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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 10 November 1924, Page 6

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SATURDAY’S GAMES. BRILLIANT 'WEATHER. Devotees of the willow in the Hawera district were greatly favoured, so far as the weather was concerned, on-Saturday for the pursuit- of their pastime. Tliete was a clear sky, practically no wind, and dry grounds were underfoot. The games resulted in wins for Excelsior and Midland. EXCELSIOR v. STRATFORD.

On the Hawera ground the Excelsior proved too good for Stratford. A very good wicket had .been provided, and Stratford, winning the toss, put their opponents in. The opening pair for Excelsior each seized his opportunity literally with both hands, and put on 105 for the first wicket. Of this lot Fulton made 73; a slump then, occurred, and eight wickets were down for 157 when the closure was applied. Crombie made 27, and Monaghan and Hendry 10 each. Stratford did not make much progress until their eighth wicket, as they had seven down for 39. Knight and Young then made 19 each, and the score reached 80. Excelsior thus won by 73 runs. Cole with five for 59 and Young two for 26 were in good form with the ball for Stratford, while McCarthy three for 21, Fulton three for 36, and Hendry two for 12 did the bowling for Excelsior. Scores and analysis: EXCELSIOR, Fulton, c Wood, b Cole 73 Crombie, l.b.w. b Young 27 Monaghan, \jp Cole ~ 10 Lay, 1.b.w., b Young 0 McCarthy, b Cole ■ -0 Bernard, run out 1 Hendry, b Cole 10 Galvin, not out 4 McNaughton, c Furrie, b Cole 4 Maehin, not out 4 Extras 24 Eight wickets for (declared) ... 157 Bowling analysis: Cole five for 59, Knight none for 30, Nichol none for 18, Young two for 26. STRATFORD. Percy, run out 3 Claridge, c' Lay, b McCarthy ...... 4 Palmer, b McCarthy * 8 F.urrie. b Fulton ‘ 6 Cole,, b McCarthy 8 Wood, b Fulton ...... 1 Nichol, 1.b.w., b Fulton 3 Young, run-out 19 Knight, 1.b.w., b Hendry , 19 Reid,' not out 4 Massey, st. Grindlav, b Hendry ... 0 Extras \ 1 5 Total 80 Bowling analysis: Fulton three for 36, McCarthy three for 21, Maehin none for 6, Hendry two for 12, 1 MIDLAND v. OKAIAWA. Midland journeyed to Okaiawa, and inflicted defeat upon the home side by 50 runs. The scores were/Midland 118 and Okaiawa 68. For the former Dalgleish 28, Vowless 18, Davies 13, Graham 11, Plank 10 and Giblin 10. were the double figure scores. Dalgleish played a very good innings, which would have been doubled on a ■good ground. For the home side Penny 26 was the principal scorer. Bowling for Okaiawa, Penny four for 35, Thomas four for 28, Pratt one for 23 were the successful ones, and for Midland Giblin was in good form, tak- : ing five for 27, while Nielsen got five for 33.

Scores and analyses: MIDLAND. Dalgleisli, c Penny, b Thomas ...... 28 Davies, b Thomas 13 Nielsen, b Penny 0 Vowless, e Harrison, b Pratt 18 Plank. ,b Penny ;. 10 Brodie, b Penny q Graham, b Penny 11 Goring, e Betts, b Thomas 2 Thomas, not out ■'] Giblin, b Thomae .... 10 Mills.. h Betts s Extras' g Total ' 7TTT.. 118 Bowling analysis : Penny four'for'3s, 1 ratt one for 23, Brooke none for 13, Thomas fonr for 2S, Linn none for 7, Betts one for 4. . OKAIAWA. ' Thomas, o and b Nielsen 1 Betts,/b Giblin 5 Pratfc, c. and 1) Nielsen ~ 9 Penny, c Vowlesfi, b Giblin .26 Binn, b Nielsen ; 7 Brooke, c Vowless, b. Giblin 7 Mehli. b Giblin 2 Freakley, b Nielsen \.i 0 Atkins, b Giblin. 3 Newman, c and b Nielsen 0 Barclay, not out 9. Extras. ....; 6 Total fig Bowling analysis; Nielsen five for 33, Gibhn five for 27. MANAIA v. PATEA. Mai-naia, making 131 for fonr wickets (declared), beat Patea 121. For the former H. made 44 (liot out), Sherlock 28, Dr. Maunsell 18, Clarke 16 (not out), and McMahon 12. For Patea, Gibbs headed the list with 37. while Oakes 20. Smith 18, and worth 11 were the other double figure scorers. " EXCELSIOK. B v. TECHNICAL B. The Excelsior team was altogether too much for the School team, and innictecl u severe defeat by an innings and 49 runs. Muir and Mackenziebowled very straight in the School first innings, which realised 20, and got six lor 5 and four for 9 respectively. McCarthy 61 (not out) and Morrissey 42 (not out) both batted splendidly, and made rims all round the wicket for Excelsior, and put on 106 for the first wicket. The innings was declared at this, and Technical were got rid of in the second innings for 37, Campbell 10 alone getting doubles. Morrissey six for 21, McCarthy two for 7, and Davies one for 1, were well on the spot. Scores: Excelsior, B 106 for one wicket (declared); Technical High School B, 20 and 37.

ELTHAM B V. MIDLAND, B. This match was played at Eltham, i and resulted in a win for the visitors (bv seven wickets. Batting first, Eltham 36, Hemingway 12 being the chief scorer. Midland replied with, only 17, Nairn six for 5 and Hemingway four for. 5 being very deadly .with the ball. Eltham’s second innings resulted in the same number as tiyb first, namely, 36, Nairn getting 12 of these. Set to get 56 to win, Midlands managed the task for the loss of three wickets, Entwistle 31. and Mahoney 10 being the- principal agents in getting the runs. Bowling for Midland. Busbig two for 13, Wells-six for 14, and yinnicombe two for 5 in the first innings, and Busing two for 12, Wells one for 6, Moloney three for 7, and Mahoney four for nine in the second were >the successful ones.

HAWERA TECH. HIGH SCHOOL A . V. STRATFORD JUNIORS. This match, played at Stratford, resulted in an easy win for the Technical School by an innings and 37 runs. Scores: — Stratford. —First innings: Griffon, b Allen, 3; Gatton, b Cheevei’s, 3; H, Thomas, o Skjellerup, b Allen, 1.4 : Willey, h Allen, ‘25; Sharpe, e Skjsllerup, b Allen, 6; Beere, e \Yalker, 1) Allen. 2; Nelson, b Allen, 0; Procter, o Owen, 1; Collins, e. Owen, b Cheerers, 2: Young, not out, 5; extras, 3; total, 70. Bowling analysis.—Ckeevers, two for [26; Allen, six for 39; Owen, two- for 2. Stratford. —Second innings: Nelson, b Owen, 8; Gatton, e Church, b Allen, 20; Beere, b Allen, 0; Thomas, h Owen, 24 ;'Hillev, b Allen, 0 ; Trotter, c Yates, b Allen, 5; Griffon, c Waiher, b Allen, 0; Collins, b Owen 1: Young, b Allen, 0; Richardson, nbt cut, 0: Butcher, b Owen, 0; extras, 2. total.. 60. Bolding analysis.—Owen, lour for 36, Allen, C for 22. Technical School.—Keegan, c Young, b -Sharp, 4; Owen, c Thomas, b Sharpe, 32; Cheevers, not- out, 70: Allen, c Thomas, b Beere, 19; Chmcii, c Trotter, b Griffen, .16; Yates, b Beere, 2 ; Coleman, not out, 14; extras, 10; total for five wickets (declared), 167 Bowling analysis.—Sharpe, two for 29; Beere. two for 46; Griffen, one for 43; Thomas, none for 15; Gatton, none for 24. NEW PLYMOUTH GAMES. Old Boys 123 (Bottrill 41, Pearson 28) v. Western Park 127 (Bullard 24, Grayson 29). Bowling for Western Park, Edie took five for 35 and Pearson six for 25 for Old Boys. New Plymouth 141 (Mackay six for 44) v. High School 51 (C. G. Clarke four for 14, M. D. Clarke four for 22). WANGANUI RESULTS.

Wanganui 91 and 54 v. Old Boys 43 : (Tronson seven for 44, Bourke five for : 17 and Treadwell five for 11 for Wa- ; nganui, and Williams six for 15 and Stiver four for 9 for old Boys). United . 82 (Hussey 38) v. Collegiate School 52 ■ (Wood seven for 19). PLAY IN WELLINGTON. * (by TELEGRAPH —FRESS ASSOCIATIONI WELLINGTON, Nov. 9. ? , l The championship matches were con- > tinued on Saturday in beautiful Wea--1 th4r. : , - Thorn don against Y.M.C.A.. made * 126 (J. 1 C. Mclntosh 12). Bowling: Haughey * five for 44, Henderson two for 38, t White two for 13. Y.M.C.A. have lost \ five wickets for 153 (R. Westbrook 39. > Lamason 24, White not out 27, - Haughey not out 22). 1 Wellington, against Midland, made • 240 (N. B. (Jacobsen 112, J. B. Bruges i 40, C. G. Wilson'27, D. T. Maxwell 26). Bowling: Baker three for 24, ■Judd three for 68, Hind two for 42. Midland have lost two wickets for 15. Petone, against Old Boys, made 244 [ (W. S. Brice 67, A. Finlayson 50,. W. 7 Hamilton 30, A. Cate 26, L. Pointon i 24, Hamilton 20, Bold 20). Bowling: • Perry three for 22, Lusk three for 31, Tucker two for 54, Barclay two for j 57. Old Boys have lost six wickets for . 56 runs- (Duncan 35, Barclay 18). Institute, against Hutt, made 212- , (Burt not out 45,. Badcock 43, Banks i 35, Griffiths 24). Bowling: Nunn three for 36, Aldersley three for 37. Hutt have lost four wickets for 64 (McKay - not out 20, Shanehan 16, Aldersley not • out 10). Badcock, the Wellington . coach, took two wickets for 9.