Cricket

Northland Age, Volume XVI, Issue 17, 26 November 1946, Page 3

Cricket

Senior The draw for next Saturday, November 30 is : Victoria Valley v. Mangataiore at Victoria Valley. Kaitaia v. Peria at Kaitaia. * NOMADS BEAT MANGATAIORE OUTRIGHT IN EXCITING FINISH With a four off the last ball of the match. Nomads defeated Mangataiore outright by one run and three wickets at Mangataiore on Saturday. Conditions were ideal for these two teams to turn on a bright and exciting all-day match. Winning the toss, Harry Findlay (Nomads’ skipper) proved wig* ia electing to put his team in the field first. Bowling into a fresh south-easterly he had the Mangataiore batsmen completely subdued, while from the other end C. Eales maintained a good length with his fast accurate deliveries. Backed up by good fielding the combination had Mangataiore out for 56. Highlight of the innings was two magnificent catches in the outfield by L. Taffard. S. White and R. Harrison opened the Mangataiore attack against T. Northwood and R. Maddock. White obtained two cheap wickets, and the runs were evenly distributed amongst the remainder of the team. L. Beazley with 29 and H. Findlay with 23 were the highest scorers. To dismiss C. Eales, Stuart Switzer held a great catch after the ball had first dealt him a severe crack in the eye. S. White had the best bowling average. In their second trip to the wicket R. Harrison declared Mangataiore’s innings closed at 8 wickets down for 123, leaving Nomads 74 runs to get for an outright win in 65 minutes. A partnership by S. Kucher: and S. Switzer realised 64 runs before Kitchen was clean bowled by Eales at 36. Switzer batted attractively for 38, while Edwards with 19 was shaping very confidently before being well held by Findlay. Maddock and Findlay batted steadily for half an hour to put 30 runs on the board. With 8 wickets still intact. Nomads then decided to chase the runs. Wickets began to fall cheaply, and with one ever to go Nomads required 9 runs for an outright win. S. White bowled this over and with his seventh ball he obtained a wicket. Four runs were still required, and the last ball of the match J. Baker hit back over the bowler’s head for 4, giving the Nomads the victory by 1 run and 3 wickets. The scores were : Mangataiore, Ist Innings C. Edwards, b Findlay 1 W. Switzer, b Findlay 3 S. White, b Findlay 5 S. Edwards, b Eales 2 S. Switzer, c Taffard b Eales .. 8 R. Harrison, c Taffard b Findlay 18 S. Kitchen, b Findlay 6 R. Beazley, c Hoddle b Findlay . 3 V. Kitchen, b Eales 3 A. Rogers, b Findlay 0 R. White, not out 1 Sundries 6 Total 56 Bowling : H. Findlay 7 for 26, C. Eales 3 for 24. Nomads, Ist Innings T. Northwood, b White 2 R. Maddock, b White 1 J. Baker, b Rogers 7 W. Hoddle, c Switzer b White .. 15 H. Findlay, c Switzer b Rogers . 23 R. Bauer, c (Kitchen b Harrison . 12 C. Eales, c Switzer b White .... 4 J. Beazley, c Switzer b W’hite .. 7 L. Beazley, b White 29

L. Taffard, run out 0 L. Foley, not out 5 Sundries 1 Total 106 Bowling : S. White 6 for 52, A. Rogers 2 for 17, R. Harrison 1 for 17. Mangataiore, 2nd Innings S. White, run out 2 C. Edwards, c Findlay b Hoddle. . 19 S. Kitchen, b Eales 36 S. Switzer, c Findlay b Eales .. 38 R. Harrison, b Findlay 17 W. Switzer, c and b J. Beazley . . 1 S. Edwards, b Eales 1 R. Beazley, not out 1 R. White, c Taffard b Findlay . . 2 A. Rogers, not out 0 Sundries 6 Total for 8 wickets declared . . 123 Bowling.—C. Eales 3 for 25, H. Findlay 2 for 18, W. Hoddle 1 for 19, R. Maddock 1 for 14. J. Beazley 1 for 19. Nomads, 2nd Innings C Eales, b White 4 R. Maddock, c White b Harrison 20 H. Findlay, c Harrison b White 22 W. Hoddle, c R. White b White 2 L. Beazley, c and b White 1 J. Beazley, run out 1 R. Bauer, c Switzer b i White .. 6 J. Baker, not out 12 L. Foley, not out 0 Sundries 6 Total for 7 wickets 74 Bowling.—S. White 5 for 23, R. Harrison 2 for 19. FIRST INNINGS VICTORY TO VALLEY OVER KAITAIA With 94 runs to get in 29 minutes for an outright victory on Saturday, Kaitaia hit off 70 of them for the loss of three wickets before time was called, giving Victoria Valley a first innings victory by 54 runs. Conditions were good when F. Panther and L. Foster opened the first innings for Valley against the bowling of R. Russell and T. Bradford. L. Foster batted soundly for 38 before being caught and bowled by Sowter. During the match Sowter took 5 splendid catches. J. M. Dawson with 36 not out also batted really well. The bowling attack was well varied and the wickets evenly distributed. The Valley innings realised 126 runs. Kaitaia replied with 72, 28 of these coming off the bat of N. Rogers. N. Fanther was the most successful bowler with 4 wickets. In their second innings the Valley batsmen failed. F. Panther with 16 and J. M. Dawson again with 11 not out were the only two to reach double figures. R. Russell registered a fine performance in obtaining five good wickets for 14 runs, including 3 wickets with 4 balls. With 94 runs to get in 29 minutes the Kaitaia batsmen gave it a g 0 but failed by 24 runs. T. Bradford hit out and was unbeaten at stumps with 34 while N. Rogers had 20 on the book. The scores were : Victoria Valley, Ist Innings F. Panther, c Williams b Russell 9 L. Foster, c and b Sowter 38 C. Hoskin, c White b Russell .. 0 G. Dawson, c Russell b Bradford 8 C. Foster, b Bradford 0 C. Beazley, c Rogers b Sowter .. 2 N. Panther, c Rogers b Sowter 10 M. Panther, c Sowter b Subritzky 3 J. Dawson, not out 36 G. MacPherson, c Sowter b Matthews 0 N. Coulter, c Russell b Matthews 11 Sundries 9 Total 126

Bowling.—R. Russell 2 for 28, T Bradford 2 for 15, J. Sowter 3 foi 33, F. Subritzky 1 for 19, T. Mat thews 2 for 17. Kaitaia, Ist Innings J Sowter, b Foster t, T. Bradford, run out f N. Rogers, b F. Panther 2f K. Russell, c N. Panther b F. Panther 14 G. Campbell, run out g T. Matthews, b N. Fanther £ F. Subritzky, c F. Panther b G. Dawson (] T. White, b N. Panther 0 O. Williams, not out 5 J. Brown, b N. Panther 2 Andrews, b N. Panther 0 Sundries 6 Total 72 Bowling.—N. Panther 4 for 15, F. Panther 2 for 15, C. Foster 1 for 8, G. Dawson 1 for 28. Victoria Valley, 2nd Innings F. Panther, c Sowter b Bradford 16 L Foster, b Russell 6 C. Hoskin, b Russell 0 G. Dawson, b Russell 0 C. Foster, c White b Sowter .... 0 C. Beazley, b Russell 0 N. Panther, c Bradford b Sowter 0 M. Panther, c Sowter b Russell 1 J M. Dawson, not out .*. 11 G. MacPherson, c Rogers b Bradford 2 N. Coulter, b Sowter 3 Sundries 1 T otal 40 Bowling.—R. Russell 5 for 14, J. Sowter 3 for 20, T. Bradford 2 for 5. Kaitaia, 2nd Innings J. Sowter, c G. Dawson b Foster 0 N. Rogers, not out 20 F. Subritzky, c MacPherson b Dawson 7 J. Brown, run out 4 T. Bradford, not out 34 Sundries 5 Total 70 Bowling-.—C. Foster 1 for 19, G. Dawson 1 for 21, N. Panther 0 for 16. Junior MANGATAIORE V. NOMADS Mangataiore juniors proved too strong for the Nomads eleven at the A. and P. Grounds on Saturday last. They defeated Nomads outright by 64 runs with 5 wickets still intact. D. Kitchen, bowling for Mangataiore, had the fine average of 6 for 4,

in Nomads Ist innings, and 2 for 1 in their second innings, while D. Archibald took 6 for 12 in Mangataiore’.: first innings. Scores were : Mangataiore. Ist Innings L. White, b Archibald 2 B. Beazley, b Hoddle 4 I Kitchen, b Archibald 3 L. Kitchen, b Archibald 0 D. Kitchen, b Hoddle 0 J. Wells, lbw b Archibald 0 N. Kitchen, c Knightbridge b Archibald 12 B. Switzer, not out 9 W. Brockbank, b Archibald .... 0 R. Cochrane, c Harrison b Hoddle 8 A. Cochrane, b Pettit 1 Sundries 2 Total 41 Bowling : D. Archibald 3 for 12, T. Hoddle 3 for 25, C. Pettit 1 for 2. Nomads, Ist Innings R. MacKenzie, b Kitchen 0 T. Hoddle, b Beazley 15 D. Archibald, b Kitchen 0 C. Rule, b Kitchen 0 G. Foley, run out 0 A. Harrison, b Kitchen 4 L. Richter, c Wells b Beazley .. 0 D. Wilson, c Wells b Beazley .. 0 C. Pettit, not out 0 L. Werner, b Kitchen 0 B. Knightbridge, c and b Kitchen 0 Sundries 1 Total 20 Bowling : B. Beazley 3 for 16, D. Kitchen 6 for 4. Mangataiore, 2nd Innings B. Beazley, b Archibald 29 B. Switzer, b Richter 1 L. W’hite, st Harrison b Hoddle . 12 I. Kitchen, b Richter 16 L. Kitchen, b Hoddle 0 j N. Kitchen, not out 15 ! J. Wells, not out 0 | Sundries 4 j Total for 5 wickets 77 Bowling : L. Richter 2 for 10, D. Archibald 1 for 19, T. Hoddle 2 for 34. * Nomads, 2nd Innings C. Rule, run out 4 T. Hoddle, c b Switzer . 0 D. Archibald, c Kitchen b White . 7 R. MacKenzie, lbw b White .... 0 G. Foley, b Kitchen .1 0 A. Harrison, b Kitchen 22 L. Richter, b Switzer 0 D. Wilson, b Wells 1 C. Pettit, b Kitchen 0 L. Werner, b Wells 0