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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 12139, 29 December 1933, Page 7

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HAWKE OUP. POA’ERTY BAY’S BID. TEAAI FINALLY CHOSEN. ' DEPARTURE TO-NIGHT. The Poverty, Bay. team to. play in the Hawke Cup challenge match at New Plymouth next week was finally selected by Air. AI. Guthrie yesterday and is as follows: G. N. Lockett (capt.) S. Reeves (manager.) W. Carson. AI. Sharp. M. K. .Boon. G. J. Robertson. C. Fraser. E. James. P. Dow. D. -Wells. E. Dow The challenge game .is to bo played against Taranaki at New Plymouth on Alonday,- Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. The Bay players will leave by car at Ja o’clock this evening and are due at New Plymouth to-morrow evening, so that they will have full opportunity to recover from the trip before the game opens. Wells and James, who are at present in Auckland with the Poverty Bay Colts team, will travel down to New Plymouth to-morrow. The team returns to Gisborne on Thursday next. After the splendid performance registered against Mr. A. Doneghue’s AVellington team during the past two days, the challengers must be given excellent .prospects for success in next week’s/match. Obviously Taranaki are a very solid batting side, as shown by their big score against Nelson this week, but it must he remembered that the South Island side was without the two leading bowlers .who were then assisting Wellington to he defeated by' Auckland in the Plunket Shield match. All round the Bay team appears very sound and it is certain that the cup holders will have their hardest tussle of the season, with the'chances definitely in the Bay’s favor. Local cricketers will join in wishing the tourists the very best of luck and every success.

HIGH SCORING, POVERTY BAY 453 FOR SIX. AIATCII v. WELLINGTON._ . ’ Poverty Bay registered an .excellent performance against Doneghue’s touring AVellington team in the match concluded at the Oval yesterday aftei--noon. .After two earlier adjournments it was necessary to- abandon the match, on account of rain, soon after 3 o’clock. At that stage, in reply to Wellington’s 148, Poverty Bay had .compiled the big total of 453 for the loss of six wickets. The match provided an excellent trial for the local .side in view of next week’s Hawke .Cujj, challenge - game against Taranaki at New Plymouth. ... .

On the first/ day Wellington made 148 and . the local side replied with 234 for the loss of three wickets. Carson (72) and Fraser- (20) continued the Bay innings yesterday morning and runs came freely for a time, hut vvhen he had reached. :89 Carson was .howled by J; C. Dow* Carson playedi dashing- cricket/and /hit, all fours inuthe course of his excellent, hand. ; With Fraser he assisted to add 116, while altogether, during'hib stajr fit the wieketss :; he scored his 89‘out of 140. these figures giving' some idea of his fast/scoring rate. E.-H. Dow joined. Fraser -?and ; :the Wellington bowlers again 'ivere faced 'with •a- trying task, for both men were,thoroughly \set.i . At lunch the, scor-ei was 382 for four, Frusei* being 81 and Dow-51.

Two brief interruptions, on account of rain, occurred> early in the -afternoon and then, when requiring only seven i to •..reach ; three figures, Fraser had the bad luck to be run out." Ftaser played very fine cricket and. hit five fours in all. Wdth Dow he added 148. Five runs later Dow was caught by Gray off Fortune, for.-71 (oight-.fours), another very good innings. Lockett and P. Dow took tho total to 453 without further loss before rain compelled abandonment of. the match. P. Dow’s 21 included three fours. All the Bay men reached double -figures and “Mr. (Extras” contributed the healthy total of a level 50, of which 42 1 jwerev.byes.i /Fortune!’finished sjup with three wickets for 102 and was easily the most successful bowlor. J. G:v Dow .was: very steady and his 26 overs gave'away only 61 runs for one

wicket. Griffiths never appeared espeically dangerous, though he was certainly unlucky on several occasions. Afessrs. .A, Guthrie and T. Sharp were the umpires. - .•• Provided the weather is'fine enough the Wellington team will leave to-day for Tokomaru Bay where they will bogin' a game against Waiapu and conclude same to-morrow. Yesterday’s scores were as follows: WELLINGTON. First innings ... 148 POVERTY BAA" G. J, Robertson, lbw.; b' Fortune 42 S. Reeves, lbw., b Griffiths 47 M. K. Boon, c Aldridge, b Fortune 29 >\V. Carson, b J. C. Dow 89 C. Fraser, run out 93 E. H. Dow, c Gray, b Fortune ... 71 G. N. Lockett, not out 11 P. Dow, not out 21 Byes 42, l.b. 8 50 Total for . six wickets 453 Fall’: 88, 127, 151,'267, 415, 420. Bowling: J. Fortune'29 overs, 5 maidens, 3 wickets, 102 runs; B. Griffiths 27 , 4,1, 107; J. C. Dow 26. 4,1, 61; N. Aldridge 11, 1,0, 51; RAllen 5,0, 0, 27; H- Lubransky 12, 3, ; 0, 26;'A. Doneghue 2,0, 0, 19. AUCKLAND COUNTRY AVEEK P.B. TEAAI’S PROGRESS AVELLS IN FINE FORAI

A: team or Poverty Bay colts is at present playing m the touirnanient for the Hellahy ..County vShield conducted by tlie Auckland Cricket Association in the course of its country cricket (week. -The matches are one-day and a start was .made on. Christmas Day, when Poverty Bay/scored ..a win at the experise vof AVhakalane. On the second •day the Bay side was fortunate to escape with a draw against. North Auckand..

With two rounds gone the Colts anj South Auckand l A were heading A section of tho tournament with 6 points apiece, North Auckland: having 4 and AAbakatae 2- Three points are awarded for a win, tivo for a draw and-one for a loss. D. Wells, ■iwho has been chosen for the Poverty Bay Hawke Cup' team, has been playing splendid a,!]-/round! cricket in the tournament and is. clearly tho main' factor in : the. Colts’ success. In their first match the Colts made. 135, Wells? scoring. 40, W. Mahoney. 27, B. Scholium 15, and-. Mv McMahon 11. Whakatanq replied with v 124, -WelLy taking four wicket's for 33jE. James , .fourfor 51 and T. AYliife (the High School • p'aye-r), two for 24.. Batting again the Colts made 105 for four wickets, AVe'lls scoribg 59 not- out, E. James 12 and Mahoney 12. In the second! round the Colts . Had a hatj tussle; but l ,-ms ■•the'Auckland -Herald stated, •• “the CWltg made a great fight to save defeat and' succeeded in dividing the points.” North Auckland ran up . the soliiT scorei, of .236 (W. James three for 25, Wellklv three ffiiCi34, Mahoney ■ 1 tlires for 47; and White -one for 47), and the Colts replied , with 93 for eight wickets, T. Bright (another High School player) making 25, and C. A\ r ilson 14 not out*

According to tho draw the Colts wiero set .down to meet -South'• Auckland A ip the third round, this prob ably decidihg-the section winners.

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