CRICKET

Hawera Star, Volume L, 1 December 1930, Page 6

CRICKET

SATURDAY’S MATCHES

GLORIOUS CONDITIONS MUCH EXCELLENT PLAY Saturday was almost am ideal day for the great sumlmer game, save for the persistent westerly wind that blew all day, and cricketers all over the province enjoyed the day to the full. (Spectators.''too, of whom there were a lar've Auinlber,'were able to enjoy the afternoon bn. the various grounds and to appreciate the many excellent features of the play It was quite the best d'aiv so far of the season. Ini 'Soilth Taranaki there: iwerc sev eral good)' scores made and much good ali-roundi play, but. it was very disappointing to see more faulty play in the field! than should'be the case and to realise that- teams threw away such excellent chances of victory bv bad fielding. :S. ! A. Lay had a wonderful record in bowling when 'he got a hat trick and a total of eight’ wickets for 12 runs, while Crawford (Okaiawa), .Sandford (Stratford) an'cl! 'Smith (Patea) wore not far behind him in their averages. Okaiawa had a decisive win over Haivera, They weht for a three-point victory, but good batting and! time spoilt "their chances: 'Old Boys A had no difficulty in' defeating Patea, while victory also rested with Kaponga and Stratford in their fixtures with School and Old Boys B. BEST SCO RES. Penny (Okaiawa), 74. Hughes (Hawera), 57 not out. Crawford (Okaiawa) 58. Cheevers (Old Boys), 44 and 41 not Out. Hayes (Old Boys), 34. Dowdle Old Boys), 31. H. Barker (Old! Boys), 33. Sagar (High School), 33. BEST BOWLING. iS. Lay (Old Boys), eight wickets for S. Betts (Kaiponga), seven for 14. _ D. 'Crawford (Okaiawa), seven for 2/. Sandford! (Stratford), six for Hi. Smith (Patea), six for 45. iStiist High School), five for 13.

OKAIAWA BEAT HAWERA.

PENNY AND CRAWFORD BAT WELL. The margin between Okaiawa and Hawera in the first innings was 127, more than enough to cause a follow-on by Hawera. ‘Okaiawa hoped to dismiss theif opponents before the call ot time ■but ! tKe-latter made such a good stand tb.it they were able to play-out time and to score 128 for the loss of only two widebts. Going in first, Okaiawa opened very poorly and three of the best wickets fell for only 15 runs. Penny and Thohiasi then were associated and took the score to 33 before the latter fell to a good ball by McKenzie. Crawford joined Penny land no less than 130 runs were added for the partnership. The factor to a great extent •responsible for this was the- failure of the fieldsmen to hole]!, catches 1 and eight or nine chances were not taken. Both batsmen shewed their .appreciation by continuing to hit hard and to steadily increase the score. When they went the’ rest did but- little, except Ne.wauann,' Who rattled up 15 in five strokes and the innings closed for the respectable total of 186. Bobsley, McKenzie and Fairweather divided the bowling, honours. Their averages should have been much better but for the* bad field work. Hawera opened well, 'Nielson and Young batting with much confidence. 'The latter, however, fell to a capital catch by Crawford from a full toss on the leg," which the batsman 1 just failed to time rightly. Crombie joined Neilson and batted* nicely till he reached 16, when Crawford found' a weak -spot in his‘defence. Hughes fell in a very similar way to ' Young, being well taken by Martin at square leg and then a; rot set in, the only batsmen to put up any opposition to' the bowling elf Penny and Crawford being Jennings 12 and Boesley ’P and.’ the innings closed at the small total of 59. There was only one extra and 'the ‘‘keeping' ’ oni both sides was very good. Crawford reaped a rich harvest of ■wickets, bowling unchanged with Penny and coming through with the tine average of seven wickets for 27 runs. His partner at the bowling crease got three for 31. Hawera in their second innings put up an excellent stand and at call of time had 128 on the board. Hughes

batted really well for his 57 and Nielson got 25, both showing good defence combined with'much power a'nid being unbeaten! when the match conicluded. Young and Jennings scored 17 each and both fell to the wiles of Penny, putting up fairly easy catches. Scores: OKAIAWA. First Innings. A. Betts, b Gibi'm 3 Penny, a Hughes, -b Boesley 74 Eden, b McKenzie 1 Watson, b McKenzie o Thomas, b McKenzie Crawford, c Cro'mbie, b Fairweather 5* Murdoch, b Fairweather 3 Linn, b Boesley ® Skipper, c Shaw, b Boesley 0 Ne'w'mann, b Boesley 45 Martin, not out ° Extras ' (i Total 436 Bowling.—Boesley four wickets for 23, McKenzie three for 14, Fairweather two for 31, Gi'blim one for 21, Crombie none for '3l, Nielsen none for 24, Jennings none for 36. HAWERA. First Innings. Nielsen, b Crawford! '4l T. Young, c Crawford, b Penny . / Crombie, b Crawford 46 Hughes, e Martin, b Crawford 1 Fairweather, c Murdoch, ib Crawford Goblin, 1.b.w., b Crawford ” Jennings, c. Betts, b Penny 4MeKenzie, b Crawford - Shaw, b 'Crawford Boesley, c and b Penny Hawke, not. out. 1 .Extras _/ Total 59 Second Innings, Young, e Betts, b Penny 4/ Hughes, not out Jennings, e Martin, b Penny .... 17 Nielson, not out. Extras Total - 4*-3 Bowling.—'Penny two for 26, Crawford none for 1'3," Thomas none for 25, Eden none for .10. Linn none for 3, Watson none for 10, Betts none fei ot.

OLD BOYS A BEAT PATEA HAT TRICK TO LAY. Old Boys' A team had an easy win from Patea, scoring nearly three times ns mnnv runs l as their opponents and winning" on a one-innings match by 121 runs. Going in! first" Old Boys opened very solid.lv, Moloney and Gray' putting on 48 before "being separated. Both then went •quickly and another good stand was made by Hayes, Lay and Hammond, who between them put on 69, Jordan and Dowdle were also associated' in a prolific partnership of 53 and them the end came soon, with the total at 183. Smith, .with six wickets' to his credit, was easily the most successful bowler. Patea> opened disastrously and five good wickets, fell for only seven runs. Paterson and Bowen then held up the rout fc'r a. time, putting on 41 runs. The rest, however, did but little, and with 62 on the board the last wicket fell. Lay was in great form and secured no: less, than eight wickets, his “bag” including a coveted hat trick. Patea went, in again and at call of time, had 19 on without the loss* of a wicket. Scores: — OLD BOVS A, First Innings. Moloney, :e. Palmer, b Jones 28 Gray, hit wicket, b Jones 1 T 9 Hayes, b Smith 34 Lay, b Palmer 21 Hammond, 1.b.w., b Jones 12 Walker, b ‘Smith 0 Jordan, b .Smith 22 Dowdle, e Reeves, b Smith 31 Lehclrum, e Paterson, b Smith .... 0 Clemojn', b Smith 4 Thrush, not. out 2 Extras. 10 Total 183 Bowling. —Smith six wickets, for 45, .Tones three for 66, Palmer one for 32, Paterson none for 30. PATEA, First Innings. Hamel, e Dowdle, b Gray 1 Gibbs, b Lay ' 0 Palmer, b Lay 3 Smith, b Lay 1 Reeves, b Lay 0 Paterson, 1.b.w., b Moloney .... IS Bowen, b Lay 23 Jones, .b Lay 6 Maule, not. out 8 Lord, ljb.w., b Lav 0 Rutherford, b Lay 0 Extras 2 Total 62 Bowling, —Lay eight for 12, Gray one for 20, Moloney one for 13. Hayes none for 15.

.Second Innings. Hamel, not out 1 Gibbs, not oT.it I*6 Extras 4 Total for no wickets 21 STRATFORD BEAT OLD BOYS B i CHEEVERS’ CONSISTENT PLAY. I Sandford’s bowling —six wickets for 16 runs—for Stratford against Old Boys B was largely the determining factor that gave victory to the former by the .small margin of 17 rums. The winners scored 129 and Old Boys 112, of which 97 were made by the first four batsmen. Old Boys began very well, the Barker brothers putting on 33 and Cheevers 44 and Sturroock 20 taking the total to 97. Then there was a sorry collapse and the rest put on only’ 10 runs and extras 5. Sandford was in rare howling from and was much too good for the latter Old Boys batsmen. Stratford also opened well, Hamilton and Turvey contributing 49 and, five other batsmen running into double figures, they headed the Old Box s total by 17 runs. . . Old Boys went in again and at call of time iiad lost .six wickts for 10/, the bulk of the ' runs being made by H. Barker and Cheevers. OLD BOYS B. First Innings. H. Barker, run out 20 W. Barker, o Hancock, )> Wilson 13 Cheevers, c Hamilton, b Donnelly 44 Sturrock, b Sandford ....! 20 Turnbull, b Sandford ‘ Milroy, c Gover, b Sandford 1 Pacey, b Sandford 2 Clapham, b Sandford 0 Perrett. b Sandford 0 Smith, b Sandford 0 Ogden, not out 0 Extras 51 Total 142 Bowling analysis: Sandford took six for 16. Donnelly two for 19, Hamilton none for 25, Wilson one for 41. Second Innings. Milroy c and b Wilson ® Sturroock, run out 0 H. Barker, c and b Wilson 33 Turnbull, b Turvey - Pacey, b Sandford ” W. Barker, 1.b.w., b Sandford ... 8 Cheevers, not out 44 Smith, not out • * 1 Extras 40 Total for six wickets 16' Bowling analysis: Wilson took two for 46, Sandford two for 26, Hamilton none for 5, Turvey one for 5, Donnell \ none for 15. STRATFORD. Hamilton, run out -j Turvey, b Pacey -L Gover", b Sturrock jit Sandford, b H. Barker 1 Donnelly, b Sturrock J? Collins, c and b Cheevers Wilson, c TV. Barker, bH. Barker b Gatton, c Smith, b Perrett 4j Young, not out 46 Hancock,' b Clapham " Extras _ Total 129 Bowling analysis: Cheevers took one for 25, H- Barker two for 35. Sturrock two for 31, Pacey one for 21, Perrett one for 10, Clapham one for 6. kaponga beat school S. BETTS’ GREAT BOWLING.

Scores were low in the match be tween Kaponga- and High School at Kaponga and the former won by the narrow margin of 13 runs. The feature of the day’s play was the allround form of S. Betts, who took no less than seven wickets for only 14 runs and, associated with tonkin, Make the hulk of the runs scored for his team. ,' , . , School began disastrously and quickly lost four wickets for 30 runs, Thrush alone making a stand. Wickets continued to fall till Surgenorstemmed the rout with a useful 13, and the innings closed for the modest total o 62. "Kaponga, on the other hand, opened exceedingly well and 34 was on the hoard before S. Betts and Tonkin were separated. No one else got into double figures, Buist, Thrush and Emmitt all bowling very well. . . School then went in again and, aftei knocking up 85 for six wickets, declared, leaving Kaponga with ,2 to get to win. Time was, however, too short for a three-point win and they scored 36 for two' wickets at drawing of stumps. Scores: _ HIGH SCHOOL. First Innings. Stewart, b Twist - Edwards, b Twist ... J Thrush, c Jefcoate, 1> Twist Jo Sagar, 1.h.w., h S. Betts Buist. 1.h.w.. h S. Betts <> Snrgenor, 1.h.w., b S. Betts ’ Whitehead. 1> S. Betts V Duke, b S. Betts ' Lee, h S. Betts r 1 Thomas, 1.h.w., b S. Betts « Emmitt, not out ' Extras Total 62 Bowling analysis: S. Betts took seven for 14, Twist three for 18, Jefcoate none for 19. Second Innings. Edwards, run out 4 Stewart, b S. Betts 0 Thrush, b S. Betts 4 Sagar, st. V. Betts, b Jefcoate ... 33 Surgenor, b S. Betts 0 Buist, c Tonkin, b Twist 0 Whitehead, not out 25 Duke, not out 4 Extras 15 Total for 6 wickets (declared) 85 Bowling analysis: S. Betts took three for 22, Twist one for 29, Tonkin none for 8, Jefcoate one for 10. KAPONGA. First Innings. S. Betts, c Surgenor, 1> Buist 23 Tonkin, b Whitehead 23 Y. Betts, h Thrush 0 Twist, 1.h.w., b Thrush 0 Jefcoate, h Buist- 0 Paseoe, c Ennnitt. b Buist 7 Plunket, not out 5 Bryant, e Emmitt. li Buist 0 Dawson, b Emmitt 1 Gamlin, h Emmitt 0 Philpotts, 1> Buist 0 Extras 7 Total 75 Bowling analysis ? Buist took five for 13, Etnmitt two for 4, Tlirush two for 19, Whitehead one for 31, Edwards none for 4. Second Innings. S. Betts, e Thrush, b Buist 15 Tonkin, c Sagar, b Buist 2 Y. Betts, not out 18 Extra 1 Total for two wickets 36 Bowling analysis: Buist took two for 19, Thrush none for 16.

JUNIOR MATCHES WIN FOR STRATFORD. Til a. junior game at Stratford, the Stratford Cricket Club’s junior team secured a. three-point win over the Stratford Technical High School team, which had not previously been beaten. Each team completed two innings. Stratford’s total being 116 as compared with High School’s 110. For Stratford Donnelly (37) and See (17) were the host batsmen while Sutton (19) and Sutton (11) were the strongest hats for School. IN NORTH TARANAKI SENIOR COMPETITION. High School scored well against, Park totalling 173 (Harding 52, Law 22. Loten 18)', to Park’s 75 for eight wickets at call of time. Morrison and Harding bowled very well for School, and Quickfall and Mason for Park. Old Boys made only 93 against the bowling of O. G. Clarke (four for ) and Groombridge (three for 20) for Ao\\ Plymouth. The latter replied with 1-8 for seven wickets (Nasmith 27, Kmsella. 32 Leech 19, Gibbins 3 9 and A. Clarke 45). Senior B. ]n the B grade IOTd Boys A. and 1 aik placed a draw. School beat New 11)mouth and Waitara won from Old Boys B. COUNTY MATCHES. In the county com’petition Tarurutangi easily beat Urenui by an innings, Brixton were too good by 96 ruivs over Tikovangi B and Egmont Pillage .beat Tikorangi A by the narrow maigm o 4 runs. VICTORIA’S BIG SCORE FIVE WICKETS FOR 562. WEST INDIANS UNLUCKY. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) MELBOURNE, Nov. 30. The weather was perfect yesterday for the resumption of the cricket match between the West Indies touring team and Victoria. On the picvious day the visitors had scored 21in the first innings and Victoria 13/ for the loss of two wickets. The \ ictovians remained at the wickets all day yesterday, advancing the total to 562 for five wickets. Conditions were in favour of the batsmen, aylio settled clown to play a solid game. The bowling was accurate, but lacked variety. The fielding was splendid, though the field was not well placed. Ryder was in 95 minutes. He hit four boundaries and was well caught at. deep leg. Ponsford wais painfully slow, scoring 160 in 209 minutes. Rigg also was much quieter than usual. The visitors were severely handicapped as Constantine. after bowling two overs, was unable to continue through a strained back, but they fielded brilThe crowd frequently heckled the batsmen for slow plav. Ponsford took 239 minutes to pass Headley’s score of 131, whereas Headley had taken only 141 minutes. When -the partnership had realised 200 Ponsford was well caught at mid-off. He hatted for 286 minutes and hit 13 fours, but lacked enterprise. Ri gg made his century in 459 min-j utes. P He then had a go at the bowline - and was missed at 126 by Headley at deeu leg off Griffiths, but next over was dismissed bv a smart catcli. He batted 179 minutes, hit 12 boundaries and gave a neat disnlay.. Although tiring the visitors stuck gamely to their task. Barnett and Darling had narrow escapes of being run out through quick returns to the wicket-keeper. As the day progressed the howlers became ver'v tired and the attack was rather feeble without Constantine. Darling, who is a stylish left-hander, gave a free display, but later nuietened down. He hit up 50 in 85 minutes. Barnett, who is also a left-hander, gave a nice exhibition, and TOO came r from this partnership in 57 minutes. Barnett scored 50 in an hour, hut the crowd was disappointed there were not sixers going all dav. the batsmen eonsistentlv declining to take risks. Darling was in for 444 minutes and Barnett for 69 minutes. The attendance was 25.000 and the gate takings £916. Details: WEST INDIES. First Tunings 212 VICTORIA. First Innings. Woodfull. b Constantine 0 Ponsford, c Grant, 1> Scott 387 Hendry, c Birkett, b Martin 44 Ryer, c Roach, b Scott 65 •Rigg, c and b Birkett 126 (Darling not out 65 Barnett, not out 58 Extras 17 Total for five wickets •••■ 502

SHEFFIELD SHIELD MATCH McCABE PASSES CENTURY, BRISBANE, Nov. 30. Th the Sheffield Shield cricket match yesterday New South Wales increased the previous day’s total of 414 for five I wickets to 566, McCabe reaching 161. 1 Gilbert took four wickets for 118 runs. Oxenhnm two for 109, and Hurwood three for 108. ! When stumps were drawn Queensland in the first innings had made 166 for two wickets—Gough not out 93, Thompson not out 37. SYDNEY GRADE MATCHES BOWLERS HA YE GOOD DAY. SYDNEY. Nov. 30. For the grade cricket yesterday rain damaged the wickets and gave the howlers a harvest. The sixth round of matches began, but there was only one pond score, R. Bnrdsley, for Western Suburbs against Mosm’an, making 99. j Bowling for Petersham against Pad'dington. McDougall took seven wickets for 46. For Northern Districts against Balmain, Hunt took seven for 58. For Balmain, Mailev took six for 18. For St. George against Randwick, Noakes took four for 19. ' DOMINION TEAM FOR ENGLAND APPOINTMENT OF SELECTORS. (By Telecmph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 29. At a meeting of the management committee of the New Zealand Cricket Council this afternoon the following selectors for the New Zealand team were appointed: Messrs- F. Williams (’Otago). H. R. Whitta (Canterbury), W. S. Brice (Wellington), N. C. Sneddon (Auckland). In view of T. C. Lnwrv’s experience in England the selectors will be asked to confer with him about the selection of the team for England.