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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5227, 16 January 1928, Page 3

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r LAST SATURDAY’S MATCHES. WAITOA DEFEATS PAEROA B. The last games in the third round of the Piako Cricket Association's competition were played under ideal , weather conditions on Saturday afternoon. The match at the local domain was played between the Waitoa and Pacroa B teams, and resulted in a thre>eWpoiiit win for t)hq visitors. - Garner won the toss for Waitoa and sent the home team in to bat, the innings closing for 42 runs. The principal contributors were Rolton, played a fine free game for 15, jhml Roberts >lO. The visitors’ first innings produced only 34 runs, Garner and Souter, with 12 and 7 respectively, being the top scorers. In the second injvngs Paeroa made 44* runs, Fox (15) and Knight. (10) being the only players to rejacli double figure?. Requiring 53 runs for a-wln Waitoa batted in a second innings, and after compiling 83 runs for the loss, of three wickets then declared, the visitors winning by seven wickets and 31 runs. Moore (37) and Johnston (29) . played splendid not-out games and gavty tile home team a merry period of leather-hunting. Following are the details: — PAEROA B—First Innings. - L. Roberts, c and b Moore ....... 10 W. L. Lawrence, c Johnston, b Moore ® Ball, run out 0 JF. Knight, lbw., b Moore 7 • T J. M. Fox, c Johnston, b Perry .. 1 C. H. Rolton, c McLean, b Perry 15 J. Goonan, c and b Moore 0 C. Farrow, c Garner, b McLean • • 0 J. Fraser, st. Woodbridge, b McLean 3 W. Sanderson, not out 0 J. McQuillan, b Moore .......... 0 Total 42 Bowling Analysis.—Moore took 5 wickets for 25 runs; Perry, 2 for 17; McLean, 2 for 0. WAITOA—First Innings. Moore, b Knight 0 garner, run out 12 b Knight 0 Perry, run out ................ • 6 Johnston, b Ball •• • . 2 Woodbridge, c Rolton, b Knight J Hansen, b Knight 0 Souter, b Ball - 7 Addis, b Knight & Skudder, c and b Ball 1 Barrell, not out • 0 Extras 1 Total. 34 . Bowling Analysis.—Knight took 5 wickets for 9 runs.; Ball, 3 for 24. PAEROA B—Second Innings. L. Roberts, c Souter, b Moore ... 2 W." L. Lawrence, c Perry, b Moore 0 J. M. Fox, c and b Moore 45 F. Knight, run out ••• •’ 10 , W. Ball, c Johnston, b Perry .... 4 lc. Rolton, c Skudder, b Perry .. 2 ■ J. Fraser, c and b Souter 1 J. Goonan, b Sbuter ....... 0 J. McQuillan, c Hansen, b Souter 5 Sanderson, b Sou tew 2 Farrow, not out - .1 ‘ Extras 2 Total. 44 Bowling Analysis.—Moore tcck 3 wickets for 9 rims ; Perry, 2 for 21 ; Souter,'2 for 3; McLean, 2 for 4. WAlTOA—Second Innings, McLean, c Lawrence, b Ball ..■ . 5 Garner, c Roberts, b Ball 2 Moore, not out • 37 Perry, b Ball 8 Jobristonc, not out 29 Extras 2 Total 83 Analysis—Ball took 3 wickets fell- 25 runs ; Knight, 0 for 36 ; Fox, 0 for 17. PLAINS. MATCHES: The Hauraki Plains Cricket Association's inter-club competitions were continued on Saturday lagt. The; Kopuarahi club team secured 1 a three-point win against Orongo by getting 68 runs, to the 24 and 15 se<cured by Orongo. The only double figure scores; were obtained by RConnors ,31, and A. Cranston, 10. The outstanding bowlers were H. Candy, (6 for 3), p. Connors (3 flor 2 and 6 for 11). and N- Death (7 for 20). <At Waitakaruru the home team seJprprl 65, and Pipiroa 28 runs for the_ first innings, and 71 for the second. In Waitakaruru’s second innings 36 runs were knocked up for 5 wickets down, and a three-point win was thus gained.- , Big scoies were; recorded in the Ngatea-Kaiihere game, in which Kaihere secured a three-point win with a margin of as many runs- as the visi- , tors scored in their two innings. Kaihere/s score .was 14'5, of which A. J. McDonald accounted for 70 and J. Thompson, a new arrival in the dis- • trict, 33. Ngatea had only eight men, but played two Kaihere men in the team. The scores by Ngatea were 44 and 34, and Boyne (16) and King (16) ' were the only double-figure Scorers. are as follows :— * KOPUARAHI V. ORONGO. ( ORONGO—First Innings. A. McMillan, c Marceau, b Gill .. 2 B. Gardiner, c Candy, b Candy .. 2 <N. Death, b Connors 9 A- Bradley, c Gill, b Connors .... 6 T. Field, b Connors. 1 A, Cranston, c Miller,, b Connors 10 'B. Heenan, hit wicket, b Connors 1 J. b’Carroll, b Connors 3 j. Corbett, not'out ■ 0 C. Pearce, c Marceau, b Candy .. 0 j, Bowen, c and b Gill. 4 Extras 4 Total .. 24 Bowling, Analysis.—E. Gill toojk 2 pickets for 8 runs ; R. Connors, 6 for ; L. Candy, 2 for 1. KOPUARAHI. •©, Lawrence, c Cranston, b Death 2 j.. Marceau, c Field, b Death ••• • •’ 1 .\j* C. Miller, b Death 2 V s R. -Connors, b Death 34 Bus. Green, b Q’Carroll .... Gill, b Death • • - •

R*y. Green, b Death ® H. Candy, b Death 0 T. O’Carrpll,.b O’Carroll 8 H. Kerby, not out 1 L. Canldy, c Heenan, b O’Carroll 2 Extras • Total 88 Bowling Analysis.—N. Death took 7 wickets for 20 runs ; A. McM llan, 0 for 14 ; J- O’Carroll, 3 flor 11T. Field, 0 for 5 ; J. Coibett, 0 for 7. ORONGO—Second Innings. J. O’Carroll, bH. Candy ........ s A. McMillan, b Gill 4 A. Bradley, c Candy, b.H. Candy 3 N. Death, e O’Carroll, b Candy ■ ■ 4 T. Field, b Candy 0 A. Cranston, c Kerby, b Candy . • 0 B. Heerian, b Conmns 0 J. Corbett, e Candy, b Connors • • 0 'C. Pearce, c Marce,au, b Connors 0 J. Bowen, b Candy. 0 J. Gardiner, not out 1 Extras * 1 Total 15 Bowling Analysis.—E. Gill took 1 wicket for 9 runs ; R. Connors, 3 for 2 ; H. Candy, 6 for 3.