EXCITING CRICKET

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 7, 19 December 1932, Page 3

EXCITING CRICKET

CLUB GAMES IN HASTINGS OLD BOYS BEAT WHAKATU. TOMOANA HAVE FIRST VICTORY. Exciting cricket was provided in Hastings on Saturday, the completion of the two games that constituted the opening of the second round seeing the honours keenly contested. For the second time the Old BoysWhakatu match proved bright and entertaining. A wonderful recovery by Whakatu almost succeeded in reversing the first innings counts, time being called with Old Boys making a desperate stand to evade outright defeat. The fact that there was a delay at the start of the afternoon’s play no doubt had an effect on the result. Old Boys secured a first-innings win by 85 runs, thanks to a splendid innings by the sub-assoeiation coach and New Zealand representative, Bert Lambert, who put together 113. In tho other game Tomoana secured their first win of the season whr. they defeated Hastings by two runs on the first-innings count. Hastings failed to show the promising form exhibited bn the opening day and their reply to Tomoana’s 181 was a couple short. The positions of tho various teams for the championship are now as follows:— Outright. First Inns. W. L. W. L. Pts.

The points are awarded on a basis of 4 for an outright win, 3 for a first innings win, and one for a loss on the first innings. The individual honours for the afternoon went to the following:— Lambert (Old Boys) 113 Guy (Whakatu) 96 Patterson (Whakatu) S 3 Geddis (Hastings), not out 55 Fippard (Old Boys) 46 Bark (Whakatu) took five wickets for 22 runs. Patterson (Whakatu) took four wickets for 73. Craven (Old Boys) took four wickets for 79. TOMOANA v. HASTINGS. Hastings resumed their reply to the 181 made the previous week by Tomoana. Geddis (18) and Newdick. (5) set about increasing the overnight score of 60 for thrge wickets. Kuns were hard to get, but the chief difficulty was to provide partners for Geddis. Newdick went at 81 and two further wickets fell when 116 was reached. Martin then made a stand and in a bright innings he knocked up 34 before being bowled by Hislop with the score reading 170 for seven wickets. Only a dozen runs were required but the tail-enders failed and the innings closed for 179, two short of their objective. Geddis batted throughout the innings to be unbeaten for 55 which in(eluded only six fours. Tomoana made a poor showing in their second strike, the sum total of the innings being only 91. Hislop (36) and McCormick (23 not out) were the only batsmen to compile double figures Details:— TOMOANA. First innings •• 181 Second Innings. Somervell, c Garred, b Watkins .. 7 Carr, run out 1 Hislop, b Watkins 36 Mitchell, 1.b.w., b Garrod .. .. 4 Irwin, b Martin 0 McCormick, not out 23 Graham, b Hallaghan 9 Walden, b Garrod .. .. .. .. 0 Hatton, b Garrod 1 Taylor, c Watkins, b Martin 6 Spence, 1.b.w., b Martin 3 Extras .. *• •• • • • • •• 2 Total .«• »• ti •• •• 91 Bowling analysis.—Martin three for 32, Garrod three for 39, Walkins two for 7, Hallaghan one for 12. HASTINGS. Geddis, not out 55 Symons, b Hislop 3 McCarthy, b Hatton .. .. •• 9 Polhill, b Mitchell 5 Newdick, c Ebbett, b Irwin .. .. 18 Chaplin, c Spence, b Mitchell ~ 6 Watkins, b Hatton 15 Martin, b Hislop 34 Garrod, 1.b.w., b Somervell .. .. 1 Geor, b Hislop 2 Hallaghan, b Somervell 1 Extras •• •• 30 Total 179 Bowling analysis.—Hislop three for 25, Somervell two for 12, Hatton two for 13, Mitchell two for 34, Irwin one for 34, Walden none for 13, Spence none for 19. OLD BOYS v. WHAKATU. With six wickets for 196 runs in reply to the Whakatu score of 203, Lambert (76) resumed with Craven and quickly passed the opposition tally. The coach batted freely and ran into three figures eventually being dismissed at 261 for 113 which included a six, a five and 16 fours. The innings closed for 288. / With a deficit of 85 runs Whakatu set about making same in quick time and the opening partnership put on 174 before being separated after only 67 minutes association. It was la wonderful display of free hitting and enabled the side to declare the innings closed at 249 for eight wickets. In making 83 runs Patterson hit 14 fours and Guy hit a six and 13 fours in compiling his 96. Old Boys were left ninety minutes to make 165 for an outright win. Whakatu made runs extremely difficult to get and were on the job in so far as collecting wickets. Irwin and Knuckey made a ninth (it was the last as Old Boys were a man short) wicket stand to remain unbeaten at the call of time, with the score at 71, Knuckey batting for 25 minutes without making a run. He had a “life” behind the (ticks in the teet over. Detail*;—

OLD BOYS First Innings. Apsey, b Bark 12 Drake, b Griffin 7 Fippard, b Patterson 46 Beuth, run out 8 Booth, b Patterson ... 14 Lambert, 1.b.w.. b Griffin ... ‘ 113 Knuckey, c Fisher, b Bark ... 13 Craven, b Bark 17 Murley, not out 15 Bartie. 1.b.w., b Patterson 1 Irwin, 1.b.w., b Patterson 12 Extras 30 Total 288 Bowling analysis.—Patterson four for. 73, Bark three for 75, Griffin two for 63, Carrington none for 25, Craike none for 16. Second Innings. Drake, b Bark 16 Apsey, b Bark 8 Fippard, b Griffin 8 Murley, c sub., b Bark 0 Beuth, b Griffin 5 Craven, e Fisher, b Bark '.. 11 Bartie, c Bark, b Griffin 0 Lambert, c and b Bark 9 Knuckey, not out 0 Irwin, not out 5 Extras 9 Total for eight wickets 71 Bowling analysis—Bark five for 22, Griffin three for 34, Craike none for none and Patterson none for six. WHAKATU First innings 203 Second Innings. Patterson, st. Irwin, b Craven ... 83 Guy, c Drake, b Craven 96 Shepherd, c and b Beuth 16 Fisner, c Craven, b Beuth O Bark, b Craven 1 Craike, c Fippard, b Lambert ... 12 Griffin, b Craven 3 Flynn, not out 5 Carrington, c Apsey, b Lambert 24 Extras 9 Total for eight wickets (dcld.) 249 Bowling analysis.—Craven four for 79, Beuth two for 41, Lambert two for 69, Bartie none for 9, Knuckey none for 41.

JUNIOR GRADE FRUITGROWERS v. OLD BOYS Fruitgrowers went to the wicket first to score 175 runs, of which McKenzie made 19, Woon 32, Heenan 36, Porter 24, Galbraith 10, Wilkins 22 and Rhodes 14 not out. Bowling for Old Boys, Rosenberg took three for 37 and Newling three for 55. In reply, Old Boys managed to score only 107, Fußton 36, Jonson 14, Rosenberg 13 and Ormiston 20 not out being the only double figure scorers. Fruitgrowers thus secured a three point win. For Fruitgrowers McKenzie took four for 35, Wilkins two for 24 and Seed two for 11. RUGBY v. HIGH SCHOOL. Batting first Rugby made 85, Campbell contributing 26, Kingston 17 and Milne 10. Waymouth took five wickets for 19 runs and Leedom three for 14. In reply, High School made 70, McKinley heading the list with 28, followed by Caldwell 11 and Dixon 10. Pearson took four wickets for 15 runs, Thompson three for 6 and Campbell two for 25.

In their second innings Rugby were dismissed for 58, Percy being the only batsman to reach double figures. Lean captured six wickets for 25 runs and Leedom three for 20. School batted out time to lose one wicket for 35 runs, Waymouth being not out for 15 and Caldwell! also not out for 10. Rugby won on the first innings.

WHAKATU v. TOMOANA

First use of the wicket went to Whakatu, who scored 86, Bainbridge making 24, Mitchell 27 and Love (Jnr.) 11. Shortt collected six wickets for 41 runs and Corlett three for 26.

Tomoana in reply put together only 37 runs, Corlett compiling 13 and Maggin 11. Christison took three wickets for 10 runs, Mitchell! two for 11, Love (Jnr.) two for 16. Whakatu declared their second innings closed at 94 for two wickets, Bainbridge being 36 not out, Love (Jnr.) 24 not out and Mitchell 27. Tomoana succeeded in batting out time to save an outright defeat, eight wickets falling for 62 runs, of which Mark contributed 28 (not out) and Cbrlett 24. Pell took six wicket.s for 8 runs. \ A FRIENDLY GAME. During the week-end Whakatu journeyed to Sherenden to secure an outright win. Batting first they made 90 (Hamilton 23, Christison 22, Bainbridge 12). Tomlinson took six wickets tor 22, Chapman two tor 16. In rcpliy Sherenden made 76 (Goodall 14, Sturrock 14, Carter 12. Christison took five wickets for 18 including the “hat trick,” Bainbridge three for 19 and Love two for 13). In their second effort Whakatu made 130 for five wickets and then declared. Love made 53, Mitchell (Jnr.) 32, Christison 21 not out and Mitchell 11. Chapman took three wickets for 23 runs.

Requiring 144 to win Sherenden made a great bid for victory but failed by 15 runs. Biggs made 69, Goodall 17, and Wills 10 in the second innings which realised 129 runs. Christison captured seven wickets for 45 and Love three for '36.

NAPIER GAMES

H. 5.0.8. BEAT ST. JOHN’S. .TECHNICAL DRAW WITH UNITED. Napier cricketers were favoured with ideal- conditions for their competition matches on Saturday afternoon, the day being gloriously sunny with just enough breeze to make conditions pleasant. The senior grade teams, which resumed after a spell of three weeks, concluded their games started on No vember 26. The completion of the third series finds Technical 0.8. still in the lead with eight points, H. 5.0.8. being second with six points and St. John’s and Unitel last with five points each. On Saturday afternoon H. 5.0.8. defeated St. John’s on the first innings, while United drew with Tecnical 0.8. The best senior batting display was given by M. O’Brien, who scored 119 for United H. 5.0.8. v. ST. JOHN’S. H. 5.0.8. defeated St. John’s on the first innings by 11 runs. The latter -made 165 in their first knock, Old

Boys declaring with seven down for 176, resuming n Saturday with two down for 68. Mahoney, who recommenced at 25, carried on to 60, when ho was caught off Pawson. He hit four boundaries. The other not-out batsman, T. Reaney, brought his score of 33 up to 66, including eight boundaries. The rest of the team presented little opposition, Kenny being the only one to gain double figures. St. John’s complet ed their second innings for 244 just on the call of time. Chadwick played a forceful innings for 87 (14 boundaries), while Turvey and Brown made 57 each, the former being undefeated. The following were the detailed scores: ST. JOHN’S First innings ..165 Second Innings Finlayson, b H. Reaney •• 1 Lane, c Holt, b Mahoney .. .. 15 Browne, st. Swinburne, b Mahoney 57 Turvey, not out .. 57 Simpson, c T. Reaney, b Mahoney 3 Chadwick, b R. Barlow .. .. 87 Pawson, c and b Ennor ... .. 6 Von Stunner, e Swinburn, b Mahoney .. .. 7 H. C. Barlow, 1.b.w., b Mahoney 5 Hunter, b Mahoney .. .. .. 0 Fitzwater, absent Byes, 2, leg byes, 3, no balls 1 6 Total 244 Bowling analysis.—H. Reaney, one tor 66; Mohony, six for 49; R. Barlow one for 22; Ennor, one for 22. Also bowled, T. Reaney none for 27, Beck none for 20, C. Beuth, none for 23; Holt, none for 10. H. 5.0.8. First Innings Mahony, c Finlayson, b Pawson ... 60 Beck, c Pawson, b Chadwick ... 0 H. Reaney, c Simpson, b Browne 5 Reaney T., b Simpson 66 Barlow R., b Simpson 3 Ennor, c sub, b Simpson 14 Beuth C., not out , 0 Swinburne, not out 8 Byes 10, leg byes 3 13 Total for seven wickets dec. 176 Bowling analysis.—Chadwick, one for 65; Browne, one for 58; Simpson four for 27; Pawson, one for 13. TECHNICAL 0.8. v. UNITED. In an endeavour to make certain of a first innings win, Technical 0.8, threw away their chances of a victory by continuing their first innings after having scored 300 for five wickets, with the result that they did not have time to dispose of United and the match was a draw. Technical declared when eight wickets had fallen for 343, and at stumps United had lost four wickets for 22. The feature of th: afternoon’s play was O’Brien’s bril liant score of 119. He played a mas-

terly innings, hitting ten fours. Th» following were the scores:— I TECHNICAL 0.8. First Innings Elliott, c White, b Kavanagh ... 6 Evans, run out : 15 Brown, c Heath, b Kavanagh ... 112 Kauter, c Yarwood, b Hobbs ... 0 Ellis, st. Yarwood, b Kavanagh ... 35 Pirie, b O’Brien 73 Boggs, c Hobbs, b Temperton ... 64 Hardaker, o sub., b Temperton ... 7 Nairn, not out p Northe, not out 3 Byes, 15, leg byes 4 19 Total for eight wickets dec. 343 Bowling analysis.—O’Brien, one for 57; Kavanagh two for 69; Hobbs one for 16; Temperton, two for 23; Kavanagh, one for 22. Also bowled: J. Stevens, none for 29; G. Stevens, none for 63. UNITED. First Innings Stevens G., b Nairn ... ... ... 19 Hobbs, b Nairn 7 Burns, l.b.w. b Evans 30 O’Brien, 1.b.w., b Brown 119 Heath, not out 24 Kavanagh, not out 2 Byes 20, leg byes 1 ' 21 Total for four wickets 222 Bowling analysis.—Evans, one for 55; Nairn, two for 61; Brown one for nine. Also bowled: Pirie, none for 15; Elliott, none for 49; Ellis, none for nine; Hardaker. none for nine. JUNIOR GRADE. HIGH SCHOOL’S GOOD START. High School have made an excellent start in their match against St. John’s They batted first and made 245, the top scorer being Younghusband, who hit up 49. Other double figure scorers were Edgley 34, Palmer 44, Brown 39. Bickerstaff 14 and Boland 34 not out. For the fielding team, Harvey took two wickits for 67, S. Triggs one for 33, King two for 23 and N. Triggs three for 32. At stumps St. John’s had lost seven wickets for 91. S. Triggs made 17, King 18. White 21 and Thorne George 16. Mahony has taken four wickets for 22, having bowled seven overs. TECHNICAL 0.8. SCORE 188. Technical 0.8., who did so well last match, made 188 in their first innings against United (B). Honours went to Rees, who scored 53 (seven boundaries), while Atkinson made 11. Marcroft 15, Sinclair 12, Tate 38 and Hargraves 21. Bowling for United (B). Woodsworth took one for 35, Hawthorn: three for 51, Champion one for 27. Minett one for 10 and Wylie two for 23. At stumps the latter team had lost four wickets for 231 Hawth -rm' remains un-’-'i'<-.- I nt 'l’r ■■•).;! i-.. ter made 75 ami S. not

TARADALE IN THE LEAD. Taradale gave a good exhibition an Saturday afternoon by gaining a first innings lead over H. 5.0.8., whose first innings cfosed for a moderate 95. Exeter gave the best display with 24, Wagg and Austin making 19 each and F. Mackinnon 17. An excellent bowling display was given by Fayen, whose 13 overs captured seven wickets at a cost of only 41 runs. F. Wilson took two for 26. Taradale made 135 in their reply to Old Boys, the top scorer being Cooper, who made 46. Others to reach double figures were McKinley 28. Martin 25 and Whitton 11. The successful trundlers for H. 5.0.8. were Cox (four for 19), W. McKinnon (one for 51) and Wagg (four for 33). Old Boys have lost six wickets for 80 in their second innings. F. Mackinnon and Hickey remain undefeated at 26 ami 15 respectively while Hildebrandt mad«> 26 and Austin 12. SCINDE’S CRITICAL POSITION. The Scinde team is in a critical position against Technical Colts, for the last wicket partnership wants five runs to pass Technical’s first innings total of 141. Double figure scores were gained by Dowrick (36), Crozier (23), Doherty (19), McCullcn (11), Falvey (11 not out) and Kronk (10). For Scinde, Tyers took four wickets for 34, Frater two for 27, Harris three for 20 Scinde have lost nine wickets for 137 in their first innings. Pell made 37, Forsyth 20, Campbell 15 and Frater. The two not out men are Bowland and McKinder. The former has scored 12 and the latter none. Details of Technical’s bowling will be published at the completion of Scinde’s innings. SWAILES’ COLLAPSE. Swailes’ collapsed in their first innings against United (A), with the result that the latter team has the upper hand. Swailes’ made only 95. the best display being given by Potter, who scored 30. A Swailes made 22 Blacklodge 11 and Dere 10. McLean was United’s best trundler, he taking six wickets for 34 (eight overs). Tb - remaining wickets were captured by Seed (three for 33). United (A) have lost seven wickets for 202. Ped low scored 61 (nine boundaries), Nelson 38. Seed 45, Robinson 19 not out and Cosgrove 19.

Old Boys .. . 1 0 3 0 13 Hastings . 0 0 2 2 8 Whakatu . 0 0 1 3 6 Tomoana . 0 1 1 2 5