SOUTH TARANAKI PLAY.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 December 1924, Page 4

SOUTH TARANAKI PLAY.

GALE HAMPERS PLAY. I THREE TEAMS HAVE EYES. (From Our Own Reporter.) Hawera, Dec. 13. Despite the hehvy gale in Skuth Taranaki to-day the cricket fixtures were kept. Manaia defeating Midlands and Excelsior beating Eltham in senior cricket. Stratford, Patea and Okaiawa all had byes, owing to the fact that only one match was played last Saturday. As was to be expected by the nature of the day, there were no outstanding performances with the bat.

EXCELSIOR DEFEAT ELTHAM. The match between Excelsior and Eltham, at Hawera, was an interesting one. Excelsior compiled 111. and Eltham made a great effort to reach them, but some of their beet batsmen were unlucky. Nevertheless, the score mounted up and Eltham looked like winning until the tail w'fl’S reached, and the total score was 90. The detailed scores are:-*— EXCELSIOR. Fulton, st. W. Little, b Philpotts jt 19 Crombie, c Hay, b Donnelly J® Monaghan, b Priest 12 McCarthy, 1.b.w., b Priest ».. 0 Galvin, c Page, b Priest .... .•*>'*« 3 Bernard, run cut ......... • . ••*«£ 25 Lay, b Priest 8 Little, c Donnelly, b Priest 11 Barker, run out ......... .-jx-S 1 Machin, not out ........ .. *... .-«> 0 Extras ...... 14

Total .. 11l Bowling analysis.—Priest, six wickets for 41 runs; Philpotts, one for 19; Donnelly, one for 30; Hay, none for 7. ELTHAM. Grace, c Barker, b Lay ..5r...... 6 W. Little, b McCarthy . .»...... .-.-g 10 Page, not out ............26 C. Little, b Lay 0 Philpotts, b McCarthy ............ 20 Hay, c Fulton, b Machin 17 Priest, b Machin ......0 Fitzgerald, b Fulton ............1 Donnelly, b Fulton ............- 1 Forster, b Fulton 1 Avery, b McCarthy .......... 11 ... r 1 Extras 7 Total 90 Bowling analysis.—Lay, two wickets for 31 runs; McCarthy, three for 32; Machin, two for 14; Fulton, three for 6. MANAIA DEFEAT MIDLANDS.

Manaia saved a draw with Midlands, at Manaia, by dismissing the Hawera team just on time, although Manaia had a good lead in runs. Batting first, Manaia made 154 runs and then declared with nine wickets down. Midlands were dismissed for 83 runs. The detailed scores are:— MANAIA. Hobday, run cut 8 Hughes, c Inch, b Nielsen 32 Sherlock, b Inch ~r £a 28 Stephenson, c Mills ~ 6 Bairstow, c Vowless, b Inch .. o a 3 Roberts, b Vow less 21 Clarke, b Vowless . 9 Whalen, b Giblin ........ a. 2 Hickey, not out ••••:< 18 O’Leary, run out tr. ( 3 Watson, not out -£•••«€*: 12 Extras ....... . yri ..., f 14 Total (for nine wickets) vv.v.. 164 Bowling analysis.—Giblin, one wicket for 30 runs; Graham, one fo: 44; Inch, two for 23; Nielsen, two for 23; Vowless, two for 21. MIDLANDS. Dalgleish, 1.b.w., b Bairstow 1 Thomas, b Sherlock .. ..... ..^x... . 12 Graham, b Sherlock . . v/.'i 13 Nielsen, b Clarke ........ .... 1 Vowless, b Sherlock ti- . • 0 Plank, o Watson, b Hughes ...... 28 Inch, b Hughes 0 Brodie, c Roberts, b Hughes .?.... 0 Giblin, c Roberts, b Hughes .v 22 Mills, not out 1 Tiddy, b Sherlock .... m i......... 3 Extras 2 Total 83 Bowling analysis. —Bairstow, one wicket for 12 run>.; Hughes, four for 20; Sherlock, four for 23; Clarke, one for 3; Watson, none for 17; Roberts, none for 5.

JUNIOR GRADE. MIDLANDS B. BEAT TECHNICAL B. Midlands 8., playing at Hawera, gained a three-point victory over Hawera Technical School B. Batting first the School team were dismissed for 33 runs, Campbell (13) being the only batsman to reach double figures. Bigham took no wickets for 4 runs, Eiitwisrle, none for 7, Vinnicombe, four for 5, and Taylor, four for 8. Midlands E. replied with 133, the best scorers being Mahoney (37), Fairweather (24 not out), Wells (24), and Lendrum (17). Gane took four wickets for 34 runs, Warren, three, for 41, Beauchamp, two for 34, Ching, none for 16, and Duckworth one for 4. In their second innings Technical B. reached only 29 Beauchamp (12) being the best scorer. Dowdle took six wickets for 5 runs, Lendrum, one for 20, Fairweather. two for 0, and Maloney, one for 1.

■TECHNICAL A. BEAT MANAIA B. Playing at Hawera, Hawera Technical High School A. secured a three-point win over Manaia B. In their first innings School made 7'5 runs, and’ in the second 94, and then declared. Manaia B. reached 61 runs in their first innings, but were dismissed for 29 in the second. DRAWN GAME IN PALMERSTON. MANAWATU’S SPLENDID BATTING. By Telegraph.—'Press Association. Palmerston Last Night. A drawn game was played on Saturday between the Rangitikei B. cricket, team and Manawatu, at Palmerston North. The home team was much superior. Rangitikei made 93 and Manawatu 305 for three wickets (Burke 104 retired, ami McSweeney 98).