Fine Century To H. Rice In Saturday's Cricket

Chronicle (Levin), 21 November 1949, Page 4

Fine Century To H. Rice In Saturday's Cricket

A brilliant innings by H. Rice for 119 not out, his second cenGury of the present season," played a major part in Otaki's fiVe-point victory over Paraparaumu in the HoroWhenua senior cricket ( com-' petition on Saturday. Otaki were dismissed for a totai of 188, the double figure scorers being Wallis (19), Heatherwick (13) and MeHaffie (1(1). Murray took two wickets for 21 and Cavanagh two for 24. Paraparaumu replied with 108, the. main contributor being Fendah with 20 runs. others to reach double figures were Murray (17), Schrader (14) and Fitton (13). McHaffie captured four wickets at a cost of 32 rUns, with O'Brien taking fiwo for 13 and Heatherwick three for 33. Comfortable Win. A margin of 54 runs gave Weraroa a comfortable nve-pjintsr over Shannon. With first use of the wicket, Shannon notched 109, J. McNeile (22), T. Roach (20) and B. Harris (16) being the main contriibutors. Partrcuiarly fine bowiing by K. De Casi.ro was a feature of the Weraroa afctack and he finally emerged with the excelleht average of eight wickets for 31 runs off 17- overs, three of which were maidens. Weraroa replifc'd with 163 and 49 of this total came from a forceful knock by J. Ryder. Other batsmen to reach double figures were P. Jukes (23), S. Weller (20), K. De Castro (16), B. Harvey (14) and A. Saunders fll). B. Harris and I. Hemmingsen each took three wickets and H. Moore and N. Munford two. Five-Pointer To Old Boys. Making 86° runs to Levin's 65, Old Boys had a five poiht win. Old Boys batted first and G. Sciascia, with 27, was the only, patshian to settle down and get runs. N. Sciascia and P. Hannan each made 11, the balance of the runs coming from small contributions by the other . batsmen. D. Lam■bert and K. Hudson shared the •wickets at low cost. Levin's 65 was also made by small scores, the sole batsman to return. double figures being Law (16). C. E. Barraud accounted for five wickets and N. Sciascia four.