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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 14 January 1929, Page 6

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SOUTH TARANAKI COMPETITION. ' SATURDAY’S MATCHES. INTERESTING CONTESTS. Saturday provided one of the most interasting days yet experienced this season in the. cricket chaimpionship competition in South Taranaki. The alfternoon -was marked by heavy scoring, im/ soime cases combined with effective bowling in others, and generally good fielding, altogether a fine exhibition of cricket. Two teams topped the 200 mark in their scores, Old Boys against Kaponga runinng to 235 before the last wicket fell, while Stratford did better and had 205 on the; board for only five wickets against School, and then declared. In the •Okaiawa-MicHamds match, the former gained the narrowest of wins by a margin of two runs. For the latter Neilsen had the distinction of getting a -hat-trick. In a low scoring game Excelsior had a- thr eei-point win from Eltharn, Hopkins and Domneily alone getting double figures in either innings, and Excelsior also had a similar experience, Hughes and Crombie being the j only batsmen to score over ten runs. | BEST INDIVIDUAL SCORES. Jordan (Old Boys), 64. Cheevers (Old Boys), 59. Richardson (Stratford), 50. Barker (High School), 49. Colo (Stratford), 41. Court (Stratford), 41 'not out. Josephson (Kaponga), 41. Giblin (Midlands), 33. Crawford (Okaiawa), 33. Harrison (Kaponga), 33. SUCCESSFUL BOWLERS. Hayes (Old Boys), seven for 28. Treweek (Excelsior), six for 11. Busing (Excelsior), six for 18. Giblin (Midlands), five for 35. Gatton (Stratford), five for 26. STRATFORD BEAT HIGH SCHOOL. By thei narrowest of margins' Stratford failed to secure the three-point win they desired and planned for in declaring with 205 runs- on the score- sheet. There were only a few minutes toi go and School’s last men were batting when time was called. Stratford, batting first, scored rapidly and soundly, Richardson: find Cole putting -on nearly 90 before being separated. Court, Young and Hamilton carried on and -only five wickets were down when 205 .was reached and the skipper decided to declare. Faced with a big hurdle, School batsmen, with the exception of Barker and Guy, were unable to do much against' good bowling. Barker went in first and played throughout the- innings for 35, while Guy played soundly for 11. Following on School had lost nine wickets for 62 when time- was up. Barker again batted excellently and put on 49 out of a total of 62. The scores were:— STRATFORD. Richardson, -b . Barker 50 Cole, c and b Barker 41 Court, not out 41 F. Young, st Thomas, ib Guy .... 28 Hamilton, played on, b Stevens .. 22 Laurie, c Turnbull, to Wills 2 , Gatton, not out 6 Extras 15 Total (for 5 wickets- dec.) .... 205 Bowling analysis—Barker, two- wickets for 35; Thomas, none for 28; Pacey, none for 53; Stevens, one for 33; Wills, one for 27; Guy, one for 14. HIGH SCHOOL. First Innings. Barker, not out 35 Thomas, c B-eer-e, b Cole- 0 Turnbull, c Richardson, to Hamilton 1 Duke, c Young, b Hamilton 0 Wills-, b Cole 0 Guy, c Young, b Laurie 11 Stevens, b Hamilton 1 Pacey, b Beere 4 Lewis, c‘ Laurie-, to Gatton 4 Beamish, b Gatton 0 Thomas, c Soundy, to Gatton 2 Extras 5 Total 63 Bowling analysis—Cole, two- wickets for 3; Hamilton, three- for 20; Beere, one for 11; Gatton, three for JL3; Young, none for four; Laurie, one-'for six; Hancock, none for one. Second Innings. Thomas, c Irving, to. Gatton 1 Barker, c Eaohirds-on, to Soundy .. 49 Turn-bull, not out 5 i Duke, c Court, b Young 1 Wills, to Gatton 0 Guy, c Court, to Gatton 0 Steivems, to Gatton 0 Pacey, to Gatton 2 Lewis, run -out 2 Beamish, not out 0 Thomas, not . out 0 Extras 2 ' Total (for nine wickets) .... 62 \ Bowling analysis—Gatton, five for ; 26; Hajrcoek, noen for two-; Hamilton, ‘ none for 11; Beere, none for seven; .Young, one for 10; Soundy, one for . four. OKAIAWA v. MIDLANDS. * ! Two runs alone separated the 1 Okaiawa and Midlands totals in the , first innings in which the decision was , made in their fixture. The losers made " 80 and Okaiawa’s last wicket fell at ' 82. Three of the Midland’s batsmen - secured double figures, but more than i" half the Okaiawa total was made by , 'Crawford (33) and Penny (19). Neil- - sen and Giblin shared the bowling honours for Midlands, the former having tho honour of a hat trick and each getting five wickets. -Crawford and - Thomas for the 'Okaiawa team each - got four. Continuing, Midlands lost j -eight wickets in the -second innings for - 105. ( The scores were:— j MIDLANDS. Frist Innings. Neilsen, e Murdoch, to Crawford .. 13 Giblin, b Penny 0 B. McCarthy, c Martin, b Thomas 5 McKenzie, b Thomas 0 J. McCarthy, e Penny, 1> -Crawford 8 Jennings, c Crawford, b Penny .. 8 Maloney, 1.b.w., b Thomas .' 12 Buekeridge, c and b Crawford .... 14 -Malone, e Martin, b Thomas 4 Stevens, b Crawford 2 Hawke, not out 4 -Extras 10 Total ..................... SO

Bowling analysis: Penny took two wickets for 13 runs; Thomas, four for 25; Linn, none for 10; -Crawford, four for 21. -Second Innings. Giblin, b Thomas 33 Jennings, b Thomas 3 MeKcnzie, b Crawford 3 B. McCarthy, c -Martin, to Thomas 13 J. McCarthy, to Thomas 3 Maloney, run out 0 Neilsen, not out 1° Malone, b (Hughes 1° -Buekeridge, b Ramsay 0 Extras 4 Total 105 OKAIAWA. First Innings. Penny, b Giblin 19 Atkinis, e and b Giblin • •. • 3 Crawford, e McKenzie, b Neilsen 33 Hughes, b Neilsen 3 Murdoch, c Malone, b Neilsen ... 0 Linn, b -Neilsen 1 Wilkie, e McKenzie, b -Giblin .... 7 Barclay, e J. McCarthy, b Neilson 4 Ramsay, b Giblin 0 Martin, not out .....' 1 Extras 6 Total 82 Bowling analysis: Giblin took five wickets for 35 runs; J. McCarthy, none for four; McKenzie, none for 21; Neilsen, five for 16. OLD BOYS BEAT KAPONGA. An interesting contest between Old Boys and Kaponga was marked by capital batting, solid bowling and sound accurate fielding, making one oi the best displays this season. Kaponga opened strongly, Josephson and Abbott putting on 59, and Harrison 33, and three wickets only being down for nearly a century. The remainder of the wickets, however, fell rapidly, Hayes being right on the spot and getting seven for 28. The innings closed for 124. . Old Boys opened batting fairly well, but Cheevers and Milroy were then associated in an effective partnership, and later Cheevers with Jordan rattled up the runs at a great rate and put on over -sixtv runs for the fifth wicket. Lav, Dowdle and Barker carried on well and the last wicket fell for 231. Cheevers was very sound and punished loose balls unmercifully. He scored well all round the wicket, hit a sixer and six fours while Jordan also got a six and three fours. The scores were : KAPONGA, Josephson, b Hayes 41 Abbott, c Jordan, b Cheevers 18 V. Betts, b Maloney ‘ Twist, c Jordan, b Hayes 2 Harrison, b B.»yes 33 Sadler, c Jordan, b Hayes G Abbott, b Hayes '* Plunkett, e and h Hayes * Free, c Cheevers, b Hayes * Hill, q Hayes, b Cheevers Dawson, not out Elxtras Total 12i Bowling.—Lay no. wickets for 51 runs; Clheevens, two for 15; Maloney, on© for 20; Hayes, seven for 28; Barker, none for eight. OLD BOYS. Maloney, c Abbott, to Twist ? Milroy, b Josephson Cheevers, b Sadler L. Walker, c Abbott, b Josephson o Hayes, c Betts, b Josephson Jordan, q Josephson, b Abbott ... <4 Lay c Betts, b Abbott rP Dowdle, b Josephson Barker, c Plunkett t. Free 20 A. Walker, c and b Abbott 2 Hart, not out i Extras 0 Total 231 Bowling. —Twist one wicket for 29 runs; Josephson, four for 9o; Harrison, none for 30; Sadler, one foi 33, Abbott, three for 24; Free, one foi two. EXCELSIOR DEFEAT ELTHAM. After compiling only three more ruins than Elltham in their first innings at Eltha-m. the Excelsior (Hawera) team eventually won tliei match with a margin of live wickets. Practically on even terms. Elitham appeared to- have a fair chance of victory on commencing the second' innings, but Treweek -and Busing were right on the spot, and they dismissed them for only 26 nmfi. Hopkins (20) and (Donnelly (13) were the only Eltliam batsmen to- reach douh-le figures, and in the face of doad--jly trundling of Busing (ten wickets for 32) Hughes (four for 20) and Treweek (six for 12) must be considered extremely lucky. Hughes (19) and Crombie (11) were Excelsior’s highest scorers. On the other hand, the homing of Donnettlv (four wickets for 16 .and three for 6) and Arthur (two for 10) allowed of no liberties. Requiring only 26 runs to win, the visito-ris secured 2S for the loss of five wickets. The scores were:— ELTHAM. First Innings. Hopkins, b Busing 20 Bon-ikc. b Busing 4 C. Walker, c Gvde, to Busing 0 Donnelly, c Busing, b Hughes 1 Gover, to Hughes 4 Kerr, o Crombie, b Busing * Gower, b Hughes 4 Arthur, not out 6 Barnard., c Mills, b Busing 3 R.yburn c Foster, b Hughes 0 J.‘ Ave-rv. st. Crombie, to Busing ... 0 Extras ► 6 Total •••• 44 Bowling.—Busing, -six wicKet-s for 18 mnw; Hughes, four for 20. Second Innings. 110-pkins, b Treweek 2 Arth-ur. c GaDvin. to Treweek 8 Ryburn, b Tre week 0 Donnelly, b Treweek 13 Walker, b Busing 0 Gover. b Busing 0

3 Kerr, b Treweek . Or Gower, c Treweek. b Busing ...... 1 r Bourlce, b Busing 0 Barnard, not out 0 Avery, c McNaughton, b Treweek 1 Extras 4 3 '— S Total 26 5 Bowling.—Busing, four for 14 ; Tre--3 week, six for 11. 3 EXCELSIOR. “ First Innings. 3 Mill®, b- Donnelly 2 3 Galvin, b Hopkins o , C-rofnbie. thrown out 2 1 Foster, b Donnelly .. 0 I Hughe®, b Arthur 19 J Hobday, b Arthur 0 Treweek. b Donnelly 1 Gyde, run out 6 , Busing, b Donnelly 0 i, McNaughton. c Hopkins, b Gower 7 » * Pine, not out 3 ' Extras I 1 Total 47 » Bowling.—Hopkins, one wicket for \ 9 runs; Donnelly, four for 16; Arthur, * two for 10; Bou-rke, none for 2; Gower. , one for 4. ; . Second Innings. 3 Crombb. not out 11 “ Hughes, c Donnelly, b Arthur 1 2 Foster, 1.b.w., b Donnelly .: O 3 Mil'i-s, c Bonrxe, b Donnelly 5 3 Pine, e Walker, b Gower 1 . [Treweek, c Walker, b Donnelly ... 0 Gyde. not out o Extras - 5 Total for five wickets 28 Bowling,—Donnelly, three wicket® 4 for 6 runs; Arthur, one for 8; Go-weir, y one for 4: Hopkins, none for 2; Walk.l er, none.for 3. f IN NORTH TARANAKI. There were two interesting contests ; at New Plymouth on Saturday, when - Old Boys gained a narrow win from - Park, the outstanding feature being a 1 fine catch by Brown on the boundary, - the fine recovery of Parle, and the forceful and brilliant -batting of Old , Boys in the second innings. H. W. l Brown was specially vigorous, and in , his total of SO he hit two sixes and 1 six fours. Park scored 195 (Hart 42, i Jones 34, Randell 28), and Old Boys * had totalled in the first innings 199. 1 and in the second innings had 224 on - for six wickets when time was called. -) Lash contributed 50, Brown 40, K. 4 Fookes 30, Palmer 33, and Alexander e 29. Park’had in the first innings only 1 five to get to win with one wicket to fall, but Brown settled the result by taking a brilliant catch low down on the boundary. Old Bovs therefore won by four runs. L New Plymouth had an easy three- - point win over School, scoring 150 and 7 90 for seven wickets (declared), and 4 High School 66 and 68. 4 Old Boys now have a decisive lead 4 of five championship- points. 1 j . ; JUNIOR. GRADE. 4 Waitara 161 and 21 (six wickets) 4 beat Old Boys 36 and .1.24 lor nine 2 wickets (declared), and Band beat ~ High School B by an innings and 48 4 runs. Reid for Band scored 102 (reL tired). - PRIMARY SCHOOLS. Fitzroy 70 heat Convent 23, Sykes taking seven wickets for the winners. 7 3 SHEFFIELD SHIELD MATCH. ;) 4 NEW- SOUTH WALES MAKES 402. 2 4 ' ADELAIDE, Jan. 13. 3 In the Sheffield Shield match, New 4 South Wales in the first innings made 4 402 (Fairfax 36, Oldfield 26). Wall - took two wickets for 92, Carlton four 4’for 95, Grimmett three for 128, find 3 McKay one for 20. “ South Australia- in the first innings 4 have lost four wickets for 126 (Richard--5 son 27, Hack 24, Hone 28 not out). ; DEMPSTER’S DOUBLE CENTURY, r ____ (.By T«l«ieraph—Frew Association.) WELLINGTON, Jan. 12. In the cricket competitions to-day Old Boys made 180 against University, who lost four ivickets for 86 runs, i* Against Midland, Kilbirnie last seven u for 424 runs, Roberts making 52, 1 Grant 83, and Turvey 63 not out. Hutt ' made 293- (Ross 82, McGirr 59 not out) against Petone-, who lost three wickets y for 52 runs. [lnstitute 1-ost four r wickets for 462 against Wellington. j For Institute Banks mad© 116, Dempster 201, and Aitken batted well. I THE 1930 TOUR, ‘ PROPOSED CHANGE OF PLAN. [ (United Press Association —By Electric Telegrapb j Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) ; LONDON, Jan. 11. ; There is considerable support from > influental persons- here for the suggestion that the Australian cricketers in 5 1930, instead of playing Surrey and 3 Lancashire each twice, should play Players at the Oval and North England at Olid Trafford. It is thought that support from Australia _ would bring about the adoption of this sug--4 gestion.