MARTON

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19784, 7 March 1927, Page 2

MARTON

• ‘‘THE GREATER GLORY” [ From the " Chronicle’s ” Special Correspondent. ] About 2000 persons figure in the cast • of “The Greater Glory,” which will ; !be shown at the Marton Town Halil j ! this evening. The story is a drama of • ■ Vienna before, during and after the I war. GENERAL NEWS ! Mr W. Baker, proprietor of the Club 1 Hotel, Marton, has offered the Marton ! Jockey Club a gold mounted whip for the rider of the winner of the first race at the opening of their new racecourse. Air J. Jackson, of Feilding, has promised a gold mounted riding whip to the rider of the winner of the Afarton Cup of .1928. The first of a series of weekly euchre parties and dances, under the auspices :of the Railway Social Club, was held I in the Social Hall on Friday night. Mrs J, Hart won the ladies’ prize and Air ;W. Smith the gentlemen’s. After sup- | ; per dancing was indulged in to music. ; supplied by Mrs N. Stratton. Mr Allen Hobson, of Wai tuna West, won the points prize at the Putorino Sports. The sports proved a great success from every point of view. At about 7.30 on Friday a fire broke out. in a hayshed on Mrs Williamson’s property tenanted by Mr W. H. Emmerson, and totally destroyed the building and about 15 tons of hay. CRICKET. POREWA v. COLTS Colts and Porewa met at the Cricket Ground on Saturday, the latter team winning by 89 runs For their victory Porewa had to thank D. A. Cameron, who compiled 96. Colts failed badly and showed that after the first four batsmen are disposed of very little opposition remains. Their innings closed for 47; following on they had made 49 i for the loss of 8 wickets, when stumps ; were drawn. Detailed scores:— Porewa. First Innings.

D. A. Cameron, c and b T. Lyon 96 I j H. R. Cameron, run out 10 jG. L Marshall, b T. Lyon 8 'J. D. Smith, c Klitscher, bT. Lyon 5 j H. F. Arkwright, c Klitscher, b H. ; I Lyon 8 I C. Marturin, b T. Lyon 1 i A. Fullerton-Smith, c T. Lyon, b H. Lyon J IH. J. Swainson, c T. Lyon, b H. Lyon 2 ;R. Fullerton-Smith, b T. Lyon .. 1 i A. E. Smith, not out 0 P. Simpson, b T. Lyon 0 Extras 4 Total 136 Bowling.—T. Lyon 6 for 41, H. Lyon 3 for 33. Colts. First Innings. T, Lyon, lbw, b Smith 4 A. Sutcliffe, c D. Cameron, b I Swainson 7 j M. Lyon, run out 0 IH. Lyon, lbw, b Swainson, .... 2 I D. Thompson, b F. Smith 0 L. McLean, e D. Cameron, b F. Smith 4 V. Hunt, b Fullerton-Smith . > . . 5 A. Taaffe, c D. Cameron, b F. Smith 2 A. Low, cD. Cameron, bF. Smith 3 j I E. Klitscher, not out 4 !R. Baker, b Fullerton-Smith .... 4 Extras 12 Total 47 Bowling.—Swainson 2 for 18, Fuller-ton-Smith 7 for 10. Second Innings. T. I,yon. not out 20 A. Sutcliffe, c J. D. Smith, b Swainion 0 M. Lyon, b Marturin 3 1 H Lyon, cJ. D. Smith, b Marturin 3 D. Thompson, b Swainson .. .. .. 1 L. McLean, b Swainson 2 V. Hunt, run out 0 A. Taaffe, c H. B. Cameron,b Marturin 10 A. Low, c Swainson, b F. Smith . . I E. Klitscher, not out 0 Extras .. .. 9

Total 49 Bowling.—Swainson 3 for 10, Marturin 3 for 18, Fullerton-Smith 1 for 2. Watts’ XI v. Huntley. L. S. Watts took a team to Huntley on Saturday and the visitors beat the 1 school team by six wickets and 13 runs. Huntley batted first and scored 89, R. Marshall (34), N. Frehner (25) and Harding (20) being the only batsmen to reach double figures. Watts’ XI compiled 102 for four wickets and declared.