CRICKET ON SOFT TURF

Taranaki Daily News, 21 December 1931, Page 10

CRICKET ON SOFT TURF

NEW PLYMOUTH STILL UNBEATEN NORTH TARANAKI TEAM CHOSEN STRATFORD MAINTAINS SOUTH LEAD PINE weather and dull wickets after the recent heavy rain characterised play in .the continuation of the North and South Taranaki cricket copapetitions on Saturday. In North Taranaki Old Boys suffered a rather ignominious defeat by New Plymouth by eight wickets. With the first round of the' competition thus completed New Plymouth are in a sound position at the top of the ladder with nine points. High School are •econd with five points, Old Boys (last year’s champions) third with three points, and Western Park fourth with no points. In a friendly trial match in New. Plymouth, a Country team had an easy victory over Western Park by 123 runs. ’ ■ The North Taranaki team to play Victoria College at New Plymouth at New Year was subsequently selected, and is announced this; morning, , : A thunderstorm delayed the start of South Taranaki matches but the afternoon turned out well, though the wickets were dead. Stratford A met one of their most formidable opponents, Kaponga, and won on the fir’st innings of a low-scoring game. Old Boys B, the virtual leaders in the competition, beat Opunake by four wic kets, a feature of the game being Burgess’ nine Old Boys’ wickets for runs in the first innings. Stratford B ran Old Boys Ato a draw, while' Patea and Okaiawa also shared points. High Schoo beat Hawera by a fair margin. The holiday break finds Stratfor A leading Old Boys B by a point with the latter team having played one game fewer. ’ -

OLD BOYS POOR-DISPLAY NEW PLYMOUTH WIN EASILY. MARGIN OF EIGHT WICK FIS. ’ * The. poor display given by Old Boy® the previous Saturday in their match against New Plymouth jvas hardly im- >; proved on when was continued, and the team was all out for 76 in the ' second innings, leaving- New Plymouth only 57 runs to get to win. This they were able to do for the loss of two ■■ . wickets, Nasmith playing a good innings for 30 not out, although it was not altogether chanceless, and Ninkie making •21. ... - Kirwin and Fookes made quite a fair stand when play resumed on Saturday, both of them reaching double figures, and L. Petty made 10 not out, but the tail-enders could, make no headway against Nasmith antt.C; G. Clar.ke.; J. Kinsella and Nqsmith started care-1 ifully for New Plymouth, and eight overs were bowled by Kirwin' and Harris before the latter took Kinsella’s wicket, the tqtal being then only eight. Nasmith and Ninkie . placed -, the. issue beyond doubt, however, carrying, the score to one short of "the required total before -Ninkie was caught by Stevens .off, L. Petty’s blowl'ing.' Harrs bowled: well for • five overs, taking one wicket - for four rune during that period. H. Fookes and L. Petty then took up the attack, but the latter was heavily punished until he secured Ninkie’s wicket. A. Petty. kept wickets better than usual. Details are: — OLD BOYS. First Innings 59 ; Second Innings. Lash, b Groombridge 7 A.’Petty, cJ. Kinsella, b Nasmith ... 14 Papps, c sub. b Groqmbridge 0 Allen', b Nasmith ~ 1 Stevens, b Nasmith 6 Kirwin, b C. G. Clarke /. 14 H. F. Fookes, b Nasmith 13 L. Petty, not out .10 Goldfinch, run out ... I Eo'f’leton, c Groombridge, b Nasmith 4 Harris, b C. G. Clarke \. 0 j Extras , .......... 6 Total 76 / Bowling: Groombridge took two wickets for 17 runs; Nasmith, five for 43; C. G. Clarke, two for 10. NEW PLYMOUTH. First Inning* % 119 Second Innings. 4T. Kinsella, b Harris 2 c ■ Nasmith, not out 30 Ninkie, c Stevens, b L. Petty 21 Sampson, not out 0 Extras 5 Total (for two wickets) 58 Bowling: Kirwin took no wickets for nine runs; Harris, one -for 12; Fookes, none for seven; L. Petty, one for 23; Goldfinch, none for two. i PLAY FN LOWER GRADES - EXCITING SENIOR B MATCH. NO SURPRISES AMONG JUNIORS. The main feature of lower grade cricket in New Plymouth on Saturday was the thrilling finish of'the Old Boys-New Plymouth senior B match. Old Boys had no chalice of catching New Plymouth s total/ hut the last over was entered upon with eight Old Boys wickets down. • One fell off the first ball and the last man had to survive seven balls. The third he hit for four, but with only two more deliveries to weather he was clean bowled and New Plymouth had won. In a low-scoring match Western (Park beat Waitara. ■Central and Old Boys both had easy wins in the junior grade. Western Park beat Band, and the two school teams 4id not play. The competition will be resumed on JfeuMiarr 9-

TWO WICKETS IN LAST OVER. NEW PLYMOUTH WIN ON TIME. New Plymouth scored freely against the Old Boys’ attack and were only five short of the second hundred when all were out. Larkin played an aggressive innings for 58 before he retired, Purcell (37) and Ferry (30) also scored well. Lower down Avery (16), Kinsella (15) and O’Donnell (10) made the score mount. Seven bowlers were tried and of these four took wipkets, L. Harris with four for 39 having the best average. Old Boys had no chance of passing the total set. within the time allowed and played the rock successfully to have 70 runs scored off 29 overs and" two wickets still to fall when the last over commenced. Burless took both and had one delivery to spare. Walker had scored 22, Sorensen 11, J. Palmer 10 and J. W. Moorhead was 3 not out after batting half an hour. Ferry bowled 13 overs dor 22 runs and five wickets, and Burless had three for 18. HUNDRED RUNS IN 200 MINUTES. In a low-scoring match that lasted nearly three hours and a-half, Western Park beat Waitara at Tukapo ground by 10 runs/ Western Park batted first, lost six wickets for 29 and finally reached 56, of which. V. Huff made 22 and Parfitt .16 not out. B. Whitmore was the. most dangerous bowler and secured seven wickets for 22. ■ Waitara started in fair style, having 37 on for four wickets, but the tail failed jto take the I chance and the side was dismissed for 46. (B. Whitmore 16). D. Morris bowled 12 of the 24 overs taken, and secured six ■ wickets for 16. Medhurst took one for two. TWO LEADING TEAMS WIN. CENTRAL’S BIG SCORE AT WAITARA Central continued on their winning way at Waitara, -beating the home team by an innings and 30 runs. Waitara were all out for 49 against the bowling of Stephens (five for 21) and Parker (two for two). Wood made 15 and Limmer. 11. Central, as is frequently the’ cash, commenced weakly, losing five for 34. ,but the sixth wicket added 57, the.last 23 and the total was 148 (Goldsbury 41. Ramshaw 19, Morrison 17, Smith not out 10). Waitara tried many bowlers, Hook (three for 30) and Grant (three for 51) bearing the brunt. In the second innings Waitara lost six wickets for. 13 but struggled to 69 (Grant 18, Limmer 17). Chapman took three for five and Morrison two for one. OLD BOYS’ BOWLING STRENGTH. A good start by Wallace and Thomson gave Old Boys confidence against New Plymouth and the side scored 118 (L.: Dickey 24, L. Thomson 23, C. Brown 1-B,'Wallace 15). Page was the best bowler with an average of four for 21. Neiv Plymouth could not get going, eight of the side failing to score, and the; remainder compiled 15. Brown took five- for- five and Wallace four for 10. In a follow-on New Plymouth scored in’ better style against different bowlers, but failed by 26 to avert an innings defeat. Of the total of 77 Page was responsible for 24 and 'Hoffmann for 15 undefeated. McKoy toojc two wickets for two, Clayton two for four, Thomas one for three and L. Dickey one for two. „. WESTERN PARK BEAT BAND. Band compiled 71 against Western Park (Girling 21, Cook 15, A. Smith 10), .Thomson taking five for 22 and George five for 31. With six wickets lost for 26 Western Park’s prospects did not seem bright, but the team headed Band eventually by 10 runs. Of the total of 81 Innes had 34 not out and Hetherington 22. Girling took three for seven and McEwen three for 13. Band in the second innings had seven wickets down for 95 (Cook 35, McKoy 20, Drury 18 not out, Girling 11), Nuttall - having taken three for 20 when stumps were drawn. SCHOOL MATCH NOT PLAYED. Owing to the Country Association test match against Western Park at the High School gully ground the School junior A .and B teams did not play their competition match. Both teams will, however, be engaged when the competition games recommence on January 0.

HIGH SCHOOL WIN EASILY HAWERA BATSMEN FAIL BADLY. HIGH SCHOOL FIELDING SOUND. When Hawera dismissed High School for 02 they appeared to have a good chance of winning, but were themselves dismissed for the meagre total of 46. The High School fielding gave the bowlers every assistance. Thomas,- Edwards, Thrush and Duke collaborated in some useful early partnerships for School and the first three wickets realised 48 runs. Then a rot set in and five wickets fell for the addition of but 20 runs. Lee and Goodwin then became associated and raised the scone to 88, a useful partnership which probably decided the game. Hawera started badly and the first four men were out for five runs and the first seven for 12. Then Blyth improved the position somewhat with a breezy knock which brought three boundaries on the leg side. Hawke, the last man in, put up a stubborn defence and he and Des Forges, who had been going along quietly at the other end, added another 13 runs, but the position was hopeless, School winning on their merits. Details are:— HIGH SCHOOL. First Innings. Thomas, b Kennedy • 1< Edwards, fc Kennedy ® Thrush, b Crombie '’- 2 Duke, b Crombie 12 Stewart, b Kennedy 2 Buist, 1.b.w., b Crombie 3 Wills, c Giblin, b Worrall - Emmitt, run out 2 Lee, b Worrall ........... 1Goodwin, c Bray, b Giblin — .. — 0 Sargent, not out, 9 Extras ..... 6 Total ........ 02 Bowling: Giblin took one wicket for 24 runs; Kennedy, three for 33; Worrall, two for 14; Crombie, three for 15. HAWERA. First Innings. Jennings, c Wills, b Edwards ...... 4 Bray, c Goodwin, b Edwards ...... 0 Crombie, c Wills, b Buist 3 Giblin, c Goodwin, b Buist 3 Kennedy, run out • • 3 Des Forges, not out 10 Worrall, b Edwards 0 Shaw, b Edwards 0 Blyth, c Goodwin, b Edwards 12 Geary, b Edwards. 9 Hawke, c Edwards, b Thrush .... 7 Extra* ............ '4 Total 46 ’ Bowling: Edwards took six wickets for 23 runs; Buist, two for eight; Wills, none for sve; Thrush, one for three. .drawn game at hawera STRATFORD B AND OLD BOYS A. SECOND WICKET PARTNERSHIP. ’A partnership of 110 runs for the second wicket put Stratford B in a strong position against Old Boys A at Hawera, but owing to the late start the game could not be finalised. Gower and Walker were, the Stratford batsmen who made the runs. Stratford batted first and lost Jones early. Then Gower and Walker got together. They defied six bowling changes, scoring rapidly. The slowness of the wicket suited them, and especially on the. leg they punished the At last Lendrum was given the ball and Gower skied the third delivery to Jordan. After that Stratford carried on to 168 for six wickets and declared. Dowdle and Walker were not a good opening pair but Hayes and Moloney, who followed," set an object lesson in running between the wickets. They •took great risks, their audacity frequently saving them. While they were together runs came fairly fast but after their dismissal Old Boys were left with no chance of a win and played out time. Details are:— • . .£ ’ STRATFORD.. First Innings. Jones, b Moloney 2 Gower, c Jordan, b Lendrum ...... 56 Walker, c Jordan, b Moloney 'Bl Maguire, b Moloney ...... 9 Von Sturmer, run out .., I Hancock, c Gray, b Hayes 9 Henderson, not out ’....... 5 Green, not out ..... 2 Extras 15 Total (for six wickets dec.) .. 168 Bowling: Moloney took three wickets for 26 runs; Hayes, one for 37; M. Gray, none for 21; 'Walker, none for 14; Hammond, none for 12; Guise, none ’for six; Dowdle, none for 21; Jordan, none for nine'; Lendrum, one for six. . OLD BOYS. , . • First Innings. Dowdle, b Jones ' ’ Walker, run out 2 Hayes, st. Henderson, b Walker.... 16 Moloney, b Walker 25 Hammond, c Reed, b Walker , 0 Lendrum, v Gower 6 Jordan, not out 7 Guise, c Jones. b Gower 2 Hulbert, not out • 5 Extras 1 Total '(for seven wickets) .... 65 Bowling: Jones took one wicket for 13 runs; Gower, two for 25; Walker, three for 15; Reed, none for seven; Young, none for three. kaponga defeated LOW SCORING AT STRATFORD. WIN ON THE FIRST INNINGS. By a margin of 25 runs on the first innings Stratford A defeated Kaponga at Stratford in a match that contained nothing of a sensational character. Considering that both are etrong batting sides and that the wicket was in good •order the totals were not high, except in Stratford’s second innings when time was played out for 133 runs for the loss of eight wickets. 1 Stratford’s first three batsmen could raise only six runs among them, but Lay stopped the rot and ran up 22 before be succumbed to Jefcoate's bowling. Wilson had made 22 when he played one up for Court to catch. Collins (14) and Beere (13) were the only other double-figure men. Considerable havoc was wrought by 9. Betts and Jefcoate, who did all the bowling. The total was 90. It was not a big hurdle that Kaponga had to surmount when they took the crease, but when S. Betts was caught by Sandford, off Wilson, for only, four, the visitors lost their mainstay and could make only 65 runs. After S. Betts’ summary dismissal two wickets fell cheaply but V. Betts helped with 15, Abbott 19 and Ormiston 10 not out. The tail was,

ineffectual. Wilson, Dornier and Lay were. Stratford’s best bowlers. In Stratford’s second innings Richardson wiped out the ignominy of his srst effort with 43 not out. Lay made 25 and Sandford 11 not out, but the others found Jefcoate difficult. Extras totalled 22. Details are: STRATFORD A. First Innings. Richardson, b S. Betts 1 Tabart, b Jefcoate ] Gatton, 1.b.w., b Jefcoate 4 Lay, b Jefcoate 22 Dormer, 1.b.w., b S. Betts —..... I Beere, b 8. Betts 1-3 Wilson, c Court, b S- Betts ...... 22 Collins, c Guthrie, b 9. Betts 14 Irving, c Guthrie, b Jefcoate 2 Sandford, 1.b.w., b S. Betts ' 6 Priest, not out .... 9 Extras 10 t . Total 90 Bowling: s. Betts took six wickets for 31 runs, Jefcoate four for 49. ; • Second Innings. Richardson, not out 43 Dormer, b Jefcoate - 5 Lay, c Abbott, b Court 25 Gatton, c Grace, b S. Betts 9 Beere, c Guthrie, b Jefcoate 4 Wilson, c S. Betts, b Jefcoate 3 Collins, b Jefcoate ~ 9 Priest, c Leabourn, b Jefcoate ..... 0 Irving, b Jefcoate 2 Sandford, not out U Extras 22 Total (for eight wickets) .... 133 Bowling: S. Betts took one wicket for 23 runs, Jefcoate six for 45, V. Betts none for 19, Court one for 16, Guthrie none for 8. KAPONGA. S. Betts, c Sandford, b Wilson 4 Jefcoate, 1.b.w., b Wilson 9. Court, c Collins, b Wilson 5 V. Betts, c Wilson, b Beere 15 Abbott, c Lay, b Dormer . 19 Ormiston, not out 19 Grace, b Dormer ... ? 9 Surdle, b Dormer 9 Guthrie, c Dormer, b Lay 0 Noonan, b Lay 1 Leabourn, c Wilson, b Lay 0 Extras 2 Total 65 Bowling: Priest took no wickets for 7 runs, Wilson three for 29, Beere one for 18, Dormer three for 5, Lay three for 4. ANOTHER DiRAWN GAME OKAIAWA SHARE WITH PATEA. OKAIAWA’S BRIGHT BATTING. The late start also prevented finality in the Patea-Okaiawa game at Hawera. Patea declared with eight down for 106, leaving Okaiawa about an hour and a half to bat. Okaiawa reached 116 for five wickets. Daniels was in his best form when Patea went to the wickets and when his first partner was out had made 31 out of 45 off the bat. He was helped by Palmer to raise the score to 63. Paterson carried oil the good work with assistance, from Jones and Findlay for the score to reach 166. Watson and Penny opened brightly for Okaiawa, 50 coming up in a little more than half an hour. Jones then bowled Watson and McKenna secured Crawford’s wicket with the addition of only one. Penny followed 15 runs later. B. Hughes and Skipper also bated fairly brightly but when time was called Okaiawa were 50 runs behind with five wickets in hand. Details are:— PATEA. First Innings. Daniels, c LeFleming, b Linn 47 Gibbs, c Skipper, b Crawford 11 Grant, c and b Crawford ......... 0 Palmer, c Penny, b Linn 8 Paterson, not put 54 Jones, c Linn, -b Crawford 16 Hamel, not out • • • Bourke, c Dundas, b Linn ....... 1 Findlay, c Penny, b Linn 16 McKenna, b Crawford 0 • 7 Total (for eight wickets dec.) 166 Bowling: Penny took no wickets for 51; Crawford, four for 60; Linn, four for 28; B. Hughes, none for 12; Watson, none for eight. OKAIAWA. First Indings. Watson, b Jones 27 Penny, b KcKenna 28 Crawford, c Grant, b McKenna 0 B. Hughes, not out 26 Skipper, c Paterson, b Palmer 31 ■Linn, b Paterson , I Le Fleming, not out 1 Extras Total (for five wickets) 116 Bowling: Jones took one wicket for 36 runs; McKenna, two for 37; Paterson, one for 16; Bourke, none for eight; Palmer, one for 16. WIN BY FOUR WICKETS OPUNAKE DEFEATED BY OLD BOYS BURGESS TAKES NINE FOR 38 RUNS For the second game in succession Opunake put up a good fight, Old Boys B having a margin of only four wickets. The scoring was low. Opunake batted first and knocked up 70, Cundy hitting out for 21 and Dobbin for 15. Each hit a six. Extras contributed a useful 20. • Sturrock and Herbert again did the damage, though Morrison coming in at the finish secured unusual figures. Old Boys were not set a formidable task but Burgess found the wicket to his liking, bowling unchanged to take nine wickets for 38 runs in 12 overs. A goqd stand by the Barkers enabled Old Boys to head Opunake by nine runs. With three men run out and the Old Boys’ bowlers functioning well, Opunake were dismissed again for 49. Set only 41, H. Barker altered his batting order and hit off the runs for the loss of six wickets. Details are: OPUNAKE. First Innings. Cundy, b Sturrock 21 Griffin, c and b Herbert ..- ' 2 | Cruden, b Sturrock . 3 Burgess, c W. Barker, b Sturrock 11 Roberts, b Herbert 9 Dobbin, run out 15 j Macks, b Morrison 6 Stephenson, b Morrison 9 McTavish, c W. Barker, b Morrison 0 Clegg, b Sturrock J McNae, not out. 1 Extras • • ■ - ........ 20 Total 7.P Bowling: Sturrock took four wickets for 25 runs; Herbert. two for 22; Sagar,

none for none; Morrison, three for two. Second Innings. Cundy, b H. Barker 0 Griffin, run out 9 Cruden, 1.b.w., b Sturrock 3 Burgess, c Turnbull, b Sturrock .. 6 ■Roberts, b Barker • 8 Dobbin, run out ‘ Macks, run out U Stephenson, b Herbert 0 McTavish, not out 9 Clegg, b Herbert 9 McNae, c Turnbull, b Sagar 1 Extras 4 Total 49 Bowling: H. Barker took two wickets for eight runS; Sturrock, two for ]8; Sagar, one for 12; Herbert, two foi seven. OLD BOYS B. First Inning*. H. Barker, b Burgess I 4 AV. Barker, st. Cundy, b Burgess .. 34 Turnbull, b Burgess 3 Sagar, c Clegg, b Burgess 3 Milroy, c Dobbin, b Burgess ■» Stunrock, b Burgess .v.... 1 ... » Morrison, b Macks ° Herbert, b Burgess 9 Beamish, b Burgess . ■ 9 Brett, b Burgess ® Smith, not out ... 9 Extras ....... 2 Total 79 Bowling: Burgess took nine wickets for 38 runs; Dobbin, none for 23; Clegg, none for 12; Macks, one for four. Second Innings. Milroy, b Clegg Sturrock, b Macks .•••, Smith, b Roberts. .— ■ Brett, b Macks ” Beamish, b Roberts 9 W. Barker, not out ‘l* Sagar, c Cruden, b Griffin 1 Morrison, not out 2 Extras 6 Total (for six wickets) 43 Bowling: Clegg took one wickets for four runs; Macks, two for six; Roberts, two for five; Griffin, one for 22. HOW THE TEAMS STAND. TABLE OF CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS. The positions of the teams engaged in competition matches in Taranaki are: SENIOR.. Korth Taranaki.

- COUNTRY’S GOOD SCORE ’WESTERN PARK DEFEATED. BISHOP TAKES SEVEN FOR 38. A North Taranaki Country team inflicted a substantial defeat on Western Park in a friendly match on the High School gully ground. Country batted first and declared with the total at 198 for nine wickets. Western Park made a good start, but at the fall of the third wicket a collapse occurred, and the team was all out for 75, leaving Country the winners by 123 runs. The match was played on the. centre wicket in the gully ground, which was being used for the first time this season. Laid down in. imported Longburn soil, it played well, though was rather soft after the recent heavy rain. Towards the end of the afternoon one or two balls rose fairly high, but with careful preparation and good weather the wicket should soon be a first-class one. The match was arranged with the special purpose of trying out the Country players in view of the forthcoming match between North Taranaki and Victoria College at New. Year. The bowling on neither side was very impressive, until Bishop began to mow down the Western Park wickets, taking seven for 3'B, but the Western Park batsmen were going for f the runs, and wickets Were sacrificed . more cheaply than they would probably have otherwise been. Thfr teams were the guests of the High School at afternoon tea. Stan. Giddy was given out to an appeal for a catch behind the wickets well on the leg side, and K. McCrae was dismissed in the same way, but the next six batsmen with the sole exception of E. Foreman, all made good scores, running into twenties or thirties. The innings were by no means chanceless, but there was some powerful hitting, Spence Giddy hitting a six, Fleet a six and J. Sarten three sixes. P. Sarten reaped a rich harvest from powerful strokes at off balls. Gibson bowled very well at first, swerving deceivingly, and at the end of Lhe sixth pver had taken two wickets for six runs, but he dug a hole for himself that put him off, and in the next two overs P. Sarten got hold of him, scoring six boundaries and two singles in the two overs. Hb was then taken off. Inch secured three cheap wickets at the tail end, but his length was all over the place. Haughton might with advantage have bowled himself more. Gibson was lucky in opening with Berry for Western Park, and should have been out long before he was. lie, has played better cricket, but was apparently trying to force the pace.'Berry played doggedly for his 19, and Quickfall secured top score ■with bright batting. Budd just reached double figures, and that was the end of the Western Park innings. Bishop’s bowling performance read like a fairy tale. First of all he had one wicket for 30 runs, then two i for 36, and then seven for 3'B. In his eighth, over he took three wickets with his last four balls, just missing - the hat trick, and in his next, two overs took a wicket an o'er at a cost of a single ' run each over. O. Foreman took the last wicket in his first over. There .

no extras, which was a tribute to Potter, the Country captain and wicketkeeper. Details are: — COUNTRY. Stan. Giddy, c Jones, b Quickfall 0 K. McCrae, .c Jones, b Haughton .. 0 O. Foreman, st Jones, b Mason .. 33 Spence Giddy, b Gibson 32 j. Sarten, 1.b.w., b Gibson 31 s L. Bishop, c and b Inch 23 E. Fleet, not out 2 '5E. Foreman, b Rutherford A P. Sarten, b Inch 37 W. Sheard, b Inch . :■... ■••••• • • • • • ’ T. Potter, not out 1 Extras .' ' Total (for 9 wickets dec.) .. 108 Bowling: Quickfall took one wicket for 53 runs; Haughton, one for 9; Burns, none for 26; Gibson, two for 32; Mason, one for 15: Berry, none for 27; Inch, three for 15; Rutherford, one for 8. Western park. Gibson, c Fleet, b Bishop ...>.••• 15 Berry, b Sheard 19 Quickfall., b Bishop Budd, c Sarten, b Bishop • 11 Jones, c Sarten, b Bishop 2 Ford, c Sarten, b Bishop .......... 9 Rutherford, c McCrae, b Bishop .... 9 Mason, c, McCrae, b Sheard ..... •. 1 Burns, c Foreman, b Bishop ...... ® Inch, bO. Foreman .............. 1 Haughton, not out • • 9 Extras 0 Total 75 Bowling: Bishop took seven wickets for 38 runs; Spence Giddy, none for 20; Sheard, two for 17; O. Foreman, one for n'one. . ? . GOOD SCORING AT WELLINGTON. FIFTH SERIES COMMENCES. Wellington; Last Night. The fifth series of senior cricket championship matches was commenced - in fine weather and on easy wickets on Saturday. Good bowling by Cousins (five for Sa) and Blundell (four for 58) saw Hutt dismissed for 192 (MisGiri - 45, Aldefsley 30). Wellington lost five wickets for .07 runs. '• . Old Boys scored 310 for nine wickets (Dempster 105, McGuire 69, Moore 39 not out, Bull 37) against Institute (Henderson''four for 72, Lambert four for 06). Kilbirhie totalled 310 (Ward 06, Crook 64 not out, Hepburn 53) against University; 39 for no* wickets. Midland ran up 242 (Tindill 69, Lawton 49, Dustin 32, Standidge 31) against Petone, 36 for two wickets. Hope took five wickets for 50 runs for Petone and 'Brice four for 78. PROPOSED AFRICAN TOUR. APPOINTMENT OF SELECTORS. '6 By'Telegraph.—Press Association. , Christchurch, Dec. 19. In the event of the South African cricketers touring New Zealand, the following selectors for the New Zealand team have been appointed: N. C. Sneddon, Auckland; L. T. Cobcroft, Wellington; H. B. VVhitta, Canterbury; F. Williams, Otago. UMPIRE NO-BALLS GILBERT. CONTROVERSY OVER BOWLING By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. ; - Melbourne, Dec. 19. There was. a sensation in the Sheffield Shield match, Queensland v. Victoria, when Gilbert,: the Queensland aboriginal bowler,“was no-balled eight times in two overs. The umpire declared that he had thrown the ball. A controversy whether Gilbert throws the ball or not has been raging in cricket circles all the season.

at a £ 4 1) P« £ ■ £4 CQ 04 1 d New Plymouth ... . 3 3 0 0 9 High School . 3 1 1 1 5 3 Old Boys . 3 1 o 2 Western Park . 8 0 0 3 0 South Taranaki. P. w. D. L. Pts. Stratford A ..... . 8 6 1 1 13 Roys R ..«•••• . 7 5 2 0 12 Kaponga . . 8 4 3 1 1 11 High School . 8 5 2 n Old Boys A .... . -7 4 2 1 10 . S 3 3 2 3 8 Hawora * • • . 8 0 •5 6 •. 8 1 <5 5 . 8 1 2 5 4 O-punake .. . 8 0 0 8 0 SENIOR B. New Plymouth .. . fl 8 0 1 10 O]<1 Roys ' . fl 3' 2 4 8 fl Waitara . 9 3 0 6 Western Park .. . . 9 2 2 5 6 JUNIOR Central . 8 7 0 1 14 Old Boys . fl 7 0 2 14 School A ......... . 7 5 0 2 10. Waitara . fl 4 fl 6 8 Western Park .. . 9 3 0 fl fl School B y 3 0 4 6 New Plymouth .. . 7 2 0 o 4 Regimental Band . 8 1 0 7