LONGSTAFF’S HAT TRICK

Taranaki Daily News, 12 November 1934, Page 10

LONGSTAFF’S HAT TRICK

BRIXTON’S DEFEAT OF URENUI. r good individual performance. Playing at Urenui on Saturday, Brixton defeated Urenui by 33 runs in a single innings match. R. Wilson, 14, and D. Jonas, 16, were the only doublefigure scorers for Urenui, whil • A. Giddy took five wickets for 30, and J. Longstaff, three for none, in the last over of the innings secured the hat trick. J. Longstaff was also in form with the bat and his total of 51 included one six and seven fours. W. Sheard, four for 20, and H. Morgan, two for nine, bowled best for Urenui. Urenui won the toss and opened disastrously, losing the first two wickets for no runs. After five wickets were down for 18 runs Wilson and Jonas made a useful partnership which took the score to 42. I. Sheard and Rattenbury had added 14 runs to the total when J. Longstaff was brought on. It was a disastrous over for Urenui as he did the hat trick and completed the dismissal of Urenui for the moderate total of 56. The Brixton batsmen scored steadily and with the loss of five wickets passed Urenui’s total. The team was dismissed for 89. Details dre:— URENUI. First Innings. H. Morgan, 1.b.w., b A. Giddy 0 C. Collingwood, b H. Furze 6 W. Sheard, 1.b.w., b A. Giddy 3 R. Wilson, b G. Johns 14 N. Mabey, b A. Giddy » R. Allen, b A. Giddy ’• 7 D. Jonas, b A. Giddy 1° I. Sheard, c sub., bJ. Longstaff .. 7 E. Elliot, b J. Longstaff 0 J. Rattenbury, not out ‘ K. Phillips, b J. Longstaff « Extras 2 Total 56 Bowling: A. Giddy tok five wickets for 30 runs; J. Longstaff, three for none; H. Furze, one for 16; G. Johns, one for eight. BRIXTON. First Innings. J. Sampson, b W. Sheard 2 K. Mcßae, c Allen, b R. Wilson .... 10 T. Parkin, c Jones, b W., Sheafd .... 0 A. Sutton, cI. Sheard, bR. Wilson 8 J. Longstaff, b H. Morgan ......... 51 A. Giddy, b I. Sheard 1 H. Furze, c Mabey, b H. Morgan 7 R. Niwa, c Wilson, b W. Sheard .. 0 A. Tate, c Allen, b Collingwood .... 1 G. Johns, st Mabey, bW. Sheard .. 5 D. Fulton, not out 0 Extras 4 Total 89 Bowling: W. Sheard took four wickets for 20 runs; R. Wilson, two for 28; I. Sheard, one for 22; H. Morgan, two for nine; R. Allen, none for five; C. Collingwood, one for two.