Cricket.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 April 1914, Page 3

Cricket.

LEVIN AND FOXTON v. SHANNON.

Often when an individual climbs to tli© top, the less successful ones combine to haul him down, and on Saturday on the Levin recreation reserve Levin and Foxton combined against Shannon team, uyued them upside down and cricket reputation fall ouf *'... .V'i- pockets. It was ShanimS-V:x< 1 :• winning the Shield. iSiiruT'vjju baited first, but the Burgess, Young and Better for them and they of for 46. Quarrie-Ireiuewan (G), and J. 13uti-envoiih (b), were the chief scorers. Better took two wickets for seven, Young two for seven, Burgess four for twentytwo. The combined team scored 85; the fine score of Burgess (43) putting the issue of the gam© beyond all doubt. If other players followed Burgess, and learned the right balls to block and the right ones to hit, instead of slashing wildly at everything they would do better. His innings included a fine hit for six. Tullett (9) and Butcher (8) were the other chief scorers. Ilandall took 5 wickets for 22.

SHANNON. Tremewan, c, b Burg6ss 6 J". Butterworth o Tulle t b Better (3 Bandall, b Better 5 Knyvett, b Burgess ' 0 Quarrie, b Young 12 Doidge, b Burgess 2 Butterworth (retired, hurt) 0 Keys, not out 1 Graham, b Burgesa 1 Judd, b Tullett 6 Hennessey, b Young 0 Sundries 8 Total , 46 Bowling.—Burgess 4 for 22, Better 2 for 7; Young 2 for 7 ; Tullett, 1 for 1. COMBINED TEAM. Better, b Bandall 1 Tullett, b Butterworth 9 Burgess c Tremewan b Judd 48 Sloan, b Bandall 3 Young, b Bandall " Mackenzie, b Judd 5 mibley, b Bandall 0 Cleland*, b Doidge 5 Mullins, l.h.w. Bandall 2 Butcher, not out 8 Horn, c Graham b Judd 2 Sundries ? ' Total 85 . Bowling—Bandall 5 for 22, Butterworth 1 for 25: Judd 3 for 16: Doidge 1 for 11.