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Newspaper

Sunshine Advocate

Location

Sunshine, Victoria, Australia

Date

Oct 17, 1947

Page

4

Opening round cricket sparks close finishes for Ola Ways and M.U.

In the season opener Ola Ways edged Sunshine by one run on the final ball while M.U. defeated East Sunshine by a single run. Harvesters started with a decisive win over Waratah N Pryde Willey, Dru Spurling of St. Albans contributed an impressive 5 9%.

Ola Sunshine M.U East Sunshine Harvesters D.C.A. Ay Waratah N. Pryde Willey Dru Spurling St. Albans

Saturday Cricket Matches and Local Results

Match listings show Albion Jansen versus West Sunshine and East Sun shine while Druids face Harvesters and Sydenham meets Y C W Searle with Waratah B and Sunshine in other pairings. In junior divisions East Sunshine meets Albion Coakes and Druids face Sunshine with O Connell. social event prizes noted. Waratah B beat Harvesters by 28 runs. Sydenham posted useful innings totals and bowlers listed. box of chocolates raffle won by J Cranwell.

Albion Jansen Mills West Sunshine Davies East Sunshine Huxtable Waratat A Dalling Druids Matherick St. Albans Fawcett Vy. Harvesters Pleydoll Sydenham Howard Y.C.W Claylong Albion Coakes Metirath Ath Sunshine O'Connell

Druids Face West Sunshine In Cricket and Junior Match Details

Match notes reveal Druids 97 in first innings with Willey 46 and Read 0 while West Sunshine post 103 with Bell 10 and Robinson 43. Druids juniors host Saturday with a 2 pm ground deadline. raffle winner John McKenna No. 700, 5/20.

Druids O'Brien Neil Parson Wiley Read Thompson John McKenna

Sunshine edge Carlton in 101 total as Holdsworth shines

Rain washed out play last Saturday forcing a 90 minute innings. Sunshine total 101 with Prewitt 40 Campbell 23 Barnes 19 Stark 8 Holdsworth 7 Hill 5. Carlton 98. Holdsworth 5/38 Duxson 4/48 Hill 0/10. Bus leaves P.O. at 1.30 tomorrow.

Sunshine Carlton Tom Holdsworth A. Prewitt D. Campbell E. Barnes Stark

Sunshine Ladies take St Kilda by 47 runs in tense match

St Kilda posted 96 with Daun totaling 2/29 and Wood 4/24 while Lack and Scobie added minor scores. Sunshine Ladies chased and secured victory by 47 runs despite a divided time finish after Craddock was elected captain before the start.

Ton Daun Clifton St. Kilda G. Daun R. Wood Lack Fraser Scobie Kilda Craddock

Sunshine Colts Win Opener With Gillard Century

Sunshine Colts opened their season with a win, led by Bob Gillard's century and Ritchie’s last-ball wicket. McGrath 3/30 and Day 3/17 supported a 4/172 innings, Sunshine won outright by 10 runs. Jean Lack captained in Myrtle’s absence with Fain and Lack as vice captain. The next match is at home against Olympic. players urged to be by 2:15.

Fain Jean Lack Myrtle Jean Olympic Sunshine Colts Ritchie Sunshine Bob Gillard Smith Mitchell Tet K. McGrath D. Day M. Ritchie Sunshine Celta J. Morrow J Ormiston McGrath Innigs

Albion Cricket Club to Elect Captain and Vice Captain

The Albion senior team will play their home match against Sunshine Old Boys next Saturday and all players are asked to attend by 2 p.m. to elect a captain and vice captain. Pettifer is appointed captain and manager for the season, with Adams donating a trophy for both senior and junior sides. Senior players must wear whites.

Ast Sunshine Old Boys Turday J. Pettifer J. H. Adams

St Mark's Harriers Prepare for Victorian Championships

St Mark's Harriers report progress on a circular track and anticipate tough training as the season starts October 25 with aims to win selection for the Victorian team at the Australian championships in January at St Kilda. Presentation Night is set for October 23 at Masonic Hall with many rewards and a large turnout expected. Jim Gaylor finished second in the Victoria 50 miles walking championship last Saturday.

St. Kilda Masonic Hall Jim Gaylor Victoria

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