NORTH SENIOR GAMES

Taranaki Daily News, 12 November 1934, Page 10

NORTH SENIOR GAMES

WESTERN PARK’S STAND EWART’S INVALUABLE INNINGS. SCHOOL LOSES GRIP ON GAME. I Opening its attack against Western Park with 358 runs scored on the first day to rely on, High School had the Park team half dismissed fox 24. Then J. Carroll and A. Ewart joined in a seventh wicket partnership for 104, Ewart going on to make 63 for the ninth wicket with Duff. Western Park totalled 205 and in a second innings that had no bearing' on the result School lost six wickets for 36. The early Park wickets fell like ninepins to Urry and Larkin, Urry taking four for 18 in his first four overs. E. Spedding was the only one to score off him. When Wilson left there were six down for 28. Carroll and Ewart had no respect for the 'bowling and when Carroll left, bowled by Donnelly, he had scored 58, including seven fours, and the partnership had put on 104 in an hour. Ewart played till five minutes before the end, being caught by Weston w his score at 85, including ten fours. School tried eight bowlers, Donnelly being the most successful after Urry and Larkin’s purple patch earlier. In School’s second ii-iings Donnelly was out to Ewart fourth ball. Waters and Broughton took the score to 24 for the second wicket, but the next four fell for five runs, E. Spedding taking three -of them-in two overs. The scores are:— HIGH SCHOOL. First innings (five wicket , declared) 358 Second Innings. Donnelly, b G. L. Ewart 0 Waters, b J. Spedding 13 Broughton, retired ill 7 Larkin, b E. Spedding 2 Johns, 1.b.w., b E. Spedding 0 V. Carroll, c Duff, bE. Spedding .. 0 Weston, not out 2 Ulenbdrg, not out 2 Extras 10 Total (for six wickets) 36 Bowling: G. L. Ewart took one for one; Parkinson, none for seven; J. Spedding,. one for eight; E. Spedding, three for seven; Grant, none for one; Wilson, none for two; Quickfall, none for none. WESTERN PARK. First Innings. G. L. Ewart, 1.b.w., b Urry 5 Grant, c Larkin, b 1 J. Spedding, b Larkin 1 V. Parkinson, b Urry 5 E. Spedding, c Donnelly, b Urry .. 11 Wilson, b Whittington 5 J. Carroll, b Donnelly 58 A. Ewart, c Weston, b Waters 85 Stapleton, 1.b.w., b Donnelly ...... 1 Duff, not out 19 Quickfall, b Johns 1 Extras 13 Total . 205 Bowling: Larkin took one wicket for 44 runs; Urry, ’"«r for 56; Whittington, one for 34; Johns, one for 11; V. Carroll, none for 12; Donnelly, two for 16; Crone, none for 11; Waters, one fdr eight. The umpires were Messrs P. F. Carroll and E. L. Mason.