FIVE WICKETS; NO RUNS

Taranaki Daily News, 21 January 1935, Page 10

FIVE WICKETS; NO RUNS

NEW PLYMOUTH SLUMPS SIDE DISMISSED FOR 152 RUNS. WESTERN PARK TWO FOR 41. I With one wicket down for 71 and four for 125 New Plymouth appeared to be set for a big score at Pukekura Park in the first day’s play of the match agaihst Western Park. But then occurred an amazing collapse, five wickets falling while the total was 137. The side was all out for 152. Western Park lost two for 41. Parkin and Kinsella batted solidly and rather luckily at times in the opening partnership. At one stage the fielding of the Park team was poor but it improved and at the end was good. Parkinson and Spedding again troubled the batsmen wno after a good start filled badly to make any stand at all. With Kinsella and Parkin playing carefully and profiting from mistakes in the field the score mounted steadily despite a rapid changing of bowlers. Opening out Parkin hit Wilson for four fours in two overs but he played over one well tossed up and 1 was clean bowled for 40. Nasmith was never comfortable in playing Parkinson and after making 13 was dismissed l.b.w. Allen the sixth bowler to be tried gained immediate success when Parkinson, in slips caught Larkin. Loewenthal made a brisk 17 before G. Ewart took a running left hand catch on the leg. These two catches seemed to put life into the desultory fielding. Kinsella played a rising ball from Parkinson to slips, but, was dropped. He did the same to the next and the wicketkeeper Bullot held it. Kinsella in making 41 had been slow and had given two chances in slips. However, he had made a valuable contribution to the New Plymouth score which was then five for 137. The rot started when his wicket fell.

■Spedding at the other end took three wickets in a maiden over. Wayne, in attempting a drive, failed to cover the break and skied the ball to Allen in slips. Next ball, Davison made a feeble forward shot, being caught by the bowler. A. Clarke sent the sixth to Grant, who took a good catch low down at square leg. Off the second ball of Parkinson’s next over Bullot behind the wickets took a brilliant catch at his feat. C. G. Clarke and Groombridge batting with' caution added 15 when Groombridge attempting to hit Spedding was well stumped by Bullot. The rain, which had started during New Plymouth’s innings, became thicker and the light grew worse as the Park opening men G. Ewart and Allen took strike. In' Groombridge’s first over Allen playing forward hit' a simple catch to A. Clarke at mid-on. A. Ewart and G. Ewart took no risks, especially with C. G. Clarke, whp was keeping an excellent length. After 50 minutes’ play the score had crept to 35 when a change of bowling saw Nasmith’s first ball dismiss A. Ewart l.b.w. for 14. Wilson and G. Ewart added six runs when an appeal against the light was upheld. ' .The umpires were Messrs. C. O. Berg and H. Sowerby. NEW PLYMOUTH. Parkin, b Wilson 40 Kinsella, c Bullot, b. Parkinson .... 41 Nasmith, 1.b.w., b Parkinson '.. 13 Larkin, c Parkinson, b Allen ........ 1 Loewenthal,. c G. Ewart, b Allen ... 17 Wayne, c Allen, b Spedding 4 Davison, c and b Spedding 0 Ninkie/c Bullot, b Parkinson 0 A. Clarke, c-Grant, ,b Spedding .... 0 Groombridge,; st., b Spedding 9 C. G. Clarke, not out 6 Extras (byes 12, leg byes 7, no balls 2) 21 Total ....152 Bowling: Parkinson took three wickets for 28 runs, G. Ewart none for 15, Spedding four for 40, Grant none for 4, Wilson one for 16, Allen two for 18, A. Ewart none for 10. WESTERN PARK. Allen, c A. Clarke, b Groombridge .. 4 G. Ewart, not out 16 A. Ewart, l.'b.w., b Nasmith 14 Wilson, not but 3 Extras (byes 4, leg byes 2, no balls 1) 7 Total (for two wickets) ........ 41 WAITARA TEAM BEATEN HONOUR TO OLD BOYS JUNIOR. COLTS OUT FOR SMALL SCORE. The' defeat of the previously unbeaten Waitara junior team by Old Boys by a .margin Of seven runs and two wickets was the surprise of North Taranaki lower grade cricket on Saturday.’ New Plymouth Colts scored only 80 against Western Park B, but that team was dismissed for 40. Central just failed to reach the 169, for eight wickets declared that Western Park A made, and New Plymouth dismissed Old Boys cheaply for a first innings win. : In the other junior grade matches Kiwi registered its second win of the season against High School and New rattled up over 200 against Western Park for an easy victory. AVERY’S EXCELLENT AVERAGE. WESTERN PARK RETALIATES. Autridge and Aver, went through the Park team for 40, bowling for New Plymouth Colts, Webster, 11, being the only double figure scorer apart from extras, 11. ' Avery took six for 15 and Autridge two for 14. The Colts did not find their usual batting form, Morris running through the team to secure eight for 23 in nine overs. The side made 80, South scoring 27, Avery 13, Stewart 11 and Wilson 11. Park had a second innings commenced when play stopped for rain, with the score at 31 for one, of which Ford made 22 not out. OLD BOYS RECOVERS TOO LATE. A good secbnd innings score of 169 failed to retrieve Old Boys’ position against New Plymouth after the side had been dismissed in the first strike for 38, of which A. Petty made 12 not out. D. Parkin took five for 21 in six overs, Petty taking 12 off one over, and N. Kinsella took four for 13. New Plymouth declared at 104 for five. Webber made 69 not out, including two sixes and ten fours, and Lawrence made 11. Old Boys began to go cheaply in the second innings, losing five for 34 before Petty, 51, and Buckefiham, 46. combined in a partnership of 93. The innings closed for 169, of which L. Harris made 21 not out, and Clegg 17. SHOCK FOR WESTERN PARK. Western Park A, after declaring with 169 for eight, saw Central reach 135 for six wickets 'before Jones skittled the tail for an additional 20 only. For Park E. Spedding made 62 not out, Burless 29, Tate 26, Medhurst 17 not out and Parfitt 15 not out. Stephens took four for 42: Lawrence with 66 and Miller with 13 gave Central a useful start and Putaka’s

34 helped Lawrence lift the score from: 92 to 135 for the sixth wicket. Elder, 10 not cut, did his best as tenth man, blit the innings closed with the side 14 runs short. Jones took four for 23 and Spedding, a regraded senior, one for 65. 82 FOR THE OPENING WICKET. OLD BOYS’ DEFEAT OF WAITARA. Waitara’s first defeat was achieved narrowly by Old Boys at Waitara, largely because of good bowling by Somerton at the end of Waitara’s innings and an opening partnership of 82 by Sole and Cawthray. Attrill, 33, and Gilmore, 19, scored 44 for Waitara’s first wicket before Gilmore was caught and bowled by Saunders,. and Jupp with 34 helped the score later to reach 131. Somerton took five for 15 and Saunders three for 29. Sole bowled three no balls and Somerton four. Sole, 48, and Cawthray, 23, gave Old Boys a good start, and although none of the others made double figures the . seventh wicket did not fall till 119 nor the eighth till 130. The game ended with Old Boys 137 for eight. There were 18 extras.. Jupp took three for 41. 356 RUNS IN AN AFTERNOON. Seven members of the New Plymouth junior team and six of the Western Park side reached double figures in . the match played on Saturday, the afternoon’s cricket producing 356 runs. New Plymouth batted first, the last two wickets taking the score from 169 to 230. Hill made 54, Burgess 42, Warren 29, O’Sullivan 24 not out, Shaw 20, Wolf 19 and McKay 14. Hill’s 54 contained ten fours and a six. The first six overs produced nine runs but the next 29 produced 221. Geary, who took three for 59, and Carey, three for 39, were the best bowlers. Park lost three for 21, but Carey made 29, Pullen 26, A. Nicoll 19, Geary 17, Signal 13 and Lawrence 11 nOt out. and brought the score to 126. Hill took five for 17 and Clarke four for 28. KIWI’S SECOND WIN OF YEAR. Faced with 74 by School, of which Duff made 17, Rogers 16, and Edwards 10, while Steven Son took four for 17, Francis three for and Smith three for 18, Kiwi passed that score for six wickets and totalled 101. Francis made 27, Stevenson 22 and Wood 14. Challis took three for 29 and Duff two for 10. School in a second attempt made 72 for eight wickets, to which Fluker contributed 22, Duff 21, and Challis 11, Clarke taking three for six.