CRICKET

Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14613, 14 March 1921, Page 6

CRICKET

COMPETITION GAMES. HOOWER A CENTURY. The local competitions were continued in line weather on Saturday. There was a good attendance. Much interest, was centred in the old BoysWarwick match, which practically settles the championship for the 1920 _ 21 season. During the afternoon Hooker (Y.M.C.A.) passed the century mark after a brilliant display. OLD BOYS V. WARWICK, Warwick won the Inss, and balled. •flic .lohnslon brothers opened, ami al, once began to score quickly. Old Boys were handicapped through Ihe absence of M. Gllmore, their fast bowler. When the score stood at 59 H. Johnston tipped one to Macgrcgor at first slip which was accepted. .V.)- —1 M Harnett Riled the breach, and quickly ran to double llgurcs when Lenihan took a brilliant one-handed catch in the slips off Macgrcgor. 70 2—lo. H. Johnston was not now scoring so fast, and, with Loughlin, was content to wait for the runs. With the score just under the century Macgrcgor scattered the latter's slumps. Cliffe signalised his appearance with a boundary, and a couple of balls later hit a six. Sneddon, bowling vice Lenihan, was keeping Johnston quiet, but Cliffe was pushing on quickly. These two carried the score to 135, when Johnston, who seemed to have, gone to pieces, slopped out to a slow one from Macgregor, and was neatly stumped by Speight. 135 —5 52. Johnston had pHiyi'd a line innings. Fox came in, and squnro-cjJt one to the boundary, which Hamlin should have caught, but shortly afler was bowled by a nice ball rrom Smith. Uufty joined Cliffe, and opened Ins account with a couple of fours. CMiT ■ had been scoring well, but when Intotal stood at 33 he skied one barn to Macgregor. Cunningham did no! survive long, being caught off a ball he should have left alone. 155 —7—(5. McQuillan) played his first ball on, and 11. Johnston went almost immediately after leg before. 175 —9 —U. Blnckie came to the crease, and he and Dufty treated the crowd to a display, which, if not orthodox, was spectacular. Both batsmen hit for the boundary every time, and were in most cases successful. Dufty occasionally punctuated his score with a six, but Blackie played more ground strokes. This partnership had put on 11 runs when Hamlin accepted a brilliant catch from Dufty off Macgrcgor. The outgoing batsman had made 59 in quick time. Blackie carried his bat with 31 to his credit. Macgregor bowled excellently throughout, and secured eight wickets. The light was very bad when Frascr and Snedden opened for Old Boys. W r hen 104 were up time was called, Gilmore being -i9 (not out), Whilst Lenihan had three. The individual scores are:—• Warwick. First Innings. 11. Johnston, st Speight, b Macgregor 52 R. Johnston, c Macgregor, b Snedden J '"> Barnolt..'o Lenihan, b Macgregor 1U Loughlin, 1) Macgregor (', Cliffe, c and b Macgregor 33 Fox. b Smith 4 Dufty, c Hamlin, b Macgregor . . 59 Cunningham, c R. Gilmour, b Macgrepor 6 McQuillan), played on, b Macgregor : o 11. Johnston, 1.h.w., b Macgregor 0 Blackie, not out 31 Extras 29 Total 216 Bowling:—Macgregor 8 for 9fi, Lenihan 0 for 15. Sneddon 1 for 46, Wheeler 0 for 29, Smith 1 for 12, Fraser 0 for 19. OLD BOYS. First Innings Fraser. c R. Johnston, b Loughlin 0 Snedden, 1.b.w., b Blackie .... 46 Wheeler, c 11. Johnston, b Loughlin n R. E. Gilmour, not out 49 Lenihan. not out 3 " Extras 6 Total for 3 wickets 104 Y.M.C.A. V. HAMILTON O. Y.M.C.A. had -first use of the wicket and knocked up 173. Of these Hooker was responsible for 110. lie scored very .fast and gave no chances. He hit 11 fours and four sixes, and was not troubled by any of the bowlers. Simpson (21) and Coombe (II) were Ihe only other double figure scorers. Hamilton's venture realised 121. Patterson (57) was unbeaten at the close of the innings. He played very steadily, and waited for the loose ones. Pearson (22) stonewalled, though he occasionally relieved the monotony with a boundary. Lett (15) also reached double figures, and held four catches. The individual scores are:— Y.M.C.A. First Innings. Lentfer, c Patterson, b Shepherd 7 Price, b Seed 0 Waters, b Seed 0 ' Coombe, run out 11 Hooker, not out H n Connollv, c Lett, b Patterson 6 Simpson, c Lett, b Saddler 21 Goinff, c Lett, b Patterson 1 Johnston, c Lett, b Bedford 3 Gunn, b Bedford 0 Drube, c. and b Seed 2 Extras i 2 Total p 3 Bowling.—Seed 3 for 34, Bedfoi'd 2 for 1-i, Martin 0 for 19, Saddler I for 3. Patterson 2 for 37, Shepherd I for HAMILTON B. First Innings. Pearson, n Lentfer 22 Seed, b Connolly 0 Shepherd, b Connolly 0 Turbolt, b Johnson 1 Patterson, not out »' Bedford, t* Drube. 1) Johnson . . 0 Martin, b Lentfer ° Edwards, b Lentfer ~ Lett, c Price, b Johnson '•< Carter, c Drube, b Lentfer 5 Saddler, h Johnson "• Extras J ' Total J?* Bowling,-—Connolly 2 for I i. Johnson 1 for 59, Hooker 0 for 10, Lentfer i for 20. MATCHES IN AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND, Saturday. Eden, first innings, 244, v. Ponsonby, first innings, eight wickets for 70 runs. North Shore, first innings, 152, V. 1 Parne]], first innings, four wickets for 20G.