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NZ Truth, Issue 1201, 6 December 1928, Page 14

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Ditchfield Plays Classy Bat

(From . "N.Z. Truth's" -Timaru Rep.) :"• .Sackcloth and ashes was the official garb m the Old Boys A \cairnp last week. ' Star it was > wh^ch defeated them, exceeding Hheir first innings score by 49 runs. CONSISTENT batting and no tail Lo _, was , the secret of, Star's' success. . ' ■'■',•■ ; . Idigh School A had no luck m losing to Celtic by 33 i runs on the first innings. They might easily 'have been quite a,, lot- closer. Temuka hats went m, the air when the knights of the willow m that, burg rode, m with Old Boys Bas. the spoils m a clash on the home wicket. ■. .Temuka' ran up 215 m their first' tilt, Old Boys B replying with 80. , / PoUrwing on. they put on 162.. Stonewlgg arid Sawnders made the leqiiirec 06 tor Temuka who ;thus secured, a. three pointer, with 10 .wickets to spare. ' , ■The Boys High School B team ran Zingari a .number of shades closer' than was expected last week, anclfor a time it looked as. if the boy's would steal the match. " ' • ■■■■'■' • The 'margin, 1 however, was six m favor of Zingari. Bill Ditchfield gaye the bowlers a tfuuricing.. A finished display on his part yielded .124 of Zingari's total of 267;' • „,■ -•; ■ ; ■ . , .: r>itchfield- is a' very classy young cricketer, and 'had be- been ; m a bigger centre he ' would have been -\veUknqwn by now. , • In fiis school days he played with

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