INTERSCHOOL GAMES

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 37, 5 January 1945, Page 3

INTERSCHOOL GAMES

BAKER CUP MATCH

WHAIvATANE BEATS TE PUKE

Postponed from the previous Thursday on account of wet weather games arranged between Whakatane District High School and Te Puke District High School were able to proceed recently. Teams for cric'ket Softball and tennis> represented the two sciiools the first two games being played on the Whakatane Domain and the tennis on the Anglican and Presbyterian Club co*rts, the use of which had kindly been granted for the. day.

The Baker Cup presented for competition amongst Bay of Plenty schoolSj was at stake in the cricket; match. Wliakatane won the toss and sent Te Puke in to bat. Com* pletcd shortty after the luncheon adjournment their innings realised 53 runs ? to which Wliakatane replied with 95. For Te Puke Searle was the outstanding player being one of the opening batsmen and carrying his bat for a very useful 28 scored with stylish strokes that gave evidence of sound coaching. He was> also the most successful bowler taking 5 wickets for 33 j '9 o runs. He also held two good catches in the outfield. Whakatanc's total was due largely to the fine effort of the opening batsman, M. Davis who played a sound and attractive innings to score 28 j and who also looked as though lie would carry his bat. K. Sullivan in a short but fiery innings compiled 22 ? including the only six of the match scored off his first hit and three fours ? while W. Rutherford scored a very useful 10.

Bowling for Whakatane S. Shap'i Icy took 3 wickets for f> runs > M. Tiepa 3 for 15 and K. Sullivan 2 for 2fi.

The Te Puke team had scored 17 runs for the loss of 4 "wickets in their second innings, when stumps had to be drawn Whakatane thus winning the match by 12 runs- on the first innings. The tielding of both teams was fairly good j and in Te Puke's first innings only one, Whakatane player dropped a catch ? which fortunately was close to the i end. The. following are details of the scores: — ! TE PUKE (Ist innings) j Harray c Tiepa b Davis 1 Searle, not out • 28 Harrison b Sullivan 1 Roberts std Mundy b Tiepa 10 Watts c Sullivan b Tiepa ..*.... 5 Ritchie b Tiepa 0 Puttie c Carling b Shapley .... 4 Dunlop c Carling 1) Shapley 0 Tapsell b Shaplej* .............. 0 Sheppcrd std Mundj" b Sullivan 2 Murphy c Chapley b Sullivan .. 0 Extras 2 Total . 53 (Second innings) Watts not out 3 Harray b Sullivan 0 Roberts, b Tiepa 6 Searlc I) Carling 7 Ritchie c and b Davis ... ..... 0 Extras 1 Total 17 Whakatane (First innings) M. Davis b Searle 29 T. Davis c Pattie b Watts; .... 4 Shapley c Searle b Murphy 6 Sullivan c Searlc b Murphy .... 22 Carling b Harray < r ) Rutherford b Searle. lf> Tiepa b Searle i. '3 Hyland not out 2 Mundy lbw. b Murphy .. 1 Law b Searle 1 Brabant b Searlc ... 0 Extras 7 Total 95 SOFTBALL

Softball is based on the old game ol' but differs from baseball in that the ball is> delivered underarm in soi'tball and thrown in baseball. The match involves seven innings. Each team of ten players continues to bat until three in. sue--cession are put out. The game should come, more and more into vogue in New Zealand as it can be played with a minimum ol ; equipment and provides a great deal of activity and exeitemcnt. It has only recently been taken up at the Te. Puke school whose players came more to learn the game than to play a match. Their boys team scored only 12 runs to "Wliakatane. s which were made up as follows: Savage (catcher) 2; Carter 1, Licw ;j : Sehneller (captain) 3; Eivers 5: Pettit '1: Sy in mans 1; Tutbury 4: Latimer Goodall 4. The Whakatane girls beat their Te Puke friends by 14 runs to 4.