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Western Star, 21 March 1940, Page 4

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RIVERTON v. RAILWAY. The final match of the season was completed on Saturday by Riverton going down for a four point victory to Railway. The complete scores are as follows: RIVERTON First innings 74 —Second inningis.— P., Keeler, l.b.w. b Dawson 7 F. Lee, run out - 6 L. Ward, c Henley b Radka 19 G. Mebb, c/Creighton b Radka, 12 ,L. Domigan, b Radka - 8 Rev J. Blight c Henley b Ingram I J. Buchanan, not out - 31 G. Bulman, c and b Henley 4 F. Parkes, b Henley _ 0 R. Cloughley, b Dawson -2 W. Hill, run out, .. * 0 Extras , - 12 TOTAL 102 RAILWAY First innings 76 —Second innings.— Smith, c Ward b Buchanan 47 Henley, b Buchanan - 3 Dawson, o Webb b Domig'an 19 Lilley, b Domigan -2 Radka, b Parkes - 11 Creigliton, b Domigan - 0 Ingram, c Webb b Domigan 0 Jordan, run out - 8 McMurtrie, not out - 4 Schultz, not out - 7 Extras - . 11 TOTAL ' 112 —Bowling Analysis.—O. M..W. R. Parkes 9 1 1 29 Buchanan 6 1 2' 27 Ward 1 Domigan 7 Railway won by .three wickets and 12 runs. NT°TFS (By "Silly Point.") This was the final match for the season, and the most deplorable. Like the hare? and tortoise, Riverton woke up too late Domigan came out of Iris shell. He was most unfortunate in not securing' the hat-trick. He just missed it by one ball. Ward was very expensive in his short spell at the bowlers' end. He had Parkas at «iv°-r nicking them up for the 100 yards charms. Is a slow hr.—l-r against -th«> wind good general--ship ? L?e was on his toes behind the stumps, "all out" saving runs. Parkes joined the poultry dealers. fielding was not worth- a kettle of fish.

i —■ — ■ I George Webb took a nice catch at point, helping Domigan out. Railway's fielding was very smart; they had a fine slip and mid-off. {- Buchanan carries his bat till next season. !■' The following are the averages for j the season: —

■ —Bowling. _ Wkts. Runs. Av Butehanan 18 215 15 Taylor 12 143 IS Domigan 10 126 IS Webb 4 52 11 Pa.rkes 13 180 It Pebtitt 4 54 IS Ward 7—Batting. 161 2f Runs. Ax Webb 226 29 Lee 157 18 Buchanan 64 13 Ward 62 10 Pettitt 17 9 Domigan 43 7 Blight 39 7 , Keeler . 32 7 Fitzpatrick 27 7 Bickley 21 7 Parkes 44 6 Bulman 30 6 Ta.vlor 10 3 Sell 3 3 <■ Bnxton 8 2 Hill 4 2 Cloughley 3 1