WAIRARAPA CRICKET

Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 February 1940, Page 2

WAIRARAPA CRICKET

REPRESENTATIVE GAME A VERSUS B TEAM. CAREFREE PLAY. On the Park Oval on Saturday afternoon a match was played between the Wairarapa representative A team and the Wairarapa representative B team. The game was of a most enjoyable and carefree character and some good batting, bowling and fielding was in evidence. The game was won ■ bj’ the A team by 54 runs. The following were the scores: — WAIRARAPA A. D. Groves, c F. Hoar, b Clarke .... 32 G. Lambourne, c Clarke, b Preston 28 S. Hatch, run out 28 I. Upston, c Clarke, b Miller 5 W. Peterson, not out 26 C. Reid, b Clarke 54 D. Hibbs, not out 35 L. Matthews, b Greer 2 R. Wilson, b N. Hoar 0 Extras 26 Total for 6 wickets, declared 236 Bowling: R. Clarke 2 for 38, Greer 1 for 10. Miller 1 for 19. Preston 1 for 28. WAIRARAPA B. J. Renner, b Groves 11 R. Brice, c Matthews, b Groves 2 F. Hoar, run out 15 R. Miller, not out 77 H. Preston, b Upston 1 N. Hoar, b Hibbs 13 V. Greer, c and b Hatch 16 R. Clarke, b Groves 27 N. Jones, b W. Peterson 7 G. Brash, b Groves 0 Welch, b Groves 8 Extras 5 Total 182 Bowling: Groves 5 for 33, Hibbs 1 for 12, W. Peterson 1 for 17, Hatch 1 for 23, Upston 1 for 25.

JUNIOR GAME

Wairarapa A Representative Junior v Wairarapa B Juniors. —This match was played on the Park Oval and was won by the A team by 45 runs. Scores: A team 192 (Charles 53, Corlet 41, Thompson 30, Payne 15, Harp 14; C. Minifie 3 for 6, Mooney 3 for 49, Berry 2 for 22, Brice 1 for 31). B team 147 (Mooney, not out, 65, Brice 24, Peers 14, C. Minifie 13; Charles 4 for 27, Thompson 3 for 24, Sturgeon 1 for 2, Parsonson 1 for 14, Berry 1 for 45).