CRICKET.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIX, Issue 13903, 3 November 1919, Page 6

CRICKET.

TRY EI.ECTItIC TELEGRAPH—-CoPYIIiaUT.]

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(Ans. and N.Z. Cable Assn.)

Received November 2. at 5.5 p.m. CAPETOWN. October 28.

In ihe cricket match against Transvaal, the Australians declared their second innings closed with four wickers down for 222 (Treunery. 74 : G-vegorv. ■!•>(>). Transvaal in the second innings "had lost two wickets for -M. when rain slopped play.. The match was drawn.

OAMAHU v. SCHOOL. The Oaniaru ;uid Waitaki High School teams met on Saturday for the first time this season, playing on the school ground. The high wind

was unpleasant alike for bowlers, ticklers and batsmen, and the wicket was unreliable, vet the match was interesting for the result was always in doubt. Oamavu batted-first, and shaped very poorly, losing 8 wickets tor (57. Up to that time Uttley and Hargrenves alone had made any stand, ..but the .last two w&kcts put quite a different complexion on the score, for Hall in getting 14, and 'Maloney, who was not out with 11, stayed with Uttley sufficiently longto enable him to reach 93, at which point he moved out to Inkson, and was smartly stumped by" Cook. Ut- ■ (ley's innings was a useful one, and .if "there "<were ■blemishes they were partly accounted for by the state of the wicket and partly by the necessity to force the pace, and there were also many excellences. The School lielding, considering the good condition of the out-field, was not all that it might have, been; and it was the sveak.est (department of their play on Saturday. :Kerr, bowling against the- wind, .secured the useful average of-s"wickets for. 42 and McGill took '■) for 47. The]: School batting was even in character, But Bannerman and!Mitchell, assisted by'the doubtful wicket, kept them quiet. Hunter and -Cook gave them a good start, though the former played, a lucky . innings.- '-jTonkin smacked up 32 Yin good/ style, .-mostly on the leg; at the expense of Mitchell, before he was given out l.b.w. to Bannerman. Inkson .;;batted .-safely and well for 25, ancUScrimshaw looked good for more than the-iIG he got. but found no one tojstay with him. Bannerinan bowled "well, one or two of the boys were 'dismissed, with-balls that would have ' troubled .much more seasoned players. His average was 7 for 45, and might easily have been better had he received greater support from the ; field. • Mitchell bowled well ogaliist the wind, but he, too, suffered from weak catching. The School made a sporting bid for a win, and failed by 'onlv 8 runs, the last wicket falling on the call of time.

The scores are : —Oaniaru. — Vbllc-v.,st. Cook, b Inkson 93 Elcoate, lj McGilJ 4 Hargreaves, b Kerr ■ 10 Bahnorman. lbw, McGill :.". ••• . 1 .1 ones, c Hunter, b McGill » •lacksou, run out ." ... 5 Mitchell, b Kerr 0 Crimp, b Kerr _• 0 Xichols. b Kerr : 4 Hall. b'Kerr ~, .. J4 Malonov. not out ' '•■- H Extras 6 Total 148 " Bow'ling Analysis.—McGil), 3 wickets for -47 runs;. Kerr, 5 for 42; Tonkin, 0 for 11; Smyth, 0 for 15; Craig, 0 for 23; Inkson, 1 for 0. —Waitaki High School. — Sampler, run out ... i v . ... 2 Hunter, b Bamierman ... 15 Cook, lire-,' b Mitchell 19 Kerr, c Uttley, b Bauerman... ... 6 Craig, b Bamierman 0 Tonkin, lbw, Bamierman ... 32 Inkson, b. Bamierman ...... ...... 2o Smyth, b Bannerman ... ...;■. 3 Parkes, b Hargreaves ... ... ...... 2 Scrimshaw, not out ... 16MeGill, b Bannerman 3 Extras ... ... ... ..:..,...-.... ...... .18 Total ... .-=." 141 : Bowling Analysis.—Baimerman, 7 wickets for 4-5; Mitchell, 1 for 37; Hargreaves, 1 for 41...