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Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 February 1941, Page 8

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WAIRARAPA ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITIONS. MATCHES AT MASTERTON. i The Wairarapa Cricket Association's i championship competitions were re- | sumed on Saturday afternoon in fine . weather and on good wickets. SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP ;■! RED STAR v LANSDOWNE. . I I The Red Star and Lansdowne team. • ; ' met on the Park Oval. Red Star batted first, but opened disastrously, losing three good wickets (Lambourne. Roys . and Coleman) with the total at 27. . Then N. Hoar and \\. Peterson became . associated and carried the score to 117 before the former was bowled for 52 'which included a G and five 4's) after . a vigorous display. W. Peterson and | Bell then laid the wood on and 238 J was reached before Bell returned to ; the pavilion, having scored an excel- ; lent 71. in which he displayed great j hitting power. His total included two ! sixes and eight 4's. W. Peterson conl tinned to bat in a masterly manner and , when the innings closed was still un- ! beaten with 96 to his credit. He scored ! nine 4's and six 2's. Red Star's total (batting one player short) was 276. and when stumps were drawn Lansdowne had lost 4 wickets for 31 runs. Scores: RED STAR. (First Innings.) i G. Lambourn. run out 11' : C. Roys, lbw, b Groves (T I I. Coleman, b Groves 9| IW. Peterson, not out 96 N. Hoar, b Groves 52 A. Bell, b W. Whiteman 71 A. Paterson, b W. Whiteman . 6 J. Renner, b Thompson 51 A. Peterson, b W. Whiteman G. L. Matthews, b Thompson .... 1| F. Hoar, absent Oj Extras 11. Total 276|' Bowling: Groves 3 for 50; Thompson 3 for 111; W. Whileman 2 for 46; N. Jones 0 for 13: A. McCalmont 0 for 45. LANSDOWNE. (First Innings.) Thompson, c Roys, b Renner 3 A. McCalmont. b N. Hoar 1 Miller, b Coleman 12 M. McCalmont. b N. Hoar 7 W. Whiteman, not out 2 Extras 6 Total for 4 wickets 31 Bowling: N. Hoar 2 for 11: Coleman 1 for 3: Renner 1 for 11. COLLEGE v. OLD BOYS. The feature of the match between Old Boys and College, in which the latter team batted the whole afternoon. | was a century by Stevens, who was! eventually caught by Thomson oil i Munn after having scored 129. Tier! also did well, scoring 81 before he was! bowled bv Hibbs. Details arc:— COLLEGE. First Innings. Schofield, c Thomson, b Hibbs .... 0 Hoar, b Hibbs 20! Tavlor. b McGill 0 Tier, b Hibbs 81 ; Stevens, e Thomson, b Munn 129! Wilson, b McGill 20 | Donnelly. hit wicket b Hibbs 25, Welch, b Hendry 13 , Orsborn. not cut 3 ! Casey, b McGill 10; Hayes, run out ....... o Extras .... ... 29 1 i Total 330 1 Bowling analysis: McGill. 3 62: Hibbs, 4 92: Andrews. 0 42; Munn. 1 30; Hendry, 1 13: Barr, 0 22. JUNIOR College 162 (McGregor 23 Jaine retired 52, Younqucst 28) beat Red Star; B 111 (Osborne 39. A. Smith, not out ’ 28). Old Boys v Martinborough:—Old Boys won by 142 runs on the first in-; nings. Old Boys: 251 for 8 wickets, do-i dared 'J. Fitzpatrick. 7-1 not out: J. A., Payne (13: W. Dyer 37: M. C. Arm-’ strong, 23; J. Norrie. 14: O. V, Berry 12. J. Kershaw, two for !(»>. Martin-j borough 109 'Charles 64 not out; In-; gram, 13: Gair, 12. Fdzpatrick. four for' 28; Berry* four for 511). An old cricketer writes drawing at- 1 tention to the bad habit of batsmen ! while at the wickets, in handling the I bull. This has been very noticeable in 1 Masterton on recent Saturdays he state.-, and one of these days a Heldsman will appeal for the batsman hand ■ Im-.* the ball and the umpire wdl have ( no • ption but to give him out No' I only is handling a ball in the eircum- ( stances a breach of the rules. but it,savours of Ratfertv backblocks meth. I nds (