Cricket

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 15, Issue 3, 27 February 1950, Page 5

Cricket

EDGECUMBE DEFEATS P. & T. v

For the first time in two years Edgecumbe cricketers beat P. and T. yesterday—by 93 runs on the first innings. P. and T. suffered thefirst defeat of the season. P. and T. Ist innings 83 (Paton 35, Cleland 21; Thurlow 6 for 30, T. Brown 3 for 42. 2ntJ innings 152 for 5 at stumps (Paton 42, J. B. Rivett 35, E. Emmerson 23; Thurlow 2 for 64).

Edgecumbe Ist innings 176 K. Tunnicliffe 105, T. Brown 18, E. Tunnicliffe 14; J. B. Rivett 4 for 39, Cleland 2 for 22, Shapley 2 for 40).

Successful Coxswains The two coxswains, P. Lynds and T. Flay, with the Whakatane crews at the Tauranga rowing regatta on Saturday gave what is consideed to be fine displays of coxing. Lynds coxed three of the successful Whakatane crews to victory while Flay coxed the other winning boat and the crew that came second. He was also borrowed by the Auckland University four-oar crew for the senior fours and coxed the boat to a second place.

A study conducted at the National Bureau of Standards in the United States shows that shoe leather wears longer and resists moisture better when impregnated with natural rubber.

Latest types of office machines are being demonstrated in the United States by the International Business Machines Corporation. One of the electronic computing machines can make 2,174 additions and subtractions a second.

Worn emery or glass paper will regain most of its former roughness if you put it in a warm oven for a little while.