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Shannon News, 22 December 1925, Page 3

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WERAROA A’S BEAT QTAKI BY 3? RUNS. GOOD. BOWLING FIGURES. T!he Weraroa A team visited, Otaki on Saturday, beating tire home team by a margin of 37 runs. Sloan’s 35 was the best score produced by the match, and had it not been tor the unaccountable rot which crept into tire play o.f Wer area's first four or five men who went into bat, it seemed likely that Otaki’s margin of defeat would have been even wider’. Sloan’s average of 4T for 15 and Bull’s 6 for 40 were the prime movers in the low score of their 'Opponents, while Flutey’s 2 for 13, S. Simcox’s 3 lor 27, and Johnson’s 1 for 0, had the desired effect for the home team. The scoring showed the following details:— OTAKI. Flutey, b Sloan 0 P. SimoQx, c Halley, 'b Bull 8 Johnson, c Bull, b Siloan •••• 9 Fletcher, not out 30 S. Simcox, c Perry, b Bull , 6 •Seivers, c Hawkins, to Bull 0 J. Flutey, b Bull 0 Rekua, c Hudson, b Bull 9 Knox, b Sloan •. 0 Twist, c O’Connor, b Sloan 6 Takere, to Bull •,... J Byes ... ••••• 10 Total ;•••• 60 Bowling—Sloan 4 for 15, Bull 6 for 40. - ’ WERAROAWarren, c Johnson, to Servers ... 29 Hawkins., c Seivers, to A- Fluty 4 Young, b A, Fluty 0 Perry, run out ..,,•••• “ O’Connor, c Simcox, b Seivers ... o Halley, to Seiyers ,••• J Sloan, c Seivers, to Simcox 3a Hudson, to S. Simcox ... ••• ' 7 France, b S. Simcox Hopa, c Seivers, bJohnson 3 4 Byes 7 Total . 192 Bowling—Seivers 3 for 54, Fluty 2 for 13, Sy Sdmoox 3 for 27, Johnson 1 for Q.

WERAROA. B v. PARAPARAUMU. PARAPARAUMU WINS BY ll RUNS. Paraparauinu played Weraroa B on the latter’s ground on Saturday afternoon and won the rubber with but eleven' runs, to spare. Eimimett, for Weraroa, made a good showing with 40 runs.. Better’s .bowling secured 5 Wickets for 27 runs, Edjlin also striking a good average of 2 wickets for 12. . The game produced the following scores: — WERAROA. . Harding, to Lynch 11 McDonald, to Allen - J Edlin, b Lynch Jj ■Hough, to Lynch ............ 9 Emmett, to Brazier ••••••••• *9 Retter, to Brazier 9 Hall, to Lynch ° R. Broughton, run! out * Langelan, to Brazier •- 19 J. Broughton, b Brazier 9 McLeavey, not out 1 Byes I* s TOital Bowling: Lynch' 4 for 36, Allen 1 for 9, Brazier 4 for 16, Weggery 0 for 10, ITbwe 0 for 9. PARAPARAUMU. Allen, c Hall, b Edlin Reeve, retired , Brazier, cJ. Broughton, to Retter 0 Johnson, to Edlin 1 Weggery, to Retter °° R'oe, b Retter '. 4 Weggery, c Hall, b Retter ....... 1 Lyncb,. b Hall 9 V. Reeve, to Retter “ Johnson, to Hall 9 Field, not out ® Byes . _ Total ~. m r Bowling: Edlin 2 for 12, Retter o for 37, Emmett 0 for 29, McDonald 0 for 14, Hall 2 for 6. . I „ Sore throats promptly relieved by taking a few drops of “NAZOL ’ on sugar. Quickly banishes summer colds. 1/6 for dC doses