WELLINGTON TEAM BEATS LOCAL ELEVEN
Spectators at the Weraroa cricket ground were treated to one of the best cricket matches seen in Levin this seagon, when a Levin eleven and the Wellington Nomads, played, a weekend match, which the latter won by 63 runs, The Wellington side included four former Wellington representative players, C. J; Oliver, who represented ' New Zealand 'at both cricket and football, Rose, J. Fortune and E. Dempster. Nomads batted first t and were finally dismissed when their score stood at 173, Oliver being topscorer with 46. A feature of the match was the bowling of De Castro, who bowled 19 overs (five maidens) and took four wickets for 37 runs, with an average of less than two runs per over. Levin, playing 12 men, put up a good stand, but in the face of the fast bowling of Rose runs were hard to get, and tney were all out for 110. Wallace, the main batsman, was run out at 29. Dempster was the most successful Wellington bowler, taking four wickets for 33 runs. Details: — Wellington Nomads Hardy, lbw, b De Castro 17 Oliver, b McDonald 46 Dalton, b Lynch 9 Rose, st., b McDonald 32 Triggs, b De Castro 5 Whitwell, c McDonald, b De Castro 6 Standish, b De Castro 11 Upston, c Wallace, b McDonald 14 Dempster, st., b McDonald 4 Cameron, c Ryder, b Lynch ... 12 Fortune, not out 4 Extras, 13 Total 173 Bowling: Saunders, none for 25; Morton, none for 18; Lynch, two for 24; De Castro, four for 37; McDonald, four for 45. Levin Rice', c Fortune, b Rose 15 Hudson, lbw, b Dempster 2 Judd, st., b Dempster 6 De Castro, c and b Dempster . . 6 Ryder, c Fortune, b Dempster . 2 McDonald, b Rose 8 Wallace, run out 29 France, retired .21 Saunders, not out , 6 Kingsbeer, lbw, b Trigg 0 Morton, lbw, b Oliver 7 Lynch, b Trigg 6 Extras, 2 Total, 110 Bowling: Rose, two for 18; Dempster, four for 33; Fortune, none for five; Standish, none for 22; Oliver, one for 19; Trigg, two for 13.
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Chronicle (Levin), 28 January 1947, Page 6
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