NELSON WINS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 30 December 1924, Page 4

NELSON WINS

THE HAWKE CUP, fffra4Srtf:, 'll V TWO WICKETS FIND STAND BY NEWMAN BROS.

Tins match, commenced on Friday, was continued at. ihe Park yesterday in perfect weather and on a. good wicket, llawkes Bay commenced with 3 down for 16 ami at 32 Blamires clean bowled O’Connell with one that kept low. Soon afterwards, Lines misfielded at fine leg but recovering quickly, threw down Stephenson’s wicket and 5 were down for 40. With only 10 added Blamires howled Temperton, 50—6—1. As in the first innings the tail then wagged but chiefly only to the extent ot again holding up the wicket for Bernau. Neale got At. Beuth l.b.w. and then White again held np his wicket while 40 were added for tiie Bth wicket. Bernau was still in and batting very solidly but Neale coming on a second time had him well caught by Smith first hail after a fine innings of 61, a. better effort really than his 136 in the first innings and including a 6 and 4 foui’s. This gives Him the great figures of 197 for the match, out of a total of 299 off the hat. scored by his side. As lie lias also proved very destructive with the. ball, his value to the side is enormous. In tact no one else has really looked dangerous a? all. The last wicket added only 8 when Davis was neatly stumped by Kemnitz off a leg break from Neale and tlie innings, closed for 119, giving llawkes Bay a lead of j 222. Blamires howled very well and secured 4 for- 30 but had to leave the field owing to an. injury received on Saturday. Neale came out with 3 wickets for ■ 4 runs off 6 overs, S. Newman and Haycock being Ihe only others to secure one. ,Nelson commenced their second innings at 2 p.m. and started badly, R.. Eden and Blamires quickly failing to Bepth’a, stuff. Smith staved awhile, and saw 40 go up when lie played Bernau on. Haycock, whose value as a sticker is well known, but whose Hawke Cup performances with the bat have been very disappointing, filled the vacancy, , and as the. pair last season puot on 102 for the first wicket against Auckland,, and previously 120 against Wellington, it was appropriate that -they should again stick the bowling up. For an hour and a Half they defied all bowling changes and put. Nelson in a hopeful position. The bowling at this stage was at its top and the fielding keen and although' the scoring was slow, the batsmen-were making ...a great fight-and the spectai ors’ hopes rose accordingly. Them were several interesting moments A and the play was followed with the utmost keenness. Neale gave a difficult chance in the long' field but otherwise' neither looked like getting out. • Hawkes Bay trfierl 8 bowlers of all kinds: The slows troubled Haycock somewhat ■ • and he seemed to get most of them, Stephenson bowling two maddens to him but getting a single- in the next over, Neale got a hook and a drive for 4 each off him and lie went off. Once, mistaking a call from a spectator tor a second run, the batsmen started and Neale had to dive full length for the crease and just got’ home, but this all added to the excitement. There was great applause, when the 100 .went up but Neale then sustained a nasty Mow and shortly afterwards touched a fast one and tiie whole-field yelled for the catch at the wicket, , which ended a great fighting effort ot over two hours. The sting was by- this time / eomplete!y taken out of the,bowling and the fielding was slackening and although Haycock followed his partner for a valuable 24, Kemnitz and Langliein then carried on with the work until the score readied 156, Langbein being'bowled by a!'good one from O’Brien. J.'Newman who found his form in the first innings, then joined Kemnitz.- ana amid growing excitement aided by smart and sometimes rather dangerous running between tiie wickets, ran the score up to within reasonable reach of tiie number required. In the last over of the day, and in trying to get as many as possible ’ while matters were, favourable,, Kemnitz hit a four and in trying to repeat the dose was clean bowled when-Nelson were in a wanningrpositipn. Wnth him and Newman to open this morning Nelson’s position would have been very bright-, but it was also a lino fighting effoiv and as the runs mounted the excitement was intense and all round the ground the spectators were counting the runs Acquired. A remarkable feature of tiie innings was the number of no halls, 10 being recorded but 2 or 3 others were also called and scored off. The byes amounted to 25. leg byes 8 ,10 no balls and a wide, rankling extras almost, top score. The grass m Hie field which had grown considerably, kept the score down and turned many twins into singles; and so on, NELSON—2nd Innings. Neale, c, White, b Bernau 45 R. Eclen, b 0. Beuth 4 Blamires, b G. Beuth 1 Smith, b Bernau , > 9 Haycock, b Bernau 24 ’ Kemnitz, b C. Beuth 35 Langbein, b O’Brien v ; 24 J. Newman, not out 13 Extras 44 Seven wickets for 199 * TO-DAY’S PLAY " STUBBORN GAAIF. BY NEWMAN BROS. When play resumed this morning, with Nelson requiring 23 runs to win, there was a good deal of excitement, each ball sent, down being closely / watched. J. Newman, the not out man of the previous day, and Fowler went to the wickets., C. Beuth sending down the first ball. A single'to 1 Newman hoisted .200. With four more added Fowler was clean bowled by Beuth.; S. Newman then joined his brother. Both played carefully ,realising their responsibilities, and runs.came very slowly. As the arrears were gradually wiped off excitement increased, and Nelson supporters, who had 'lost' practically . ..all hope of retaining the Cup, were becoming optimistic. With four runs needed for a draw (which Avoqld have left Nels&h in possession of the trophy), J. Newman just reached his crease in time from a short single. It was a breathless moment! Then a single to S. Newmaii, followed later by a two, made a drawn game of it. To J. Newman fell the honour of the winning, hit, 1 a single being hit amid much applause, in which the Hawke’s Bay team showed a splendid sporting spirit by joining in. r-j Too much praise cannot be given ;to the Newman brothers for their stubborn stand at a very critical period of the game for Nelson. J. Newman especially played a line innings, being at the wickets for 55 minutes this morning, and was hot out with 21, S. Newman having >lO not out to bis credit. The concluding scores were:— ,T. Newman, not out 21 R. Fowler, 1) C. Beuth 2 S Newman, not out- ’ 10 Byes 26 Leg byes • 9 Wides 1 No halls 12 Total for eight wickets ' 223 Fall of wickets: 1 for 15; 2 for 17; . “TAN-OL” the perfect furniture "and floor polish, is sold in liquid or paste form. Easy and economical.

3 for 40; 4 for 105* 5 for 112; 6 for 156; 7 for 199; 8 for 204. ■f ■- Bowling Analysis.

C. Beuth bowled 3 no balls and one [wide.. < v Messrs A. L. Rowe and F, Mitchell were the umpires; and Messrs W. Grib fin and Blintce acted as scorers. * HANDING OVER THE CUP v When the teams had assembled in the paviifon Mr. Gamboni, president'of the Waimea Association formally handed over the Gup to the skipper of the Nelson team (E. J. Kemnitz), heartily congratulating the team in doing so. lie also apologised to the visitors for the weather and also for tile, state- of the ground. (Hear, hear! from Nelson supporters). It- was absolutely disgraceful , to ask a. team to come so many miles to play on such, a pitch. (Hear, hear!) Mr Kemnitz, in accepting the cup on behalf of his team, referred to the splendid fighting finish. Mr Kemnitz stated that the Mayor had just informed him that ho intended to have the ground made in good playing order. They knew Mr Lock was a man of his word, so could look for an improvement next season. At tho call of Mr Kemnitz hearty cheers were then given for tho Hawke’s Bay team. * The captain of the Hawke’s Bay team •-(Mr Ternperhon) congratulated Nelson on their -win. As regards tho ground he hoped the Mayor would be kept up to his promise. Mr Williams (president of tho New Zealand Cricket Council) added his congratulations. lie had never iseen a team play a better second innings than did Nelson. He also referred io Bernau’s great;performance with bat and ball. Mr \\ 7 illia ; rr|s went, on to say that he did not want to hurt anyone’s feelings, but us-.-regards the. ground lie had never seen a first-class match played on such a ground in his life and he trusted every effort would he made to 'induce the City Council to improve it. (Hear, hear !). Mr Stephenson, manager of the visiting tearn, also added his congratulations. He paid a tribute to the umpiring and also to the scorers.

The Mayer said that no doubt a

prima facie case had been made out against tho Council in regard to the ground. But witli tjpe footballers playing on it so late in the year it was impossible to get it in good order. Had the loan for improvement to- reserves been carried the Council had intended

to make the Park a first-class playing area. The fault was not altogether the Council’s, but personally he would do all lie could to have the ground put in order. In concluding, lie congratulated Bernau on his magnificent batting and extraordinary bowling. , Mr Hy Atmore, M.P. for Nelson- also added a few' words of congratulation, and put in a strong plea for better treatment of the cricketers so- far as the playing area was concerned., The function was concluded with Cheers for the Nelson team at the call of Hawke’s Bay. . TEAMS Ei\ xeRTAINED '

At the invitation of Mr Mason, of the Commercial Hotel, both teams sat down to a sumptuous luncheon. Among those present were the Mayor of Nelson. (Mr W. Lock) and Mr H. Atmore, M.P. The function was a most enjoyable'one, and the Cup was filled wicii champagne by Mr T.. Newman and passed round in the usual way. Mr Garhboni on behalf of Mr McGregor, a former Hawke’s'Bay resident, presented Mr Bernau with a bat and Mr C. Beuth with’* a ball;- while on behalf of Mr Mason a ball was presented to Mr E. R. Neale. All tho presentations were in appreciation of the fine performances of the recipients. Cheers were given for Mr an’ Mrs Newman and for Mr and Mrs T. Mason. Mr J. Newman replied on behalf of hjs parents; and MiMason, in Acknowledgment, referred to Nhe gentlemanly behaviour of the Hawke’s Bay team while guests at the lie tel. ' ’ -5 v V V

PLUNKET SfiIELD MATCH (United Pres* Association.) J * CHMSTOHUBOH, This Day. In ihe'Pllinket Shield match, Canterbury m their second innings scored 289 (Patrick. 129). . , / : Auckland.in innings have lost 2 -wickets for 21. CHRISTOHUROH. Tins'Day. The Plunket Shield match resumed this moi-ning, and resulted in the collapse of Auckland, -who-were all out f CUTS. The weather -was fine. • , COMMENT ON. TEST MATCH (Published in The Times.) LONDON, Dec. 28. Commenting ori the test match, The Times cricket expert says: "The result ■was never in real doubt, since the Australians always held a commanding lead." Tbo writer admits that in the circumstances England accomplished a great feat in making 411, but there was no disguising the severity of the defeat. '•The cause is plain for everyone to •pee,'"' he continues. "Our batting, though- in individual cases superb, was dreadfully uneven, whereas that of the ■ Australians was consistency itself."

ATTENDANCE OF 164,000 (By Klflotrio Telegraph.—Copyright.) ' (Australian smd N.Z. Cabla Association.) SYDNEY, This "Day. The attendance at the test match'aggregated over 164,000, and the gate receipts exceeded £16,000, -both being records. The previous attendance record was 111,265. The Herald comments that from winning the.toss onwards throughout the f run of the game, the weather favoured the Australians. Whjpi fortune smiling a little the other way the game would have been much closer, and the result might even have been, reversed. In other respects the match was one of the most remarkable' tests ever played, especially in breaking and equalling records, its sensational collapses, unexpected situations, a;id recoveries, its series of wonderful n partnerships, , its duration ,aijd the grim determination and fighting spirit of the plavers - throughout.* The paper predicts that the second test will be a grim and interesting struggle. '-'••• SECOND .TEST SYDNEY, This Day. The teams for the second test will be chosen, to-morrow;. It is anticipated that there will be several changes in both, following voluminous press, suggestions ou the subject. r <■ : TIME LOST AT FACTORIES Many of the first-add dressings used on poisoned wounds are not penetrative enough to get below the surface, and for weeks an employee is often away from work in consequence. The unique value of Q-toI has again and again been proved. It heals inflammation well below the surface and no scab results. Does not irritate when applied to open wounds or burns.

0. M. W, E. Bernau 24 4 3 57 C. Beuth 19 1 4 51 O’Connell 5 0 0 13 Temperton 5 1 0 17 Stephenson . 3 2 0 9 Bradburn 4 1 0 8 O’Brien 6. 1 1 17 M. Beuth 2 0 0 3