CRICKET.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXV, Issue 4769, 29 October 1924, Page 2

CRICKET.

local season opens. MATAURA DEFEATS PAEROA. Tire first cricket match of this season to be held in Paeroa was played at the domain on Monday, when the Mataura (Waihi) eleven defeated the local team by the narrow margin of six runs. The weather was fine, with a slight westerly wind. There were a number of interested spectators present during the day. Considering that it was the first match of the season, so far as the local club was concerned, some very interesting cricket was played, and the local eleven put up a very goolg. showing against their more experienced opponents, who were last year’s winners of the senior competition at Waihi This season .the Paeroa has several young players of promise, and given a reasonable amount of practice they should give a good account of themselves before very long. The fololwing were the scores; — MATAURA—First Innings. McDade, b Stevens * Saunders, b Edwards f Leopold, 1.b.w., b Stevens 2 Warby, b Stevens 9 Carter, c Halliday, b Farrow __ 15 Hearne, b Stevens 2 Manning, run out 1 Martinson, c Rolton, b Farrow '(T' i Lowry, b Stevens 0 Hadfield, not out H lack, c Halliday, b Farrow — I Extras I 3 Total 67 Bowling Analysis.—Stevens, 5 for 21; Edwards, 1 for 15 ; Farrow, 3 fur 17. PAEROA —Flint Innings. Stevens, b McDade - 4 Pivott, b McDade i 6 Wilkinson, c Lowry, b Saunders. '.O Hallinay, b McDade 1 Shand, b McDade 2 Curtis, b McDade 9 Gibson, b Saunders 0 Southby, c Warby, b Saunders 0 Rolton, b McDade 19 Edwards, c Leopold, b Saunders Farrow, not out Extras 2 Total 83 Bowling Analysis.—McDade, 6 for 21; Leopold, 1 for 14 ; Saunders, 4 for 46. MATAURA—Second Innings. McDade, b Stevens 0 Saunders, b Edwards 1Leopold, 1.b.w., b Stevens 0 Warby, b Stevens 2 Carter, c Farrow, b Edwards — 3 Hearne, c Rolton, b Stevens — 29 Manning, b Stevens — 6 Martinson, c Farrow, b Edwards 47 Lowry, b Edwards — 6 Hadfield, not out 0 Tack, c Rolton, b Edwards — 61 Extras 5 Total Bowling Analysis.—Stevens, 5 for 4'3 ; Edwards, 5 for 33 ; Farrow, 0. for 9 ; Shand, 0 for 15. C PAEROA—Second Innings. Stevens, c Saunders, b Leopold 15 Pivott, c Jack, b McDade 17 Wilkinson, c and b Leopold — 5 Hahiday, b Carter 26 Shand, b Carter 16 Curtis, b Carter 0 Gibson, b Carter 9 Southby, b Leopold 9 Rolton, c and b Leopold 0 Edwards, not out — 9 Farrow r , b Carter 9 Extras 1 Total £3 Bowling Analysis.—McDade, 1 for 20 ; Leopold, 3 for 32 ; Carter, 5 for 0 : Hadfield, 0 for 9 ; Saundens, 0 18. '