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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 15 November 1926, Page 6

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TARANAKI GAMES SATURDAY’S FIXTURES. WINS TO EXCELSIOR AND OKAIAWA. Th© unpromising morning resolved into a capital afternoon, tliougli a cold breeze made tlie fieldsmen uncomfortable. The afternoon produced cricket of real interest, brilliant batting being added to very effective bowling. It was some of the best cricket seen this season. It is worth notice that the v game is attracting a great deal more v public interest and that the attendance has shown considerable improvement. Excelsior had a somewhat unexpected runaway win from Manaia, who after their run of good performances were expected to give their opponents a very keen struggle. The reverse proved to be the case, and, largely to a brilliant century by S. bay and really good bowling by McMeCarthy and* Ivirwin, must Excelsior attribute tbeir victory. Okaiawa won on the first, innings from Stratford. The latter made a remarkable recovery in the second innings. Dismissing Okaiawa for a moderate score and having 118 to get to win, they had 86 on the board when time was called. _ Cole, for Stratford, and Penny, for Okaiawa, were the outstanding performers. IN NORTH TARANAKI. Western Park made a fine score of 227 against New Plymouth, Grayson, Hart and Forrester making a fine stand for the last two wickets. New Plymouth ODened well, two for 79; Kingston and Clarke batting exceptionally well. But in the other matches secores were small. Extraordinarily good bowling averages were secured at Urenui by the School and local team. THE JUNIORS. Much interest is shown in the junior fixtures, and a lot of really good plav is shown bv all the teams. Midland bad a good win over Stratford Technical. EXCELSIOR BEAT MANAIA. CENTURY TO S. LAY. An overwhelming victory to Excelsior was the result of the meeting with Manaia, S. Lav, in fine form, completin<r a really good century and showing great hitting power. TnWi 37 and McCarthv 24 also batted well. Of the Manaia total. Brown, by good play under adverse circumstances, scored / half the Manaia total. McCarthy, five for 11, was right on the job. while Kirwin, somewhat erratic at first, bowled well, and got five for 34. Scores were as below: EXCELSIOR. Lay, not out 103 Sea gar, b Kitt o McCarthy, c Edwards, b Watson 24 Jennings, b Watson 0 Veale, b Bairstow 2 Kirwin, st. Watson, h Hughes ... 7 Inch, c Bairstow. b Brown 37 Treweek, not out 6 Extras 10 Total for six wickets '. 194 Bowling analysis: Bairstow took one wickets for 32 runs, H. Hughes one for 61, Kitt one for 37, Watson two for 31, Fitzgerald none for 5. Brown one for 22, Whalen none for 6. MANAIA. Watson, b Kirwin 4 Hobday, b Kirwin 4 Brown, b Kirwin 27 Hughes, b McCarthy 0 Bairstow, b Kirwin' 5 Edwards, b McCarthy 0 Kitt, b McCarthy 2 Whalen, b Kirwin 0 Fitzgerald; b McCarthy 2 Young, not out 1 Extras 9 Total .54 Bowling analysis: Kirwin took five wickets for 34, McCarthy five for 11. OKAIAWA BEAT STRATFORD. GREAT WORK BY PENNY AND COLE. The features of the match at Stratford was the excellent recovery made by Stratford in the second innings, and the fine all-round play of the vetemns, Penny and Cole, both oi whom, bowled and batted in a manner reminiscent of their best form, and were each, for bi g own team, the mainstay in both departments. Okaiawa. batting first, made one short of a century, Penny 22, Barclay (who went in last) 20, Pratt 12, and Thomas 10 alone getting double figures. Stratford fell for 62, Cole, Cottier, and Williams .being the only ones to top ten. Penny came through with the remarkably good bowling figures oi seven for 19. Okaiawa again made only a moderate score, Penny once more .scoring well, and. getting all but 33 of the total of 80. Lithe" took four wickets for only two runs, and Cole and Wilson again bowled well. Gome in against time, C’ole, Little, and Wilson hit hard and often, and ratt'ed up 86 in record time. Cole got no less than four sixes. Little one six, and. Wilson a six and a four. AN hen stumps were drawn, Stratford wanted only 32 runs, and had nine wickets in hand. Scores: — OKAIAWA. First Innings. Betts, b Wilson 7 Penny. I> Wilson 27 Thomas, b Wilson 10 Crawford, e Richards, b Wilson ... 4 Pratt, b Co'e 12 Le Fleming, run out 2 Atkin.s. I) Cole 0 Harrison, run out 2 V. Betts, c Priest, b Cole 7 H. Betts, not out 1 Barclay, e Young, b Cole 20 Extras < Total 99 Bowling analysis: Co’e took four wickets for 31 runs; Wilson, four for 44; Priest, none for 10; bit-tie, none for 1. Second Innings. A. Betts, b Wilson , 0 H. Betts, c Wilson, 1> Cole 0 Thomas, c Court, b Wilson 0 Pratt, c and b Wioson 2 Crawford, c and b Cole 14 Penny, c Priest, b Little 47 Le Fleming, 1.b.w., b Tattle 7 V. Betts, 1.b.w., b Little 6 Atkins, e Court, b Young . 9 Harrison, b Little 1 Bare 1 ay, not out 9 Extras 3 Total 80 Bowling analysis; Wilson took three wickets for 32 runs; Cole, two for 3; Priest none for 24; Young, one for 16; Little, four for 2.

STRATFORD. First Innings. Court, b Penny 4 Cottier, b Penny 14 Little, c A. Betts, b Penny 3 Cole, b Harrison v - v 17 Massey, b Penny 0 Williams! b Penny 18 Richards, 1.b.w., b Harrison 0 Wilson, c Thomas, b Penny 1 Regg, b Penny 0 Young, not out 2 Priest, b Harrison 1 Extras 2 Total 62Bowling analysis: Thomas took no wickets for 18 runs; Penny, seven for 19; Le Fleming, none for 12; Harrison, three for 11. Second Innings. Cole not out ( 59 Little, run out 9 Wilson, not out 17 Extras ■*- Total for one wicket ••• 86 Bowling analysis: Thomas took no wickets for 23 runs; Le Fleming, none for 24: Penny, none for 29; Crawford, none for 9.

LOCAL JUNIORS. ELTHAM BEAT EXCELSIOR A curious position was reached in the junior match between Excelsior and Eltham, on Saturday. Going in first, Eltham scored 45, Excelsior replying with 3S. Eltham then made 63, leaving their opponents to get 71 to win. Excelsior had 70 on the board when stumps weie drawn, so that they faiied by one run to secure the required total; Eltham, therefore, score a win on the first innings. Avery 10, Ansford 20, and Phillips 12, for Eltham; and Jordan 24, Busing 15, and Vinnieombe 12 not out, were the double figure scorers. The last named and Naughton were the not out batsmen when time was called. Busing, Maloney, Foster, and Naughton, for Excelsior; and Scown, Nairn, and Kerr, for Eltham, were the most successful bowlers. JUNIORS. STRATFORD TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL v. MIDLAND B. In a completed match Midland won by an innings and ten runs. Batting first, Stratford made 62, Boon 31, Townsend 10, being the chief scorers. Bowling: Mahoney, three for 28; Malone, three for 4; Fairweatlier, three for 29; Johnston, one for none. Mid'and made 137, Malone 21 and Dowdle 35 putting up a good stand for the first wicket. Mahoney 27 tend Reading 28 not out were the only other double figure scorers. Bowling: Young took five for 77; Walker, two for 40; Kilpatrick, three for 20. . . ~ , In their second innings, Stratford reached 65. Their main batsmen went early, four wickets fairing for seven runs. 'The rest made a better showing. Bowling: Malone, two for 5; Jobnstan. three for 8: McNae, three for 15: Jackson, one for 7; Reading, one for* D. For Midlands Dowdle kept wickets very well, no extras being recorded in either innings. , The Hawera High School teams did not nlav their fixture. It will be played during the week. IN THE NORTH. OLD BOYS A. v. B. Playing well, tlie younger Old Boys team have a lead of twenty runs on the first innings over the A team, and 29 on for one wicket in the second, '.t hey put on 97 to A s <7. bash, Montreu.t'h and Palmer for B, anil Papp.s and Kerr for A, were the only batsmen to score at all freely. Bot trill, live lor 35; Strombon, five for 23; and Fowler, four for 20; all bowled well. WEST. PARK v. NEW PLYMOUTH. Park, in fine batting form, rattled up 220, Grayson (60) being the outstanding innings. Young, Dykes, Jones, and Hart also batted well. New Plymouth have one wicket down fin- 79; Kingston anil Clarke, both not out, making a fine stand, and putting on 72 while associated. HIGH SCHOOL v. URENUI. Scores were very small on both sides, the ball beating the bat very decisively. School made 45; Easton taking six wickets for 14, while Urenui could get only 25 and .58. Ewart, five for 5; H. Fookes, -six for 14; and Petty, four for 9; were the destroying agents. JUNIORS. Technical College 115 beat School 29. Waitara 59 beat Council B by an innings and 11 runs, School 28 and 144 beat Band 26 and 25. COUNTRY MATCHES. Braxton 78 won from Bell Block 70, Tnrututangi 52 beat Elgmont I illage 30. NORTH v. SOUTH TARANAKI. SOUTH TEAM. The following team has been selected to represent South Taranaki against V -th Taranaki, at New Plymouth m> Saturday, play to commence at 10 a. m. : McCarthy. Lay, Orombie. Gild in Gheevers, A. Betts, Penny, Wilson. Cole, 0. Little, Cottier; emergencies: Smvlen, B. Hughes, Court. McKenzie. Monaghan and Brown were not a v a i I ah le. FRIENDLY MATCH. At Hawera, next Saturday, a combined Okn.iia.wa-Manaia team will play a Hawera team. A IT.ST It Abl AN SOOH E,S. SYDNEY MATCHES. BY CABTjE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIG UT SYDNEY. Nov. 14. For the grade cricket matches the weather was very hot. and the wickets fast. . ~, , Playing for Gordon against Glebe, Watson scored 117 and Gerties 88. For Rand wick against Cumberland. S. Donnan, a promising colt, scored 119. and McCristal 99 not out. For Northern Districts against Paddington, Burke scored 143. For Waverley against Marrickville a brilliant colt. A. Jackson, scored 158, while Hooker captured seven wickets for 89. MELBOTTRNE MATCHES. MELBOURNE. Nov. 14. Pin win or for Fitzrov against University. Liddicutt scored 132 not out. For Melbourne against South Melbourne, Onyous scored 93 and Sanford 99.

NEW ZEALAND FIXTURES. WELLINGTON. (BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, Nov. 14. In the senior cricket contests, Tlioriidon, against Old Boys, made 258 (Kortlang 68, Gibson not out 39, Roberts 34 Mason 29. Price 29). Bowling tor Old Boys, Lusk took four for .64, Duncan three for 54, and Lambert three lor (8. In the ’Varsity v. Midland match, the latter batted tor 123 (Patrick 2o Dind 21, J. H. Hutchings 19). Bowling for ’Varsity, Vietmayer took five ror 50 Tripe two for 16. Holliiigs two ioi 29.' ’Varsity have lost four wickets tor 204 (Holiings 106 not out, Tripe 6/). Both of these played fine cricket. In the Y.M.C.A. v. Kilbirmei match Y M C A. matte 109 (M. Henderson 23, Grant 22. R. Henderson not out 14). Bowling for Kilbirme, Badcock took six for 53. Chnstopherson two tor _J, Kilbirnie made 101. In the Petone v. Wellington game the latter batted first, and made 94 (Hiddleston 21, Bruce 12, Monkhouse 11) Bowling for Petone. Brice took three for 11, Reyling, tnree for 41. letone have lost two wickets for 20 runs. In the Hutt v. Institute match the former batted, making 155 (Tatteraal. 57 Nunn 33, McGirr 22, Gibson 18). Bowling for Institute, Massey took three for 55, Malcolm for for 55. AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND, Nov. 14. In dull, breezy weather and on soft wickets, cricket was not marked by inspiring scores. Against the new senior team, Y.M.C.A., a tally of 215 was run up by Mount Eden, and the Y.M.C.A. tearfi got 64 for one wicket (Bow'ev 45 not out). . . Parnell put up 161 against Universitv, who have 32 runs on without loss. At the Domain, Grafton scored, an outright win by making 172 against North Shore B, who were dismissed foi 19 and 21. Wilson taking 13 wickets for 13 runs. . North Shore A, with 118 runsi on for five wickets, declared, and got rid of the Ponsonby team for 98 ru "sPlaving for Parnell. Irving scored Bi. Waving for North Shore. P. Gerrard scored M not out. Playing for Mt. Eden. Brook-Smith scored 42. jc s? Kirnf w« team, made 119.