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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 28 December 1926, Page 4

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PLiUNKEIf' SHIELD MATCH. WELLINGTON v. OTAGO. HOME TEAM A LAKE'S 148. (BY TFXP.G HAPH“ PRK3S ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON. Dec. 27. In Wellington, as in other places, the ,holidays have been .spoilt by rain, it began on Friday night -and drizzled through Christmas- Day, but held up most of yesterday. . Wellington and Otago- began their Flunket- Shield match on (Jhii&tnuis Day. The latter lost the tos-s and had to- field on a damp wicket with light showers- at intervals, which made their task rather unenviable. Hiddleston and- de Worker, exOtago- representative, were- the first batsmen-, and- -they were still there when solid rain came on .shortly after five and put -an end to play. The former came back to- form a.s far as batting was concerned, but left much to- be desired in his running between the itjicke-ts. He could have passed his century long before stumps _ were drawn, -but for his disinclination to run out the full value of hits and, in the end, was only 97. D e Worker batted stubbornly and was 50, but -he had lost a lot of runs, and in his efforts to induce his partner to hustle up, was continually taking the risk of being run out. The total was 149 for no wickets. Ten bowlers were tried, but- the greasy ball was too much of a- handicap and even sawdust would not give them good foothold -at the crease. Near the end of the day Hiddleston was caught at mid-off, but it- turned out that the bowler was no-balled 1 The Otago fielding was about the best seen for a long time in shield matches, and was repeatedly applauded. In the Flunket Shield match, Otago v. Wellington, the latter continued their innings on the Basin Reserve before an interested attendance- of 6000, Hiddleston (98) and Worker (50) re suming a-t the wickets. The first mentioned reached the century, and was 121 when he went. Worker got to 73, Of the others, Lowry made 90, Kortlang 60 and Lambert- 49. The rest went for -small scores, due principally to- the good -bowling of Blunt, who took seven wickets- for 96 runs. Other Wellington scores were Dempster 9, James 16 not out. Badcock 4, Brice 1. Holiys and McGirr 0, extra® 25, the total being 448. Bowling: Blunt took seven wickets for 96 runs. Aloo two for 79 and Zimmerman one for 22.

ANOTHER CONTEST FOR SHIELD. AUCKLAND v. CANTERBURY. CHRISTCHURCH, Dec. 27. The Plunket Shield match Auckland versus Canterbury commenced to-day, the wicket being very dead after the recent heavy rain. The weather was dull and. threatening, and there were a few light drizzling shower-s about midday. Dacre won the toss and sent Canterbury in. The batting was very dull, except for a good stand by Olliver and Page, who stopped the early rot. The Canterbury bowling was very weak, the Auckland batsmen being much more- confident. Scores: Canterbury 128 (Page 30, Oliver 29, Patrick 24, Read 15, Cunningham 11). Player took six wickets tor 38, Bowlev two for 39, Allcott two for 38. Auckland 149 for three wickets (Alills 55, Bowley 34, Cooper not out 42, Prater 12). Sandman took two wickets for 48, Read one for 32, Cunningham none for 46. WELLINGTON v. HAMILTON. HAMILTON, Dec. 27. A cricket match between Wellington colts and Hamilton commenced to-day in fine weather. The scoring was low, Pomeroy and Everest- being the only ones to make double figures for Hamilton, whose first innings closed for 55 runs. AVellington in their first innings lost seven wickets for 62, Crook (11), Owens (10), and N-cot (14) being the only ones to reach double figures.

AT WAVERLEY. WIN FOR HAWERA. A visit- is paid annually by a Hawera. team, organised by Mr J. Nielsen, to Waverley on Boxing Day, and interesting matches have been played in the past. Yesterday the team had a great win, beating the local men by eignt- wickets. Nielsen did not go, Grant taking his place. Waverley, batting first, scored only 65 in the first innings, but did better in the second, scoring 121. Hawera- were in good form, and, mainly by reason of the good batting of Watson and Crombe, ran up 146 for nine wickets. They easily got the 40 runs required with the loss of two wickets. Hughes, Worrall and Jennings all did well. Hughes and Malone were the most successful Hawera bowlers. Wilkins, Maule and Bradmore bowled best- for the local team, while Bradmore maintained bis consistently good form in batting. The scores were as below: W A VERDE Y. First Innings. H. Bradmore, b Worrall 12 Craig, b Malone 0 Heginhotham, b Hughes 3 Metcalfe, c and b Malone 1 A. Bradmore. b Hughes 2 Maule, c and b W r atson 11 Palmer, e Malone, b Jennings ... 17 Findlay, run out 0 Harper, run out 8 Walker, not out , 4 Wilkins, b Hughes 0 Extras 7 Total 65 Bowling: Malone two wickets for 10 runs. Hughes three for 10. Worrall one for 5, Watson one for 12, MeFadvon none for 7, Jennings one for 14, Crombie none for 3. Second Innings. Walker, c Jennings, b Worrall ... 25 Harper, b Hughes J.' 8 Bradmore b Hughes 54 Craig, c Jennings, b Hughes 4 Metcalfe, 1.b.w., b Jennings- ...... 8 Pindlay. c Worrall. b Hughes ... 2 Maule not out 13 Hegiuhotliam, 1.b.w., b Hughes ... 4 Palmer, run out- 0 Bradmore, e and h Jennings- 0 Wilkins, run out 0 Extras 3 Total 121 Bowling ; Hughes five wicekts for 38. Worrall one for 44, Malone none for 8. Watson none for- 12, MeFndven none for 14. Cromhie none for 5. Jennings two for 2. HAWERA. First Innings. Watson, retired 59 Cromhie, h A. Bradmore 40 Hughes, b Walker 0 Worrall, e and b Craig 6 McFadven. c and b Craig 11 Grant, c Maule, b Walker 10

Jennings, b Wilkins 9 Edwards, not out 1 Malone, b Maule ° Vinhicombe, c Harper, b Maule ... 1 Extras 4 Total 146 Bowling: Heginbotham no wickets for 24 runs, H. Bradmore none for 14, Craig two for 26, Walker one for 27, Palmer none for 10, A. E. Bradmore one for 9, Wilkins two for 10, Maule two for 2. Second Innings. Hughes, not out .26 Worrall, c Walker, b H. Bradmore 10 Jennings, c Maule, hH. Bradmore 11 Grant, not out 2 Total for two wickets 49 Bowling: H. Bradmore two wickets for 29 runs, Maule none for 5, Walker none for 15. On New Year’s Day a return match will be played ah Hawern. THE NOMADS. AN INTERESTING VISIT. For many years past a team styled the Nomads (Wanderers) has toured parts of New Zealand at Christmas and New Year time, making the tour a holiday trip. The team consists this year mainly of Wanganui, Manawatu, and Rangitikei players, and includes two very old friends of Taranaki cricket in Kenneth- Cave and Arkwright. The team is as below: H. F. Arkwright, E. Bernau, D. A. Cameron, K. H. Cave, H. G. Carver, A. Oromb, A. T. Donnelly, A. Fox, R. Fnllerton-Smith, - A. M. Ongley, R. Orton, J. Swainson, and D. E. Wanldyn. They will play in Hawera on January 3 and 4; and at New Plymouth on January 5 and 6. The North Taranaki team has been selected as follows: Clarke, Nasmith, Bottrill, Lash, Eggleton, Petty, Jones, Grayson, I. W. Palmer, Dykes and Biown. Reserves: Papps, Nieoll, Kerr, and K. Fookes. HAWKE CUP., HAWKE’S BAY CHALLENGE. FIFTEEN TARANAKI PROBABLES. In order to get a team ready for the match against Hawke’s Bay, to be played on January 14 and 15, fifteen players have been chosen by the selectors, Messrs Monaghan (south) and R. L. C-ooper (north) to keep in form for the match. The fifteen selected are as below: Kingston, Clarke, Nasmith, Bottrill, Lash, Grayson and Petty (Northern Division); Lay, Brown, Beechey, Cheevers, Cole, Orombie, Penny and Giblin (Southern Division). WELLINGTON COLTS BEAT HAMILTON. HAMILTON, Dec. 28. Wellington Colts defeated a Hamilton eleven by an innings and 39 'runs. | Hamilton made 55 in the first innings, 1 Owens taking seven for 21 and Leg- ' gatt three for 28. Wellington replied ' with 190 (Crook 11, Owens 10, Noot 14, Barker 59, Spencer 24 and Barnes ' 37). Hunwick took five for 35, Dufty > three for 47, Everest one for 32, and ' Pomeroy one for 39. Hamilton’s second innings produced 7 96 runs (Hunwick 20, Shepherd 20, S and Wilson 15). Ward took one for 18, Barnes three for 40, Leggat-t three t for 14. Mouat three for 15.

THE SMALLER BALL. AN AUSTRALIAN OPINION. BY CABT.P—PRESS ASSOCIATION —COP Received 10.'35 a.m. to-day. MELBOURNE. Dec. 28. Mr Crockett, the well-known Vic-' fcorian umpire, has returned from a visit to England. He declared that the ■suggestion to decrease the size of the cricket hall was, all “bunkum.”. It -seemed quite certain that it would be reduced, but the alteration proposed would be scarcely noticeable. Obviously the obiect was to assist the bowler and to shorten the length of matches, but he doubted whether it would do this. ' WANGANUI v. R ANGITIKEI. Plaving against Ranigifikei on Monday. “Wood, of Wanganui, scored a hundred and retired, and Kerr got 72. Rangitikei were all out in the- first innings for 147, T. Lyon getting 50 no-t----out.