AUCKLAND v. SOUTH TARANAKI.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 30 December 1922, Page 7

AUCKLAND v. SOUTH TARANAKI.

SOUTH TARANAKTS SECOND INNINGS. - AUCKLAND SET 168 TO WIN.

At half-past three the Aucklahders took the field, Arblaster opening, the bowling. Furrie faced him, and got a single. Haughton, his partner, pasted Arblaster to leg for four, and next ball narrowly escaped being stumped. Coates opened .the bowling at the other end, and Haughton, touching a fast one from him, was finely taken in the slips by Arblaster. 6-—I —4.: Little took his place, and' played out. the over. Each got a single, and then Little hit one and called his partner. Smart fielding and returning was responsible for Furrie being run out. B—^2—3. Maunsell was next, and. got a couple off Coates. Next ball he cocked up to the bowler and retired. 10—3^—2. Pratt was the incoming batsman. He got a single, and then Little finely hit the slow bowler to leg for four; and 20 came, on 4;he board. A fine on drive to Pratt reached the boundary, and then he late cut the same bowler for ,a .single. To Arbiter's next ball Pratt went,out, and T" p'-; -lean howled; 28—4—6. Penny, ■f" -• .''■■ext man, opened with- a single, arid his partner, Little, opened put and drove Arblaster almost out of the ground. Thirty went up, and he then nulled Coates to the on boundary. Two balls later Coates had his revenge by clean bowling the Eltham man. The afternoon tea adjournment was then taken. On resuming, Hughes went in with Penny, Cooper taking, the ball, from Arblaster. Penny hit a two and then a fine boundary. A few more singles, and 50 appeared. Shortly after Hughes opened his shoulders, but failing to get right on, to it, skied one to the' off, and Cooper running out took a fine catch. Nielsen came next, and opened with a lucky snip in the slips for two, and. then got a single. Sixty went up shortly after. Penny on drove Coates finely,, but it was stopped, and one resulted. He. then got a fine ' carpet drive to long-on boundary. Nielsen was scoring slowiy, and he then was nearly, caught out at point. A single to him brought up 70, and Arblaster. displaced Coates. A few runs later Penny mishit a curler, and Gerrard took a nice catch. 73 —-7 —22. McCarthy was next, and in trying a close one Nielsen was run out. 74—8 —6. Cole came in, and McCarthy on drove Arblaster for a couple and then got two boundaries, bringing 80 on the board. Cole pasted a full toss from Cooper to the boundary, and • then put him to long leg for four, and 90 wentup. Next ball he: got the first six of the match By a fine shot; to square leg. Just .afterwards the century was registered. Next, ball Cole snicked to leg, and McCarthy was nearly run out, the return to the wicket luckily being wide. He showed his gratitude by square cutting Cooper to the boundary, arid Cole drove Elliott, twice, each for a four, and 110 was signalled. Mills replaced Cooper, and McCarthy sent his second ball to long leg boundary. Next-ball he failed to get on to, and Gerrard took a good catch. 122—9—16. Worrall came in last, and opened with a single. Cole pulled Mills nicely to . the on, but good fielding saved -the boundary.. Cole put a shot over the head off third man for two, and Ihen Worrall patted one back to the bowler,' Cole being not.out for 33. after a fine* vigorous • innings. 128—10—1. •■'- : / ■ SOUTH jTARANAKL Second Innings. Furrie, run out ........: 3 Haughton, ,c Arblaster, b Coates 4 Little, b Coates 16 Maunsell, candb Coates 2 Pratt, b Arblaster 6 Penny, c Gerrard, b Cooper 22" Hughes, c and b Cooper .........:".. 7 Nielsen, run out 6 McCarthy, c Gerrard, b Mills ...... 16 Cole, not out 33 Worrall, c and b Elliott .7... 1 Extras 12 Total ...... t .....; •; 128 Bowling analysis—Coates three for 30; Cooper two for 31, Arblaster one for' 34, Elliott one for 10, Mills one for 11. NORTH v. SOUTH, TARANAKI. { - The South Taranaki team -will be as follows: Furrie, Cole, Stone-Wigg (Stratford), J?ratt, McCarthy, "Penny, Haughton, Worrall (Hawera), Maunsell, Hughes (Manaia), Smith (Patea); emergencies, Bairstow, Nielsen. The match will be played on Tuesday next, play commencing at 10 a.m. The First Test match against the English team commenced to-day, and tremendous interest is being taken all over the Dominion.