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Hawera Star, Volume L, 16 February 1931, Page 6

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SOUTH TARANAKI PLAY SATURDAY’S MATCHES TWO I CENTURIES SCORE® Saturday was a day of big scores, quite the most noteworthy in the senison’s record in South. Taranaki, llneo totals occurred of well over 200 runs and. one closely approaching that figure. Penny, of Okaiawa, with 107 and 1. Young, of Hawera, with 110, both ietired .topped the coveted century and, in addition, there were several other excellent scores and generally a good average among the batsmen. On the other hand there were several good howling averages secured —altogether a very interesting afternoon for players and attractive for spectators. Stratford maintain a. solid lead in the championship l and look unlikely to be disturbed in the premier position. They had a three-point win from School and so further increased their lead for the championship. BEST BATTING. T. Young (Hawera), 110 retired. H R Penny (Okaiawa), 10/ retired. G. Moloney (Old Boys A), 68 not out. Hamilton (Stratford), 61. Jefcoate (Kaponga), 58. Goodwin (High School B), 52 retired. Mi 1 roy (Old Boys B), 50. Brennan (High School B), 44. W. Barker (Old Boys B), 42. Smith (P'atea), 39. Edwards (High School), 39. McMillan (Old Boys A), 38. Tapp (High School B), 38. BEST BOWLING. Cousins <H i.gli School’B). seven for 2. Beg Eden (Okaiawa). five for 21. Giblin (Hawera). five for 65. Pritchard (High School C). five for 63. Penny (Okaiawa). four for 43. Moloney (Old Boys A), four for 49. .Tones (Paten), four for 39. HAWERA BEAT OLD BOYS KEEN INTERESTING CONTEST YOUNG AND MOLONEY IN FORM. The outstanding features of the match between Hawera and Old Boys were the excellent batting of IYoung and G. Moloney, the bowling or Giblin and Moloney, the generally good fielding of the winners and the keen exciting finish when Old Boys, after a fair opening, made a. game struggle for victory, the eighth wicket putting on 60 runs. Hawera batted first and made a disastrous opening, Kennedy succumbing to a good ball from Moloney without scoring. Young and Neilsen were associated in a fine parterslrip that took the score to 60 and then the former, with Hughes, carried on so well that 122 was recorded before Hughes fell to a good l catch. Jennings made a useful 25. but the rest, with the exception of Fairweather (12.) and Bray (9) failed to get going. Young reached his century after a very fine display, with good strokes all round the wicket and lie retired when he was 107. Old Boys opened well, Hayes and Jordan putting on 34, but then two wickets fell cheaply. Moloney then joined- Jordan and a capital exhibition of batting and of running between the wickets ensued and runs came fast. After Jordan went for a- useful 27, "Walker and Lendrium hit out strongly for 11 and 1.8 respectively. And then ensued the stand of the innings, Moloney and McMillan taking the total from 146 to 201 before Gibiin scattered the latter’s stumps, when he had scored a breezy 39. Gray and Thrush retired without scoring and the team failed by I t runs to reach, their opponent’s total, ft was. however, an exciting finish. Scores : HAWERA. First Tunings. T Young, retired 110 Kennedy, b Moloney 0 Nielsen, st. Dowdle, l> M. Gray ... 23 Hughes, e Hayes, l» Hammond ... 26 Jennings-, o Dowdle, b Walker ... 25 Giblin, e Dowdle. b Walker 2 McKenzie, c Lendrum, b Coleman 2 Fairweather, c Walker, b Moloney 12 Bray, e Coleman, b Moloney 9 Shaw, not out 4 Worrall, b Moloney 7 Extras 8 Total 228 Bowling analysis: Moloney four wickets for 49. Hammond one for 1.7, Gray one for 29 Walker two for 38, Colemon one for 17. Haves none for 52, Jordan none for 15, Lendrum none for 16. OLD BOYS A. First .tunings. j Hayes, c Shaw, b Giblin 17 Jordan., e McKenzie, !> Fairweather 27 J low die, b Kennedy 5 Hammond, c Worrall, l> Giblin ... 1 Moloney, not out 68 Walker, b Nielsen 11 Coleman, bit wicket/ b Nielsen ... 0 Lendrum, b Nielsen 18 McMillan, b Giblin 39 Gray, b Giblin 0 Thrush, b Giblin 0 Ex tra s 28 Total 214 Bowling analysis: Giblin five wickets for 65, Nielsen three for 36, Kennedy one for 43, Fairweather one lor 11, Jennings none for 12, McKenzie none for 19.

OKAIAWA BEAT PATEA PENNY’S FINE, CENTURY. Okaiawa batsmen had a day out against Patea and rattled up 225 liel'ore the last wicket fell, Penny retiring; after a solid 107. Going in first, Patea reached 117. of wjhch Smith contributed! a solid 119 and Gibbs, 22. The rest did not do much, Palmer 12 and extras 14 alone getting double figures. Betts and Penny made a useful o,selling for Okaiawa the former returnnig one to the howler when lie had 15 to his credit. Reg. Eden was caught before he had scored, but Crawford! and Skipper both ran into double figures. Meanwhile Penny was piling on the runs and then came a bright and breezy innings by Newman who trounced the bowling to much effect and got 112 in quick time. Martin pJlayed well for 10 not out and. the innings closed for 225. Penny retiring after reaching 107. Reg. Eden and Jones respectively were the most successful bowlers. Scores: PATEA. Ham ell, b Penny 7 Smith, c Rotter, b Reg. Eden ... 39 Paterson, c Crawford, b Reg. Eden I Forster, b Reg. Eden 6 Petersen, b Penny 9

Palmer, b Crawford 12 G ibbs, b Penny 22 Bowne, 1.b.w., b Penny 0 Kelly, lv Reg. Eden 2 Jones, not out Workman, e Newman, b Reg. Eden 6 Extras 14 Total 117 Bowling: Reg. Eden, five wickets for 24, Penny four for 43, Crawford one for 19, Derm, none for 16. OKAIAWA. Betts, c and b Jones 15 Penny, retired Rhi Reg. Eden, o Hamell, b Jones ... 0 Crawfogd, e Smith, b Palmer 15 Skiper 1.b.w., b Smith" 15 Murdorii. b Smith 9 Linn, e Gibbs, b Jones £ Martin, not out 19 Ramsay, e and b Paterson 4 Newman, b Kelly 'L Better, o Smith, b Jones. * Extras 18 Total 225 , Bowling: Workman no wickets for 39, Kelly one for 17, Petersen none, for 16, Jones four for 35, Palmer one for 20, Smith two for 24, Paterson one j for 46. KAPONGA AND OLD BOYS B ALL-BOUND GOOD BATTING. DRAWN MATCH. No fewer than six of the members of the/ Old Boys B team and four of Kaponga reached double figures in their match, with Kaponga on the latter’s ground. Milroy, of the former team, just got! his half century, after a capital display. when he stepped in front to a straight hall from Bryant and was out l.b.w. W. Barker also played exceedingly well in getting 42, while Cheevers 26, "Sturroek 25, Paeev and Smith 10 each all batted well. Sturroek’_s was a particularly bright innings, with five fours in the total. Bryant bowled very well for Kaponga. The- latter team opened strongly. S. Betts and Jefcoate putting on 42 when Betts was howled by Sturroek. Jefcoate, hatting soundly, carried on with Grace 24 and V. Betts 24.. and the total reached 152 for nine wickets. Scores: OLD BOYS B. W. Barker, o Smith, bS. Betts ... 42 H. Barker, b S. Betts 7 Cheevers, b Bryant 26 Sturroek. e and’ b Bryant 25 Milroy, 1.b.w., b Bryant 50 Pacpy, c S. Betts, b Jefcoate 10 Smith b Bryant ■ 10 Clapham. 1.b.w., b Bryant O Brett, c Bryant, b Plunkett 0 Ogden, c Bryant, b Plunkett 3 Sage, not out 0 Extras 18 Total 191 Bowling: Bryant, five wickets for 35, S. Betts two- for 41, Jefcoate one for 31, Plunkett two for 7, Tonkin none for 8, V. Betts none for 27, South none for 23. KAPONGA. S. Betts, b Sturroek 28 Jefcoate, b Clapham, b H., Barker 58 Tonkin, run out 0 Grace, c IV. Barker, b H. Barker 24 V. Betts, cW. Barker, b Cheevers 24 South, c sub., b Cheevers 9 Plunkett, c sub., b H. Barker 1 Paiscoe, l> H. Barker 0 Dawson, run out 1 Extras 7 Total (for 9 wickets) 152 Bowling.—H. Barker, four wickets for 29, Cheevers. two for 45, Sturroek, one for 54, Paeey none for 17. STRATFORD v. HIGH SCHOOL THREE POINTS TO FORMER .

Stratford had a very easy and decisive win from High. School on their own-..ground, when they dismissed the visiting team lor only 51 an ( | 74 and, putting on 150 for five wickets, declared and won by an innings and 25 runs. In School’s first innings Thomas 11 and Thrush 10 were the only batsmen to get double figures. In the second innings Edwards, with a solid stubborn 39. made more than half the total. Stewart was the only other player to stay any time with him and their (partnership put on 24 runs. The bowling honours for Stratford were well distributed.

Hamilton and Dormer put on 61 runs for the winners for the first wicket and the next four batsmen scored well. Hamilton continued to bat in good style and reached 61 before, be was caught out off Wills. Scores: HIGH SCHOOL. First Innings. Edward, run out 3 Thomas bit wkt., b Sandford 11 Sagar. c Beer©, b Wilson 2 Thrush, c Hamilton, b Wilson 10 Buist, c: Donnelly, b Sandford 8 Stewart, e Dormer, h Donnelly ... 5 Whitehead, c Beere, b Donnelly ... 6 Wills, c Hamilton, b F. Young ... 1 Duke, b F. Young 0 Beamish, not out 1 Emmj.tt, b F. Young 6 Extras 4 Total 51 Bowling: Donnelly two wickets for 3, Sandford two for 18, Wilson two for 26, F. Young three for 0. Second Innings. Edward, c Donnelly, b Wilson ... 39 Thomas, o Hamilton, b Sandford O Sugar, b Donnelly 5 Thrush, run out 4 Beamish, o Young, b Hamilton ... 2 Stewart, b Sandford 13 Whitehead, 1.b.w., b Wilson 3 Buist o Hancock, b Donnelly 5 E'mmitt. o Young, b Wilson 0 Duke, not out 6 Wills, e isub., b Wilson 6 Extras 3 Total 74 Bowling; Sandford two wickets for 20. Wilson four for 24, Donnelly two for 2. Dormer none for 6, F. Young none for 5. Hamilton one for 12. STRATFORD. Hamilton, e Thomas, b Wilis 61 Dormer. <• Stewart. It Thrush 28 Donnelly, e Edwards, l> Thrush . . 11 F. Young, c Duke, li "Whilhead ... 6 Sandford, not out 15 Gatton, run out, I Hall, not out 16 Ex tra« 9 Total 150 Bowling: Thrush two wickets for 37. Edward, none for 19. Em mi it, none for 10, Buist none for 34, Whitehead one for 40, Wills one for 1. HIGH SCHOOL MATCH B TEAM BEAT C. [' The B cricket team had a most do- 1 cisive win over C on Saturday, scoring |9l and dismissing their opponents for j 16 and 45. For the winners Goodwin

retired; after a vigorous well played 52, which included no less than eight boundaries. Brennan and Tapp also played well for 44 and 3S respectively. Pritcharj with five wickets to his credit bowled very well for the losers. Gray and Rogers were the only batsmen in the losing team to get in to double figures against the effective bowling of Cousins in the first innings and Claringbo'ld and Brennan in the second. Cousins secured no less than seven wickets for only two runs, with four maiden overs. AUSTRALIA’S EASY WIN FOURTH TEST WITH INDIES. TOURISTS’ POOR SHOWING. MELBOURNE, Feb. 14. Australia had no difficulty in defeating West Indies in the fourth Test by an innings and 122 runs. Bradman made 152 and the Australian innings was declared closed with the total at 32S for eight wickets. WestIndies collapsed again and were all out for 107 in the second innings. The weather was fine for the resumption of -play, but the wicket was badly affected by rain overnight. Bradman gave a cliance to Headley at silly point off Martin before adding to his score. Wood lull was run out owing to carelessness. Bradman was watching the ball instead of his partner, who was at the other end before ■Bradman moved. When his score was 145 Bradman, thinking he was run out, retired, to the pavilion, but the umpire insisted that the batsmen had crossed. Bradman returned, McCabe going out- instead. Bradman showed resource on a had wicket, but tlie howlers did not take proper advantage of the conditions. Bradman hatted 145 minutes and scored 15 boundaries. He was beautifnlh- caught near the boundary. Tlie innings was closed at- 3 p.m.

West Indies’ second innings was a procession. and the game concluded at 5.20 p.m. The visitors again batted poorly, as the wicket greatly improved alter rolling. 'flic attendance was 9000 and the receipts C‘l7o. Details are:

AUSTRALIA. First Timings. Woodfu.ll, run out 83 P-onsford, st. Barrow, b Constantine 24 Bradman, e Roach, b Martin 152 Jackson, e Birkett, 1> Constantine 15 McCabe, run out ...» - Fairfax, -e Birkett, b Martin ... 16 Kippax. 1) Martin 24 Oxenham, b Constantine 0 Oldfield, not out 1 Extras 11 Total for 8 wickets (declared) 328 Bowling analysis: Francis took none for 51, Griffith none for 33. Scott none for 47. Constantine three for 83, Martin three for 91, Birkett none for 12. WEST INDIES. First Innings 99 Second Innings. Roach, 1.b.w., b Fairfax 7 Constantine, o Kippax, b Fairfax 10 Headley, e Fairfax, b Ironmonger 11 Birkett, c Jackson, b Ironmonger 13 Grant, e McCabe, b Ironmonger 3 Martin, c Oldfield, b Fairfax 10 Bartlett, b Fairfax 6 Barrow, e Oxenham, b Ironmonger 13 Scott, not out 20 Griffith, b Grimmett 4 Francis, c Jackson, b Grimmett 0 Extras 10 Total 107 Bowling analysis: Fairfax took four for 32, Ironmonger four for 56, Grimmett- two for 10.

SYDNEY GRADE MATCHES. BATSMEN IN FORM. SYDNEY, Feb. 15. The opening of tlie tenth round of the grade cricket mat dies yesterday was spoiled by rain. Glebe scored 350 for six wickets against Ramhvick, Parrow contributing 110, the afternoon’s lone century. Marrickville made 270 for live wickets against University, Wright top-scoring with 89. Manly made 280 against Balmain, which scored five without loss. Waverley totalled 196, Wells taking four wickets for 24, against Paddington, which lost one for 55. Cumberland's total was 201—McKinnon four wickets' for .114—against Western Suburbs, which made 11 without loss. St. George put on 173 for five wickets against Mosmnn. North Sydney scored 235 for eight- wicket® — Wilkes not out 88 —against Petersham.