REVIEW OF POINTS AND PERFORMANCES
'I'lie first round ol' Ihe Collins Shield having being completed the position of. teams proves very "interesting Avilll AVaimana leading by '2 points from United avitii Central still in the running. The following are the points in detail: AVaimana 20 points AVhakatane United 1S points Central 12 points Taneatua ( > points Air Training Corps 1 points Waimana remain nndeleatod v. hilst United lost 2 points to the leaders. Central in tarn have two losses- to the two top tennis. Air 'i'raining Corps recorded one "win against Taneatua Avho have yet to store a Avin. The. best batting performance has been that of Miller of AVaimana, with scores' of 414. 37., 158, 51 and 32 to his credit whilst McKenzie of United has the highest individual score of (>3 Avith a 52 and, 28 also F. Abbott of. the A.T.C. also capped the half ccntnry Avith a 53 against Taneatua. The following head the. list of the Inst batting performances l'or the district: — Name innings Runs Score A v Miller (W) 7 238 (i I Id McKenzic (U) (> 181 (U 3(5 Clcland (T) 7 123 3<) 17 McClcan (U) 1 HI 28 10 Boynton (W) 4 (>(> 31 IC> Rawson (T) 5 71 33 14 Gayler (U) 7 8!) 35 13 MtCready (T) 7 8S 25 13 In the trundlers section some outstanding performances li;ia'c been recorded and there appears to be some promising bowlers. in the Bay. or maybe the lack of good batsmen. The A'cteran slow bowler, X. B. Rigdon, has taken' the highest number of Aviekets,, 24 in all for an average of (>-3 runs, per Avicket, which is good oil' sloav bowling. Phillips of Central has an average or 3-3 Jurying secured 11 A.C.T. wickets for 27 runs in one match. Addison (Waimana) and MeKenzie and Gayler (United) have impressiA'e figures also. The best bowling performances are:— Name Overs Mns. AVkts Runs Phillips (C) 23 3 15 49 Addison (W) 8 — 7 31 MeKenzie (U) 51 11 18 !)(> Gayler (U) 17 -- .11 62 D L»tier (C) 11 — 8 46 Rigdon (U) 30 1 21. 153 Menzies (\V) 38 7 13 81 Ward law (W) 13 8 15 102 The second round promises, to produce some good, cricket and Avith the fate of the Collins Shield still very uncertain keen competition is expected.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 23, 12 November 1943, Page 8
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388REVIEW OF POINTS AND PERFORMANCES Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 23, 12 November 1943, Page 8
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