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Newspaper
Benalla Ensign
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 12, 1953
Page
2
Detailed match notes show Baddaginn ie scoring 319 for 4, Goo Malibee 152, Diggers 177 for 4 with Georam 118, Dookie College 105 all out, and Star Performers led by Lyle Cook and C Lamb with notable bowling by Down and Webber among others. Benalla posted 186 for 1 in the first innings, then 81 in the second as Crimmins and Mills impressed with bowling figures.
Goorambat totals 118 in the first innings then 143 for six wickets in the second as Quinlan McPherson McDonald Hearn and Trewin lead a tight bowling display. A disjointed scoreline shows multiple batsmen dismissed by P Trewin and Ellis while McDonald takes three wickets for 34.
Dookie College bowled out for 105 in first innings with Nicholson and Bille among top scorers. St Josephs fielded through Ince’s twins, Keenan, Lamb and Ross affected the bowling. Second innings total 164 with M J Wischer and Saunders among key dismissals. Bowling figures show Elliott strong for St Josephs and Valochino economy for Dookie.
The semi finals will run two days, starting Saturday March 14 and finishing March 21. No.1 faces No.3 and No.2 plays No.4. Baddaginnie and Benalla are favored to oppose, with U.F.8 meeting St. Joseph's. Weekend play may shift the plan slightly.
GOOMALIBEE (147) 4. Diggers (32 and 81) defeated by 2 runs. BADDAGINNIE (236) beat Goo rambat (31) by 235 runs on first innings. DOOKIE COLLEGE (a/12) defeated U.F.s. (8/143) by 29 runs on first innings. ST. JOSEPH'S (153) 4d defeated Benalla (124) on first innings by 29 runs.
A detailed scorecard shows Diggers and Busse players in a multi innings match. Key contributors include J Quinlan 0/14 with bowling for Diggers and M McDonald 4/25, W Busse 3/55 for Busse. Batting highlights feature T Trewin Blair and J Green RK Mitchell with Diggers totaling 81 in the second innings against strong bowling from Carson Down Webber and Grubb.
Baddaginnie batsmen Cook 23, Lyle 53, Dosser 17, Jonnson 24, Weir 51, Mack 18, R. Cook 10, N Dosser 22, Leith Cook 3. total 6 6? 236. Bowling by Trewin 0/18, Ellis 3/67, Cooper 1/14, O'Bryan 2/34, Hearn 0/12. Goorambat first innings 71? b Robinson, O'Bryan 18? J. Trewin 0 not out. Second innings Trewin 1 not out, total 31. Bowling Robinson 4/5, Cook 2/19, Mack 2/6.
Morgan and Blair top the innings with 75 and 13 not out as Dookie College chase ends. Seymour, Lamb, Crimmins and McNamara take key wickets for UFL while McNamara, McColl, Ince and Blair deliver bowling support. Sundries add context to the total 143 with McNamara finishing 3 for 48 and Ince claiming several wickets.
G Humphrey and G Hickey open as Cleary edges Parker and Green contributes. Nicholson and Sherwill among scorers with midmatch runs and dismissals noted. Southey and Corboy key bowlers while Harrison and Brown take wickets. final tallies show Cleary top scoring and bowling impact in a compact club match report.
Total 124 bowling score featuring J. O Loughlin 1 over 33, FP Elliott 6 over 13, M Corboy 5 over 25, W Keenan 0 over 33, J Green 3 over 14. Notes indicate individual frames and players in a Benalla contest.
The match featured P Meaney retired Saunders L Goodman 2/3 J Hod der 2/19 M Bain 2/6 GC Hy land 2/10 Bee Wess 38 I Rodier 11 3/6 T Ronke 2/11 P Heaney 2/3 L Ginni van 2/4. Jeeter Heaney was standout, batting aggressively while retiring at 3, and he took two wickets and three catches.
Winton chased 80 with one wicket down needing 10 to win. J Stafford bowled well with 4/31 and K Hernan led attack with 2/1g. Railways, bowled out for 80, saw Winton rely on four bowlers as Winton’s top scoring Limited by a weak effort from Railways batsmen.
Swanpool chased a modest target with 13 runs to spare, finishing 6 for 175. Malcolm top-scored with 19 as Ex-Students struggled to 34 and fell well short. W Lawther provided 24 not out for Ex-Students, while Swanpool bowlers claimed 3/26 by H Williams.
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