CRICKET.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16869, 26 October 1925, Page 14

CRICKET.

FIRST ROUND CONCLUDED. RAIN FORCES ABANDONMENT. The heavy rain which fell on Saturday forced the abandonment of the firstround matches in the P.B. Cricket Association’s senior competition, and gave two-point wins to those clubs which, in their respective matches, had gained early leads. Only one score-hook, that of the City v. Poverty Ray match, was available to-day. CITY v. POVERTY BAY. An early resumption of play enabled Poverty Bay to complete its first innings on Saturday. City had established a good lead on the previous Saturday, and the Poverty Bay batsmen were all dismissed for a total of 96 runs, of which Barton contributed 23 and Cooke 36. Only one other player reached double figures, this being Broadhurst, who notched 11. Baker, bowling for City, took seven wickets for 40 runs, and Carter one for seven. The details were : CITY. First Innings ... ... 245 POVERTY BAY-First Innings. Barton, b Baker 23 Coop, b Baker 7 Williams, b Baker 5 Cooke, not out 36 H. Chrisp, lbw, b Baker 4 Bullard, b Carter 0 Oambrill, cK. Harvey, b Jensen ... 7 Broadhurst, c Lynch, b Baker ... 11 Dodgshun, b Baker 0 Bull, hit wicket, b Baker 2 Extras 1

Total 96 Bowling: J. Scholium, none for 31; Baker, 7 for 40; Jensen, 1 for 17; Carter, 1 for 7. OLD BOYS v. GISBORNE. Resuming with three wickets down for one run, Gisborne Club faced a big task on resuming its second innings on Saturday. Thompson’s session at the crease yielded 31, and Forster’s 26, but when the rain commenced the score still showed a deficit, and the Old Boys won a first innings victory, OLD BOYS. First Innings 140 GISBORNE CLUB. First Tunings 66 Second Innings B2 Total 137 UNITED v. HIOII SCHOOL. United’s substantial lead on the first day’s play was not seriously affected by Saturday’s High School batting, and the game concluded with the scores: High School —First Innings 75