THE HAWKE CUP

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 137, 7 December 1926, Page 11

THE HAWKE CUP

'-■is . >.s WON BY TARANARI

—? •-■'! i (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) '/"! WANGANUI, Cth December. ■7|i In a thrilling finish Taranaki won v«.he Hawke Cup from Wnnganui to-day. '^-irhe visitors had compiled 188 and 178, • -]%vi Wanganui, collapsing in their first ■;||nnings for 63, wanted 304 to win when J- pheir second innings began on SaturThree wickets fell for 7, but a Vi&reat partnership between-Bernau and i^ifc'readwell altered the position this ■V&iorning, and four wickets were down I'tffior 200 when Bernau completed his cenVK.uiy, scored by great batting produced '■'Mn a crisis. Going on, ho ran to 130, • 'Shut lost partner after piirtner, even'.siually sacrificing his wicket in an el- *■ MPirt to hit out for the necessary mns. ■;p^^a#.magM6eent3£ pangh* I® Gwm-

bio in deep field after a brilliant innings. Clarke, who bowled steadily all day, was the chief factor in Taranaki.'s w. Details:—

WANGANUI. Second Innings. Orr, b Clarke SO Wood, Ibw, b Clarke 1 Dempster,. run out " [ Orton, Ibw, b Petty 0 Bernau, c Crombie, b Colo ....... 137 Treadwell, c Cole, b Clarko 47 Holland, Ibw, b Clarke 11 Hutchison, b Clarke 10 Wells, b Clarke .... 5 Williams, not out Harris, b Colo • " Extras ....' 24 Total 271 Bowling Analysis.—Clarke took six wickets for 92 runs, Petty one for 57, Cole two for 51.

Clarke's analysis for the match was 13 wickets for 108 runs.

BIG SCORING IN AUCKLAND

(By Telegraph.)

(Special to "The Evening Post.")

AUCKLAND, This Day.

In addition to Allcott's IS9 not out, Cooper's 189, and L. G. Taylor's 100 in the Auckland Cricket Association's senior games on Saturday, there were two big innings in the Suburban Association 's matches. Going in third wicket down against Ellerslie, L. Martin made 149 not out of Harbour Board's total of 283. While the following batsman reached double figures Martin hit ten sixes •■ and nine fours. H. Catterall, opening for Ponsonby against Glen Eden, was still at the wickets four hours later with an unbeaten 128 (two fives "and seventeen fours) when the last wicket fell at 309.