WEEK-END SPORTS ROUND-UP

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 28, 9 March 1948, Page 5

WEEK-END SPORTS ROUND-UP

P. & T. Representatives Lucky To Win Saturday’s Cricket Match At Opotiki

The P. and T. representative cricket team that played Opotiki at Opotiki on Saturday secured a very close win with 168 to 153 in the first innings. For the P. and T. the first three-wickets fell cheaply then Burt went to the crease and made the top score of 60. Malaquin and J. Rivett were the next best scorers with 25 and 26 respectively, the rest of the team were only fair. Opotiki started well and with four wickets down had 122 runs, from then on however the rot set in and all were out for 153. Details:— Opotiki (Ist Innings) Robb lbw Malaquin 7 Beattie lbw Malaquin 28 Mason, played on 61 Warren b J. Rivett 26 Bradeley c Burt b Malaquin 0 Hollman stpd Rivett b J. Rivett 9 D. Beattie b Rivett 0 Parkinson lbw Malaquin 4 Grant, not out 1 Rowe b Malaquin 0 Moore b Adams 1 Extras 16 Total 153 Bowling: J. Rivett 14 overs, 3 wickets, 48 runs; Malaquin 15, 6, 41; Adams 4.3, 1, 35; Carling 2,0, 13. P. & T. (Ist Innings) Martin, run out 12 Adams b Warren 0 McCready b Grant 2 J. Rivett c Hollman b Mason 26 Burt c D. Beattie b Beattie 60 Carling b Parkinson 7 Malaquin c Hollman b Beattie .. 25 W. Rivett c Mason ib Bradeley .. 1 Seebeck b Bradeley .. 5 Green b Bradeley 12 Goodall, not out . ;. 2 Extras 16 Total 168 Bowling: Grant 6 overs, 1 wicket, 17 runs; Warren 7,1, 20; Mason 8, 1, 42; Moore 3,0, 16; Parkinson 2,1, 18; Bradeley 4.3, 3, 21; Beattie 3,2, 18.

Team For Return Match

Following is the P. and T. team to play Opotiki at the Whakatane Domain on Saturday:— J. B. Rivett, Malaquin, Gillam, Burt, Goodall, Cleland, Shapley, Seebeck, Green, Rolfe, Quigg, Cassidy, W. Rivett. Any player not available is to notify W. Rivett by Thursday.

Friendly Match Between P. & T. Rovers And P. T. Rangers Won By Rovers

A friendly cricket match between the P. and T. Rangers and the P. and T. Rovers played at the . Domain on Sunday, resulted in a win to Rovers on the innings by 74 runs. Batting generally was very erratic and no outstanding play was seen from either side. McCready and Rivett both of the' Rovers did not play on account of injuries received in previous matches. Details^— P. & T. Rovers Shapley b Cleland 42 Green b Cleland 16 Adams stpd Gillam b Malaquin 39 McCready did not bat Martin, run out -4 Carling 9 J. Rivett' did' not bat Schou c Kane b Cleland 4 Goodall b Malaquin '' ; 5 Stringer c Seebeck 4 ~Q>uigg c and b Cleland -..-... i 19 Extras 12 Total' 154 Bowling: Cleland 10 overs, 4 wickets, 60 runs; Gillam 4,,0, 28; Malaquin 7,2, 40; Seebeck 2,1, 1,4. P. & T. Rangers * Cleland c McCready b Rivett .... 13 Seebeck c Quigg b Adams 4 Malaquin c and b J. Rivett 6 Gillam c Martin b Adams 5 Grant c Adams b Carling 10 Bennett, run out 0 Rolfe, run out 29 Sweetman, run out 4 Kane, not out :. 2 McCarthy b Graen 0 Extras 7 Total 80 Bowling: J. Rivett 5,2, 19; Adams 5,2, 12; Goodall 2,0, 12; Shapley 2,0, 7; Carling 2,1, 15; Quigg 2,0, 6; Green 1,1, 2.

Te Teko Defeats Waimana In Collins Shield Match At Whakatane Domain

Te Teko defeated Waimana on the first innings by 12 runs, in a round of the Collins Shield match on Sunday at the Whakatane Domain. Batting for Te Teko J. Porter was the top scorer with 28, the rest of the Te Teko wickets fell very cheaply. Waimana faired little better with G.- Mitchell batting 31 out of the total of 60. ' Neither teams showed any improvement in the second innings. Details:— Te Teko (Ist Innings) Thurlow;, run out 10 Griffiths, run out 7 Porter b Wells 28 T. Lyon Ibw J. Riiff i 2 Patterson b Ruff 0 Franks b Ruff 3 Gardener b Wells .... 1

Latimer c Malcolm b Ruff V D. Pdtterson c Wells b Ruff .. 8 J. Latimer, not out 3 Foote b Wells 7 Extras 2 Total 72 Bowling: J. Ruff 10 overs, 5 wickets, 38 runs; Wells 9.9, 3, 32. (Second Innings) Thurlow b Wells T Griffiths c Malcolm b Mitchell .. 20 Porter b Ruff 1 T. Lyons b Wells 3 Franks c McConnell b Clarke .. 10 - J. Latimer b Wells 8 D. Patterson b Wells 5 R. Patterson b Wells 2 R. Latimer b Wells 0 Gardener, run out ~..; 4 Foote, not out O' Extras ./. 4 Total 58 Bowling: J. Ruff 7.4, 1,7; Wells 11, 6, 26; Clarke 2,1, 14; Mitchell 2, I, 7. Waimana (Ist Innings) J. Ruff, run out ...! 0 Clarke c Porter bR. Patterson .. 1 H. Ruff c and b Thurlow ... 1 Malcolm lbw Thurlow 3 ' F. Mitchell b Patterson 6 A McConnell, run out , 7 G. Mitchell b Patterson 31 Wells b Patterson 6 Wardlaw c Foote b Thurlow 1 Angus c Thurlow b Patterson „. 0 Kilson, not out 3 ( Extras 1 Total -60Bowling: Thurlow 8,3, 27; Patter-' son 7,5, 32. ‘ *■ ; . ;> (Second Innings) Wells c Foote b Thurlow 6 F. Mitchell b Thurlow; 5. G. Mitchell b Patterson 5 H. Ruff c Patterson b Thurlow 3 McConnell c Lyon b Thurlow .... 9 Angus b Patterson 6 Clarke, not out * 7 J. Ruff, not out 5 Total 6 wickets for 46 Bowling: Thurlow 3,4, 34; Patterson 2,2, 12.

United Cricketers Too Strong For Rotorua Team: McKenzie Over Century

United cricketers defeated Old Boys (Rotorua) in a Williams Cup match on Saturday, by 95 runs in the .first innings. Details:— Old Boys A > Castello c Chamberlain b McKenzie I ’. 0 Martin c Cameron b McKenzie 8 Higgins b McKenzie 27 Andrews, E. lbw McKenzie 14 Andrews, L. b Rigden 38 Beale c and b McKenzie :. 0 Rose b McKenzie 1 McKenzie b McKenzie 19 Blandford b McKenzie 2 Ryan, not out 7 Sherriff b McKenzie ... r ....1 Extras .......v.. 6 < Total. ....123 Bowling:. McKenzie 24 overs, 44 runs, 9 wickets; N. Rigden 6, 22, 1; Crawford 9, 29, 0; Roach 8, 22, 0/ Whakatane United Spring b McKenzie 15 Roach c Martin b McKenzie .... 8 , McKenzie c Martin b Rose 112 Yates c Andrews b Rose 8 Chamberlain c Andrews b Rose 0 Crawford b Sheriff 15 N. Rigcien b McKenzie 10 Cameron c McKenzie b Rose 14 G. Howard c Beale b Andrews 0 i N. H. Rigden c Higgins b Rose 6 : P. Howard, not out 6 Extras 26 Total v .,:...... 218 Bowling: Rose 17, 7,5; McKenzie 22, 38, 3; Sherriff 6, 19, 1; Beale 4, 24, 0; Higgins 2, 36, 0; Andrews 1,5, 1.