MARTON DEFEATS PARK BLUE.

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2313, 16 March 1914, Page 3

MARTON DEFEATS PARK BLUE.

THE-TAILS THAT WAGGED. Besides indicating the posibilities of cricket, the long-anticipated match between Marton and Park Blue provided a .memorable and enjoyable game, with an exciting finish, an which a large number of spectators displayed keen interest. The home team won by 4 runs, and the result puts Park Blue out of the running in the Guthrie Shield contest, instead of becoming the winers had the game gone otherwise. The present position of Marton, Park White, and Colyton teams cannot be definitely stated till the Association determines tho position of the Colytou-Marton match.

Saturday's game was played in lovely weather, and the Marton ground provided a splendid playing .surface. Th c Blues took first striko, and when Fowler, Hill, Douglas, and Holfmeister, the first four batsmen, wore disposed of each for a "duck, , ' tho_- Feildingites appeared in a bad way. Sinclair kept going steadily, as usual, and Harry Christmas went in with four wickets down for 7. The partnership was carried to 24 and the .score stood at 68 when Gus Jones, th B last man in, faced the bowliftg. Jones played vigorously, and Christmas kept sending along nicely placed singles till Jones was caught out, after the partnership had produced 38 runs.

The Martonians, also, were soon in trouble, us Hooves and Douglas had Miles and CJookj two of the beet bats.nie.ii in Rangitikei, each gone for a. "duck," and hall' the team was out for (5 runs. At one stage Douglas had mi average of live wickets for 14; but Watens and Prebblo started placing halls to tho boundary till Hill broke tb,j partnership by bowling Probble with his first ball." Marton then had two 'wickets to fall and wanted 4!) runs. J.fc scorned that tho Blues had recovered their mortgage on the g<llllo and the Shield, but Waters kept putting in powerful strokes till only 20 runs wer c wanted, when Hill howled him. Tho crowd by this time had liwome very excited, and Thomafi, tlio last man in, joined Young, who patted tho deliveries to leg in good style. With tho score at 103, Douglas' had the extreme hard luck of not getting Thomas, as tho ball touched the wickete but did not dislodge the bails. The score went to 110 before Thomas fell to Douglas, and Marton had won. Tho visitors wore treated to a dainty afternoon tea.