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Matamata Record, Volume XIX, Issue 1791, 15 December 1936, Page 8

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I MATAMATA MATCHES Perfect weather favoured cricketers at Bedford Park on Saturday, but, unfortunately, several games were spoiled owing to' harvesting operations. The most interesting feature of the day was that Matamata scored their .first win. In all the other games teams were short handed. T.T.T. v. HINUERA T.T.T. managed to save a fivepoint win in this game, but lost on che first innings. Scores were: — T.T.T. Simmonds, 1.b.w., b Read 3 Moran, b Read I Fiske, b Read 0 Hunt, b Read 4 Scott, b Read 0 Howland, b Ayers 4 Parker, b Ayers 12 Beale, not out • 1 Extras 3 Total - 28 Bowling.—Read, 5 for 9; Hogg, none for (5; Ayers, 2 for 10. Second Innings Parker, played on, ,b Read . 6 Renner, c Hogg, b Cannell .... 40 Howland, 1.b.w., b Cannell .... 6 Beale, b Read ................ 0 Hunt, c, b Ayers, senr. < 11 Scott, b Ayers, senr 0 Fisher, b Read 0 Fiske, b Read 1 Moran, not out 11 T. Parker, c Hogg, b Sweetman 10 Simmonds, not out 1 Extras 5 Total 91 Bowling.— Read, 4 for 30; Hogg, none for 7; Cannell, 2 for 21; Ayers, senr., 2 for 23; Sweetman, 1 for 3. HINUERA W. Ayers, b Hunt 18 W. Cannell, b Hunt 42 Ayers, senr., run out 2 Read, 1.b.w., b Fiske 18 Hogg, not out 26 H. Sweetman, b Hunt M. Sweetman, not out 1 Extras ..'. 10 Total 121 No bowling averages were kept. MATAMATA v. T.TX COLTS Matamata gained their first win of the season by defeating the T.T.T. Colts team by 26 runs. Scores were: MATAMATA Miles, 1.b.w., bG. Berg ........ 1 Carter, c Williams, b Wilkes .. 23 Eccles, b Callaghan 5 Sutherland, b Wilkes .......... .12 Silk, cH. Berg, b Wilkes .... 4 Griffiths, c Ramsbottom, b Lowry 1 Cohen, b Lowry ......... 24 Moore, b Wilkes ... 1 Gear, c Lord, ,b Wilkes 0 Carlson, not out .......... ii i ! 45 Delaney, b Wilkes ...... ......, ; 1 ; Extrasi ................... 4 1 . Total 121 1 Bowling.—Callaghan, 1 wicket for 28 runs; G. Berg, 1 for 18; H. Berg, none for 15; Wilkes, 6 for 41; Lowry, 2 for 15, TXT. COLTS A Lowry, b Gear 9 Lord, b Gear 5 Williams, c Sutherland, b Griffiths 41 Wilkes, Lb.w., b Carlson 0 Callaghan, c and b Cohen ...... 19 H. Berg, b Griffiths 2 Elwell, not out .. 1 G. Berg, c Sutherland, b Gear .. 0 Alexander, b Gear 8 Ramsbottom, c Eccles, b Griffiths 0 Extras 10 Total 95 Bowling.—Cohen, 1 wicket for 23 runs; Carlson. 1 for 24; Gear, 4 for 36; Griffiths, 3 for 3. WARDVILLE v. OLD BOYS Wardville only fielded five men in the above game with the result that the issue was somewhat farcical. Scores were:— OLD BOYS Beaver, b A. Hughes 44 Downie, c, b A. Hughes 18 Vines, c sub., bJ. Carroll ...... 12 Mulholland, not out 9 Jordan, not out .. 5 Extras 2 Total ................... 90 Bowling. —A. Hughes, 2 wickets for 36 Puns; T. Hughes, none for 28; J. Carroll, 1 for 24. WARDVILLE. —First Innings T. Hughes, b Carter 3 Hill, b Vines 13 Carroll, c and b Carter 8 Davies, b Vines 0 A. Hughes, not out 0 Extras ... 5 Total 29 Bowling.—Carter, 2 for 8; Vines, 2 for 16. Second Innings A. Hughes, c Jordan, b Vines.. 0 Hughes, c Carter, b Vines 1 Hill, e- Jordan, b Vines • 4 J. Carroll, st. Wilson, b Vines.. 5 Wright, not out 1 Davies, b Vines 4 Total 15 Bowling.—Carter, none for 3; Vines, 3 for 12.

DUNNING SCORES HEAVILY Ted Dunning, of Leigh, who play? ed against the M.C.C. team at Matamata, scored 138 recently for Rodney County against Whangarei, which team was captained by G. L. Weir. This was Dunning’s third successive century during the week. Dunning is now playing cricket in Auckland, hoping to make the tour of England next year. BOWLER SHIELD Old Boys Beat Matamata Matamata and Old Boys played a time-limit elimination match for the j above shield yesterday at Bedford | Park and a most enjoyable en- i counter ended in a win for Old Boys by 14 runs. Scores were: OLD BOYS Beaver, b Gear 67 Downie, b Gear 2 Vines, b Carlson 7 Wilson, c Moore, b Carlson ... 8 Carter, b Carlson ............. 1 Mulholland, b Cohen 5. Vosper, c Carter, b Griffiths ... 15 j

*• * ' ; f *' -> * Jordan, b Cohen 0 Goodwin,' b ' Cohen .. .... 1.. V■ 1 Miller,- not out .....'••.......... 1 Dean, not out ..J.V: $ Extras 20 Total 127 Bowling.—Carlson, 3 wickets for 48 runs; Gear, 3 for 30; Griffiths, 1 for 17; Cohen, 3" for 12. MATAMATA Carter, b Vines ........... 1 Cohen, c Jordan, b Carter ..... 5 Atkins, b Carter ....,! 6 Oarlsoh, hot but .............. 63 Sutherland, b Carter .......... 7 Griffiths, b Vines , 6> Gear, 1.b.w., b Jordan ......... fl Silk, c Godwin, b Vines ....... 5 Moore, b Vines fl Jones, st. Wilson, b Vines ..... 6 Eccles, c Beaver, b Vines ..... 3 Extras ................. 11‘ Total 113 Bowling.—Carter. 3 wickets for 40 runs; Vines. 6 for 44; Jordan, 1 for iB. ■ . NORTH v. SOUTH - Next Saturday there will be a rep- . resentative cricket game between the northern and southern sections of the Piako Cricket Association at Matamata. This will be the first, game for the Montague Cup.