WIN FOR COUNTRY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 December 1938, Page 9

WIN FOR COUNTRY

CRICKET MATCH AGAINST TOWN. FEEBLE BATTING DISPLAY. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. After one of the feeblest batting displays ever seen in the annual Town v Country cricket match, Country beat Town at the Basin Reserve, Wellington, yesterday, by four wickets. The game lasted less than two days, as Country made the winning hit at 4.40 p.m. yesterday. In the match, which was played in fine weather, 36 wickets fell for 540 runs, giving the batsmen the poor average of 15 a man. The' following are the scores: — • TOWN. First Innings 152 Second Innings. J. R. Sheffield, c Thomas, b Pritchard 10 H. F. Rice, b Downes 2 W. Hepburn, c Norris, b Pritchard 8 J. Ell, b Downes 1 R. J. Kemp, b Pritchard 4 J. A. Ongley, not out 57 j. R. Capstick, c Murchison, b Pritchard 1 C. K. Parsloe, b Pritchard 3 R. O’Neil, b Betts 6 G. L. Whyte, b Betts 0 J. McKeown, b Gallichan 19 Extras —Leg-byes 4, ho-balls 2 6 Total 117 Bowling: Pritchard, 5 for 52; Betts, 2 for 19; Downes, 2 for 24; Gallichan. 1 for 0. COUNTRY. First Innings 161 Second Innings. C. McVicar, c Sheffield, b Parsloe 5 G. A. Robertson, lbw, b O’Neill .... 13 S. Betts, c Ell, b O’Neill 11 M. Thomas, c Whyte, b McKeown .. 1 W. E. Norris, not out 54 J. W. Thorpe, C Kemp, b McKeown 0 J. Murchison, run out 5 L. Connor, not out 15 Extras, leg byes 6

Total for six wickets 110 Bowling: O'Neill, 2 for 18; McKeowri, 2 for 32; Par Sloe, 1 for 34.