COMPETITION CRICKET

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 100, 13 December 1939, Page 8

COMPETITION CRICKET

PAROA'S SOUND OUTRIGHT WIN

WHAKATANE- CENTRAL DRAW

Tlu: collapse of the usually strong P. and T. batting team, and their ultimate defeat by an innings and nine runs on the Paroa Avicket, AA'as the surprising feature of Saturday's competition cricket. This AA*ell-de-seiwed Avin places the competition leaders, Paroa, in a particularly sound position and they should proAe hard to displace. At Central Whakatanc made amends for their previously poor dis play by compiling 215 for nine Aviekets, Coutts (85) and Derecourt (60) contributing a iine partnership Avhich yielded 112 runs for the 4th Avicket. Both scored briskly and Avith eA'ery confidence. The game ended in a draw. Cleland, Paroa, headed the boAvling honours Avith a total of 9 AA'ickets for 23 runs off 9 OA'crs (3 maidens). THE SCORE BOARD Baiting. Coutts '• • • 85 Derecourt 60 J. Moore 32 Bennett 30 Bowling. Cleland 4 wickets for 14 runs, and 5 Avickets for 9 runs. G. Moore 4 AvicUets for 5 runs. Coutts 4 Avickets for 32 runs. Keepa 1 Avickets for 37 runs. Paroa v. P. and T. The luck of the toss favoured Paroa, Avho Avisely sent P. and T. in to bat. Cleland and Moore, bowling consistently, \A r ere mainly responsible for the visiting team's cheap dismissal for 12 runs. In reply Paroa compiled exactly a "century" of Avliich G. Moore (28) Gillam (22) and H. Grant (19) contributed useful knocks P. and T. failed again in the second innings to produce their usual form, being dismissed this time for 49, of Avhich Bennett, the skipper, scored 30 after a fine fighting strike. Cleland and Moore Avere again ''among the Avickets." Details Avere: — Paroa. Gillam c and b Crawford 22 H. Grant b CraAA'ford 19 Goile b Chard 0 G. Moore c Rivett b Keepa 28 Howat c Keepa b Bennett 1 Cleland, retired 8 Fitchett b Keepa 1 Wells b Keepa 9 T. Grant c Hudson b Keepa .... 1 ShaAv, not out 3 Marshall b Hudson 0 Extras 8 Total 100 Bowling Analysis: Chard 1 for 24, Keepa 4 for 37, CraAvford 2 for 17, Bennett 1 for 14, Hudson 1 for 0. P. and T. (Ist Innings) Keepa cH. Grant b Cleland .... 0 Back, run out 11 CraAA'ford c Gillam b Cleland .. <> Chard b Cleland 0 Bennett c Moore b Cleland .... 5 Hudson c Goile b Moore 8 Parsell b Moore 10 Wormalcl c Weils b Moore 1 Cucksey c and b Gillam 0 Dixon c Cleland b Moore 0 Rivett, not out 0 Extras 4 Total 42 Bowling Analysis: Cleland 4 for 11 Wells 0 for 7, Gillam 1 for 8, G. Moore 4 for 5, Fitchett 0 for 4. 2nd Innings. Chard c ShaAv b Gillam 3 Crawford b Cleland 2 Bennett hit Avkt 1; Gillam 30 Hudson b Moore 1 Wormald b Moore 0 Keepa b Moore 8 Parsell st Gillam b Cleland .... 1 CuckseA r c Fitchett b Cleland .. 0 Frandis jnr b Cleland 0 Back, not out >0 RiA r ett b Cleland 0 Extras 4 Total 49 Bowling Analysis: Cleland 5 for 9, Moore 3 for 14, Fitchett 0 for 5, Gillam 2 for 17.

Whakatane v. Central. Although Whakatane, with a fine first innings score of 215, appeared to be in a match winning position, they failed to dislodge Central before time was called, the game resulting in a draw. Apart from Coutts and Dereeonri, ,T. Moore (32) was the only other batsman in the Wha-

katane team to reach double figures. There were no outstanding individual totals in the Central score, but most of the batsmen deserve credit for stubborn innings. Details were:— VVhakatane. Boswell b Anderson 5 R. Thompson e .and b Anderson 0 E. Thompson, run out I) Coutts, run out 85 Derecourt c sub b Johns GO Parkes b Woods 0 Rand J) Johns (5 Moore b Laurie . 32 De Lacey, not out 2 Henry b Johns (> Extras 19 Total for 9 wickets (dec) 215 Howling Analysis: Laurie 1 for 57, Anderson 2 for 18, Campbell 0 for 17 Johns 3 for 48, Woods 1 for 2G. Central. Wad dell b Parkes 12 Anderson c Moore b Coutts .... I'J Boss st Moore b Coutts 15 Johns b Coutts 8 Laurie lbw, b Rand 13 Woods, not out 10 Atchinson cE. Thompson b Coutts 0 Civil, not out 5 Extras 6 Total for 6 wickets 85 Bowling Analysis: Parkes 1 for 27. Coutts 4 for 32, R. Thompson 0 for Rand 1 for 11.