RANGITIKEI 112

Taranaki Daily News, 27 January 1934, Page 9

RANGITIKEI 112

HAWKE CUP CHALLENGE TARANAKI’S 184 FOR FOUR MATCH COMMENCED IN FOG RAIN COMPELS EARLY STOP In the second challenge match for the Hawke Cup commenced on Pukekura Park, New Plymouth, yesterday Rangitikei, -which batted first, scored 112. Taranaki had made 184 for four wickets when rain caused the abandonment of play for the day. . Conditions were not good. Throughout the morning and part of the afternoon a damp fog hung over the ground. From the Pres? box at times it was difficult to follow the flight of a’fast ball. Showers in the' afternoon caused a temporary stoppage. Ten minutes before the draw-ing-of stumps time the game was discontinued. Despite these weather obstacles the fielding and bowling of both rides were well up to the best traditional Hawke Cup standards. • Rangitikei was unfortunate in losing such batsmen as D. A. Cameron, T. A. Harpur, A. B. Marshall and R. S. Ful-lerton-Smith so cheaply, and as the batting backbone of the team failed, so more credit goes to those who shouldered- the task of bringing the total to where they did. M. Wysocki, opening batsman, batted carefully and defensively throughout the innings to remain unbeaten with his team’s highest individual total, 39. Different altogether was W. Hayward’s 26, scored in rapid time to clean crisp hitting which was ended only by Kirwin’s brilliant catch in slips. Duncan and Towers 13 each • held the fort awhile, and J. Marshall, brilliantly caught by Biggar, had more than 10 runs in.view when he touched the ball which caused his dismissal.

MEDIUM BOWLING DANGEROUS. The Taranaki attack showed the med-ium-pacers to be more dangerous. The unsuitable conditions took the sting out of the fast bowling of Christensen and Kirwin. Parkinson, brilliant in the field, again demonstrated his powers of trundling under any conditions, taking six wickets for 40 runs. Giddy proved the most effective change bowler, breaking the wickets of the two batsmen he dismissed at the cost of seven runs. The ’keeping of Biggar was outstanding, he letting no ball pass him and taking three catches. He ranks as the best man for that position in the province. Taranaki opened slowly, Nasmith, century-maker of the previous Hawke Cup match, losing his wicket as he reached double figures. But the Hawera brothers H. and W. Barker put on 62 for the second wicket, and as S. Betts settled down the passing of Rangitikei’s first inpings total was placed beyond doubt. H. barker 49, S. Betts 44, W. Barker 30 and a fighting captain’s innings from W. Dormer 28 not out placed South Taranaki well up in the batting honours list Harpur’s marathon bowling task of 32 overs was well accomplished. He took two wickets for 31 runs, but his sending down of 21 overs from which not one run was scored was the chief triumph of his day at the. bowling crease. THE MORNING’S PLAY. D. A. Cameron, Rangitikei captain, won the toss and on’a damp but firm wicket decided to ' take first strike. At 10.40 J.-H. Marshall and -M. Wysocki walked ;fo the wickets. Marshall faced the bowling of E. Christensen, who confidently appealed for-l.b.w. off the first ball of the'fhatch. The first over was a maiden. J. Kirwin, the new' representative bowler, opened from the south end to Wysocki, Rangitikei’s , leading lefthander. Another maiden resulted. Three overs later Marshall scored the first run, but good fielding by H. Barker almost cost Wysocki his wicket. Marshall was batting very steadily and a carpet cut through slips brought him the first boundary off Christensen. V. Parkinson replaced Kirwin at the south end. Kirwin had bowled five overs for one run. J. Marshall treated Parkinson/with more freedom, ten coming on the board after 30 minutes’ play. S., Betts, the South Taranaki bowler, replaced Christensen. Only nine runs had come from the last bowler’s seven overs, Betts’ second over brought the finish to Marshall's innings when a quickly rising ball sped off his bat to be well held by Biggar behind the stumps. Marshall had made a carefully compiled 10. Betts had one wicket for none.—l-10-13. D. A. Cameron, Rangitikei’s captain, faced Parkinson. The first ball Cameron glanced to fine leg and what would usually be a good scoring shot was magnificently taken by Biggar well out on the leg, side. One wicket for three runs stood as Parkinson’s average. • Wysocki had scored four.—2-0-14. Disaster overtook T. A. Harper, the incoming- batsman, on his- first ball. It rose quickly and T. Larkin took a short catch near the ground close in at forward leg. Parkinson had taken two in succession for three runs—3-0-14. The former Taranaki and New Plymouth High School boy Hayward Was the next batsman. He batted freely and confidently and, a four off Parkinson brought -20 on the board after Ih sm’s play. Another four to Hayward off Eetts brought his individual double figure score on the board. He had scored 11 ih six minutes. Wysockie snicked a chance between Parkinson and Kirwin, but they were too close together and it was not accepted. A quick leg shot off Parkinson brought’ Hayward his fourth boundary, all off similar strokes. Forty was on the board and Hayward was 22 while Wysocki had scored six. Kirwin took Betts’ place at the north end. Nasmith replaced Parkinson. The change proved effective, Hayward cutting a spinner which shot into Kirwin’s safe hands at slip. Hayward had pleased the spectators with his free and aggressive batting display and scored 26 in quick time. Nasmith had one for four.—4-26-44. ■WET BALL. A. B. Marshall faced the bowlers. A short shoWer of rain made the ball difficult to grasp and Wysocki began to open out on- Nasmith, scoring a four and a two, bringing his own score to 10 and 50 on the board after one and a-half hours’ play. Parkinson took the ball from Nasmith at the south end. The change was immediately effective. Parkinson s second ball clean-bowled Marshall, who had scored only two. Parkinson’s average stood at three for 16 runs.—s-2-56. W. A. Duncan started confidently, scoring three on the leg side in his first over. Duncan played confidently to Parkinson, and two fours in the one over brought his’ total to 11. Kirwin, who had bowled nine overs for nine runs, found difficulty in controlling the ball and sent down two full tosses, both of which Wysocki sent to the fence. The next ball, also loose, went to the boundary and. brought Duncan’s total to 30, with 80 on the board. Kirwin’s last over ‘ had cost 15 runs. Parkinson was now bowling leg theory to Wysocki and Dorme’- had brought himself and T. Larkin close in on the. leg side. The scoring immediately quietened. N. Giddy, the country player, replaced Kirwin and bowled a maiden over.- Off Parkinsons

next over Giddy accepted a high leg pull off Duncan. The retiring batsman had reached the “unlucky” total of 13. Parkinson had four wickets for 28 runs.— 6-13-84. H. L. Lambert was the next batsman at the wicket. He scored a four and a one and then succumbed to a low ball from Giddy. The bowler’s \average was one for four in two overs—7-13-89. R. S. Fullerton-Smith, former Wanganui College colt, lasted three balls and then Giddy clean-bowled him with a long hopping ball from the'~off, Giddy’s two wickets cost four runs.—B-0-89. H. F. Low faced Giddy and scored three off his first ball. Parkinson gained his fifth wicket at the cost of 29 runs when Biggar took his third excellent catch, dismissing Low. The luncheon adjournment found the score board showing 9—9—92. SIMPLE CATCH DROPPED. , M. Wysocki (32 undefeated) and H. Towers, the new batsman, opened to the completion of Parkinson’s broken over and S. Betts at the north end. Off Betts’ second over Towers sent, a dangerous glide between the wicket-keeper. and slip. From the second ball Wysocki sent a high catch to Larkin at square leg, but a simple catch was dropped. Off Parkinson’s first ball Towers hit the first six. The next ball he popped up in the gully. Christensen made a good attempt but it was a little too short. Wysocki was hitting out and 110 showed on the board. Parkinson took his sixth wicket in his next over, clean bowling Towers with a straight-out yorker. His averagewas six for 40. Towers had made 13, while Wysocki carried his bat through the innings for 39. The innings closed after 2 hours and' 25 minutes’ play for 112 runs. Taranaki opened with W. Barker and 0. Nasmith, the usual’ opening pair. Nasmith faced A. T. Harpur, a medium paced left-hander, from the south end. W. A. Duncan, a right-hand medium, bowled from the north to W. Barker. The opening was inauspicious, one run coming from the first six overs. Nasmith placed the first boundary with a' typical square cut off Harpur and 10 came on the board after 20 minutes’ play. R. S. Fullerton-Smith, a fast-medium right-hander, replaced Duncan, who had sent down five overs at the cost of four runs. Nasmith with a four off Fuller-ton-Smith brought his total to 10 and placed 20 on the board. Barker was then seven. Fullerton-Smith’s next over saw Nasmith-out, a snap catch by Low atfirst slip being smartly taken. Nasmith had scored 10 and appeared well set. Fullerton-Smith had one ‘wicket for six runs.—1—10—23.

H. Barker joined his brother at the crease and commenced well by square cutting a four to the fence. . Two maidens and then, another four to the fence brought 30 on the board. The bowling was steady and of excellent length, keeping the batsmen both quiet. They were obviously waiting for the loose ones. Duncan was brought on again at the north end. Towers replaced Harpur, who had bowled ten overs, seven maidens, for eight runs. Fifty showed on. the board after 65 minutes’ play. The Barker brothers were now playing free and easy although careful cricket, H. Barker being 14 and W. Barker 19. QUIETER SCORING. H. Low, a six-foot slow break bowler, replaced'Duncan. The scoring had quietened considerably. Harpur was brought on again at the south end to replace Towers, whose six overs had cost only eight runs. Loose balls were the only ones being scored off and the total mounted slowly but steadily to 80. H. Barker (36) had passed his brother by six runs. Low was losing his length but Harpur’s delivery was not varying from its excellence. His consistency was rewarded when W. Barker played forward over the top of a fast in-swinging off ball and was clean bowled. The Barker partnership had produced 62 runs with W. Barker gaining 30 of the total of 85. Harpur’s figures showed 15 overs; 19 runs and. one wicket.—2—3o—Bs. S. Betts, South Taranaki’s popular batsman and consistent scorer, was applauded as he walked to the wickets. Duncan replaced Low for the last over before the tea adjournment. Harpur and Duncan recommenced bowling after the adjournment. Play was careful, both batsmen using a defensive bat to anything straight, while the ground fielding was very sure. Harpur’s every ball was His 21 overs had cost only 23 runs and he had sent down 14 maidens and taken one wicket. A two off Duncan brought the total to 100, twelve runs behind Rangitikei’s total and with nine wickets in hand. W. Barker was 44 and S. Betts 10. FullertonSmith replaced Duncan at the north end. W. Barker placed a four right through Lambert’s hands at point, but the fieldsman was too close to the bat. Harpur’s consistency was again rewarded when H. Barker snicked one through slips and Low, with one of the best left-handed catches seen on the park for some time, held it. H. Barker had added a wellearned'49 to the score. Harpur had two wickets for 25 runs off 24 overs.—3—49— 108. HEAVY RAIN. Taranaki’s captain, W. Dormer,, faced the bowling. A heavy downpour of rain heralded the passing of Rangitikei’s first innings total, and with the score at 117 a quarter of an hour’s retirement was necessary. ' The rain was still drifting down at the re-commencement and Low, the slow bowler, was brought on in place of Duncan. Conditions were greasy underfoot and Low was finding difficulty in controlling his length, but Harpur still bowled maiden after maiden. At 130 Harpur was given a rest from his marathon task, his 28 overs costing only one run an over. Towers replaced him only to see 140 come up almost immediately. Runs came steadily in. singles, and a four to Betts brought his total to 30. Dormer had gathered 19. Harpur replaced Towers to commence his 29th over, this time over the wicket. Duncan was brought on again in place of Low, but six off the over brought Betts’ score to .4) and the total to 170. Duncan’s next over proved fatal to Betts. Forcing a hard cover drive he was well taken by A. B. Marshall, retiring with 44 gained by perfect cricket to his credit. Dormer was 24. Duncan had taken one wicket for 32 runs off 19 overs.—4—44— 174.

The incoming batsman, N. Giddy, faced Harpur. lie had scored only two runs when rain commenced in earnest, and with ten minutes to go to time the game was abandoned for the day, Taranaki having 184 on for four wickets. ' The day’s play was capably controlled by Messrs. P. E. Stainton and C. O. Berg as umpires. The details are:—

RANGITIKEI. First Innings. J. H. Marshall, c Biggar, b Betts .. 10 M. Wysocki, not out 39 D. A. Cameron, c Biggar, b Parkinson 0 T. A. Harpur, c Larkin, b Parkinson 0 W. Hayward, c Kirwin, b Nasmith .. 26 A. B. Marshall, b Parkinson 2 W. A. Duncan, c Giddy, b Parkinson 13 H. L. Lambert, b Giddy 5 R. S. Fullerton-Smith, b Giddy .... 0 H. F. Low, c Biggar, b Parkinson .. 3 H. Towers, b Parkinson 13 Extra 1 Total • 112 Fall of wickets: One for 13, two for 14, three for 14, four for 44, five for 56, six for 84, seven for 89, eight for 89, nine for 92, ten for 112. Bowling Analysis. O. M. R. W. Av. E. Christensen 7 2 9 6 J. Kirwin 10 5 24 0 —

V. Parkinson 15 5 40 G 6.6 S. Betts 8 3 21 1 21 N. Giddy 2 1 7 2 1 10 0. Nasmith 2 0 10 1 TARANAKI. First Innings. 30 0. Nasmith, c Low, b Fullerton-Smitn 10 H. Barker, c Low, b Harpur ... 49 S. Betts, c A. B. Marshall, b Duncan 44 28 2 21' Total (for four wickets) ... 184 Bowling. Analysis. O. M. R. W. T. O. Harpur 32.4 21 31 2 W. Duncan 20 6 3G 1 R. Fullerton-Smith . 7 1 24 1 H. Low 14 1 16 0 H. Towers 9 2 21 0