CRICKET

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19816, 21 February 1936, Page 11

CRICKET

HAMILTON COMPETITIONS. DRAW FOR TO-MORROW. NEW SENIOR B SERIES. The first games of the n-ew round will be played in the senior A competitions of the Hamilton district 1 cricket competitions to-morrow. Old Boys and Hamilton should provide a 1 good match with some high-class batting, while Claudelands, who have 1 shown consistent improvement in recent weeks, have now the capacity to make East fight hard a decision. ; The senior B teams have been graded into two sections, one of which will play single day matches. Junior grade games will also be continued. The draw is as follows: — Senior A. Claudelands v. Hamilton East, No. 1 Seddon Park; Old Boys v. Hamilton, No. 2 Seddon Park. Senior B. First Section. —Hamilton v. Old Boys, No. 3 Seddon Park; High School v. East Old Boys, No. 4 Seddon Park. Second Section (one day matches). —Hamilton East v. Frankton, No. 1 Steele Park; Claudelands a bye. Dairy has withdrawn from the competition. Junior. High School v. Nawton, High School ground; Forest Lake v. Railway, No. 1 Boyes Park; Central v. Baptist, No. 3 Steele Park; Marist v. Technical High School, No. 2 Boyes Park. THE TEAMS. Hamilton. Senior A.—A„ Lissette, N. Winger, N. Innes, 0. McKenzie, E. Avery, 0. Sharrock, E. Everest, J. Everest, O. Harding, R. Dabb, Iv. Sandford. Senior B. —A. Taylor, J. Taylor, A. Watson, T. Gick, C. Alexander, N. Winger, junr., C. Hunt, W. InnesJones, R. Everest, F. Forster, B. Pomeroy, D. Church, A. Griffiths. Old Boys. Senior B.—T. Gilling, C. Seccombe, T. Hallen, R. Cann, C. Manson, H. Barber, T. Dimmock, C. Scott., L. Pearson, R. Grancy, A. McDell, W. Johnston.. Senior A.—A. J. Aitken, R. Clough, M. Clark, S. E. Senior, J. West, J. Fraser, R. Somers, S. C. Hay, L. Hansen, M. E. Gibbons, 11. Johnston, V. Fairbairn (12th man). Claudelands. Senior A. —K. Andrews, A. S. Buckland, L. F. Casey, J. Dempsey, T. A. Ewan, G. S. Hampton, D. Hemt, H. McKean, R .A. McKinnon, A. W. Shepherd and W. H. Wilson. Baptist. Juniors. —A. Molloy, J. Woodward, D. Kania, R. Enright, P. Martin, A. Winger, K. Robinson, D. Sutherland, G. Burgess, G. Brownless, J. Clarke. Reserves: B. Crawford, D. Saunders. Hamilton Railway. Junior, —Ritchie, Arnold, Olphert, Mead, Joyce, Macown, Wallace, Wood, Crabb, Martin, Iloldaway. Nawton Club. R. Holmes, B. Parker, S. Parker, J. Dent, L. Vernall, W. Teague, F. Waters, W. Moore, F. Hewitt, K. Chilcott, M. Wiltshire, C. Craig, R. Craig. Umpires for Saturday. The following are the -umpires for Hamilton cricket on Saturday:— No. i Wi'ket. —J. F. Strang and W. B. L. Williams; No. 2, F. Johnston and J. Wainscott; No. 3, H. Turbltt and A. D. Griffiths; No. 4, G. P. Williams and D. Livingstone. THE LEG-BEFORE RULE. MUBT BE AGREED TO. INDIA AND MARYLEBONE. LONDON, February 19. Replying to the Indian Board’s refusal to comply with the new legbefore rule on the English tour, the Marylebone Club says its committee and all Counties have unanimously decided that it is in the best interests of cricket, and they will continue the experiment in all first-class minor County cricket in 1936. The committee hopes that the Board will reconsider its position, as it cannot arrange lo play the Indian matches under different conditions. it 3 askes for a cabled reply, r NEW DELHI, February 19. The Nawab of Bhopal, president of ! ! the Indian Board, interviewed before - : the reception of die cable from the ' ! Marylebone Club, expressed fhe opinion i 1 that" there would be a satisfactory set- ■ tlerfient. No insurmountable diili- - visit were likely to arise. TE AROHA CLUB. DRAW FOR SATURDAY. ! I The draw for the Tc Aroha cricket com- ’ j petition games to be played on Saturday is " | suburbs" > \ Te° Aroha )*, ' at' ' Morrlnsville ; . i Lockerbie (Morrinsvillc) v. City (Te Aroha) at Te Aroha. Following are die players to represent ! hill. Higdon, Moyd, llattaway, Alslable, Mel.eod. I'ickett. Fox. Hreo, nulneey and Sheridan. Suburbs: siiecly. Raeburn, • niidd!’ ’Tunis, f.ondv U " Arthur', or timer’, Young and Alp.