CRICKET.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16610, 6 December 1919, Page 6

CRICKET.

NOTES. (By "Square Leg.") v As anticipated the match between New jfljiuuuth and Xufeiowuua lust juiursuay rtijuiiea uu the lieenesi, and nameßt game ol the comj.it;uuun. 'me xNew i'lyiiiuuih Ciuo were nut at, tuil bll'cilglU, OOiUri vuuioul mo advice*, ol u-wmo who unauie to uuij iur iuSua lU!> iIUSUUUB UUilciUOiUUij ~euiu;iied DUO uoaiiUi u± tmi hume tcaul. iUo vacuJiLieu uu the x\ev. ii.mouui side wuiu u;;«u bj V. ojwii, joiiiisoii una Wiiiis, wuue luyuwoud •■aug#ut" Uoio, the oul-uiue iurun.uu "rep." IUSt boViidl". . , iu'iouuod gulliS iirsti lo tue W l^6l -! weicfdibpused oi ior run*, of iviiiuii; Loie ciminuuleU 60 and Jimii 20. colu | did some big, hitting, icur su.es, on Jonnson. He was twice mopped OU j tne boundary, but both were veiy un-j hcult catches, ixing gave the best, bailing -display lor luglowood, his Uo • bamg made uy good cioan cricKet. Cie-'g played soiue attractive stioKes, but ; net or appeared couilortaoie and wlien his ; score stood at H mis-iut ono to na.-.eU j at cover, The only otner batsmen to j reach double iigures were Partridge and, Wilson. 'l'he lormer was eaut.ni -be-1 hind the wickot when his score biood at, two and was fortunate in being given I i not out decision. Dinmsa bowled, well for New Plymouth, securing ave j for 33. Johnson also bowled well, but, was kept on much too long as was j shown bv Ins average of nve tor <•!. | had the "New Plymouth bowling been, better handled the Inglcwood score, should not have reached the century | mark. Taken on tho whole the ground fielding was good, but quite a number : of catches were dropped during the, innings. Dinmss, however, was the chief sufferer in this respect, three pos- j sible chances being dropped oh his 1 bowling. „, , , ~ Wollett and Weston opened the \ T ew Plymouth iirnings to the bowling of Cole and Gudgeon, and it was soon apparent that the scoring would bo h'"h unless tho bowlers got a better length. This thev failed to do and runs camo freely. Both batsmen were quite at home to Colo's fast stuff, which was clearing the wickets by six to nine inches. When the score stood at tV : Weston had tho bad hick to fall on his j wicket in dodging a ball that rose to j tho height of his head and Wollett was shortly after run lout when attempting a short run. At the call of time New | Plymouth had lost six wickets for 18/,: the not out men being Stamton witlij 30 and Dinniss with 35 to their credit. Cole's average stood at no wickets for 50, tho asphalt wicket being of no assistance to his short-pitched fast deliveries Gudgeon also failed with tho ball, bowling three overs for 23 runs and no wickets. The day was ideal for cricket and tho game most enjoyable except for a certain amount of feeling introduced by Inglowood in reference to New Plymouth plavers taking part in both Saturday and Thursday competitions. However, a meeting of tho association has been called for.next Wednesday to settle this matter definitely, so I shall say no more on tho subject at present. The Inglewood-New Plymouth match was remarkable for the number of catches dropped on both sides. As ono player remarked "if there was an epidemic about it wasn't 'catching'." /Waircka met Albion on the Tukapa pTound and after a well-contested game Waireka won by 33 runs. Both these teams are improving with each match played and this season's cricket should give them a cood grounding into the grand old game. »