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Waikato Times, Volume 104, Issue 17574, 1 December 1928, Page 21 (Supplement)

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(By "Cover Point.") LOCAL GAMEB. THE HONOURS BOARD, Rolf© (Old Boyo B) not out 102 Eyre (Y.M.OJL) 83 Rtovons (Huntly) . ...** 73 Hawko (Old Boys) 71 Homue (Hamilton) 67 Abel (Oembrldge) 53 ..Kerry (Cambridge), seven for 12.. Ward (Frankton B), eix for 49 Wetobor (Cambridge), five for 22 Qlloa (Hamilton E.), five for 8S Brooks (Huntly, .... flvo for B 6 THE TABLES. Senior A—Hamilton East 7, Old Boys 5, Frankton 4, Hamilton 0. Senior B—Y.M.C.A. 8, High Sohool 4, Ngaruawahia 4, Old Boys 4, Hamilton East 3, Frankton 3, Huntly 1, RailWays 1. Junior—Cambridge B 16, Technical 14, Cambridge A 12, Y.M.C.A. 7, Old Boys 5, Hamilton East 5, High School 4, Frankton 4. A GOOD HATCH. Despite the Frankton flrst-lnnings lead of 55, Hamilton played up very well on Saturday, and for the greater part of the afternoon It was anybody's game. Taylor Bowls Ably. Taylor was In good form at the start of the Frankton innings. He got Lee in his first over; in the seoond, after Western had hit him for 4, he sent down a yorker, which the Frankton man'3 cross hat failed to intoroept, and which bowled him; in his third over he bowled Steel; and with the first ball of the next over he got Cobbe lhw. In 25 balls he had thus taken four wickets for 13 runs, and as Ewan put his leg in front to Shepherd, who relieved Heyworth at this stage, in Shepherd's first over, Frankton, with Ave wickets down for 30, had lost most of their first-innings advantage. Connolly and Rabone. However Connolly,, playing delightfully free cricket, and Rabone, not too certain but hitting the loose ones with vigour stayed the rot and added 37 for the sixth wicket before Lissette got Connolly caught for 19. Rabone and Everest, who had saved the situation in the first innings, again had a useful partnership, and had put on another 20 runs when Rabone was bowled by Lissette. The tail failed to wag, but Everest managed to get to 27 before the last man was dismissed, and the total was 132. Everest, with 30 and 27 not out, had a good double, and showed how weU he can bat when he sets his mind to it. Rabone, with 29 and 38, and Connolly, with 25 and 19, also batted con istently. A New Bowler. Lissette, who took four wickets for 25 in six overs, bowled very steadily, and should make up in some degree for the loss of Winger, who has gone to Auckland, and whose all-round ability will be very much missed by Hamilton. The fielding, as is usual with the Hamilton team, left a good deal to be desired, but Taylor disposed of St. George' with a great catch, which not only furnished a proof of what a great "trier" he is but should be a standing rebuke to many of our young unenterprising players who would never have dreamed of starting for it. Veterans to the Rescue. When Hamilton started on their truest for the 188 runs they required to win Cobbe got Miller and Eggleston both lbw in two overs, the second wicket falling for 7 runs. Hemus, however, in contradistinction to his careful methods of the previous Saturday, commenced briskly, and with Langdon holding his wicket up at the other end, 34 runs were added before the colt was smartly taken at the wicket by St. George, most of the 34 having been contributed by Hemus. Taylor joined Hemus, and the two old dogs negotiated the hard road with such skill and success that they surely and by no means slowly forged towards their goal. However, when they had put on 55 runs and the total had been raised to 97, Connolly sent down a short, bumpy one on the off which Hemus had a dip at, and Lee took a good catch in the slips. The retiring batsman had made 57 like the tradesman he is when he sets his mind to it ■—would that he would do so oftenerl -—and some of his driving in particular was very fine. With the departure of Hemus the back of the Hamilton hatting , was broken, and when Taylor, after making 37, fell into the same trap as Hemus had done, this time set by Everest, the end was not long in coming. The last wicket fell at 150, and Frankton won by 37 runs. McLean got the average with four Wickets for 37 ; and he has proved a valuable find for Frankton. The fielding, which so far this season has shown a great improvement on previous years, this time showed signs of slipping, and even that usually alert fieldsman Lee had a period of lethargy, although he to some extent redeemed himself by disposing of Hemus and Tayloir. Ewan, as usual, displayed boundless energy at fine slip, while St. George, standing back a trifle, improved on his previous showing behind the wickets. i EXCITING—THEN TAME. Both Hamilton East Boys go in for close finishes. Two seasons ago Hamilton East won and lost against Frankton by one run; in the first match of the" present season Old Boys beat Frankton by one wicket; in the first match last year Hamilton East beat Old Boys by one run; and history repeated itself on Saturday when the Easterners won by the same margin, although on the first innings only, ' With 84 runs required to catch Old Boys and live wickets In hand Hamilton East resumed on ' Saturday with Harold Johnston and Hampton. Only 9 runs were added before Johnston was bowled by Hawke, hut Badeley and Hampton, as might ho expected from two such capable batsmen, were pot easily dislodged, and runs came quickly until Wilson appeared at the bowling crease, Hampton got a brace off his first ball, and hit the fifth one for (J, hut the next one howled him. He had made 4 2 by finished cricket, with two o's in it. In— And Out! Twelve runs were still required When Going came in, and off his second ball he tried to get half of them Unfortunately for him, however, he did pot quite carry the boundary, and ,/Ulen, fielding out there, took a fine catch.

In Wilson's next over, with another i six runs, on the hoard, Badeley let fly, I and Allen, running along the boundary, | took another great catch. ; Whatever wo may lack in Hamilton wo do not lack good outfields, for Allen, Rabone, Ted Everest, Skeet. Shepherd, and Robertson aro all capi- , tal men in that position. 190 —9 —41 read the board when Bob Johnston joined' McGrath, and thoy had just got to 202 when Wilson bowled tile wicket-keeper, Hamilton EasL just "getting there" by one run. Wilson a Bowler. Wilson followed up his batting performance of the first innings by capturing four wiokets for 11 runs, and a good bag it was too, including, as it did, Hampton, Badeley and Going. Good "Keeping." Senior kept wiokets well, allowing two byes and four leg-byes only in the score of 202. Strcnge Tactics. With half tho afternoon left one would have thought that Old Boys would have made a bid for victory by rattling up as many runs as possible

and declaring while they had sufficient time to get their opponents out. It looked at first as though this was the plan of campaign, for Hawke and Senior, by good clean hitting and smart running between the wickets, had 100 up in a very short time. Senior was the first to go, with 31 to his credit, and Hawke followed him soon after, after having compiled 71 in dashing style. Slowing Up. This was the end of the quick action, for instead of the incoming batsmen whipping In as fast as possible, meeting the outgoing batsmen half way, they waited until a decent interval had elapsed and then strolled quietly out to the wicket as if the whole match was before them. Clarke, in first wicket down, made a dozen, and the third wicket fell at 116. The last seven wickets added 17 runs only, and so much time was wasted in getting them that the side would have been better off without them; j Horspool, Just the type of forcing batsman to send in early when runs were wanted In a hurry, was No. 10 on tho list, and altogether it was evident that Old Boys, if they had at one stage entertained the idea of going for a win, later on abandoned it, and concentrated on saving the point they would get for a loss on the first innings. Wilson Again. That Old Boys would have had a reasonable chance of winning had they gone for it was shown by the way they disposed of Hamilton East when the latter went in again, Timms, Going, Harold Johnston, and Skeet falling victims to Wilson in three overs. The fourth wicket fell at 31, and Hampton and Bob Johnston put on another 11 before stumps were drawn, Hampton again batting well for an unfinished 22. Wilson took all four wickets for 15 runs, and had a very good match indeed. He had to thank Gibbons for Skeet's wicket, the fieldsman taking a wonderful catch off a skimming drive. Another Centurion. In spite of the extraordinarily long grass on the Railway ground big scores continue to be the 'order of the day there. In the first match two centuries were scored, and in the one just

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concluded Rolfe, the Old Boys batsman, made another and repeated Howard's performance by carrying his bat through the innings. He scored 67. singles, nine 2's, and only four 4 s It looks as though Y.M.G.A. and Old Bovs, the two leading junior teams of last year, are going to make their presence felt in the higher grade. Eyre, the Y.M.C.A. left-hander, is in great form just now, and had hard luck in missing his century on Saturday. Huntly's Bad Luck. Huntly were rather unfortunate, la that a late start reduced the playing time of their match with Hamilton East to such an extent that - they had to admit defeat on the first innings, when at the drawing of stumps they were very close to an outright win. While there is no excuse for local teams not starting up to time, it seems to me that there should be some adjustment allowed when one of the teams has to travel.. The Follow-on Rule. As some uncertainty seems to exist with regard to the margin of runs required for a follow-on I quote the rule bearing on the subject—--53. The side which bats first and leads by 150 runs in a match of three days or more, or by 100 runs in a twodays' match, shall have the option of requiring the other side to follow their innings. In one-day matches the side which bats first and leads by 75 runs shall have the option of requiring the other Side tofojlow their innings." . ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA. VISIT OF ENGLISH TEAM. REMAINING MATCHES. Tho remaining games on the itinerary of the English team In Australia are as follows: —. November 30, December 1,3, 4,5, 6—v. Australia (first Tost), at Brisbane, December 8, 10—v. Combined Coun-

try, at Warwick (Queensland). December 14, 15j 17, 18, 19, 20 —v. Australia (second Test), at. Sydney. December 21, 22—v. Newcastle and Hunter River, at Newcastle. December 2!). 31, January 1,2, 3, 4 —v. Australia (third Test), at Melbourne. January 5, 7 —v. Geelong, ul Geelong.' . . ~ January 9, 10—v. Dcndlgo, at Bendigo. , . January 12, 14, 15 —v. Tasmania, at Launceston. January 17, IS, 19.—v. Tasmania, at Hobart. „ „ January 23, 2G, 28, 29—v. South Australia, at Adelaide. February 1-7—v. Australia (fourth Test), at Adelaide. February 9, 11 —v. Ballarat, at Ballarat. , „ .. „ February 15, 16, 18, 19 v. Nev South Wales, at Sydney. February 21, 22 —v. Western Districts, at Bathurst. February 25, 26 —v. Southern Districts, at Goulburn. , March 1,2, 4, s—v. Victoria, at Melbourne. , „ ~ „ March 8,9, 11, 12, 13. 14 Australia (fifth Test), at Melbourne. March 21, 22, 23—v. Western Aus-tralia-Victoria,-South Australia (combined), at Perth. Results. England, Ist innings 4 00, second innings 26 for 1 wicket; Western Australia, 257. Drawn. England, Ist innings o 28; -nd innings 341 for four wickets, wickets. Abandoned owing to ram. England, Ist innings, 48o; Victoria Ist innings, 164 and IJo for no wickets. Drawn. England, 734 for seven wickets (declared). New South Wales 3i9 and 364 for three wickets. Drawn. England 357 and 118 for two wickets. Australia XI, 231 and 243. England won by 8 wickets. England 293. Queensland 116 and 160. England won by an innings and 17 runs. Century Makers. ENGLAND. ■> Jardine, 109, v. West Australia. Hammond, 145 v. South Australia. Chapman, 145 v. South Australia. Leyland, 114 v. South Australia. Hendren 100 v. Victoria. Jardine 104, v. Victoria. Jardine 14 0, v. N.S.W. Hammond 225, v. N.S.W. Hendren 167, v. N.S.W. Leyland 114 v. Queensland. AUSTRALIA. Pritchard, 11.9 (South Australia). V. Richardson, 23i (South Australia). _ Bradman 132, not out (New South Wales). _ ~ Kippax 136, not out (New South Wales).