Town Cricketers In Good Position
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WELLINGTON, Der. 2. With 146 runs oh the board £qt one wicket in reply to Country 's. modcst 173, Town are in a commanding position in the annuai cncket iixture .water, began at the Basin Iteserve today; JD'espite the absehce' of three New Zealand ;represehta"t\v ea- in rH* "fif. C&ve, G. Or^Wweli'* ahd'df'Ar Rab'oii^ the ihfture;httracted grekter • mte'irest ' thah us'ual. ' With JS'e'id .add* L. iL Modney ; yet 'to '• bafr ; for.' Town ebme spaTrkiing eri6ket''is--Some delightful battiiig'was ptbvid'ed for Country by J . A. Ongiey ;amd T^ -H. Beaney, with Beijd, ;C, yL. . Kandall ana ,^. 8. Challies claiming. most of -the ; wickets.. 8... A^ . McVicar and .W. G. Bainbird scored - steadily foy foWu, but the most. 'yn'teresting . perfprihance .01 the day wae that -of- a e.ewcomer; to big cricket, H. McMorran, the yduhg Kilbirnie batsman. He outdrove McVicar as an opener, showec) good matek temperament -and scored with powerf uJ wristy "shots mainly offi the. back foot; It was an impresSive debut. There were n'o chances in hie 44 whereas McVicar gave two chances, one to the wicftet; keeper- a,nd one to second slip. * ■ • ; . Details: — " . ... ^ - ' COUNTRY. • ' • V ; C. C. McVicar, c Rainb'ird,- b Reid 16i D. Haye's, .Ibwj b &(all6ch .. ^15J. A. Ongiey, c Mcvicar, •*b. Challies 45^ G. Masters, ' c Moohey, - b Randall ,9 T. P. L. Reaney,' lb'w', b Challies . . .26 ] F. Collis, c Mooney, ' b Rahdaii ;*-f. L. Millejr, b Dempster *. 3, G. Botting, not ou^ i . . '1-27 D. D. B.eard, .b Reid ?. > 8; T. A.r Downes, b Reid ; . . . 0 ; A. E, Cre'gswell, b Randalh. S .Extras. . . - . . . : . - 12; Total .. , i .(173;: Bowling: Randall' 3 far 33,. Murray b ; for 24, Reid 3. f or 34, ■ Malloch 1 for 2U, ( Challies 2 for 39/Demps.ter JL for 11." •" " . TOWN. - • : •• -5,'' H. McMorran, b Beard \ . 7. /. 44 j S. A. McVicar, not out." . . . 64' W. G. Rainbird, iiot'.-out .. .. ,. 3i( Extras ;> . 1 ■ Total' for one wicket . . . 146:
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Chronicle (Levin), 3 December 1949, Page 6
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