CRICKET

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 31 January 1927, Page 6

CRICKET

SATURDAY’S FIXTURES. SCORES GENERALLY MODERATE. MUCH GOOD BOWLING. Conditions were excellent for the cricket matches on Saturday, and players enjoyed a fair afternoon’s sport. In South Taranaki,” Okaiawa at the end of play held a strong position, having a lead of 45 in the first innings, and five wickets of their opponents down for just over 50 runs. Stratford, playing with Lambert in their team, liad a win from Excelsior by onV wicket, after playing on till nearly seven o’clock. There were several good individual scores, but totals were poor. In the North, also there was only one good total, by Old Boys, for whom Brown made 75. Other totals were not good. Old Boys A have a good lead on Western Park, and their B team is also in a good position.

IN THE SOUTH

EXCELSIOR v. STRATFORD. Stratford came to Hawera to piay against Excelsior. The conditions were excellent, and the wicket was in good order. McCarthy was absent from the local team, while Lambert, who was in Hawera, had a game with the visitors. Excelsior, going: in first, made only the moderate total of 90. They opened very badly, and six fell for 22. The partnership bet,ween Inch and Malone stopped the rot, and then Mills and Barker carried on the good work. Ninety was up before Mills fell to a good length ball from Cole. Stratford went in, and Lambert quick ly rattled up 13. He was out by -a good catch by Kirwan, off Inch. Inch came to light with several “clinking” balls, and court and Little fell to him. Inch continued to bowl well, and four were down for 49. Williams and’Cole made a serviceable stand, and added twenty runs. The rest of the batsmea did but little against the bowling of Inch and Ma-chin, and the innings closed for 71, of which 10 were extras. Machin got four wickets for only six runs, while Inch, bowling really well, disposed of six for 28 runs.

With a lead of 19, Excelsior opened their second innings, and it was worse even than the first. Wickets fell quickly. The only batsmen to make a stand were Jennings and Malone. The former carried his bat through the innings for 45 (not out). It was a -well-played, hard-hitting innings. Malone helped him well with his 15. The -innings closed for BS. Cole” bowled well both innings. With 108 to get to win, Stratford opened again very poorly, Cole being bowled by Inch after making two. Lambert was thrown out when he had 5 runs. Court was out for 2, and Excelsior’s chances looked good, -but Wilson and Little, in a partnership, put on a good tally of runs. The latter was specially vigorous, and got two sixes and a four in his .19. Wilson did not begin well, but lie settled down, arid played good cricket, -marred only by several chances. Beere added ten. Williams, batting steadily, was with Massey when the required runs were secured. Play w T as continued after six in order that" the match might be finished.

Inch once more bowled very finely, getting five good wickets for 34. He was well supported by Machin. Scores were as below: — EXCELSIOR. —First Innings. Galvin, b Cole 0 Kirwan, b Cole 1 Trcweek, stp. Beere, b Wilson .... 5 Little, c Lambert, b Wilson 11 Jennings, e Little, b Wilson 3 Scagar, run out 0 Inch, thrown out 18 Malone, b Wilson 11 Mills, b Colo 17 Barker, c Wilson, b Cole 12 Machin, not out 2 Extras 10 Total 90 Bowling analysis.—Cole took four wickets for 34 runs,^ Wilson four for 46. Second Innings. Seagar, c Sub., b Cole 3 Trcweek, c Court, b Cole 0 Little, c Williams, b Cole 1 Jennings, not out ,45 Inch, b Cole 2 Kirwan, e Young, b Cole 4 Galvin, c Massey, b Cole 0 Mills, 1.b.w., b Sub. 7, Barker, c Little, b Sub 0 Malone, c Young, b Little 15 Machin, b Priest 3 Extras S Total 83 Bowling analysis.—Cole took five wickets for 3-2 runs, Lambert three for 43, Priest -one for 1, Little one for 4. STRATFORD.—-First Innings. Court, b Inch 8 Lambert, c Kirwan, b Inch 13 Little, b Inch 4 Cole, c Barker, b Inch 13 Williams b Inch 10 Pegg, b Inch 0 Massey, c Jennings, b Machin .... S Beere, c Little, b Machin 1 Wilson, c Barker, b Machin 0 Young, c Kirwan, b Machin 4 Priest, not out 0 Extras 10 Total 7 71 Bowling analysis.—Machin took four wickets for six runs, Inch six for 28, Kirwan uone for 14, Trcweek none for 13. STRATFORD. S o c o n d I n n i u gs. Cole, b Inch . 2 Lambert, thrown out 5 Court, 1.b.w., b Inch 2 Wilson, c Seagar, b Machin 55 Little, c Kirwan, b Inch 19 Pegg, b Inch 3 Priest, b Inch 4 Williams, not out 6 Beere, -b Jennings 10 Young, c Mills, b Machin 3 Massey, not out 0 Extras 5 Total for nine wickets 114 Bowling analysis.—lnch took five wickets for 34 runs. Machin one for 38, Kirwan none Xor 27, Jennings one for n. OKAIAWA v. MIDLANDS. Midlands travelled to Okaiawa to play their fixture with that team, and, with a deficit of 45 runs on the first innings, they had 53 on for five wickets when play ceased for the day. Going in first, they wore all out for 62, of which Monaghan -got 15, Cheovors 10 and Newton 15. Thomas and Pratt, four wickets each, were the bowlers. Okaiawa replied with 107, 80 of which were secured by A. Betts (43) and Penny (37). The rest made a poor showing against the bowling of Giblin (six for 29) and McKenzie. Midlands, in the second innings, had made 53 for five wickets at. the call of i time. Crombie was the only batsman

to make a good stand. Pratt again came to light with a run of success at the bowling crease. The scores were as below: — MIDLAND© —First Innings.

Monaghan, b Thomas Jp Crombie, lbw, b Thomas 8 Neilson, b Pratt ” Cheevers, st Atkin, b Thomas 1° Giblin. b Pratt 0 McKenzie, c. Crawford, b Thomas 1 Wallcley, b Pratt } W. M. Thomas, c Crawford, b Pratt. I Newton, c V. Betts, b Penny Pi W. W. Thomas, b Hughes 3 Twist, not out _ ~ Extras ’ 9 Total (5 - Bowling analysis—Thomas, four for 19; Pratt, four'for 21; Penny, one fox--13; Hughes, oue for 1. OKAIAWa. —First Innings. A. Betts, c Monaghan, b Giblin .. 43 F. Atkin, e Neilson, b McKenzie . . 1 Penny, c Newton, b Cheevers 37 B. Hughes, c Newton, b Monaghan 2 Thomas, c Monaghan, b Giblin . . 8 Pratt, b Giblin 1 •Crawford, e Monaghan, b' Giblin .. 3 Le Fleming, b Giblin 0 V. Betts, c Neilson, b McKenzie .. 1 Harrison, b Giblin 1 11. Betts, not out 3 Extras 7 Total 11,7 Bowling analysis—Giblin, six for 29; McKenzie, two for 30; Cheevers, one for 19; Monaghan, one for 22. MIDLAND. Second Innings. Monaghan c V. Bett b Pratt 9 Twist, b Hughes " Crombie, 1.b.w., b Hughe* M Neilsen, c Penny, b Pratt ■ 5 Cheevers, o' Crawford, b Pratt 4 Giblin, not out 10 McKenzie, not out ...» 17 Extras ' 4 Total for five wickets 72 Pratt got three wickets and Hughes two; Penny and Thomas none. IN THE SOUTH. JUNIOR MATCH. A very interesting match was played Excelsior B and Eltham, the former winning by nine wickets. Eltham were dismissed for 49, Kerr getting no less than 26 of the total, while Excelsior made 132, Morrison playing excellently for 28 not out. Mi hoy also scored freely for 20, while Jordan got 15, Moloney 18, and Yinnieombo 15. Eltham did better in the second innings, getting 113 (Henn 35 and Brown 22), and Excelsior scored 33 for one wicket (Foster 16, Busing 10). Busing came through with five for 20 and four for 41; Foster three for 22 and Wells three for 17 also bowling well. For Eltham, Scown got four for 40, Phillips three for 27, and Henn two for 25. IN NORTH TARANAKI. WESTERN PARK v. OLD BOYS A. Park scores were small, and Old IToys at the close of play had a very decisive lead. The feature of the play was a,fine innings of 75 by H. W. Brown, though he had several lives. Scores were as below: WESTERN PARK. First Innings. Lawrey b Bottrill 12 Jones,* b Bottrill 9 Young, ruir out 28 Grayson, c Papps, b Bottrill 1 Dykes, c Papps, b Eggleton 0 Haughton, b Bottrill 4 Quickfall, b Eggleton 9 Kissling, b Eggleton 4 Hart, b Bottrill 1 Ratoliffe, b Bottrill 9 Forrester, not out 3 Extras 17 Total Bowling analysis: Bottrill six wickets for 36 runs Eggleton three for 32. Second Innings. Yo.ung c Papps b Bottrill 6 Gravson. c Brown, b Eggleton ... 1 Quickfall, b Bottrill 14 Kissling, not out 1 Lawrey. not out 9 Extras 4 Total for three wickets 26 OLD BOYS A. First Innings. Wynyard, b Quickfall 3 Bewley, b Haughton 22 Brown, c Kissling, bQuiekfall ... 75 Bottrill, e Grayson, b Haughton 1 Papps, c Dykes, b Haughton 9 B. Lash, c .Tones, b Quickfall ... 6 Eggleton, 1.b.w., b Dykes 21 Saxton, c and b Kisslixxg 14 Groombi'idge, b Quickfall 2 Hine, c Jones, b Kissling 0 Leggatt, not out 0 Extras 16 Total 168 Bowling Quickfall four wickets for" 44 runs, Dykes one for 45, Haughton three for 47, Forrester none for 5, Kissling two for Is. HIGH SCHOOL v. OLD BOYS B. School scored 93 and 62 for four wickets, while Old Boys B declared with 185 for six wickets, JUNIORS. Waitara, beat Technical by an innings and 12 runs, scoring 128 to 49 and 67; Band beat Old Boys by 29 and 78 to 30 and 55; and Avenue Road went down to Borough A. In Western Division, Western Park boafc School B by an innings and 19 runs .and New Plymouth wei-e beaten by Okato by seven wickets. COUNTRY ASSOCIATION. In the match between Tarumtangi and Tikorangi, the former made 120 and the latter 119 for five wickets.