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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 5 January 1928, Page 3

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THE HAWKE CUP. RETAINED BY WANGANUI POVERTY BAY BEATEN BY 90 RUNS. (by telegraph— press association.) WANGANUI, Jan. 4. Wanganui successfully s taved off tlie Poverty Bay challenge for the Hawke Cup, winning the match by 90 runs. Wanganui had the first spell at the wickets on Monday. ‘They could onlyput up 198, Bennett’s bowling being in tlic main responsible for this.. The challengers went to the wickets shortly after the luncheon adjournment and at the call of time had put on 175 for the loss of six wickets by careful cricket. The innings was resumed in the morning, the challengers being all out for 242. The Wanganui team’s second, strike opened well and 349 Avas on the board for eight wickets at the end of the day ’s play. To-day Wanganui brought the overnight score to 383. Poverty Bay then went in and compiled 250, making their total 492. compared Avith Wanganui’s SSI. In Wanganui’s second strike Kerr top-scored Avith 115. Doaa’ took three Wanganui Avickets at the cost of _SO runs. Forster (56) and Scholium (54) were Poverty Bay’s chief batsmen in the second innings. Holland sent free batsmen a.A\ r ay for 64 runs, and of the cloA'en free Avere caught. Scores are: — 1 WANGANUI. I First Innings 1981 ‘Second Innings. Orr, hit Avicket, b Bennett 26 Wood, b Robertson 5 Kerr, e J. Scholium, b E. Doav .... 115 TreadAvell, b Bennett 2 Holland, b Lockett 87 Thakabou, c J. 'Scholium, b E. Doav 13 Williams, b Guthrie 12 Hutchison, cB. Scholium, b Poster 26 SeAvell, l.b.Av., b E. Doav 25 McAnney, not out 2o Harris, b Robertson 9 Extras 40 Total • • • 353 BoAvling analysis. —Lockett took one wicket for 74 runs, Robertson tAvo for 58, E. Dow three for 50, Bennett tAvo for 79, Guthrie one for 36, J. Scholium none for x2, Foster one for 36. POVERTY BAY. First Innings Second Innings. J. Scholium, c Thakabou, b Holland 54 Doav, l.b.Av., b Holland 2 Robertson, e and b Thakabou .... IS Thompson, b Holland 41 Forster, c Harris, b Holland 56 Bennett, b Hutchison 14 B. Scholium, c Harris, b Williams 5 Fraser, not out 11 Guthrie, c TreadAvell, b Thakabou 16 E. Dow, b Hutchison 4 Extras Total 250 Bowling analysis. —Holland took five wickets for 64 runs, TreadAvell none for 32, H. Williams one for 26, Hutchison two for 52, Wood none for 2, Thakabou |wo for 32. Orr none for 11.

QjU EIFINS'LAN D v. NEW SOUTH WALES.

BY CABLE —PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT SYDNEY, Jan. 4. Queensland, 'having made 2/6 in the first innings, made 590 in tlioi second (Higgins 179, O’Connor 32, Howe 14< , Oxen,ham 50, dough 42). sleN.ames too 1c two wickets for ltd runs, Morgen two for 95 and Bradman two lor 41. New South Wales, with a. score of 436 in the first innings, had lost one wicket for four runs when stamps were* drawn. Th© weather was fine and the wicket good, but in the' late, afternoon rain commenced. The batsmen dug themselves' in, playing very carefully in order to avoid an innings defeat. When that danger was removed the cricket brightened and the score mounted at a fairly fast rate, despite a great number of changes in the bowling. Rowe played a sound, careful innings but an easy chance of stamping him when 54 was missed by Lowe.

j AUCKLAND TOURING TEAM. MATCH AT MASTERTON. MASTERTON, Jan. 4. A team of Auckland colts commenced a match. Avitili a Wiaiarapa eleven to-day on a soft Avicket. Auckland in the first innings made 15S (Bush 59, Butler 30, Monteitb 25, Vivian 21). Phelps took three Avickets for 31 runs, Gee tAvo for 24. Wairairapa in the first innings made 86 (Burt 15, James 16). Fraser took, three Avickets for 27, Bush two for 14 land Webb itAvo for'37. SOUTH TARANAKI ASSOCIATION. EXECUTIVE MEETING. A special meeting of the South Taranaki Association, called to consider fixtures and other matters of interest, was held last evening in HaAA'era, Mr. H. R. Penny, president, being in the chair. There Avere also present : Messrs J. Nielsen, H. Hughes, J. Cheevers, Barker, Milroy and B. Malone (lion, secretary) The question of the duration of the matches in the second round Avas brought up at the instance of the Kaponga Club, which suggested that the teams be classified and that the A division play two-day matches. The Kaponga Club was not represented, and after some discussion it Avas resolved to continue the fixtures on the same lines as in the first round. In regard to the unplayed Old Boys v. Patea match an agreement had been made that unless it ivere played before the beginning of the second round it Avas to be awarded to Old Boys. The match was not played, and Old Boys will, therefore, gain three championship points. It Avas agreed to retain the hours or play as before, 2 to 7 p.m.; but for the second round it ivas decided that if both teams had not completed an innings on any match day, play be continued until 7.30 p.m. The question of • the match Avith North Country Association was considered, and it Avas decided to suggest Saturday. March 3, as the date of the annual fixture in HaAvera. It Aims resolved also to ask if a junior fixture was desired as well. Xu regard to a second JNortii v. South nratch. the meeting was favourable to its being held, and it Avas decided to write suggesting- the resumption of home and home matches. It was decided to suggest a match to be played at- the end of the northern fixtures. . A letter Avas received from the Bangitikei Association suggesting Wednesday, February 8, .as the date of the annual match and to this the associa tion agreed. A PROTEST. Tlie question of the treatment given the south representative, Cheevers, who was asked to play in the match in New Plymouth against Auckland, A\ r as discussed at some length, members agreeing that an explanation should be given. The .position Avas that Cheevers had been given a message on tliO i evening before tlie match that he was requested to play and accordingly Avent t-o. New Piymoutli. He avus informed there that the player Av.hoso place lie Avas to take had arrived. He was leaving for home Avlien lie Avas recalled to fill another vacancy and actually fielded most of the day. Then the second player returned and Ohee\ r ers AA'as asked to stand down. Members resented the treatment very much and though Cheevers himself would have favoured letting the matter drop, they insisted and a. resolution Avas carried to the effect _ that the drvisiou took strong exception to the i treatment meted out to the South Taranaki representative, avlio AA r a.s officially notified of his .selection for the match in New'Plymouth and that the association be asked for an explanation. GROUND COMMITTEE! CONGRATULATED.

The president offered hearty congratulations to the committee, Messrs. Nielsen, Malone and Col man who had been responsible for tlie preparation, ol the wickets for the matches against North Taranaki, and Auckland. Mr. Penny said he ,had previously nor. considered good wickets could be made without imported soil, but now he was convinced that this was possible because •the wickets had proved excellent, and one bad .actually played even better on the second day. The. .'.association owed tlie members of the committee a debt of gratitude and on Ids motion a hearty vote of thanks to them was carried.

IN SOUTH TARANAKI. COMPETITION MATCHES RESUME ON SATURDAY. After the spell of the holidays, the * senior fixtures, as published last week, will be resumed on Saturday afternoon. The matches are: Okaiawa v. Old Boys and Midlands v. Patea at Hawera ;' Excelsior v. Kaponga at Kaponga; High School v. Manaia at Manaia; Stratford v. Eltham at Stratford. TEAMS FOR SATURDAY. , ( Okaiawa —Betts, Atkins, Linn, Le Fleming, Martin, Wilkie, Crawford, Murdoch, Penny, Barclay and Thomas. Old Boys—Lay, Ckeevers, Hayes, Moloney, Walker (2), Jordan, Dowdle, Hughes, Johnson, McDonald. BRITISH BOWLING. NO' TERRORS FOR AUSTRALIANS. Received . 9.45 a.m. to-day. LONDON, Jan. 4.

The “Daily NeAvss” in a leader,” .sayis that the English selectors must have concluded that the Mary’ebone tourists hardly afford the nucleus of a team reare senting England for the next Australian tour. There is nothing in the boAvling that suggests terrors to Australian hatsmanship. If ivp desire to retain the honours, we must do much more than provide, lxnvlers to feed the monstrous averages of Ponsford, tno most remarkable and most licrtrt-hr^nk-ing machine ewer inA r ented. IN NORTH TARANAKI. Mr. C. G. Bottrill presided' at a meeting of the executive of the. North Division of the association at New Plymouth last night. The sole selector (Mr. R. L. Cooper) forwarded his resignation. He said it was apparent matters were not going as smoothly as in past years'. Regret was expressed in accepting the resignation, and a motion of thanks to Mr. Cooper for his past services was carried unanimously. In regard to coaching, it Aims resolved that the work be concentrated on‘the younger players, who would be nominated by the clubs. A letter of appreciation is to be sent to the Auckland Association, expressing appreciation of the A-isit of the colts’ team to Taranaki. The statements of receipts and expenses in connection Avith the recent outside fixtures showed that there was a. profit of £lO on the Hawke Cup match and a loss of £l3 7*S' 2d on the Auckland match. The gates were respec t reel y £74 and! £3O. _ . . A suggestion that a time limit be set on the Haivke Cup matches in future will bo brought before the Taranaki Association. In regard to the difficulty ivith the Umpires’ Association, a letter, of explanation is to he sent assuring the association that no slight was intended and that nominations liad been loyally accepted. ■ \