SATURDAY'S CRICKET

Chronicle (Levin), 17 January 1949, Page 4

SATURDAY'S CRICKET

Shannon SuHer Seasoii's Second Defeat Shannon, leading teaiil .ih..the Hor'owhenua s'ehitifr crlcket chaihpionship, suffer'ed their' S'ecPhd defeat of the s'eason ,oh Satitrday, Twheit Levin trounced therfi by a margifi of 77 ruris ih a one ihhings gariie. With first use of the wicket, Levin placed the handy total of 143 runs on the board. A useful khock by W. Galloway eontributed 43, including one six ah'd. fiVe fours, while J. Wells added 26 ahd J. Granger 24. B. Har'ris bP'Wied i 24 overs, seveh of them maidehs, jto capture five of the Wickets for 39 runs and top the bowling aver-' ; ages. Tiiree Wickets fell to H. ! Moore at a cost of 63 ruris.Good bowling by D. Lambert, P, [ Meddings, Welis, K. Hudson and W. Walker' soon had Shannonfighting for runs. The batsmeri failed, however, the first six. j Wickets falling for 42 ahd the whole side being dismissed for 66. Tippler ' (18), Pope (15) ahd Thomson (14) were the only PhsS ! to return double figtires. The bowling analysis read: Lambert, thr'ee for 17; Meddings, one for 18; Wellfe, two for 14; Hudson. ^hree for 13.; Walker, one for 6. Thrilling Cricket j Thrilling cricket was seen at the ! Levin Park Domain, when Paraparaumu snatched victory f rPhi Weraroa' by only three runs. i A fine century by Tteogh, Whocarried" his bat for 161, • ehablfd' Paraparaumu to gather 166 ruhs .for seven wickets in thei-r -batting Itime, setting Weraroa a stiff taSk. Keogh was third man in and re'mained at the wieket throughout I the game, hitting fourteen fours !in a stubborn knock. He^ was tassisted by Ryan (14). and Reeves 1 10 (not out). , Three wickets were : accountecl for by Saun'ders, two ;by ' O'Donriell ahd one each by Do Castro and Ryder. Weraroa failed to overtake Paraparaumu's score, beihg . dis/ir lissed for 163. J. Ryder battbd Well to make 50, which included seven fours, before being caught by Groves off Brazier. Saunders (32), Hudson (21), De Castro '(11) and Ellis (10) were the othef double figure scorers. The bowling analysis was: Ryah, tWo for 39; Evans, one for 12;. Reogh, three for 50; Shell, nohe fdf tWo; Gfovc-s, one for 30'; Fitton, two fpr • 12 ; ' Brazier, one • for . five. • • 1 j Old BoyS B6at CbilegC • : ! • : College suffered a sevefe deffeat jat the hahds of Old Boys, when : they1 WCre beaten'. by 110- runs- on i their home ground: With many ; of their members absent, only a scratch team was ■ fielded, but teri batsmen- taking "their place at" the . wickets. Old Boys batted first and ' E. Barl"raud'"*!i/bAttl,ib'uteci excellent 70, including no less than six sixers and f our fours, to the total of 154 runs: G; Sciascia (25), D. • Clapcot't (18), A. Judd (13) and Jr Lancaster (11) Were ;other prmhf ihent scorers. In the boWiirig, McLean netted four wickets for 2f7 i ruhs, with Harvey . two for 11_ and Satheriey two for 3.3 also pfdvid.ing some good bowling. . , When College werit to the, 'wickets, they were dismissed fbr 44 runs. E. Barraud, who took four wickets for nlne runs, and N. Sciascia (three for 12) were rfiainly responsible for College 's early dismissal. McLean (17) and Lang (12) were the only double figure scorers. -