Otago B Wins Cricket By 83 Runs
Otago B beat North Otago by 83 runs on the first innings in a free-scoring representive cricket game played at Oamaru on Monday and Tuesday. North Otago complied 273 for eight declared on the first day, Otago B replied with 356. Po more..
N. Otago Beats Southland In Hawke Cup Game
North Otago beat Southland on the first innings in the Hawke Cup challenge elimination match played at Awamoa Park over the weekend. North Otago ran up a first innings total of 240 on a hard wicket. Southland had to bat on a wicket affecte more..
North Otago, Otago B, Draw
North Otago drew with Otago B in the representative cricket match at the North Ground, Dunedin, yesterday afternoon. North Otago had been left with 148 runs to get in little more than 90 minutes. At the close North Otago had made 118 for s more..
N.O. Beats South Canterbury
Lack of application cost South Canterbury a win in the Richards Trophy match against North Otago, at Oamaru, over the weekend. South Canterbury scored only 112 in its first innings and 111 on a fast wicket in its second to lose by three wi more..
Southland Beat N.O. Outright
In the North Otago-Southland cricket match played at Queen's Park, Invercargill on Saturday, Southland gained the 73 runs which were needed for an outright win. Tail-end batsmen played well and enabled the Southland team to score a win by three wi more..
North Otago Loses To Wanderers XI
North Otago lost by an innings and 10 runs in a two-day cricket match against the New Zealand Universities Wanderers in a game that ended in Oamaru yesterday. North Otago were all out for 152 runs in the second innings after being headed b more..
N. Otago Cricket: Wanderers XI In Strong Position
In the first day of the match against North Otago played at Awamoa Park yesterday, the New Zealand Universities Wanderers XI were in a strong position after a fine unbeaten innings of 113 by D.R. McInnes. In reply to North Otago's first in more..
North Otago Beaten For Trophy
South Canterbury beat North Otago by nine wickets and thus retained the Richards Trophy in a representative cricket match played at Ashbury Park, Timaru over the weekend. North Otago could only notch 286 in the two innings (114 and 172). more..
Entertaining Cricket By L.D. Smith's XI
The North Otago total of 160 was passed in only 89 minutes by Lanford Smith's eleven in an entertaining cricket match played at Oamaru yesterday. Smith's eleven then went on to score 228 for six, four batsmen having retired. North Otago sc more..
North Otago, South Canterbury Game Drawn
The representative cricket match played between North Otago and South Canterbury at the weekend ended in a draw. A pleasing feature of North Otago's first innings was the fact that runs were shared fairly evenly among the batsmen after a good open more..
First Innings Win To North Otago
North Otago scored a first innings win over Otago B in a cricket match at Oamaru. Rain washed out play late in the second day on Saturday, preventing an interesting finish. Otago had first use of the wicket on Friday, scoring 123 runs. At more..
South Canterbury Too Good For North Otago
After South Canterbury had compiled 339 for eight wickets declared, including an unbeaten 135 not out by W. Patterson, North Otago was dismissed twice for 107 in each innings to give South Canterbury victory by an innings and 125 runs in the repre more..
L.D. Smith XI beats North Otago
A strong L.D. Smith eleven, including seven recent Plunket Shield players, beat a North Otago team at Oamaru yesterday in a one-day game. North Otago batted first and made 115. Smith's team replied with 188 for seven wickets at the close o more..
Southland Beats N.O. By Innings, 26 Runs
Southland proved too strong for North Otago in the annual cricket representative match, winning by an innings and 26 runs. A century to G. Alabaster paved the way to North Otago's defeat. Southland was given a good start by R. Halloway and more..
North Otago Fails To Gain Outright Win Against S. Canterbury
A well-compiled 110 by North Otago's K. Murray; a whirlwind half-century by the former Wellington Plunket Shield player, J. Sigley, and an aggressive 59 by B.A. Shewan, who put on 82 runs in a first-wicket stand with R. Bowden (33) for South Cante more..
N.O. Hold Southland To A Draw
Continued on in fine weather - a direct contrast to the that of the opening day - the first series of matches in the annual country week cricket tournament was completed yesterday, Metropolitan beating Central Otago by seven wickets and North Otag more..
N. Otago Makes 266 Against Southland Despite Cold Weather
A bitterly cold wind and patches of drizzle made their usual appearance for the opening day of the annual Country Week cricket tournament at Logan Park yesterday. None of the players in the four teams taking part - North Otago, Southland, more..
Canterbury B Much Too Strong For North Otago
The North Otago side playing a Canterbury B team just managed in two innings to reach Canterbury's first innings score. Their second essay opened more promisingly but the later order, except for Cartwright, showed no enterprise and little know-how more..
North Otago Collapse Before Canterbury B
A strong Canterbury B team was dismissed by North Otago for 180 runs on the School wicket yesterday. Most of these runs were made by Bolton and K. Thomson, both of whom have in recent years been in the Canterbury side. Considering the state of the more..
North Otago And South Canterbury A Drawn Game
The two-day match North Otago v. South Canterbury played at Oamaru during the week-end was drawn, but South Canterbury had a substantial lead on the first innings. The local side batted first and through several players made confident stan more..
Metropolitan 391 for five against N.O.
Almost from the time the fist ball was bowled Metropolitan openers J.R. Veitch and J. Lindsay were in control over the medium-pace attack mounted by North Otago. Veitch was into his stride quickly and, while being kept comparatively quiet more..
N.O. Game Against Ashburton Ends In A Draw
Rain saved North Otago from likely defeat when it halted the two-day cricket match against Ashburton on Saturday afternoon. Needing 307 to win in three hours, North Otago was 33 for two when rain fell at 3 p.m. Earlier, A. Cartwright had c more..
L.D. Smith's XI Held To Draw By North Otago
An outstanding spell of bowling by Otago Plunket Shield representative, A.G. Cartwright, saw Langford Smith 's XI grouping for runs in their match against North otago, at St Kevin's College yesterday. Cartwright bowled with accuracy and pa more..
Central Beats North Otago In Exciting Cricket
North Otago, having comparatively failed in the first innings against Central, made a really commendable attempt to make 210 in 180 minutes, a task in which it failed by 12 runs within eight minutes of stumps. R. Mitchell batted well in both innin more..
N.O. Beaten By Southland
Southland comfortably defeated North Otago by eight wickets in the representative cricket match played at Gore during the weekend. After being bundled out cheaply for 118 in their second innings. North Otago gave Southland 78 runs to get v more..