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Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 1978, 21 November 1921, Page 7

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SATURDAY COMPETITION CONTINUED. Three senior games were concluded and two junior games were commenced on the Sportsground on Saturday afternoon, while two junior games were also played on the pitches provided at the High School grounds. The wickets were all in splendid order, and, judging by the bowling averages, the bowlers had a day out. Randell, playing for Old Boys against R.S.A., secured the best average of the day by taking seven wickets for 10 runs. High School and Railway gained three point wins from their respective opponents, Midland and Oroua, while Old Boys, by defeating R.S.A., secured a two point win. Although the junior grade produced only mediocre expositions, there were, nevertheless, several good batting and bowling averages notched. After considerable delay, one pitch was provided on the new playing area, adjoining the Oval, and the junior match—Y.M.C.A. v. All Saints—was played there. Although the surface of the new ground hi not too good, a fair amount of roiling will make it excellent for playing upon. SENIORS. HIGH SCHOOL V. MIDLAND, When time was called High School had a substantial lead of 58 runs from Midland, and as both teams had had two innings, School secured a welldeserved three-point victory. Midland registered 103 and 134 in their first and second innings respectively, to Which School retaliated with 246 and 109 for eight wickets. Bennett (71) and Kells (62) played exceptionally well for School in their first innings, while Eyre (39) and McSweeny (31) played steadily in the second attempt. Midland’s principal scorers in the first innings were previously mentioned, while Barraud (53) and Lye (30) played forceful cricket in the second innings. The following are the individual scores; — • MIDLAND. First Innings 163 HIGH SCHOOL. —First Innings. Eyre, c Mansford, b Barraud .... 12 Bennett, run out 71 Kells, 1.b.w., b Mansford 62 Tier, c Davis, b Harper 7 Brophy, b Harper 5 McSweeny, b Mansford 29 Law, not out 35 Saywell, b Mansford 11 Trehey, run out 2 Gallichan, b Mansford 0 Creighton, c Abraham, b Mansford 0 Extras 12 Total 246 Bowling Analysis.—Mansford took five wickets for 83, Harper two for 19, Barraud one for 51. MIDLAND. —Second Innings. Lye, b Saywell 30 Oakley, c Trehey, b Law * v 3 Harper, b Law *. 10 Barraud, b Saywell 53 Ross, c Brophy, b Saywell 5 Mansford, b Saywell 0 Abraham, c Trehey, b Law 22 Davis, b Law 0 Eyre, not out .....; 8 Harvey, b Saywell 1 Corry, b Saywell 0 Extras 2 Total 134 Total for both innings 297 Bowling Analysis.—Saywell took six wickets for 33, Law four for 33. HIGH SCHOOL.—Second Innings. Law, b Ross 9 Eyre, b Abraham _ 39 Brophy, b Ross ,7 Trehey, c Ross, b Barraud 1 McSweeney, c Eyre, ta Barraud .. 31 Creighton, c Barraud, b Abraham s Tier, b Lye 4 Bennett, b Lye 4 Kells, not out 5 Extras 1 Total for eight wickets .... 109 Total for both innings 355 Bowling Analysis.—Abraham took two for 19, Barraud two for 19, Lye two for 22, Ross two for 35. OLD BOYS v. R.S.A. The defeat of R.S.A. by the Old Boys’ Club was not altogether unexpected, but followers of this season’s matches fully anticipated that they wmuld put up a better fight than they did on Saturday. Old Boys, when they concluded their innings on the first day of play, had registered 251, and it was quite expected that R.S.A., if they did not exceed that total, would not be far behind. However, they were dismissed for 59 —Goss (24) and Mair (13) being the only men to pass the ten mark in their first endeavour. W. Randell showed great form as a bowler, and he accounted for seven of the "Diggers’ ” wickets. Old Boys put R.S.A. in for another strike in the hope that they might secure a three-point win. This time, however, the returned men made a great showing, and just as they completed their second innings for 213 time was called. Perrin (56) made a great stand for R.S.A. in their second attempt, and Goss (3t) and Tucker (34) also played good, steady bats. Low, with three wickets for 28 runs, had the best bowling average of the Old Boys in the second innings. The following are the scores: — OLD BOYS. First Innings 251 R.S.A. —First Innings. Mair, b Dawber *3 Goss, b W. Randell > 24 Baker, c Hodder, b W. Randell .. 1 Jacobs, c Hodder, b Randell .... 0 Tucker, c Hodder, b S. Randell .. 7 Hostick, b W. Randell 0 Perrin, c Sollit.t, b W. Randell .. 1 McGill, c Eglinton, b W. Randell 5 800, b S. Randell 6 Studholme, not out 6 Bryant, b W. Randell 0 Total - Bowling Analysis.—W. Randell took

seven wickets for 10, S. Randell two for 26, Dawbor one for 13, Low none for 10. R.S.A. —-Second Innings, Perrin, cS. Randell, b Bennett .. 56 Studholme, b Dawber 4 Baker, c Low, b Leet 0 Mair, b Low 22 Tucker, c Whitehead, bS. Randell 34 Goss, run out 36 Hostick, b Dawber 16 Jacobs, b Low 28 McGill, b Low 8 Bee, c Hodder, b W. Randell 3 Bryant, not out 0 Extras 6 Total ' 213 Total for both innings 272 Bowling Analysis.—Low three for 28, Dawber two for 53, Bennett one for 24, Leet one for 25, S. Randell one for 26, W. Randell one for 40. RAILWAY v. OROUA. The Railway eleven gained an extremely easy three-point win from the Oroua Club. The former team declared their first and only innings closed at the termination of the first day’s play, when they had registered 554 runs for the loss of only seven wickets. Oroua, in their first strike, compiled the exceedingly small score of 66, but in their final attempt they managed to register 102. Mahoney (18), Parker (12) and Pycroft (10) were tho only Oroua men to reach double figures in their first endeavour, while Pycroft, with a helpful 30, wielded the willow to best advantage in the second innings. The following are the scores:— ■ RAILWAY.—First Innings. Seven wickets for 554 OROUA.—First Innings. Pycroft, b Pegden 10 Hearfield, b Ongley 9 Lyall, b McVicar 1 Parker, b McVicar 12 Mahoney, b Smith 18 White, b Smith 0 Napier, c and b Ongley 1 Roos, b Ongley 1 Tullett, A., c and b Ongley 0 Tullett, H., not out 4 Extras 10 Total 66 Bowling Analysis.—Ongley took four tickets for 21, Smith two for 4, McVicar two for 4, Pegden one for 27. OROUA.—Second Innings. Hearfield, 1.b.w., b Thomas 11 Roos, b Thomas 5 Pycroft, not out 30 Lyall, b Thomas 0 Parker, c Ongley, b Thomas .... 18 Mahoney, c Millar, b Smith .... 0 White, c Ingham, b Smith 0 Napier, b Proud 12 Tullett, A., b Proud 0 Tullett, H., c Ingham, b Mullins .. 17 Extras 0 Total 102 Total for both innings 168 Bowling Analysis.;—Thomas took four wickets for 30, Smith two for 4, Proud two for 19, Mullins one for 1. JUNIORS. The following are the results of the four junior games:—RS.A. defeated Railway in a two innings match. In their first innings R.S.A! scored 133, to which Railway replied with 77. Railway were consequently put in for another strike, and this time they made 85. R.S.A. quickly registered 39 runs, and gained a three-point win. Y.M.C.A. secured an easy three-point victory over the All Saints’ team. Y.M.C.A. declared their first innings closed when they had made 108 runs for nine wickets. All Saints, in their first innings, scored only 23, and in their second 76. High School A, by scoring 186 to Oroua’s 100 in the first innings and 47 in the second, obtained a three-point win. Old Boys secured a three-point win from High School B, in a two Innings match. High School batted first and compiled only 45 runs, to which Old Boys managed to reply with 47. The teams had another . innings each. High School this time scored 108 runs. Old Boys, in their second strike, registered 132 for six wickets and thus won the match by a margin of 26 runs. MANAWATU v. WANGANUI, The following will represent Manawatu against Wanganui, at Wanganui, on Wednesday next: —Pegden, McVioar, Ongley, Thpmas, Baker, M. Hodder, K. Hodder, Leet, Law, Mansford and Tucker. Emergencies: Mair, Perrin and Ross.