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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 4 January 1928, Page 10

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HAWKE GUP. WANGANUI IMPROVES ITS POSITION. (h v TKI.KOIIAI'H —PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WANGANUI, Jan. 3. When play was resumed this morninn' in the Hawke Oup cricket match between Poverty Bay and Wanganui, the home side’s position was such as to give their supporters cause for pessimism, but the events of the day were very cheering to Wanganui, and when stumps were drawn for the; day the game was at a very interesting stage. It will be resumed to-morrow. Wanganui’s first innings yesterday gave only 198. The visitors replied with 175 for six wickets. The innings was completed this morning, the challengers being all out for 242. The Wanganui team’s second strike opened well, and 349 was on the hoard for e’oht wickets at the end of the day’s play. Details are: POVERTY BAY. First Innings. J. Scholium, b Hutchison 62 Bennett, b Holland 9 Lockett, run out 29 Forster, c and b Hutchison 4 Robertson, not out , 68 Thomson, 1.b.w., b Williams ...... 6 B. Scholium, c Thakabou, b Hutchison 0 Guthrie, b Holland 11 Fraser, b Hutchison 28 P. Dow, b Hutchison 10 E. Dow, c Wood, b Hutchison ... 1 Extras 23 Total 242 Bowling analysis-: Holland took two wickets for GO runs ; Hutchison, five for 49; Williams, one for 52. WANGANUI. First Innings , 198 Second Innings-. Orr, Hit wicket, b Bennett 26 Treadwell, b Bennett 0 Wood, b Robertson 5 j Holland, b Lockett 87 Thakabou, cJ. Scholium, bE. Dow 13 Kerr, c J. Scholium, b E. Dow ... 115 Williams, b Guthrie 12 Hutchison, cR. Scholium, b Forster 26 Sewell, not out 19 McAneny, not out 7 Extras 39 Total for eight wickets 349 PLUNKET SHIELD MATCHES. AUCKLAND DEFEATS OTAGO. AUCKLAND, Jan. 3. Auckland won the first Plunket Shield match of the season to-day by defeating Otago by six wickets. The j weather was again fine and the wicket i in perfect condition. I Otago took the, overnight score of 247 for six wickets to 315, Alloo being dismissed when only three short of the century. He had played a fine innings. Elmcs, the young left-hander. also hatted well'for 46. Bowley and Mills gave Auckland a good start, and' put on over 150 in a. fine opening partnership. This was followed by another good partnership between Anthony and | Cooper, which paved' the way for vietorv. As an exhibition of batting Mills’s innings this afternoon was the best of the match, but he was nof. against an adversity to the same extent ns were MeMuUan and Alloo yes terday. Otago nut up a great fight for victory. and . although defeated were by no means disgraced. Scores are: OTAGO. First Innings 197 Second Innings 315 AUCKLAND. First Innings 217 Second Innings. Bowley, c M -Miillan, h Torrance 63 Mills, It Torrance 89 Anthony, b Eastman 75 Player,* 1.b.w.. b Eastman 71 Cooper, not out 38 Garrard, not out 7 Extras 17 Total for four wickets 296 Bowling analysis: Torrance took two wickets for 72 runs; Eastman, two for 80; Alloo. none for 38; Elmos, none for 38; Douglas, none for 51.

WELLINGTON WINS FROM CAN- . TERBURY. WELLINGTON, Jan. 3. Wall in gt on defeated Canterbury in the Plunket Shield match 'by five wickets. In the first day’s play Canterbury had made 251 runs, in reply to which Welington made 405. In Canterbury’s second innings they had made 20S for seven wickets when stumps darwn. To-day, Hayes (43), who had retired injured the previous day, filled the gap. Ho started confidently and placed McGirr nicely to leg for two. Read also glanced the same bowler prettily for a I brace, but Babcock beat Haves 'badly. 242—9—48. McEwan was the last man. Read drove McGirr for four and ran into the thirties. McEwan played a similar shot off Badeock. Then came a period of quiet play until Bernau came on again at 255, and McEwan hooked him for three and Read for two. Read was then clean bowled bv Bernau. 261—10 | —34. I Wellington required 108 to win. | Dempster and Foley opened the inniings, Read opening the bowling.' The i second ball hit McEwan’s hands at I mid-on. 0 —1—0. Lowry was the newcomer. Page went on at the other end, and Lowry glanced him for four. In Read’s next over Lowry fell to a low catch by Roberts in slips. B—2—7. Airoy took strike and Foley glided Page for three. At 17 Merritt replaced Page. Airey drove him for two and four. He also square cut Read to the fence. Page missed Foley in slips off Read. Forty appeared after 25 minutes’ play. Airey was run out trying to steal one. 40 —3 —l9. Lambert was next and square cut' Merritt. Foley was placing his shots nicely. At 48 Page took the ball from) Merritt and Lambert hooked him for four. The next ball produced four

lives. The batsmen were going well. Lambert drove Read for two successive fours ,and at the luncheon adjournment, the score, was 78. *Vitli 30 runs required, Foley and Lambert continued the innings after luncheon. Lambert pulled Merritt for two, and was then caught at square leg 'by Gregory. 80 4 29. Badcock came next and runs came steadily, but Badcock was clean bowled by Read. 91 —5—7. ‘ * James went in at 2.45, when Wellington wanted eight to win. The scores are as follow: CANTERBURY. First. Innings Second Innings. G. R. Gregory, lbw, b Brice 58 L. M. Hamilton, b Bernau 14 E. ,T. Jacobs, lbw, b Bernau 0 M. L. Page, c James, b McGirr .... 21 D. C. Nixon, e Lambert, b Brice .. 19 W. E. Merritt, c Lambert, b Brice 0 W. Hayes, b Badcock 4S A. W. Roberts, c Lowry, b Brice. .. 30 C. E. Evans, c and b McGirr 14 R. Read, b Bernau 34 ,T. McEwin, not out y Extras 14 Total 261 Bowling analysis—Badcock took one wicket for 27 runs; Bernau, three for 09; Lambert, none for 28; Massey, none for 19; McGirr, two for 40; Brice, four for 44; Lowry, none for 20; Foley, none for fou^. WELLINGTON. First innings 405 Second Innings. C. S. Dempster, c McEwin, b Read 0 H. Foley, not out 28 T. C. Lowry, c Hamilton, ,b Read .. 7 W. F. Airey, run out 19 H. M. Lambert, c Gregory, b Merritt 29 F. T. Badcock, b Read 7 K. C. James, not out 12 Total (for five wickets) 110 Bowling analysis —Read took three wickets for 43 runs; Page, none for 21; Merritt, one for 50. NOMADS v. CANTERBURY COLTS. CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 3. The Nomads commenced a two-day match with the Canterbury Colts. The latter, batting first, made 218 (Hobbs 84, Bellamy 24, England 32 not out). Hamilton, four for 51, and Cameron, two for 15, were the most successful bowlers. When stumps were drawn Nomads had three wickets down for 32 runs (Chrystall 16).

WELLINGTON v. OTAGO. t WELLINGTON, Jan. 3. g The following team has been selected to represent Wellington in a special j match with Otago at the Basin Reserve p on Friday, Saturday and Monday next: t VV. S. Bx-ice (captain), H. M. McGirr, _ H. Lambert, C. S. Dempster, H. Foley, i- F. T. Badeock, H. J. Tattersall, H. B. 1 Massey, E. H. L. Bernau (Wanganui), . T. Heaney (Hawke’s Bay),W. F. Airey, r J. R. La mason (twelfth man). \. A CANTERBURY MATCH. CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 3. The match between South Canterbury - and Canterbury B was concluded tor day, the home team winning by 241 runs on the first innings. In reply to Canterbury’s 427, the visitors responded with 186 (Mason 15, . Grieve 24, Sullivan 25, Graham 56 not out). Gibbs secured three wickets for i 51 runs, Cunningham four for 38, and Hind-ley two for 51. Following on they made 54 for one wicket (Kano (not out 39). ! MATIYLEBONE v. SOUTH AFRICA. PROGRESS OF THE MATCH. CAPETOWN, Jan. 2. The Marylcbonc Cricket Club team •began a match against South Africa on the Ncwlands ground on Saturday and continued to-day. South Africa won the toss and sent England in and dismissed the side for .13,2. The South Africans compiled 250 in their first innings and second strike saw one wicket down for 220. On Saturday there was a -record crowd of 10,000 spectators. The weather was fine. The South African captain sent England in to bat as -the wicket seemed likely to be tricky -for the first hour. Bissett made an impressive return to representative cricket. Ho had been qff his form almost since his return from England in 1924. He bowled fairly fast and kept, a good length throughout. On Monday Freeman, bowling an impeccable length with big log -breaks, dominated South Africa’s innings. Nupen was sparkling and adopted “do or die’’ tactics. He batted 33 minutes and hit seven fours. The South African bowling in Marylebone’s second strike lacked sting -and the wicket, was easy. Details are: SOUTH AFRICA. First Innings. Taylor, hit wicket, b Freeman .... 68 Commailc, lbw, b Freeman 13 Cameron, c Geary, b Stevens -.... 19 On tt ora 11, b Hammond- 9 Morkel, b Freeman 36 Palm, c Stevens, b Freeman 2 Deane, c Stnnyforth, b Hammond 41 I Vincent, b Asti 11 13 Nupen, not out 39 j Bissett, b Hammond 3 Promnitz, run out 3 Extras 4 ' Total 250 Bowling analysis—Geary took no wic- , kefs for 50 runs; Hammoiid, three for 53: Freeman, four for 58; Stevens, one for 26; Peebles, none for 27; Astill, one for 32. j MARYLEBONE. First Innings. Holmes, b Bissett 9 Sutcliffe, c Nupen, b Bissett 29 Tyldosley, b Bissett 0 Hammond, lbw, b Morkel . 43 Stevens, c Cameron, l) Bissett .... 0 Wyatt, lbw, b Biss'ett 2

A still, lbw, b Vincent 2b SKanyforth, >b Vincont '• 4 j Geary, lbw, b Vincont 0 Peebles, not out .. 2 Freeman, st. Cameron, b Vincent .. 7 Extras 11 Total 132 Bowling analysis—Bissett took five wickets for 37 runs; Morkel, One for 20; Vincent, four for 22; Nupen, none for 10; Promnitz, none for 33. Second Innings. Holmes, c Vincent, b Nupen 88 Sutcliffe, not out 92 Tyldesiey, not out 24 Extras 16 Total (for one wicket) 220 SHEFFIELD SHIELD .MATCHES. VICTORIA DEFEATS SOUTH AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, Jan. 3. South Australia, in the second innings of the Sheffield Shield match against Victoria, made 283 (Schneider 143, Harris 74). Bowling, Morton took three for 57 and Ironmonger three for 67. Victoria Won h.v an innings and 35 runs. The weather was fine and the wicket good, hut scoring was painfully slow, the southerners fighting unavailingly to avert outright defeat. Schneider pla.ved a sound fighting innings and appeared well set when stumped.

QUEENSLAND v. N.S.W. SYDNEY, Jan. 3. The Sheffield Shield match was continued. Queensland, in the first innings, made 276 ( Lister 82. Noth ling 74), Gregory took two ror 63 ana Philips lour for 26. Queensland followed on and when stumps wete drawn had jour wickets down for 375 (lielisted 38, Higgins not out 174. Thompson 68, Rowe not out 30). Toe weather was fine and the wicket in good order. Lister and Nothlingon resuming batted cautiously, scoring against frequent changes of bowling until Phillips went on, when the wickets fell rapidly, the innings ending before the luncheon adjournment. /In Jt-he seoondll innings Queensland made a much better opening, although runs continued to come slowly. The batsmen, however, ’showed great confidence in tackling all loose ones. Thompson plajed a careful innings. Higgins, in partnership with Rowe, livened the rate of scoring. He was never troubled by changes in the bowling and made many fine shots, but lave no chances.