SUCCESSFUL CHALLENGE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19584, 16 March 1938, Page 8

SUCCESSFUL CHALLENGE

KIRK CUP REMAINS SOUTH POVERTY BAY BEATEN DEFEATED BY 90 RUNS (Special to the Herald.) NAPIER, this day. Hawke’s Bay won the Kirk Cup from Poverty Bay yesterday by 90 runs after an interesting two-day cricket match played at McLean Park, Napier. The home team took charge in their second innings and declared with 229 runs for the loss ot six wickets. , _ The second innings of the Poverty 3ay team opened disastrously, James being caught by Reaney in the third .iver." Two wickets had been lost for only four runs when Evans held a oall sent up by Wells. Other wickets went comparatively cheaply and there started a fight for runs. Runs came slowly, and White was the only batsman with any confidence. The bowling was sound and the downfall of the batsmen probably came because they were too cautious. The Hawke’s Bay fielding was keen and the final wicket fell with 10 minutes to spare before the call of time. Details:— HAWKE’S BAY First innings .. • • • • ■ • 158 Second Innings D. A. Rees, b Fraser • ■ •• 39 A. Dean, c Dow, b Wells .. • • ,4 E. D. Evans, c Carroll, b Dow .. M. A. O’Brien, c'White, b Fraser 65 T. P. Reaney, c Dow, b Fraser .. 0 J. W. R. Sherratt, not out .. 19 H. E. Ellis, c Stewart, b Dow .. 1J R. D. Pirie, not out .. "I Extras Total (six wkts. declared) .. 229 Bowling.—Fraser, 14 overs, 0 maidens. 76 runs, 3 wickets 1 Dow, 4, 1 15, 2: Wells, 3,0, 20, 1; White, 2,0, 12, 0; Lockett, 8,0, 50, 0; James, 8,0, 52, 0. POVERTY BAY First innings 190 Second Innings D. A. Wells, c Evans, b Reaney .. 1 E. James, c Reaney, b O’Brien .. 1 C. Fraser, c Johnson, b O’Brien .. 10 d’. Cederwall, b O’Brien .. - • ” T. White, c Pirie, b Dean .. P. H. Dow, b O’Brien “ G. Spence, b Ellis .. • • ■ • G. N. Lockett, lbw, b Pirie .. 13 M. Sharp, lbw, b Pirie .. ■ • 11 G. H. Stewart, not out • R. Carroll, c O’Brien, b Johnson 3 Extras _ Total 107 Bowling.—O'Brien 13 overs, 3 maidens, 34 runs, 4 wickets; Reaney, 7 l, 28, 1; Pirie, 6,2, 14, 2; Johnson, c! 0, 15, 1; Dean, 5,1, 6,1; Ellis, 3,1, 7, 1.

HAWKE’S BAY DOUBLE

WIN IN JUNIOR GRADE

(Special to the Herald.)

NAPIER', this day,

The Hawke’s Bay representative cricketers won the second leg of their double yesterday by securing a win by 75 runs over the visiting Poverty Bay team. Hawke’s Bay made 135 runs in their first innings and 180 in their second. Poverty Bay’s first strike realised 119 runs and in the second innings they were dismissed for 131 runs. The top-scorers for the Poverty Bay second innings were Balfour 32, Hepburn 21, and H. Lee 17. Josephs took four wickets for 23 runs.