CRICKET.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 1509, 8 March 1920, Page 7

CRICKET.

SATURDAY'S MATCHES. Saturday's cricket concluded the o-ames begun a fortnight before. The °amcs were played in ideal weather, but none of the wickets were in good order and the bowling frequently bumped treacherously. There were easy victories in all three games, for Railway, Old Boys, and R.S.A., all of whom registered three points. RAILWAY v. HIGH SCHOOL. Railway finished their first innings and led by 90 above School's total of 1°;"> McVicar carried his bat for a fine innings of 61, with some nice strokes to the boundary. To this School could reply with only 84. Johnstone put up a plucky stand for 24 not out. and Tovey and Law played well while they lasted, the latter lifting two sixers" to the boundary. -Greer bowled a big swerve and baffled the last three men, taking the hat trick with the last over of the day. Individual scores: RAILWAY (First Innings Continued). Ongley (retired) 42 Wakelin, b Hollier & Kerr, b Harrison » Allingham, b Harrison JJ McVicar, not out ol Picard, c Leet, b Dawber <> Proud, b Hodder ° Extras ° Total 215 Bowling: Harrison 5 for 77; Hodder 2 for"81; Dawber 1 for 48; Hollier 1 for 2. School (Ist innings) '. H5 Second Innings. Harrison C Lc Compte, b Ailingham • iSollitt, lbw, b Allingham 0 Leet, b Allingham 0 Iv. Hodder, b Pegden 13 Hollier, c Pegden, b Allingham .. 2 Johnstone, not out 24 Evre. b Pegden 0 Law, c Pegden, b Wakelin 17 Tovey, lbw. b Greer 13 McSwceny, b Greer j> Dawber, b Greer j> Extras ° Total 84 Bowling: Greer 3 for 11; Mlingham 3 for 19; and Wakelin 1 for 2 took all the wickets. R.S.A. v. SCHOOL B. Although reinforced with two or three of last year's eleven, School B were easily defeated by R.S.A. The latter had 70 to the good on the first innings, and going in again raised 140, Barnard, Jacobs and Maire showing particularly good form. M. Hodder and T. Stockwell, both of whom reached the twenties, were the only School batsmeu to got double figures, and the innings closed for 62. Bee got most of the wickets. Details: — R.S.A. (Second Innings) Tucker, c Foden, b Hodder 4 Barnard, b Charles • 36 Jacobs, c Sinclair, b Hodder 4^ Tattersall, b Hodder 12 Bee. c Somerville, b Hodder 13 Eilers. c Palmer, b Hodder 5 Bryant, b Hodder 0 Maire b Hodder 2 £ Bartholomew, b Stockwell 2 Laurenson, not out " Morgan, c Foden, b Hodder 0 Extras } Total 145 SCHOOL B (Second Innings). M. Hodder, b Morgan 23 G. Tovey, b Bee Foden, run out ' 4 T. Stockwell, c Morgan, b Tattersall 2 J Sinclair, lbw, b Bryant 0 Bennett, b Bryant 7 Littlejohn, c Barnard, b Bee 1 Stannard, not out •- - 0 Palmer, b Bee 2 Somerville, b Bee « Annison. c Mair. b Bee 2 "Extras w Total 62 No bowling averages were available. OLD BOYS v. MIDLAND. Midland made a big effort to overhaul Old Boys' lead of 191 on the first innings. The batting was fairly steady and four batsmen, Ashford, Tottman, Hardy and Ingham topped 30. Hardie \ VM i ~,»;- « when lie was stamped in a rather peculiar manner while inadvertently out of his crease. The total 'for the innings was 175, and the match was concluded without Old Boys having to take' a second strike. Of the bowlers. Whitehead, at the tail end, took two wickets for no runs, while Pickering (2), Cullen (2). Osgood and MCLachlan (1 each), sharer! the rest.