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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 26, 1948
Page
4
Geraldton cricket premiership first qualifying round resumes with Travers versus Australians at the Arecreating Ground and Railways meeting Towns at High School Qual. Both fixtures set for Saturday, with a second set of matches to follow next Saturday.
Rovers opened the match by batting two hours and scoring 85 runs, led by J Angove with 35 including three sixes. Australs reply saw Howell and Jenkin sharing five wickets each as Towns and Railways fight for position with Towns 85 for three and Railways 52 all out at stumps.
Towns posted 23 runs with notable batting from Towns and TL Sewell delivering the only score credited. Marshall bowled effectively as Railways locked in tight defense, while the match featured mixed fielding and bowling highlights from both sides.
A commencement fax from Saturday lists fixtures for the Geraldton Junior Cricket Association premiership inaugural round. Australs play Rovers and Railways meet Towns at Queen's Park with remaining games to be finished at High School Oval Saturday afternoon.
Teokox and W Dornan lead a tight contested game with top batsmen delivering. Key partnerships push the total to 58 as bowlers claim wickets with Dornan taking three for zero and Clarkson three for one in a cautious innings display.
A burglar in San Francisco opened a safe and found a note urging loud noises to frighten a woman with a weak heart. The burglar, shocked by the note, died of heart failure on the spot. The game details mention bowling figures for Moloney Neill Wrensted and others, but the crime notice dominates the readable text.
A Mingenew meeting of the Mingenew Yaudan WKA Branch of the Farmers Union of WA discussed poll methods for district needs, transport concessions for students, superphosphate pricing, and ongoing oat pool schemes. The branch proposed sending a telegram urging returns of Wheat Pool funds and a delay of the Till until branch decisions are received.
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