SPOTLIGHT ON SPORT

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 26, 2 March 1948, Page 5

SPOTLIGHT ON SPORT

P. & T. Rovers Unlucky To Draw With Waimana In Sunday’s Match

P. and T. Rovers’ cricket match against Waimana on Sunday showed both teams right on form and some very, good cricket was. seen. H. Ruff, batting for Waimana made 112 not out and proved the mainstay of the side. Details:— Waimana (Ist Innings) Clark c Green b Rivett 0 J. Ruff b Rivett, 0 H. Ruff, retired 112 Malcolm b Green 41 Wells retired hurt 9 F. Mitchell b Adams 7 McConnell b Carling 29 White b Adams 2 Wardlaw b Carling 0 Angus, not out 24 G. Mitchell b Rivett 1 Extras 8 Total 233 Bowling: Carling 3 overs, 2 wickets, 26 runs; Rivett 10.25, 3, 65; Green 2,1, 18; Adams 9,2, 47; McCready 3,0, 16; Martin 2,0, 18; Goodall 2,0, 21. P. & T. (Ist Innings) Adams c H. Ruff b Clarke 38 Martin b H. Ruff 32 McCready b J. Ruff 64 Rivett c J. Ruff b. H. Ruff 71 Shapley b J. Ruff 1 Green, not out '. 8 Carling, not out 4 Extras 14 Total 232 Bowling: J. Ruff 16, 2, 71; Mitchell 9,0, 62; H. Ruff 7,2, 51; Clarke 3, I, 33.

P. & T. Rangers Have Fair Win Over Te Teko In Collin’s Shield Match

No spectacular cricket was seen in the Te Teko-P. and T. Rangers match played at Te Teko on Sunday. Cleland and Gillam were the top scorers for P. and T. with 21 and .25 respectively. Te Teko had only one batsman with a fair score, Griffiths, who hit up 22 not out. P. and T. again proved too good for Te Teko and defeated them by 49 runs in the first innings. Details:— Rangers (Ist Innings) Cleland b Thurlow 21 Seebeck b Thurlow 4 Rivett Ibw .Thurlow 5 Grant b Patterson .......i. 10 Gillam, not . out !' 15 Malaquin . stpd Patterson 0 Quigg c Thurlow b Patterson .... 0 Robinson b Patterson 1 Bennett b Thurlow 1 Porter c Griffiths b Thurlow .... 0 Extras .! 7 Total .64 Bowling: Thurlow 12 overs, 5 wickets, 28 runs; Patterson 11, 4, 29. (2nd Innings Rivett, run out 8 Seebeck, run out 13 Grant c Gardiner b Thurlow .... 2 Malaquin c and b Thurlow : 2 Gillam b Patterson 25 Quigg b Patterson 3 Cleland, not out 6 Robinson c Porter b Patterson 0 Bennett, not out 1 Extras 1 Total 61 Bowling: Thurlow 8 overs, 2 wickets, 26 runs; Patterson 7,3, 25; Knight 1, 0. 9. Te Teko (Ist Innings) Thurlow c Robinson b Cleland ... 4 Griffiths, not out. 22 Porter c Seebeck b Gillam 6 T. Lyons b Cleland 6 Knight b Cleland ••••• 9 Patterson c Quigg b Gillam 7 Lattimer b Cleland 0 Gardiner b Cleland 0 D. Patterson c Bennett b Gillam 1 P. Lyons b Gillam v ...- 0 Storer, run out 0 Extras 9 Total ...I 55 Bowling: Malaquin 8 overs, 0 wickets, 9 runs; Cleland 13, 5, 18; Gillam 15, 4, 19. ' (2nd Innings) Thurlow stpd Rivett b Gillam 0 Patterson c Robinson b Gili'am .. 4 Gardiner b Malaquin - -2 Lattimer b Malaquin 5 T. Lyons b Gillam 4 Patterson b Gillam 0 Knight, not out 3 Griffiths, not out 2 Extras 1 Total •* 21 Bowling: Gillam 4 overs, 4 wickets, 12 runs; Malaquin 2,2, 9.

Fijian Cricketers To Flay At Rotorua

Arrangements are now well in hand for the cricket match Bay of Plenty versus the touring Fijian team, to be played at Rotorua on April 1, the Rotorua Cricket Association has stated. The Bay of Plenty Association has applied for the use of the Kuirau Reserve grounds on that day. Club secretaries have been asked to forward to the Rotorua Association nominations of eligible players, who are available for this game. The secretary requires these by tomorrow.

Champion Pairs Tourney Started At Whakatane Bowling Green

Whakatane bowlers started their Championship Pairs Bowling tournament at the greens on Sunday, 22 pairs competing. Those still in the tournament are: Loane, Smoljan, Littlejohn, Henderson and Luxton. (Two Lifers): Berg, Mclsaacs, White Dixon, Good, Dainton, Oswald, Drube, Howat, Sloane, Anderson and Hayward (One Lifers). Details of preliminary rounds follow:

Loane and McCarthy d. Berg and Pearson; Oswald and Spong d. Mclsaacs and Chamberlain; Drube and Murphy d. Stuart and Merito; Smoljan and Compton d. Grant and Bellp Littlejohn and Harrison d. Whiteand Cockerell; Howat and Howat d. Harris and Gerring; Henderson and McKenzie d. Dixon and Sims; Sloane and Creeke d. McLeod and Hollis; Anderson and Head d. Good and King; Luxton and Wilson d. Dainton and ■ Campbell; Hayward and Burgess d. Coates and Bell. In the ordinary draw games 13 teams played and Harris and McKenzie’s teams were the finalists in number one section, Harris’s team defeating McKenzie’s. Harris’s team then played Green’s team, the winners of section two. Harris’s team was again the winner.