CRICKET

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 3 December 1928, Page 6

CRICKET

NORTH TARANAKI WINS. SOUTH’S GOOD SHOWING. Although beaten by 70 runs in tlie> game agMnst North. Taranaki at Isew Plymouth cm Saturday, tho fc»outh teaiii made a really good showing, and critics were favouraUiy impiessed with the performance. In fielding especiailly, the Visitors gave a delightful exhibition and repeatedly drew loud applause front the spectators. Not one catch was missed, several of the clmnces accepted being of a very hot order. The crround work, and especially the returns to the wicket, was without flaw and althongli the North fie .din:,, was’auite oaod, the home team was eclipsed in all departments of the outnlsvv fov "th© visitors. _ 1 ‘-This is the best turned out and most promising side the .South has sfcnt up, was the comment of Mr C. G Bott-nll, all' old Taranaki representative, and now a member of the Taranaki executive The coach, Mr B. B WJtson, also expressed himself as delighted with the showing of the team, particularly at the inclusion of so many young and promising players. ‘ A great improvement on last year’s team which we met at Hawera.” said Mr Wilson. ft you keep oh like that von wall, build up a fine side in the South. North Taranaki’s score of 212 was well distributed, lime of the batsmen reaching double figures, B. B. Wilson and Lash, the first wicket partnership, making over 40 each and paving the way for the team’s success. , In South’s ifillings for 142, the first seven batsmen all blayed confidently, among them being Stuxrock Who had the misfortune to twist his knee, this putting him out of the game. He was bat-tin o' very -well and looked like making a '"'good score When the. accident happened. THE PLAY DESCRIBED.

AVinning the toss, the South captain (Thomas) decided to bat, and opened with Barker and Young Both played carefnllv against a steady attack, takincr advantage of anything loose .to force runs.' Young, after making eight, in attempting to block a good lenrt-h ball from Haughtou, struck hy* pacT with the bat, resulting in lus playing too late anti over the ball to be bowled. Cheevers fol..owed and played steadily, being applauded when lie swung an over-pitched ball front Naismith into the terraces. He s-ueei.m-bedl soon after, however, to Foreman, being clean bowled by an apparently simple straight ball which filing .m .the am, causing him to miss-time it. Lay followed, and played bright cricket until he was caught at cover by foreman oft a hard drive which otherwise would have earned a four. Petersen, who followed, was very free and confident, jumping out to drive both bowlers frequently. When eight however, fie hit over Nasmith and was bowled Hughes cam© next and drove Nasmith for tyvo, later hooking the same bowler to the fence for four. Twice in the next over lie made dangerous strokes when jumping out to drive, lifting the ball just out of reach of the fieldsmen. Barker, who had played carefully from the commencement, was well set and in trying to force the: score hit over Ewart-, to be wed stumped by Hayward. Stu-rrock partnered Hughes, and runs began to come more freely, when Situr-rcck, after hitting a boundary, twisted his kneein turning around, and had to be carried off the field, being unable to take further part in the game. Beere t-ook his place, and .scored a- four, being given out l.b.w. from, the last ball before lunch. ' ~ . , The score at the lunch adjournment was 100 for six wickets. _ lOn the resumption of p-.a-y, Uhadnnclc, accompanied Hughes to the crease, but wars bowled by Ewart without openly) cr his account. Wilson followed, andi after making three hit an easy catch off Clarke. which was held by Lash. Thomas was the last batsman in, and was content to keep hiis end up for Hughes- to -score. Hughes was appreciating Nasm.it!i and off two sucr-esrive balls placed him for a four and a six. Both batsmen were troubled b>- f'larke, who was bowling really well -and they were content to store an occasion asingle off him. Thomas, after playing hinT stubborn !v for several overs, eventually succumbed to a swinging oaH-l from” the off and the innings closed fat 142. NORTH TARANAKI BAT.

Wilson and Lash opened tor -North, facing tlie bowling or (JhadwicK and A. \\ ilson. Runs began to come quickly, both batsmen scoring m-ei\ with hooks to leg. A double change of Lay and Cheevers did not cneei\ the rate, of (scoring, and Witsou nit Cheevers for a six into the far terraces. Hughes relieved Cheevers and. sending up slow spinning bails Hum leg, saw Wilson caught by Teterson on the boundary. Nasmith, was next in, only to lose Lash in the following over, scamped by Tliomas oii Jrtuglies. Nasmith made a sound 24 before intmg i.ay to tieerc. Clarke played much more steaaily ton usual, anu lost his wicket only when iie opened out. He went to lift toe slow bowler Wilson out of the ground, hut the hall fell short, and though it was a fine, hearty crack, i„ay held him saioiy near the boundary. Ewart was rather unlucky On his appearance at the wicket lie was treated to a bumping bail, which he lifted back to the; bowler. The third wicket fell at 139, only three runs short of the South total, so. as a second innings was out of the question owing to the time, the last seven batsmen did not have much responsibility. 0. Foreman and Speclding both made use:ul stands, the former playing freely, while the latter was patient. The crowd, who became a little impatient when runs did not come freely, were pleased when Brown came in. The held opened out and the batsman soon rattled up 21 runs. He then li.ted one too short, and Young took an excellent catch. Hauglitoh entered into the spirit of the moment, attempted to lift the ball out of the ground, and was stumped. Hayward was bowled before opening his account. Hookes made 11 beiore Hughes howled him, and Speckling secured a welldeserved not out for 20.

Hugiies secured the best bowling figures with three for 3d. The fielding of the South team was very smart, especially that of Young. A feature Was the catching in the outfield.

Beta ils are: SOUTH TARANAKI. H. Barker, st, Hayward, I) Ewart 29 T. Young, li Haugliton C J. Cheevers, 'l> Foreman 13 S. A. Lay, c ioreman, l> Haugliton L) Petersen, b Nasmith 3 H. I). Hughes, not out 43 C. St.urroek, retired hurt > Beere, 1.b.w., b Nasmith L J. Chadwick, b Ewart 0 A. M. W ilson, c Lash, |> Clark© ... 3 W. Thomas, b Clarke 3 Byes * J.eg byes Total *42 Bowling analysis: Fookes took no wickets for 12 runs, Haugliton two for 23, Ewart two for 4b, O. Foreman one for 11, Nasmith two for 37, Clarke| two for nine.

Tall of wickets: One for 8, two for 32, three for 68, four for 79, jive for 79 six for 100, seven for 10b, eight for 115, nine for 142. One batsman retired hurt. NORTH TARANAKI. B. B. Wilson, o , b Hughes 4-_> C. Lash, st Thomas, b Hughes ... 4/ O. M. Nasmith c Beere, b Lay ... C. G. Clarke, e Lay, b Wilson ... lj> G. Ewart, e and b Barker 0 O'. Foreman, c Hughes, b Lay ... to E. Spedding, not out H At Brown, o Young, b Cheevers -L G.’ W. Haughton, st. Thomas, b Cheevers - » AY. Hayward, b Lay tu I-I. F. Fookes, b Hughes tt Byes ? Leg bye _ Total ' ••••• 212 Bowling analysis: Chadwick took no wickets for 13 runs, A. M. Wilson one for 32 Lay three for 48, Cheevers two for 37’, Hughes three for 35, Beere none for 20, Barker one for . 13. Fall oi' wickets: One for 75, two lor 97, three for 139, four for 139 five for 142 six for 162, seven lor 193 eight for 194, nine for 195, ten for 212. PATEA v. HAWERA. NARRQAV AVIN FOR SOUTH TEAM. Patea sent -a team to Hawera on Saturday, and after an interesting contest,”in which the features were the good batting of Paterson 32, Higgins 31 (not out), and Lord 20, and the o-ood fielding; of both* teams, victory went to the visitors by a- margin ot j four wickets and nine runs m a one innings match. Scores are as- below: HAWERA. Hobday, e Herbert, b Paterson ... 19 Gyde, e Zimmerman, b Nansett ... 19 McKenzie, c Zimmerman, b Paterson “ Fail-weather, b Zimmerman .<• lo Stevens-, c James, b Higgins 3 Malone, b Higgins 8 Buckeridge, b Nansett ■“ Moloney, b Nansett * Galvin, run out 17 Gower, 1.b.w., b Zimmerman 7 McNaughtou, not out £ Extras ° Total .....1........ 104 Bowling: Nansett three wickets for 32, Zimmerman two for 34, Higgins two for 15, Paterson two for 19. PATEA. Lord, 1.b.w., b Fairweather 20 Paterson, c Moloney, b Malone 32 Morrison, b McKenzie- 10 Zimmerman, c and b Malone .. 1 Nansett, c Fairweather, b McKenzie 5 Higgins, not out 31 Wills, c Gower, b McKenzie 1 Herbert, not out Extras 8 Total for six wickets 113 Bowling: McKenzie three, wickets for 29, Malone- two for 20, Fairweather one for 14, Stevens none for 14, Gyde none for 24. TOWN v. COUNTRY. AVIN FOR LATTER TEAM. THOMAS ’S FINE BOWLING.

The annual match between teams representing. the Town and the Country was -played on iSaturday at Hawera and resulted in a decisive win for the latter by a margin of no less than 181 runs. Thomas, of Okaiawn, bowling a fine length and getting some work on the ball, completely overcame the opposition and went through with the remarkably good average of nine wickets for only' 19 runs, thus repeating his performance of the last; club match. Town—it. was solely a Hawera team. —could make but 44 runs, and of .these 34 were made by Milrov (16), Nielson (11) and Busin-tr (7 not -out.). Their bowling also proved ineffective and Country reaped a rich harvest totalling 225 before the last wicket fell. S. Betts, playing attractive cricket, ran to 61 before he was caught by Milroy. With Abbott (23) and V. Betts he had two fine partnerships, and in addition Atkins (37), F. Young (20) and Donnelly (19) gave the team a capital start. Scores were as below:— TOWN. Maloney, e Penny, b Thomas 1 Milrov, c and b Thomas 16 Giblin, l.b.w-., b Thomas 0 Hayes, run out .. 6 Jennings, b Thomas 2 Ncilsen, b Thomas H L. Walker, b Thomas 4 Smith, b Thomas 1 AVhitchead, b Thomas 0 Busing, not out 7 Paecy, b Thomas 0 Extras - Total 44 Bowling analysis: Thomas took nine wickets for 15 runs; Donnelly, none for 14; Penny, none for 10; Twist, none for six. (COUNTRY. Atkins, c Jennings, b Haves 37 F. Young, c Nielsen, b Paccy ..... 20 Donnelly, e Busing, b Haves 19 Penny, b Busing 4 Thomas, b Busing 9 Abbott, b Busing 23 S. Betts, c Milroy, b AVhitehoad . . Cl. Twist, 1.b.w., b Maloney 2'. A r . Betts, b Nielsen 27 j Hopkins, c Busing, b AVhitchead . . 5 j Harrison not out 0 Extras IS j Total 225 j Bow-ling analysis: Giblin took no wickets for 42 runs; Pacev, 'one for 29; Busing, three for 44; -Hayes, two for 27; Maloney, one for .14; Jennings, none for 19; Nielsen, one for 10; Whitehead, two for 24.

HAWKE CUP. ELIMINATING MATCH. TARANAKI v. "WANGANUI. The Taranaki team lias been selected by the selectors (Messrs. J. Brown and F. G. Treweek) to play against Wanganui in a Hawke Cup eliminating match at. Wanganui next Friday and Saturday as follows: C. N. King,stone (North). C. G. Clarke (North). C. Lash (North). 0. M. Nasmith (North). W. E. Alexander (North). L. Pet-tv (North). R. B. Wilson (North). H. Barker (South). J. Cheevers (South). S. A. Lay (South). H. D. Hughes l (South). Reserves. —W. Hayward, H. W. Brown, E. Spedding, K. Gibbons (North),

The selectors state that G. Ewart and H. Fookes (North) and T. Young j (South) were not considered, as they j had definitely intimated that tUey J would not be available. > The only Southern men selected are from Hawor.a, two from Old Boys, one each from High School and- Midland. These four were the only players to do any good -against North on Saturday. Hughes wits top scorer (unbeaten) for South, and shared with Lay the- bowling honours. @ .. . The New Plymouth members of the - team will leave by the afternoon train for AVanganui on Thursday, and the South Taranaki members will probably go south by sen-ice car on Friday morning. The team will stay at the Hotel Braeburn in AVanganui, and will probably return by service car on Sunday. NORTH TARANAKI. SENIOR B GRADE. In a senior B grade match on Saturday in North Taranaki, School with 113 runs beat Methodists, 36 and 76, by an innings and one run. For School, Palmer took nine wickets for 16 runs in five overs. AVAIRARAPA BEATS SOUTHERN HAWKE’S BAY. IBy Telegraph—Bress Association.) DANNEVIRKE, Dec. 1. The Hawke Cup eliminating trial match between Southern Hawke’s Bay and AVairarapa was won by the latter by 269 runs. In the second innings Av'airarapa declared with eight wickets down tor 322. AA’hitburn made 63, Morton 64, and Eailoon 59. Requiring 435 to win, Southern Hawke’s Baymade 165, Stephens contributing 66, AVilde 29, Cottier and Miller 15 each. Renna for AVairarapa took six wickets in the second innings for 24. HAWKE’S BAY BEATS POVERTY BAY. NAPIER, Dec. 2. The Hawke Cup preliminary match between Poverty Bay and Hawke’s Bay resulted in an easy win for Hawke’s Bay by eight wickets, Hawke’s Bay thus gaining the right to issue a challenge to the holders of uie trophy (Manawatu). Poverty Bay scored 183 in their second effort, Scholium 26, Robertson 51 and Dew 33 being the chief scorers. Hawke’s Bay required 37 to win, and lost two wickets before compiling them. Evans (22) and Elliott- (14), the not out men, brought up the necessai-y total. In the first innings Poverty Bay made 192, Hawke’s Bav replying with 343. SHEFFIELD SHIELD MATCH. ' SOUTH AUSTRALIANS BIG SCORE. United J ess Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.! ADELAIDE, Dec. 2. In the Sheffield Shield match. South Australia made 582 in their first innings-, the score being only eight less than the record made by South Australia in a Sheffield Shield match in 1910. Hone made 137 and AVhitfield 66. Bowling, Morton took two wickets for 139; Eibeling, two for 130; Mnllett, four for 147; Lansdown, two for 43. AHetoria has lost three wickets for 123 in the first innnings, Onyons not out 53.