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Wairarapa Age, 8 April 1933, Page 7

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ODDFELLOWS’ THIRD GRADE TEAM. AVERAGES FOR PAST SEASON. The Oddfellows’ third grade team, which won the Wairarapa championship this season, has a record of which it has eveiy reason to be proud. Thanks to the skilful coaching and care given to the interests of the team by Mr. P. Smith, the players have developed into very capable batsmen and bowlers. An outstanding player in the team is M. Pool, who heads the batting average with 48.08 (including five occasions on which he retired). He is an exceptionally good batsman and a splendid bowler, being second in the averages with 5.47, and having caiptured the most wickets. The following are the averages, etc., of the club for the past season:—

Batting. I. NO. R. H. Runs. Avg. If. Pool 14 1 5 99 625 48.08 J. Reed 10 — 2 79 291 29.10 O. Vibert 7 12 55 162 27 A. Bell 13—1 76 350 36.95 G. Lam■bourne 13 — 3 55 308 23.70 D. Vibert ... 11 — 2 65 232 21.09 N'. Hoar 8 2 2 39 108 18 N. Faulkner 7 3 1 15 59 14.75 D. Clark 4 19 57 14.25 C. Armitage 11 1 3 27 117 11.70 W. Rayner 11 3 1 25 90 11.25 J. Ansell 3 1 — 12 ' 22 11 W. ’Smith 9 34 94 10.40 J. Logan ..... 3 1 — 6 11 5.50 Team Averages. Innings, 14 runs, 2823; average per innings, 201.65. Kuns, 2823; wickets lost, 126; average, 22.34. Bowling. O. M. R. W. Avg. W. Smith 23.2 5 65 .13 5 M. Pool 124.3 41 279 51 5.47 O. Vibert 38 6 122 19 6.44 D. Vibert 19.3 4 64 9 7.11 A. Bell 126 29 360 42 8.57 N. Hoar 22 -8 71 8 8.88 C. Armitage 12 2 48 4 9.60 Lambourne 19 5 62 6 10.33 J. Reed 50.5 11 161 11 13.72 D. Clark ■8 2! 18 1 18 W. Rayner 4 ' 2 19 1 19 . Catches taken..—A. Bell 17. G. T.nmbourne 9, D. Vibert 8, M. Pool 6. .T Reed 5, 0. Vibert 4, W. Smith 3. C Armitage 2, J Ansell 2, Th Clark 2.