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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 62, 6 April 1945, Page 4

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BAY OF PLENTY WIN AGAIN POVERTY BAY OUTCLASSED The Bay of Plenty representative cricket team met the Poverty Baj representative side in a re tun: match at Gisborne during the Eastci holidays and registered a win bj seven wickets. The match was J return one after Poverty Bay hav ing been beaten at Whakatane earl ier in the year. At Gisborne Poverty Bay fielded what was considered by Gisborn< officials one of the strongest bat ting sides ever selected to reprcsen 1 Poverty Bay. The Bay of Plenty side was unable to field five of it; best players who were unable tc make.the trip. The game Avas full of 'interest anc excitement and revealed cricket o a very high order. Poverty Bay won the toss ant elected to bat on a wicket whicl threatened to break up. At luncheoi on the first day Poverty Bay liac three wickets down for 157 run: and the side promised to run up ; very large score. At this stage Dow (who incidentally was droppe( after giving an easy chance off tin first ball lie received from McKen zie) and Fraser were, well settle< and were scoring freely. Immediately after lunch Fraser one of Poverty Bay's most exp3r'i enced players and perhaps most pro lific run.getter over a number o year was skittled by Spring an< thereafter Poverty Bay found Hsel in trouble, to the bowling of McKen zie and Spring. The side was sooi ail out for 223 runs which was ; formidable total for Bay of Plc.nt: to face. Bay of Plenty commenced badlj and at one stage had four wicket down for 20 runs. At the close o play on the first day Bay of Plenty still required 96 runs with four Avic kets in hand to catch the liom< side's total. At this stage Badeley Avho had played a masterly innings Avas 63 not out and was being part nered by Miller. Things then: lookec black for the Bay of Plenty. Next morning Badeley and Mille: took the total from 131 to 183 foi seven Avickets. Badeley then nlirsec the remaining three tail-ender: through a period of intense excite ment until Rigden, last man in snicked a fast one from Jones pasl his the Avieketkeeper anc first slip for a boundary. This lucltj shot and escape gave Bay of Plen'tj a lead of four runs on the first innings and Rigden Avas. stumped next ball. Poverty Bay then commenced it; second innings and quickly ran tc 50 for two Avickets. Thereafter the side collapsed to the boAvling oi Badeley and McKenzie who Avere always on top assisted by Reid. The innings closed for 95 runs leaA'ing Bay of Plenty 92 runs to get, for an outright in about two and a half hours. Miller and Spratt opened the innings and took the score to 75 runs when Spratt was retired to give Avho Avas unable to remain for a friendly game next day. a strike. Bay of Plenty secured 'the required number of runs for an outright win Avith seven Avickets in hand.Much credit for the good Avin goes to Badeley Avho ran up 113 not out in the first innings; to Miller who ably assisted Badeley the first day and scored 44 in the second innings; to McKenzie avlio boAvled exceedingly Avell in both innings;

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again to Badeley who bowled well in the second 'innings, and finally to the team as a Avhole for displaying a dogged spirit and line determination when things looked hopeless at one stage ol' Poverty Bay's first innings and during most of the length of Bay of Plenty's first innings. e For Poverty Bay Bow's risky but y forceful innings of 75 and Eraser's n workmanlike innings of 45 were r good performances. Bridge showed y. in the second innings that he could a have troubled Bay of Plenty in the first innings. Poverty Bay tried up to eight bowlers the best of whom were Jones and Barbour and Dow, but neither of these appeared to pos- ' sess sufficient fire or dash to get on top and stay there. The weather was fine and hot. The a turf one ? commenced * to break up and crumble on the S second day and then became very 0 lively. Innings details are as follows:— j Poverty Bay (Ist 'innings) Scholium lbw t b Reid 32 :1 Blair b Spring 9 li Fraser b Spring > 45 n Connole c Spratt b McKenzie .. 14 :l Dow c Badeley b Spring 4 .. *.. 75 s Barbour lbw ' b McKenzie 16 i\ Bridge st Miller b Spring 5 : Dunphy b McKenzie 1 1 McMahon b McKenzie 0 e Field c Spratt 1) McKenzie .... 3 _ Jones, not out 17 1 Extras 6 Total 223 - Bowling: Reid 8 overs 1 wicket 45 - runs; Spring 16 4 79; McKenzie 20 1" 5 70; Mason 5 0 23. ' 1 Bay of Plenty (Ist innings) f Spring lbw b Barbour 1 Spratt run out 6 Ryan b Jones 1 Douglas c Bridge b Jones 12 Badeley not out 113 McKenzie lbw, b Scholium .... 16 Mason b Dow 17 j! Miller lbw Barbour 28 Reid c and b Dow 9 Wardlaw c Connole b Dow .... 4 Rigden st McMahon b Jones .. 4. Extras 16 ) ______

Total 221 ' Bowling: Jones 20 overs 3 wickets 59 runs; Barbour 15 2 30; Scholium 4 0 19; Dunphy 3 0 17; Fraser 9 0 48; ' Dow 10 2 36; Field 2 0 3; Connole ' 1 0 1. . Poverty Bay (2nd innings) Bridge c Badeley b McKenzie .. 27 Blair c Miller b Spring 5 Fraser b Badeley 9 Connole Id McKenzie 4 Dow b McKenzie 11 Barbour c and b McKenzie .v.... 6 Scholium c Douglas b Badeley 16 Field b Badeley 1 McMahon c Wardlaw b Reid .. 3 Dunphy b Reid 0 Jones not out 2 Extras 11 Total 95 Bowling: McKenzie. 13 overs 4 wickets 39 runs; Spring 2 1 17; Badeley 12 3 24; Reid 2 2 4. Bay of Plenty (2nd innings) Miller b Scholium 44 retired 28 Springy not out 8 Douglas, run out 10 Ryan not out 0 Extras 3 I Total 93 Bowling: Jones 2 overs 0 wickets 12 runs; Fraser 2 0 16; Barbour 5 0 8; Dunphy 3 0 10; Dow 4 0 19; Scholium 4 1 18; Field 2 0 7.