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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 24 November 1924, Page 8

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.NORTH V. SOUTH TARANAKI. The first match of the group for the purpose of deciding the challenges lor the Hawke Cup contests was played on Saturday at r\ew Plymouth between the North and South Taranaki Associations, and resulted m a win for the northern team by six wickets. It was a great finish to a rather drab exhibition, and the northern players deserve the heartiest congratulations for their gallant exhibition against time. lo sco.e 140 runs in 45 minutes is a leat v» ortny of record at any tune, and the winning lilt was also or ail exceptional nature. With the last ball of the day North wanted live runs to win. McCarthy, who. wits bowling, sent down a half .volley to Pearson, who was batting, and the ball was promptly smacked up on

< „ne terraces straight over the bow*er’s head for six. Pearson was lucky m being missed two or three times, and he hit more than one close to fieldsmen, but fortune favoured tlie brave, and his hard bitting brought the reward of a -brilliant success. Thiee sixes and three fours are noted amongst his hits. Palme,r also played extremely well and showed most promising form. Grayson’s 27 paved the way, and included 18 hit from tlie first over. The whole game reflected the best, cricket traditions and the utmost goodfellowship was displayed. The whole game was full of great surprises, although in the future it would be well if such an import silt contest were played on a turf wicket. The matting was not a success, and in the second innings it got very wavy, in the second innings luck did xiot run with the batsmen, and a coupie of strokes of misfortune cut short the careers ol Pulton and Monaghan. The former was stumped off a rebound from the wicket-keeper’s pads, while the latter chopped a wide one into his wicket's i Two very good pieces or bowling were done by McCarthy, 6 for 29, and Cole, 3 for 40, in the first innings of North, while Pearson took 6 for 33 in the. South’s first innings. Fulton 20 and Cole 34 not out were Pne only ones who looked like getting runs in the Southern side’s first innings, which resuited in the rather poor score of 95. The Northern batsmen failed as badly, and only managed to scrape'up S 3. Of this number Fuller got 13, Palmer 17. Sarten 14. and Terry 19. The South’s second innings was a little improvement on the first, but some of tlie batsmen got them'selves out in rather easy fashion. Penny pmyed sturdily in getting 39, and made ' some good strokes.. Monaghan (14) was shaping well, when he chopped a ball in. His iuck was right out in the game. Hughes (14) and Pratt also got doubles. McLean, with 4 for 32. Clarke 2 for 26, Pearson 2 for 29, and Bottrill 1 for 15, were the successful howlers. The North’s second innings once again proved .the old adage that one never can tell until the last wicket falls what is going to happen hi the game. As stated before, the North’s second innings was one full of merit for the way the batsmen went. In addition to those already mentioned, Bottrill (22) and Terry (11) also shaped well, ;.and both hit freely. The Southern howling got well “towelled” in; the second innings, and none of the bowlers seemed to strike anything like a length. Pliilpotts 3 for 33, and Hughes 1 for 20 got the wickets that fell. The fielding on both sides was good at times, but the length of the grass militated somewhat against the power of the strokes. Messrs Whittle and Nielsen were the umpires. Scores, and analyses:— SOUTH TARANAKL

First Innings. Fulton, b Pearson 20 Monoghan, 1.b.w., b McLean 5 Philpotts, b Pearson 6 Little, st. Fuller, b Pearson ....... 6 Penny, c Bottrill, h Pearson 6 I ’ glies, c Nasmith, b Pearson ; 0 Cole, not out 34 McCarthy, b Pearson 0 Vowless, c Fuller, b Osborne 5 Pratt, 1.b.w., b Osborne 5 Thomas, c and b Bottrill 4 Extras 4 Total / 95 Bowling analysis.—Clarke, no wickets for 22 runs; McLean, one for 11; Pearson, six for 33; Bottrill, one for 5; Osborne, two for 20. Second Innings. Fulton, st., b Clarke 5 Monoghan, played on, b McLean 14 Philpotts, c Palmer, b Pearson ... 5 Little,- c Sartin, b Bol'triLl 8 Cole, b Clarke ’. 9 Penny, c Bottrill, b McLean 39 Hughes, b McLean 14 Vowless, 1.b.w., b McLean 0 McCarthy, not out 9 Pratt, b Pearson 13 Thomas, run out 0 Extras 11 Total 127 Bowling analysis.—Clarke, 2 for 26; Pearson, 2 for 29; McLean, 4 for 32;

Bottrill, 1 for 15; Osborne, 0 for 14. NORTH TARANAKI. First Innings. ••ke, 1.b.w., b McCarthy 1 Fuller, c Fulton, b McCarthy .... 13 s r asmith, c Fulton, b Cole < Bottrill, 1.b.w., b McCarthy 1 Grayson, c Cole, b McCarthy 0 Pearson, b McCarthy 0 Terry, e Monaghan, b McCarthy ... 19 mer, b Cole It Sartin, b Cole 14 Osborne, c McCarthy, b Penny 5 McLean, not out 3 Extras 4 Total 84 Bowling analysis. —Cole, 3 for 40; McCarthy, G for. 30; Penny, 1 for 11. Second Innings. jri-ayson, e McCarthy, b Hughes ... 27 Bottrill, b Phiipotts ;• "2 *.'-u ten. b Phi! not Is 1 Terry, st.. b Phiipotts 11 Palmer, not out 30 Pearson, not out 47 Extras 2 Total for 4 wickets 140 Bowling analysis.—McCarthy. 0 lor Mies. 1 for 20; Phiipotts, 3 for 33; Cole. 0 for 40. r HAWERA v. MANAIA. A game was played on Saturday between a mixed Hawera side and Mannia. and resulted in a win for Hawera hy 48 runs. Scores and analyses: MANAIA. Hobday, c Giblin, b Machin 16 Stephenson, b Lay 1 Maunsell, c Inch, b Graham ; 35 Brooke, c Mills, b Graham 7 Thomas, c Plank, b Machin 14 Barclay, c Giblin, b Machin 2 Roberts, b Graham 4 Bairstow, c Mills, b Machin 0 Whalen, c Galvin, b Machin 10 Watson, b Graham 0 Nixon, not out 2 Extras 6 Total 97 Bowling analysis: Lay one for ]O, Giblin none for 15. Machin five for 22. Graham four for 38.

HAWERA. Dalgleish, run out 28 Lay, b Mauusell 20 Galvin, c Mauusell, b Watson 3 Graham, b Bairstow 30 Bernard, c Whalen, b Watson .. 0 Inch, run out 4 Mills, not out 31 Plank, c and b Maunsell 9 Giblin, st. Maunsell, b Watson ... 12 Machin, st. Maunsell, b Watson ... 0 Extras 8 Total for nine wickets 145 Bowling analysis: Thomas none for 13, Bairstow one for 22, Maunsell one for 25, Whalen none for 27, Watson four for 15, Roberts none for 7, Nixon none for 10, Brooke one for 18.

JUNIOR CRICKET. HAWERA TECH: A v. ELTHAM B. The school team journeyed to Eltham, and succeeded in getting a three-point win by eight wickets, mainly due to a fine innings of 47 not out by Oheevers. Skjelierup and Gower also batted well for the winners. For Eltham, Hemingway batted well for 20. Scores:

—First Innings: Ward, c Keegan, c Cheevers, 7; Kerr, 1.b.w., b Cheevers, 8; Lewis, b Cheevers, 7; Ansford, b Allen, 1; Nairn, c and b Cheevers, 0; Hemingway, b Cheevers, 20; Walker, b Allen, 0; Gower, c Yates, b Owen, 5; Burrell, not out, 9:. Smith, b Owen, 0; Wilson, b Cheevers, 4; extras, 3—total, 64. Bowling Owen two fqr 24, Cheevers six for 29, Allen two for 8. Second Innings: Ward, c Coleman, b Allen, 0: Nairn, b Cheevers, 3; Lewis, c Cheevers, b Allen, 1; Ansford, b Cheevers, 4; Hemingway, b Cheevers, 5; Kerr, run out, 6; Walker, b Cheevers, 0; Gower, o Skjelierup, b Cheevers, 0; Wilson, not out, 0; Burrell, b Owen, 1; Smith, b Owen, o—total,0 —total, 20. Bowling analysis: Allen two for 6, Cheevers five for 8, Owen two for 6.

Technical School A. —First Innings: Owen, b Walker, 1; Keegan, b Walker, .1; Church, b Nairn. <1; Cheevers, not out, 47; Allen, b Walker 2; Coleman, c and i> Nairn, 2; Yates, e Wilson, b Nairn, 1; Walker, run out, 2; Skjelierup, c Nairn, b Walker, 13; 'Beauchamp, b Ansford, 2; Gower, c and b Nairn, 10; extra, I—total,1 —total, 83. Bowling analysis: Nairn four for 26, Walker four for 34, Ansford one for •5, Kerr-none for 5. In the second innings School made the necessary runs for the loss of two wickets. Excelsior B 103 beat Stratford Technical 48 and 25 by an innings and 30 runs. For Excelsior, Smales 37, Walkley 18, Weir 12 and McCarthy 16 got doubles. The bowling for the winners was done by McKenzie four wickets for 11 and five for 11, Walkley four for 11 and one for 2, McCarthy three for 8 and < Muir one for 19. For Stratford Tech., Arthur took four for 22, Walker three for 21 and. Saunders one for 23.

Stratford B 67 and 48 for two wickets beat Midland B 70 and 25 by eight wickets. For the winners, Gatton 18, Sharpe 19, Kelson 26 and Beere 18 got doubles, and for Midland, Dowdle 30 was the only one to score double figures. Bowling, for Stratford, Beere took five for 36 and five for 6, and Thomas, four for 20 and five for 14. For Midland, Mahoney three for 33, Busing six for 27 and one for 18, Moloney one for 2 and Bigham one for 6 got the wickets. What might be termed, a cricket record for New Zealand was established on Saturday at Manaia. when the local juniors disposed of Tech, B team for.the total of one run. Manaia scored’ 83 runs for the loss of eight wickets and declared. Clarke 39 and Taylor 10 hatting well. Technical B in. their second innings were disposed of for 13, Manaia. gaining a three-noint win bv an innings and 69 runs. Bowling, for Manaia in Technical first innings, Sutton took four wickets for 0 runs and Whalen , four for 1. For Technical B, Warren got four for 15 and Ching two for 14.