MID-WEEK CRICKET

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 36, 26 February 1937, Page 13

MID-WEEK CRICKET

West End Defeat Methodist Outright WIN FQR HERETAUNGA Ideal conditions again prevailed for the continuation of the mid-week cricket competitio-n at Nelson Park, Hastings, yesterday afternoon, when the games began th® previous week were aoncluded. Two individual • centuries were scored, Halligan making 126 fpr Wegti End against Methodist and Mahoney was 108 not out for Unitpd against Heretaunga. An outright win was gained by West End pver Methodist by an innings and $5 runs, but in the other game Here^ennga had to be qqntent with a firgtinnings victory over United. Details of the games ar© as follows : West End Methodist. — With three wickets dcwn.for i76 runs in reply to Methodists' 176, West End resumed batting to raise thq total to 282 (Hniligan 126, McDonald '37, Arthur 39, Wilcock 35, Orr 21, Tacon 15 j Wilkins sevqn wipkets for 112 runs). In their seqond inuingi Me^0^ist were disnpssed |(U §1 PUH (EfR 33 not out after bafting tbroughout the innings, Yopng 10; Muilisan six for 29). heretaunga y. United. — On the ppendng da-S Heretaunga made 299 and ' United bad Iqat onq wicket for 99 runs ft _ stunaps. Be^uming the reply, United mad® 227 imns (Mahoney 108 Upt put, McNab 39, Fowler 23, Shattky 21? 8waiipw: U ; SRuker three for 23, %UI8e three fpr 69). Heretaimga onnn.a geoond innings and at -jjhg pa|| pf time had mst four wickets for 78 FUna (Giprgi '32 not out, Rouse 15 nqt ont).