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Second Grade.

With a team comprising players with considerable experience in Junior A cricket, the Second Grade team should have fared even better than it did. A formidable side, lapses against Wellington and Karori, and later against Kilbirnie, saw the team in a lower position on the championship ladder than they actually should have occupied.

The team scored one outright win against Institute, and won the other games on the first innings, scoring 33 championship points.

Paetz headed the batting averages with 176 runs at an average of 44.00. Macdonald scored the greatest number of runs for the side, 379, including a 93.

The most successful bowlers were:—Williams, 16 wickets for 256 runs; Stephenson, 19 wickets; Robertson, 16 wickets; and Macdonald, 15 wickets.

A really strong Second Eleven, this team compiled some high tallies, the top score for the season being 371, scored against Old Boys at Kelburn.

Below are the averages for the side:—