SOUTH TARANAKI SHOWS BETTER FORM

Stratford Evening Post, Volume I, Issue 82, 16 March 1931, Page 3

SOUTH TARANAKI SHOWS BETTER FORM

FIELDING, BATTING AND BOWLING IN ANNUAL - ; :■ « - Vf . '- representative match GAME AGAINST RANGITIKEI

Played at Hawera on Saturday, the annual representative match between South Taranaki and Rangitikei served to emphasise the fact that this season the standard of cricket in South Taranaki has. made a definite advance. Rangitikei fielded a team in allri-ound strength little inferior to that which defeated Manawatu, for the Hawke Cup lust season, yet it was time alone that saved it from a first innings defeat after the home side had displayed superior form in batting, bowling and fielding, Batting first, South, Taranaki scored 239 by consistently solid, though slow, cricket, relieved in parts by bright individual efforts, and in response to this score Rangitikei had lost seven wickets for. 128 runs when stumps were drawn.

Barker a,ml li.etts. opened well, for the hopie side, the former being particularly enterprising, while Betts gave a very sound display for 55. Lay showed v ,aggression, powerful driving yielding him :35 runs in quick time. After an uncertain start Dormer settled; down to ,play steady cricket, and when the innings terminated was unbeaten, with 49 to his credit. Wilson, the list man in, treated the, spectators to q, few . minutes of spectacularly virile hitting, and the partnership between him, and Dormer for the tenth, wicket was the liveliest of, the match. Barton was, perhaps, as difficult as. any of the Rqngitikei bowlers, who kept steadily to their task without being especially troublesome. The immediate dismissal of D. Cameron, their star batsman, followed by Burke’s inability to stay for any length of time, placed a handicap on Raugitikei under vSlch it was* still struggling when stumps were drawn with 128, runs scored for the loss of seven wickets. , Marshall topscored with a, correct 37, but though he, together with Innes and, , Hayward, batted with comparative freedom," the well-xarjed. South Taranaki thowiing, supported hy very good; fielding, was in the ascendancy throughout. Lay and Wilson were the best bowlers. Following are,,the detailed scores; SOUTH TARANAKI . , Fii;st Innings S.: Betts, b Barton, 55 ;h. Barker,, c Barton, b Waldiu .. 26, , Cheevers, 1.b.w,, b Waldiu .... 3 ! Reg., Eden, b. Hailwood 10, Young, 1.b.w., b Hailwood .... 17 Dormer, not out .... .. 49, Lay, run out 35 Penny, b Hailwood .. 16 Hall, b Hailwood 1 Saudford, c Hailwood, b Barton 0, | Wilson, c and b Barton 33 .Extras 4 Total .. .. .. 239 i

RANGITIKEI . ; l-Tifat Innings ;D. A. Cameron, c Barker, b Lay 1 | Marshall, c S. BetrS, b Samlford 37 ’ Barton, b Lay . . .......... 7 Burke, c Dormer, b Lay .. ~ 3 H. R. Cameron, 1.b.w., b Wilson 2 limes, c and b \yilson .. .. .. 22i Hayward, not out 25 Waldin, c Dormer, b Sand ford 8; Birch, not out . it Extras .. .. .. 14j. Total for seven- wickets .. 128 ; . Bowling Analysis Ovrs Mds Wks Runs I

HAWERA AND FEILDING OLD i BOYS, Playing at Hawera on Saturday Feilding Old Boys drew witty Hawera Old Boys. Both elevens did: poorly 1 in. the first innings, ttye. visitors making 62! and Hawera, 48, Feijding did .better on go jug in. again to, run up 185. Requiring 200 to win, Hawera »had 131 on the board tor the loss of , seven wickets when stumps were ‘ drawn. ... • . SCHOOLL GAME AT STRATFORD The second eleven of the New Ply*mouth Boys’ High School played a friendly, game qgainst ttye Stratford. Technical High School, team at the school, Stratford, on Saturday, when the. home defeatedthe visitors by an innings.’ Stratford made 125 in one innings, and the New Plymouth boys made G 4 and 01. Details are; —. STRATFORD • ' First. Innings 1 Cqttier, played on, b Speckling .. 0 Sutton, ty Nichols 38 , Hill, b Nichols, 9 Richards, run out 1 Auscombe,, b Speddiug 34 tyeatham, c and. b Edgely .. .. 4 Betts, c Edgely* b. Nichols .... 0 Lyons, st; Wilson, b Speddiug .. 7 McCready, Lty,W.„ h, Nichols .... 0 Pastier, not out 13 Adlam, c Carroll, b Nichols .... 1 Extras 18 ' Total • j 125 Bowling.—Christensen took no wickets for 34 runs;. Speddiug, three for 10; Larkin, none for 22; , Nichols, live fpr 30; Edgely, one for 11. * NEW PLYMOUTH First innings Simpson, l.b.w,p b,Leatham .... 5 Edgely, 1.h.w,., b. Pastier ...... 19 Speddiug, c and.b Leatham .. .. 0 Evers-Swindell, c Hill, b Adlam ... 0 McCallnm, c McCready, b Fastier 3 Wilson, c McCready, b Auscombe 12. Nichols, c McCready, b Adlam , 17 ■ Carroll, c McCready, b Adlam .. 0 Larkin, c Sutton, b Adlam .... 5 Andrews, c Leatham, b Adlam .. 0 Christensen, not, out 1 Extras 2 ( Total 04 Bowling analysis.—Adlam took five wickets, for 19 guns; Leatham, two for 12; Richards, Hone for 16;, Ahsl-

Bowling Analysis Ovrs Mds WHs Runs, Hailwood ... 25 5 4: 79, Panics .. .. .. 6, 1 —, 1(1: Barton .... 22 1 a 78. Wald la .. .. 18, 8. 2 52 lanes .. .... 4 2 — 5

Lay . . 15 :i ;i 27; Sandford .. S — 2 211 Wilson .. , 15 — 2 4:i Dormer .. 4, — — 5, ' Penny) . .. :i — — « Reg. Eden. . t‘~ m "T 1 - { K , ;12