CHIKET.

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17995, 14 April 1930, Page 11

CHIKET.

SATURDAY’S MATCH. HAMILTON v. WAIPA. RESULTS IN A DRAW. Playing against Waipa in the challenge match for the Pratt Cup at Seddon Park on Saturday, the Hamilton senior eleven secured a draw, and retained the trophy. Waipa won the toss and sent Hamilton in to hat on a wicket that was only slightly affected by the rain, and was drying rapidly. Winger and Senior opened to the bowling of of Tarr and Smith, and runs came very slowly. The first wicket fell at 22, but .with the appearance of Eyre at the crease the scoring brightened. Hampton played a forcing innings, reaching 8G before he was caught on the boundary. Hemus gave a neat exhibition, but was well caught off a lofty off drive. Going continued his hard hitting methods, landing four 6’s and two boundaries in his total of 36. The Waipa innings began at 4.15, with only an hour and a quarter to play. Oram and Gorrie went in first, and after playing steadily for some time’ the latter had the misfortune to play a ball on his wicket after stopping it- Winter never settled down, and snicked a slow break from Going to Senior. Tarr did not have much trouble with the bowling, but v?as caught at point when 14. Spiers joined Oram, who had been playing very freely and soundly, and the pair continued together till almost closing time, scoring fairly easily from all the bowlers tried. Just before time Spiers jumped out to Winger and skied the hall to the slips. Ashton followed, and was stumped after scoring a boundary- The game ended in a draw, Hamilton retaining the trophy. Following are the details: —

HAMILTON. —First Innings. N. Winger, c HOwcroft, b Oram. 21 S. E. Senior, b Tarr. 16 W- Eyre, lbw, b Smith 31 G. Hampton, c Smith, b Winter. 86 T. Campbell, c and b Winter .. 8 R. Skeet, b R, Mexted 2 L. G. Hemus, c Oram, t) Smith.. 26 A. Taylor, c Smith, b Spiers 11 H. Going, c Shepherd, b Spiers.. 36 W. Cassidy, b Winter 9 F. Horspool, not out 9 Extras 17 Total 272 Bowling.—Smith took two wickets for 34 runs; Tarr, one for 24; Shepherd, none for 19; Oram, one for 24; Winter, three for 66; R- Mexted, one for 46; Howcroft, none for 20; Spiers, two for 20. WAIPA. —First Innings. DSL F. Oram, not out ■ 57 H. Gorrie, b Winger ••• 3 "W. M. Winter, c Senior, b Going 1 C. Tarr, c Hemus, b Cassidy .. 14 Spiers, c Skeet, b Winger .... 41 Ashton, st. Senior, b Winger .' 4 'Extras 9 Total for five wickets .... 129 Bowling.—Going took one wicket for 19; Winger, three for 25; Cassidy one for 22; Taylor, none for 17; Hemus, none for 15; Hampton, none for 8; Horspool, none for 14. Messrs Tarr and Forster were the

SENIOR B. HAMILTON EAST V. RAILWAY. THREE POINTER FOR FORMER. Hamilton East had a three-point win over Railway on Saturday at Seddon Park. Railway with seven men batted first and were dismissed for 55, Cussack 18, Johnston 12, reaching double figures. °Ousley took three wickets for 19; Owens, two for 13. Hamilton East replied with 180. Ousley compiled a brilliant 108 and Williams, 27. JUNIOR GAME. Y.M.CA V. TECHNICAL. Y.M.C.A. defeated Technical in the semi-final of the Junior Knock-out Competition an dhave yet to meet High ’ School. Technical went to the crease first and were dismissed for 4 6. (R. Everest 23.) Donaldson took eight wickets for 11 runs. Y.M.C.A. had 127 on the board when their last wicket fell, (Donaldson, not out 60, Dent 19, Cheeseman 13, gaining double figures). THE BOWLER SHIELD. GORDON DEFEAT MATAMATA. In a one-day challenge match, play.d at Gordon for the Bowler Shield, Cordon, the holders, successfully defended the shield against Matamata, the challengers, wanning by 98 to 68. Clarke (19 not out), .Browm (12), Brady and D. Montague (10 each) were the chief contributors to the home team’s score. Somers (34 not out) was the chief double figure scorer for Matamata, playing nice steady cricket and going right through the innings. S. Brookes, 5 for 11, for Gordon, and Griffiths (Matamata) 5 for 39, w ? ere the most successful bowlers. Following w T ere the scores:— Gordon. Brown, b Griffiths 12 S. Brookes, b Whelan 5 Carroll, run out 5 Bartleet, o Mehrtens, b Griffiths 6 Brady, b Griffiths 10 D. Montague, c Porter, b Somers 10 F. Montague, b Somers 1 Barker, b Griffiths 8 R. Brookes, c Laurenson, b Cudby 8 Clarke, not out 19 Moore, c Mehrtens, b Griffiths . . 6 Extras 8 Total 98 .Bowling.—Griffiths 5 for 39, Somers 2 for 24, Whelan 1 for 13, Cudby 1 for 14. Matamata. Somers, not out 34 Porter, run out 4 Whelan, b F. Montague 0 Ayers, c Clarke, b F. Montague . . S Mehrtens, b D. Montague 12 Cudby, c Bartleet, b S. Brookes . . 0 Griffiths, fb S. Brookes 0 Laurenson, b S. Brookes 2 Silk, b S. Brookes 0 Beaver, c and b S. Brookes .... 3 Laird, c F. Montague, b Bartleet 1 Extras & Total 08

Montague 2 for 14, D. Montague 1 for 12, Bartleet 1 for 26. PUKEKOHE ASSOCIATION. WESLEY/ COLLEGE WINS SHIELD. PUKEKOHE, Saturday. Wesley College has won the Pukekohe Cricket Association’s senior competition this season, and thus becomes the season’s winner of the Taylor Shield. AUCKLAND CLUBS. RECORDS FOR THE SEASON. AUCKLAND, Saturday. With the exception of the Grafton and United Suburbs figures, all the senior averages are now available. The records show that five batsmen, E. T. L. Thakobau (Eden), J. E. (Mills (Eden), A. M. Matheson (University), H. G. Vivian (Parnell) and N. C. Snedden (Ponsonby), averaged more than 50 runs an innings for the season, while there were several others whose figures reached the forties. Eight bowlers, H. D. Gillespie (Eden), A. F. Wensley (Parnell), A. Anthony (Parnell), C. Finlayson (Ponsonby), T. McLeod (Ponsonby), D. Cleverley (Ponsonby), W. Fletcher (Ponsonby) and N. C. Snedden (Ponsonby), showed averages under 15 runs per wicket. The following table shows the match

record of the respective clubs P. w . L. D. Pis. Parnell .. 12 9 — 3 3'5 University .. 12 5 3 4 2 7 Eden . . 12 4 3 5 26 Ponsonby ' . . 12 6 4 2 26 Y.M.C.A . . 12 4 4 4 24 Grafton . . 12 4 4 4 22 ■North Shore .... . . 12 2 7 3 18 United Suburbs . .. 12 — 0 3 13