CRICKET SEASON

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22352, 25 February 1936, Page 7

CRICKET SEASON

MATCHES AT WHANGAREI G. L. WEIR IN GOOD FORM [from our own correspondent] WHANGAREI. Monday The defeat of Whangarei by Old Boys on Saturday in the Whangarei Cricket Association's senior championship competition camo lis a surprise to followers of tho game. Whangarei had shared with Nomads and Combined Services the lead. However, as both those teams won their respective matches, Whangarei has now dropped back to_ second position. • The following are the results:—Whangarei* 145 (Nisbet 39, Lindgard 35), lost to Old lioys, 147 (Williams 72, Coote 23). At Onerahi Maungakaramea, 104 (Bercich 39), defeated Onerahi. 98 (Fyfe 31 not out, J. Drake 27). For Onerahi J. Drake took four wickets for 14 and for Maungakaramea Fayne took four for 27. High School, on their own turf wicket, made 114 (Murdoch 21) against Nomads, 170 for three (Badeley 103 not out. Godfrey 26, Dunning 27 not out. Combined Services dismissed Hikurangi for 74 (Laurie 62), and 112 (Laurie 73), having declared with 103 for three wickets (G. L. Weir 70). G. L. Weir, for Combined Services, took six wickets for 11 and four for 32 respectively. CAMBRIDGE COMPETITIONS [from our own correspondent] CAMBRIDGE, Monday In continuation of the _ Cambridge Cricket Association's championship, tho final round was opened on Saturday. High School compiled 140, to which Services replied with 63 in the first innings. For High School tho best scores were C. Boyce, 58, and E. Muller, 22. Bowling: Lowe took four for 23, Chard throe for 2G. Services were below form and batted only seven men. Wylde, 45, and Macdonald, 8, were the beßt scorers. Bowling: I3att took two for 3, Humphries three for 25. Leamington, playing City, wero all out for 60 (L. McKinnon 21, D. MeKinnon 19). Oldficld took four wickets and Crawshaw tlireo. City, in the first innings, havo lost five wickets for 35 (Oldfield 11, Hughes 11 not out). MATCH AT TE AWAMUTU [from our own correspondent] TE AWAMUTU, Monday The Waipa Cricket Association's championship was continued in showery weather. United, playing Te Awamutu, was dismissed for 43. Morgan took four wickets for 'l4 runs and N. Rusden four for 12. Te Awamutu hud lost two wickets for 00 runs when stumps were drawn. Gell. 39 not out, und Rusden. not out 11, being the principal contributors. Vines and Robinson each captured one wicket. MATCHES AT THAMES [from OCR OWN correspondent] THAMES, Monday Club cricket games wero continued when Old Boys defeated Karaka by an innings and 97 runs. Tho scores were:— Old Boys, 140 (Shaw 20, Fowler 31, Goodwin 35 not out, F. Gibson 16). Bowling: Smith one for 40, Brokenshire five for 28, Burns, one for 19, McMullan two for 2. Karaka: First innings, 37 (Burns 24). Bowling: A. Johnston two for 4. Gibson two for 23, Buchan one for 2, Gedye two for 7, In their second innings Karaka made 16 (Smith 6). Bowling: Clemson three for 2, A. Johnston two for 8, Gedye two for 4, Martin one for 2. High School inflicted a defeat on Tararu by nine runs in a two-innings match. Th» scores wero:—High School, First innings: G4 (Billing 40). Bowling: Watson one for 24. Hoskins, six for 32. Second innings, 96 (Delamore 19, Watson 25, lloskinß, 20) Bowling: Darwell ono for 2, Isaacs one for 0. Cleave three for 20, Lang one for 27, Billing three for 12. Tararu: First innings, 73 (Cleove 25, McLeish 16). Second innings, 78 (Hoskins 20). Bowling: Cleave two for 29, Lang eight for 38. OPOTIKI BEATS WHAKATANE [by telegraph —OWN correspondent] WHAKATANE, Monday In a one-innings cricket match Opotiki defeated Whakatane in the week-end by 63 runs. Opotiki made 156 (J. Manby 51, Harriman 24) and for Whakatane Bridger took four wickets for 32. Whakatane made 63 (Bridger 14 not out).