Cricket KIRK CUP MATCH

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 25, 13 February 1937, Page 17

Cricket KIRK CUP MATCH

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T. RiMcr iv Bowfiif Fom SHIELD PERFORMAIfCES

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Despit© the #lwenc# o t ti# Hawke's Bay representativ* eleVext in Gisborne last Saturday, eenior grade pftayers left at bbme carrfwt on in the best style, TeclttiaH GM Boys recording the huge total of S78 for seven. wickets against Hastings Old Boys, and Napier Oid Boys helped themselves ta 215 agala& Hastings* In SEastjsgs Rugbjr fceaded TAM itt firsfc ixmikv of a krsr-scoring mateh* Both Evana (138), and Bob. Burms (111| srilaneai tkeir representative claims with splendid efforts. Aiwsy*. a. po.w«r£nl . batsman, Lyatt# gltxem oad Of Ma most agg^ffive ' diaplays in xnnning to three figures, and Burns, although nOt scoring so fast, unfolded a greater variety of strokea to reach his century. On the adjoining wicket Harold Reaney was cleanbowled by Gaaod: when just four short of the eoveted thre# figures. Harold at the momenl i» rfjgBf back to ±o«n^ and will prove a very landy inan sn the quest for th« Hawke Cup at the end of this montlfc In Gisborne, Hawke's Bay • wero »ev#e at "Sdnro'iit the fijst ;innings, plSyers ganarally beag- u»Uble to acensfom themsefves to the isTow wicket providedMatch #t Giibonie. Ha#*#*# Bay battiny wwr uniforiHly good, but the score lost .ita respectabffity threngh the ©pposing. reply of 304. ' . Tif mhrtory *m 34, mad© tipr almoSi ©ntifely of sinjgtes, wa# a typical openiag knock. Geddis, its partner, was equally reliable altfeough he hit the ball harder, pttrtfculttrfy on ihe off, than Ms stolid eorapahion. _ ' . \ Biggar '« 25 was made in quiek timo, foreefol hook and pnll shota bringing fiifn the majority of his runs, and In ihe end Ms downfafif. Kauter was the nexfc batsautn, aiid f ortified by a f ear that he had to mahe mns to retain Ms plaee inr the Hawke Cttp side, he commenced Ms tnoek quietly and soundly. Perfectly timed driving and powerful pull shots gupplxed ntost «f Ms runs bef ore he was nnfoitnnate eaongh to be tun ont. He •topped tt admire one of Ms many pulls to ' the boundary, and. quxck fielding aiid an ' atsfuxat^ rettV^ tt| the bowier*9"e«d-fyittd hfen Welf oufr. McCan.iL and T. Beaney were both petiest betsmea, but were not quito patient c&ough, and both. were ont tryiiig to force the pace. Simpson *g itggressive 25 gare to the tail a deeided tremble, Bowlers Haxmless. The total of 19.3 did «ot look mnthf bnt to the local fspectators it seemed enottgh, There was not a really bed innings ia the eleven. "With weU oveft? two ll(rors, play left, the Hawke's Bay attack cut a poor figure. At stumps one for 104 was on the board, and in this period the game was lost. Sxx bowlers were used, but a tiredness seemed to have gripped them ahd they were a harmiess sextette. It would be fair to mention that four chances were dropped and thes^ at a time that would have allowed the visitlng bowleis to mueter up jnore devil and give a better - appearance to the scofe boatd. "With two for 135 and fve for 163, the Hawke's Bay eleven livened up in the morning, but came a succession of fours and the game slipped from theii grasp. T. Beansy has not bowled better lor aome time. He toiled for 26 overia and finished with three for 59. He was particularly tmlucky on the Saturday afternoon 's plaiy to have two chancOa '9& his bowling allowed ta-drd£ to the earpek Iforxissey took the honours with a tetf-over bowling spuvt on the second jaotning 's play. He mustered np pace and swerve to bowhwith Teal devil and hOstility, and with more of ihts lengthy service at the bowling crease, he shoulcj b# ia top fbrm for the Manawatu jnatch. The ten-over spell at Glsijorne was the lOngest he had boWled this season, His club captain should see that he has more-overs, for he is the type who will tifrive on work. T. Johnson did not havO much luck. A eonsistent length wa* missing, and the batsmen seemed to have no trouble in playing back ta his left-hand de* liVeries. McCann, Elliott and Beutb did did inipress aB class bowlers. ftairke's Bsy Tielding, .......... As a field ing side the visitors were •attefaetbry in the respect that the Gisborne Oval is a long way .beMlid Nelson Birk, Hapier, and the visitors were aoaplussed by t|ie bdxnpy outfield. The Tetarning to the wicket was good, and th4 fkound fielding, when the baU kept to a traO course, was sound. Kautei was^the best of the . ficldsmen, covermziia ground with rpeed and nlclurg

up and throwing in with a eonsistent cleanriess and accuracy. Batting again, Kautei, with a 45 undefeated, consolidated his claims for the Palmerston match. Geddis (27) and Biggar (33) were partners in an enterptising partnership, while Beuth showed good fofm with. a 27 not out. The game was a splendid match for those not in form. It gave confiden.ce to Beuth and Kauter as batsmen and showed that Morrissey must be whipped into form. The Plunket Shield match between Auckland and Wellington prodnced an avalihche oi runs, no less than four individual centuries being provided during the coui'se oi tbe match. A remarkable ffeature was that a century was scored in the third and fourth iimings on the third and fourth days' play. This j's not unprecedented3 but it is rare and is really a striking testimonial to the excellence of the Eden Park wicket. It was a very interesting duel in each innings, and the grand total of runs sdored, 1567, is a remarkable one for less than four days5 play. The record aggregate in Shield cricket was sup- ■ plied in Dunedin in 1905. Wellington and dtago were the opponents in a five-day game, Wellington recording 560 and 465 to Otago's 385 and 495, a grand total of 1905 runs. ' The latest Auckland— Wellington | match appears to have cemented the ■ claims of Carson, Moloney and Tindill ' to 'selection in the New Zealand side " to proceed to England nest montb, and perhaps th© same can be said; in regard t-o Gallicha*.

selection committee's foresight in inclnding two yonng players, Miss Betty won her singles and women 's doublos, and in my opinion, was unluckv to lose her mixed doubles. Misis Griffiths won t both her women 5s and mixed doubles, and although lcxsing her singles, she played tennis of a 'standard of which no provincial representative could be ashamed. Those who endeavour to critieise tennis should realise that no promising player c.an impTovo nntil given opportunities in big tennis, and Miss Griffiths and Miss Evans both proved that they wero well worthy of the. trust placed in them by the selection committpe. fAftd now for the men's team. Pat Watson, although well worthy of a place, has not got the match tenrperament for No. 1 string, and should, 1 think, be plaeed lower down. On Ma game, Watson is beautiful . to watch. but nnfortunately his best seenjs to be given otily when nOthihg of importance it attachihg to the match. 3Po«fibly

some stricter training atld more eonsistent concentration on se'rious tennis would give us regulahly the Pat Watson that we delight to watch. "Bert Elliott and Prank Porbes are at the stage where their places in the Hawke's Bay team should be taken by younger players, and Bill Kead, of the Hastings club, shonld certainly be given consideration. His brother . Roa would be wc/rth the selector's attention, although his form does not merit the same consideration. Maddon, of Dannevirke, Moorhead, of Waipukurau, M. R. Best and N. F. Simyson, of Napicr, are all young players with good possibilitifes, and althonch they may not at the present time be np to representative standard. their form would undoubtedly improve with more serious match tennis. Dr. Gieson, of Dannevirke, wonld have been an acquisition to the Hawkp's Bay team, but I undersfand that he was nnavailable for the Manawatu fixture.