Druids reach final in cricket semifinal with Nettlefolds win
Druids beat Nettlefolds by 0 innings and 181 runs as W McKinnon took 4 for 4 and Jack Hal’s lone won effort for Netts. MU advances after a big first-innings 104 and St Albans 153 second innings total. Tom Young 7 for 36. Final to be played after Easter between Druids and MU.
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Druids
Nettlefolds
Wea
Jack Hal
Netts
W. McKinnon
M.U
St. Albans
Tom Smith
Tom Young
Co-op Openers 3/66 as Cordner Matches 28
Opening score 3/66 with Cordner contributing 28 while teammates Taylor 19 and Mounsey 19 aid the innings. The brief notes mention son 26 and box score context.
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V. Co-Op
Patter
Son
Taylor
Mounsey
Box
Cordner
Sunshine v West Footscray final scoreline
Sunshine score 162 and 49 not out by F Priest 80 and H Reidy 6/50. West Footscray 115 and 1/15. R A Duxson took 6/34. Match details show Sunshine dominant with strong bowling from Reidy and Duxson’s bowling highlight for West Footscray.
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Sunshine
West Footscray C.c.m
F. Priest
H. Reidy
West Footscray C.¥.M.s
R. A. Duxson
Sunshine Triumphs In Consolation Cricket At Royal Park
Surrey Hills bowled out for 69, J Patten 4/13 and Taylor 2/8 lead Sunshine I.O.R to 216 for 5 in 100 minutes. Stan Taylor 64 and Lowe 59 helped chase, with 142 runs in fours and sixes as match set to finish Monday with McGrath aiming for personal best.
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Royal Park
Surrey Hills
J. Patten
Taylor
Sunshine
Stan Taylor
Bert Lowe
Alan McGrath
Darling’s Mill Hands Face Head Office Staff In Return
A return cricket match at Ballarat Road reserve last Saturday pitted Darling’s mill hands against the head office staff on a good wicket. The crowd enjoyed a strong show, though shooters’ percentage lagged behind spectators.
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Darling
Ballarat Road
Head Office Staff Triumph Over Grain Crushers In Cramped Match
The Head Office staff won by 125 runs to 96, with Jack Hitler taking three early catches and Inglis top scoring for the victors. An incident left the head office keeper with a facial blow as umpires vow action against heckling spectators.
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and Ink Brigade
Jack Hitler
Inglis
Hitler
Smith
Shary
Jackson
Withers
Hore
Wallace
Adams
Batson
Ste
Challenge Match Between Tiny Town and HACBS
A challenge game at Tiny Town featured J Steadman W More and J Gaul. HACBS scored 187 with Lorenz 43 Byrna 33 O Donoghue 26 not out Power 25 not out Left 2 4. Tiny Town replied 134 with Hitler 69 Carland 16 Burns 8 36. Eric Huxtable notes the premiership flag seems virtually in the Blue bag now.
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Tiny Town
H.A.C.B.S
J. Steadman
W. More
J. Gaul
Hla.c.b.s
Lorenz
W. Byrna
O'Donoghue
Power
Hitler
Carland
Burns
Eric Huxtable
Carlton
H.A.C.B.5
Talkative Woman Mystery Crashes Wedding Joke
A playful exchange centers on a misattribution where a wife’s identity becomes the punchline as a joking speaker reveals the misread of a companion. The quick quip hinges on mistaken ownership and wedding-day humor.
Easter Cricket Tour Leaves for Mansfield Games
The Sun Shine District Cricket Association team departs tomorrow morning for Mansfield to play holiday matches with the local association. Manager Mr George Kirby leads a strong side with several supporters joining the tour for inspections and social functions with Mansfield residents.
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Sunshine District Cricket Association
Mansfield
George Kirby
Brunswick Triumph Over Sunshine In Half Season Cricket
Brunswick rose to 8/107 declared led by Burney 72 not out. Sunshine bowled well and batted poorly with 34 total in the first innings. Burney took 5 for 4 as Brunswick won on first innings by 53 runs after Sunshine 16 all out in the second.
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Brunswick
School Oval
Sunshine
Burney
Kelly
Webster
Wright
Crisp
Plutocrat Refuses Payment After Rejuvenating Offer
The plutocrat hires a rejuvenating expert to reduce twenty five to eighteen. The expert quotes a thousand pounds, then five thousand for eighteen. Six months later the client refuses to pay, claiming he is under age and threatening fraud counterclaims.
Under Suspicion at the Yard
The boss suspects missing items from the works and orders Pat to search the workers. A week later the foreman lines up the men and asks what is missing, to which the Irish foreman reveals a wheelbarrow as the item gone.
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Pat
Mystery Passenger Chooses First Class In Primitive Train Joke
In a Yorkshire village a stranger hires a horse drawn carriage to the station. On ticket class confusion the driver warns that first class passengers sit, second class walk, third class push. He adds a moral about driving in mist: slower speeds.
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Yorkshire
Fat woman described as a waist and a charming girl
A fragment notes a punchy remark about a fat woman being a waist and a charming girl who has gone away, reflecting a dated tone. The readable text captures a coarse social stereotype without further context or events.
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F. Y. ST. Albans
IVY Leaf Ivy Leaf
LCL
Greig
Perry
R. Hibbs
McKinnon
Au J. Hallahan
K. Bennett
Hele
Orr
E. Balfour
Steadman
J. McGovern
A. Buttimer
F. Bell
Dalling
O'Toole
Magee
N. Sneddon
Douglas
J. Sneddon
Arnold
Dallas
Olsson
Thorton
Jim Sneddon
D. Sneddon
H. Sneddon
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Fraser
Sunshine I.O.R
S. Taylor
V. Patten
Lowe
Brownbill
Penrose
A. Sneddon
Somerville
Herbert
Dyett
Davey
Lindsay
Blight
Pell
McDonald
Nevill
Bickley
Mitchell
Muttford
Mosxrs
G. Polson
J. K. Cunningham
Les
Victoria
Amalgamated Way Phone Central
Amalgamated Cash Orders
Deva House
Myers
Central
Footscray
A. Bank
Ned Droof
Phees
TECH
Sunshine Motors
Alf Boorer
A. G. Mudford
Forrest Street
Charles ST
Stanford St
Wright St
Sunshine Estate CO
Peacock House
Bourke Street
Melbourne
T. E. Pomeroy
W. H. Davies
Anderson RD
Ethan
Mr. L. Ormond Robinson
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