c Bogue b Gladstone 5 McGowan not out 26 Extras 9 TOTAL 202 Bowling analysis.—Wilson- took three wickets for 70 runs; Gladstone five for 48; Milsom none for 27; Scobie one for 20; Mackintosh none for 7; Donald none for 3; Ross none for 6. EASTERN SOUTHLAND Bogue c Miller b Bohan 87 Gladstone c McGowan b Miller 0 Scobie b Mac Gibbon 4 Mclntosh c Mac Gibbon b Miller 4 Wilson b Bohan 2 Milsom c Miller b Hartley 1 Ross b Hutton 3 Hain c Dickson b Miller 3 Little b Mac Gibbon 4 McDonald b Mac Gibbon 2 Buchanan not out 1 Extras 5 TOTAL 116 Bowling analysis.—Miller took three wickets for 45 runs; Mac Gibbon three for 45; Bohan two for 16; Hartley one for 8; Hutton one for 7. BOWLS At bowls, pairs matches were played, the Bank of New Zealand v. The Rest. The morning game was won by The Rest and the afternoon game by the Bank of New Zealand team. Details:— Morning Game R.N.Z. D. Richardson, E. Stout 13 — E. Read, H. H. Brown — 11 E. G. Pearce, A. B. Caverhill 21 — G. Boyd, H. F. Wilson — 18 TOTALS 34 29 AFTERNOON GAME N.Z. R, Boyd, Brown 16 — Richardson, Caverhill — 22 Read, Wilson 23 ■— Pearce, Stout — 16 TOTALS 39 38 GOLF RESULTS The golf fixtures resulted as follows: 12-HOLE STABLEFORD MATCH: —Thompson 25; Feast 22; Bell 22; Gresham 21. A stroke match for teams of four was played in the afternoon, Gore winning by 27 strokes. Scores:— Gore

Tansley 86- 4-82 Strang 102-24-78 Feast 85- 8-77 Bird 93-17-76 Thompson 104-19-85 398 Invercargill Wyatt 110-17-93 Jenkins 94-14-80 Bell 92- 8-84 Gresham 108-18-90 Buckland 102-24-78 425