CRICKET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20114, 27 November 1928, Page 14

CRICKET.

WEDNESDAY ASSOCIATION. Tho third series of mutches in the Wednesday Cricket Association's competition •will bo played at Victoria Park to-morrow commencing at 2 p.m. following is the draw Pacific Cable Bonrc v. Takapuna Dairy, Royal Marines v. Auckland Milk Company. TIERALD V. ST. .TAMES' THEATRE. A match was played at Victoria Park yesterday afternoon between the Herald mid-week eleven and a team from St. James' Theatre. IlEi-.Ai.n winning by en innings and -12 runß. St. James -scored 62 (Xewdick 17, Seager 1:4. Hay Fuller 11, Adams 10) and 85 (Xewdirk 37 not out, Senger M, Hughes 11. Kobertson 101. In St. James' first innings Rout took five wickets, including tho hat trick. Campbell three, and Tendall two, and in the second innings L. Guincy took six wickets and I'. K, Guincy four. Hehm.i> scored 189 (Edmonds 30 retired, L. Guincy MO retired, T. Simpson 30, Gillnm 18, Rout, 16 13, C. E. Guiney 11 not out. Blythe 11). Les Clements. [Jay Fuller and Robertson divided the wickets for St. James. REPRESENT ATI V E PR ACTICK. The Auckland Cricket Association's selectors have included I - '. Goodair and A. W. McCoy, of Parnell, in the representative practices at Edeii Park. PL A V AT PUKEKOHE. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN COHRES! ONPENT.] PUKEKOIIK, Monday. Two further matches in tho Pukekphe Cricket Association's competition opened on Saturday. On the Pukekohe Club's ground Wesley College and L'ukckoho each completed. Wesley College _ batted first and made 81 runs (H. Hickling 25, I'rocks 15, Tulcua 11). Pukekol o responded with 125 runs (Hall 31. C. Lawrie 21. Fox 20). Bowling for Pukekohe Drake took three wickets. Fox two. Rose two, 11. I'leydell one, and Schlaopfer one. I'or Wesley College, P. A. Hickling took five. Kaliu three, and Vala Against Pukekohe High School, at tho high school ground, Kariika completed the first innings for 102 runs (Beechey 85, not out, Muigan 33. M. Brooke 33. Ileise 12). High School hn l three wickets down for 55 runs (Taylor 21". not out, Laird 12. not, out) when stump; were drawn for the day. Bowling for High School Zinzan took five wickets for til runs, V. Zinzan two for 20, and Cartv.-right two for 2-1. Both matches aro to bo completed next Saturday. WAITOA V. PAEROA. [RY TELEGRAriI. —OWN CORRESPONDENT, j PAEROA. Monday. In a representative cricket match on Saturday. Waitoa defeated Paeroa by 30 runs ' on tho first innings. Waitoa scored 139 i (Perry 10. Moore 31. Game' 211. and Paeroa i made ip 9 (Taylor 35, Dale 21). _ Bowling ! for Waitoa Garner tcok three wickets for [ 6 runs. E'or Paeroa Shand took t.iree for | 11. WAIPA ASSOCIATION'. fHV TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESrONDEN 1. ] TE AWAMUTi:. Monday. The Waipa Cricket Association's championship competition was advanced a, further stage on Saturday. At Kaipaki the To Awamntu eleven had a decisive victory by nn itmings and 110 runs. Best scorers for Te Awamutu were Blundcll 11, Barnett 37, Clarke 16, Morriss 18. not out-. The total was 135 for five wickets, and then Kaipaki was disposed of for only 10 in tho first innings, and 15 in the second. Barnett taking five wickets for 1 runs in the first, and Rickit three for rune in the second. During the week-end a Te Awamutu eleven visited Aripuni to meet the homo eleven. Te Awamutu, batting first. put on 214 runs for seven wickets (Smith 65, O. Alorriss 44, Shepherd 32, Oram 25, Philp ID. Arapuni'a fust inninss clost-f] for 75 i (Harris 25. McNeil 13). In the second inn- | ings Leo compiled 31. and Bethel 12 before : the game closed, with 65 runs for the loss of five wickets. HAURAKI PLAINS TEAMS. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] I X GATE A. Monday. | In the second round of the Hanraki 1 Plains Cricket Association's competition : Waitakaruru scored 113 runs (E. Puffin 27, not out, A. Kenny 27> for seven wickets ngainst Pipiroa, who Beored 63 (Willis 14. not out). McPhenion (Waitakaruru >. three wickets for 8 runs, and W. Knox TPipiroa) three for 42, wern the best bowlers. Kopuarahi, 115 (Connors 34, Lawrence 33). defeated Kaihere,'6B (McDonald 37. not out). Connors (Kopuarahi), fiur for 16, and Jones (Kaihare), five for 39, secured the best howling averages. Ngatea, 43 (Nicol 13), were too good for Orongo, 20. O'Neill (N'gatoa) took four wickets for 2 runs. Death (Orongo), four for 11. bowled well for Orongo. NORTH AUCKLAND ASSOCIATION. ENCOURAGING THE PLAVFILS. [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRJiPPf'NDENT. | WHAN'CrAREf. Monday. Cricket in tho North should lie much as ni*ted by the derision reached at tho anmul meeting of the North Auckland Cricket, Association at, Whang, 'tret. Mr. L. .Matthews presided over a rood attendance of dele trn.fea from all nfliliulod associations. The flection o£ officers resulted:—Patron, Mr. A. J. Murdoch. M.P.: president. Mr. F. Dnrgavillo; vice-presidents, Messrs. E. Vipond (Rodnoy). If. (-1. Thompson (Mangouui), H. Flc.weilvn (Whangarei). E. R. Bopp (Norlhoru Wairoa); secretary. Mr. R. E. Danes. J[r. Wj R. Dunning was appointed selector of tho representative tea ma.

It was decided to seelc affiliation with the Auckland Association. An invitation will be extended for an Auckland representative tenm to tour Rodney, Dargaville, Miln i?onni nnd Whungaxei for a week's cricket between December 27 and January 6. Inquiries will bo made as to whether North Auckland will be enabled to challenge for tho Ilawlte Cup this season. Endeavours wII be made to arrange a tour for tie North Auckland team through tho Waikuto and Thames districts, finishing at Auckland during Easter. A condition of competition for the bursajille Shield is that after tho trophy has neen held by an association for two consecutive, years it must be drawn for. Rodney having held the shield for the p.ist two »»asong a, draw took place, resulting in Northern_ Wairoa. now being the holder. Mangonui has already issued a challenge It wis resolved that two days be allotted to shield _ matcher-, tht. derision to be on the fir3t inningn if the match is not completed.