Geraldton Premiership Cricket Round Four Tryouts Report
Geraldton Association play in the fourth round at the recreation ground saw NSW Fire Brigade and Australiand clash. Criddle 58 and Westlake 26 helped 171 total. Burge 49 and Pickering 30 aided Australs, but Fire Brigade won on time rules. Rovers and Australs junior games at Queen’s Park featured solid bowling, McKay taking six for 19 and Doolan guiding Rovers to 68 in second innings as C. Wrensted led bowling for the Rovers. A grandstand try-out match at W.A.C.A. Oval in Perth on Feb 11 1960 invites players for Queen’s Park contest next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geraldton Senior Cricket Association
Recreation Ground
John Burge
T. Pickering
J. Pickering
J. Jenkin
Australs
W. Wilcox
Chamberlain
F. Griffiths
Geraldton Cricket Association
Fire Brigade Club
Geraldton
G. McKay
I. Kidnon
C. Wiensted
Rovers
G. Deolan
Bunter
McKay
R. Coleman
G. Halley
Grigsby
M. Deolan
G. McCracken
C. Wrensted
P. McCracken
J. Patten
M. Clarkson
N. Gratte
B. Gosnell
Sundries
A. Llewellyn
C. Weetman
H. Grigaby
R. Kidson
Halley
H. Grigsby
Wrensted
Doolan
L. Hicks
A. Bunter
D. Mills
J. Watt
W. Dornan
T. McNeece
Bowi- Jine
M. Doolan
Tsemble
W.a.ca. Oval
Perth
Queen's Park
Northern Districts Association
Mr. L. Reid
Social cricket match ends in five run Geraldton win
A Walkaway Cricket Club versus Railway Hotel social match at Queen's Park Geraldton was played in hot weather Sunday. Geraldton side won by five runs after earlier meetings ended level. Details of players and scoring are recorded but bowling figures were not publicized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walkaway Cricket Club
Geraldton
Queen's Park
Walkaway
N. Northover
P. Heelan
J. Scott
Hamblett
L. Connolly
C. Cross
M. Gideon
Blair
A. Green
C K. Heelan
J. Burge
Ip Se
E. Giles
S B. Gotins
Hestan A
O B. Logue
Jun x
T. Delaney
Bale
Giles
G. Travis
F. Shaw
J. Page
Giles J. Bourne
Watt
Kidson
Cross
R. Kidson
Delaney
Cross F. Shaw
J. Power
Collins H. Giles
Burge
Travia
Connolly
Travis
Travis K. Heelan
P. Watt
Northern District Association Country Week Players Named
The Northern Districts Cricket Association has selected 16 players to represent the association in the Country Week Competition to be held in Werth early next month. Players include M Clarkson, K Clarkson, T O Malley, A O Malley, L Reid, P Ferries, 8 Edwards, B Cousins, A Beeson, J Giles, H Bardon, K Bone, C Bone, M Sheridan, J Perejuan, F Patten, and T McConkey, with P Shodgrass of Walkaway as manager and scorer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Districts Cricket Association
Werth
M. Clarkson
K. Clarkson
T. O'Malley
A. O’malley
L. Reid
P. Ferries
8. Edwards
B. Cousins
A. Beeson
J. Giles
H. Barndon
K. Bone
C. Bone
M. Sheridan
J. Perejuan
F. Patten
T. McConkey
P. Shodgrass
Walkaway
Geraldton Senior Cricket picks 14 for Country Week
Geraldton secretary Mr. E F Chamberlain announced the fourteen players chosen to represent Geraldton at the Perth Country Week carnival. Players include J Burge W Sweetser J Jenkin T Pickering J Pickering H Chamberlain R Criddie N Jopp F Griffiths R Shelton M Nell K Desmond HL Westlake and L Millar. Manager is E Chamberlain with captain to be decided. A trial match vs Northampton will be played January 20 at the Geraldton Recreation Ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geraldton
Amadeo and the Caserta Bull Bees at a country wedding
BBC Rome correspondent Christopher Serpell recalls a Caserta wedding tale where five year old Amadeo in bright dungarees wanders into a cattle field. A bull horns a bee hive and bees attack guests while panic drives everyone to safety. The bull joins the crowd in the canal as bees sting and frighten travelers. No serious injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher Serpell
B.B.C
Rome
Italy
London
Caserta
Amadeo
Serpell
Hem
Moths and Memories of a Midlands Broadcaster
John Moore, famed author of life in the English Midlands, discusses moths as a broadcaster. He describes luring moths with a strong lamp and white sheet, explains scents attractants, notes drunken moths from rum and treacle, and shares how collectors use female baits to breed rare specimens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Moore
English Midlands
K.b.c’s
Midland
Stegron
B.C
Moore
Animal Kingdom
Grimsby Conversion to Make First Shark-Fishing Factory Ship
The four masted schooner Denmark, later depot ship H.M.S. Badger, is being converted in a Grimsby yard for shark fishing off West Africa under the Colonial Development Corporation. The Adger will house five inboard factories and a full year round operation to produce vitamin oil, fishmeal, shark skin leather, and other products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siip
Grimsby
Colonial Development Corporation of
Great Britain
Denmark
H.M.S. Badger
Royal Navy
West Africa
Amdships
Penlor
Adger
London inn linked to pawnshop boasts royal pledge
An ancient inn on Concrosse Street in London also operated as a pawnshop. History notes that George IV once lost all his money at a cockfight, entered the inn and pledged his watch. When redeemed, he proclaimed the inn held the right of pawnbrokerage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concrosse Street
London
George IV
Microcard Books and the Space Problem in Libraries
A century ago Harvard library needed 6000 feet of shelves yet today seventy eight miles may be required for shelf space. The article discusses microcards and microreader technology that could store 50 to 100 pages per card, cutting space and printing costs while raising concerns about wear and replacement. It notes early adopters in U.S. and Germany and cites wartime photo messaging as a precursor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard University
United States
Germany
Varig
Suirtel
Government asks secrecy on foreign patent plans text
A fragment notes censorship on inventors abroad with defence and security secrets. It mentions possible exclusive rights claimed by the government and a two year penalty, plus a figure of 1200, but the passage is incomplete and unclear.
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Britain
Sunbeam Talbot
Lucinam
Optique
Oristocat
Talbots
WEB Bailey Motor CO. Ltd
Hay Street
Porth
Dunlop
Geraldton Association
K. Chamberlain
G. Harling
St. Criddie
Pickering
Skinner
W. Westlake
Sweetser
Jenkin
F. Grifiths
D. Gallop
Wkt
U . Anderson
Mub
C Skinner
J. Turge
TL. Jenkin
W. Sweetser
C Westlake
Chamco
H Griffiths
Harling
Griffiths
R. Kidnon
Wilcox
Barge
Griffths
C. Anderson
Northern District Association
Country Week
Geraldton’s
Austin
Sunshine Crooks & Brooker Company
England
Moore J
Shark
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