P. & T. Rovers Beaten At Waimana By Innings And Thirty-Three Runs

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 18, 3 February 1948, Page 5

P. & T. Rovers Beaten At Waimana By Innings And Thirty-Three Runs

At Waimana on Sunday P. & T. Rovers took a thorough - beating from a Waimana team, chief strength of which lay in the deadly bowling of J. Ruff, who took five wickets for 8 runs in the first innings, and 5 for 13 in the second. In Rovers’ first strike, Ruff shared bowling honours with F. Mitchell, who took the other 5 wickets for 28. G. Mitchell, with 30 on the board when he was caught by Martin off Thomas, proved Waimana’s best batsman on the day, with J. Ruff and H. Ruff, 27 and .22, next in order, A. Green, with 13 runs in the first innings and 22 in the second, made the best stand for Rovers, whose first strike totalled 39 and the second 60. . / Details:— Waimana (Ist Innings) H. Ruff b Rivett 22 Clark c Carling b Rivett 0 Malcolm lbw McCready 4 Angus b Rivett .... 4 G. Mitchell c Martin b Thomas ..30 F. Mitchell b Thomas 11 White b Martin ..., 17 Taia b Thomas 0 J. Ruff c Rivett b Green 27 Wardlaw, run out 3 Kelson, not out : 0 Extras 14 Total 132 Bowling: Rivett 3 for 44; McCready. 1 for 12; Thqmas 3 for 12; Martin 1 for 21; Goodall 0 for 23; Green 1 for 7. P. & T. Rovers (Ist Innings) Martin b Mitchell 4 . W. McCready c Clark b Mitchell 13 Rivett c Malcolm b J. Ruff 0 Carling b J. Ruff 0 Green, not out 16 Thomas b Mitchell 1 1 Goodall b Mitchell 1 C. McCready lbw Mitchell 0 Davies b J. Ruff 1 Mkldlemas lbw J. Ruff 0 Green b J. Ruff 0 Extras 3 Total L., 39 Bowling: J. Ruff 5 for 8; Mitchell •5 for 28. (2nd Innings Martin, run out : 6 W. McCready cH. Ruff bJ. Ruff 0 Green b J. Ruff U. 22 Rivett b Mitchell 3 Carling c H. Ruff b Mitchell .... 2 Thomas c White v J. Ruff 15 Goodall, not out 6 Green b J.- Ruff 2 C. McCready b J. Ruff 2 Middlemas b H. Ruff 0 Davis b H. Ruff 0 Extras 2 Total ....: 60 Bowling: J. Ruff 5 for 13; Mitchell. 2 for 40; H. Ruff 2 for 4. I _ M —■■■■■ ■■■■■■■ ~ “Dash” Record Equalled r A world record that has stood for 82 years was equalled by joe Cianciafcella when he won the 80 yards dash at the Washington Evening Star games at Washington on. January 3. Cianciabella’s time was eight seconds. Wendell Baker, of Boston, covered the distance in a. similar time in 1866.