CRICKET AT FENCOURT

Waikato Independent, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2991, 20 April 1933, Page 3

CRICKET AT FENCOURT

“KNOCKERS” DEFEAT “STARS.’ ’ FARMERS FORGET THEIR WORRIES. (By “Long Stop.”) Judging from the letters one sees in our newspapers the ways and means suggested for overcoming the world depression arc numerous and varied, so one need not be surprised at the farming community of Fencourt endeavouring to forget their worries and the price of butterfat in a cricket match played on Mr Lea’s farm. The teams were the “Knockers, ” who tried conclusions with the Victoria Road “Stars.” The spinning coin favoured the “Stars,” who decided to bat first. The opening pair was Ray Hogan and H. • Tver, the former producing 1 and his partner a “duck.” The following man was satisfied with 2. So far the “Stars” were not shining'very brilliantly, with three wickets down for 3 runs. However, Simpson and Jamieson introduced a little pep into the game, producing 26 between them, so that Scone I. closed with a total of 47. The “Knockers” then took up the willow, making rather slow progress with modest contributions. The score stood at five wickets for 16 runs, and < *'~Gt'looked as if the sides were fairly evenly balanced, when A. Entwisle and H. Haycock livened up the proceedings with a partnership 2S, putting the total scores up to 09. After lunch two nest eggs came in quick time, to bo followed shortly by the only bright knock of the innings, being 15 by Simpson. The next best was 9 by Lea,- the side having to be content with 58. The final scene was opened by H. Haycock and .T. Nichol, the former producing .9 and the latter 1. A little later on F. Entwisle caused a bit of leather hunting by adding 26 to the total. He was followed by G. Entwisle as next best with 13. By this time it was quite evident the “Stars” had fa ded, the ‘ 1 Knockers ’ ’ having shown themselves to bo superior at the game. The final scores were: “Knockers” 152, “Stars” 105, thus bringing to a close a very pleasant game which all seemed to enjoy. It was rather interesting to note that three of the players 1 taking part were over 50 years of age. Their contributions averaged 14 each, whereas the younger members'' average ' was 11. ! Brightening the Game. It is generally understood that v“Stars” arc never seen at their best ! In broad daylight. The writer would •suggest that the return match be played after dark, using a glass ball filled with glow-worms. Details of the scoring were: < , FENCOURT “KNOCKERS.” i First Second 1 Innings. Innings. ] S. Glanville .. 4 0 a J. Nichol ..2 1 i Disney .. 4 2 1 F. Entwisle .. 5 26 ( ( S. Haycock .. 1 4 < A. Entwisle ..11 7 1 H. Haycock .. 17 9 a J. O’Keeffe ..7 0 ( A. Reese .. 0 11 ( G. Entwisle 14 13 t H. Arnold .. 0 2 i Extras .. 4 8 1 c 69 83 1

FENCOURT “STABS.”

First Second Innings. Innings R. Hogan 1 0 H. Tver 0 0 Dalberg o 0 R. Simpson Hi 15 A. Jamieson .. ]() 4 T. Bourke 1 1 F. Jamieson 9 S F. F. Lea 1 9 T. Voyle 0 S W. Beer 4 5 L. Andrews 0 2 Extras • « 3 (i 47 58