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Shannon News, 21 December 1926, Page 2

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PHOENIX v\ SHANNON. Phoenix met Shannon at Shannon on Saturday and a great tussle resulted in a drawil game. ■ v ' For Phoenix, Dr. Hunter made 83 in good style, whilst Cliff Hunt 34, and Morgan 32 not out, batted best for Shannon. The following are the scores:-*-PHOENIX. Emmett, c Newth, b Hemmingsen 17 Auckram, c Urquhart, b Morgan .. 18 Hunter, c Pope, b Newth 83 Biss, c Hunt, b Spring 3 D. S. Mackenzie, run out 0 J. McKenzie, c Urquhart, b Hunt 11 Pink, not out 15 Langelan, b Pope 5 Nicholson, run out 0 Sundries • i 10 Innings declard closed, 8 for 162 Bowling.—Newth jl for 56, Morgan 1 for 37, Hemmingsen 1 for 14, Spring 1 for 15, Hunt 1 for 26, Pope 1 for 4. ■ 'SHANNON. Cliff Hunt, e Nicholson, b J. Mackenzie' .>. 34 Hemmingsen, 1.b.w., b Hunter 17 Spring, 1.b.w., b Emmett 3 N ewth, b Biss 1 Urquhart, run out 10 Morgan, hot out ~...' .• • 32, Claude Hunt, not out . 2 Sundries 23 Five wickets for 122 Bowling.'—Emmett 1 for 24, Biss 1 for 10, Hunter 1 for 13, Auckram 0 for 35, J. Mackenzie 1 for 14, D. S. Mackenzie 0 f ‘or 3. WERAROA v. OTAKI. The Weraroa teams met at Otaki on Saturday, the result being a win for Werarpa by 10 runs. Scoring on. both sides' was small, the bowlers having a day cut. Hall, of Weraroa, took five wickets for six runs. Following are the scores: — f WERAROA . • Young, run out . • • v 2 O ’Connor, e Sievers, b Pringle .... 17 Wallace, c Kearns, b Pringle .... 2 Hall, c J. Johnson, b Kearns 0 France, c Flutey, b Kearns 7 Bull, cJ. Johnston, b Kearns .... 6 Gallagher, c J. Johnson, b Sievers ( 3 Hart, b Sievers .. • .- 13 Leger, c E. P. Simcox, b Pringle .. 2 P. McLeavey, c Bevan, b Sievers 10 Rofve, not out / 0 Extras .' 4 Total 6« Boivling analysis.—Sievers 3 for 24, F. S. Simcox 0 for 9, Kearns 3 for 21, Pringle 3 for 8. OTAKI. Pringle, run out 13 Sievers, b O’Connor 16 Flutey, b O ’Connor 0 F. S. Simcox, e O’Connor, b Hall 14 E. P. Simcox, 1.b.w., b Hall ...... 4 S. TAvist, e Wallace, b Hall 0 J. Johnson, b O’Connor 0 D. Kearns, b Hall 0 M. Johnson, c Hart, b Hall 5 A. Bevan, run out 1 0 Rhodes, not out 1 Extras 3 Total 5-3 BoAvling analysis.—O ’Connor 3 for 22, Bull 0 for 15, Wallace 0 for 4, Hall 5 for 6, Hart 0 for 6. * DISTRICT COMPETITION. POSITION OF THE CLUBS. The position of the district clubs at the end of the second round of the competition is as under: — NORTHERN DIVISION. Points. II Foxton A . 7 Phoenix . 6 SOUTHERN DIVISION. * Weraroa 6 Levin f 6 Otaki 5 *Paraparaumu 5 *Tliese tAvo teams have one match to play to complete their round The third round will commence on Saturday, January Bth. The winners cf 'the Northern and Southern Divisions play off for the district championship at the end of the season.