MID-WEEK CRICKET

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 22, 22 December 1932, Page 12

MID-WEEK CRICKET

MANAWATU COMPETITIONS. Comfortable wins were recorded for Combined Services A., Optimists and P.D.C. in the Manawatu Cricket Association’s mid-week competitions, which were continued at the Sportsground yesterday. Several batsmen compiled good scores, though some of tho bowlers had excellent figures. Although Unemployed A mado a good opening knock, Holden scoring 64, Combined Services A had no trouble in passing their total, nnd ran up 193 for eight wickets (declared). Results were as follow : UNEMPLOYED A.

First Innings. Holden, c Davis, b Childs 54 Leng, b Quigan 0 Webby, st. Hart, b Heaphy ... 13 Bowles, b Childs 23 Cox, c Hart, b Childs 0 Weston, c Hart, b Quigan ... 9 Mayo, b Quigan 0 Ford, b Quigan 5 Attwood, c Heaphy, b Childs ... 0 Mortensen, b Childs 1 Munro, not out 0 Extras 6 Total 11l Bowling.—Quigan, 4 for 17; Childs, 5 for 63; Heaphy, 1 for 16; Davis, none for 19. COMBINED SERVICES A. First Innings. Childs, b Webby 39 M. Hart, b Leng 42 A. Blair, c Mayo, b Leng ... 42 Green, run out 0 Davis, b Leng 19 Pledger, c Cox b Weston 18 R. Blair, b Holden 0 Quigan, c Cox, b Weston 1 L. Hart, not out 31 Extras 1 Total for 8 wickets (dec.) ... 193 Bowling.—Cox. none for 19; Holden, 1 for 34; Webby, 1 for 24; Leng, 3 for 60; Bowles, none for 27; Weston, 2 for 23. Scoring 200 for tho loss of five wickets, Optimists allowed Combined Services B to go to tho pitch, and the latter were dismissed for 90 in one innings. They had another strike, but were unsuccessful, and Optimists recorded a four-point win. Results were: OPTIMISTS. First Innings. Edlin, retired 48 Somerville, c Quigan, b Woodley... 9 Thompson, c Harvey, b Gray ... 8 P. Rice, b Gray 29 McGregor, retired 41 Evans, not out 19 Cockburn, not out 12 Extras 34 Total for 5 wickets 200 Bowling: Gray, 2 for 80; Woodley, 1 for 57 ; Dawick, 0 for 4 ; White, 0 for 7 ; O’Neil, 0 for 15. COMBINED SERVICES B. First Innings. O’Neil, b McGregor 3 Woodley, b McGregor 21 Dawick, b Somerville 12 White, st, b Somerville 0 Tilson, b McGregor 1 Quigan, cD. Rico, b Somerville ... 17 Gray, not out 5 Guthrie, played on, b McGregor ... 4 Harvey, b McGregor 4 Thompson, c Edlin, b Somerville ... 19 Watts, b Somerville 0 Extras ... 4 Total 90 Bowling: Somerville, 5 for 5; McGregor, 5 for 36. P.D.C. v. UNEMPLOYED B. P.D.C. were too aggressive for Unemployed B, only two of the latter reaching double figures. Four failed to open their accounts. Results were: UNEMPLOYED B. First Innings. Leng, b Oliver 9 Barrett, b Hooker 4 McClellend, b Rodgeis 2 Richardson, c Rodgers, b Blummont 0 Barnard, c Allen, b Blummont ... 3 Cooks! ey, b Oliver ••• 0 Redward, c Blummont, b Oliver 0 Ford, b Oliver 10 Fitzpatrick, c McGonigal, b Oliver 16 Johnston, b Blummont 0 O’Kane, not out 0 Extras 3 Total 52 Bowling—Rodgers, 1 for 15; Hooker, 1 for 5; Brace, none for 4; Blummont, 3 for 2; Oliver, 4 for 9; Ram, none for 2; Harris, none for 6. P.D.C. First Innings. Mclvor, b Leng 6 Allen, c Barrett, b Richardson ... 7 Ram, run out 1 McGonigal, c Fitzpatrick, b Leng 9 Brace, not out 68 Oliver, b Long 1 Hooker, c Fitzpatrick, b Leng ... 3 Gilmour, b McClelland 1 Rodgers, b Barret 14 Harris, c McClelland, b Richardson 23 Blummont, not out 8 . Extras _ 15 Total (for 9 wickets) 156 Bowling.—Leng, 4 for 50; Richardson, 3 for 31; McClelland, 1 for 45; Barrett, 1 for 11; Ford, none for 16. Senior and junior competition matches commenced last Saturday will be continued this Saturday. Play in the third grade has been suspended until February.