NORTH B. v. SOUTH B.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 31 December 1923, Page 4

NORTH B. v. SOUTH B.

S»uth Tarahaki B Visited New Plymouth on Saturday and after a very enjoyable game suffered defeat by three* wickets. The cricket was good, 1 but with the exception of Oakes, the southern captain, not very enterprising. In* Ms second innings Oakes delighted the* spectators with, four sixes. Daviea, Hobday and Lay were the only other South Taranaki men to reach doublefigures. For North Taranaki, Alexander 38, Ferry 36 and B. Lash 26 werethe most successful" batsmen. For South \ Taranaki Davies captured the-bowling - honours with three wickets for 16 runain North's first innigns, and Lay took five wickets for 15 runs in their second" innings. For North Taranaki, Careytook six wickets for 38 runs in South %* first innings,- and McLean (three for/L7> had the best average -in their second * innings. Souttt TaranaM played two substitutes in Crooke and J. Palmer,, while Lawrey. (North Taranaki) for ai time filled a vacancy in the field. Details: . NORTH TARANAKI B. First Innings. Newell, run out 7 - Lawrey, b Lay 14 i Alexander, lbw., by Vowlftss .... 38 ■-: Ferry, c sub., b Vowless 36 - Harris, b Oakes .... 13 * Hamerton, c Betts, b Davies .... 8 Lash, c, and b Oakes 26 Qpickfall, b Davies $:§ Eggleton, b Davies 0 Carey, not out 9McLean, b Oakes 2" -. . Extras 13 Total 169Bowling analysis^-Oakes, two for 58 ? Lay, two for 43; Vowless, two for 39;•■■• Davies, three for 16. Second Innings, Carey, b Lay 3 Harris, b Lay .: $•« Alexander, st. Crooke, b Lay .... 5 " Quiekfall, c and b Lay ....... 4 Eggleton, b Lay 2 Ferry, c Crooke, b Davies ..—... T Lash, b Davies ... ;... 4 Newell, not out fv "> Hamerton, not out *. 1 Extras 1 Total (for seven wickets) ... 40 Bowling analysis—Davies, two for 24; Lay, five for 15. SOUTH.TARANAKI B. First Innings. Hobday, c Harris, b Carey ...... T J. Davies, b Carey :.. 82?; Vowless, b Carey 4-::. Gibbs, c Harris, b Carey 0- ' Clarke, b Carey 1 ' Oakes, c Harris, b Eggleton .... 15 Lay, c Harris, b Carey 15 ; Betts, not out 4 Crooke, b Alexander 0 * Palmer, c Lawrey, b McLean .... 1 Soberts, b McLean ..- 0 • Extras ....'. 5 : Total v...... 84 analysis—Carey, six for 38j..: McLean, two for,o; Alexander, one for - 1; Eggleton, one for 19; Quiekfall, none •? for 21. SECOND INNINGS. Hobday, b Quiekfall 14 Davies, run out 10 '* Vowless, c and b Quiekfall.. 7 Betts, b Carey 5•; Gibbs, b Quiekfall 7 Clarke, c McLean, b Quiekfall .... 1 Lay, lbw., b Eggleton 21 Oakes, c Eggleton, b McLean .... 39 v Palmer, b McLean 4 : Roberts, not out, 2 Crooke, c Harris, b McLeait 8 ;- \ Extras ~ ....<»».. 6 : Total 124^ I Bowling analysis—Quiekfall, four for - 60; McLean, three for 17; Eggleton, one • for 12; Carey, one for 26. I NELSON v. AUCKLAND. (BY TXLSOBAFE —TOEta ABBOCIkTIOK t NELSON, Dec. 29. A match between Nelson and Auc%» land commenced tg-day. Nelson made * 203 (Neale 78, Haycock 37, Louisson: not out 33, Max 17). Ooates took six: wickets for 74, Cooper three for 36, and: Ablaster one for 45. Auckland have lost six wickets for ■ 168 (Garrard 25, Hemus i 25 and Cooper 62). * :