Dargaville Shield Cricket; Whangarei Beat Mangonui

Northern Advocate, 3 January 1938, Page 6

Dargaville Shield Cricket; Whangarei Beat Mangonui

yyii'AMGAHIil RETAINED THE BARGAVILLE CRICKET SHIELD IN A

TWO-DAY MATCH AT THE WEEK-END, DEFEATING THE FIRST CHALLENGERS, MANGONUI, BY 75 RUNS IN A COMPLETED GAME.

The start was delayed owing to the sodden state of the outfield, and the game was eventually played on No. 3 wicket. Although rain threatened many times, very little actually fell during the progress of. the match.

Under the conditions early on Saturday. Mangonui. sent into the field after losing the loss, did exceedingly well to dismiss Whan garni for 78. The early batsmen all shaped well, especially Cole, who collected his runs quickly and neatly. Fyfe slopped a fast bail on the point of the jaw. Lunch was taken with three down for C2, but on resuming. W. Thompson, a

young left-hand bc-vvler. who turned them either way. ran into a pheno-

menal spasm

The first throe overs he rent down after the resumption yielded five wickets, without a run being added to the score, and his afterlunch average was five for 3. J. Harrison collected three catches, the one which dismissed Williams being a brilliant one-handed effort.

Early Reverse. Mangonui met with an early reverse, losing their champion rungetter. Wrathall, with but a single on the board. The batsmen then went, into their shell, 100 much so-—and in an hour and ten minutes prior to the tea break, only 19 runs were added at a cost of three wickets.

Scores were: — WHANGAREI. First Innings. Fyfo, c Kelly, bW. Harrison .... 19 Williams, c J. Harrison. b W. Harrison 11 Colo, c J. Harrison, b W. Harrison 21 Wilson, cW. Harrison, b Thompson 12 Madden, c Kelly, bW. Harrison . . 3 Collins, b Thompson ’ 0 Morton, b Thompson 1 Hewlett, c Kelly, b W. Harrison . . 5 Dunn, cJ. Harrison, b Thompson 0 J. Drake, b Thompson 1 Hilton, not out 3 Extras 2 Total .* 78 Bowling: W. Harrison took five wickets for 29 runs; A. Thompson, five for 20; W. Wrathall. none for 27.

Kelsall occasionally revealed powerful shots, and fell to a running catch by Fyhs near the square leg boundary. Later, Hilton brought off an even more remarkable catch to dismiss W. Harrison, taking' the bail one-handed as he fell, and rolling infield to avoid trespassing on the boundary line. Kelly had made only a single when a ball brushed his glove and was snapped up In two fingers by first slip. Most aggressive of the batsmen was Rogers, who hit a six and a four eft successive balls from Dunn, and then had his stumps uprooted by the third. Smart fielding had much to do with Mangonui not attaining a first innings lead, and Fyfe capped it by throwing out tire last batsman with a shot from well out.

Second Innings. Collins, c Wrathall. b Thompson . . 5 Williams, Ibw. b Thompson If! Fyfe, c Wrathall, b Thompson .... 5 Wilson, c Kelly, b Wrathall 5 Colo, b W. Harrison 19 Hewlett, not out 94 Madden, c Stone, b Thompson ... 22 Drake, c Wrathall. b Thompson . . 0 Dunn, c Rogers, b Wrathall 24 Morion, b W. Harrison G Hilton, run out 2 Extras 11 ' Total 209 Bowling: W. Harrison took two wickets for 70 runs; A. Thompson, five for 56; Wrathall. two for 37; Kingdom none for 23: Stone, none for 12 MANGONUI, First Innings. W. Wrathall, b J. Drake 1 J. Harrison, c Williams, b Morton 4 Renton c Williams, b Morton .... 7 Kelsall, c Fyfe, b Dunn 8 Rogers, b Dunn 17 R. Kelly, c Dunn, b Drake 1 C. Stone, b J. Drake 0 A. Thompson, c Collins, b J. Drake 4 W. Harrison, c Hilton, b Dunn ... 3 Kingdom not out ... 2 Kitchen, run out 5 Extras 4

All four bowlers were steady and were treated with great respect, Hewlett’s figures of six overs for 5 runs being an example. Whangarei Lost Advantage. With a lead of 17 runs on the first innings, Whangarei had lost the advantage to some extent when stumps v/crc drawn on the first day, having lost live for C2. Thompson again got among the wickets and was backed up by the alert work of Wrathall at first slip. Hewlett (10) and Madden resumed confidently on the second day, making crisp placements to all parts of the field and not being at all troubled. Madden’s first chance was his last, and Drake went immediately, so that seven wickets were down for 100. Dunn, in a lucky knock featuring four chances, collected a hard-hit 24. With his score in the 30’s, Hewlett smacked a ball iifie the hands of Rogers, right on the leg boundary. The fieldsman dropped it, but

next ball gathered in a still more i sensational catch, one-handed, to I dismiss Dunn.

Total 61 Bowling: J. Drake took four wickets for 25 runs; C. Hewlett, none for 5; Morton, two for 7; Dunn, three for 20. Second Innings. Wrathall, b Drake .. .■ 0 J. Harrison, b Dunn 2 Renton, c Hilton, b Fyfe 17 Kelsall, b Drake 4 Kelly, c Morton, b Hewlett 74 Rogers, b Fyfe 0 Stone, run out 4 Kingdom run out 10 Thompson, c Morion, b Dunn .... 3 Kitchen, c Fyfe. b Dunn 3 W. Harrison, not out 23 Extras 11 Total • 151 Bowling: Drake took two wickets for 23 runs; Dunn, three for 52; Collins, none for 12; Hewlett, one for 31; Fyfe, two £or 5; Morton, none for 17.

Hewlett Goes Well. * The role of run-getter then devolved almost entirely on Hewlett, Morton and Hilton being content to I keep their wickets intact. With a great variety of shots, especially past fine leg and third man. the Onerahi man accelerated from a slow start, boundaries flowing freely from his bat. When 93 he attempted to hit successive balls for six, and was dropped on both occasions, the only easy chances of an excellent knock. With six runs still required, he called Hilton for a too risky run.

Again Drake rattled the stumps of Wrathall with a ball which broke deceptively and straightened up end again the leading Mangonui batsman buttoned up. In a stay of nearly an hour, Renton, the ex-Whangarei player, revealed an admirable defence, and. with Kelly, took the score from three for 13 to four for 59. Kelly Stays. Right from the time he reached the crease, it was apparent that Kelly intended to stay there, and in his long innings did not put a foot wrong. It was when he started to wreck the succession of maiden overs that he reached his best, driving and pulling with safety and power. Wickets fell steadily at the other end, however, and it was left to the last Mangonui wicket 1o make the best stand of the match.

V/. Harrison, the paccy stock bc-wlcr, leapt out to loft successive balls from Hewlett into adjacent fields, and also landed a sixer from Dunn. The pair had added 50 when Kelly made his first mistake, and Morton, who led the Whangarei side, pocketed the catch.