MARION

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 185, 6 August 1936, Page 3

MARION

SCHOOL RUGBY M.D.H.S. VISIT LEVIN The usual annual trip undertaken by the secondary department of the Marton District High School to Levin for the purpose of playing football and basketball was taken on Tuesday. The teams left by the 8.30 a.m. train, arriving at Palmerston North at about 10.15 a.m., where they were taken over a tour of inspection of the Manawatu Knitting Mills. At 1 p.m. the party left for Levin on the Napier Express. After the matches were over the v isitors and teachers were entertained at afternoon tea, where Mr. Foss and Mr. Erwin (Levin) thanked the Martonians for participating in the interesting games provided. Eric Sicely, on behalf of the local teams, suitably replied. The party then caught the Auckland Express and arrived in Marlon shortly after 7 p.m. Football Mainly due to a faster backline, the Levin boys defeated the Marton, team by 19 points to nil. The Marton forwards outclassed the Levin forwards and, had they not toiled earnestly all the afternoon, the score might have been higher. As it was, whenever the Levin backs got the ball, it was no stopping them. Phillip Winiata, an ex-Marton boy, played a great game at second live-eighths. He tackled like a demon and ran straight and hard, taking more than one opponent to bring him down. The locals’ best back was N. Andrew, who chopped the defence to ribbons at time, but. unfortunately, he nad no one to back him up and his good work was spoiled. M. Eade also demonstrated that he cannot be taken too easily. The forwards were lead by “Mike” Hunt and Cobham, who laboured well at the line, while Armstrong, before having to retire with an injury in the first spell, was conspicuous. It was really the Marton forwards versus the Levin backs. The later, being faster and heavier and having a better combination, won the day. Basketball In this department the local girls managed to draw in the A grade, but were fairly easily beaten in the B. The A grade match ended 18-all, and, as the half-time score was 10-all, the final result gave a true indication of the strength of the two teams. Goal-throwers were:—Marton: D. Kronast 8, L. Hodson 6. P. Gould 4. Levin: B. Bartholmew 8, M. McKenzie 5, T. Grant 5. In the B grade the final score was Levin 16. Marton 7. The successful goal-throwers for Marton were: Jean Kronast 4. Gloria Pickford 3. RANGITIKEI CRICKET OLD BOYS’ AVERAGES The Old Boys’ Cricket Club’s averages for the 1935-36 season show M. Wysocki heading the batting averages with 24.4, closely followed by J. Marshall with 23.1. Only one batsman reached the 200 mark and that was R. Whitcombe, although C. Rose made 199 and J. Marshall 188. The bowling figures show C. Rose at the top. He not only secured the best average (7.9) but also the most wickets (30>. i I. Jolly secured 28 wickets and 11. Low 24. The list is as follows, with those who have had three or more innings in batting and those who have bowled more than 10 overs: Batting.—M. Wysocki. 8 innings, 1 not out. 171 runs. 24.4 average; J. Marshall, 9, 1. 185. 23.1; A. Whitcombe, 3, —. 68, 22.6; C. Rose, 11, —, 199, 18.1; N. Rix-Trott, 4, - 71, 17.7; I. Jolly. 11. 1,16 S, 16.8; R. Whitcombe, 13, 1, 201, 16.7; S. Scott, 3, —, 37. 12.3; H. Low, 12, 3, 96, 10.6; S. Ryburn, 11, 1, 84, 8.4; D. Rose, 7,1, 41, 7.0; C McLaren, 3, —, 20, 6.7; H. Ellison, 5, 1. 18, 4.5; G, Keeling, 11. 4, 30, 4.3; R. Murray, 4, —, 17, 4.2. Bowling.—C. Rose, 105 overs, 29 maidens, 30 wickets, 239 runs, 7.9 average; R. Murray, 35, 5, 11. 102, 9.3, A. Whitcombe, 17, 3,7, 66, 9.5, H. Low, 88, 31. 24. 232, 9.7; I. Jolly, 134. 46, 28. 232, U.S; R. Ball. 28. 8, 4. 60, 15; C. McLaren, 14, 5. 1, 17, 17; S. Ryburn, 25. 5,1, SO, 80. THE CIVIC THEATRE “SEVEN KEYS TO BALDPATE” A high-speed romance carried on in a spooky atmosphere under the everpresent threat of desperate gangsters and blazing guns, and leavened with side-splittrng comedy situations, forms the basis of “Seven Keys to Baldpate,’’ with Gene Raymond, which opens at the Civic Theatre to-night. While Raymond does not discover the identity of her new love, Margaret Callahan, until the very end of the film, this uncertainty adds spice to the love affair in this RKO-Radio thriller. The story opens with Raymond, as a novelist, seeking a quiet place to write a new book, coming to a deserted mountain inn on a midwinter night. Thougn he hopes to be alone, a series of unexpected and mysterious visitors arrive and his solitude is turned into a turmoil, amid which the heroine remains almost as baffling as the rest. How the exciting circumstances are finally made clear and the lovers united, comprises the ending of this unique screen offering. rated as one of the year’s outstanding films. The notable cast includes Erin O'Brien-Moore, Eric Blore. Moroni Olsen. Grant Mitchell and Ray Mayer.