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Shannon News, 19 December 1922, Page 3

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WERAROA BEATS PUBLIC WORKS

On Saturday Weraroa played the Public Works team on the Shannon ground, and won by 59 runs. The visitors bailed nrst auu Knocked up y 5, McGill playing a good innings oi is/, uuich included a six over the tree-top.-j uu me square-leg nummary. Pringle, 13, also got double figures. Public Worxs niaue a poor stanu against the bowling oi i-’rmgie aim iVicGni, and nine wickets were- down lor 10 runs. The last wicket stand between Morgan and Harris proauceu the nest batting oi the team, and between diem tney raised the total to 36 before Harris was caught by Hall.

Scores: — O’Connor, c Newth, b Hemingson... 9 Patrick, b Hemingson 3 Hughes, 1.b.w., b Newth <d Pringie, b Bishop 13 McGill, b Doidge 37 Claridge, b Newth 8 Thomas, b Newth 3 Sloan, b Hemingson 4 Hall, b Hemingson 0 Conder, not out 8 Bevau, b Burrows , 5 Extras 4 Total i.. 95 Hemingson took four wickets, Newth three, and Bishop, Doidge and Burrows one each. PUBLIC WORKS. Doidge, c Hughes, b Pringle 2 Pope, b Pringle 6 Hemingson, b McGill 1 Burrows, b McGill 1 Newth, run out 1 Holdan, b Pringle 0 Bishop, b Pringle 1 Newton, b McGill 1 Morgan, not out 10 Teny, c O’Connor, b Pringle 2 Harris, c Hall, b Sloan 16 Extras 1 Total 36 Pringle got, the fine average of five wickets for eight runs, whilst McGill secured three for 13 and Sloan one for six.

Y.M.C.A.’S EXCITING WIN OVER FOXTON.

These teams played their fixture on the Levin ground, and although the visitors got a lead on their opponents in the first innings, Y.M.C.A., with 42 to get in 20 minutes, set about the task in businesslike fashion, Martin (34) and Field (16) pulling the game out of the fire for the loss of two wickets. Y.M.C.A. thus won with eight wickets in -hand. Scores:— FOXTON—First Innings. Taylor, not out 14 Albrey, b Auckram ....- 0 Caithness, b Field 8 Reay, b Auckram 2 Kruse, c Martin, b Hudson 10 Robertson, c and b Moodie 9 Higgins, b Hudson 1 Spiers, b Hudson 6 Phillips, b Hudson 0 Robinson, b Hudson 0 Howe, b Harris 1 Extras 3 Total . 54 Bowling: Hudson five wickets, Auckram two, and Field, Moodie and Harris one each. Second Innings. Taylor, c —, b Tingey 2 Albrey, b Auckram 1 Caithness, c Martin, b Auckram... 0 Reay, b Auckram 2 Kruse, c Harris, b Tingey 4 Robertson, b Moodie 5 Higgins, b Tingey 0 Phillips, not out 0 Spiers, b Hud-son 2 Robinson, b Hudson 0 Howe, b Moodie . 1 Extras 6 Total 23 Bowling: Auckram three wickets, Tingey three, Hudson two and Moodie two.

Y.M.C.A.—First Innings. Griffin, b Higgins 5 Harris, b Higgins 0 Mackenzie, b Howe 2 Martin, b Howe 4 Field, b Howe 0 Moodie, b Howe 16 Tin gey, b Howe 1 Auckram, c Taylor, b Higgins 4 Hudson, b Howe 0 Murray, not out 0 Dufresne, b Howe 0 Extras 3 Total 35 Bowling: Howe seven wickets and Higgins three. Second Innings. Martin, c Albrey, b Howe 34 Field, not out 16 Harris, c Reay, b Higgins 0 Extras 2 Total for two wickets 52 Bowling: Howe and Higgins secured a wicket each.