CRICKET IN WET

Taranaki Daily News, 13 February 1933, Page 3

CRICKET IN WET

TWO CENTURIES IN SOUTH GAMES SPOILED BY SHOWERS OLD BOYS-NEW PLYMOUTH ONLY ONE COUNTRY MATCH Westerly showers and a cold wind made matters distinctly uncomfortable and adverse to good cricket in the Taranaki matches on Saturday. Frequent heavy bursts of rain drove players to shelter, and in cases where decisions had been reached, matches were concluded early. New Plymouth, playing High School, and Old Boys, playing Western Park, both won on.the first innings by passing their opponents’ totals with wickets in hand. In response to Western Park’s 113 Old Boys made 187 for six wickets, Stevens being not out with 68. Groombridge, who took five for 22, was the main factor in High School’s dismissal for 63, and Nasmith retired with 29 after New Plymouth had reached that total for three .wickets, play ceasing later with the score 78 for five wickets.

Old Boys retained their lead in the south by drawing with Kaponga on Saturday, but the position is still very open with only two points separating the first four teams. Two centuries were made, Reg. Eden (Kaponga) and Penny (Hawera A) both running into three figures. Showers fell throughout the afternoon. ‘

Kaponga against Old Boys made 256 for three wickets, Reg. Eden making 111 and Ross Eden 87 not out. Old Boys lost five wickets for 114 . runs. Hawera A beat Patea by 167 runs for six wickets to 87. Giblin took five Patea wickets for 32 runs. Stratford A trounced Hawera B, who were all out for 13, Priest taking four wickets for three runs and Wilson three for six. The winners in reply made 181 (Hall 44 and Davies 41), Stevens taking six for 61. High School beat Stratford B by 79 runs to 48 in the first innings. Pritchard (High School), five for 17, and Kivell (Stratford), five for 28, were the most successful bowlers. Only one, match was played in the Country competition on Saturday, Tarurutangi going to Urenui and securing a comfortable win over the northernmost team by 59 runs, with six wickets in hand. Urenui scored 45 and Tarurutangi replied with 105 for four wickets (Norman Giddy 40.n0t out). Owing to Tikorangi School picnic the Tikorangi Brixton match was postponed and wil> be played as a mid-week match. WIN TO NEW PLYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL TEAM BEATEN. GOOD AVERAGE TO GROOMBRIDGE. High School met New Plymouth in the first match,since the school resumed, but the team failed to make a good showing against the bowling of Groombridge particularly, and scored only 63. New Plymouth had passed that for the loss of five wickets when it was decided to stop play. School’s closely resembled a procession, although 10 of the 28 overs needed to score 63 runs were maidens. Apart from T. Larkin’s 33—more than half the score—no batsmen scored more than 5. Groombridge was mainly responsible for the collapse. In nine overs he took five wickets for 22 runs, and his average would have been even more impressive had not Larkin hit him for three and six in his last over but one. Nasmith lost Gibbins, L. Larkin and Purcell, to Christensen and' T. Larkin, for 28 runs, but with Broughton went ahead to hit off the required runs. Nasmith retired when the work was accomplished, but the prospect of bad weather caused a cessation of play when the School total was passed. Details are:— HIGH SCHOOL. Waters, b Groombridge 4 Bottrill, l.b»w., b Kinsella 1 R. Simpson, 1.b.w., b Groombridge ... 4 T. Larkin, cL. Larkin, b Groombridge 33 Meredith, b Groombridge 0 Clriistensen, b Ninkie ................ 0 J. Simpson, b Avery 2 Bullot, st. Gibbins, b Nasmith ........ Ewart, run out 2 Buckenham, b Groombridge 1 Mathews, not out 1 Extras 9 Total 63 Bowling: Groombridge five for 22, Kinsella one for 5, Ninkie one for 7, Crapper none for 4, Avery one for 7, Nasmith one for 9. NEW PLYMOUTH. Nasmith, retired 29 Gibbins, 1.b.w., b Christensen 1 L. Larkin, c Meredith, bT. Larkin .. 4 Purcell, c and b Christensen 12 Broughton, c' Waters, b Buckenham 20 Avery, not out 3 Extras Total (for five wickets) 78 Bowling: Christensen took two for- 35, T. Larkin one for 12, Bottrill none for’2L Buckenham one for 0. OLD BOYS 189 FOR 6 WESTERN PARK TOTAL PASSED. RAIN AFFECTS THE BOWLING. After rain had made the wicket comparatively easy the Old Boys batsmen had no difficulty in scoring the runs required to beat Western Park .at the Western Park ground by 189 for six wickets to 113. Western Park found Harris difficult to play and. after Ewart hit him for ten on three deliveries Harris settled down to secure five wickets for 20 in his next six overs. Ewart, Spedding and Parkinson all made temporary stands, but eight were down for 69 when Burns and Rutherford were together. Burns opened out to the bowlers and the pair brought up the hundred. Eggleton dismissed Rutherford, and Burns in what was to be the last over hit Harris for a six and a single, carrying his bat for 33. Five of Harris’ six wickets were clean bowled. •

With both Petty and Allen gone and the Old Boys total only 17, Stevens and Birch, the ex-School captain, had a merry parnership. Birch hit up 36 before he was caught by Spedding, and Papps followed with 26, including a six and four fours. Kirwin did not last long, but while he was at the wickets Old Boys passed the Western Park total for the loss of four wickets; Brown followed to reach 31, and the total was nearing the 200 mark when play ceased for the day. Stevens was not out with 68, including a six off Spedding and eight fours. The Western Park weakness lay in the bowling, which was rendered ineffectual on the sodden wicket. The scores are:— > WESTERN PARK. Ewart, b Harris 15 Stapleton, b Eggleton 3 Spedding, b Harris ; 21 Duff, c sub. 1 , b Eggleton 2 Parkinson, c Birch, b Kirwin ........ 11 Inch, b Harris 1 Jones, b Harris 7 Burns, not out 33 Morris, b Harris 5 Rutherford, 1.b.w., b Eggleton 14 Ford, c and b Harris 0 Extras 1 Total 113 Bowling: Harris took six for 54, Eggleton three for 32, Kirwin one for 21, Stevens none for 8. OLD BOYS. Petty, c Duff, b Inch 5 Allen, run out 11 Stevens, not out 68 Birch, c Spedding, b Rutherford ..• 36 Papps, c Rutherford, b Ewart 26 Kirwin, bowled Inch 4 Brown, c Inch, b Spedding 31 Gilbert, not out 4 Extras ..........................4 Total (for six wickets) 189 Bowling: Morris took none for 11, Inch two for 35, Spedding one for 42, Parkinson none for 37, Rutherford • one for 15, Stapleton none for 9, Ewart one for 34. PLAY IN LOWER GRADE ONLY ONE SENIOR B MATCH. COLLINdE 3 SHORT OF CENTURY - Only one match was played in the Senior B competition on Saturday, the two others having been postponed. Old Boys played Central at ’ Western Park and won by 247 to 141. A feature of the match was Collinge’s 97, the batsman playing a wide ball on to his wickets when three short of the coveted score. Sorenson also made a hurricane 68 which included' five sixes and Ramshaw for Central scored 56 of his 64 in boundary hits. In the junior grade New Plymouth resumed the lead by securing a threepoint win against School, but Band, who had the bye, have a match in hand. Western Park beat Old Boys. BIG SCORES IN SENIOR B GAME. Old Boys beat Central on the first innings by 106 runs. Central batted first for 148, the tail wagging well after five wickets had fallen for 28 runs. Ramshaw made 64, including 14 fours, Cooper 18 and Hunt 16. Sorensen took four for 47 and Collinge one for 0. Old Boys went for the runs and passed the Central scoi;e for the loss of two. wickets. The first wicket fell in the first over for one run, the second for 93 and the third, Collinge’s, at 186. Collinge had made 97, including 16 fours and a six, with excellent cricket.when he played a ball well to the off on his wicket. Sorensen carried on with hurricane hitting to score 68, included being five sixes and six fours. Medley made 29 and Wallace 20 and the innings closed for 247. Stephens took five for 78 and Davidson three for 44. . TWO JUNIOR MATCHES PLAYED. . NEW PLYMOUTH’S INNINGS WIN. New Plymouth beat High Sriiool at Tukapo by an innings and 66 runs. New Plymouth compiled 137 (O’Donnell 41, Johns 30, Hoffman 30 not out), Evans taking three for 33. and Urry three for 34. School replied with 37 (Johns* four wickets for 2, Hoffman four for 13) and 34 (Bowen three for .6, Beardmore two for 5. Hoffman one for 2, Jury one for 3, R. Sarten one for 4, O’Donnell one for 10). HITS OUT ,OF THE GROUND. ■Western Park beat Old Boys' by 52 runs on the first innings at Tukapo ground. Western Park totalled 119. (Dineen 29, including four sixes and a four, J. Mahar 30, Parsons 13, George 13, and B. Mahar 14). Morey took seven for 29. Old Boys replied with 67 (Saunders 19, Wolffe 11), Parsons taking seven for 16 and George two for 17.; . THE CHAMPIONSHIP TABLES. Points gained by the teams playing in cricket competitions in North Taranaki are:— Senior Gradq.

P. 3pt. 2pt. D. L. Pts New Plymouth.. ..; 9 1 6 1 1. 16 Old Boys ... 9 1 4 1 3 12 High School ... ... 9 1 1 1 6 6 Western Park .. ... 9 0 2 1 6 5 Senior ' B. P. 3pt. 2pt. D. L. Pts New Plymouth ... 11 1 3 1 6 10 Waitara ... 10 1 6 2 1 17 Western Park ... ... 10 0 4 2 4. 10 Old Boys ........ li 1 3 1 6 10 Central .... ... n 0 1 2 8 4 High School ... 6 0 1 1 4 3 Junior. New Plymouth . ... 12 5 3 2 2 23 Band .' ... 11 6 1 2 2 22 Western Park .. ... 12 3 4 0 5 17 Old Boys ... 12 3 0 2 7 11 Waitara ... 10 1 2 1 6 ■ 8 School .......,... ... 11 1 1 1 8 6 SOUTH TARANAKI. P. W. D. L. 1 ?ts Old Boys 11 7 3 1 17 Kaponga 11 6 4 1 16 Stratford A ..... 11 7 1 3 15 Hawera A ....;. 11 7 1 3 15 Stratford B 11 3 3 5 9 High School .... 11 3 2 6 8 Pa tea 11 1 3 7 5 Hawera B 11 1 1 9 3 COUNTRY COMPETITION. Tikorangi 7 5 0 2 10 Tarurutangi ...... 7 4 1 2 9 6 3 0 3 6 Urenui 8 1 1 6 3