JUNIOR GRADE

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 28 November 1927, Page 3

JUNIOR GRADE

HASTINGS SECTION. WHAKATU v. TOMOANA. Tomoana defeated Whakatu by seven wickets. Whakatu in the first innings made 57 against; Tomoaua’s 97. Whakatu on Saturday were in good form and declared for 200 runs for 9 wickets (Gardiner 61, Fear 50, Webb 21). Tomoana also were in good form and knocked up the required 170 runs for the loss of three wickets (H. Spence 65 not out, Michael 39 not out, Mitchell 30). HIGH SCHOOL v. HASTINGS. School made 115 as against 65 by Hastings. On Saturday School made 108 (Irwin 40. Jones 21) leaving Hastings with a handicap of 160 to win. This proved too much as the innings closed for 127. Collinge was the outstanding batsman and compiled 85. HIGH SCHOOL 0.8. v. Y.M.C.A. Y.M.C.A.’s first innings .yielded 110 and Old Boys’ first innings gave them a lead of 10 runs. Y.M. in the second innings made 59 (Henry 21), and this allowed H. 5.0.8, to gain a three-point win by hitting up 52 for the loss of two wickets. NAPIER SECTION. UNITED v. TECHNICAL 0.8. B. United scored a three-point victory over Technical 0.8. B. Tech, carried their total from 209 in the second innings to 244 (Hawke 52 not out, Wilkie 45, Martin 30, Elmes 25, Jordan 25, McGregor 21). United required 205 to win and this they accomplished for the loss of two wickets (Pedlow 68.n0t out, Minett 61. Ewan 38 not out, and Seed 31). HIGH SCHOOL v. SCINDE B. High School had a lead of 86 over Scinde B on the first innings count. High School’s second innings realised 124 (Craig 36, Gilbertson 23, Seeker 20). Scinde required 231 to win but failed badly, the second strike realising only 93 (Olsen 37). H. 5.0.8. v. SCINDE A. High School 0.8. defeated Scinde A by one wicket after a race with time. On the first day Scinde made 196 and Old Boys 91 for 4 wickets which was increased to 168 (Broad 41, Phillips 28, Hooper 28). Scinde made 131 in the second innings (Fox 34, Mangellson 23) leaving Old Boys 161 to get in 90 minutes’ play. Hard hitting saw them turn the table bv knocking up 161, for the loss of 9 wickets, three minutes before time. Hooper 45 not out, Graham 36. Phillips 31, were the main match winners. MARYLEBONE v. FREE STATE. Capetown, Nov. 26. Against Free State at Bloemfontein, the Marylebone team lost seven wickets for 591 (declared). Legge made 120 and Holmes 279 not out. ■Coen took three for 80 and Travers two for 67. Free State have lost two wickets for 69 runs.—(A. and N.Z.) LOWRY HONOURED. WELCOMED BACK BY LOCAL CRICKETERS, PRESENTED WITH A GIFT On Saturday afternoon Tom Lowry, captain of the New Zealand team which recently returned home from a tour of England, was the recipient ot a silver cigarette and cigar casket from the cricketers of Hawke’s Bay. In making the presentation. Mr. E H Williams, president of the Hawke’s Bay Association, stated that the gift was a token of appreciation nnd recognition of the services of Lowry as contain of the New Zealand team. ‘ ‘We are very pro«d in Hawke’s Bav not only the fact that he was a member of the team, but that he was skipper. We are all of the one opinion that as captain he added considerably towards the success of the tour. On** ot his best qualifications was that he never (ot t batsman rest, but rung on the changes of bowling. That is a nolicy that should be encouraged and admired. 1 trust that bis example will

help Hawke’s Bay to occupy the position that it should have held long ago—the premier province at the Dominion, and we are going lo work towards that end.” “Plav cricket,” was th* advice given by the guest of honour on rising to thank the cricketers tor their token of appreciation. Lowry assured his hearers that the team were quite an easy lot to look after, and he was glad to say they were the forerunner of many another to the Old Country, the next probably at the end of four years. The South Africans, he said, went to England four times before they were offered a test, but the authorities had offered New Zealand a test on the next tour. It showed that they thought something of the team’s cricket. Well, to come back to the team itself', the batting was quite good, the bowling indifferent, and the fielding terrible. It was the fielding that would have to be looked to in future tours, and nobody who could not field would be picked. Referring briefly to cricket in Hawke's Bay, he urged the players to be keen to represent their province and not have the experience of last season when a team was selected to go after the Hawke Cup. Annual leave could well be taken on such trips, and so overcome the difficulty of having to ask for a few days off. Every effort should be made to capture the Hawke Cup, and until they gained possession of that they could not get into the limelight.