Teams For First Match Announced

Northern Advocate, 13 January 1948, Page 7

Teams For First Match Announced

Dargaville Shield

The teams for the first Dargaville Shield cricket match of the season, between Mid-Western t holders) and Northern Wairoa, to be played at Maungakaramea on Friday and Saturday, have been announced. They are: Mid-Western. —B. Child (captain), E. Child, R. Hudson (vice-captain), R. Woolhouse, H. Matthews (Maungakaramea): C. Bint (Maungakaramea Hockey Club); F. Massey, J. Howie (Puwera); C. Nisbet, D. Stevens (Maungatapere); G. Horn (Mangapai); G. Primrose (Otaika) is 12th man. J. Lord (Maungakaramea) and C. Hawken (Maungatapere) were not available. Northern Wairoa.—A. McMahon, S. Mason. R. Dickson, L. Sloane. Joe Radich, S. Symons, J. Matich, C. Walden, D. Smith, M. Murdoch, and R. Worthington. TURF WICKET The umpires will be Messrs A. J. Magee (Mid-Western) and-L. R. Switzer (Northern Wairoa). Hours of play on each day are 10 to 12.30; 1.15 to 3.45; 4 to 6. The turf wicket at Maungakaramea is in excellent order and the outfield is being closely mown to provide firstclass playing conditions. Northern Wairoa may be at a disadvantage in that their batsmen are accustomed to playing on concrete, and the sudden change to turf may upset them. WIIANGAREI PRACTICE SQUAB

The Whangarei selectors (Messrs C. Hewlett, G. Hook and L, P. Dumbleton) have chosen a squad of 21 players to commence practising for Whangarei’s shield challenge on January 29 and 30. They are: W. Bain, J. Drake, H. James, E. Dunn and C. Hewlett (Onerahi); G. Hook, D. Weston, M. Macnay, D. Ferguson and F. Cole (Central); B. Patrick, R. Nisbet, W. Wilson (Old Boys); L. Wilton, C. Jackson, R. Jennings (Albion); P. Jenyns (City); H. B. Massey (High School); D. Thomas, A . Wilson, R. White (MidNorthern). Practices are to be held at Kensington Park on Thursday evening and on Tuesday and Thursday evenings of next week and the following Sunday. Players are requested to bring their own bats. Fijian Team To Tour Dominion The Fijian cricket team which will tour New Zealand in February and March is expected to leave Suva by sea toward the end <jf January. The first match will take place at Hamilton on February 10. Five Europeans and nine Fijians have been selected, the team being as follows: P. T. Raddock, P. A. Snow, H. J. Apted, M. J. Fenn, A. Wendt, G. K. Cakobau, Isoa Lagavatu, - Petei-o Kubu, ' Viliame Mataika, Kaminieli Aria, Aisea Turuva, Mosese Bogisa, Semi Ravouvou, Tevita Vakaloloma. Mr J. W. Gosling will manage the team and it is likely that if E. Cakobau, who is at present at Oxford University, arrives from England in time he will be included in the side.

Amarnath, Hazare Add 255 Together HOBART, Tue.—With a third-wicket partnership which added 255 runs in three hours and 20 minutes, Lr Amarnath and V. S. Hazare crushed. Tasmania’s hopes in the second day’s play of the cricket match. Amarnath scored 171 runs in four and a half hours. It was his fourth century of the tour, and brought his first-class aggregate to 936. The Indian policy was to gain batting practice for the coming fourth test, but the batsmen were never slow or subdued. Hazare’s 115, although not chanceless, was full of graceful strokes. Rangnekar, the left-hander, was not troubled in scoring 43. India, first innings: Mankad, lbw, b Richardson, 37; Sarwate, b Richardson, 2; Amarnath. c Thomas, b Laver. 171; Hazare, c Alexander, b Walmsley, 115; Rangnekar, c WXurfett, b Richardson, 43; Rai Singh, run out, 2; Adhikari, not out, 23; Ranvirsinhji, run out, 7; extras, 6; total for 7 wkts (dec.), 406. Richardson took 3 for 89. Tasmania: First innings, 142; second, 1 for 12.