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NZ Truth, Issue 1216, 21 March 1929, Page 16

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DuncanSetsAn Example SKITTLED PINS - . '.. .«.'. (From "N.Z. Truth's" Wellington Rep.) In the final of the Wellington cricket championship A. W. Duncan, the Old Boys bowler, seemed to regard the Wellington Club team as just so. many Aunt Sallies. J4E potted tne ball at them with such gusto that the side was out for 131 runs m the fijst innings and 81 m the se'eond. The result gave a'4-point win to the ex-Collegians "and, thus they clinch the championship by a ''clear:'! three points from Midland. puncan played the role of host m speeding the parting guests to perfection and when the book was consulted hia" bowling average read eleven wickets for 41 runs for the match. A feature of the affair was the agile fielding of Badcock. He took two catches on the run that an ordinary man wouldn't have gathered iri with a butterfly net. Old Boys richly deserve the premiership honors. Right throughout the season they have shown themselves to be a well balanced side with, just the right mixture of youthful dash and experienced • caiition. . On occasion, criticism has been I levelled at this club— privately if not publicly— for its' failure to re- • move. veterans from its first eleven | fn order to make room for some of the brilliant young cricketers who I graduate, from the mother college. | For Instance, the original Boys' Institute team was practically a Wellington College Old Boya one. I It was a team, composed' .pf players who saw • noi . chance of getting senior I Honors with Old Boys. '' > Indeed, K. C. James, one of the. present star Old ; Boys and New Zealand players, got his. first start m big cricket with Institute. Would he have got it' with Old Boys? It is, or was/doubtful at that time. Now, with the 1928-29 championship honors to their credit the outlook ifor the ex-Cpllegian Club is rosy. However, it must not be allowed to stagnate or it will sink to the position it was m when Institute- was founded. iMiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

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