HOLIDAY CRICKET

New Zealand Herald, Volume 82, Issue 25396, 28 December 1945, Page 7

HOLIDAY CRICKET

f pooNTKY WEEK GAMES ■ODNEY AND PUTARURU WIN

FINAL ROUND this morning ■Rodney and Putnruru were the winners of two matches concluded , yesterday at the tH® , n jn the second round of the Auckland P o ®. ♦ Association's annual country week .ament. Rodney defeated Waikato by 130 on the first innings, and Putaruru. in f O3 itinc finish against Franklin, won by a» Both matches were commenced the nil 6 ,/" Jay, but were soon abandoned owing P r in I'or a similar reason there was no '® vesterda\ until after lunch. The cappW agreed to sliiri " lu WH'S afresh at 1 n U t>> play divided time, each side f or not mure than 2 hours 2U minutes B JI L" e first innings. in, 1 ' final Kumes today, commencing at JO ft will t>e Franklin v. Rodney and #if!do v. Putaruru. mheate.i fourth-wicket partnership be- » I L* 'Vvatt and A. K. Dunning. yieldl«eL r„ns was the highlight of Rodney's iot-' 1S the match with Waikato. The inoinrfs iu N Vjpoml and L Wyall opf ? # irood start. Vipond scoring 2<i and E ti -ill The latter's total included five Two wickets were down for :> I when ioined W.vatt. and. battinir briskly. *««»,? raided the total at a steady rnt« . Rodney declared at 3.2ti p.m. with q'rore at 201 for ,liri ' e wickets, Wyatt 1 j made 07 and Dunning .">o. W.vatt hit 11 |jf3 and his partner six fours and two failed against the bowling ot the i-«n W I">upnintr and V \ iponil. Ihe "IninS batsmen, E. I'ctrie (Hi) ami K. rrpn (17) gave their side an encouraging fSnninff hut the first two wickets fell for Mi n « Another was down ten runs later. 3 \ the Waikato collapse now set in. The • t three wickets produced only five runs D 'vthe whole side was out for 7t. '"pclowing on. Waikato made ."> I for the Jjs? of five wickets by the time the came ,B< i ed bad beginning was made bv Franklin , its match with Putaruru. Scoring was i and the first six wickets were down for f . .„nt The following three batsmen were £.h«d for IV,. and G. Palelei and J. Himr were left to put up a reasonably G "' ,'They made a valuable stand, and, "J-Guiding was finally caught at 'J.*,, i iitl was t'2 not out. His total included „ n I A six and five fours. . I} s Pntaruru's innings opened disastrously. B. tar' and Badham losing their wickets H,w runs. The day «as saved by K. BJ«V who bit one six and five fours in conSling :.l runs- He received best support i ni M McCaw. their partnership giving nai.-nrii 01 runs. The bowling of a Tongan, P palelei worried the batsmen, and he VnilJv ended the partnership by clean-bowling vK'aw at "7. The remaining batsmen were •niioiis when facing Palelei and N. Alex!»rftr Eventually. Chambers gave Putaruru iirtnrv by hitting a couple and passing Franklin's total. Scores RODNEY v. WAIKATO RODNEY—First Innings V Vipond. st Petrie. b Winger . . .. 2<; f" E. Wyatt. run out • • .. -K; «J. Dunning, c and b Warren .. 4 i 'li Wyatt. not out f;. i p. Dnnnine. not out ou Extras Total tor three wickets (declared) 201 Howling—N- Winger one for 39. K. Warren one for 30. D. McDonald none for 10. D Chatfield none for 10. G. Nicoll none for 22. M. Dixon none for -17. WAIKATO—First Innlnss v Petrie, run out ■. • - • • K Warren, c L. Wyatt. b \ipond .. 1< n Richards-Jolly. Ibw. b Vipond .. 4 r Kemu. bW. J. Dunning • • , • ■ " v Winger, cW. J. Dunning, b Vipond 1U j)! Chatfield, st Shepherd, b W. J. Dunninj? • • ■ ■ w, Dixon, st Shepherd, b Vipond .. 0 ll! Smith, c I. Wyatt. b W. J. Dunp. C. ficDonald, c J. Wyatt, b W. J. "" Dunning . • • ■ • • ' 1 1 I. Clements, not out ■, . Tt7 ■•, 4 P Chatfield, st bhepherd. b W. J. Dunning • • f. Nicoll. run out . . . . . . o Extras • • -J Total . . 71 Bowling.—W. J. Dunning five for 21. N. Tipond four for •-'7, L.- W.vatt none for 5. A. Armour none for IC>. Second Innings F Nicoll, c and b Vipond • 2 I)! Richards-Jolly, Ibw, b Perkins .. 20 T Clements, played on, b Perkins .. M D*. c. McDonaldr c W. J. Dunninc:. b

Lawrie • ■ • .. li E. Warren, c and b W. J. Dunning .. 1 M. Smith, not out <> E. Petrie. not out , 0 x Extras j Total for five wickets . . 5 1 Bowling.—H. Perkins two for 11'. Lawrie en# for none. Vipond one for 14. \V. J. Dunning one for 18, L. Wyatt none for 5. FRANKLIN v. PUTARURU FRANKLIN —First Innings li. Gnsh. c Godsalve. b Power . . . . l B. Haslam, bB. Lowry ■. • • • • ;; N. Alexander, c and bB. Lowry .. !•> G. Moyle, b Power -.. . • • • 1 D. Hart, c and b Power . ■ <> G. J. T. Hodgkiuson. c Chambers, b B Lowry .' 2 G, Palelet, not out .. .. 4. E. Perry, c and b Chambers .. . • •> C. Cooper, b B. Lowry . . 1 I. Cameron, run out . . . . •_» J Goiding, c Fitzherbert. b R. Lowry .'•> Extras H Total 1 Hi Bowling.—B Lowry four for 24. Power three for 33. R. Lowry one for 0. Chambers one for 30, B. Smith none for 12. PUTARURU—First Innings B. Lowry, b Alexander . . " ■ ' A. Badhara, c Perry, b Alexander .. o E. Power, b Alexander . . .. • • 5i If. McCaw, b Palelei-.. .. .. 2/ J. Fitzherbert, b Palelei .. .. .. 0 R. Lowry, c Goiding, b Palelei .. .. 14 Ju Hunt, c Haslam. b'Alexander .. I|> J. Godsalve, b Palelei .. •• 0 C. Lindsay, b Palelai .. •• 2 J. Chambers, not out • • • • ' B. Smith, c Palelei, b Haslam .. .. •> Extras •• •• » Total . . 125 Bowling.—Palelei five for 28. N. Alexander tour for o~i. M. Haslam one for 23. 1, Cameron none fur f). C- Cooper none for 14 REPRESENTATIVE ELEVENS The following teams have been selected to represent Country ascainet Auckland teams at Eden Park tomorrow, piny commencing at 10 a.m.:— , , , A Team.—l. E. Wyatt, N. Vipond, J. L. Wyatt, P Dunning, captain (Rodney), E. Petrie (Waikato), N. Alexander. L Gush. M. Haflam. (Franklin), R. Power, B. Lowry. R. Lowry (Putarnru). , -„ u , , B Team.—M. McCaw. J. Chambers, JGodsalve (Putaruru). G. Moyle, C. Cooper, G. Palelei (Franklin). W. J. Dunning, captain, A. Armour (Rodney), E. Warren, D. C. McDonald, M. Smith (Waikato). M. Dixon (Waikato) will be twelfth man for both teams. The following players have been selected to represent Auckland: — „ A Team.—P. E. Whitelaw. B. H. Warner. A. M, Maiheson, L. Hope-Ede, J. R. Green, J. R. Johnson (captain), H. J. Harrison, L. ■lies, G. Simpson, C. Renwicke. G. Vallance; twelfth man, A. Dean. . , _ B Team.—J. B. Stevenson (captain), D. Sfaantey, C. W. Ellis. J. E. Burton. M. Lewis. B. Fowler, W. Aitken, V. Brooker. 1. Deed, 3. Mowbray. E. Butters; twelfth man. S MrCamisfa,

WAIKATO TEAM SELECTED (0.C.) HAMILTON. Thursday , The following team has been selected h.v ■Mr A. E. Gibbons to represent Waikato in ft ericket match against the Auckland B reprelentatives at Auckland, commencing on Jfinii-W5-R. C. Clough (captain), J K. Mills, p. Moynihan. J. Everest. J D. R r ' v Lyon. T. Skeet A. Davies, M. Clark, NWinger, T. Avery The twelfth man has yet w be selected. INTER-STATE FIXTURES BRADMAN SCORES SIXTY-EIGHT ADELAIDE. Dec. 20 .In an inter-State cricket match between Booth Australia and Queensland the •cored 305 (Brndman 08. Craig 8-t, Webb 0.1; ilcColl seven for 100). Queensland replied Jltb 3-1" for four wickets (Brown OH, Cook '6., Cardigan 07, McColl 05 not out) Rain limited play yesterday to three hours. , CENTURY AT MELBOURNE MELBOURNE, Dec. '2O . Playing against New South Wales the VicJorian eleven scored 402 (Johnson 8b). New Bguth Wales replied with 107 for five wickets (Barnes 112 not out).

SUMMER GOLF TOURNEY . The best cards in the qualifying rounds ot we North Shore Golf Club's open summer jjjsmpioiiship were returned bv J. h. Hudson. H Stevens. H* Sclioen, 102. Best net (cores were:—J. O'Neill, 14-1; U. Obee. l-l«; Adams, L. J. Potf, 1-17. POLO IN THE WAIKATO (0,C.) " HAMILTON. Thursday . After a recess of over six years during {no war period, polo ..players in the Waiksi to Save re-formed clubs and have begun practises for competitions in the new year. Most J' the teams comprise players new to the •port, and almost all the horses used so far we had little experience on the polo fields. As a result the same is rendered infinitely ®"re strenuous for the contestants. During ? Practice recently at. Matanjri 12 players Wk part and showed a definite enthusiasm ■no prowess for, the name. It was stated jP'it three teams have been formed In the ,'f of Plenty arid teams have also been rjyed at Gton Murray, To Akau, Cam orlci f?e and at other centres.