TOWN V. COUNTRY

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 717, 18 December 1933, Page 5

TOWN V. COUNTRY

A DRAWN GAME Auckland, Saturday. The Town-Country match ended ift a draw in favour of the town side. Chiefiy due to a fine knock of 154 by M. Wallace, who retired, Town got a first innings lead of 168, but at their second venture the visitors played doggedly and saved what at one stage looked likely to be an outright defeat. Seores: — COUNTRY — First Innings Cassidy, b Cowie 7 Robertson, b McRae- - — 2 Carson, b Postles 5 McKenzie, c and b McRae 77 Cleave, c Pearson, b Burke 66 Aitken, c Edmonds, b McRae 24 Going, run out 43 Dunning, c McRae, b Burke . — 17 Beale, lbw, b Cowie 2 Sutherland, b Cowie 1 McKay, not out 0 Extras 4 Total 248 Bowling: Cowie took three wickets for 71 runs; McRae, three for 48,; Postles 1 for 38; McCoy, none for 32, Burke, two for 55. Second Innings Robertson, st Edmonds, b McKae 13 Cassidy, c and b Burke 22 Cleave, st Edmonds, b Burke 16 Aitken, b McRae 16 Carson, not out 50 McKenzie, b McRae 1 Going, c Whitelaw, b McRae 0 MacKay, lbw, b MacRae 10 Dunning, not out H Extras 20 Ttotal for seven wickets 159 Bowling -.Cowie, none for 33; Postles, none for 19; McRae, five for 33; McCoy, rione for 25; Burke, two for 29. TOWN — First Innings. Whitelaw, c McKay, b Going ...... 64 Postles, c Cassidy, b Aitken ...... 1 Pearson, b Going 10 Weir, c Going, b Aitken 10 Sale, b Robertson 48 Wallace, retir&d 154 Edmonds, c Mackay, b Aitken — 0 McCoy, c Sutherland, b Aitken ... 33 Burke, not out ...... 33 McRae, b Sutherland 20 Dunning, b Robertson 20 Extras - 4 Total 416 Bowling: Aitken four for 93; Robertson, two for 75; Going two for 101; Dunning noite for 28; Sutherland 1 for 48; Cleave none for 41; McKenzie, none for 26.