REPRESENTATIVE CRICKET

Taranaki Daily News, 6 January 1927, Page 5

REPRESENTATIVE CRICKET

NOMADS V. N. TARANAKI HOME TEAM HAS SMALT. LEAD. A CLOSE GAME ANTICIPATED. North Taranaki has a slight advantage at the close of the first day’s play against the touring Nomads team, having dismissed the visitors for 132 runs, whilst at the drawing of stumps the home team had scored 154 for the loss of nine wickets, and thus have a lead of 22 runs with two wickets yet to fall in the first innings. Each side batted twelve men, but fielded eleven. The only alteration in the North Taranaki team as published yesterday was that Brown was unable to play and was replaced by Shepherd, B. Lash being the twelfth man.

It was not a day in which the batsmen did great things; indeed, scoring on the whole was somewhat slow, due partly to the bowling, but more to the smart fielding and the dead outfield. Bright features were the 38 compiled by D. A. Cameron for the visitors, which included four boundaries, and the 52 not cut scored by C. Lash for the local team. The local lad went in first and, giving a splendid exhibition of careful batting, carried his bat right through, never looking like getting out. His score included only three boundaries. C. G. Bottrill also batted forcefully for 25, whilst his bowling was a feature, he taking five wickets for 24 runs, Eggleton also taking three for 29. For the visitors, the fast bowler, Bernau, bore the brunt of the attack, bowling 15 overs for three wickets and 46 runs. In the early stages ho kept the runs down, his first eight overs reading two wickets for 11 runs. The match will bo resumed at 11 o'clock this morning and should produce an interesting finish. A. M. Ongley, the captain of the visiting team, won the toss and elected to bat, Cameron and Mating opening, the former taking strike to Petty, who opened from, the southern end. His first over produced three runs. The score mounted slowly by singles and occasional twos off Dykes to 20, when Maling survived an appeal for stumping, lifting Dykes next ball to the boundary. Here Nicoll relieved Dykes, his over producing a single. SCORE MOUNTS STEADILY. The score continued to mount, and at 35 Petty was relieved by Eggleton, off whose second over Maling was smartly caught by Jones behind the wickets.— 43—1—13. Donnelly was the newcomer, and Dykes relieved Nicoll. Cameron was the most aggressive, though when he had made 33 and the score stood at 54, he was badly dropped by Bottrill off Eggleton, and next over Shepherd failed to get under a high one from Donnelly off Dykes. At 64 Petty replaced Dykes and two runs later a fast one from Eggleton beat Cameron, whose score included four boundaries.—66—2 —38. Bernau joined Donnelly and played out the over (a maiden), whilst Petty sent down a maiden to Donnelly, who was smartly run out next over, a quick return by Palmer seeing Jones flash the bails off. —66—3—B. Ongley joined Bernau and play slowed down, neither being at home with Petty, who scattered Bernau’s stumps with a beautiful ba11.—74 Good bowling by Petty and Eggleton, backed up by smart fielding, especially by Lash, kept the runs down. Lash earned applause by a great attempt to take a high ball from Ongley off Petty. However, a little later Ongley mishit a short pitched ball from Eggleton and was well taken by Dykes.—76—s—3. Fox joined Cave and runs came slowly till Cave sent Petty to the leg boundary. At 82 Bottrill replaced Petty, the over producing a single, and the lunchton adjournment was then taken with the score at 84 for five wickets after 100 minutes’ play. Eggleton bowled to Fox on resuming, but smart fielding by Lash saw Jones send Cave back when attempting an almost impossible run. —84—6—7. Carver, the newcomer, scored a couple off Eggleton, but the next two overs were maidens, and then Fox hit B<'trill up for Lash to hold an easy catch. —88—7 —2. WICKETS FALL QUICKLY. Arkwright was the newcomer. Carver opened out, sending each bowler to the boundary, but with his score at 14 and the total at 99 Bottrill clean bowled him. Wanklyn joined Arkwright and the score continued to mount, the newcomer scoring freely. With the total at 112, however, Arkwright got his leg in front to Bottrill.- —112—9—7. Prendergast joined Wanklyn, and at 116 Petty replaced Eggleton. Three runs later Wanklyn had a narrow escape from being run out. The score mounted slowly until Prendergast drove Petty for four. He scored another couple and was then caught by Nicoll off Bottrill. —132—10—8. Swainson filled the breach, only to see Bottrill clean bowl Wanklyn next ball. —132—11 —15. The innings had taken 155 minutes. At 3.15 p.m. C. Lash and Eggleton opened North Taranaki’s innings, the former taking strike to Bernau, the Wanganui fast bowler, who opened from the town end with three men in slips and the wicket-keeper (Fox) standing about ten yards, behind the stumps. The ever produced two byes, Lash being content to leave most of them alone. Swainson, a right hand, medium pace bowler, then opened to Eggleton, who scored a single off his fourth ball. Eggleton snicked Bernau through the slips to the boundary. Lash opened his score with a drive for two off Swainson, whilst Eggleton played Bernau for a maiden. Lash brought 10 up after twenty minutes’ play with a single off Swainson. Play brightened up a little, Eggleton snicking Swainson for three and lifting him to the boundary, the over producing eight, bringing 20 up after 32 minutes’ play. Meanwhile Bernau had bowled three successive maidens and off the first ball of his next over Eggleton was smartly held in the slips by Wanklyn.—2l—l-—l3. Fletcher filled the vacancy and late cut Lernau for a single, as did also Lash. The batting continued steady, runs coming slowly, and at 29 Wanklyn replaced Swainson, whose five overs had produced 18 runs. The change proved welcome to the batsmen, especially Fletcher, the over producing ten runs, including a no ball. The afternoon tea adjournment was taken with the score one for 39. On resuming Lash faced Bernau, who had bowled seven overs for one wicket and eight runs. Fletcher cut him for two, but next ball the batsman was clean bowled. —42 —2—12. Dykes was the newcomer and play brightened up, thirteen coming off the next two overs, including nine off Bernau, whom Lash sent to the boundary. Dykes also got quickly on to Wanklyn, driving him for two and lifting him for four, but next ball he was well held in the slips by Ongley.— 61—3—12.

LASH GARRIES ON. Jones followed, but after Lash.,had scored a single, Bernau scattered the newcomer’s bails with a trimmer.—62 —4—o. Papps joined Lash, and turned Swainson to leg for a brace, also cutting him through the slips. Next ball he gave a chance behind the wickets. Lash, who had been batting steadily for 22, gave a Lot chance off Bernau through the slips, but next over put him to tire boundary. At 79 Papps lifted one from Wanklyn back to Donnelly.—79— 5—6. Bottrill joined Lash and opened with a single off Wanklyn and a brace off Bernau, Lash also driving Wanklyn for a couple. Bottrill drove the fast bowler for three and then Bernau, who appeared to have been dragging his foot over frequently, was no-balled, bringing 90 up. Here Swainson replaced Wanklyn. Bottrill found the change to his liking and drove the new bowler for a brace and also straight back to the boundary, Lash bringing 101) up with a couple oil' Bernau, in the same over driving him to the boundary and lifting him for two. Runs now came faster, Bottrill opening out and driving Swainson twice in succession to the boundary, whilst smart fielding saved another boundary. At 115 Bernau, who had bowled 15 overs on end, was replaced by Ongley, a slow bowler. Each batsman got a single and then Bottrill had a life, being dropped by Donnelly at mid-on from a hot chance. Off the first ball of Ongley’s second over Bottrill was caught by Fox behind the wickets, his score included three boundaries..—l2l—6—2s. The partnership had added 42. Nicoll joined Lash and opened with a leg boundary, narrowly surviving an appeal for stumping next ball. With a drive to the boundary off Ongley Nicoll brought the score past the Nomads first innings total, whilst Lash brought his half-century up with a late cut off the same bowler. Nicoll was then beaten by Swainson.—l3B—7 —lo. J. Palmer joined Lash and opened with a single off Swainson, but off Ongley’s first ball Palmer’ was smartly caught by Bernau.—l39 —B—l. Shepherd went in and opened with a couple, followed by a single off the slow bowler, but Swainson’s first ball scattered his stumps.—l42—4)—3. B. Lash joined his brother and drove Swainson past the bowler to the boundary, neatly placing his next ball to the leg boundary and bringing up 150. A couple of balls later he poked one up, but it fell clear and he celebrated his escape by hoisting his ten with a brace off Swainson. C. Lash was unable to get hold of Ongley’s slows, and stumps were drawn soon after with the score at 9 wickets for 154. The detailed scores are:—• NOMADS. First Innings. D. A. Cameron, b Eggleton 38 T. Maling, c Jones, b Eggleton ...<■, 13 A. T. Donnelly, run out 8 E. Bernau, b Petty 2 A. M. Ongley, c Dykes, b Eggleton 3 K. H. Cave, run out 7 M. Fox, c Lash, b Bottrill » 2 H. G. Carver, b Bottrill 14 H. V. Arkwright, 1.b.w., b Bottrill .. 7 D. E. Wanklyn, b Bottrill 15 C. Prendergast, c Nicoll, b Bottrill .< 8 J. Swainson, not out 0 Extras 15 Total 132 Bowling analysis—C. G. Bottrill, 10 overs, one maiden, 5 wickets, 24 runs; F. G. Eggleton, 18 overs, 5 maidens, 3 wickets, 29 runs; L. Petty, 14 overs, 8 maidens, 1 wicket, 23 runs; W. Nicoll, 3 overs, no maidens, no wickets, 13 runs; H. Dykes, 7 overs, no maidens, no wickets, 28 runs. NORTH TARANAKI. First Innings. C. Lash, not out 52 F. J. Eggleton, c Wanklyn, b Bernau 13 R. Fletcher, b Bernau 12 H. M. Dykes, c Ongley, b Wanklyn 12 S. Jones, b Bernau 0 A. J. Papps, c Donnelly, b Wanklyn 6 C. G. Bottrill, c Fox, b Ongley .... 25 W. Nicoll, b Swainson 10 J. Palmer, c Bernau, b Ongley 1 P. Shepherd, b Swainson -.x..: 3 B. Lash, not out H Extras 9 Total (for nine wickets) ......: 154 Bowling analysis —Ongley, 5 overs, no maidens, 2 wickets, 20 runs; Bernau, 15 overs, 4 maidens, 3 wickets, 46 runs; Wanklyn, 7 overs, no maidens, 2 wickets, 30 runs; Swainson, 12 overs, no maidens, 2 wickets, 52 runs.