CRICKET.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11251, 16 April 1908, Page 5

CRICKET.

■ m EDEN v. POVERTY BAY REPS. The cricket fixtures.- v. ere continued.' ori the Victoria Domain to-day, when the visitors met the local representa- -, tives., The visitors won the toss, and elected to bat. They opened very poorly, the first three wickets falling for the small number of .4 runs. Howden and ¥oung commenced bowling , for the local men, and their deliveries were dealt with very carefully. The forrAer bowled three consecutive maiden overs. Taylor joined Mills, but ruris still came slowly, and then the partnership was split up by Pine clean bowling Mills for 8; 4 for 21. Hobson then went in and commenced to hit the bowlers, Pine- arid Reynolds, who had come on, all over the field, but the score was not increased when the fifth wicket went down. Murdock was tlie next nian, and he played a very pretty. innings. . His partnership was a good one, and ;the score Was .rapidly improved, but Hobson was eventually: disposed of by Reynolds for 19 ; 6 for 53. Brown followed and Harker took Pine's place, and soon after Howden again came on, relieving Reynolds. The batsmen knocked the bowling about . , mercilessly, but Howden had his third ball returned to him by Brown; 7 for 61. Buckley was then partnered by Bucklarid, and the latter did some strong . hitting. He was riot allowed to remain very long, as Howderi ' found his slumps after he had made 11; 9 for 96. Howard was * the last man, arid soon after he went iij 100 went up; forr-the Buckley continued to bit -piit freely but carefully, and his fine boundary strokes, wliich were nurnerpus, were, heartily applauded from the pavilion, '■['_ ."After he had made bis quarter of a; 'century, Howden v sent down via , fast ball, which 'broke on to the top-scorer^s wickeft, thus leaving Howard not out, 6a The bowling of the local men throughout wfas; good, and with the exception of. a couple of misses in '..the .early, stages of . the game the fielding was also all that ■ could be desired. The visitors' innings lasted just about the same time as their first innings yesterday, but the score was not so high. The scores were :— EDEN.— First Innings. ' Gordon, c Howden, b Young ... 0 Mills, "b Pine .... /.. ... 8 Somervell, c Harker, ;b Young ... 2 Oliff, b. Young ... ... ... . 0 Taylor, lbw, b Reynolds ... ... 8 Hobson, b Reynolds ... ... 19 Murdock, b Pine . ... ... 17 Brown, c and b Howden ... ... 12 Buckley, b Howden ..•. ... 25 Buckland, b Howden ... ... 11 Howard, not out 6 Extras ... 7 Total ... .:. ... 115 Bowling Analysis : Howden, 12£ overs, 27 runs, 3 wickets; Young, B—l0 — 3; Reynolds. 9—30—2; Pine,. 8—22—2; Harker, 5— 16— 0. .