HAWKE CUP TRIAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17948, 28 November 1932, Page 10

HAWKE CUP TRIAL

POVERTY BAY V. WAIAPU MATCH AT WAIPIRO BAY VISITORS START WITH 215 WAIAPU AVOIDS FOLLOW-ON (Special to the Herald.) WAIPIRO BAY, this day. Owing to rain during the morning, and the after-effects of'previous downfalls, the wicket at the Waipiro Bay cricket ground was not playable yesterday morning at the time scheduled for the commencement of the Hawke Cup elimination match between Waiapu and Poverty Bay representative cricket teams. The game did not commence until 2.20 p.m., and the afternoon was practically absorbed by the first innings of Poverty Bay, who lost the loss and were put in to bat 'first. The wicket was easy, though inclined to bo tricky at times. Fraser and Nicholson opened for Poverty Bay, to the bowling of Akers and Gilmore. The runs came very slowly in the early stages, and the first 30 minutes yielded only eight runs. The fielding was very keen, and the bowling accurate, and the batsmen took the right course in risking nothing. The first loss of a wicket occurred soon after Spence had relieved Gilmore, Fraser edging one of) his deliveries, the third of the first over, into the hands of Akers. —14—-1-—6. Gilmore came on the bowling scene again shortly afterwards, taking Akers’ place and sharing the attack with Spence. He was very hard to score off", and continued 'to bowl maiden overs. Boon, who came in in ’place of Fraser, started uneasily, and made many dangerous uppish strokes, but he survived to get the measure of the pitch, and thereafter developed into a breezy .scorer, though all through he showed due respect for the quality of the Waiapu fielding. With an hour of the afternoon’s playing time gone, Boon and Nicholson were batting very confidently, and it was confidence that broke up their partnership. Nicholson drove a ball hard to the leg, and apparently thought that it had gone over the boundary, for he stopped in midwicket, and a bit- of smart fielding by Cottle brought the ball back to the hands of the wicket-keeper in time to run Nicholson out. Ho had batted an hour and a quarter for 21 runs, and had served his side well by consolidating the start, of the innings.—ss—3 —2l.

The fourth man for Poverty Bay was Carsou. who opened confidently, and with Boon indulged in some good aggressive cricket. They carried the score past the century before Carson was caught off Moody by Wood, his brief innings having yielded a wellplayed 30.—107—3—30. James took Carson’s place, and he failed to score before he was splendidly caught bv Ward off W. Oates, at square leg. E! Dow never looked comfortable, and at 116 he stepped out of his crease to play one of W. Oates’ deliveries, misjudged, and paid the penalty.—ll6—s—s. Next in was P. Dow, who tried to keep them down, while Boon, playing very soundly, continued to hit the score along steadily. Ward took over the bowling from W. Oates, and had the mortification of seeing Boon make 10 off his first over, hut at the start of his next over P. Dow edge his first ball to Moody. Two balls later Lockett followed P. Dow, with a similar stroke which came to Moody’s hands, the veteran slip showing adequate speed in taking both catches off fast balls. In Ward’s next over, he had the further satisfaction of seeing Boon mistimo his third ball, which came back to the bowler, whoso bowling average at this point was a highly interesting one. He had taken three wickets in six minutes, including that of the top-scoring batsman in the Poverty Bay side, and the average cost per wicket had been only four runs.

Boon had played an invaluable innings, and once be had the pace of the wicket ho laid the wood on in great style. Tlis 64 represented very good cricket under conditions rather different from those he had been accustomed to on his home grounds, and none of the bowlers scorned to trouble him much. When Boon went, the score stood at 159—8—64.

Clifton and J. C. Dow had a merry partnership for the ninth wicket. They followed the right course in going for runs, and Dow was particularly severe on Ward, .taking three sixers and three, fours off him in two overs. Ward's bowling figures went from three for 12 to three for 46, in the course of those two overs, and the second century went up on the board before Dow jumped out to W. Oates, and shared iiis brother’s fate. —209—9 —29. Jennings joined Clifton, who at 215 returned an easy catch to Gilmore, bringing the innings to a close. Bowling honors of the innings were shared by. W. Oates and Ward, who took three wickets for 43 runs and three for 47 respectively. The keen fielding gave great support- to the attack, and it was an unusual feature of the innings that not one of the batsmen was clean bowled. Gilmore was particularly hard to score off, the visiting batsmen found, and though ho took only one wicket, he kept the scoring down to some extent, and in his 13| ovens, seven did not yield a run to the Poverty Bay side. When Waiapu went into bat there were only about 10 minutes left before I stumps, and Bennett and Moody opened cautiously to J. C. Dow and Lockett. When time was called there were seven runs on the board without tho loss of a wicket. The match was continued at 9 o 'clock this morning, the wicket being in improved condition after yesterday’s drying. Details of the Poverty Bay team’s first innings were as under: — POVERTY BAY Hirst Innings. ]{. Nicholson, run out .. .. 21 O. Eraser, c Akers, b .Spence .. 0 M. K. Boon, c and b Ward .. 64 W. Carson, c Ward, b Moody .. 30 E. James, c Ward, bW. Oates .. 0 E. Dow, stp. J. Oates, bW. Oates 5 P. Dow, c Moody, b Ward .. .. 19 G. Lockett, c Moody, b Ward .. 0 G. C. Clifton, c and b Gilmore .. 23 J. iC. Dow, stp. J. Oates, bW. Oates 29 J. Jennings, not out .. . • 5 Extras 13 Total .. .. •• •• 215 Fall. —14, 55, 107, 108, 116, 158, 158, 159, 209, 215. „ Bowling.—U. W. Akers, 10 overs, 2 maidens, 0 wickets, 10 runs; M. Gilmore, 13.5, 7, .1, 10; K. Spence, 4,1, 1,8; E. Bennett, 5. 0,0, 12; J. Moody, 18, 2,1, *57; W. Oates, 8,0, 3. 43; ts. Ward, 5,1, 3, 47. When the match was resumed this morning, Bennett was early beaten by J O. Dow with an off-break, and J. Oates was brilliantly snapped up in the

next over by Boon, off J. C. Dow. Gilmore was bowled by James when the score stood at 31, and as early a 3 this it became a possibility that tho Waiapu team would have to fight hard to avoid a follow-on. Moody and Ward got together and Hatted freely for a time, with the Poverty Bay captain, Lockett, making frequent changes in the bowling and giving the Coast men no chance of settling down. Tho fourth wicket fell when James took a fine one-handed catch at point, dismissing Ward, who in his brief stay at the crease had mado a bright 31. Moody snicked two sixers over slips, and sent another to leg for six off James, but ho misjudged Lockett and played him on to the wicket.—77-5-22.

W. Oates failed to score, and Spence, after knocking Jennings to the fence for six, was caught off Boon’s first delivery in the next over.—B2-7-6.

Pox and Akers looked like getting settled, and the chance of avoiding a follow-on grew brighter as they carried the score along by cautious batting but Eox fell to a smart catch off James, and Waiapu had two wickets in hand with six runs to make in their fight, Cottle did not help the score, being dismissed two balls after Fox, and Akors was joined by Goode, for tho last-wicket stand with six runs still wanted. Four byes helped the situation, and Akers made a single to put Waiapu exactly 100 runs behind Peverty Bay's first innings score. An appeal against Akers for dislodging tho bails after playing a stroke was disallowed, and the innings proceeded amidst intense excitement. Akers proved equal to the occasion, notching a single to give Waiapu the right to send Poverty Bay in again, and then adding another before Dow clean bowled Goode. Akers was not out for a well-batted 20, the (total of tho innings being I*l7. All the Poverty Bay bowlers kept the runs down and the batsmen uneasy. Dow took three wickets for 34 runs, James three for 46, Jennings two foils, Lockett one for 7, and Boon one for 11.