WON BY TWO RUNS
Exciting Cricket Match As a wind-up to the 1941-42 cricket season in Wellington, a match was played on the Basin Reserve on Saturday afternoon between an Army team and an eleven representing the Wellington Cricket Association. Each side had an innings, and an exciting finish saw the Wellington eleven win by two runs, lhe wicket favoured the bowlers, and low scoring was the order of the day. Wellington totalled 101 (H. I. Rice 22 F. II L. Mooney 16, G. R. Dickinson 14’ C. McCarthy 14, C. A. Blundell 14). D. ’ S. Wilson, the Army captain, bowled effectively to take seven wickets lor 51 runs off 15 overs. M. A. O’Brien, who also bowled throughout the innings, took two for 44. tW Army replied with 99 (Whelan 22, O'Brien 30, D. S. Wilson 11, Rogers 10). C. A. Blundell, the Wellington club fastmedium right-hand bowler, took six wickets for 14, and J. Ashenden three tor 52. R. Allen, the Kilbirnie right-handed slow spin bowler, who took 78 wickets in the championship games this season, had the ill-fortune to strain a sinew in his bowling arm after sending down four balls for Wellington, and, after delivering the next ball underhand, had to be taken off. A notable absentee from the Army team was D. C. Cleverley.
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Camp News, Volume 3, Issue 118, 17 April 1942, Page 6
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219WON BY TWO RUNS Camp News, Volume 3, Issue 118, 17 April 1942, Page 6
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