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Wairarapa Age, 23 March 1925, Page 7

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SENIOR. The Wairarapa senior competition is nearing the close, and the final of the championship will be played next Saturday between United and Masterton, each having obtained a win on Saturday. United lead Masterton at present by one point. BEST PERFORMANCES. Batting. C. Miles (Masterton) 75 Dr. Uttley (High School) n.o. .. 74

UNITED v. CARLTON.

This match was concluded on Saturday and resulted in a three-point win for United, who, the previous week, had compiled 176, and had secured seven Carlton wickets for 89. Carlton continued on Saturday, but could only carry their score to 102, thus being 74 runs in arrears on the first innings. United in their second innings declared with four wickets down for 153. Phillips played a vigorous innings for 55 not out (including 5 sixes and 4 fours), and A. Hoar 37 not out (6 fours) and E. Bundle 35 (6 fours) played freely for their runs. Carlton required 228 to save defeat, but their last wicket fell a few minutes before time. Their second innings realised 149 (B. Welch 34, 6 fours, Shepherd 20, Renner 22, Cowie 18 and Lennie 16 not out). Watts, Newbould, A. Hoar, Phillips, F. Hoar and Simpson secured the wickets for United. Carlton, Ist innings. Vangioni, b Newbould 12 Shepherd, b A. Hoar 20 Renner, b Newbould 10 Lennie, run out 3 B. Welch, b A. Hoar 5 S. McLaren, c and b A. Hoar .. 2 Cowie, b Watts 18 I. McLaren, b A. Hoar 11 K. Welch, not out 5 McDonald, b Watts 3 Corlett, b A.-Hoar 5 ; Extras 8 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 162 Bowling:. Newbould 2 for 24, A. Hoar 5 for 29, Watts 2 for 6. Second innings. Renner, b Watts .. .. '22 Vangioni, b F. Hoar 11 Shepherd, lbw, b Newbould .... 30 K. Welch, c Newbould, b Phillips 8 Cowie, b Simpson 18 B. Welch, b F. Hoar 34 I. McLaren, b Simpson 0 Lennie, not out- 16 S. McLaren, b F. Hoar 1 McDonald, lbw, bF. Hoar .. ... 0 Corlett, lbw, b A. Hoar 0 Extras 9

Total 149 Bowling:- Watts 1 for 29, F. Hoar A,-for 37, A- Hoar 1 for U, Newbould 1 ! for 29, Phillips 1 for 11, Simpson UNITED, Ist innings 176 SetoM T-mringc. F. Hoar, c Cowie, bB. Welch .. 6 Wtfs, c and h E-Welch .. .. .. 3 Rundle, run opt ~ . . ... ... ... .» 35 A. Hoar, not out .. • ... • • 37 Newbould, bI. McLaren ... •• .. 0 Phillips, not out .. .. .. .. .. .. 55 Extras .. .. .. .. .. 17 Total 153 Bowling: B. Welch 2 for 30, I. McLaren 1 for 11.

MABTERTON v. CARTERTON. Continuing their second innings on Saturday with 8 wickets down for ■ 25 Masterton compiled the good total , of 203, to which O’Dowd (42), Miles (75) and Montgomery (23) were the chief contributors. Phelps and Gallon did most of the bowling, the form- ! er taking 4 wickets for 78 and the latter 1 for 34, but A. Patrick took 8 for 11 in 4 overs. With 266 to get, Carterton had a hard task, and at call of time were all out for 120 (Patrick was absent). O'Dowd and Barr bowled 9 and 8 overs respectively. R. Smith took 3 for 7 in 2 overs. Masterfon won by 146 runs. MASTERTON, Ist innings .. .. 130 Second innings. Judd, c Phelps, b Patrick 7 Ibbetson, lbw, b Patrick 1 R. Smith, c Phelps, b Gallon .... 10 Wiiliams, c Phelps, b Patrick .. 0 O 'Dowd, c Gallon, b Phelps .... 42 Gee, b Phelps 11 Miles, b Phelps 75 Montgomery, c sub, b Phelps .. 23 Barr, b Smart 2 S. J. Smith, not out 7 L. Smith, b Smart 9 Extras 16 Total .' 203 Bowling: Phelps 4 for 78, A. Patrick 3 for 11, Gallon 1 for 34, Smart 2 for 41. CARTERTON, Ist innings .... 67 Second innings. Smart, e Williams, b Barr .... 8 Tunnicliffe, c Montgomery, b Barr 24 Phelps, b O’Dowd 11 Whitburn, b O’Dowd 19 Gallon, bO’Dowd .. 0 Stringfellow, c R. Smith, b Gee . • .13 B. Booth, b B. Smith 36 Riggs, c Barr, b B. Smith .... 3 W. H. Booth, c Judd, b R. Sjnith 1 Trapp, not out ' 0 Extras 5 Total 120 Bowling: Barr 2 for 37, O'Dowd 3 for 45, Gee 1 for 26, B. Smith 3 for 7. HIGH SCHOOL v. FEATHERSTON. Featherston with 4 down Tor 110, carried their first innings total to 164, Boesley (53) having the biggest total. George (13 overe) and Falloon (10 Overs) did most of the bowling. High School’s second innings realised 141 for C wickets (declared), of which Dr. Uttley made 74 n. 0., and Udy 23, Icav- | ing Featherston with 105 to got to

avoid a'2-point defeat. Obtaining 106 runs n time for the loss <■■ 6 wickets, Fen.ii -rsti got . 3-point -.in. HIGH rst Ainingj .... 128 --nd Innings. Uttley, n. .ut 74 George, b Anderson 6 Collinge, b Sandman 1 Chestcrman, c Gardiner, b Anderson 7 Bird, lbw, b Boesley 12 Udy, b Tracy 23 MeHarg, c Burt, b Anderson .. 4 Falloon, not out 5 Extras 9 Total for 6 (declared) .. ... 141 Bowling: Anderson 3 for 33, Sandman 1 for 51, Boesley 1 for 23, Tracy 1 for 24. FEATHERSTON, Ist innings. Burt, b Falloon 24 Cundy, b George 1 Sandman, lbw, b George 14 Tracy, c Perry, b Falloon .. . . 18 Crawferd, b George 23 Boesley, b George 03 Beech, b Falloon 6 Anderson, lbw, b Falloon 8 Gardiner, not out 9 Julian, b George 1 Extras 7 Total 164 Bowling: George 6 for 68, Falloon 4 for 43. Second Innings. Burt, ht wicket 12 Sandman, lbw, b Falloon 0 Tracy, lbw, b Bird 27 Beech, not out 27 Cundy, b Falloon 3 Boesley, b Falloon 22 Crawford, b George 5 Anderson, not out 0 Extras 10 Total 106 Bowling: Falloon 3 for 26, George 1 for 28, Bird 1 for 17. JUNIOR. ODDFELLOWS CHAMPIONS. Winning by 5 runs from Carterton in the final, Oddfellows became the champions. Oddfellows made 98 (Torrance 13, Smith 38). Welch took 4 for 30, and Bannin 6 for 63. Carterton made 93 (Suckling 26, MeKenzie 44). Torrance took 5 for 44, and Sutton 5 for 43.. I JUNIOR KNOCK OUT. ■CARLTON v. GREYTOWN.. Carlton 41 (J. Whiteman 18), 2nd innings 58 for 7. (McKay 17.) Gteytown 46 (McGregor 24, Workman 11). Whiteman 4 for 16, MeKay 6 for 19. 2nd innings 02 for 3 (McGregor 41). A 3-point win for Greytown.

Bowling. A. Hoar (United) . 5 for 29 R. Smith (Masterton) .. . . 3 for 7 A. Patrick (Carterton) . 3 for 11