CRICKET TOUR.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 April 1925, Page 6

CRICKET TOUR.

MATCH AT TIKORANCI. COUNTRY TEAM MAKES 12.«. AUCKLAND REPLY WITH 2S& A most enjoyable day's outuig wet the result of the Auckland representative cricket team’s uvieit to Tikorangi yesterday when they.defeated the North Taranaki Country Association by 132 ■ runs in a one-innings match. Country batted first and made to which Auckland replied with 25'8. Country had lost three wickets for 36 rune in a second innings when stumps were drawn. The outstanding batting performances in the Country team were those of Gibson and Sarten. Th© former flayed almost throughout the innings for a careful but meritorious 40, while the I latter hit hard from the start and umile 35, including three sixes, before being clean bowled by Alleott. Giddy played a very patient inniqg© for 12. Auckland scored ireely from the ©tart of their innings, and 237 runs were up before tlie seventh wicket fell. Gar-rard-retired when lie had made i>4 and Anthony when he had. reached 34. Cooper made 44 Smith 34, .Somerville 23, Eton 20, I’ostles I'J and jiorspool 13. Most of the team went fqj) a hit and were in several case© bowled or caught in trying to lift sixes. The Country bowling, however, was by no means wem»and often troubled ~tne batsmen. Luncheon and afternoon tea was provided on a very generous scale by th© Country team and the ladiee of the district, and the members of the visiting team were unanimous in expressing at the end of the days their appreciation of the hospitality . extended to them, and of the line day'© outing they had had. Details of the scores are as follow.— COUNTRY ASSOCIATION. First Innings. Gibson, b Anthony 4te Lye, b Alleott A •E. Foreman, b Somerville 2 Sarten, b Alleott 35 Dendy, b Alleott 9 Alexander, b Alleott 2 C. Foreman, c Eton, b Smith .... 4 Jupp, b Smith U Giddy, c Garrard, b Postlee IB ; A. Foreman, b Eton 1 U. Foreman, b Garrard 5 Powell, not out 0 Extras 21 Total 126 Bowling analysis.rr-AHeott took four wickets for 11) runs; Somerville, on© | for 47; Smith, two for 6; Anthony, one I for 13; Eton, one for 16; Postles, one ! for 5; Garrard, one for one. Second Innings. Giddy, not out 9 Sarten, e Garrard, ,b Somerville .. 16 E. Foreman, b Coates : 4 Lye, b Cooper I Extras 5 Total (for three wickets) .... 35 Bowling analysis—Coates took one wicket for four runs; Smith, none for 17; Somerville one for 8; Cooper, one for 2. AUCKLAND. Somerville, e Dendy, bC. Foreman . . 23 Cooper, c E. Foreman, bA. Foreman 44 Garrard, retired 54 'Smith, c O. Foreman, b Powell .. 34 Eton, b Powell 20 Anthony, retired 34 Horspool, b C. Forbman 13 Postlee, 1.b.w., b C. Foreman 19 Gerrard, c Jupp, bC. Foreman .... 0 Gillespie, c Giddy, b Dendy 3 Alleott, not out 9 Coates, run out 0 Extras 5 I Total 268 Bowling analysis.—C. Foreman took four wickets for 83; rune; PoweU, two for 48; A. Foreman, one for 26; Gibson, nene for IS; Sarten, none for 13, i Dendy, one for 60. JUNIOR (MATCH. NEW PLYMOUTH v. HAWERA. At Hawera on Easter Monday, Hawera junior© played New Plymouth Old Boys juniors, the (patch resulting in a win for Hawera qp the first inning©. In the second innings Hawera declared at six wiekets for. 86 runs. New Plymouth, requiring J 76 run© in theirseeond innings, played out time with the score at 84 wickets. Hawera went itu first, and made a total of 170 runs-, of which Uheevers scored 79 not out.,.'A. Petty took five wicket© for 66 runs, and Lash four for 41. New Plymeutb in their first innings made 79, A. Petty making top score with 21. McKenzie took two wiekets for 13 runs, Oheevers two for 13, Allen one for 17, and Fairweather two for 15. The beet score in Hawera’s second innings was made by McCarthy, who secured 2'B' rune, while L. Petty made the best average amongst- th© bowlers by taking two wiekets for 8 rune. New Plymouth’© best showing in their second innings was 15 runs compiled by Lovegrove, while Moloney took four wickets for nine runs.