SOUTH TARANAKI CRICKET
THREE SATURDAY GAMES THE REST DEFEAT OLD BOYS. DISPUTE; IN B GEiADE. TEAM. LEAVES THE FIELD. Plav in the South Taranaki B grade competition ivas continued on Saturday. One match, that -between Powei Board and Opunake, upon which much rested in the competition, had an unfortunate ending. The Opunake players walked off the field, although the umpire had ruled that mother over was to be played and when the Boaid needed four runs for a win. _ Ih© result was that a protest, it is understood, will bo entered and will he decided bv the executive. The «hamnions. Old Boys, were defeated by The Best in a, low-scoring game.
RESULTS AT A GLANCE.
A Grade. The Rest 85, Old Boys SS. B Grade. "Power Board v. Opunake, undecided. Haiwera Technical High School 147 (eight wickets), Old Collegians 22." BEST BOWLING AVERAGES. A Grade. Pritchard (Old Boys) five wickets for 21. B Grade. B. Hughes (Power Board) six wickets for 22. T. F. McKenzie (Power Board) five wieket-s for 5. Clegg (Opunake) five wickets for 2S. Lester (High School) five wickets for 5.
DEFEAT OF CHAMPIONS. A GRADE) FRIENDLY GAME. OLD BOYS V. THE! REST. The play in the friendly match between Old Boys and “The Rest” of the A teams was very disappointing, and in a low scoring match “The Rest” won by 27 runs. The latter batted first and .scoring was extraordinarily slow, two hours being taken to get 45. Play then brightened a little and So was on the board when the last wicket fell. V. Betts (221 and R. Eden (26) getting the bulk of the runs. Pritchard howled remarkably well, keeping a fine length.
Old Boys made a procession after Moloney (11) and H. Barker (15) were dismissed and scored only 58. Of these 18 wore extras. Details of scores are: “THE REST.”
S. Betts, c Beamish, b Pritchard z Eden, b Moloney 2C Court c Sagar, b Pritchard i Dormer, c Moloney, b Thrush 8 Walker, 1.b.w., b Pritchard 4 V. Betts, b Thrush 2z
Penny, c Sagar, b Pritchard 6 Young, b Pritchard 2 Des Forges, c Sagar, b Thrash ... 8 Jennings, b Barker 4
Gatton, not ouv L Extras 8 Total 85 Bowling: Pritchard took five wickets for 21 runs, Thrush three for 10. Moloney one for five, Barker one foi nine, Stur-rock none for 32. OLD BOYS. W. Barker, b Walker 4 Moloney cY. Betts, L Walker ... J 1 H. Barker, c Dormer, h Penny ... 11 Thrush, b Walker Sagar. b Dormer < Herbert b Walker < Sturrock. b Penny Pritchard, c S. Betts •' Sargent, 1> Penny < Beamish, Jennings, bS. Betts ( Worley, not out 6 Extras If Total of Bowline: A. Walker took four wickets for five runs, S. Betts two foi 15, Pennv three for two, Dormer oijc for 12, Young none for six. OPUNAKE PLAYERS WALK OFF. MATCH WITH! POWER, BOARD DIFFERENCE OF FOUR, RUNS In the B grade match between Opunake and the Power Board team the former players went- in first and were ail out for 70. The board’s chances looked bright in view of previous performances, but the side collapsed for 49. I). Hughes and McKenzie alone making double figures. Then the Power Board bowlers skittled their opponents for 46, Woolford (12) being the best batsman. The Board, with 6S to get to win, opened badly once more and seven wickets were down for 37 when Lendrum and Cambie made a, good stand and tool the total to .56. Lendrum continued to hit freely in a race against time. Four runs were needed by Power Board for a win when the Opunake players walked off the field, leaving the match unfinished. Details of scores are: OPUNAKE. First Innings. Burgess, b B. Hughes 30 Gundy, b 13. Hughes- 3 GrijTin, 1.b.w., )> D. Hughes 3 IJhobin, not out 16 Herdman, b Buist 6 Sharp, b D. Hughes J Woolford, c AVills, b Orottv 12 Webb, eD. Hughes, b B Hughes 1 McTavish, b B. Hughes 1 Clegg, b B Hughes McCullum, b Lendrum (. Extras 5 Total 7i Bowling: B. Hughes took six wick•ts for 22 runs. D. Hughes two for 31, Lendrum one for 1, McKenzie none for 6. Second Innings. Burgess, o 1). Hughes, b 13. Hughes 4 Gundy, e Lendrum, b McKenzie ... 8 Griffin, b Lendrum 3 Dobbin, 1.b.w., b D-. Hughes 4 Herdman, b McKenzie ..... 6 Sharp, b McKenzie 0 Woolford, ci Wills, b McKenzie ... 12 Webb, not out 6 McTavish, b D l . Hughes 1 Clegg, b McKenzie G Met'd I him. Wills, b .McKenzie ... 0 Extras 2
Total AG Rowling: McKenzie took five wickets ' ts for o runs, B. Hughes one for 8. D. Hughes two for If), Lendrum one for 5 inns, 73. Hughes one for 8, D. Hughes two for 10. Lendrum one for Buist none for 11. Crottv one for 4. POWER: BO AIM). First Innings. ''arwson, D Clegg 8 B. Hughes, b Wool ford 4 Crotty, o Sharp, b Clegg 8
had to fire seven rounds at 300, 500 and D. Hughes, o McCullum, b Burgess 12 Lendrum, b Woolford 0 Buist, fe Clegg 0 McKenzie, c Herdman, b B-urgess 11 Baigent, o Griffin, b Clegg 0 Cambio, not out 1 Wills, c Griffin, b Burgess 2 Saunders, c Sharp, b Burgess ... 0 Ex-cra-s. 3 Total] 49 Bowling: Clegg took four _ wickets for 24 runs, Burgess four for 5, Woolford two for 17. Second Innings. Grotty, b Clegg 4 D. Hughes, c Griffin, b Clegg ... 0 Cambie, b Clegg 0 Buist, c Dobbin, h Clegg 6 Sargeson, 1.b.w., b Burgess- 5 McKenzie, c McCullum, b Woolford 3 Baigent, b Clegg 5 Lendrum, not out 30 B. Hughes, not out 1 Wilks, b Woolford 5 Extras 5 Total for eight wickets 64
Bowling: Clegg took five wickets for 2$ runs, Woolford two for 25, Burgess one for 6. SCHOOL TEAM’S EASY VICTORY. TWO WICKETS AND 125 RUNS. COLLAPSE OF OLD COLLEGIANS. The Hawera Technical High School team had a great win from f)ld Collegians, as a finale to their championship fixtures. Going in first, school opened badly and lost two wickets quickly. But Whitehead and O’Dea were associated in a valuable partnership that yielded nearly 100 runs, both playing good cricket. Lester also plaved well, and with eight wickets down for 147 a declaration was made. Old Collegians made a very poor showing and were all out for 22, Lester getting five wickets for 5 runs and Allen three for 5. i Details of scores are: lIAWERA T. HIGH SCHOOL. Whtiehead, 1.b.w., b Ryan 5: MacMillan, b Malone -* Allen, b Hawkin j O’Dea, c Couch, b Ryan 4; Lester, b Whakanra K Mclvoy, 1.b.w.. b Malone - Green, not out * Sage, b Coucli J Pauling, b Couch * Extras u Total, for eight wickets, dec. 14< Bowling: Malone took two wicket; for 18 runs, Hawlten one for ‘4, Hewitt none for 21, Mahon none for 15, Ryan two for 17, Smith none for 15, VV r ha kaura one for 15. Coucli two for none. OLD COLLEGIANS. Ryan, c and b Lester * Wills, 1.b.w., b Allen * Bayly, c Sage, b Lester 1 Shaw, b Lester I Hawken, b Allen ' Hewitt, e O’Dea, b Lester < Malone, 1> Lester ' Couch, b MacMillan j Whakaura, c and b Allen j Smith, not out *. Mahon, c Lester, b MacMillan ... I Extras Total Z/i Bowling: Pauling took no wicket* for 5 runs, Lester five for 5, Alien three for 5, MacMillan two for 3. TEST BOWLERS PUNISHED. TASMANIAN BATSMEN. BADCOCK SCORES 105 RUNS. LAUNCESTON, March 11. Six thousand people watched a Tas manian side punish the- bowlers of the Australian test team in a match begun on Saturday. Tasmania won the toss and Badeock and Morrishy opened. The latter was out- for 44 -Badeock m a perfect innings reached his century in 152 minutes, but was out soon afterwards. He hit eleven fours. The scores are: TASMANIA. First Timings. Morrishy, b Darling h Badeock. c Wood full, b Darling ... IH. Ferrall, b Grinimett ....... 4' Thomas, b Fleetwood-Sinitli 3Rusliworth, 1.b.w., b Grinimett ... 2( Rothwell. c Woodfull, h FleetwoodSmith James, c Chipperfield Jeffrey, c Barnett, b FleetwoodSmith Pearsall,' st Oldfield, l> FleetwoodSmitli j Parry, not out Walsh, not out Extras Total (for nine wickets) 336
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