DISTRICT CRICKET.

Shannon News, 22 March 1929, Page 4

DISTRICT CRICKET.

CHAMPIONSHIP POSITION. -•', The championship -points in the Hall Cup competition, as,at the end of the third round; which concluded on Saturday, are as,under:—

LEVIN;DEFEAT PAEAPARAUMU".

The match, played at Paraparaumu on- Saturday between the. local team and- the Levin club's eleven resulted in a three-point,win for the visitors.

WEKAE.OA HAVE iTHREE-POINT

WIN 7 OVER i PHOENIX.

On the Weraroa Recreation Ground en Saturday, the Weraroa cricket team ■ secured, a * three-point win over Phoenix, /having an innings and nine runs to the good at the end of the game. Phoenix went to the wickets first and compiled 72, only two of their batsmen : reaching, double-figures—Macken-zie .17 land ..Hunter 10. Weraroa quickly passed their opponents' total, and at 120 declared the innings closed, for three wickets.,. (The top scorer was, Hellamore, .'with 44 not out; and the next 'best whs .Bennett, 27. The second, innings by, Phoenix produced 39, of which 23 were, made by Smith The cream of the. ■ bowling was that of O'Connor,,who took a total of seven Phoenix, wickets, for 29, and Bennett, ..who captured seven for 40 Follow-' ing are the scores: — : PHOENIX;—First Innings. Mackenzie/b'Bennett ........ 17 Hunter, run out .. .. 10 Warren, C O'Connor, b Bishop .. V Auckram, .e. Roe,'b Bennett .. .. 2 Hogan, b France .. 3 Smith, c Bishop, b O'Connor .... 4 Hopa, c Roe, b O'Connor 3 Blake,, not out 2 Eyes, c.Bishop," b France 0 Sadd, c OJConnor, b McLeavey .. -3 J. BrcSughton,, b France .. .. .. 5 Extras ". .. 9 Total .. ... : , .. .. 72 Bowling analysis.—Bennett two for 23, Hellamore none for 8, J. O'Connor two for 9, Simmonds none for 4, Bishop one for 6, France three for 12, Leger none for 0, .McLeavey one for 2. ' WERAROA. J. O'Connor; c Mackenzie, b Smith 17 -Watts, b,Smith 18 Hellamore, not out 44 Bennett, b Auckram 27 Simmonds, not out .. .. 6 Extras .. 8 • Total .» .. 120 Bowling analysis.—Hunter none for 25, Warren* none for 32, Smith two for 22, Auckram one for 21, Hogan none for 4. ■ ! ■■.■■-< PHOENIX.—Second Innings. ! Warren, b Bennett .. .. .... .. 1 Hopa, c Hellamore, b O'Connor 0 b Bennett 7 Hogan, c Roe, b O'Connor ...... 0 Auckram, c Bennett, b O'Connor 0 Smith, e Simmonds, b Bennett .. 23 Blake, b O'Connor 1 J. Brbughton, c Simmonds, b Bennett 5 Hunter, b O 'Connor 0 Sadd, not out .. .. .. ' 0 Eyes, b Bennett 0 Extras .. :. ! 2

Total 39 Bowling analysis.—O'Connor five for 20, Bennett five for 17. .

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