INTER-SCHOOL CRICKET

Taranaki Daily News, 14 December 1932, Page 5

INTER-SCHOOL CRICKET

HAWERA DEFEAT FEILDING VICTORY ON FIRST INNINGS. MARGIN. OF EIGHTEEN RUNS. In 1 the annual cricket match with the Feilding Agricultural High School played at Hawera yesterday in, perfect cricket weather. The Hawera ‘High School won by 18 runs on the first inXiilxgS. '-J ■•' ' • Hawera won the toss and batted first. The innings lasted'two and a-half hours, the last man being dismissed when 119 runs were' .oh the • board. A feature of the play; was the fine fielding of the Feilding team} sure handling and quick returns keeping the score down to a minirm rm, Evans and Huston ma. perhaps being outstanding in this respect. Williams was the best of the bowlers, capturing seven Hawera wickets for 18 runs. Duke was the mainstay of the Hawera team, his score of 51 including ten fours. At one stage the score read five- for 88, of which- Duke and Wills, who made 29, had compiled 80. The only other Hawera batsmen to reach double figures were Rogers (11) and Hunter (14).

Feilding opened their innings after the luncheon adjournment,' the first two wickets falling cheaply. Burgess and Hart then became associated and carried the score to 77, the partnership yielding 61 runs. Burgess, after giving two chances early in the innings, carried his score to 43'before being caught by Wills oft Green. ‘

Hart, one of the opening batsmen, batted for three hours to score 18, being the only other double-figure scorer. Bowling for Hawera, Pritchard secured six wickets at the cost of 22. rims, Gardiner also bowling well *to obtain two for 14. Feildings first jnnings closed for Ml. • ■ • ' ; ; /- Hawera’s second innings opened disastrously, Duke, and' Thomas being dismissed in the first .three.overs. Pritchard joined Rogers and'carried the score to 45 before being clean bowled by Williams. Wills gave one change before he openedhis. account and then settled down to play steady cricket. ' ; Rogers, after playing a chanceless innings for 34, was caught by Williams off lUstdri. Lester, the newcomier, scored 5 before being bowled by Williams. .A brilliant catch by Illston off Williams dismissed Hunter after he had made 2. Pauling, who joined Wills, was caught by Hart off Williams. With seven wickets down for 84 runs Hawera declared their' innings closed.' -Wills • (15) and Kirkby being .the-not-out men. -;i Set the task of scoring 102 runs in less than an hour, the Feilding team took the only course' left them and opened their shoulders to the bowling. Burgess and Simpson -faced . the bowling, the former, throwing away his wicket before he had scored, being caught by Wills off Green. Simpson and Huston were not out. rit the drawing of stumps. ■ ■ Details’are:— 1

HAWERA HIGH SCHOOL.

. Bowling: Simpson took one wicket for 23runs; Williams, seven for 18; Evans, none.for 26; Smart, one for 13; Burgess, none for 19; . Heap, none for 7; Huston maj., 'on* for 3.

Bowling- Simpson took one wicket for 6/runs;' Williams;-five- for 23; Burgess,', none? for 18; - Evans? none for 8; Smart, nonefor s;.Hlstbn> one. for 26. T-7;- BTniiilNG A.H.S. ‘ ’ First Innings.

Bowling: -Pritchard,' six for • 22; Gard-; iner, two, for 14; Wills, none for 4; Rogers; one for 17; Lester, none for 12; Duke, none for. 4; Green, one for 11. _ . Second Innings. Burgefes/ic- JVills, b Green .;.7 0 Simpson, not out i - 5 Huston;- ma.,, not out ..............25 " Extras 7 Total (for one wicket) .......... 37 /Bowling: Pritchard, none for 10; Green, one for 6; Pauling, none for 0; Hunter, 11; Kirkby, none for 3. Messrs. P. O. Veale and G. H. Buckeridgeftwere .the umpires.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS’ CRICKET.

First Innings. Thomas, c Burgess,'b Williams 2 Pritchard, c Huston mi., b Williams 1 Duke, b Simpson ..................... bl Lester, c Evans, b Williams . 0 Wills* b Williams 29 Rogers, c Williams, b Huston ma. .. 11 Kirkby, l.b.w., b Smart 2 Hunter, l.b.w., b Williams 14 Gardiner, not out 0 Pauling, hit wicket, b Williams .... 0 Green, b Williams 2 Extras 7 119

Second Innings. Thomas, c Burgess, b Williams ...... 1 Rogers, c Williams, b Illston 34 Duke, c Illston, b. Simpson 0 Pritchard, b Williams ................ 25 Wills," not' out ........................ 15 5 Kirkby, not out ...................... 0 Hunter, c Illston, b Williams ........ 2 Pauling, c Hart, b Williams 0 Extras • ..... •. •. • • • .» . 2; Total (for; seven wickets, dec.) 84-

Simpson, c Gardiner, b Pritchard . 2 Hart, ctPauling, b Pritchard ... * .. 18 Burgess/c" Wills, b Green • 43 Huston': ma., b Rogers .......... .. 8 Williams,: LKw., b Pritchard . • -... 0 Huston.--mt," b/ Pritchard. ....... .. 2 Illston, c Wills,.b:Gardiner .. 7 Heap, l.b.w., b, Pritchard ....... .. 1 Hipango, b Gardirier .. 0 Smart, notiouti-.."................ .. 4 Evans, Lb.wi, ; b" Pritchard ... J .. 0 Extras ' ..................... •• .. . 16 Total .. 101.