Manawatu Just Failed To Beat Horowhenua

Chronicle (Levin), 6 December 1948, Page 4

Manawatu Just Failed To Beat Horowhenua

Faced with the almostw impossible task of maintaining an average of nearly two tung a nrintite to cateh Hdrowhenua's first inning's total of 219 for ilve wickets declared, -Manawata made a bold bid to snatch an outright, victory and were' only 29 runs behind with fiv© wickets in hand at stumps in the senior reptesent^fcive cricket game played at Terrace End Par-k, Palmerston North, on Saturday. • - . • Horowhenua deelare.d at 3,45 p.m., feaving Manawatu 220 ta fiud in 120 minutes. Brian Poananga played the vital role in giving Manawatu a lightning ehance of recovering from an exCeptionally difficult position. He gave _one of the brightest ba.tting displays seen in the Manawatu fot a long time and scored freely all round • the wiQket off bowling which for the gfeater part was short of a leiigth. With Hugii Hai'kness> he featured in some bright tunning between the creases. He was well caught at 75, hnt his partnership with Harkness had added' 88 in very quick order. Bill Miller joined Harkness and although the former began aggressively enough. he latex " quietened down for a lengthy period before again hitting out in the closing minutes, Had Miller maintained his early boldness, there is little doubt but that Manawatu would have won the match. As it was the game ended in a draw. The wieket was heavy after overnight rain, and none of the' Manawatu bowlers was really successful against the Horowhenua batsmen. 'Simiiarly there was nothing in the Horowhenua attack fo worry tlie Manawatu batsnten. Details: — • . HGROWHENUA. , First Innings. . • . Baumher, c Miller, b Norlhovpr .. 81 Dome, b Poananga 7 Rieey run Out J ■ •• *• 8 Kciascia, stp. Nichols, b Northover 18 Galloway, not Out 52 Wilson, run otit ............ 9. Andrews, not out .. 23 Extras 21 ' Total for 5 wickets declared . . 219 Bowling: • Dilks 0 for 24; Miller 0 for 33, Poananga 1 for 24, Northover 2 for 54, Melody 0 for 11? Adcock 0 for 52. MANAWATU. First Innings. Nichols, c Lambeft, b Saunders .. 2 Poananga, c and b Riee 74 Harkness, c Saunders, b Lambert 25 Miller, not out .............. 36 Adcock, c Galloway, b Gafdiner .. 11 Singleton, c Rice,.b Lambert .. .v 28 Northover, no't out 0 ■Extras .-. . . ....... 15 * •' / / ' ! - • « - f t 'ii 1 — t— Total for 5 Wickets . . . . . . 191; Bowlingj j Saunders I, for 35, Gardiner 1 iov 44, MOore 0 fdr 30, I.ambert 2 for 43, Riee 1 'for 20, /Andrews 0 for 4.