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Newspaper
Benalla Ensign
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 21, 1952
Page
2
Se student bowler J Denner took 4/0 and 3/0 in an innings defeat of URS by 45 runs. Others in the line struggled to reach double figures as URS collapsed while ex‑students posted strong bowling figures and multiple wickets in the match.
Winton easily beat Swanpool by nine runs at home on Saturday. Beacon top scored for Winton with a white five and several teammates reached double figures. Swanpool’s innings saw only two players reach double figures. key bowlers included Kennedy and Beattie who claimed several wickets. Swanpool’s top scorers were W. Kennedy and S. Sergent, while Winton’s bowlers silenced the chase with tight lines.
Molyullah's J Murray top scored with 49 and 40 while Murray claimed two wickets as Railways posted 6/181. St Joseph's reached 3/325 at stumps, Lloyd Robinson unbeaten on 166. Other BDCA fixtures saw UFS 234, Goomalibee over Dookie College, and Benalla nudging ahead of Diggers in a tight three-innings contest.
In a terse match Diggers beat Benalla with limited scoring across both innings. Notable bowling by Howling and Quinlan kept the run rate down, while Diggers batsmen including Rutner and Clarke contributed modest totals. Final figures show a compact game with key wickets shared among Sherwill and Cleary.
Scant scorecard fragment shows bowlers Webber and Banfield figures and several batsmen named Templeton Doherty McNamara and Down. Partial lineaments include overs described, wickets taken, and runs conceded with multiple incomplete player references and fractions like 6/38 6/41.
Molyullah defeated St Josephs Warren Bayne with a line of batsmen and bowlers contributing key scores and wickets. Mitchell and Croxford top-scored in a tight contest as Jenvey and Broadbent shared multiple breakthroughs.
Score details show batsmen and dismissals with partial names. Mackerell and Howling led bowlers with figures noted. Several players marked out or not out amid a fragmented scoreline, reflecting a damaged OCR sports row from a historical page.
Mutings and lbw dismissals mark a noisy cricket scorecard. Doookie 5 for Newton out and J McKane run out. O’Bryan and Davis share wickets as Hooper and Pirie fall to N Davis. Final totals unclear but bowling figures list Lang, Kane, Thompson and Moran.
More than one hundred youths from every State in Australia commence engineering apprenticeships at the RAAE Technical College in Witea New South Wales. Apprentices aged 15 to 17 come from New South Wales Victoria Western Australia South Australia Tasmania and Queensland. They undergo three years of initial training in base fitting mathematics English and drill and receive advanced trade value in the second year. Apprentices are trained as tradesmen for roles such as fitter armourer airframe driver and instrument maker, with Group 1 being the most skilled and highly paid. Upon completion they undertake a one year tour with a unit and then serve twelve years in the Permanent Air Force.
Star performers include Wien Thyb at 1663 and Conk Bax Crimmins. results show Diggers 58 def Benalla 68 while UFS 234 beat Goomalibee. J Ellis for Diggers and Webber for Goomalibee noted. Other bouts feature St Josephs vs Cookie Collings, and Geofam bat against Geelong in nearby venues.
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