CRICKET.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 3 November 1924, Page 8

CRICKET.

SATURDAY’S GAMES. Cricketers were favoured with fine weather for their games on Saturday. There had been heavy rain until early on Saturday morning, but the. water had got away well, and conditions were not altogether in favour of the bowlers. The games resulted in wins for Okaiawa, Midland and Excelsior. EXCELSIOR v. MANAIA. McCarthy won the toes and .put Manaia in. Runs came slowly from the outset, the pace and rise of; the ball on the new concrete wicket being too much for the batsmen. Manaia’*s total of 61 seemed to be almost too much for their opponents, who did not reach that number until the eighth wicket. McCarthy with eight wickets for 20 was in deadly form, and carried off the howling honours. The fielding ■on both sides was splendid, and the catch that Monaghan took from McMahon was one out of the box. Excelsior won on the first innings by 18 runs. Scores and analyses: MANAIA. Hobday, c McNaughton, b McCarthy ... 0 McMahon, c Monaghan, b McCarthy 9 Hughes, c Lay, b Machin 16 Maunsell, c Hendry, b McCarthy 1 Roberts, c Crombie, b McCarthy... 6 Sherlock, b McCarthy .‘ 2 Stephenson, c Crombie, b McCarthy 10 Bairstow, c Lay, b McCarthy 0 Watson, b 'McCarthy 0 Whalen, not out ...’ \ 4 Nixon, b McCarthy ..... ; 6 Extras * 7 Bowling analysis: McCarthy eight for 20,-Hendry none for 19, Machin two for 15. EXCELSIOR. Fulton, c Bairstow., b Sherlock ... 11 Crombie, b Bairstow 12 Monaghan, c Watson, b Bairstow 15 Lay, 1.b.w., b Bairstow 0 McCarthy, b Bairstow 9 Bernard, c Maunsell, b Hughes ... 4 Hendry, Iv Bairstow 2, Galvin, c Hobday, b Watson ...... 12 McNaughton, e Whalen, b Watson 7 Machin, not out 5 Grindlay, b Nixon 1 Extra 1 Total 79 Bowling anaysis: Sherlock one for 16, Roberts none for 10, Hughes one tor 21, Bairstow five for 16, Nixon one for 7, Watson two for 6. OKAIAWA DEFEAT ELTHAM; Okaiawa defeated Eltham at Eltham by eight wickets, and secured a' threepoint win. Eltham, who were without the services of C. Little, batted first, but made no stand against the bowling of Penny seven wickets for 5 and Thomas three for 18, and were dismissed for 23. Priest 10 was the only batsman to get double figures. Okaiawa replied with 63—Thomas 15, Penny 25. Pearce secured five wickets for 8 and Philpotts two for 8. Eltham made 55 in their second knock. Philpotts was top scorer with 17 and Donnelly made 10. Brooke took four wickets for 20. Okaiawa made the required 16 runs for the loss of two wickets. Scores were as follows:

Tofnl for two wickets 16 . Bowling analysis: Philpotts one for 0, Pearce one for 7.

ELTH AM—First Innings. Parker, b Penny . Philpotts, c and b Penny Donnelly, b Penny *. Pearce, b Penny .. Ansford, not out .. Hemingway, b Penny . Forster, c Penny, b Thomas W. Little, b Penny ..... Carey, b Thomas . . Priest, c and b Penny Horwood, ‘ c and b Thomas Total . 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 6 1 10 1 23 for Bowling analysis: Penny seven 5, Thomas three for 18. Second Innings. Parker, run out .... 3 Pearce, b Pratt .. 0 W. Little, b Thomas ... 3 Donnelly, c Barclay, b Brooke 10 Priest, b Penny ] Philpotts, b Brooke .. 17 Hemingway, run out 3 Ansford, l.b.w., b Brooke Q Forster, b Betts, b Brooke .... - 4 Horwood, c Penny, b Betts 2 Carey, not out Extra i Total ......... Bowling analysis: Penny one foi 8, Pratt one for 15, Thomas one for 9, Brooke four for 20, Betts one for 5 OKA1AWA—First Innings. Betts, b Priest Linn b Priest . 2 0 Thomas, b Priest .. 15 Penny, c Philpotts, b Pearce 25 Pratt, c Pearce, b Philpotts . Kichmond, b Pearce 2 Brooke, b Philpotts 4 Clarke, b Pearce 0 Meuli, b Pearce 4 Atkins, b Pearce n Barclay, not out ... 1 Total .> 63 Bowlmg analysis : Priest three for tu, Donnelly none for 17. Pearce lye tor 8, Philpotts two for 8! Second Innines. Barclay, l.b.w., b Philpotts .... 0 Betts, not out . . 0 Richmond, b Pearce 3 Clarke, not out .. Extras • 4