WAIAPU’S NICE LEAD

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17452, 29 December 1930, Page 8

WAIAPU’S NICE LEAD

WELLINGTON COLTS’ VISIT REPRESENTATIVE CRICKET (Special lo Mm Herald.) WAIPIRO BAY, Ibis day. The Waiapu ropiesentativo cricketers, who beat Poverty Bay in convincing style recently, in the elimination mate'll to decide which should have the right to challenge for the Hawke Cup, carried on in good style in their first innings against the team of Wellington colts led by Mr. Arthur Doneghuc, in the match which started yesterday and continued to-day. At the close of the first innings the Waiapu side had a lead of 101, and at the luncheon adjournment to-day the visitors had lost six wickets for 160 in their second strike. The indications were that the homo team would add another victory to that registered in the. game with Poverty Bay. The Wellington colts batted first, and Jost the first three wickets quickly, but VViren and Brown got set, and made a good stand lor the fourth wicket, while Bawton, and later Griffiths, also helped the score along well. Fortune was another good bat for the visiting team, and the extras accounted for 10 runs in the total of 190. Gilmore took three of the Wellington "wickets for 32 runs, and W. Oates three for 41, while Trevethick, Spence, Bennett, and W. Oates each took a wicket. A strong opening was made by Waiapu, Bennett and G. Mill opening with a partnership that carried the score well towards the century, before they were parted. Bennett s 68 was in\ aluable to the home team, and he gave the visiting fieldsmen enough leather-chasing to make them feel the warmth of the day. Mill made 34 before he was dismissed, and later W. Oates made 38, while J. Oates’ 42 and Pera Hati s 20 were achieved in good style and without undue waste of time. The stumps weie drawn for the day when Trevethick and Sam Mill were together, holding up the tenth wicket, and when they resumed this jnoping, it was not long before Doneghuc, who already had foui wickets to his credit, managed to separate them. At lunch-time to-day, the Welington players had 130 on the score-hook for iho loss of six wickets, ns stated above. Details

WELLINGTON First Innings Doneglme, b Gilmour 9 W. Aitken. b Gilmour ... J; Ward, c and 1> Spence Wiren. bW. Oates ... ... - - Brown, c Spence, b‘lievetliKk ... 40 Lawton, st J. Oates, b W. Oates ... o 4 McAllen. I) W. Oates T Griffiths, st J. Oates, b Gilmour ... 24 E. Aitken. b Bennett * Fortune, b J. Moody Renberg, not out *■> Extras ™ Total 190 Bowling: Trevethick, 7 overs. 0 maidens, 1 wicket. 30 runs: Gilmour 10, 2.3, 32; Spence 3. 0. 1, 36; Bennett 7, •3; 1, 25; W. Oates, 3, 0. 3, 41; Moody 31, 0. 1, 16. WAIAPU First Innings Bennett, b McAllen £8 G. Mill.' b McAllen Gilmour, lbw, b McAllen » Spence, b Griffiths Tnrniliere. 1> Griffiths ... ■ • ••• W. Oates, b Doneglme ••• 4° Moodv. lbw, l> Doneglme ... ... J. Oates, b Doneghue Pera Hati, b Doneglme ••• Trevethick, l> Doneghuc S. Mill, not out Extras - - j* Total ... ■■ 292 Bowling: 1 Fortune 8 overs, i maiden, 0 wickets 34 runs: McAllen, 10. 0,3, 38; W. Aitken, 7, 0. 0, 65} Word, 4,0, 0 44; Doneglme 10, 1,4, 40; Griffiths, 5,0, 2, 34.

WIN FOR WELLINGTON

plunket shield GAME MARGIN OF 202 RUNS (Per Tress Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. The Otago v. Wellington Shield match concluded to-day in dull, misty wmather, Wellington winning by 202 runs. ?\ . . Otago’s three remaining wickets carried the Saturday score to _ 195. Dunning, handicapped by an injured ankle, gave a good display in contributing 42 runs to the total, the best individual batting effort of the match for Otago. The last three men held out for three-quarters of an hour. Details: — WELLINGTON Second Innings 369 Second Innings 1(51 OTAGO First Innings 191 Second Innings. V. Cavanagh, c McGirr, b Crook 14 R. Cherry, c James, b Crook .. 48 R. 0. Blunt, bJ. Newman .. 11 J. Moloney, c McLeod, b Blundell 19 S. Elmes, c James, bJ. Newman 2 F. T. Badeock, bJ. Newman .. 5 A. W. Alloo, c A. Newman, b GnlJichan :*! Galland, run out Dunning, I) Blundell .. •• 4 - Hawksworth, e James, b Crook .. » Lemhi, not out .. •• •• 3 Extras Total I!,r> Bowling: Crook, three for 62; Blundell 2 for 48; A. Newman, none for 10; J. Newman, three for 28; McLeod, none for 12; Galliclian, one for 10.

CANTERBURY BAT WELL (Pm- T’roßß Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, this day. In tho Plunket Shield match, at lunch, Canterbury had lost one wicket tor 177 Km' b McCoy 73, Hamilton, not, out, 51, Roberts, not out 27, extras 26.

THE HAWKE CUP RETAINED BY WATKATO (Per Press Association.) HAMILTON, this day. Waikato retained the Hawke Cup, defeating Taranaki by 28 runs. At stumps on Saturday Taranaki in the second innings hud lost live wickets for 100, requiring 159 t® win, but they wore all out for 130,