MASTERTON CRICKET CLUB

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10716, 21 October 1912, Page 3

MASTERTON CRICKET CLUB

ANNUAL REPORT. T:ie following report will bo P"ysoiiUxi at tho animal meeting of 'tie Master-ton Cricket. Club on Monday evening:—.ln submitting out animal n:p:,:t on t-.io past .y.'a.-xur's epilation.-:, we are pleased to be able once moreto congratulate members on a saecssful season's cricket. The Club (Altered one team in each of ibe two coinpetitions hold under the aufcpk':.; or the Wairarapa. Cricket As-wipm+inn. and. in each, case wo were successful. the first eleven winning the Wairarapa. Senior premiership, and the second, eleven, the Junior. The pe:fonr.ancer, of the first cloven wore, unusually fine. In championship matches, it amassed tho huge score of 53-! against Carlton, and another fine score of 380 against Cartertoon. The team was unbeaten in this contest. An outside match was played with the Bush Districts at Eketnhuna, and here the Club bad to strike its colours for tho first and only time during the season, the Bush team gaining a wel! deserved victory by 57 runs. We were amply avenged in the return match- at Masterton. Another large score was put on the board, the score reading 389 for four wickets when the innings was declared closed. The Bush eleven made 138 runs. It is to be hoped that this match will be made an annual fixture. There have also been many outstanding individual performances by our. batsmen. On three occasions members of our first eleven have established partnerships for one wicket producing over 200 runs each. At Carterton, Jordan and Redmond, the opening batsmen, piled on 283 before being seperated. and their run-:' were made in 2 hours and 10 minute?. This partnership is we believe the second highest in New Zealand for a first wicket pair. Following this came a sixth wicket record by Perry

and Logan Which yielded 214 runs for the partnership in the match against Carlton, and in the return match with the Bush, Redmond was again a partner in n record for a second w;icket partnership with Cnugdon. The-score this time was 229 for the wicket. In each.of these three partnerships, each batsman notched the century, and wr think that it is a record of which any eleven may well feel proud to have to

its credit six individual centuries mi n .short season kuc.li as n'e have hero. The scores are Redmond 157 and. 161. -Tovd'an 112.-Logan 162, Perry 116 and Congdon 124. As might be expected with individual performances such as these, the hatting averages are high. Ikodmruid leads the way with an average of 0G.75 followed by Jordan with "0.1. hut it will doubtless .surprise members to learn that the averages of the first ten members of the first ■eleven aggregate 330 runs. Such a total is. we. believe, unprecedented in the history of the Club.

The howling figures are also beaded by J??d'mond with an average of 8.4 per wicket for five wickets, and close on bis heels is Jordan with 8.6 for twenty-one wickets. The second eleven met with, uniform success in the field but t'he surc-css Labeen due. not so much to their performances with the bat as to their skill with the ball. Thompson, Prior and Pery have each tine bowling performances to their credit. A numbei of the younger players showed promising form with.the bat, and with constant practice these should produce run-getting batsmen for the first eleven.

In the matter of finance, we are pleased to be .able to state tljat the Club continues on a sound footing. We opened the season with a credit balance of £2-13-8 at the Bank, a nd we closed it with a credit of £B-3-8. In addition there .are outstanding subscriptions totalling £6-6-0. As against this there is a , liability for £l-11-6 subscription to the Cricket Association for the past season.

W© have jo thank the following supporters for donations: F. G. Moore. Alf. Matthews, A. P. Whatman, 11'. D. M. Morrison, A. Henderson, -Lis. Elliott, and for trophies Jas. Brown and H. U. Harden. Wo regret that we have to record, the loss of M, iMoorhouse, A. F. Esson and J. Waters at the close of the season, through their departure from the district. Each of these have done yeoman service for the Club, and the departure of all three simultaneously leaves a breach, in our ranks that we cannot at present fill. In Mr Moorhouse this Claib loses its Mentor, and the district its greatest cricketer. Our prospects for the coming season are bright, but with the absence of the above named players there will be a heavier responsibility on members if the Club is to retain its present position on top. This cannot be done only by assiduous and careful practice, and your committee trusts that tho attendance at the nets during the coming season will be materially increased. Tn order that practice may bring the best results, we must have good wickets, and under the provailing conditions these wickets mustbe prepared by us. Hence it. become? members each, and all to bear a hand in this work and given good wickets we have no fear for the results. For tho Committee. THOS. JORDAN, Hon. Secretary.