CRICKET AT WAIOURU CAMP

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 33, 8 February 1941, Page 3

CRICKET AT WAIOURU CAMP

WELLINGTON BATTALION BEATS HAWKE’S BAY TAIHAPE COMPETITION LADDER A match was played at the Waiouru Military Camp during the week-end between the Second Battalion, Wellington Regiment, and the Second Battalion, Hawke’s Bay Regiment, and resulted in a win for Wellington by three wickets and 131 runs. Hawke’s Bay batted first, but were all out for 92 runs (Balfour, not out, 43, Renshaw 14, Dungan 12). Wellington replied with 223 for seven wickets (Rough 56, McLean 42, Larkin 39, Tricklebank 28, retired). Detailed scores are as follow; Hawke’s Bay Battalion, R. Thomas, lbw, b Whyte 3 J. Gallichan, c Dance, b Whyte 2 S. Hays, run out 9 Renshaw, c Flattery, b Whyte 14 H. Bell, n Whyte 1 A. Duncan, c Cassidy, b Whyte 0 G. Orr, b Whyte 4 Balfour, not out 43 Deane, b Tricklebank U Rice, b Whyte , 2 Dungan, b Tricklebank 12 Extras • 2 Total 92 Bowling.—Whyte, seven wickets foi 64; Tricklebank, two for 26. Wellington Battalion. T. Dance, c Balfour, b Duncan 19 R. McLean, c Renshaw, b Deane 42 P. Rough, c Orr, b Deane 56 T. Larkin, c sub., b Thomas 39 J. Thorpe, <. Renshaw, b Duncan i C. Flattery, c Duncan, b Dungan 12 W. Tricklebank, retired 28 E. Farnsworth, not out 17 L. Wilson, not out 1 Extras 8 Total for seven wickets 223 Bowling.—Deane, two for 41; Duncan, two for 63; Thomas, one for 21; Dungan, one for 28. Coinpetition Points. Competition points after the completion of the games played last weekend are as follows: Wellington Battalion 10, Auckland Battalion 8, Taihape 7, Railway 7, Hawke’s Bay 6, Utiku 4. Draw £or February. The following is the draw for February 9: — Taihape v. Hawke’s Bay Battalion, at Waiouru. Railway v. Utiku, al Taihape. Auckland Battalion, v. Wellington Battalion, at Waiouru.