United Cricket Club Players Review Very Successful Season
The 1949/50' cricket season has now been completed and a most successful year was enjoyed by the United Club. A series of home and away friendly matches was played and the club succeeded in winning 12 of these games and losing two. In addition, the William’s Cup was successfully challenged for late in the season, the Te Puke Club (1948/49 holders) being defeated. The club then withstood challenges from the R.S.A. Club, Rotorua, P. and T. Club, Whakatane, and the Woodlands Club, Opotiki, thus becoming the 1949/50 holders of the trophy.
In all, United played 18 matches, won 15, drew one, lost two. The following'are the team averages in all matches:—
BOWLING
BATTING
Innings Score Runs Avg.
Overs Runs Wkts Avg. McKenzie 236 448 82 5.46 Bull 26 75 12 6.25 Le Pine 78 266 27 9.85 Rigden 105 334 33 10.12 Spring 146 350 31 11.29 Knightsbridge 23 66 5 13.20 Alexander 18 85 5 17.00 (trawford 58 . 169 5 18.77 Yates 29 95 4 23.75 Carling 64 195 7 27.86
McKenzie 20, 109 866 57.73 Wyatt 13 114 460 41.82 Spring 12 95 377 31.42 Le Pine 12 90 329 29.91 Bull 14 78 308 23.69 Crawford * 8 32 108 13.50 Rigden 18 35 194 12.93 Carling 13 44 153 11.77 Yates 12 42 101 10.10 Alexander 14 27 127 9.77 Kirk ' 7 27 56 ' 8.00 Knightsbridge 9 \ 27 50 6.25 Lineham 7 10 25 3.57 Goodall 10 6 23 2.55 Howard 17 6 21 1.50 M. Gillard 7 1 7 1.17 R. Gillard 7 1 2 .40
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 15, Issue 24, 21 April 1950, Page 5
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