OFF THE FIELD

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 78, Issue 7017, 9 February 1949, Page 7

OFF THE FIELD

NOTES FROM HERE AND THERE GAMES AND PLAYERS (By “Brekaway”) In Hitting Mood Albert Park was the scene of some big hitting last Saturday when the one-day second round games of the Waipa Cricket Association were continued. In both A section games totals of well over 100 were registered by all teams in under two hours at the wickets. No fewer than 17 sixes were hit by batsmen during the day and these greatly added to the respective totals’. The Paterangi-Te Awamutu Wanderers encounter produced the greatest number of big hits —eleven. D. Ramsbottom (Wanderers) collected four sixes in his tally of 78 and for Paterangi L. Spiers and A. Rowan each bagged three and G. Shaw one. In the Rovers-Frontier Road game D. Whitton (2) and R. Haycock and N. McMahon (one each) were the scoring men. The friendly game between Kaipaki and Ramblers two more sixes were hit by A. Bones and E. Grocott respectively. Late Starting The game scheduled to commence on No. 3 wicket at Albert Park last Saturday at 10 a.m. did not do so until well after 10.30 a.m. and then the team taking its place in the field did so with several players short .'of the required number. The Paterpngi side were all ready to start at the scheduled time—they were on the ground and had the wicket prepared for play well before 10 a.m.—but the Wanderers’ team were nowhere to be seen. If country players can attend at the correct time, surely a team drawn from the town‘area can do so, too. Struck Form Frontier Road batsmaA D. Whitton has compiled two excellent totals in one-day games of the second round of the competition and se.ems to have overcome his run of “outs” of. the first round when he failed to score more than six runs in any knock. However, these last two games have proved fruitful for this hard-hitting batsmen and his innings of 69 and 61 respectively have proved to be of great value to his . side’s, total. The entirely changed atmosphere of timelimit innings may suit Whitton much more than the more tense t.wo-day games. First Win The youngest club in the Waipa Cricket Association, Kihikihi, had its . first win of the season at the expense of the College eleven last week. Mainstay of the Kihikihi side was Lamb, who secured a fine double, of top scoring for his side—a solid 30, and collecting a bag of 10 wickets in the game. Lamb bowled 14 overs in the first innings of the College eleven and secured 8 wickets for only 14 runs, and then followed up with two for seven of six overs in the second strike of the school. Another good performance for the winners was that of R. Jones who ran up 23 runs before retiring and claiming four wickets for 18 runs over both innings. This young side has the material to develop into a much stronger combination. Waikato Shield Progress Points; gained in the southern section of the Waikato Shield competition to date are as follows: Ist inn. Pld. 6pt w. 4pt w." Loss Total Waipa 3 1 2- 14 Otorohanga .... 2- 1 1 5 King Country .1 - 1 - -4 Maniapoto 2- 22 Hamilton 2- ' - 1 1 Waikato Water Polo Team Two Te Awamutu Swimming Club members, R. Bowers and G. Bain, have gained places,, in the Waikato water polo team which will participate in the Dominion championships at the end of this month. Congratulations are due to these enthusiasts who have brought their club into the limelight in the water polo world. Also of interest to district readers is the appointment of Mr J. M. Ryan as manager of the Waikato team for the national meeting at Auckland. “Jack” originally came from Taranaki, where he competed with much success in distance swimming and open water events, and was for several years residing at Oparau. Innovation The Te Awamutu Swimming Club has arranged for an inter-house relay event at its carnival next week and already has received sufficient entries to warrant its inclusion on the programme. Teams will comprise four swimmers who will each swim one length of the bath. Entries to hand so far include, P. and T. Dept., Builders, Power Board, Stationers, Melrose House (College), Taxis, Advance Cars and Young’ Farmers’ Club. Championship Allocated The Waikato 880 yards men’s freestyle championship for the present season has been allocated to .the Te Awamutu Swimming Club and it has been set down to open proceedings at the carnival at which the visiting women swimmers are taking part next week. The present holder of this title is T. Parkhouse, of Hamilton, who is also holder of the record for the race, 11 min. 56# secs. The Bradman Doll ♦‘Don Bradman” will soon appear in Australia in a new form—about 12 in. in height, washable, floatable and flexible. Bradman is the latest personality to give a London doll manufacturer’s firm permission reproduce him in moulded sponge rubber. He thus joins Churchill, Danny Kaye, and Bob Hope. The Bradman doll will cost about 10s and will be produced for the British, United States and the Aus-tralian-markets. The toys are known as movie dolls, because they originally were made as models for movie cartoons and are now on sale everywhere in England. The first consignment of 30,000 of all types is on its way to Australia. English Golfer for Hutt - A professional English golfer, A. L. Guise, arrived last week to take up a position as professional at the invL tation of the Hutt Golf Club. He was formerly professional with the Ilford Golf Club, Essex, which has a membership of about 550. Guise has had tournament experience and expects to

take part in the Dominion championships. Catching them Young Kevin Donohoe, a nine-year-old boy, did nine holes on the Beverley Park (Sydney) links recently in 43 eight over par for the course. Donohoe, a caddie at The Lakes links, won the New South Wales caddies’ tournament for boys under 11 years. T. Fowler, a Royal Sydney Club caddie, aged 15 years, set a course record in winning the New South Wales Schoolboys’ Championships with a score of 74—four over par. More than 200 boys played in the eight divisions of the tournament. John Shanahan’s Records John Shanahan, one of a family of good swommers in New Zealand, has had a very successful trip to Australia, where he broke three Victorian State records, the 200 metres breaststroke in 2 min. 54.4 secs., 100 butterfly stroke in 68# secs, and the 100 metres butterfly. Last year, when the New Zealand championships were held at Dunedin, Shanahan won five titles and he holds the Dominion records for orthodox breaststroke and butterfly and medley events. He is also a good performer at backstroke and freestyle. He is not likely to be back in New Zealand for the championships next month, but will be available for th>j Empire Games in 1950.