Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 20 May 1948Vol. XVIII, No. 10

Close Cricket Match

p. 85 · Read in the full issue

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In N. Guinea

IN the Levien Trophy cricket series, in New Guinea, in a match at Bulolo, Bulolo beat Wau. In first innings, scores were respectively 165 and 121. Top scorers for Bulolo were: Rudd, 58; Winterford, 39; and Rennex, 20. Best bowler for Wau was Brown—s for 50. Gross, with 51, was top scorer for Wau, and Winterford was Bulolo’s best bowler, with 6 for 15.

In the second innings, Bulolo collapsed—all out for 49. Brown took 5 wickets for 20.

Then Wau, to secure victory, needed to make 9'4 runs in 65 minutes; but the time expired with Wau just 8 runs short of that total. Winter ford took 6 wickets for 30.

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