WIN FOR MANAWATU.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 28 December 1925, Page 10

WIN FOR MANAWATU.

(BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION.) PALMERSTON N., Dec. 27. A one-day cricket match, Southern Hawke’s Bay versus Manawatu seniors, resulted' in a win for the home team on the first innings. The visitors. batting first, made 91 and 50 for four wickets. Manawatu replied with 152. PLUNKET SHIELD MATCH. CANTERBURY LEADING OTAGO. CHRISTCHURCH. Dec. 27. On first innings p'ay, so far as it has gone, Canterbury has a substantial lead over Otago in ‘ the Plunket Shield cricket match. The outstanding feature has been Cox’s great score of '-04 —the highest ever made by a Canterbury man in a representative match. Details:— CANTERBURY. First Innings. A. Cox. st. McMullan, b Alloo ... 204 E. A. Gasson, c Dight, b Torrance 0 R. 0. Talbot, h Torrance 34 M L Page, b Torrance 1 1 G. R. Gregory, c Gall and b Torrance 53 F. Woods, c Duncan, b Alloo 28 D. McK. Sandman, b Galland ... 20 .1. McEwin L. R. Brunton, cßlamires b Galland 0 H. Read, b Douglas 30 I L Finlay, -not out 9 Extras' 28 Total 495 Bowling analysis.—R. C. Torrance took four wickets for 12 runs; E. 0. Blamires, none for 105; M. Douglas, one for 113; C. Zimmerman, none for 29; H. C. Alloo, two for 59; A. Gal-'an-d. three for 41. OTAGO. First Innings. A. R. Knight, st Brunton, b Findlay J. -McMullan, b -Sandman 70 H. C. AHoo, b McEwin -6 E. O. Blamires, c Brunton, 1) Findlay 13 A. Galland, b Findlay 8 R. W. Cherry, run out 1 H. Baker, b Read 2 S. J. Duncan, c Gasson, b Sandman 0 C. Zimmerman, not out 9 R. Torrance, not out 10 Extras 23 Total for eight wickets 168 Bowling analysis—Findlay took three wickets for 48 runs; Read, one for 26; McEwin. one for 12; Sandman, two for '~!8: Talbot, none for 30. ALL OUT FOR THIRTY-FOUR. HAWKE’S BAY AFTER THE HAWKE CUP. NELSON, Dec. 26. A Hawke Cup cricket match between Nelson (holders) and Hawke’s Bay (challengers) was opened here to-day. Hawke’s Bay won the toss and batted, being dismissed for 34 runs (Cane 2, Brown 2, Stephenson 6, Bradburn 3, White 0, Scott 1, Pirie 4, Stevens 5, Reid 0, Rouis 5, O’Connor 6. extras 0). Lines took five wickets for 18 and Haycock four wickets for 10. Nelson for the loss of four wickets have made 109 (Neale 65, Fletcher 24, Haycock 8, Papps 6). STATE GAMES IN AUSTRALIA. SYDNEY, Dec. 27. There was hot weather and a fast wicket for the New South WalesQueensland cricket match. New South Wales, in the first innings, made 408 (Phillips 57, Scanes 67, Ratcliffe 106,' Punch 58). Sims took four wickets for 92 runs and Thompson four for 21. Queensland had lost one wicket for no runs when stumps were" drawn. There was delightful weather in Melbourne and an excellent and fast wicket for Sheffield Shield cricket match between New South Wales and Victoria. When stumps were drawn Victoria had lost six wickeets for 251 (Mayne 25, Woodfull 53, Ponsford 68, Hendry 5, Tarrant 9, Love 56 not out, Baring 28 not out). Macartney’s bowling was a feature of the day. He captured five wickets for 49. Kelleway took the other wicket (Mayne’s). The most runs were scored off Gregory and Mailey. The Mayne-Woodfull and Ponsford-Love partnerships were lively and interesting. The cricket otherwise was slow. HAWERA v. WAVERLEY. A team from the Hawera Club journeyed to Waverley on Saturday, and played a match with a Waverley team, the latter winning on the first innings by 33 runs. Going in first, the visitors were all out for the small score of 50, Craig being the principal destroying agent and getting five wickets for 20 runs. N Waverley put up 83, of which Browning and Bradmore scored 40 between them. McKenzie, McFadven and Nielsen divided the bowling honours. In their second innings Hawera put on 132, Crombie 32 and Cheevers 40 not out batting exceedingly well, and Waverley had 74 for, seven wickets at the call of time. Scores: HAWERA. First Innings. Hughes, c McMurray, b Hegin- _ botham “ Betts, run out ••• •.•••• £ Crombie, c Wybourne, b Browning 3 Nielsen, c Pepper, b Browning ... 7 McFadyen, h Craig Cheevers, b Craig McKenzie, c Harper, b Craig 10 Mahoney, 1.b.w., b Craig 0 Galvin, fe.Craig ” Johnson, l> Bradmore J? Harvey, not out “ Extras 5 Total 50 Bowling analysis: Craig five wickets for 20, Browning two for 13, Heginbotham one for 11, Bradmore one for 1. WAVERLEY. First Innings. Tritt, run out 1 Heginbotham, c Grindlay, b Nielsen *9 Coster, b McFadyen 5 McMurray, c Hughes, b Nielsen ... 8 Macmillan, b McKenzie §

Craig, b Nielsen 0 Bradmore, b McFadyen 17 Browning, c Crombie, b McKenzie 23 Wybourne, b McFadyen 3

Pepper, b McKenzie O Harper, not out 1 Extras ° Total 83 Bowling analysis: McKenzie three wickets for 16, McFadyen three for 15. Nielsen three for 11, Hughes none for 19, Crombie none for 13. . Hawera’s second innings was declared closed with seven wickets down for 132 with a possibility of getting Waverlev out before time was up, but the latter played out time for the loss of seven wickets. In Waverley’s second strike Browning scored 29 and Bradmore. 17 not out. McKenzie again bowled well. TEAM FOR WANGANUI. A team representing Taranaki travelled to Wanganui to-day to play k return match with the southerners.

Several of those selected were unable to make the trip. • The following represented Taranaki; Cole, Lay, Crombie, Grant, Crawford, Jennings, Grayson, Bott’rill, Lasli, Brodie and Kerr. Monaghan and Giblin (Hawera) and Clarke (New Plymouth) were not able to get away.