ELTHAM v. OKAIAWA.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 14 February 1921, Page 5

ELTHAM v. OKAIAWA.

Eltham and Okaiawa met at Okaiawa on Saturday, and what was at one stage an exciting and close game finr y^?ulted JS **■ eaßy 3 Point win for Eltham. Okaiawa batted first and / made 82. Eltham lost three wickets for 2 Tuns, when a good stand by Stewart and Little brought their score to six for 49. With eight down for 69 , Okaiawa looked like winners, but Grenfell came to light and tl*e Eltham score was carried to 96. Okaiawa failed badly in their second strike, Cole getting five wickets' for 3, and Eltham knocked off the 42 runs required to win for the loss of one wicket. Scores were as follows:— Okaiawa, first innings—Nicholl,- b Cole, 0; Penny, c and b Cole, 21; Whalen, c sub., b Little. 3; Smith, run-out, 5; Harrison, b Stewart, 10; Dundas, b Cole, 18; Jurd, C. Marsh, b. Stewart, 2; Maginley, b Cole, 2; Barclay, not out, 10; Allan, b Stewart, 0;, Penfold, b Stewart 0; extras, 11;— total, 82. Cole took four wickets for 31, Little one for 17, Stewart four for 23. .' Eltham—Marsh, b Harrison, 0; Web--Iby b Penny, 1; Little, b Penny, 23; Cole, c Nicholl, b Penny, 0; Stewart, , c and b Penny, 11; R. Senior, lbw, by i Harrison, 1; Page, b Harrison, 7; Ni I Senior, b Penny, 6; Grenfell, not out, 17; Cruden, b Penny, 6; extras 24; ' total, 96. s -d . . Bowling: Harrison 3 for 23, Penny ,' 6 for 33, Whalen 0 for 11, Smith 0 for-4. i Okaiawa, 2nd innings.—Nicholl b Little, 5; Barclay, lbw, b Webby,'lo; Harrison, c Webby, b Little, 7\ tonr*,li, c Cole, b Little, 6; Penny, b Cole, 21; Whalen, c Page, b Webby, 0; Jurd, b C01e,.0; Dundas, c Page, b Cole, 3; Maginley, b Cole, 2; Allan, b Cole, 1; Penfeld. not out, 1. Extras, 2. Total, 58.. Bowling analysis—Little 3 for 29, Webby 2 for 17, Cole 5 for 3, Stewart. |0 for 7. < Eltham—Little 19, Cole 20 (not out), and Stewart 12 (not out) knocked oil j the required runs with.eight minutes i to spare, Dundas getting Little 1.b.w., i Eltham winning by nine wickets.