HAWKE CUP CRICKET
Mntmwntu nanowly iivoided defeat ui their c tieke t mutcli against tlie cliallcnging Wairarapa teani for thc Ilawlce ('up at Ihe Sporl.sgrouutl, Palmerston Nortli, vesterday. Plav was cotiliued to oue day owing to rain on Eriday and Saturday nioriiing. Jn tlieir first innings Wairarapa knocked up a creditable L1G on a bowlers' wicket. At one stage five wickets had f'allen for of, but a sustained offort by the veinaining batsnien ti c Ul tlio bowling in check. (Jole nian was the liero of the Wairarapa ianings, knockiug up (54 in a spirited and effortless iunings. Miller saved tlie day for Manawata in liotli aspocts ot the ganie, taking fivc wickets for 32, and stopping the serious rot in the Manawata innings at a critical stage The home team won the niateh narrow ly, by one wicket and tive runs Jfoai was the eliief thom in Manawatu's side, his devasfating bowling clipping Manawata 's batling power by six wickets for 29 runs.
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Chronicle (Levin), 19 March 1946, Page 6
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164HAWKE CUP CRICKET Chronicle (Levin), 19 March 1946, Page 6
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