SIX-POINT WIN FOR R.S.A. ELEVEN

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5285, 23 December 1946, Page 6

SIX-POINT WIN FOR R.S.A. ELEVEN

_ 9- ^ Gity-Albion Dismissed For • 53 In Second Strike | After being' one v/icket down for 16 runs at the close of the first day's •play against City-Albion, R.S.A, declared for 164 with oig'ht wickets down at the Kuirau Reserve on Satttrday. City-Albion in its first innings, made 139, and; in its second innings 53. R.S.A. -\von by a six-point margin with one wieket down for 38 (declared) at the close of play. Top seorer for R.S.A. in its first innings was Barron, who 'made 30. Laurence was 29 not out, when the team declared, and Holford made 18, 'Rose 17, and Pringle and Spedding 16 each. Only two City-Albion batsmen made double figures in tlieir second innings, Stayt being 14 not out, and Simmers making 13. Bowling for R.S.A., R. Spedding took four wickets for 21 runs, W. Barron two for 1'0, D. Rose two for 13, and I. Laurence one for 6. It is interesting to note that in competition games so i'ar this season, Spedding has taken a total of 22 wickets for 99 runs, He bowled 61 overs, 20 of whieh were maidens. In its seeond innings, R.S.A., who needetl only 29 runs to vin, scoreri them in five overs fiom Francis and Foote. Barron was 17, not out. Holford made 18.

Pirates' Collapse In the first day's play of its mateh against Pirates on Saturday, the Old Boys' XI. was all out for 178 runs and Pirates had six wickets down for 14 runs, at the end of the day. "Topscorer for Old Boys was Sherriff, who made a well-earned 68 before being bowled by Carr. Thomas made 32, Costello i8, 'Clague 18, not out, and Andrews 12. Although Choate, for Pirates, appeared to be settling in at the start, he was clear.-bowled by Brown in his third over after making l'O runs. Of the five succeeding 'batsmen, only Carr managed to wrest three runs from the aecurate bowling of Hobbs, who took all five wickets for one run.