CRICKET

Taranaki Daily News, 17 January 1930, Page 7

CRICKET

SOUTH TARANAKI MATCHES. SATURDAY’S PLAY REVIEWED. Saturday saw the commencement of the second round in the senior’cricket competition in South Taranaki. Interest was centred mainly in the meeting of the two leading teams, Old Boys and Okaiawa, at Okaiawa, where the former suffered their first defeat of the season. Okaiawa’s victory brings them within one point of the leading team. Three batsmen, one in each match, succeeded in passing the half-century. Several other good individual batting performances were witnessed, while the wickets were, on the whole, evenly distributed amongst tho bowlers of the respective teams. The outstanding bowling performance was that of J. Cheevers (Old Boys), who claimed six. Okaiawa wickets for 33 runs,'all of them being clean blowlcd. ;

In the three matches played a total of G 9 wickets fell for 97G runs, which gives an average of 14.14 runs per wicket, which is a big improvement on the last two Saturday’s averages. The position of the teams is: —

■ OLD BOYS AND OKAIAWA. ’. ‘ Old Boys suffered their first defeat-of the season at the hands of Okaiawa on the .latter’s ground; The scoring in Okaiawa’s innings was ' very evenly divided, seven batsmen gaining double figures. Eden (28) was the top- scorer, his total including two sixes. He was closely followed’ by Atkins (26-not out), whoso total included only one four. Both these batsmen scored very steadily., mostly by singles. Of the other batsmen, Crawford (14, including a six); Penny (14), Thomas (12), A. Betts (10) and Martin (10), all made useful stands. Of tho Old bowlers, only Cheevers met with any success; in ll overs, including one maiden, he took six wickets for 33° runs, all of his . victims being dead bowled. Hayes (2 wickets) .and Lay (I wicket) were the only other. bowlers to claim, wickets, eaclu of . which was caught. ■ . '. Old Boys opened disastrously, W; Barker being dismissed before ' lie had opened his account, but H. Barker, with the assistance of Cheevers, Hayes and Maloney, brought he score to 101 for five wickets. The last five wickets, however, added only 18 runs between them; and the innings closed when 19 runs short of victory. H. Barker batted very attractively for 56, his ; score being composed of two sixes, one four, six twos and 28 singles. -His innings was chanceless, and lie batted practically throughout the innings'. Cheevers (18), Hayes (14) and Maloney (12) batted stubbornly, but the remainder virtually threw their wickets away in trying to force the pace. Penny, Eden, Crawford and Linn divided the wickets between them. Okaiawa thoroughly earned their victory. ' They gave nothing away in the field and their bowling was never mastered, while their batting was very consistent. Only one point separates these two teams in tho championship now, so some very keen contests should be -witnessed in their matches in the future, with each team striving for the maximum points. HAWERA V. ELTHAM. Hawera gained another win. at the expense'of Eltham, at Hawera. Batting first Hawera lost three wickets very cheaply, 'but a fourth wicket partnership of 75 runs between Giblin and Stevens saved them. Giblin hit hard and often for 59, finding the boundary nine. times, while Stevens found it twice during his innings. With the latter s dismissal, Worrall continued with the good work and was undefeated when the innings closed, only one boundary being included in his total. L. Donnelly was the best of Eltham’s bowlers, his average being three wickets for six runs, all of his victims being caught. Gower and IL Donnelly, opened Eltham’s innings and 40 runs were on the board before the former was dismissed with 10 runs to his credit. Arthur and H. Donnelly then proceeded to make things lively, before the latter was well held by Stevens off Fairweather and the former- lifted one to Giblin off Malone.. H. Donnelly’s total of .30 included five boundaries. Of t-he remaining batsmen, only W. and J. Avery, with 12 and 1G respectively, made any runs, the ing wickets falling very cheaply, Malone dismissing L. Donnelly with a brilliant catch at fine slip off Fairweather, he taking the ball when lying stetched full length on tho ground. Fairweather was the best of the Hawera bowlers. In seven overs he took four wickets for 13. runs. Malone, Jennings and Giblin with two wickets each alsc met with success with the ball.

In Hawera’s second innings, Giblin rapidly knocked 36, his score being .made up of 2 sixes, 5 fours, 1 two and 2 singles. He was well supported by Jennings (21), Stevens (10) and Sargent (10), the innings being closed with six wickets down. Arthur and.H. Donnelly divided the wickets between them. With under half an hour to get' over IDO runs, Gower (32) and H. Donnelly (20) opened Eltham’s second innings and attacked the bowling to such effect that off the five overs which were bowled 53 runs were scored when time was up,, with both batsmen undefeated. Gower scored four boundaries and. Donnelly two. HIGH SCHOOL V. KA PONG A. With a team weakened by the absence of several of their regular players, School gained a first-innings victory over Kaponga at Hawera. Kaponga in their first-innings made a very poor showing, only V. Betts and Twist withstanding the School bowling. V. Betts hit hard for 51 not out, his tally including a six and 4 fours. Twist (15) ably supported him. Sturrock. and Pacey bore the brunt of the attack, taking two wickets for 36 runs and three for 28 respectively. Herbert (1 for 18) and Thrush (2 for 1) were the other successful bowlers.

School opened disastrously, losing Sturrock and Turnbull early. The next three batsmen, however, all made useful stands. Thrush (35), who batted very steadily, found the boundary on two occasions. Pacey (20) and Herbert (10) ably backed him up. Guise (25) and Goodwin (9 not out), the midgets of the

team, made a fine last wicket stand. of 31 runs and virtually won the match for school. Twist (3 for 27) and Jef coate (4 for 32) bore the brunt of Kaponga’s attack,' 8. Betts (1 for 28) being i the only other bowler to meet with any success. ' ' . '

Kaponga in their second innings did much better, three wickets only being lost at the call of time, each of the five batsmen reaching -double figures. Jefcoate was top-scorer with 47 not out, finding the boundary on four occasions. He was well supported by Twist (18), Tonkin (17 not out}-, V. Betts (17) and 8. Betts (11). Pacey, Thrush and Herbert each claimed a victim, but none of the bowlers proved very troublesome to the batsmen. HAWERA WEDNESDAY MATCH Rivals defeated Star by 49 runs-in-a single ■ innings match at Hawera last Wednesday'. Thanks to the opening partnership of Worrall and Maloney, Rivals first wicket fell at 10G. The innings closed for 205 after two hours play. Worrall (47) and Maloney (94-not out) , scored- very fast.' Both batsmen, especially Worrall, had several lives.' Maloney opened quietly, but once he was set he . rapidly overhauled his partner. He was unlucky in Hot reaching his century,-the last wicket falling- when’ he was six short of it. Worrall's score of 47 included seven boundaries, and Maloney’s score included eight. . Of the other batsmen-, Pine (17) and Millar (14) alone made any headway against the bowling of McFadgcn, Jennings and Stevens. Jennings (4 wickpts for G2) and McFadgen (4 for . 70) bore the brunt of the attack'. Stevens (2 for IG)Was' the only other bowler to. meet. with. any. success.

The Star batsmen were dismissed for 1'56 (after 90 minutes batting. . Every batsman broke his “duck,” The ,main scorers were Jennings, who played a fine innigs for 51, including'three fours)' McFadgcn, who scored 20, including 2 ’fortrs, and assisted Jennings to add 58- runs for' 1 the - second ’. wicket,'-Cate '(15) ,-- Colman ,(:1'4)., ; Sargent- ■ (11) ;'and HorsburglCT 1-1 j. • Six Rival, bowlers, claimed wickets: Worrall (3 for 59) , Foster '(2-for. 7-), ; '(2- for 24), Millftr (1 for 'll), Gfibblc ’(I?: for 4). and‘West (1 -for 0). -- ’)

■ 5 ’■ m 4 J5 c? s tS 4 •71 £ rinvfl - . . . - ..... 7 4 2 1 . 10 ..... 7 1 15 7 0 4 o 8 Hit'll School <. • ..... 7 *2 1 4 8 Kaponga’ 1 2 4 7 Stratford ,.... <> 1 . 1 4 5 Eltham ....... ..... 7 0 .0, 7 0