Weraroa Have Last-minute Cricket Win

Chronicle (Levin), 31 January 1949, Page 4

Weraroa Have Last-minute Cricket Win

A last-minute victory by Wera roa over Foxton was the feature of the senior cricket on Saturday. Just before time was called,. Ebxton's last wicket fell to O'Dorinell, giving Weraroa ari eight.poiht Win by an irinings1 and eight runs. Foxton had ' first use of the wicket and gathered 68 riins, Mohickey (14), Ryburn. (13) arid Walls (11 riot out) being the top scorers. OT>anell had a fl'eld day with the ball, eapturing six wickets for 19 runs. DeCastro took two for four. Weraroa scored freely and declared with 120 runs for eight wickets. J. Ryder knocked up a useful 40, with other handy coritributions from Jukes (31) and Wallace (21). The bowiing honours went to Ryburn, who took four wickets for 23 runs. Sent in again, Foxton needed 53 runs to win. Stiff bowiing made fast scoring difficult and the last wicket fell shortly before time. I. Williams (13) returned the only _doub1e-figure score. Saunders accounted for five wickets at a cost of 20 runs. Shannon Beat Paraparaumu Bright cricket was witnessed on the Shannon domain when the home team scored an eight-point win over Paraparaumu. ■ Batting first, Shannon scored 153 runs before being dismissed, J. McNeile (53) , H. Pope (36) and K. Tritt (21) being the main batsmen for the home team. Bowiing .figures for the visitors were: Keogh, three for 28; Ghilds, two for 19. . ' * * In their first ,innings Paraparaumu were dismissed for a total of 34, this being due to the devastating bowiing of H. Moore and B. Harris and the excellent fielding of the local team. Moor.e secured five wickets for 15 runs and Harris four for 18. B. Reeve was the top britsman for Paraparaumu with 17 runs. Following on, Paraparaumu scored a further 75 runs. B. Reeve (14) and M. Keogh (31) were the chief contributors. Bowiing for Shannon, Moore took fo'us" for 19, Harris three for 27 and Roach two for 12.