HAMILL SHIELD

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4634, 11 December 1934, Page 5

HAMILL SHIELD

OLD BOYS v. PIO PIO. A two point victory was gained by Old Boys when they met Pio Pio on the latter's ground, they being 46 runs ahead on the first innings' total. . Pio Pio went in first to gain 62. They made a fine start, having a total of 40 runs for the first two wickets, the two Ronaldsons hitting out. But after that their luck was out —Arneil was caught by Corin off McNaught, the most successful bowler, when his total was but four, and a succession of ducks were included in the remainder of the total.

Old Boys were more consistent, though Arneil's bowling was causing them trouble, as evidenced by the fact that his average was 8 for 41, but the batsmen, particlarly Hine (23) and G. Corin (25) were scoring freely off Ronaldson and the other bowlers. With 108 as their total Old Boys secured the victory. Time was short and sixes frequent when Pio Pio went to the crease again. They hit the ball all over the field. However, the wickets were tumbling, and six were down for 32 when Arneil came in. He banged away at everything that came down —Neal, Ronaldson and B. Smyth following suit. The speed of the scoring may be judged from the fact that one bowler in 6 overs had 51 runs against him. Details of the scores were as follows: — PIO PlO.—First Innings. N. Ronaldson, c Hine, b Corin .. 17 Newton, lbw, b McNaught .... 8 S. Ronaldson, b McNaught .... 12 Arneil, c Corin, b McNaught .... 4 Jones, b Elliott 0 Rodger, b Elliott 8 Somerfield, c Low, b McNaught 3 M. Smith, lbw, b McNaught .. .. 0 B. Smyth, b Elliott 0 Black, c Irvine, b McNaught.... 0 P. Smyth, not out 2 Extras 8 Total .f;. 62 Bowling: McNaught took six wickets for 26 runs, Corin one for 25, Elliott three for 2, OLD BOYS.—First Innings. Irving, lbw, b Arneil 11 Hine, b Arneil 23 S. Corin, b Arneil .. .... .... 11 G. Corin, b Arneil 25 Elliott, b Ronaldson 1 K. Low, b Arneil 3 Fraser, c P. Smyth, b Arneil .. 0 McNaught, b Arneil {l2 Shakes, std Jones, b Arneil .... 1 Tong, c Black, b Somerfield .... 5 Andrews, not out 4 Extras .. 12 Total .. .. 108 Bowling: Arneil took eight wickets for 41, Rodger none for 3, Smyth none for 8, Ronaldson one for 35, Somerfield one for 10. PIO PlO.—Second Innings. Newton, b Elliott 2 Jones, b McNaught .. ' 10 S. Ronaldson, c Low, b McNaught 10 Rodger, std Corin, b Elliott .... 2 N. Ronaldson, c Corin, b Irving .. 26 Somerfield, c and b McNaught .. 0 Ar'neil, not out 73 B. Smyth, not out *..... 28 Extras 5 Total for 6 wickets .. .. .. 156 Bowling Corin took no wickets for 36 runs, McNaught three for 11, Elliott two for 49, Fraser none for 6, Irving one for 51. \ KIWIS v. OTOROHANGA. Fielding only a weak team of nine players, Kiwis were fortunate not to have their unbeaten record marred when they played Waitanguru last Saturday. With Ashworth come to light and Dew also in double figures, Waitanguru were credited with 67, a total which appeared large to the nine Kiwi players. Paice, who hit out strongly, and C. Armstrong saved the situation, and at six wickets down the Waitanguru total was passed despite the bowling of Jury. Following were the scores:— WAITANGURU.—First Innings. Ashworth, b Paice 23 Jury, b Davidson 0 Sale, b Davidson 7 Fredericksen, b Davidson 5 Bilton, b Johnson 8 Fisk, b Armstrong 0 Dew, b Armstrong 12 Brier, not out 8 Lowman, c Paice, b Davidson .. 0 Buckley, lbw, b Armstrong .... 0 Weir, pld on, b Davidson 1 Extras 3 Total t 67 Bowling: Davidson took three wickets for 22, Armstrong three for 28, Paice one for 42, Johnson one for 10. KlWlS.—First Innings. Barlow, c Ashworth, b Fredericksen 4 Paice, b Jury 33 Johnson, c Bilton, b Jury .... 2 C. Armstrong, b Sale 14 Davidson, c Buckley, b Jury .... 7 B. Armstrong, lbw, b Jury .... 1 Jones, c Ashworth, b Jury .. .. 4 Duf ty, b Ashworth 6 Alcock, not out .."..' 0 Extras 7 Total 78 Bowling: Jury took five wickets for 43 runs, Fredericksen one for 24, Sale one for 8, Ashworth ohe for 0.