BIG CRICKET

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 7 September 1926, Page 5

BIG CRICKET

CIVIL SERVICE MATCH.

HOME TEAM’S POOR SCORES

AUSTRALIA’S' BIG TOTAL

*Y CABLR— PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT. LONDON, Sept. 6. Australia, in tlieir first, innings against the Civil Service Association, declared with 454 runs for the loss of eight wickets. The weather was overcast with an intermittent drizzle and play was started late. The wicket was wet and further rain delayed the start of the' Civil Service innings. The scores are:— AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Woodfull, b Chapman 43 Ellis, c Sharland, b Chapman .... S Taylor, c sub., b Husson ........ -201 Collins, lbw, b Cook 27 Hendry, retired hurt r ... 5 Ryder, b Ivnight 26 Richardson, b Knight 1 Ponsford, lbw, b Chapman Everett, not out 100 Grimmott, not out 11 Extras 25

Total (for eight,wickets) 454

Bowling analysis.—Chapman three for 101,. Knight two . for 76, Cook one for 49, Husson, one for 90, Sharland none for 96, Webb none for 17. Received 11.20 a.in. to-day.

LONDON, Sept. 6. Civil Service in its first innings made 59. Details follow: CIVIL SERVICE. First Innings. Cook, e Everett, b Richardson .... 3 RippOn, b Everett .............. 7 Musson. lbw, b Richardson .... 0 Bennett, c Ponsford, b Collins .. 19 Webb, run out 6 Tasker', c Everett, b Collins .... 4 Collins, c Ponsford, b Collins .... 5 Sharland, st Ellis, b Colling .... 1 Knight, b Collins ;. I. 0 Ross, c Ponsford-, b Collins 2 Extras, 12 Total 59 Bowling analysis—Everett, one for S; Richardson, two for 20; Collins, six f0r,.17;. Mailey, none for 2. , Second Innings. In the second innings- Civil Service scored 93 for three wickets. Details: Rippon,, c Collins, b Richardson .. 2 Cook, e Ryder, b Collins ........ 3S Musson, c Grimm ett-, b Collins .. 34 Webb, not out. ..... 5 Collins, not out 6 Extras S Total for three wickets- 93 Bowling analysis—Ryder, none for 9; Richardson, one- for 21; Everett, none for 15; Mailey, none for 17; Collins, two for 23., ’ The Civil Service innings was commenced at 2.30. The attendance wns 1000. The feature of the innings was the bowling of Collins, who captured six wickets for 17 runs. Bennett was the only batsman to make anything of a -stand and’ brought off some nice drives. The batsmen generally were impotent and did not -attempt to hit, and.their efforts to stop the ball were painful to 1 watch. .Their second strike was a bit more lively; Cook; and Musson driving and cutting cleanly and powerfully.. Tlie second wieket yielded 56. Webb and Collins played out time, the game ending in a draw.