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Levin Daily Chronicle, 27 February 1928, Page 6

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PHOENIX v. PARAPARAUMU. The match between Phoenix ami Paraparaumu, played on the Levin Park Domain on Saturday, was won by Phoenix by 40 runs on the first innings. The batted first and made 90, the principal scorers being T. White 20 and H. Waggery 18. Bowling for Levin, Shelly took four wickets for 22 and Warren three for 31. The home team had not much difficulty in running up a score, mainly owing to the efforts of Bryant, who compiled 40 (including two sixes and six fours), and il. McDonald, who made 27. The other double-figure scorers wen; Warren 15, and Shelly 18, and the innings total was 130. * Four of the wickets were taken by 11. Waggery, for 44 runs. Following are the scores; — P A R A PA R A U Ml'.

H. Waggery, c James, b Auckram 18 T. White, *b Warren “2 M. Johnson, 1.b,.w., b Warren . . 7 J. Thomson, b Warren ,f J Lynch, b Shelly b Beeve, 1) McDonald b J. Johnson, run out 1 Snelling, b Shelly 7 Murphy, not out E. Weggery, c Blake, b Shelly . . '•* Terry, c Warren, b Shelly 1 Extras , b Total $, 6 Bowling analysis. —Warren three for 31, Auckram one for 2b, Shelly lour for 22 McDonald one for 11. ! PHOENIX. Warren, run out 17) Ilopa, b E. Weggery 1 Elton, c E. Weggery, b 11. Weggery u Shellv, c Beeves, b 11. Weggery 18 Bryant, c Lynch, b Thompson . . lb Auckram, l.b‘w., b. H. Weggery . . 3 I). McDonald, c E. Weggery, b 11. Weggery * Blake, b Thompson - Pirani, b E. Weggery 7 11. .Ale Donald, c sub., b Johnson .. Hobson, not out

Bowling; analysis. —E. Weggery two for 39, White none for 11, H. Weggery four for 44, J. Thompson two for 22, Murphy one for 10, Johnson one for 1. WERAROA V. OTAKI. The Weraroa team had a comparatively easy win over Otaki on the Weraroa ground on Saturday. The visitors went in first and scored 83, the chief contributor being A. Flutcy, who made 34, including six fours. C. Bennett, for Weraroa, put up a great bowling performance, taking seven wickets for 25 runs. The home side rattled up 195, which included several good individual scores. Bennett extended himself was responsible for the top score of 72, which included three sixes and six fours. J. O’Connor made 30, and S. Hellamore 24. The best of Otaki's howlers was S. Simcox, who took three wickets for 11 runs. Following are the scores: — OTAKI.

A. Flutey, c Roe, b Bennett 34 J. Flutey, run out 1 S. Sievers, c Lcger, b Bennett • ■ 0 S. Simcox, b Bennett J* P, Simcox, c Wallace, b Bennett. .. 13 D’Ath, c Whyte; b Bennett 0 M. Johnston, played on, b Bennett 10 Twist, not out 'j* Rhodes, b O’Connor 1 Kearns, c Wallace, b O’Connor .. 2 Ayres, c Watts, b Bennett ' 0 Extras ® Total 33 ’ Bowling analysis. —Bennett seven for 20, Wallace none for 29, Hall none for 9, O’Connor two for 15. WERAROA. J. O’Connor, c D’Ath, b A. Flutey 30 Wallace, cJ. Flutey, b E. P. Simcox 16 Hellamore, c Johnston, b S. Simcox 24 Bennett, c Johnston, b Sievers . • 72 Watts, b Kearns Hall, b Kearns 'i Leger, b J. Flutey 1» R. Broughton, b S. Simcox 4 Roc, at. Johnston, bE. P. Simcox 0 J. Broughton, c and bS. Simcox 8 J. White, not out • • • •. ® Extras Total ™ r >

Bowling analysis.—Sievers one for 60, A. Plutey one for 29, J. for 47, S. Simcox three tor 11, E. P. Simcox two for 25, Kearns two for 8, D’Ath none for 12.