PLAY RESUMES IN TAURANGA

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 14568, 12 January 1948, Page 2

PLAY RESUMES IN TAURANGA

OUTRIGHT WIN TO MIDLAND

Coliege’s Surprise Victory

Over Tauranga

Bright Batting Display By Des. Cooney

Bright batting by D. Cooney (College), who contributed a forceful 90 runs, was a feature of the Tauranga Cricket Sub-Assoeiation’s Baker Cup games on the Domain on Saturday. A considerably strengthened College eleven gained a surprise first-innings win over Tauranga, and Midland secured an outright victory over Country. Country’s Poor Batting An outright win by an innings and 31 runs was gained by Midland when they met Country. Batting first Midland were not impressive. J. Clarke (55) was the only batsman to make anything like a stand and when the last wicket fell a total of 121 runs had been scored. For Country, K. Sharplin handled the ball well to secure five wickets for 43 runs. M. Grayling took three for 42. Country, when their turn came to bat, failed miserably and the first innings realised only 37 runs. Clarke and D. Jones, who secured five wickets for 17 runs and three for three respectively, did most of the damage. Country fared little better when they were forced to follow on, and when the last wicket fell only 53 runs were up. K, Sharplin (10 not cut) was the only batsman to register double figures. Bowling for Midland, Jones again performed well with the ball to capture six Country wickets for 21 runs. W. Ellis secured two for one. Scores: —

Midland W. Ellis, b Sharplin J A. Gallagher, b Sharplin .. 9 J. Smyth, b Grayling .. •• 0 J. Clarke, c, b Marlow .. .. oo J. George, Ibw, b Sharplin .. 12 A. Mcßride, c Grayling, b Sharplin D. Jones, run out H E. Gahagan, b Grayling .. . • 2 A. Long, Ibw, b Grayling .. 1 W. Parlane, c Grayling, bSharplin 1 E Stokes, not out 1 Extras Total 121 Bowling: Grayling, three wickets for 42 runs; Sharplin, five for 43; Rumble, none for 10; Marlow, one for eight. Country First Innings G. Steward, c Gahagan, b Clarke 2 D. Marlow, b George .. . ■ 3 M. Grayling, c Jones, b Clarke 4 K. Sharplin, c Ellis, b Clarke 1 R. Williams, c Smyth, b Clarke 5 H. Williams, b George .. .. 3 N. Hyndman, c Mcßride, b

Clarke 3 J. Rumble, b Jones 0 S. Watson, not out 4 J. Steward, Ibw, b Jones .. 0 A. Vince, b Jones 0 Extras 3 Total • • • • 37 Bowling: George, two wickets for 14 runs; Clarke, five for 17; Jones, three for three. Second Innings Watson, Ibw, b Jones .. .. 0 Marlow, b Clarke .' 4 Grayling, c Gallagher, b Jones 9 Sharplin, not out 10 G. Steward, b Jones 2 R. Williams, Ibw, b Jones .. 3 H. Williams, st Gallagher, b Jones 4 Hyndman, b Jones 4 Rumble, b Ellis 5 J. Steward, b Ellis 0 Vince, b George 1 Extras .. .. 5 Total 53 Bowling: Clarke, one wicket for 19 runs; Jones, six for 21; Smyth, none for seven; Ellis, two for one; George, one for none. College Secure Win A first-innings victory by 46 runs went the way of College when they met Tauranga. Having first use of the batting crease, Tauranga ran up a total of 107 runs before the innings closed. T. Pickett played a good captain’s knock and was run out after compiling 50 runs. G. Sutherland <29) was the only other batsman to reach double figures. Bowling for College, P. Keenan secured three wickets for 33 runs and Aitken took two for 15.

Mainly due to a valuable innings by Des. Cooney, whose 90 runs included five sixes and eight boundary shots, College had no difficulty in passing their opponent’s total. Bowling for Tauranga, T. Sorich took four wickets for 19 runs and Pickett secured two for three. Scores:—

Tauranga B. Budd, b Wilkinson .. .. 9 T. Pickett, run out 50 B. Jordan, b Keenan .. .. 1 K. Budd, run out 0 G. Sutherland, bG. Cooney .. 29 T. Sorich, c and b Keenan .. 0 S. Beaumont, disqualified .. 0 L. Brewer, st K. Sorrenson, b Keenan 5 W. Dashwood, b Aitken .. .. 5 A. Heighway, b Aitken .. .. 0 K. Mitchell, not out 0 Extras .. .. 8 Total 107 Bowling: D. Cooney, no wickets for 16 runs; Wilkinson, one for 11; Aitken, two for 15; Keenan, three for 33; Sharplin, none for 16; Moloney, none for six; G. Cooney, one for two. College F. G. Moloney, Ibw, bB. Budd 7 P. Keenan, Ibw, bB. Budd .. 4 D. Cooney, c Jordan, b Sorich .. 90 G. Cconcy, b Sorich 3 G. Wilkinson, Ibw, b Sorich .. 8 Aitken, cK. Budd, b Pickett .. 11 Sharplin, c Jordan, b Sorich .. 0 H. Sorrenson, c Heighway, b Sutherland 16 N. Pope, not out . . 1 K. Sorrenson, b Pickett .. .. 1 Carter, c Mitchell, b Sutherland 1 Extras 11

Total

Bowling: B. Budd, two wickets for 45 runs; Jordan, none for 29; Dashwcod. none for 27; Sutherland, two for 24; Sorich, four for 19; Pickett, two for three.