RAILWAY CRICKET

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 57, 9 March 1937, Page 4

RAILWAY CRICKET

WIN FOR WANGANUI TAIHAPE TEAM DEFEATED Taihape railwaymen who visited Wanganui by special excursion train yesterday and engaged a team of Wanganui railwaymen at cricket lost to the home side by a substantial margin. After an enjoyable game, Wanganui won by an innings and 53 runs, the highest score of the day being secured by Campbell (Wanganui) who made 55 runs. Wanganui batted first and hit a total of 175, the next best batsman for the home side being A. G. Grant (43). Others with good scores to their credit were Griffin (31) and Gleeson (16). The visitors made 85 runs in tneir first innings, the best batsman being F. Bailey They were required to follow on, however, and fared disasterously, making 37 runs only, and bringing their total to 122. F. Bailey, bowling for Taihape, annexed the highest points, taking four wickets for 18. Details are as follow: — Wanganui Railway. First Innings. Spooner, c and b Yates 3 Griffin, b Yates 31 Campbell, c Yates, b D. Bailey . 55 Grant, b F. Bailey 43 Gleeson, b Whisker 16 Boesley, b F. Bailey 7 Myers, c and b F. Bailey 2 Soper, not out 13 Archibald, b F. Bailey 2 Atkinson, b Whisker 0 Extras 3 Total 175 Bowling.—F. Bailey four for 18, Whisker two for 28, Yates two for 51, D. Bailey one for 37. Taihape Railway. First Innings. D. Bailey, run out 3 J. Bailey, c Gleeson, b Grant 6 F. Bailey, b Soper 30 Yates, b Griffin 2 Wally King . 1 W. King, b Griffin u Organ, b Griffin 0 A. Whisker, not out 10 McMahon, lbw., b Boesley 4 Wadsworth, c Campbell, b Soper 10 L. Whisker, b Bailey, b Spooner ... 7 Extras io Total jss Bowling.—Griffin three for 6, Grant two for 10, Boesley one for 39, Soper two for 24, Spooner one for nothing. Taihape Railway Second Innings. Organ, b Spooner 2 Wally King, c Boesley, b Spooner 0 F. Bailey, b Campbell u A. Whisker, c Grant, b Campbell 8 D. Bailey, b Spooner i J. Bailey, b Grant 19 W. King, b Spooner o L. Whisksr, b Spooner .. i McMahon, c Grant, b Campbell 0 Yates, not out 3 Extras 3 Total 37 Bowling.—Spooner five for 10, Campbell three for 20, Grant one for six.