CRICKET.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4913, 9 December 1925, Page 4

CRICKET.

TE AROHA DEFEATS PAEROA. LAST SATUmDAY’S GAMES. The cricket season was formally commenced at the P.aeroa Domain on Saturday, when the local eleven played a .two-innings game against Te Aroha. The visitors won by the narrow margin of four runs. The Following were tile scores : - TE AROHA—First Innings Stanley, c Rolton, b Edwards — 0 Young, b Edwards u Mead, c Wilkinson, b Rix 0 Munro, c Rolton, b Edwards <> Wilson, c Wilkinson, b Shand -- 31 Turner, run out 1 Donoghue, c and b Farrow ? Wald, c Verran, b Shand « Leece, not out 2 Babb, b Shand 0 Hartley, b Shand 0 Extras ■ ‘ 1 Total. • 51 PAEROA—First Innings. Shand, c Young, b Wilson 2 Verran, c Young, b Wilson 0 Wilkinson, run out ( > Stack, run out 1 Edwards, run out 1 Rolton, b Turner ® Day, not out <J Rix. c and b Turner 4 Jenkinson, b Wilson ® Fox, b Wilson Farrow, b Turner 2 Extras 4 Total 29 TE AROHA—Second Innings. Hartley, b Rix 2 Babb, b Rix —— 6 Munro, b Rix 42 Leece, b Edwards, H Young , run out 2 Wilson, c Shand, b Edwards ? Mead, c Verran, b Edwards 7 Wald, b Farrow 9 Donoghue, not out 7 Stanley, c Verran, b Wilkinson 2 Turner, b Wilkinson 2 Extras 6 Total 73 PAEROA—Second Innings. Day, b Wilson — 9 Stack, c Wald, b Y r Qung 43 Wilkinson, b Mead Fox. c Stanley, b Mead Rix, b Wald G Verran, b Wilson 4 Tams, l.b.w. — — 3 Rolton, b Turner 10 Edwards, b Turner 6 Jenkinson, b Turner 4 Farrow, not out 3 Extras 3 Total ■ 91 The prospects for a successful season in Paeroa this year look quite bright, and there appears to be little doubt that there is plenty of material offering. In common with every class of sport, practice is essential if any headway is. to be made and, success achieved. In this respect the Paeroa club ahs done very little so far .this season, but with the acquisition of a, practice net and the improved playing facilities! at the domain an enjoyable season is confidently looked forward to.

HAUHAKI PLAINS MATCHES. AVAITAKARURU AND'PIPIROA. WIN The final matches of ’ the first round of the Hauraki Plains Cricket Association’s competition were played •on Saturday, Waitakaruru and Pipiroa securing .two-point wins, from .Raihere and Kopuarahi. With the exception of Kaihere all :’the teams now have two two-point wins to their credit. Following are the details, of the match at Kaihere :— .WAITAKARURU. Hedges, b McDonald — 4 ■Clarke, c and b Nolan 22 ■Crockford, b Nolan . —— 2 •Griffiths, b McDonald. '■ 3 McPherson, b Woodbridge 43 Stretton, c and b Woodbridge — 17 Phillips, not out - 19 ■Martin, c and b Woodbridge 9 Harriman, c and b Woodbridge — ' 2 Dalton, b Boyd 9 Scott,, b Boyd 9 Extras 3 Total 83 Bowling Analysis.—Boyd, 2 for 14 > McDonald, 2 for 23 ; Nolan, 2. for 12 ; Prince, 0 for 18 ; Woodbridge, 4 for 15. KAIHERE. Woodbridge, b McPherson. 26 McDonald, st, b McPherson Prince, b Phillips 9 Nolan, b Crpckford 9 G. Woodbridge, b Stretton 5 Richardson,; b Clarke s McLoughlin, b McPherson — 19 Nelson, b McPherson 5 Boyd, c Phillips, b Clarke — — 2 Elvidge, b Griffiths :3 Berney, not out —— —- Total 65 Bowling ■ Analysis.—McPherson, 4 for 12 ; Phillips, 1 for 16 ; Crockfo'rd, 1 for 11; Clarke, 2 for 4; Stretton, 1 Iw 13 ; Griffiths, 1 for 9. Details of thb Kopuarahi match

PIPIROA. E. Galvin, b Death 4 F. -Wallis, b Gill 0 H. Dalgety, b Whitwell 3 W. O’Neil, c Green, b McKay — 3 Knox, st., b McKay 4 D. Dalgety, run out 0 P. Clark, c Whelan, b Death 1 V. Canning, b Field, 2 C. Parfitt, 1.b.w., b Death 0 T. • Perkins, not out 8 E. Laing, c Green, b McKay 9 Extras, 7 . Total 49 Bowling Analysis.—Gill, 1 for 6, Death, 3 for 17 ; McKay, 3 for 3 ; Field, 1 for 4 ; Whelan, 1 for 4. KOPUARAHI. ’ N. Death, b O’Neil 9 R, Whelan, c Dalgety, b Canning 2 L. James, b Canning 9 T. McKay, b O’Neil 4 T. Field, b Canning 49 I. Beddie, b Canning 3 R. Green, c O’Neil, b Canning, __ 2 J. Marceau, c Parlitt, b Canning G J. Sloane, b O’Neil 4 T. Gill, b O'Neil 4 B. Lawrence, not out — 4 Extras 4 Total 39 Bowling Analysis.— Canning. 6 for 12 ; O’Neil, 4 for 13 ; J. Knox, 0 for 9.