CHAMPIONCHIP CRICKET

Chronicle (Levin), 12 March 1946, Page 8

CHAMPIONCHIP CRICKET

TEAMS ENTER FINAL ROUND LEVIN SEVEN POINTS AHEAD The Horowhenua cricket cham-| pionship for the Hall shield entered its fourth round on Saturday. Who will win lies between Levin and | Otaki and with only sev-en points j , separating these two clubs, and the j possibility of surprises in the re-r maining four series of games, the 1 ^ ultimate honours may go to either. ; " Weraroa has iplayed consistently j ^ throughout the season, while the!^ College XI has not been as strong j in the New Year as it was in the i ; games of the 1945 portion of thej: season. Shannon commenced well. M but in more recent matches have suffered a succession of reverses. d Old Boys on the other hand wenti" through the first two rounds with- 1 ! out a win, but since then Wve had!( four victories, three ot them in j succession. i Saturday's gar;xes saw Levin, Otaki and Old Boys secure .winsj over ShannQii, College and Wera-. roa respectively. The points table' now reads: Levin 79, Otaki 72, Col-j lege and Weraroa 32 each and ' Shannon and Old Boys 25 each.Old Boys Win Again Old Boys won by a margin of 35] runs on the first innings in their match with Weraroa. They battedi first and gathered 112 before the' last wicket fell, A. Walker (26), I.i Hudson (22) and G Sciascia (21) being the principal contributors. i McDonald bowled well to account for seven of the wickets. Wera-' roa's innings brought 77, thei double-figure scorers being H. Kingsbeer, R. Gillespie and K. 1 Rodgers. Details: — OLD BOYS Walker, c Renkin, b McDonald . . 26 Hudson, c Taylor, b McDonald . . 22 ! Sciascia, c Nichol, b McDonald . . 21 ' Judd, c Hudson, b McDonald .. 4. Lancaster, b Kingsbeer 13 i Stevens, c Kingsbeer, b McDonald 9 : Stratton, b McDonald 0 Lynch, b Kingsbeer 4 Atkinson, b Kingsbeer 6 Newson, c Renkin, b McDonald 0 Small, not out „ 1 Extras ' . . 6 Total 112 j " Bowling: Renkin, none for 15; ; Kingsbeer, three for ten; Juno, none for 12; McDonald, seven for 44; Rodgers, none for 25. WERAROA Rodgers, b Lynch j.7 Gillespie, run out 20 McDonald, b Stevens 4 Ryder, b Stevens 1 Juno, c Hudson, b Stevens .... 1 Renkin, b Stevens 0 Hudson, b Atkinson 2 Kingsbeer, not out 26 Nicholls, b Stratton 0 Taylor, b Lynch 0 Mitchell, b Lynch 0 Extras 6 Total 77 Bowling: Lyneh, three for 23; Stevens, four fox 20; Stratton, one for ten; Newson, none for nine; Atkinson, cne for ten. Otaki Beat College Otaki's win over College was a five-pointer. With first use of the wicket, all the College batsmen were back in the pavilion for a total of 37, due to the good bowling of Bartosh, Rice and Saunders. . Otaki replied with 83, a staunch knock by Rice yielding 45 of the total. Otaki again sent the College eleven to the wicket in an attempt to gain an eight-pointer, but when time was called the total stood at 96 for eight wickets. Details: — COLLEGE — I irst Innings W. Dum'oell, b Rice 6 Hermansson, b Bartosh 2 1 Clapcott, c Duncan, b Rice 12 1 O. Dumbell, c and 1d Rice 15 j Ropata, b Saunders 0! McClune, b Saunders 31 Sciascia, l'ow, b Saunders 0 McFarlane, b Rice 0 Gwynn, b Rice 1 Hudson, not out 2 Lambert, b Saunders 0 Extras 2 \ Total 37 Bowling: Bartosh, one for 13; .Rice, five for 20; Saunders, four for two. OTAKI Lindsay, b Lambert 12 Flutey, c Hermansson, b Ropata 1 Garlick, b Ropata 3 Merwood, b Ropata -13 Garrity, b Ropata 0 Rice, c McFarlane, b Hudson . . 45 Duncan, run out .2 J. Bartosh, b Ropata . . . . : - 0 Saunders, c Dumbell, b Ropata 0 R. Bartosh, b Ropata 0 Thorpe, not out 1 Extras 6 Total 83 Bowling: Ropata, seven for 36; Lambert, one for 41; Hudson, one for none. Levin's Eight-Pointer With a margin of an innings and 23 runs, Levin seored an eight-point win over Shannon. Opening the batting Levin notched 125, chiefiy the result of a fine first wicket partnership by K. Hudson and F. Carrington, who made 38 and 37 respectively. Shannon; were dismissed for 46 in their first innings and 56 in the follow on, Cole being the only batsman to get amongst the runs with knocks of 21 and 17, Carrington and Hudson shared thei

bowling honours for Levin. Details: — 1 LEVIN Hudson, b Roach 38 Carrington, c McDowell, b Harris 37 : : ! Medfiings, b Holden 2 ] Fletcher, c Pope, b Roach 4 1 j Walker, b Harris 9 Sanders, c and b Holden 2 , | Simpson, b Holden 9 - ! Parsons, lbw, b Moore. 6 j M. Fletcher, c Roach, b Holden 4 Juno, b Moore 2 1 ; Bond, not out 0 j j Extras 12 1 , Total' 125-1-Bowling: Moore, two for 37; j Harris, two for 19; Holden, four forL 32; Roach, two for 25. SHANNON — First Innings Tippler, b Hudson 8 j . Roach, b Carrington Oi Thompson, b Hudson 0 Holden, b Hudson 8 r Harris, c and b Carrington .... 1 ! Cole, b Hudson 21 ! Pope, run out 4 . Moore, b Hudson ...... ... 0 j Batt, b Carrington 0 j McDowell, b Hudson 0 ! j Burke, not out 1 • Extras 3 , Total 46 j Bowling: Carrington, three for 12; Hudson, seven for 31. SHANNON — Second Innings McDowell, b Hudson '. . . . 1 •Burke, b Hudson 2 Batt, c Fletcher, b Carrington . . 3 Holden, c Fletcher, b Carrington 8 Moore, lbw, b Carrington 0| Harris, lbw, b Hudson ■ 2 J Cole, c Hudson, b Carrington . . 17 , Pope, b Carrington : . . . 0 Tippler, not out 5 Thompson, b Hudson 9 Roach, c Fletcher, b Carrington 2 Extras . . .' 7 Total 56 Bowling: Carrington, six for 18; Fletcher, none" for 9; Hudson, four for 22.