HAWKE CUP

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 105, 3 April 1929, Page 2

HAWKE CUP

MANAWATU RETAIN TROPHY. SIX WICKET WIN. One of the slowest cricket games played at Palmerston North came to a conclusion yesterday afternoon when Manawatu ran out the winners by six wickets in their match against Nelson for’the Hawke Cup. With one or two bright exceptions; the batsmen on both sides had their backs to the wall and scored slowly. Requiring 67, with eight wickets in hand, Manawatu took nearly two hours to get the runs and lost two wickets in doing so. A feature of the play was the solid hatting of McVicar and Norris who made a good Stand, .adding 63 runs. The visitors’ howling was good, but their fielding deteriorated and several chances were missed. J. and A. Newman resumed bowling after- lunch. Two singles were added before Gallichan played one back to the bowler, A. Newman. Baumber, who joined McVicar, opened brightly, but was dropped- off A. Newman -by Neale. However, he did not last much longer driving one back to A. Newman. Newman dropped the leather, but caught it again before it fell to the ground—6B—A—9. Norris partnered McVicar and opened with a nice late cut for three off J. Newman, who was replaced by Searell. McVicar was making some nice strokes behind the wicket and a pretty square cut for four off A. Newman "brought him into the twenties. At 78 there was a confident appeal for leg before against Norris off Searell, but the batsman got the decision. Eden took over from Searell. Norris was restrained for a while and then on-drove A. Newman for three, following it with a powerful square cut for four off Searell. who had come on again. Searell, who had to leave by train, was replaced by J. Newman, Baumber fielding as substitute; McVicar went forward to one from J. Newman and missed, but Jones let pass an easy chance of stumping him. A. Newman gave way to Hawkes. Runs came slowly but steadily, Norris doing most of the ’ scoring. A. Newman came on in place of IJawkes and sent down a maiden over to Norris. At 99 McVicar survived an Appeal for l.b.w. off J. Newman. CENTURY HOISTED. McVicar hoisted the century with a cut-off J. Newman. Hawkes came on at the river end in place of J. Newman and Norris square cut him beautifully for a single. Norris lifted A. Newman clear of the field, but the ball did not bounce and they only ran two, bringing Norris into the twenties. McVicar survived another confident appeal for l.b.w. off A. Newman when the. score was 106. McVicar had a “life” soon afterwards, sending one from Hawkes past J. Newman at second slip. A single to the veteran brought him into the thirties .and 110 up. Norris was lucky at 114, A. Newmaa failing to run back for a catch spooned up in the slips. McVicar made .an uppish stroke off the next ball, but’ the leather fell short of .the field. R. Newman replaced A. Newman and Norris hit the ball hard to the square leg fence to give Manawatu the game by six wickets. Neale bowled an additional over. Details are a 6follow :

NOTES ON THE GAME. VERY LOW SCORING. BOWLERS’ SUPERIORITY. A remarkable feature of the game was the superiority of the bowlers througout and the low scoring that was entailed by' it. The wicket though not perfect—play on Saturday when it was wet having affected it —was quite fair, but the bowlers derived a certain amount of assistance from the wind. The outfield was slow and cut down the value of many strokes. ... . Baumber played a dashing innings for his 88 in Manawatu’s first knock and displaved some particularly nice leg shots, while his off strokes were also effective. McVicar played solid cricket and in the second innings rose to the occasion. Had he failed Nelson might have won, but he played a typical innings to make a home win safe. Norris in the second innings batted more confidently than he has done recently and lyas going along nicely. GALLICHAN BOWLS WELL. Though he was disam&inting with the bat, Gallichan bowled well as his figures indicate —eight wickets for 31 off 33 overs. . . Tarrant bowled well m Nelson s second innings and kept a more consistent length. If he and Gallichan had not routed the southerners, the home eleven would have been hard put to win. ~ • •, , The visitors were evidently a much stronger bowling than batting side, J. Newman being the only one to distinguish himself with the willow, making 71 and 25 not out, top score m each innings. Not a very correct batsman, he had some prtty strokes which he utilised judiciously. He and his brother, Alex, shared the bowling honours and trundled most consistently. „ , Searell also bowled well and in Manawatu’s second innings commanded a lot of respect. / The fielding of both sides throughout was excellent, though the visitors missed one or two chances yesterday. A word of praise is due to the Manawatu ’keener, Norris, who not only kept the byes” down but also did not miss a single chance. ONGLEY’S LUCK. The luck of A. M. Ongley, the Manawatu skipper, is becomminfc almost proverbial. Since the beginning of last season Manawatu have played seven Hawke Cup games, including an elemination match against Rangitikei, and Onglev has won the toss on every occasion. , , . . . In fact, it was through his winning the toss that Manawatu were able to wrest the trophy from Wanganui last season. It will be remembered that. Wanganui collapsed in the fourth innings of the game, Diederich proving unplayable on a crumbling wicket. It is also interesting to note that in club games this season Ongley has only lost the toss once.

.NELSON, First Innings ... 183 Second Innings ... 93 MANAWATU First Innings ... •• ... 156 ‘ Second Innings. Pacey, b Seareli ... 18 Wild, c Jones, b Seareli ., ... 17 Me Vicar, not out. 45 Galliclian, c and b’ A. Newman .7 Baumber, c and b A. Newman — 9 Norris, not out ... 26 Extras . ■... 9 Total ... ... ... •• ... 131 Bowling Analysis. 0. M. R. W. J. Newman ° ... 17 6 31 — A. Newman ... 23 10 30 2 Mcllwraith ... 2 — 10 — S. Newman 2 1 1 — Seareli ;. 13 6 13 2 Eden ... ... ... 2 1 4 — Hawkes 10 4 16 — R. Newman 1 — 5 — Neale i 1 — 13 — Mcllwrai'ili 1 no-ball.