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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 03, 1930
Page
3
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The Belalie Cricket Association starts its season with Imperials hosting Excelsiors and Mannanakie facing the Warriors while Belalie North plays Caltowie. Imperial lineups list J Hatter and C Newman among others. Excelsiors list E Wainwright as captain. First-round matches run October 11 with fixtures including Mannanarie versus Yongala and Warriors versus Belalie North.
Gladstone posted 187 for 8 with Jack Thomson scoring 120 not out as Narridy replied 97 for 7. Wickets fell to Button and Thomson led both sides in bowling with 4 for 40 and 3 for 20 respectively, while W Button top scored for Narridy with 30 and Elliott Smart 20.
In two season matches L W Farmer prevented any sundries. Gulnare traveled to play Laura ending in a draw with Laura scoring 187 and Gulnare 389 for 3 wickets, while Georgetown and Crystal Brook posted mixed totals and multiple bowlers shared wickets.
Gladstone fields captain L Carthew and 10 teammates plus reserve J Travers for tomorrow at Georgetown. Guinare selects J Bruggy as captain with 11 others to meet Narridy on Saturday. Saturday’s association clash between local teams ended in a draw with Blues and other players contributing goals.
A Friday cricket match between a Gladstone ladies team and Georgetown ended with Gladstone 233 to Georgetown 29, the home team winning by four runs. Afternoon tea raised £3 18 for the clubhouse. obituaries note local deaths Mrs S A Bannan and Tom Fahey.
A large crowd attended the euchre and dance at St James Catholic Hall on Saturday night. R Rodeghiero supervised the keen euchre with prizes to Mrs W Robinson and Mr T Howley. Dances followed under F J O Loughlin with music by K Noonan N Noonan B Evans G McCarthy K Evans and R Jones.
Laura FE defeated Gulnare 66 to 47 as forwards and bowlers dominated. Duffy led Reds with 15 and Travers 6 for 38 bowling for the opposing side, while Yates 0 for 5 and Gale 8 for 5 aided Gulnare. Upcoming rounds list matches for Sept. 27 through Nov. 1 featuring Crystal Brook, Narridy, and others.
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