CRICKET.

Shannon News, 3 February 1925, Page 3

CRICKET.

WEHAFIOA DEFEATS SHANNON. OTHER MATCHES UNFINISHED. Overcast weallier, with occasional showqrs of, rain m.aue. conditions unpleasant tor cricket on Saturday, unci of the three matches arranged i>y ihe rioruwhenua Cricket Association, only one, weraroa v. tehannon, was completed. The match, Levin B v. Aloutoa, was started, but had to be abanuoneu, owing to rain, when one innings was played.. iiie match winch was to take piace between Levin A and Bahui did not eventuate, as. it was. lound impossible to fill the teams. ihe. Weraroa —Shannon match was

played on the Weraroa Domain, ana /(■suited in a win for the former team oy ir> ( .) runs to GB. Shannon went t<> tne wickets first, and made a disastrous opening, three men being" dismissed ior a total oi eight runs.- Then uently took strike, and soon setttea

down to business. He quickly reached a total of 55, in compiling which he gave ;i bright display of cricket, his snots through cover being particularly attractive. He eventually ie.fi to Condor, putting tt. ball, from that bowler into Bull's bauds. His. score included t>hree sixes. The remainder of the team went cheaply, none of the batsmen reaching double figures.' Vver-aroa started well after Warren

iiad been disposed of. Sloan and O'Connor became associated in a useful partnership, and both batting -with ea ; se, completely doni/inated the bowling, making things interesting by scoring rapidly to all parts of l lie Held. 'O'Connor with 33 to his credit,

.ifted one to Bently in the outiieiu,

the latter taking a good catch. Ihis batsmen, in the course of his innings was responsible for two sixes. A little later, Sloan, who had been playing brightly all through, skied one

into Hunt's isafe bands. He had given a fine display of good scoring strokes, and at no stage seemed to be -worried by the bowling. 'Marshall and France 'then got together, and batting steadily, added another 4) to the score, after winch the wickets fell fairly rapidly, the innings closing with ail additional 30 runs, for a- ;otal of 159. Scores were as follow: SHANNON—First Innings. I limit, 1.b.w., b Sloan 5 Bartholomew, b Bull * Keinmingsen, b Sloan t liently, c Bull, b Condor 55 Aiorgan. c Jennings., b Bull 0 ..luioughs, lb Sloan 3 Doidge, b O'Connor '0 .joimson, c Sloan, b O'Connor ... i> Hook, 1.b.w., b O'Connor "> Bishop, not Q'Ut ••■• "•' Wilson, b O'Connor '1 Extras , l " Total .'■ »» Bowling.—Sloan 3 ior 31; Bull i for 25; O'Connor <i for li; Condor 1 lor y. WERABOA—First Innings. Warren, b Morgan 7 Sloan, c Hunt, h Burroughs 45 O'Connor, c Bently, b Burroughs 32 Condor, 1.b.w., b Heiiumingsen ... 0 Gallagher, played on, b Burroughs ' 0 ■Marshall, b Bently !■» France, 1.b.w., b Hunt 2-f Hudson, b Hunt i> Bull, c .Heinmingsen, b Bentley ... 10 Brougbton, not out 10 Jennings, b Hunt 1 Extras 5 Total 'lsy Bowling.—BenUey i lor 46; Morgan 1 for 29; Hemmingsen 1 for 18; Burroughs 2 for 24; Johnson 0 for 13"; Bishop 0 for 6; Hunt 3 for 9. LEVIN B v. MOUTO'A. The Levin B v. Moutoa match was commenced at Moutqa, but only one innings had been completed when the continued rain compelled the players to draw stumps. Levin took first strike and compiled 90 runs, Moody with 30 being the best performer, Moutoa then coiinmeiiced their innings, Morgan and McDonald opening. Morgan was 7.up and McDonald la when stumps were drawn. Detailed scores were— LEVIN B.—lst Innings. Hudson, b Morgan ~ Moody, c Madsen, b Ricketts. 30 Marshall, b Morgan , ii Cole, b Morgan 0 Phillips, b Morgan 13 McDonald, b Rickitts 0 Dufresne, b Do.uglas .................. li Henderson, c and b Douglas. <)... Widdas/b Rick.itts o Griffin, c Madsen, to Douglas ....... 3 Terry, not out , , Walton, b Douglas , ~ Mottershead, b Douglas 4 Extras 7 Total W 4 for 27, Madsen 0 for 12, Rickitts. 3 for 14, Sutherland 0 for 10. MOUTOA.—Ist INNINGS. Morgan, not out 7 McDonald ,not out 12 Total for no wickets 19 M.C.G. TOUR OF AUSTRALIA. LIST OF FIXTURES. Feb. ti, 7,9, 10..—Victoria, at Melbourne. Feb, 13, 14, 16, 17.—AUSTRALIA* at Melbourne, (4th Test). Feb. 20, 21, 23, 24.—New Soufch Wales, at Sydney. Feb. 27, 28, March 2,3. AUSTRALIA at Sydney (sth Test). March 6, 7.—-Northern Districts, ; West Maitland. \ March 13. 14, 16.—South Australia, at Adelaide.