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Newspaper
Benalla Ensign
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 25, 1954
Page
2
Opening day only partially settles semi final line up with Diggers defeating St Josephs in a keen home feature. Report mentions players Dariel Dabole labels, a rugged Oval match atmosphere, and looming semi finals scheduled for April 3 amid uncertain lineups and lingering tensions.
A fragmented cricketers notes page records St Josephs and Diggers in a first innings contest with scores and player initials. The text lists batsmen and bowlers including McCabe Huon Gorey Quinlan McDonald and others with partial figures and extras noted.
Fragmented score line shows Benalla and Baddaginnie contesting at the oval with partial tallies for players including Cook Lyle, Mack Valleion, J Parker and Robins. The text lists multiple scorers and team entries with unclear sequence and several garbled names.
A fragmented match report lists players with partial scores and outs, noting bowler Wir? and team names U.FS and GOORAMBAT TAL FS. Key figures include Trewin with 37 and Templeton out, plus several incomplete entries for Coffe, Crawlan, and Winstead.
Dooblee College and Goomalibee clash in a hard fought game with key performances by Henkder Banfield and J Suitwerland for Doookie along with N Webber and W Down delivering notable runs. Bowling highlights feature Perris Laub and Archer contributing solid lines as both sides push for offense and defense in a dense scoring display.
A jumbled OCR summary details cricket scores and player names including Dineen, McLennan, Quin, and McDeevald. The piece references premiership timing, semi finals, venue guesses at Oval and Showgrounds, and notes absences and practice. It mentions a 30 not out by John McLennan and a century by another unnamed batsman, with bowlers like McNamara and Rees.
Fragmented OCR text recalls a sports item mentioning Semi Finals, teams, players, and bowling figures. It references Winton, Molyallan, and local players with scores and dates, describing a decisive match and lineup notes. The garbled source mentions bowlers RO Wee and OM, three Murray brothers, and a potential end of a season, with a focus on Winton’s extended run.
Lake Rowan and St James clash as James faces Wilby in a tense final. Lake Rowan lead by 48 runs after first innings, with James posting 159 and 96 in their two innings. Key contributions include Holmes 28 and Corbett 4/48. Wilby’s innings feature Hargreaves 21 and Innes 9, while extras total 19.
Wool markets face softer demand and April sales cancellations as buyers in USA and UK pull back. Dalgety reports weaker antipodean wool volumes, with finer merinos and crossbreds selling unevenly amid synthetic competition, while retail and export orders shrink in Australia and New Zealand.
The fragment discusses wool textile trade in a wartime context with figures around 165,000 and 365,000 pounds, mentions Argentina and South American trade, wool prices, and market sentiment. It references government measures, wool meters, and wartime disruptions impacting buyers and sellers.
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