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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 238, 13 February 1911, Page 3

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CIVIL SERVICE DEFEAT LAW. The third round of the Saturday competition commenced oil Saturday. Civil Service met Law. The latter club lias evidently fallen on evil days, as this was its third consecutive defeat after putting up a record of six consecutive wins. Service won very easily, and are now level with Law for first 1 place. Service went to the wickets first, and compiled 151. Bowles with 30. wi)sj, the highest scorer, others to produce double figures being Bain 27, Sullivah 22, Dinniss 22, Osborne 14, Ingram 11 and Mackay 10. Law made a disastrous start, seven wickets being down for 23, and of these Clapham had made 14. Hill, however, was unbeaten for 21, and was mainly" responsible for the scoro reaching 54, just.sufficient to save the follow-on. Wood and Dinniss with five wickets each divided the bowling honors. In their second innings Service scored 12!) for the loss of six wickets, an appreciable number of runs being the result of overthrows through futile shots at. the wickets owing to Bain tempting them by feinting to run. He, however, met his fate, being joyfully run out after compiling 33. Bowles 29, Mackay 22, Sullivan (not out) 15, aiid extras 17, were the main scorers. Scores were: - CIVIL SERVICE. " | Mackay, b Lash 16 Bain, b Ilill 27 Osborne, ruu out 14 Bowies', run out 30 Ingram,.b Elliott It Sullivan, b Hill 22 Girling,-b HiU 0 Dinniss, b Lash 221 Wood, b Hill 0 Bocock, not out . '... C Hobv, b Lash 0 Extras 9 Total 151 Bowling analysis.—Hill, four for 01; Lash, three for 27; Elliott, one for 54. LAW. Bewley, b Dinniss 1 Lash, b Dinniss 3 Clapham, b Wood 14 Greatbatch, b Dinniss ; i 0 La wry, b Dinniss 0 Elliott, c ingrain, b Wood 3 Hill, not out ". 21 Quilliam, b Wood 0 Harding, b Wood ii West, c Ingram, b Wood 3 Johnson, c Bain, b Dinniss 0 Total 54 Bowling analysis.—Dinniss, five for 25; Wood, five for 29. | CIVIL SERVICE.—Second Innings. Bain, run out 33 Mackay, b Hill 22 Osborne, b Hill 8 Bowles, b Elliott 29 Ingram, b Ilill 2 Sullivan, not out lf> Ciirling b Elliott ■ Extras 19 Total for six wickets 129 Bowling analysis.—Elliott, two for 27; Hill, three for 48; Bewley, none for'B; Lash, none for 27.