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Gisborne Times, Volume XII, Issue 1084, 30 December 1903, Page 4

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MOTU V. GISBORNE

The second match of the tour was played yesterday on the Recreation Ground against a combined Gisborne team, and was won by Gisborne by 17 runs on the first innings. Gisborne batted first and made 46. Lang, Raymond, W. and T. Gibson, and J. Ferris making the runs. The bowling of Motu was very good. Each of the five bowlers tried had to be treated with respect. Upon going to the wickets Motu only made 29 ; Andrews 9. W, Gibson took five wickets for 10 runs and Porter three for 15. In their second innings Gisborno compiled 51; W. Gibson (retired) 23 and J. Ferris 7. Reed was the most successful with the ball, taking three wickets for 8 runs. At the call of time Motu had lost three wickets for 13 runs ; Reed (not out) 8. Following are the scores : GISBORNE—Ist Innings. W. Gibson, c Small, b Reed S Kretschmar, c Horne, b Reed 0 Porter, b Reed 3 T. Gibson, b Horne 7 J, Ferris, b Horne 5 Lang, st Leggett, b Sefton 11 J, Hay, b Small 1 W. Hay, not out 0 Rowland, b Derecourt 0 C. Priestley, b Small 0 Raymond, b Small 8 Extras 3 Total 46 Bowling Analysis.

MOTU—lst Innings. Derecourt, st Hay, b Gibson 0 Reed, run out 0 Andrews, c Raymond, b Gibson ... 9 Small, c and b Porter ... 2 Gardiner, b Gibson ... 1 Leggett, b Gibson 3 J. Hansen, c Hay, b Porter 0 Horne, not out 5 Sefton, b Porter 0 F. Hansen, b Gibson 4 Fisher, b Ferris 1 Extras 4 Total 29 Bowling Analysis.

GISBORNE—2nd InningsRaymond, b Derecourt 4 Rowland, b Small 0 W. Hay, b Derecourt 0 W. Gibson, retired 23 J. Ferris, b Reed 7 Porter, run out 5 Lang, c Fisher, b Reed 5 Kretschmar, b Sefton 0 T. Gibson, b Small 4 Priestley, c Gardiner, b Small... ... 0 J. Hay, not out; 1 Extras 2 Total 51 Bowling Analysis,

MOTU—2nd Innings. F. Hansen, run out 0 Gardiner, b T. Gibson 5 Small, b Porter 0 Reed, not out 8 Total for 3 wickets ... 13 Bowling Analysis.

MOTU V. KARAKA.

Tho Motu team began the first match of their tour on Monday, when a very close game was played with Te Karaka, the latter winning by 9 runs. W. Small was captain of the visitors, and F. Smith for Karaka, the match being played with 12 men aside. Afternoon tea wbb kindly provided by Mesdames Sefton and Foote and Misses Evinson and Sefton. Following are the scores: — Motu, Ist innings : F. Derecourt, run out, 4 ; Reid, not out, 13 ; G. Sefton, c G. Smith b F. Smith, 0 ; Ralph Gardiner, o Quinn b Smith, 0 ; W. Small, lbw b Smith, 2; E. Murphy, b Smith, 10; G. Hansen, b Smith, 0; Horne, lbw b Smith, 0 ; Fisher, b Smith, 0; F. Hansen, c Sheather b Smith, 0; R. Gardiner, b Smith, 0; P. Hanson, lbw b Smith, 0; extras, 6; total 35. Karaka, Ist innings : F. Smith, not ou f , 36; Andrews, b Reid, 9; Foote, c Derecourt b Small, 13 ; Ross, b Gardiner, 6 , Evinson, c Small b Murphy, 1; McCredie; b Murphy, 0; Sheather, lbw b Murphy, 9 ; Leggett, thrown out, 0; G. Smith, b Reid, 0; Morgan, b Murphy, 7; Finlayson, b Fisher, 0; Quinn, c Fisher b Murphy, 4 ; extras, 13 ; total, 98.

Motu (second innings) : F. Derecourt, run out, 26 ; Reid, c Andrews, b Leggett, 15 ; W. Small, c Foote, b Smith, 12 ; E. Murpby, run out, 9 ; A. W. Horne, c Foote, b Smith, 1 ; G. Sefton. b Smith, 5 ; J. Hansen, not out, 3 ; Ralph Gardiner, b Smith, 2 ; R. Fishor, c Foote, b Smith, 0; F. Hanson, lbw. b Sheather, 3 ; P. Hansen, b Sheather, 0 ; R. Gardiner, b Smith, 1 ; extras, 9—total 86.

Karaka (2nd innings) : E. Leggett, c Gardiner, b Small, 2 ; J. McCrodie, c Horne, b Small, 4 ; 0. A. Foote, b Sefton, 15 ; W. Andrews, c and b Murphy, 0 ; Ross, lbw, b Murphy, 0 ; Sheather, b Reid, 1 ; Evinson, c Horne, b Reid, 0 ; G Smith, b Sefton, 2 ; F. Morgan, run out, 5 ; Quinn, c Horne, b Reid, 0 ; Finlayson, c Small, b Reid, 0 ; F. Smith, not out, 1; extras, 3—total, 33.

Reed Overs. . 11 Wkts. 3 Ruds. 13 Derocourt 9 1 8 Horne . 4 2 10 Sefton . 5 1 6 Small .. . 6 3 1

Overs. Wlcts. Buns. W. Gibson 8 5 10 Porter 6 £> 15 Ferris 1 1 0

Derecourt Overs. 10 Wkts, 2 Runs. 14 Small . 3 3 8 Reed . 6 2 16 Seftou .. . 3 1 3 Gardiner.. . 5 1 8

Overs. Wkts. Runs. J. Ferris... 3 — 4 Porter ... 2 1 7 T. Gibson... 1 1 2