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Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 1966, 7 November 1921, Page 3

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SATURDAY COMPETITION CONTINUED. The senior cricket matches, which were commenced last week, were continued on Saturday afternoon at the Sportsground. The wicket at first was rather clamp, but as play progressed the grounds improved, and the conditions proved favourable to both batsmen and bowlers. At the conclusion of the day it was found that Railway, R.S.A. and Midland had defeated their respective opponents, Old Boys, High School and Oroua. Several players managed to surpass the fifty mark, and the standard of play on the whole showed considerable improvement. Unfortunately, the new grounds, on which it was expected to play the junior matches, were not prepared, and consequently the three pitches on the High School grounds had to be again utilised. The following are the results of Saturday's matches: — SENIORS. R.S.A. V. HIGH SCHOOL. R.S.A., with only four wickets down for 128 runs (made last week), continued their first innings, and before the last wicket fell had compiled 244 runs. High School took to the wickets for the second time, and added 143 runs to their previous score ofM3l, before being dismissed. Brophy (41), Eyre (34) and Tier (28) were the only men to pass the 20 mark in Sfehooi's second innings. With half an hour to time, and 30 runs required to win, Hostick and Mair commenced R.S.A.'s second innings. When only 4 runs had been registered, however, Hostick was dismissed by a good delivery from Brophy. Tucker was next in, and when the score had been raised by 2 more runs, he was sent back to the pavilion by a similar ball. P. McGill joined Mair at the stumps, and their partnership raised the score to 23 before the former player was dismissed. Mair, who was the only man to make a stand of any note { aided by Jacobs, secured the required runs, and the innings was declared closed at 35. Tucker, with 54 runs to his credit, was R.S.A.'s highest scorer in the first innings, while Mair, with 20, had the highest register in the second innings. The following are the individual scores: — R.S.A. —First Innings. Four wickets for 85 Tucker, c Trehey, b Brophy .... 54 Perrin, c Bennett, b Say well .... 14 Bee, b Brophy 4 Baker, b "Brophy 25 Studholm, b Brophy 0 McGill, not out 30 Bryant, c Kells, b Law 13 Extras , 19 Total 244 Bowling Analysis.—Brophy four wickets for 48 runs, Law three for 54, Saywell one for 30, Thompson one for 35. HIGH SCHOOL. First Innings 131 Second Innings. Eyre, c Baker, b Mair 34 Kells, c Baker, b Bryant 1 Tier, 1.b.w., by Bryant 28 McSweeney, c Studholm, b Mair 2 Law, b Tucker 3 Saywell, b Mair . 1 Brophy, c Goss, b Tucker 41 Trehey, c McGill, b Bryant 13 Bennett, not out 12 Palmer, c Goss, b Tucker 0 Extras 8 Total for nine wickets ... 143 Total for both innings 274 Bowling Analysis.—Tucker took three wickets for 15 runs, Mair three for 24, and Bryant three for 24. R.S.A.—Second Innings. Hostick, c Bennett, b Brophy ..., 0 Mair, not out 20 Tucker, b Brophy 1 McGill, b Brophy 13 Jacobs, not out 1 Total for three wickets ... 35 Total for both innings 279 Bowling Analysis.—Brophy three wickets for 12 runs, Saywell none for 23. , RAILWAY v. OLD BOYS. Old Boys, who were 34 runs behind their opponents, ,Railway, after the first innings, in their second endeavour compiled 128 runs, which made their aggregate 232. Their principal scorers were M. Hodder 57 and W. Randell 19. When Railway had registered 105 runs for five wickets in the second innings, they declared their innings closed, as they had then exceeded their opponents' score by 11. Their score for the two innings totalled 243. McVicar (48) and Miller (26), both of whom retired, were the only players to get into double figures for Railway in their second innings. Smith, with four wickets for 22 runs, and Dawber, with five .for 40, were the best with the leather for Railway and Old Boys respectively. The following are the scores. OLD BOYS. First Innings 104 Second Innings. Fleming, run out 4 Sollitt, b Ongley < Leet, c Miller, b Pegden 0 Low, hit wicket, b Pegden ...... 2 M. Hodder, played on, b Smith .. 57 S. Randall, c sub., b Pegden 8 W. Randall, c McVicar, b Thomas 19 Eglinton, c McVicar, b Thomas .. 9 Whitehead, not out 6 Bennett, c Miller, b Smith 10 Dawber, c Thomas, b Smith .... 0 Extras Total 128 Total for both innings 232 Bowling Analysis.—Smith four for 22, Pegden three for 39. Thomas one for Hi Ongley one for 32. RAILWAY. First Innings 138 Second Innings. Mullins, b Dawber 8 Ongley, b Dawber * McVicar, retired 4 ° Pegden, c Sollitt, b Dawber .... 0 Thomas, b Dawber • • • • Ingham, c W. Randall, b Dawber 7 Miller, retired ~ G Extras ° Total for five wickets 105 Total for both innings 243 Bowling Analysis.—Dawber five wickets for 40, Leet none for 7, W.

Randall none for 14, S. Randall none for 18, Low none for 20. MIDLAND v. OROUA. Midland, after a fairly even game, defeated the Oroua eleven on the two innings by 52 runs. The Oroua eleven, in their first innings, compiled 89 runs, and in) the second 103, to which Midland replied with 88 and 1 156 respectively. The Oroua team's score in the second innings was practically all made up by White (57) and Hcarfield (13). The remainder of the players failed to register double figures. On the other hand", the principal Midland scorers were Barraud 52 not out, Ross 39, McHardy and Lye 19 each, and Oakley 12. Barraud, with three wickets for 17 runs, had the best bowling average of the Midland team, while Pycroft dismissed six Midland men at a cost of 46 runs. The following are the individual scores. OROUA. First Innings ... 89 Second Innings. Roos, c Mansfield, b McHardy .. 3 Hearfield, b Lye 13 White, 1.b.w., b Mansford 57 Chambers, c McHardy, b Harvey . 4 H. Tullett, b Harvey 2 Elsmore, b Barraud !J Parker, not out 9 Napier, b Mansford ~.. 0 Pycroft, b Barraud 1 A. Tullett, c , b Barraud ... 5 Extras 4 Total 103 Total for both innings 192 Bowling Analysis.—Barraud three wickets for 17 runs, Harvey two for 12, Mansford two for 24, Lye one for 11, McHardy one for 15. MIDLAND. First Innings 88 Second Innings. Oakley, c Parker, b Pycroft .... 12 Lye, c Chambers, b Roos '. 19 Harper, c Napier, b Pycroft .... 0 Barraud, not out 52 Abraham, b Pycroft 0 McHardy, 1.b.w., b Napier 19 Ross, b Pycroft 39 Davis, b Pycroft ■ 0 Mansford, c and b Parker 6 Harvey, b Pycroft 2 Oorry, c A. Tullett, b Parker 1 Extras *'» Total 156 Total for both innings 244 Bowling Analysis.—Pycroft six wickets for 46 runs, Parker two for 52, Napier one for 16, Roos one for 21. JUNIOR MATCHES. Four junior matches were played, three at the High School grounds and one at the Sportsground. High School A defeated Railway; School made 149 in their first innings, while Railway were dismissed for 52 in the first innings and 82 in the second innings, a total of 134 runs. School, therefore, had a three-point win. Old Boys also had a three-point win in their game against All Saints. The winners made 79 in the first innings and declared in their second innings with four wickets down for 109 —a total of 188. All Saints* tallies were 48 and 83. High School won comfortably from Y.M.C.A., the scores being 98 and 4S spectively. At the close of the first innings in the R.S.A. v. Oroua match the respective scores were 55 and 61. R.S.A. made 75 in their second innings, Oroua replying with 45. R.S.A. thus won—l3o to 106. ✓