SATURDAY'S CRICKET

Chronicle (Levin), 25 January 1949, Page 4

SATURDAY'S CRICKET

Levin's Briljiaqt Scont)" I§ District Rqcord ( An oiitstaiiding scqre was compiled by the Levin ^Jf|cket Club 'on Saturday when it defeated College j in the senior cricket competition. -by ian innings and 232 runs. This I record "td'tal is pne of the' best in I this district for rriany years,; taking j.inco consideration the two-hpur jbatdng'peifiod: * Highlight qf the day w^s a century by w. Galloway who* carr'ied his bat for 105, including si?: §ixes and twelye fours. Sqme gdod cohtributions by ' ^aumber (6,7), WeUs (45), Law (39 'nqt oqt) , Hud^op 1.(22) and Granger (21) 'helped bf ing the final "score to" 320 for' ihe loss of eight" wickets. Tlre College j bowling wa's not ' th'e best, Dome, two for 5ff and Sat'herley, two fflr 1 58, taking the honours. ' Tn" its fir'st 'ijanings, Cpllege was dismissed for 36, Sqqthcqmbe (12) being; the pnly double fig'iire scorer. ^The bowlihg honours went to' IJupjson who bowled 7.5 overs, all *of th'em maidens, and -took thr.ee I wickets for no runs. H. Bau'inber took four for s'i'x, whilp, Judd dismissed two bastinen fqr 'seven i^uns. Put in the sgcjond tinie, .College' compiled 50 i runs, - Dol'ne ( 18 ) , being. the only ;batsman to reach double figures. "Granger toqk flve wickets for 14 runs and Hudspn t'wo fqr four. i- Shannon Bgat Foxton I Shannon beat Foxton py 93 runs ! on the first innings in a match full ! of bright knoc'ks. S.coring 1 .142, .Shannon se.t a fairly stifE total fqr i Foxton to beat and this proved toq ! much for them and they went by t'he board for 49. McNeil (33), B, ijHafris (27), K. Thomson (22) and !H. Pope (21) were ihe best scorers jfor Shannon. In th.e bowling, j Rogers took four wickets for 52 ;runs. Foxton was dismissed early for 49, Ryburn (24) being the only double figure scorer. The bowiers mainly responsible for this were 'Moore and B. Harris who took flve i wickets for 29 runs and flve for 25( : r'espeetively. Weraroa's Win Weraroa, with 50 runs In hand, won their matc'h with Old Boys oh Saturday. The latter tgam had first use of the wicket and q.ompil'ed 90. Weraroa replied with 14Q. - A bright knock by G. S.ciascia ' (39) was the only outstgnding sc.ore in the Old Boys batting. Somegood .bowling. on the part of Saunders was one of the hig'hlights of jthe match. Saunders took five i wicketg for ,29 runs. The' batting' honours went to Wilsoh who carried, his bat for 68 (retired). Nichol contributing 32 before be;ng caught by .Clapcott ifrom C. Walker. McClune tpok two i wickets for 24 runs and B'arraud ' two for 27. - V. ,,.*!! ,.