CRICKET SEASON OPENS

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 14516, 10 November 1947, Page 2

CRICKET SEASON OPENS

COMPETITION FOR BAKER CUP

LOW SCORING AT TAURANGA Midland Gain Outright Win Tauranga And Te Puke Successful

The 1947-48 cricket season in Tauranga got away to a good start on Saturday. Ideal playing conditions followed threatening weather in the morning, and the new turf wickets on the Domain played well. Flayins on the Domain wickets, the* new Midland Club secured an outright win over Country and the Tauianga Club defeated College by a narrow margin on the first innings. At Te Pula' the home team was successful when it met the Albion Club. Midland Do Well Making their first appearance in the Tauranga Cricket Sub-Associa-tion’s Baker Cup competition, Midland started off well to gam an outright victory over Country by 15 runs. Batting two men short, Country in their first innings, were dismissed for only 47 runs, M. Grayling (22) and A. Vince (11) being the only two batsmen to register double figures. Bowling honours for Midland were shared by D. Jones, five wickets for 21 runs, and J. George, two for 15. Due mainly to a valuable stand by W. Ellis (21) and J. Clarke (19), Midland compiled 74 runs before the last wicket fell. For Country, Grayling bowled well to capture five wickets for 15 ■ runs, including the hat trick, and K. Sharplin secured four for 35. Again batting without the services of two men, Country scored 67 runs in the second appearance at the batting crease, Sharplin being undefeated with 22 runs to his credit. Bowling for Midland, Jones again handled the ball well to secure six Country wickets for only 18 runs. Midland required 41 runs to secure an outright win, and when stumps were drawn the side had compiled 55 runs for the loss of six wickets. Jones top-scored with 26 runs not out. Bowling for Country, Grayling took three wickets for 23 runs, and Sharplin secured two for 26. Scores: —

Country First Innings G. Steward, c, b Jones 1 R. Cairns, b Jones 2 K. Sharplin, run out .... 2 M. Grayling, b Jones 22 E. Williams, c George, b Jones .... 0 A. Vince, b Jones 11 S. Watson, b George 9 N. Hindman, b George 0 R. Steward, not out 0 Extras 0

'Total (two men short) 47

Bowling: Clarke, no wickets foils runs; Jones, five for 21; George, two for 15.

Second Innings G. Steward, c Willoughby b Clarke 7 Cairns, b Clarke 13

Sharplin, not out .... 22 Grayling, Ibw, b Jones 3

Williams, b Jones 15 Vince, b Jones 0 Watson, b Jones 0 Hindman, b Jones , 0 R. Steward, c Smyth, b Jones .... 0 Extras 7

Total (two men short) 67

Bowling: George, no wickets for 12 runs; Clarke, two for 30: Jones, six for 18.

Midland First Innings A. Gallagher, b Grayling 0 W. Ellis, b Grayling 21 J, Smyth, b Sharplin 1 D. Jones, c Williams, b Sharplin 2 J. Clarke, c Williams, b Sharplin 19 P. Lid die, b Sharplin 5 E. Gahagan, b Grayling 0 W. Parlane, b Grayling 0 J. George, not out 7 F. Willoughby, run out 4 A. Long, Ibw, b Grayling .... 5 Extras 10

Total 74

Bowling: Grayling, five wickets for 15 runs: Sharplin, four for 35; G. Steward, none for 10. Second Innings Smyth, b Grayling 5 Ellis, Ibw, b Sharplin .... 10 George, run out 0 Jones, not out .... , 26 Gallagher, Ibw, b Grayling .... 0 Clarke, c G. Steward, b Sharplin 1 Parlane, b Grayling 9

Extras 4 Total for 6 wkts 55 Bowling: Grayling, three wickets for 23 runs; Sharplin, two for 26. Narrow Win for Tauranga

A first-innings victory by the narrow margin of nine runs went the way of the Tauranga Club when h met College. Having first use of the wicket, Tauranga scored 62 runs before the last wicket fell. T. Pickett nlayed a fine captain’s innings to head the batting list with 37 runs. He was the only batsman to reach double figures. Bowling for College, Ellison, R. Stacey, Aitken and Sharplin each secured two wickets.

College made a determined bid to gain a lead on the first innings, but were nine runs short of: Tauranga’s total when the last wicket fell. Aitken (18), Southern (11) and Pope (10) were the only batsmen to registered double figures. E. Beer was the most successful bowler for Tauranga, securing six wickets for 26 runs. In their second innings, Tauranga declared with nine wickets down tor 88 runs, W. Dashwood (23) and B. Brewer (16 retired) being the principal run-getters. For College, Stacey bowled well ™r a u pture three wic kets for 10 runs. When stumps were drawn, Col-

lege had lost eight wicW runs m tncir second U , f «r to Bowling for Tau?a n g\ noc T \ * secured four wickets an s d cL°- d ‘ ook thre * Tauranga (Fiist Innings) ' E. Beer, c, b Ellison T. Sorich, run out ” “ •• 5 T. Pickett, b Ellison ” " " S K. Mitchell, b Stacey’ “ *• 3! K. Budd, b Aitken " | J. Lobley, b Sharplin’ " " 1 L. Brewer, b Sharplin " 1 W. Dashwood, b Aitken " " 0 E. Arscott, c, b Stacey " \ J. Berry, c, b Moloney “ .( G. Woodcock, not out ’’ " 2 Extras .. . “ ■■ (j ’• I Total ..... A Bowling: Ellison, two wikV ® 11 runs; Stacey, two for two for 20; Sharplin, tw'fc R. Sorrenson,- none f or I F Moloney, one for one. lhre? ! (Second Innings) Sorich, b Stacey .... Woodcock, b Aitken ..' ’’ "2 Beer, b Ellison .. .. " 1 Arscott, c, b Stacey .. " "12 Lobley, b Stacey .. .' " 1 Pickett, run out .. .. ” " 2 Budd, retired .. .' "" 2 Dashwood, Ibw, b Moloney " 5 Brewer, retired .. J » Mitchell, not out .. "" 1® Berry, not out .. ..’ ’’ " 1 Extras .. .. " 2 •’ ’• ■■ 11 Total for 9 wkts. declared Bowling: Stacey, three JL? for 10 runs; Aitken, one f or 5 Ellison, one for . 10; Sharplin ml for 28; Moloney, one for 17 £ era, none for 11; Hardy, n one none. i College (First Innings) F. G. Moloney, b Sorich ... , R. Stacey, b Beer .. " Sharplin, b Sorich .. ” | Aitken, Ibw, b Beer .. .’ ’’ , R. Sorrenson, b Beer .. Ellison, c Pickett, b Beer" Carter, b Beer ' , K. Sorrenson, c and b Beer !! j Pope, b Brewer ” j* Southern, b Pickett .. .. ’’ n Hardy, not out " Extras ,

Total .. .. jj Bowling: Beer, six wickets for 26 runs; Sorich, two for nine; Dashwood, none for two; Budd. none for five; Pickett, one for eight; Brewer one for none. (Second Innings) Moloney, b Lobley ] Aitken, b Budd , m Stacey, c .Bashwood, b Lobley 28 Sharplin, b Budd j Pope, run out 4 Hardy, b Lobley ■ J Ellison, b Budd .. . 2 Southern, b Lobley .. .. ~ ,J R. Sorrenson, not out .... 13 K. Sorrenson, not out .. .. 0 Extras 2 Total for 8 wkts S 3 Bowling: Brewer, no wickets for three runs; Lobley, four for' 11; Dashwood, none for 12;, Mitchell, none for 16; Budd, three for 14; Beer, none for seven; Sorich, none for none.

COMFORTABLE WIN \ FOR TE PUKE 1

The Te Puke cricket team, pilling at Te Puke on Saturday, w successful in winning its first n®:. in the Baker Cup competition, defeating Albion on the first innings. Te Puke won the toss and sat Albion in to bat. The Albion batsmen failed to show form, and after the SinnsterSinclair partnership was brow wickets fell quickly. H. » however, retrieved the situati® with some hard hitting and finis up top scorer. Valder was b most successful Te Pnke how ) taking four wickets for 39 rum-■ Ball and Stapleton opened soundly for Te Puke, and had scored* runs before their P ar , tn ® u broken. Wills also batted well,® was hit by the ball, and had tire for a short period. He resumed later and in partnership m * Honeyfield carried the score when the game was declared closet Moorhead bowled steadily and two wickets for 20 runs. Scores: — Albion 5 Mackay. run out .■ " ] Simmonds, b Valder •• '■ jj Sinclair, c Ball, b Searle "jj Simister, Ibw Valder . •• j Palmer, b Valder •• •• " | F. Ellis, b Stapleton .. •• •: j Montgomery, b Valder •• ''s Moorhead, b Stapleton •• j Gee, b Stapleton • •• 'j 3} Lennox, c Stapleton, bn ■ j Price, not out • • • • li Extras •• •• “ " ’ ~111 Total •• w iokeli Bowling: Stapleton, th ® jj ; for 33 runs; Valder. ft®"* Allan, 0 for 14; Searle, o Ball, one for 4. Te Puke Ball, c Sinclair, b Ellis -- ■' Stapleton, c Simmonds, 2t Lennox .. • • • • ‘*,, 21 Wells, not out •', 'Moorhead J Searle, c Mackay, b Moon , Syme, c Simister • • ■ jj Crowley, c Sinclair, b M Honevfield, not out •’ ! Extras • • • • •' ' ‘ ~ . IS Total for five wicke* £or 2j Moorhead, two wickets_ runs; Simister, one i 01 9 n- ’Lei#' for 17; Ellis, one for f• one for 20; Palmer, 0 i

CENTURY TO BRADMAN

Adelaide. ji A century by Bradman’j fine second-wicket pat Craig have helped into a favourable-P° s C 4O in iil- - big tot. lof match’ Sheffield Shield cricket ma