CRICKET.

Shannon News, 21 January 1924, Page 3

CRICKET.

Y.M.C.A. y. SHANNON. This match was played, on the Levin Domain on Saturday. Shannon.won the toss and started their innings with Main and Harris. The howling was entrusted to Auckram. Mair and Harris - were soon separated with only 5 runs on the hoard. Hunt, Doidge and Pope put on 3 runs between them, the rest he Lug nowhere and the innings closed lor 56. Field struck a good length in his last three overs, getting six wickets lor lour runs, five clean bowled. Y.M.C.A. opened theig, innings with, Auckram. Main and Harris were soon nership was of short duration, Auckram getting his leg where his hat should have been. Easson followed and was soon overcome by one of Harris’s “donkey drops’—2 for 7. The outlook for y.M.C.A. wa.s gloomy. Martin filled the vacant crease and was well taken by Hunt in the long field lor 7.-3 lor 2. Thompson was then associated with Harris and they played sparkling cricket and rattled up over 100 runs between them. Mackenzie retired after malting 10, and Field scored 39 hot out, extras 23 being next.

, Subjoined are the full scores:— SHANNON. Main, b Field £ Marris, st., b Auckram , l ■Hi\nt, b Auckram 7 Doidge, b Field 1£ Prain, not out 2 Pope; b Field 10 Morgan, b Field 0 Johnson, b Field 3 Barber, be Field 1 Smith, b Auckram 5 . Extras 7 Total 56 Bowling.—Auckram 3 for 26, Field 7 for 23. Y.M.C.A. Harris, senr., b Main 44 Auckram, b Pope 0 Easson, b Harris 6 McKenzie, retired i 10 Martin, c Hunt, b Harris 7 Field, not out 29 Thompson, to Harris 58 Walker, c and b Harris 6 Edwards, b Main 0 Terry, b Harris 2 Harkness, absent 0 Extras : 23 Total for 8 wickets 179 Bowing.—s for 44, Main 2 for 51, Pope 1 for 25; Hunt and Doidge bowled without success.