DECISIVE WIN

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20170, 13 February 1940, Page 12

DECISIVE WIN

REPRESENTATIVE CRICKET LEAD OF 133 RUNS H.B. BEAT WAIROA (Special to the JltiraUl.) WAIROA, this day. A decisive first-innings victory by 133 runs was gained by Hawke’s Bay when they visited Wairoa at the weekend. thus inaugurating an annual I fixture between the Wairoa and Hawke's Bay cricket associations. On the day’s play there was no doubt that the visitors were vastly superior to the Wairoa side, their batting, fielding and bowling all being of an exceptionally high standard. Wairoa won the toss and put Hawke’s Bay in to bat first. Although the game started in a strong southwesterly wind, this did not appear to worry the batsmen in any way, 269 runs being on the board when the last wicket fell. The principal scorer for the visitors was J. Askew, who gave a delightful display, his total of 63 including three sixes and six fours. In one over off M. Unwin, the Wairoa medium pace bowler, he scored 23 runs. A. Dean gave a finished display of batting, his total of 50 including some nicely-placed shots all round the' wicket. Bowling for Wairoa, D. McKenzie was the most successful, securing three wickets for 33 runs, M. Unwin capturing two for 57. The Hawke’s Bay bowlers had the Wairoa batsmen worried from the start, the only players to make anything like a stand being W. Harrison, who scored 40 runs,'and W. Irwin, who scored 39, after a confident display. T. Rosenberg bowled well for Hawke’s Bay, securing three wickets for 24 runs. G. Stanford took two for 14. E. Meissner two for 18. ■ and G. Toothill two for 19. Scores: — HAWKE’S BAY Mahoney, b Unwin 49 Fair, lbw„ b Irwin 6 Sage, Ibw.. b Unwin 15 BickerstafT, b Croker .. .. 33 Stanford, run out .. . . . . 8 Askew, c Harrison, b Beer .. 63 Dean, b McKenzie 50 Hutchinson, b Martin .. .. 25 Toothill, b McKenzie .. . • 1 Meissner, b McKenzie . . . . 0 Rosenberg, not out .. .. . • 0 Extras 19 Total 269 Bowling.—lrwin, one wicket for 64 runs; McKenzie, three for 33; Unwin, two for 57; Croker. one for 30; Heslop, none for 4; Beer, one for 24; Martin, one for 38. WAIROA Beer, b Dean .. .. .. .. 3 Holiday, b Rosenberg .. .. 7 Sutherland, b Rosenberg . . .. 4 Harrison, c Stanford, b Toothill 40 Irwin, b Meissner .. .. .. 39 Heslop. c Stanford, b Rosenberg .. 1 Cook, b Toothill 8 Martin, not out .. .. .. 13 Croker, c Stanford, b Meissner .. 0 Unwin, c and b Stanford .. .. 11 McKenzie, c Askew, b Stanford .. 2 Extras 8 Total 136 Bowling.—Rosenberg, three wickets for 24 runs; Dean, one for 41; Meissner, two for 18; Toothill, two for 19; Stanford, two for 14; Hutchinson, none for 12.