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Taranaki Daily News, 31 October 1921, Page 3

CRICKET.

PLAY IN NORTH TARANAKI. CLUB COMPETITIONS OPENED, DETAILS OF THE MATCHES. The club competitions in North Taranaki opened on Saturday in fine weather. Three senior matches were played, Waitara defeating Urenui, New Plymouth defeating Inglewood, and Old Boys defeating High School. Watersiders were set down to meet Western Park, hut did not §pnd a team. In the junior division three matches were played. The match between Western Park and Harbor Board ended in a draw on the first innings. New Plymouth B defeated Old Boys B. ana Waitara defeated High School. BEST PERFORMANCES.

WITH THE BAT. Kingston (Waitara) 85 Brown (High School) G 4 Bewley (Old Boys) 52 WITH THE BALL. Clarke (New Plymouth), 6 for 16. Easton (Waitara), 7 for 31. O’Neill (Urenui), 6 for 36. SENIOR GRADE. WAITARA BEAT URENUI. At Waitara the Waitara Club met the Urenui team and defeated them by 55 runs on the first innings. The Governor-General, Viscount Jellicoe, was a spectator for a short while in the course of his visit to Waitara. Details of the play are:— WAITARA. First Innings. C. Skelton, c Blundell, b O'Neill 3 Coleman, b Blundell 0 G. P. Fuller, st., b O’Neill 3 Kingston, c G. Fuler, b O'Neill 85 Purdie, b O'Neill 0 Ross, b O’Neill 8 Easton, b Blundell 27 Lash, not out 1 Boddy, c Fuller, b O’Neill 0 G M. Skelton, b Blundell 0 F.'xtras 5 Total 133 Bowling analysis—Blundell four for 55, O'Neill six for 36, E. O’Neill none for 20, G., Fuller none for 11. URENUI. First Innings. W. 11. Fuller, st., b Easton 14 Managh, st., b Easton 0 C. Wilson, b Easton 22 Blundell, b Fuller 1 H. Foreman, b Fuller 2 C. O'Neill, c Kingston, b Purdie 5 G N. Fuller, b Easton 17. E. O’Ne.Jl. b Easton (j D. Des Forges, not out 0 E. Ituanbal, b Easton 0 Wiley, b Easton 2 Extras 9

Total \ 78 Bowling analysis—Easton seven for 31, Coleman none for 11, Fuller two for 16, Purdle one for 9. NEW PLYMOUTH DEFEAT INGLEWOOD. At Inglewood the local team were comfortably defeated by New Plymouth by four wickets and over 100 rnnsL Inglewood batten first but could make no stand against Nicol! and Clarke, and were disposed of for 39. New Plymouth replied with 143 for six wickets (Bragg 34, Nicoll retired 30, Clark retired 35, Shepherd 27 not out). Detailed scores v are: INGLEB’OOD. First Innings. Gibson, b Clarke 11 Nicholls, l> Clarke 2 O'Byrne, e Ferry, b Nicoll 0 Pullen, c Bragg, i> Nicoll 7 Ccutts, c Shepherd, b Nicoll 0 Darlow, c and b Nicoll 5 Thomas, c Shepherd, b Clarke 0 Street, b Clarke I 2 Hamerton, b Clarke 0 Chapman, not out 5 Sutherland, b Clarke 0 Extras 7 Total 39 Bowling analysis—-Clarke six for 14, Nicoll four for 16. NEW PLYMOUTH. First Innings. Morrison, c O’Byrne, b Darlow 1 Nicoll, retired 30 Bragg, b O’Byrne 34 Ferry, b Coutts 2 Clarke, retired 35 Newbold, lbw. b Street 6 Shepherd, not out 27 Stain ( on, not out 3 Extras 5 Total (for six wickets) 143 Bowling analysis—Street one for 14, O'Byrne one for 30, Darlow one for 42, Coutts one for 43, Gibson none for 39.

OLD BOYS DEFEAT HIGH-SCHOOL. At the High School on Saturday Old Boys defeated School by 30 runs on the first innings. School put up 117. thanks to a score of 64 by Brown, which included a sixer, one five and seven fours, and 23 by Mahraj. Old Boys replied with 147 (Bewley 52, Osborne retired 40, Papps 23). Lash, four wickets for 4 runs, came out with the best figures. Detailed scores are: HIGH SCHOOL. First Innings. Brodie, b Osborne 1 ' Palmer, c Billing, b Osnorne 0 ' Brown, c Papps, b Eggleton 64 ■ Lash, b Osborne 3 Taylor, lbw, b PappX" 14 Matraj, c Colson, b 'Eggleton 23 Palmer ii., b Bottrill 0 Holden, b Eggleton 5 A. Moyes, c and b Monteath 5 Stevenson, rim out 0 Jeffries, not out ...■.</. 1 Extras 1 Total 117 Bowling analysis—Eggleton three for 15, Monteath one for 3, Papps one for 11, Osborne two for 33, Bottrill two for 43, Colson none for 11. Second Innings. Brodie, b Monteath 1 Taylor, not out 9 Palmer, b Billing 3 Lash, not out 4 Extras 1 Total (for three wickets) 18 OLD BOYS. First Innings. Bottrill, o Palmer 1 Papps, b Palmer i 23 Bewley, b Lash 52 Monteath, b Mahraj 11 Osborne, retired 40 Colson, b Mahraj 5 Eggleton, st., b Lash 1 Willis, run out 0 Billing, not out 10 Quill iam, lbw, b Lash 0 Biodie. b Lash 2 ( Extras 3 Total 147 j Bowling analysis—Lash four for 4, Mahraj; two for 36, Palmer two for 35, Jeffries none, for 10, Taylor none fox 26, Moyw none for' 22.