HELD BY PAEROA

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 58, Issue 4119, 30 March 1949, Page 5

HELD BY PAEROA

CHATFIELD SHIELD

TAURANGA CHALLENGE CRICKET MATCH ON DOMAIN On Sunday Tauranga Railways visited Paeroa to play the Paeroa Railway Cricket Club for the Chatfield Shield which the home team successfully defended. Paeroa batted first and put up the creditable score of 122, the principal scorers being P. Koroneho (48) and RHoward (19). The most successful bowlers for Tauranga were H. Baird four wickets for 41 runs and N. Aitken four for 36 runs. Tauranga set out to make runs and came very close to Paeroa’s score. When their last man was dismissed at 5 p.m. Tauranga had scored 118, being four behind Paeroa’s total of 122. H. Baird was the top scorer of the day with a total of 73 runs. A. Hannon (11) was the only other batsman to reach double figures. The bowling honours went to L. Goldsworthy with four wickets for 41 runs and R. Howard with four for 46 runs. Details:— Paeroa: P. Koroneho, b Webb, 48; L. Gloyn, c Aitkin, b N. Baird, 7; R. Howard, b Baird, 19; L. Goldsworthy, b Baird, 3; H. Saunders, .run out, 1; M. McAuliffe, b Aitkin, 10; W. Maunder, c Heke, b Baird, 0; W. Ballam, stpd, b Aitkin, 5; A. Stevenson, b Aitken, 0; W. McKain, b Aitkin, 8; A. Saunders, not out, 8; extras 13; total 122. Bowling: Baird, 4 for 45; Aitkin, 4 for 36; Webb, 1 for 28. Tauranga: A. Baird, c and b Howard, 73; N. Dix, c Gloyn, b Goldsworthy, 8; N. Webb, b Koroneho, 5; N. Aitkin, b Howard, 2; D. Ede, b Goldsworthy, 2; J. Aitkin, b Goldsworthy, 3; P. Ducey, run out, 2; J. Heke, b Howard, 1; J. Quekley, b Howard, 0; A. Hannon, c Gloyn, b Goldsworthy, 11; A. Chatfield, not out, 0; extras 11; total 118.' Bowling: L. Goldsworthy, 4 for 41; R. Howard, 4 for 46; P. Koroneho, 1 for 30.

A. DAVISON IN FORM

GOOD CENTURY SCORED A match in the second round of the knock-out competition of the Paeroa Cricket Club was played on the Paeroa domain on Saturday between High School and United. High School at the end of play were six runs ahead of United’s total thus making them the victors on the day. High School batted first. In the second over E. Bartley was dismissed without scoring and High School were down one wicket for no runs, Bartley being caught at point off Nicol. In his fourth over Nicol again trapped the batsman and High School were down two for 17. It was at this stage that C. Speechlay joined J. Jensen, who was batting carefully, and in twenty minutes Speechlay had reached his 50. In one over he was recorded to have scored 23 runs. Speechlay’s score of 71 was the helping hand High School needed and the remaining batsmen went for every possible run. High School’s innings closed with a total score of 219. United bowling honours were fairly evenly divided between .Nicol, May and Roberts. United opened with W. Faber and R. S. Nicol, and were one down for eight when Nicol was then joined by A. Davison, who severely punished any short balls, sending them swiftly to the leg boundary. Nicol was batting carefully picking which balls to hit, when he unfortunately tripped whilst running between the wickets and was run out with his score at 36. A. Davison was from then on parti nered by the remaining batsmen who i scored erratically though this did not. deter Davison. He continued to gather runs and was not long in reaching his century. When time was called Davison was undefeated for | 102. Whilst fielding Davison received a blow in the mouth from a ball which shot off the shoulder of Speechlay’s bat. He was attended by a doctor and received two stitches in his upper lip. Full credit is due to this batsman for his fine display of batting. At the call of time United was six runs bej hind High School’s score of 219. The i most successful bowlers for High School were C. Speechlay with four wickets for 82 runs, and D. Fitch with two for 33 runs. Details: — | High School: J. Jensen, retired, 38; E. Bartley, c Beilby, b Nicol, 0; R. Beale, c Brock, b Nicol, 15; C. Speechlay, c and b May, 71; I. Kurtovich, b May, 9; R. Harris, lbw, b Roberts, 14; M. Millar, not out, 25; D. Fitch, c McNeil, b Roberts, 9; K. Millar, c and b

May, 16; W. Vince, run out, 1; A. Saunders, 7; extras 14, total 219. Bowling: W. Faber, 2 for 56; R. Nicol, 2 for 79; R. May, 3 for 46; B. Roberts, 2 for 20. United: W. Faber, b Speechlay, 8; R. S. Nicol, run out, 36; C. Taylor, c Kurtovich, b Fitch, 27; B. Roberts, b Fitch, 0; J. Brock, c M. Millar, b Speechlay, 2; R. May, b Speechlay, 10; L. McNeil, c K. Millar, b Speechlay, 0; H. Beilby, b Speechlay, 2; A. Davison, not out, 102; extras 30; total 213. Bowling: C. Speechlay, 4 for 82; D. Fitch, 2 for 33; J. Jensen, none for 22; K. Millar, none for 17; M. Millar, none for 32.