CRICKET COMPETITIONS

Taranaki Daily News, 16 January 1931, Page 3

CRICKET COMPETITIONS

SELECTION OF CLUB TEAMS. Stratford Club.—Seniors to play Old Boys A; Gatton, Laurie, T. Young, C. McL Young, Sandford, Gover, Beere, Collins, Gower, Donnelly, Walker. New Plymouth Club. —Senior A at High School. —Nasmith, A. Clarke, Purcell, Grooni'bridge, Gibbins, Avery, Kinsella, Sheppard, Hawkins, Webb, Baunton. Senior B’: Black, Burless, Clegg, Hawkins, Hoffmann, Moverley, Nicoll, Pullen, Stewart, Simpson, Stainton. Junior v., Waitara, at Waitara: Clegg, Cralp'per, Dineen, Ferry, Hunt, Kinsella (2), Page, Parkin, O’Donnell, Revell, Sarten. CADETS v. WESTERN PARK B. NORTHUMBERLAND’S CRICKET A cricket match between a team of cadets from the Northumberland, which is. at the port, of New Plymouth, and the. Western Park B team will be played at the Tukapo No. 2 ground at 2 p.m. td-morrow. ’ ( The Western Park tea fit is as follows:'Vai Duff, Blincoe, Medhurst, Huxford, Parfitt, Don Morris, ■ Rennie, Wright, Robertson and two others. THURSDAY COMPETITION. In a Thursday competition cricket match played yesterday the Waitara team secured a 2-point win, on the first innings, over Eltham. INGLEWOOD CRICKET. “GENTLEMEN” BEAT “PLAYERS.” GOOD BOWLING AND LOW SCORING The annual cricket match, “Gentlemen” versus “Players,” was played at Inglewood yesterday in beautiful weather. Gentlemen defeated Players by 23 runs on the first innings in a.low scoring mate'll. Gentlemen batted first and could reach only 65, of which Hunt,, who w'ith Cbutts was the mainstay of the Gentlemen’s team, made 22. In bowling Humphries came out with the great average of four wickets for 11 runs. Players replied with the small total of 42. to which only F. Duncan (12) and G. Barry (13) contributed double figures. Coutts and Hunt were the only bowlers called upon in the Gentlemen s side, and both secured very good averages, Coutts five for 18 and Hunt five for 21.' In a second strike Gentlemen reached 74. Hunt played a very good innings for 32 not out. Thomason, seven wickets for 23, was the most successful bowler. The losers were called upon to “shout” a dinner after the match. ■ . .Gentlemen batted 12 men. Details are:—; ■ - '/ . GENTLEMEN. First Innings. Coutts, c Hamerton, b Barry 8 McNab, c Ross, b Barry ~ 3 Hunt, c Dunean, b Allen 22 L. Ross, played on, b Allen 1 Littlejohn, 'b Allen .3 Colqs, b Allen < V L. O’Neill, c Ross, b Humphries .. 3 Peterson, b Humphries ■........... 3 Lovell, b Humphries ............. . 0 Evetts, c and b Humphries ...... 16 Mullaney, b Sutherland 2 Cottier.' not out 9 Extras i.... ,4 Total. 65 Bowling analysis.—'Allen took four wickets for 21 runs; Barry, two for 17; Sutherland, one for 14; Humphries, four fpr 11. ' ~ Second Innings. L. O’Neill, c Peacock, b Humphries 0 B. Evetts, b Thomason 7 Cottier, c Hamerton, b Thomason . 0 Coutts, b Allen 11 McNab, b Thomason 3 Hunt, not out 32 Ross, b Thomason ....; 7 Littlejohn, c Barry, b Allen 1 Peterson, b Allen 1 Coles, c and b Thomason 1 Mullaney, b Thomason 6 Lovell, c Barry, b Thomason ...... 4 Extras 7 Total 74 Bowling analysis. —Thomason took seven wickets for 23 runs; Humphrifes, one for 10; Barry, none for seven; Allen, three for 27. PLAYERS. First Innings. D. Sutherland, c and b Hunt .... 3 F, Duncan, b Hunt J 12 L. Sutherland, b Hunt 4 D. Allen, b Hunt 0 A. Thomason, b Coqtts 0 P. Peacock, 1.b.w., b Hunt ...... 1 D. Humphries, b Coutts • 4 G. Barry, b Coutts 13 T. Hamerton, b Coutts 0 J. Ross, c Hunt, b Coutts 0 W. Ross, not out 2 Extras 3 . Total 42 Bowling analysis. —Coutts took five wickets for 18 runs; Hunt, five for 21.