SCHOOL WINS AT CRICKET

Taranaki Daily News, 22 December 1930, Page 5

SCHOOL WINS AT CRICKET

NELSON COLLEGE, BEATEN

MATCH WON BY SEVEN WICKETS.

ANNUAL GAME AT NEW PLYMOUTH

SOUND BATTING BY' HOME TEAM.

With seven wickets to spare the New Plymouth Boys High School. first, eleven defeated Nelson College in a match concluded at the High School ground on Saturday. Conditions were perfect for play. The match was ended shelly after luncheon... . i “ School owed: thewide margin .of its \ victory largely to > the small. total, for : which it dismissed Nplswr.ip. the .first -? innings. Uncertain and nervous agaihst Morrison in, the first, innings,, Nelson made only 83. Morrison'kept the upper hand all the time making the Batsmen: play the ball as he wanted them to. Then School by the good, sound batting of. one of the strongest teams it has had, 1 made 146 and secured the very useful

lead of 60 runs.' ; . 7 ' Nelson in its Second innings treated ■ Morrison,- still bowling well; in a different way. If a ball was a half volley the batsmen treated'it with a, hearty smack instead of gingerly playing back on to their wickets. Campbell particularly had a' refreshing way of scoring; boundaries; he scored 54 of the 141 runs; of Nelson’s second' innings. With School needing only 79 runs to ‘make in its second innings to.win nothing but a complete loss of form by the School batsmen Could :-have let .Nelson win. School this year has a side too evenly good to be routed.- To;« striking degree for ■ schoolboys, its play is reliable. ■ Having everything .to gain and nothing to lose by patience School began its second innings very quietly. Again Harding played an exceptionally safe, correct inning* though his timng for. shots off' the wicket was not so good as usual. Gilbert, who made 18 not out, played a pretty if not very powerful bat. .Towards the end of the innings the batsmen might certainly have loosened up a little. The game was safe enough to take a ' risk or two. It was. pleasant, however;,, .when the match was won to see Morri- - son liit'a f six but of the ground and ixnash a' window in the.school.* . NELSON AT THE'WICKETS. With the score 100 for five wickets down Campbell and Karsten continued Nelson’s second innings. Karsten slipped Morrison to leg for two. Campbell nit - out for'-* Boundary. Then they tried a run for two, Geary threw in hard to the far end an' Karsten was run out. The score board read 107—6 —11. ) The batsmen went out to meet Morrison, smothered the break and hit hard., . Fay drove "Morrison.true, along ,' thej grass to the. off boundary and Campbell swung him to leg . for four. ;,Fay drove, to the off again -and fielded, prettily on the run; After a fast scor-; ing innings for 54 in. which he maderuns. by powerful shots all round the wicket, Campbell jumped out to a slow, good length ball from Andrews, missed: amF was quickly stumped< by Birch.' - Seven wickets', were down for 129. After scoring two singles Richards was clean bowled by Andrews. The last two wickets had fallen quickly with little being added to the score.'., Andrews had struck a spot' scoring 11, ; '■'.was beaten all'way by an excellent ' Louisson and Buddle were the last two batsmen. Buddle turned some shots neatly to leg but had'two narrow escapes from stumping against Harding. Soon afterwords Louisson hit across a straight ball'from Harding and Nelson ■ was but for, . . I < Needing 79 iq the second innings to win School opened with Loten and Hardin". They commenced very- quietly. With the last'ball of Richards’ first over thfcre was a strong appeal for a catch behind the wickets off Loten. Harding sent a crisp square cut past point and Loten pulled Richards for a single. With the total at 13 Loten drove a hot one to Fay, who; took a;catch off his own bowling. • . Opening his shoulders West drove Fay hard to the long boundary. Harding stepped: out to ’ Rickards, the batsmen. ran three and 20 camo up on the board. Richards bowled a loose one. and Harding pulled it for four; -School reached 30. SCHOOL PLAYS PATIENTLY.. .

: The bowling was good and the bats--men had to go patiently. West played over‘the top of a ball from Ross and it just clipped- -the bails. . Two wickets were down aor 33. The new batsman; Gilbert, turned a ball to leg for. a single. The fast bowler Stace came on and Gil- ' . bert cut him to third man for a single. After a tame spell Harding smashed a square-cut for four. Forty came up on the board. The batsmen brightened and E.U some lively Singles. Gilbert glided Stace sweetly for four. j . A slow ball oii the leg from Fay was smashed to the boundary by Harding. Sixty came up on -the board.-- Harding swung round on one and sent a catch to Louisson. The ball hit him on the chest and slipped through his fingers. ■Tlie teams then adjourned for luncheon. Under a quarter of an hour’s play in the afternoon gave School, the victory by seven wickets. 'Beginning a run ror a cut through the slips Harding was sent back by Gilbert and was run out before he reached the crease. Morrison was next. The batsmen ran a few singles and then,, just as in the Hawke Cup match, Morrison made the winning hit to the boundary. . \ _ The umpires were Messrs. J. Brown and W. C. Weston. Details are:- — NELSON. - ■ • First Innings ....... Second Innings.- - j Ross, hit wicket, b, Morrison 1 Stubbs, st.'Birch, b Morrisop’'...... 7; Stace, st. Birth, b Morrison 2& Mae Lean, run out 9 Campbell, st. Birch, b Andrews .... 54 Hooper, Lb.w., b Harding ... 12 Karsten, run out ..................: 11. Fay, b Andrews H Richards, b Andrews 3 Buddle, not out •••• » Louisson, b Harding 1 Extras 8 Total ; r .-.. ••• - 141 Bowling: Andrews took three wickets for 35 runs; Morrison, three for .59; Harding, two for 8. / -i .'HIGH SCHOOL. First Innings • 14fl ’ Second Innings. Loten, c and b Fay £ Harding, run out •: West, b Ross ® Gilbert, not out • ™ Morrison, pot - out Extras' ..■ Total (for three wickets) 81 ■ Extras > ‘ , * S 6 runs; Ross, one for 9. The Nelson team was taken to Koi th Mount Egmbnt -yesterday and will leave by the mail train for, home this morning.