RANGITAIKI CRICKET

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 248, 11 December 1940, Page 8

RANGITAIKI CRICKET

CENTRAL AND P. AND T. WIN BOWLERS ON TOP Tlie bowlers again dominated play in the competition series. Central beat Paroa comfortably by 31 runs on the first inning's with 5 Avielsets in hand, while P. and T. also gained a 4 points against Taneatua.,

P. and) T. v Taneatua. TJiis g'amc was played at Taneatua, P. and T. scoring 73 (Keesing 22) and f#7 for 4 wickets declared. Taneatua compiled 52 in its first innings, Higgs (26) being chief scorer. Seven wickets fell for 42 runs before time was\called. Good bowling figures were recorded by Chard. Bennett, Shaw and Higgs. Details:— P. and T. (Ist Innings) Keepa b Higgs . 11 Keesing c Thompson b Neal ... 22 Chard c Neal b Shaw 7 Bennett b Shaw -. , 19 Penny st McCready b Higgs ..... 4 Hudson b Higgs 0 Jeffarcs hit wkt b Shaw ...... 0 Worthington b Shaw 0 Plamus b Higgs 0 Moore, not out 1 Dixon b Shaw •... 1 Extras 6 Total 73 BoAvling: Shaw 5 for 30; Gee 0 for 23; Neal 1 for 8; Higgs 4 for 7. (2nd Innings) Hudson e McCready b Shaw .... 3 Keesing c McCreadj r b Lawson .. 5 Chard b Shaw 16 Bennett c McCready b Higgs .. 13 Penny, not out 13 Keepa, not out 2 Extras .... 5 Total for 4 wickets (dec) .. 57 Bowling: Rawson 1 for 16; Shaw 2 for 16; Higgs 1 for 20. Taneatua (Ist Innings) W. McCready c Jeffares b Chard 4 Shaw b Chard J... 0 Higgs b Bennett 26 Gee b Chard ; 0 Thompson b- Keesing •*.. .. 4 Sylces, run out 10 S. Neal b Bennett 1 D. Neal c Cha*d b Bennett ... ,i 4 L. McCreaJy, not out 0 1

Rawson b Chard 0 Farquhar b Chard , 3 Total 52 Bowling:" Chard 5 for M: Iveepa 0 for 12; Keesing 1 |or 11; Bennett 8 for 15. (2nd Innings) | Rawson lbw b Bennett 9j W. McCready, not out 12 Higgs c Keesing b Bennett 13 Thompson c Keepa b Bennett .... 0 Shaw, run out 5 D- N'eal c Keesing b Bennett . .< 0 .S, Neal b Bennett- 1 L-.Mt*CH : (nlcly g Penny b Hudson 0 Extras 2 Total for 7 wickets ........ 12 Bowling: Chard 0 for 4; Bennett 5 for 23; Keqspa 0 for 0; Keesing 0 for G; Hudson 1 for 7. Central v Paroa. Gentral defeated Paroa _on the first innings in the Domain. Paroa compiled -17 in its first knock, Anderson claiming 5 wickets for 15 runs off 9 overs. Gentral declared at 78 for 5 wickets, Phillips (37) bat-ti-ng well for the winners-—but were unable to dismiss Paroa before time was called. Details were:—

Central (Ist Innings) John b Fitchett C Anderson Ibw b Cieland 15 Magee b Fitchett .. 0 Rae, not out 18 Phillips c Wells b Coutts ...... 37 Malaquin c Fitchett-b Wells .. 1 Campbell, not out .. 0 Total 5 wickets (dee) 78 Bawling: Wells 1 for 17; CI el and 1 l'or 10; Coutts 1 for 13; Haultain 0 for 2; Fitchett'2 for 20; Malaquin l» for 11. ' : ' Paroa (Ist Innings) H. Grant b Anderson .......... 14 Haultain c Phillips b Anderson 2 Goile b Malaquin 1 Fiteliett c Cobden b Anderson .. 0 Cleland c Cobden b Malaquin ... 5 Coutts b Anderson ....... () Wells b Anderson 5 McGougan c Rae b Phillips .... 2 T. Grant, not out 4 Malaquin b Campbell" ........ 3 Shaw c and b :..... <J Extras ....... 5 ' Total 47 Bowling: Malaquin 2 for 11; Anderson "5 for 15; Phillips 1 for 8; Rae 0 for 7: Campbell 2 for 1 -