COUNTRY CRICKET

Taranaki Daily News, 7 March 1935, Page 10

COUNTRY CRICKET

OMATA BEATS HURFORD ROAD. W. HANOVER MAKES 62. RUNS. Playing on Mr. A. J. Lux tons property, Omata easily defeated the Hurford Road cricket team during the week-end. Hurford batted first and made 68 runs, Omata replying with 150 runs. In a second innings Hurford made 56 for four wickets. Both teams played ten men. M. Sutcliffe 31 and W. Hanover 62 were the highest scorers for Omata, Hanover's score included five sixes and five fours. T. James 26 and R. Spence 19 not out were Hurford’s most successful batsmen. Details are:— ' Hurford:—First innings: T. James, lbw, b S. Jury, 26; A. Bewley, b W. Hanover, 8- J Bewley, run out, 8; R. Spence, c N. Jury, b T. Ryan, 1; C. Thomas, b T. Ryan, 4; B. Thomas, c and b L. George, 3; H. Bird, b T. Ryan, b L. George, 0; C. Grey, "b T. Ryan, 4, W* Joyce, not out, 0; G. Hanover, c and b T. Ryan, 0; extras, 14; total, 68; bowling, T. Ryan took four wickets for 15 runs, W. Hanover one for 17, Leo George two for 12, L. Hare none for 0, E. Luxton none for 8, S. Jury one for 1, M. Sutcliffe none for 1. Second innings: T. James, not out, 22; Rea, c and b T. Ryan, O - Hunter, c R. Gillbanks, b T. Ryan, 0; B Thomas, b M. Sutcliffe, 3; J. Bewley, b M. Sutcliffe, 1; R. Spence, not out, 19; extras, 9; total, 56 for four wickets; bowling, T. Ryan two for 11, W. Hanover none for 12, M. Sutcliffe two for 17, Leo George none for 8. Omata: Leo George, b T. James, 4; R. Gillbanks, b C. Thomas, 3; T. Ryan, b T. James, 0; L. Hare, b T. James, 14; M. Sutcliffe, b J. Bewley, 31; N. Jitry, c J. Bewley, b C. Thomas, 0; W. Hanover, run out, 62; S. Jury, b T. James, 10- E. Luxton, b C. Thomas, 18; L. Sanger, not out, 1; extras, 7; total, 150; bowling, T. James four for 35, C. Thomas three for 35,- J. Bewley one for 15, B. Thomas none for 15, Hunter none for 14, Rea none for 14, D. Lynch none for 12. , THIRD ROUND COMMENCED. MATIERE SECURES FOUR POINTS. The Turoto cricket team visited Matiere on Sunday and played the first match in the third round of the competition. Batting first, Turoto was dismissed for 33 runs. Matiere replied with 110 runs, C. Stack (41), H. Fauchelle (24) and W. Ritchie (13). When stumps were drawn at 4 o’clock Turoto had scored 44 runs for seven wickets in the second innings, T. Ryan (13 not out) and P. Goldfinch (eight not out) saving an innings defeat. Matiere thus won by 67 runs on the first innings and secured four competition points. Details are: , Turoto :-“-First innings: Brett, b H. Fauchelle, 4; Birch, b E. Fauchelle, 0; T. Bruce, b W. Ritchie, 9; J. Ryan, c G. Crozier, b H. Fauchelle, 0; S. Morgan, run out, 2; F. Dougherty, c O. Turner, b G. Rutherford, 3; P. Goldfinch, c O. Turner, b W. Ritchie, 0; T. Ryan,, c G. Crozier, b G. Rutherford, 2; J. Dougherty, not out, 3; F. Julian, c and b W. Ritchie, 1; H. Julian, c and b G. Rutherford, 5; extras, 4; total, 33; bowling, H. Fauchelle took two wickets for 15 runs, E. Fauchelle one for 2, G. Rutherford three for 6, W. Ritchie three for 7. Second innings: Birch, b E. Fauchelle, 6; T. Bruce, b G. Rutherford, 0; Brett, c Stoddart, b E. Fauchelle, 0; J- Ryan, c G. Rutherford, b E. Fauchelle, 0; S. Morgan, b G. Rutherford, 9; 'F. Dougherty, run out, 0; J. Dougherty, b G. Rutherford, 0; T. Ryan, not out, 13; P. Goldfinch, not out, 8; extras., 8; total for seven wickets, 44 runs; bowling, G.

Rutherford took' three wickets for 12 runs, E. Fauchelle three for 14, H. Fauchelle none for 5, W. Ritchie none for 3, H. Stoddart none for 3. Matiere:—First innings: H. Stoddart, lbw, b Brett, 0; G. Rutherford, cH. Julian, b J. Ryan, 3; R. Julian, c J. Ryan, b Brett, 8; E. Fauchelle, c Brett, b J. Ryan, 2; C. Stack, c F. Julian, b Brett, 41; H. Fauchelle, run out, 24; 0. Turner, b T. Ryan, 8; W. Ritchie, c H. Julian, b J. Dougherty, 13; W. Baker, c Brett, b T. Ryan, 0; G. Crozier, c P’. Goldfinch, b Brett, 5; J. Crozier, not out, 1; extras, 5; total, 110; bowling, J. Ryan took two wickets for 25 runs, Brett four for 32, S. Morgan none for 19, J. Dougherty one for 8, F. Dougherty none for 3, T. Ryan two for 16, H. Julian none for 2. ONGARUE WINS COMPETITION. LEAD OF FIVE POINTS GAINED. Several members of the Matiere Cricket Club played for the Ongarue eleven at Taringamotu on Saturday. Batting first Taringamotu occupied the crease for three hours before declaring with 107 runs for six wickets. The scoring rate was very slow, J. Hearfield (Ongarue) bowling 18 overs for 12 maidens and taking one wicket for 19 runs. E. Fauchelle secured the best average with fom wickets for 24 runs. With only 50 minutes left to bat, Ongarue scored 83 runs for the loss of two wickets, J. Delaney (46 not out), J. Hearfield (15 not out) and L. Blake (14. As the result of the draw Ongarue is now leading by five points in the competition and has virtually won it, there being only one more match to play. For the last two seasons Ongarue has been runner-up. MATCH AT HURWORTH. ■ WIN FOR “B.O.B.” ELEVEN. The “8.0J3.” cricket team played Hurworth at Hurworth and won by eight runs. “B.O.B.” batted' first for 56 runs, Stewart (21) and V. Carroll (19) being the* only double-figure scorers. R. King (six wickets for 18 runs) was the best bowler. Hurworth replied with 41 runs, E. Newman (14). D. Morris (six wickets for 15 runs including the “hat trick”) took most wickets. In the second innings Phillips (“B.O.B.”) made 20 and Des Forges (13) carried the score to 58. V. Dravitski took five wickets for 17 runs. Hurworth made 65 in the second innings. R. King 22 was the only double-fiure scorer. V. Carroll took five wickets for 23 runs. WIN FOR MATAPU ELEVEN. MATCH AT OKAIAWA. In a cricket match played during the week-end at Okaiawa Matapu beat Okaiawa by 50 runs to 44. Details are as follows:— Okaiawa: W. Johnston hit wicket b Guy 0, R. Murdoch b Guy 13, L. Newman c Gray b Murphy 13, P. Walters b Guy 0, D. Johnston c Wetton b Guy 0, R. Green c Morgan b Murphy 3, J. Johnston c Wetton b Murphy 0, H. Evetts b Lobben 5, R. Robertson b Guy 0, W. Good b Guy 1, L. Cavanagh not out 0, extras 9, total 44. Bowling: Guy took six wickets for 22 runs, Murphy three for 10, Lobben one for two. Matapu: Morgan b Good 13, T. Guy b Evetts 5, Lobban c Green b Walters I, Kilpatrick run out 0, Foreman b Good 0, Stark c Robertson b Good 0, Murphy b Green 0, Gray b Good 0, Wetton c Walters b Green 17, Calder run out 1, Kelsen not out 2, extras 11, total 50. Bowling: Walters took one wicket for 10 runs, Good four for three,Evetts one for 18, Green two for one.