LOWER GRADE RESULTS.

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 151, 23 December 1929, Page 19

LOWER GRADE RESULTS.

Junior A.

Midland, first innings, batting two short, made 178 runs (Devonport 49, Henderson 28, N. Hutchings 25, Morgan IS Symons 12, O'Neill 12). Bowlers for Kilbirnie, Morris three for 38, Armstrong four for 53. Kilbirnie, first innings, 92 for eight wickets (Clark 21, Edmonds 17, Lawrence 10 not out). Bowlers for Midland were, Devonport four for 21, M'Cardell two for 32, Henderson one for 13). Third B. Kilbirnie B 116 for three wickets (G Coleman 47 retired, Banfield 27 retired Stott 15 retired) defeated Seatoun B 17 and 65 (Young 18, Mansfield 10, Day 15) Bowling—for Kilbirnie: J. Ashenden eight for 17, Koroneho four for 3, E Hollings three for 13, P. Coleman two for 17. Kilbirnie won by innings and 34 runs. United B 206 for six wickets (Cook 76, Walters 41 not out, Cole 32, Sampson 27) Hutt 85 (Stoddart 42 not out). Bowling for United Cook took two for 5 and Cole fur for 47. MERCANTILE LEAGUE. Health 109 (Wynne 52, Mercer 30, Stephenson 11) defeated Customs 90 (Brough 39, Ogilvie 14). Bowling.—For Health: Stephenson four for 30, Wynne three for 31, Clayton three for ]9; for Cowans: Ogilvie three for 10, Hassell three for 22. ' ' Nivcns, 201 for five wickets (Evans 64, Dawe 52, Melville 36 not out}- defeated Customs, IS7 (Tilyard 34, Galvin 32, Cot-

terill 2S). Bowling, For Nivens: Humphries five for 44, Evans three for 36; for Customs: Tilyard two £or 15, Cotterill three for 75. Smith and Smith made 88 (Dobbs 43 not out, Roberts 16), and Cables, 150 (Hen-! derson 31, Simpson 28, J. Cunningham 23). Bowling for Smith and Smith, Dobbs five wickets for 39, and' Lindsay two for 30; for Cables: Irving seven for S3, and Gornall two for 8. State Fire, playing a man short, suffered their first defeat of the season wheu they were beaten by Education, who won by five wickets. Batting for State Fire, Studholme made 33, Archer 31, Learner 28; and for Education, Hoare 96, Cockrane 43. Bowling—for State Fire: Mansfield three for 40, Studholme two for 21 • for Education: Ryan three for 32. ' Vacuum, 200 for six wickets, declared (Ferguson 49, Aitcheson 39, Muir 27 not out, Anderson 18 not out, Keegan 16 Cleland 20), defeated State Advances, 70 (Shaw 24, Scanlon 10). Bowling for Vacuum, Bolt five for 45, Muir four for CITY AND SUBURBAN. St. Thomas's 94 (Billings 32, Rooke 31 White 17). Electras, 187 (A. Robson 114 not out, J. Robson 24, A. Rnndell 15) Bowling—for Electras: Dudley three for 21, Holmes three for 23, Thurston one for 10; for St. Thomas's: Billings two "for 48, Sparrow two for 32, O'Loughlin three for