CRICKET.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 6 April 1926, Page 3

CRICKET.

HAWKE’S BAY V. MANAWATU. WIN FOR THE FORMER. (liY TKUEUKAPH— -PRKBS ASSOCIATION.) N4PIER. April 5. The cricket match between Hawke’s Bay and Manawatu concluded here today, Hawke’s Bay winning by an innings and 113 runs. "With three wickets down for 195 runs, Hawke’s Bay to-day resumed their first innings in a match against Manawatu. and bv the time the sixth wicket fell, the total had reached 484. giving Hawke’s Bay a lead of 208 rims from the visitors. The most successful batsmen were Lowry (119 not out), C. Beuth (102 not out), Stevenson (84), Repey (49) and Owen (44). The innings was then declared closed. Bowling for the visitors, Hope took two wickets for 159 runs, B i : lor 92 and Galliclian two for 129. Manawatu, in their second effort, compiled only 157, the ciehf scorers being Hope (56) and Galliclian (23). Bowling for Hawke’s Bay Mitchell took six wickets for 60 runs. Temperton two for 88 and Patterson one for 21.

AUSTRALIA’S ADA 7 ANCE GUARD. “NAUSEATING INK-SLINGING. ’ ’ THE CRICKET TESTS. LONDON, April 4. Appalling penswishing from the advance guard of Australian writers prompted George Braun to write a letter lamenting it. “The Australians hitherto,” he says, “arrived without boosting and self-advertisement, and beat us off their own bat. If cricket is to be. turned into a species of circus, why not appoint a master of ceremonies, wife, armed with a megaphone, announces the name, family history and deeds of daring as each of the players steps into the Lords arena. Continuance of this ink,-slinging claptrap nauseates lovers of cricket. They wish the word ‘test’ had never been coined. ’ ’