CRICKET

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 26 November 1927, Page 8

CRICKET

(By

“Mid-Off”)

OOINGS IN HAWKE’S BAY. PARS ABOUT SATURDAY’S PLAY. Wairoa —Well I Why roar A Trundler’s Paradise.—The wicket last Saturday «' » « Joe! What about stumping out for that stump vou busted on Saturday?—Perhaps it’s charged to “Extras.” There were two clear-cut victories recorded on Saturday, when the second series of the Hawke’s Bay cricket championship were concluded. » n * Sidey’s hour was not wanted on Saturday. One game was over well before the tea adjournment, while the other was finished before six o’clock. • » « Several bowlers were suffering ■ from delusions on Saturday. They thought the batsmen were skittles, on Saturday, so they banged them over like ninepins. This is how the second series ended :— Technical Old Boys, 176 and 101 for three wickets; United. Ll 3 and 133. High School Old Bows. 216 and two for no wickets; Heretaunga. 120 and 97. The following table shows the position of the teams in the championship : — 3-pt. 2-pt. Ch. W. L. W. L. pt. Technical 0.8 2 — — — b High School 0.8 1 1 — — 3 United — 1 1-2 Heretaunga — 1 — 1 0 Technical Old Boys again came to light with a three-pointer. The journey en route, however, was a little precarious at times. High School Old Boys found Heretaunga easy meat, and there were “no bones” after the meal. The batting averages of the team which commenced the Hawke Cup preliminary against Wairoa yesterday are given below. Judging by the figures, it would seem that the team is a pretty , strong ono all round:—

Owen is' the only one of the team picked who has not handled the ball. • • • Requiring just on a century to save an innings defeat, Heretaunga com menced their second strike with no wickets down for 22 against H. 5.0.8. But eight runs had been added when Beu th was caught. Then Gifford captured two wickets three runs later. Barely had the newcover arrived at the crease when Chadwick sent the opening batsman. White, to the pavilion with a nuarter of « century in hand. Chadwick also accounted for Paterson. When Yog therr and Fisher made up the nart nership. the score w.as merely 38 for five wickets. The two batsmen made n fair stand, though Vogtherr had three lives, two m succession off Gifford’s bowling. The partnership was not a lively one as Gifford kept the hitters thinking hard, and when Fisher had knocked tin- 21 he was clean-howled. The score was 65 when Mitchell came into the picture. Eleven runs later saw Vogtherr also clean-bowled, but Fitzgerald stayed at the .crease with his stone-wnlling. Gifford finished off the tail, but they compelled the Hastings lads to don the pads as a couple of runs were required to obtain a victory. A brace of leg-byes finished the game. The batting display was very disappointing. Gifford certainly was dangerous at times, but the Hastings lads played their cards like novices. They tried to stone-wall and thereby, perhaps, save an innings defeat. There is an old motto that one famous English captain used to quote i.e., “When up against it. go out and bang.” This is iust what Heretaunga should have done. The odds were overwhelmingly against them. Their only chance of doing anything in the way of a reversal was to pile up the runs quickly then get Oln Boys out'as quickly. At it was, the innings lasted a bare hour and flhalf. » » • Interest was well maintained in the game between Technical Old Boys v United, the winners of the opening series. Replying to United’s 143, the colts commenced the second day with a lead of a couple, and three wickets to spare. The tail tnanimM to add about 30 runs, and the innings closed for 176. giving United ~ handicap of 33. Stevens opened the second innings with Bickley, and after each had had a life—the o.ih chances missed throughout the match —they settled down. The deficiency was wiped out in good time, and n lead of 22 established when Stevens was caught in the long field aftci hitting a six and three fours in his tally of 27. Three runs later, Bickley fell for an easy catch in trying

find the boundary. His contribution of 30 included four fours. In the same over. Bradburn was sent back to his mates, while eight runs late, he was joined by Signa] and the score read 68 for 4. Bishop uno oents Kelly looked as if they were going to make a stand but the latter had barely settled down when he was caught behind the stumps. Spack man was the next in and out, afte> bringing the score to 91. Five runs later, Bishop was brilliantly iMiignt at point by E. Elliott after hitting three fours in his contribution of 2t At this stage the tea adjournment was declared, but United were not down-hearted, though they did ba»t seven wickets down for 96. Cane, the stone-waller, was in with Tern perton. who could score quickly if tie got going. The pair passed the century mark and were well set. th, fates beginning to show a little favour to United. Then the ui> expected happened. Sheppard, with a wonderful throw-in caught Cano, the backbone of the innings, afterway down the crease, Williams lasted a couple of balls, then King stayed at the crease while Temperton bur ried the score to 133, at which it closed.

Technical required 101 to win. Plested and Hardaker opened, but the fourth ball clean-bowled the latter. Temperton’s second over opened with Plested’s wicket, and the score read two for seven runs. O'Brien then came in with Sheppard, and the runs came merrily off Shep hard’s bat. The score was barely 50 when Shephard was missed by Stevens, then at 55 O'Brien went out to a good high one-handed catch by the same fielder. Cohen was the next in, and the pair continued to score freely. Shephard had two more lives tn quick succession but tne score went into treble figures with the pair unbeaten.

But for the enterprise of Snep hard. Tech, might have had a ven anxious time getting home to victory. It was the Tech.’s skipper who had virtually beaten United hy breaking the most dangerous partnership. then he set to work smacking un the runs. Luck certainly favoured him. but he took the only course to make sure of the victory, and his innings of 56 not out was full of interest and pep.

Early in the season “Mid-Off” drew attention to the throwing in bv the fielders. The advice was to bang away at a stump. Well. Shephard and his clan of colts are past-masters at this stunt. Shep., in the last two Saturdays, has actually thrownout two solid batsmen. Other teams would do well to follow the example of Technical when it comes to fielding. The colts have not a brilliant batting side, vet they have two clear-cut victories to their credit. Why ? Because they are able to dismiss their opponents for the minimum of runs through their excellent, smart and nippy fielding.

Batsman sowed their wild oats on Saturday, and the bowlers reaped the harvest. . There were some great averages in all grades, but there were three in the senior division that will take some beating. Gifford came to light at last, and his performance was a remarkable one. He had 12 overs, five of which wer c maidens, and he finished up with six wickets at a cost of 22 runs. The last four overs were maidens, and in three of them a W’icket was gleaned. Elliott was next on the list, with six wickets for 53 runs. lie had nine overs all told, and was lifted to he boundary half a dozen times, as well as being sent for a sixer. Spiekiimn continued his bowling from the boundary half a dozen times, as '.rickets lor -16.

In H.S. T1. Aver. Shephard* ... ... 3 91 161 80.50 Tempterton* . ... 3 115 155 77.50 Worker* .... ...3 118 147 73.50 Elliott, E.* .. ... 4 33 90 30.00 Evans* ... 3 41 53 26.50 White ... 4 36 94 23.50 O'Brien ... 4 28 73 18.25 Owen ... 3 17 89 13.00 Mitchell* .... ... 4 16 35 11.67 Von Sturmer ... 3 14 22 7.67 Pine .. 2 2 2 1.00 Note —*-Denotes noi • « t out. The bowling brigade are as averages of the follow: — same Wkts. Runs. Aver. White 4 27 6.75 Elliott. E. ... 12 92 7 67 Worker 3 24 8.00 Temperton Von Stunner 4 43 10.75 5 99 19.80 O’Brien 1 11 11.00 Pirie 11 138 12.51 Shephard 1 11 11.00 Evans 5 128 25.60 Mitchell 2 115 57.60