CRICKET.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 14 March 1927, Page 3

CRICKET.

MELBOURNE v. OTAGO. VISITORS OUT FOR 396. BRIGHT BATTING DISPLAY. (by telegraph—press association.) DUNEDIN, March 12. The match between the Melbourne Cricket Club and Otago whs resumed to-day. The visitors had lost one wicket for 84,. the not out batsmen being Onyons (27) and Sandford (23). Rain had fallen overnight, and the wicket was slightly softehed. The greasy ball hampered the bowlers, and the not out men stayed in all morning, each reaching the century.. In the afternoon, the wicket favoured the bowlers and the team was dismissed for 396.

Otago have made a bad start in their second venture, three wickets being down for 56. The general standard of play in the afternoon was disappointing:,, the Jonlv. bright feature being Blunt’s bowling. Hendry, who was suffering from influenza, was absent from the visiting side.

Torrance And Dickinson opened the bowling, eight coining off the latter’s first over. There were only eight runs off Torrance when he had bowled his seventh over of the innings. The century was brought up in 73 minutes, aiid, when 110 went up, 47 runs had been scored off Dickinson, with a couple of fours off Torrance.

Sandford took the total past 120. Shepherd then replaced Dickinson. A four off the first ball took Onyons past the half century in 63 minutes. The second ball also went to the leg boundary. Otago’s score being passed, Onyons helped Tiimself to 14 off an over. The batsmen were making the bowling appear simple, and boundary followed boundary in quick succession. The score passed 150 after 101 minutes’ batting. A. W. Alloo ( replaced Torrance with the total at 158, and Douglas took the ball from Shepherd, who had had 28 knocked off his three overs. Onyons had scored 74 when he gave a hot chonce behind the stumps off Alioo, but Wilson failed to hold the ball.

The batting was of the brightest, the double century being reached in 2 hours 16 minutes. Though none of the bowlers -word 'being /found difficult. Douglas was the hardest to get away. Onyons was 83 and Sandford 30 when 200 was hoisted. Blunt then bowled in place of Douglas. A race for the century began, Onyons reaching 90 before Sandford. The former got most of the bowling, reaching his century after 2 hours 24 minutes ’ batting. The total had reached 230 when Zimmerman took the ball from Alioo. Onyons had added a couple when he lifted a ball from Blunt to Shepherd, who failed to hold the catch. With a four off the same bowler Sandford reached 100, eight minutes after Onyons, having been at the crease for 121 minutes. The luncheon adjournment came with the score at 257 (Onyons 106, Sandford 113). Blunt and Zimmerman bowled again on the resumption, the latter sending up a maiden. Blunt was bowling much better, and at last he found Sandford’s stumps. Sandford, who had been at the Aviekets for 2 hours 24 minutes without giving a. chance, had hit 15 fours. The partnership had added 227. 277 2 122.

Johnston filled the vacancy, opening his account with a single off Blunt. The score had reached 298 when Douglas took the ball from Zimmerman, Onyons bringing 300 up off the second ball after 3 hours IS minutes’ batting. Johnston was uncomfortable facing the slow bowling, the seventh ball of the over finding his stumps. 300—3—4.. Wood joined Ohyohs, who -after a couple had been added, stepped out of his crease and missed a ball from Blunt, Wilson stumping him neatly. Ony'oiis had hit 16 fours during his stay of '3 hours 24 minutes at the wickets. 304—4—137.

Jewell partnered Wood, who cut Douglas into Blunt 's sure hands Douglas had taken three for 38. 305—5—1. T. G, Armstrong-, the incomer., opened his account by driving Douglas. The game had assumed quite a different aspect, Blunt sending down an over which had Armstrong guessing. The first ball of his next over skittled Jewell, who had not shaped confidently. 326 —6 —6. Blunt was bowling remarkably well, and had all the batsmen tied up. Dakin scored a single and then drove a full toss from the New Zealand representative to the pickets. Blunt got him, however, With a l.b.w. decision. 340—7—5. Rogerson banged a ball from Douglas to the pickets, and then lifted him into the pavilion for six. The over yielded 18. Pour byes brought 360 up. Dickinson replaced Douglas, and his second ball saw Rogerson returning to the pavilion, the victim of an l.b.w. decision. 369—8—7. Ebeling joined Armstrong, the pair adding runs steadily. With the score at 385, Torrance replaced Blunt, who had bowled for an hour and a half unchanged. The change was effective, Torrance clean bowling Ebeling. 396—9—10. Armstrong had 43 to his credit. . OTAGO. First Innings 127 Second /Innings. Shepherd, b Ransford 0 Blunt, b Ebeling 8 Knight, c and b Rogerson 37 McMulian, not out 10 Alioo, not out 0 1 Extras 1 Total for three wickets 56 Bowling analysis. —Ebeling, 40 balls, 1 maiden, 10 runs, 1 wicket; Ransford, 32 balls, 1 maiden, 14 runs, 1 wicket; Onyons, 24 balls, 21 runs; Rogerson, 24 balls, 10 runs, f wicket. -MELBOURNE. ■First Innings. Ransford, b Douglas 20 Onyons, st. Wilson b Blunt 137 Sandford, b Blunt 122 Johnston, b Douglas 4 Wood, c Blunt, 1) Douglas 1 Jewell, b Blunt C Armstrong, not out 43 Dakin, 1.b.w., b Blunt 5 Rogprson, 1.b.w., b Dickinson .... 17 Ebeling, b Torrance 10 Hendry, absent : 0 Extras 31 Total 390 Bowling analysis. —Dickinson, 8S balls, 59 runs, 1 wicket; Alioo, 73- balls, 1 maiden, 40 runs; Torrance, 101 balls, 2 maidens 31 runs, ! wicket; -Blunt, 184 Balls, 93 runs, 4 wickets; Zimmerman, 64 balls, 2 maidens, 38 runs; Douglas, 104 balls, 76 runs, 3 wickets; Shepherd, 34 balls, 28 tuns.

SATURDAY’S FIXTURES. RAIN INTERFERES WITH PLAY. SOUTHERN MATCHES CONCLUDED NORTHERN CHAMPIONSHIP STILL UNDECIDED.

' The conditions for play oh Saturday were not good, and the rain which began early in the afternoon spoilt play in all matches. At Stratford the local team won on the first innings, heavy raiil compelling abandonment after three adjournments had been made on account of heavy showers. This is the first loss sustained by the champions during the season. A combined junior team was beaten by the Excelsior team by a margin of 53 runs on the one innings played by cac-h. In. the north Old Boys A beat their B team by 10 runs just on time, and iii the Western Park-New Plymouth match, the former had made 135 when rain stopped play. Old Bovs A are now at the top of the ladder, but- the position is still very open. IN SOUTH TARANAKI. NOTES ON THE PLAY. STRATFORD BEAT OKAIAWA.

This match continued from last Saturday was carried on till Stratford had lost nine wickets in the second innings for 143, when play was finally stopped on account of the heavy rain. Stratford had made 100 in the first Innings, and Okaiawa 68, while the former had five down in the second innings for 50. Cole, not out, went on to make 41, while Williams 17, not out, and Wilson 10 also batted well. Scores were as below: — STRATFORD. First Innings 100 Second Innings. Court, b Penny 16 Gatton, 1.b.w., b Penny I Pegg, b Crawford 15 Priest, run out II Cole, e Harrison, b Pratt 41 Beere, e Atkins, b Crawford .... 2 Williams, not out, 17 Soimdy, c Thomas, b Harrison .... 1 Massey, not out 2 Cottier, b Hhrrison 9 Wilson, b Le Fleming 10 Extras 18 Total for nine wickets 143. Bowling analysis.—Penny two wickets for 24 runs, Thomas none for 9, Pratt one for 34, Crawford two for 30, Harrison two for 19, Le Fleming one for four. Okhiawa made 68 runs in the first innings.

Stratford won by 32 runs on the- first 1 innings. ’ FURTHER aIATCH l There is only now the - Stratforu--3 Manaia unfinished match to complete. 5 EXCELSIOR BEAT JUNIORS. FINE INNINGS" BY S. LAY, f DOWDLE AND HAYES. A very interesting match resulted on the third occasion on which, a combined l junior team met a senior team, on this . occasion the Excelsior. The result, . after a fine total of 201 for six wickets . by the Excelsiors, was that the Juniors failed by 53 runs to reach that total. They, however, made a gallaitt at- ; tempt, and three of them -batted remarkably well. Juniors put Excelsior in to bat, and Lay and Treweek, opening, put on 47 before the latter was bowled by iMa-lone after a nice innings of 23,. Lay went on to .score at a great rate, and with Jennings and Kit-wan put- up a fine stand. 'The former was dismissed -by a brilliant catch by Barker. Kir van hit hard and often, getting a six aucl five fours when a catch was nicely- taken at- the wickets by Dowdle. Lay retired after a brilliant and fast 'scored 81, and Jordan (10) and Ga’ ivin (6) were not out when the innings was declared. The fielding of the Juniors was. on the whole, good, but- not -so effective as last week. The Juniors opened badly, Maloney succninbine to a good one' from Treweek when only two, but Dowdle and Barker, made a- capital -stand and runs came steadily. Dowdle was playing well, his leg shots being particularly good. He was at length clean bowled by Kiiiwan wlieii he had scored 40. Foster went cheaply, and then Hayes and Milroy were associated in the stand of the innings, adding 60 runs before Hayes Was bowled by Inch. Shortlv after Milro-v was -smartly run out. He had played capitally for his 27. The rest added only eleven, and the innings closed for 148. Ma-chin and Inch being responsible foir their dismissal. Scores were as below: — EXCELSIOR. Lay, rct-ii’cd y SI Treweek, b Malone 21 Little, c Milroy, b Busing 6 Jennings, c Barker, b Malone II Kirwin, c Dowdle, b Fan-weather 32 Inch, b Fairweather 2 Jordan, not out ...i 19 Galvin, not out 6 Extras 23 Total for- six wickets (declared) 201 Bowling analysis.—Busing, onei for 46; Malone, two for 80; Fair-weather, two for 27. COMBINED JUNIORS. Moloney, b Treweek 2 Dowdle. b Kirwin i... 40 Barker, e and b Machin 10 • Foster, 1> Machin 4 1 Haves, b Inch ...j 42 Miirov, run out 27 Malone, b Machin 1 Fairweather, not out 5 1 Vinnicombe, b Inch 3 Busing, b Inch 2 \ Turnbull., c and b Inch O 1 Extras 12 Total 148 Bowling analysis.-—Kirwin, one for 41; Inch, four for 18; Lay, none for 20; Treweek, one for 16; Machin, three for 38. JUNIOR REPRESENTATTVES. The following will represent South Taranaki Juniors v. North Taranaki Country Association Juniors at Hawera are Saturday I.9th instant: —Barker, Busing, Moloney, Haves. Foster, Richardson. Scown, Gatton, Mn-'one, Walker, Milroy. Reserves: Fairweather, Murdoch. Clarkson. Play will commence .at 10.30 a.m. Anyone unable to- play are requested to notify Mr Malone by mid-day on Friday at the latest*

IN THE NORTH.

OLD BOYS A BEAT B. Ini aJ comparatively low' scoring match! the! A Team of the Old l Boys jijst worn from B by 10 runs, getting the latter out just oh time. Bewley, Brown and Brodie for the winners, and. K. Fookesi for the losers, played well. Scores were a.s below': OLD boys a. Bottrill, b Taylor 5 Brow'n, ib Strombom 24 Eggleton, 1.b.w., b Strombom 11 Bewdey, b Strombom 38 Papps, c Taylor, b Strombom ...... 1 Brodie, c and b Strombom 23 Kerr, b Strombom 0 Saxton, o Taylor, b Strombom, ... 4 TVynyard, b I. TV. Palmer 0

Groombridge, not out 6 Pniden, aJ. Palmer, bJ. Palmer 0 Extras 6 . Total 118 Bowling analysis.—l. TV. Palmer two wickets for 26 runs, Taylor one fpr 30, Strombom .seven for 23. OLD B.OYS B. O. Lash, b Bottrill H K. Fookes, b Bottrill 23 I. TV. Palmer, run out 2 Strombom, run out 9 Taylor, b Bottrill 6 Ewart, b Eggleton 8 J. Palmer, e Brodie, b Eggleton ... 1 Pope, b Eggleton 16 O. Dinniss, c Bewley, b Eggleton 15 Ford, not out .- 0 Fowler, st. Brodie, b Bottrill 11 Extras 6 Total 108 Bowding analysis.—Bottrill four wickets for 60 runs, Eggleton four for 42. WESTERN PARK v NEW PLYMOUTH.'

Only oiie inhings w r as played, the former getting 135 when rain stopped play. Score: WESTERN PARK. Lawrey, c sub, b Kinsella 'lO Young, c and b Kinsella 3 Jones, c Sheppard, b Burns 2 Grayson, b Kinsella 16 Ratcliffe, b Kinsella 2 Dykes, c Burns, b Allen 25 Mason, not out 40 Quickfall, b Burns 27 Webster, c Sheppard, b Burns ... 0 Forrester, run out 0 Des Forges, c Burns, b Cottier ... 3 Extras 1 Total 135 Bowding analysis: N. Kinsella four wickets for 50 runs, Burns three for 41, Allen one for 21, Cottier one for 9. PRIMARY SCHOOL MATCH. On Saturday morning a cricket team representing the Ngaere .school played lilio Stratford school at Stratford, the latter winning by, 20 runs. POSITION OF TEAMS. Old Buys, with nine .matches .played* have 17 points; Park iseven played, 13 points; Old Boys B, nine played,- 13 points. COUNTRY MATCHES. STX TVIOKETsHfOR NO! RUNS. Tikorangi v. Fgmonth Village match, was drawn, the former .scoring 1.97 (for eight wickets), 01.O 1 . Foreman 63. and the latter 78 for four wickets. Tarurutangi, 48, beat Bid x ton bv‘ 15 runs on the first innings. Jn this match extraordinary bowling averages were made, Sutton for Village, getting no less than .six wickets without a> run being scored and yet bis side lost. A. Giddy took four for 17 and. seven for 18 and L. Bishop five for 15. TFJA:MRi SELECTED. Hie following player's have been selected to .represent the North Taranaki | Country Orickef Association against South Taranaki on Saturday, March 19: A Team.—O. Foreman, TV. Shallard, P. Sarten. K. Lye, O' Foreman iTi kora ngi), Gilmore (Brixton). N. Gibson, M. Taylor, Fletcher (Elgmont Village), Stan Giddy, L, Bishop (Tarurutangi). This team plays the Smith Taranaki A teahii at. Brixton. B Team. —A. Foreman, B. Foreman, -T. Cbrbett-.' R. McKenzie (Ttikorangi), J.' Giddy, G. Giddy, R,. Sampson, K. Parkins (Bell Block). T.. Potter, S. Sampson (Tarurutangi), L. Jury (Brixton). Emergencies: R. Giddy and A. Irving (Brixton). Thi s team plays South Taranaki juniors at Hawera.