Papuans As Cricketers
p. 60 · Read in the full issue
From Our Own Correspondent G,_ a m • . PT - MORESBY, Jan. 14.
REAT interest has been shown in the Native Cricket Shield Competition, organised as an experiment by offi cials of the Port Moresby Cricket Club.
A considerable amount of talent has been disclosed by individual members of the eight competing clubs; and indica tions are that a combined native team from Port Moresby and district would make a creditable showing against most possible opponents.
Batting averages are as high as 74 for the series. The best bowling per formance to date is that of Vui Vagi, of Hula, who has taken 22 wickets for 118 runs—an average of 5.4. Arua Mo rea has 31 wickets to his credit at 6 2 runs each; and Gomara Geita has taken 28 wickets at an average cost of 8.8.
Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Blood, of Rabaul, New Guinea, received numerous con gratulations on the birth of a son—Peter Raymond Beresford—on January 27.
Mrs. A. W. Ardlie, well-known in the Territory of New Guinea, died suddenly in Melbourne early in January.