SCHOOL CRICKET RONGOTAI AND HUTT VALLEY

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 132, 30 November 1935, Page 14

SCHOOL CRICKET

RONGOTAI AND HUTT VALLEY

A DRAWN GAME

Both teams made a good showing in the annual match between the first elevens of Rongolai College and the Hutt Valley High School, which was played at Lower Hutt yesterday, and the match ended in a draw.

R. Muir, the Hutt Valley captain, gave his side a good start with a score of 79. and Jarvis joined Mm to carry the total to 116, when he fell lbw to Drake. Pointon made an attractive showing, and his score of 44 included five 4's. The innings at 3.20 for 234.

Wall and Raven put on 71 for Rongotai for the first wicket. Raven, who scored 29, was the first to go, clean bowled by a ball which hung in the air from the slow left-hander, Muir. Kcnner then joined Wall and the pair carried the total along at a brisk rate to 175, where Kenner, who had shaped brightly for 39, was bowled by Trevethick. Time was getting on, and the Kongotai lads attempted to force the pace, but started to lose wickets to Muir's slow spinners. Wall, when he only required three runs to reach his century, was bowled by Muir. He gave a very sound display, hitting ten 4's. Seven wickets were down for 226, and only nine runs were wanted for victory when time was called, the match thus ending in a draw. The following are the scores:— HUTT VALLEY. Muir, c Frain, b Wall 34 Pointon, run out 44 Jarvis, lbw, b Drake 20 Williams, c Drake, b Kenner 28 Roberts, b Drake 0 Larsen, b Frain 1 j Burton, run out 14 Hunter, lbw, b Drake 7] Wiggins, c Scott, b Frain 11 i Trevethick, b Drake 21 I Wilson, not out 5 i Extras 49! Total ..- 234; Bowling.—Drake took four wickets for 29 runs, Kenner one for 39, H. A'Court none for 33, Frain two for 25, Synnott none for 13, D. A'Court none for 13, Raven none for 12, Wall one, for 31. . 'i RONGOTAI. I Wall, b Muir 97 Raven, b Muir 29 Kenner, b Trevethick 39 Drake,. b Muir » 14 D. A'Court, b Muir 9 Synnott, st Jarvis, b Muir 0 J. R. Frain, not out 4 H. A'Court, b Muir 8 Extras 26 Total for seven wickets .... 226 Bowling.—Williams took no wickets for 43 runs, Wilson none for 37, Hunter none for 23, Muir six for 56, Trevethick one for 23, Pointon none for 10. j Mr. W. Toomath and Master G. G. Natusch were the umpires.