Cricket

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 75, 26 March 1923, Page 3

Cricket

SOUTH TARANAKI CHAMPIONSHIP. WON BY STRATFORD. The Stratord Crickef, Club won the championship of the South Taranaki division at Eltham on Saturday, by defeating Eltham by 82 runs to 34. Following are the scores ; ELTHAM. G. Stewart, b Cole 4 Davies, b Beale 6 C. Litt'e, b Cole 7 K.iddcll, b Cole 0 A. Stewart, c Beale, b Cole 9 K. Marsh, b Beale b J. Walker, b Cole 0 Donnel y, not out ' 2 Senior, o Stone-Wigs, b Cole ... 0 Phillips, b Cole 0 W. Little, c Beere, b Beale 0 Extras 1 Total 34 , Bowling analysis; Cole seven wicIkets for 20 runs, Beale three for 13. STRATFORD, Massey, b Stewart 4 Furrie, b Walker 48 Stono-Wigg, c Davies, b Phillips 0 Cole, b Stewart .....' 0 Beere. c Donne'.ly, b Little 11 Beale, b Little 0 Knight, h Walker 6 Yeung, b Little 6 Thomas, not out 0 Hale, b Walker 0 Extras 5 Total Bowling analysis; Phillips one wicket for 13 runs; G. Stewart two for 37; Waiter fonr for 14; C. Little three for 11.

YOUNG AWARDED FIELDING HONORS.

The selector of the best fielder In the Stratford Club (Mr Campbell Jackson) states that he had consid; erable difficulty in coming to a decision, as there were several players who showed really excellent form in this department. Especially has this the case in the last three matches, and those in the running were Mackintosh, Young, C. Massey, E, Cole, and A. Beale. The latter two proved themselves to be splendid slip fiddlers, never missing a,chance throughout the season. Massey at nidwicket fielded very well. Young was extremely alert, and anticipated the batsmen’s strokes In a pleasing manner. All things considered, Mr Jackson has decided to award the honors to Young, who is to be congratulated, as the winning of the Shield was due to the excellent fielding of the team as a whole, ably assisted by Cole’s deadly bowling, which was responsible for over eighty wickets during the season at a very small cost per . wicket.

PUBLIC WORKS MATCH. On-Saturday a team from the' Tahora staff of the Public Works Department mot representatives of the Stratford and Kapuni.. staffs in a friendly match at . Stratford, the Stratford-Kapuni team winning by 40 runs on the first innings. Rain prevented a second Innings. The standard of play was high for a match of this kind, each team including several experienced players. Refreshments were provided by the local staff, and the match proved very enjoyable. Following are the scores;— STRATFORD-KAPUNI, First innings Vinsen, b Clout 8 Inglis, b Annand 21 Whalen, Jbw b Clout 9 Sherlock, not out 18 Fookes, b Annand 0 Curtis, c Davis b Cronin 2 Sullivan, b Cronin 2 Keely, b Clout 2 Greensmith, c and b Clout 0 Bulman, b Cronin 2 Jackson, b Cronin 0 Extras 3 Total 62 Bowling analysis; Annand, 2 for 16; Davis, 0 for 6; Clout, 4 for 21; Cronin, 4 for 16. TAHORA. First innings. Clout, h Whalen 0 Cronin, c Sullivan b Whalen ~ 0 Jepson. e Jackson b Sherlock .. 0 Parker, b Whalen 3 Annand, c Inglis b Sherlock .. 1 J. R. McGlllivray, hit wicket .. 11 Davis, I) Whalen 0 Armstrong, b Sherlock 0 Ducey, h Sherlock 0 Rogers, b Whalen 1 J. McGillivray, not out 5 Extras 5 Total 22 Bowling analysis: .Whalen, 5 for 9; Sherlock, 4 for S.