Cricket

Northland Age, Volume XVI, Issue 41, 25 February 1947, Page 1

Cricket

The results of last Saturday’s games effected some surprises, but the competition is still very close. There will be no games next Saturday, Show Day. * With three matches to play to conclude the final round, the points are now Nomads 37, Mangataiore 36, Kaitaia 34, Victoria Valley 21, Peria 17. VALLEY’S FINE WIN By 87 runs on the first innings, Victoria Valley defeated the Kaitaia team at the Valley ground on Saturday. Having first use of the wicket, the" Valley opening batsmen gave their side a good start. The consistent Les Foster contributed 37, while R. Coulter gave perhaps the best display for 33. The following batsmen all gave sound displays with the result that the side scored the good total of 170 runs. Kaitaia in their innings made 83. C. Foster and N. Panther were mainly responsible for this small total. Their swerving, good length deliveries on the off had most of the batsmen in difficulties and several fine catches were taken on that side. R. Russell again batted extremely well for 37 while T. Bradford with 15 was the only other batsman to show form. Details of the scoring are as follows : Victoria Valley, Ist Innings F. Panther, c Bradford b Russell 20 L. Foster, lbw b Subritzky .... 37 R. Coulter, c Russell b Sowter .. 33 C. Hoskin, b Subritzky 8 G. Dawson, b Sowter 9 N. Panther, c and b Sowter 8 C. Foster, b Sowter 10 J. M. Dawson, c and b Russell .. 0 N. Coulter, b Sowter 12 G. MaePherson, c and b Sowter 15 M. Panther, not out . .. . 7 Sundries 5 Total 170 Bowling.—R. Russell 2 for 52, J. Sowter 5 for 71, F. Subritzky 2 for 20. Kaitaia, Ist Innings T. Bradford, c R. Coulter b Panther 15

N. Rogers, c R. Coulter b Foster 0 A. Mackintosh, c L. Foster b Foster 5 R. Russell, c L. Foster b Panther 37 J. Sowter, c G. Dawson b Panther 10 F. Subritzky, lbw b Foster .... 4 N. Boyd, c Coulter b Panther .. 0 T. White, b Panther 0 T. Matthews, b Foster 5 ! O. Williams, c F. Panther j b Panther 0 ; F. Andrews, not cut 0 j Sundries 7 j Total 83 j Bowiing.—N. Panther 6 for 16 (off i 5 overs), C. Foster 4 for 38. I NOMADS DEFEAT MANGATAIORE I Nine wickets for 39 runs was the 1 magnificent bowling performance reg- | istered by Harry Findlay, the NoI mads’ slow spin bowler, against Ma- , - ngataiore on Saturday. , 1 It was Findlay’s bowling, backed up by good fielding that was responsible for Mangataiore’s cheap dismissal on their home ground. They failed to reach the Nomads’ first innings score by 38 runs. ! Nomads batted first and at one stage they had four wickets down for 23 runs. Howeved, B. Morpeth, 11. Findlay and L. Beazley improved the position and the side was out for 117. , The first three batsmen, Baker, i Northwood and Maddock were all well caught behind by Edwards off White. R. Harrison again bowled a sound length and he turned the ball well. Mangataiore’s innings realised 79 t runs. S. White was going well be- . fore he was well caught on the boun- ■ dary by J. Beazley. S. Kitchen with i 22 was in good form, while S. Edwards scored a stubborn 14. I Nomads, Ist Innings T. Northwood, c C. S. Edwards b White 9 • J. Baker, c C. S. Edwards b White 0 i R. Maddock, c C. S. Edwards i b White 8 ■ W. Hoddle, b Harrison 3 ■ B. Morpeth, c White b Harrison 34 L. Beazley, b Kitchen 18 > H. Findlay, c S. Kitchen . b Harrison 30 . J. Beazley, b White 2 C. Eales, c White b Harrison .. 3 L. Foley, not out 2 T. Hoddle, run out 4 | Sundries '* 1 Total 11 7 I * Bowling.—R. Harrison 4 for 25, S. J White 4 for 36, S. Kitchen 1 for 11. Mangataiore ! S. Edwards, c Eales b Findlay 14 ■ C. S. Edwards, b Findlay 2 S. White, c Beazley b Findlay .. 19 R. Harrison, c and b Findlay .. 0 ' S. Switzer, c Baker b Beazley .. 1 i S. Kitchen, b Findlay 22 W. Switzer, lbw b Findlay .... 18 P. Thompson, b Findlay 0 A. Rogers, c Hoddle b Findlay . . 2 R. Beazley, b Findlay 0 D. -Kitchen, not out 0 Sundries 3 Total li >

Bowling—H. Findlay 9 for 39, J. Beazley 1 for 18. PERIA JUNIORS DEFEATED Nomads First Innings Win At the Oval on Saturday the Nomads Juniors defeated the leading team, Peria, by 47 runs on the first innings. Highlights of the match were a fine knock of 56 by Phil Masters, and another good bowling effort by H. Larkins. • . Scores were : Nomads D. Archibald, c Rogers b Larkins 6 E. Bundle, c Foster b Rogers .. t R. MacKenzie, b Larkins 3 E. Knightbridge, c Francis b Rogers 0 P. Masters, b _Larkins 56 H. Rogers, b Larkins 3 A. Archibald, run out 5 D. Wilson, b Larkins 0 C. Pettit, not out 18 C. Lisle, b Larkins 0 D. Northwood, c S. Olsen b Olsen 4 Sundries • Total 102 Bowling.—H. Larkins 6 for 17, C Rogers 2 for 31, S. Olsen 1 for 25, N. Olsen 1 for 9. Peria J. Francis, b Masters 1 T. Nathan, c Pettit b Archibald 6 N. Foster, c MacKenzie b Archibald 2 C. Rogers, b Masters • 7 H. Larkins, c Wilson b Masters 12 K. Rhodes, b Masters 0 N. Olsen, b Archibald 1 S. Olsen, b Archibald 2 P. Sparksman, not out 8 J. Olsen, c MacKenzie b Archibald 1 N. Kitchen, b Masters 3 Sundries 6 Total 55 Bowling.—D. Archibald 5 for 21, P. Masters 5 for 24. Nomads, 2nd Innings—s 9 for 8 declared. Peria, 2nd Innings—62 for 6 wickets. MANGATAIORE DEFEATS BOY SCOUTS Mangataiore Juniors defeated the Boy Scouts eleven by an innings and 23 runs at the High School ground. Kaitaia, on Saturday. The Scouts could muster only 26 in their first knock and 23 in thei’.' second, while Mangataiore hit up 72 in their innings. These boys must learn to play a straight bat before they will do any better. While every ball should be played on its merits, it is not necessary to swipe blindly at every delivery. Mangataiore bowlers had a field day with the result that some fine averages were recorded. Boy Scouts, Ist innings—26 (B. Weber 12. R. Cochrane 4 for 3, L. Kitchen 2 for 2, B. Switzer 2 for 6, L. White 2 for 9). Mangataiore, Ist innings—72. (R. Cochrane 17 retired, L. White 17 retired. B. Weber 5 for 14, G. Morpeth 2 for 19, T. Taaffe 1 for 13). Boy Scouts, 2nd innings—23. (J. Wells 4 for 8, L. Kitchen 3 for 4, L. White 2 for 3, B. Trigg 1 for 4).