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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5235, 6 February 1928, Page 3

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} TE AROHA B DEFEATED. CENTURY SCORED BY STACK. The Piako Cricket Association’s competition was continued on January 28, when the Paeroa A team secured an easy victory over the Te Aroha B eleven at Te Aroha, gaining a two-point win. ®j§; home side batted, first and was, dismissed for 61 runs, of which number *Cleave (13), Leese (11), and Stanley-(11) were the chief scorers, innings produced 259, and feature of the play was the batting by Stack, who compiled a neat century, including sixteen! 4’s. Time did ; permit of a second innings being played. Following are the; details:— TE AROHA B. Cleave, lbw., b Dare 13 T. Turner, c and-h Dare 6 Harrison, b Stack ... 3 Leece, c and b Dare 11 Jackson, c and b Dare 2 Holmes, b Dare ......... I 2 McGirr, b Dare 0 Munroe, not out • 0 Stanley, thrown out ........... 10 Stoupe, c and b Stack 8 Timmins, b Flower 1 Extras 5 Total 61 Bowling Analysis.—Flower took 1 wicket for 29 runs; Dare, 6 for 14 ; Stack, 2 for 13; X : PAEROA A; '-W. Taylor, c Holmes, b Turner 0 G. Sale, c Cleave, b Harrison .. 39 G. Stack, c Holmes, b Timmins, 100 W. Flower retired injured 52 J. Verran, ,b Timmins 23 , F, Dare, not out 0 > H. Harrison, c Stanley, b Turner 7 S- J. Rackham, retired • 1 t P. Meachem p Cleave, b Turner 6 H. M. Shanld, c Cleave, b Turner 3 J. Martin, c Holmes, b Turner 19 Extras • • 9 Total ' 259 , PAEROA SCHOOL’S VICTORY. MATCH AGAINST COMBINED BOYS. Last week a team representing the Paeroa District High School" played a match against a boys’ combined team and secured a comfortable win. In the first innings the school team made 51 runs), smith, with 21, being the chief contributor. Un) the second' innings School made 120, Hardman (42) . and Smith (21) being the top scorers. In the combined team’s first innings -34 runs were compiled, White (1 O') and P. Barclay (9)' being the chief scorers. ) In all departments thei play of both sides was; good. PLAINS COMPETITION. LAST SATURDAY’S MATCHES. The fifth series of matches in the i; second round of the Hauraki Plains Cricket Association’s inter-club competition was played on Saturday. Kopuarahi (125) drew with, Waitakaruru (66 for eight wickets), Turua (87) beat Ngatea (81), and Kaihere (141 for one .wicket) secured a - three-point win from Pipiroa (17 and 50). The TUrua club is, now assured of winning the competition. The 'outstanding batsmen of the various teams on the day were: KoR. Connors (42), T. O’Carroll (19), Rus. Green (17), H. Candy (17)* and E. Gill (14) ; Waitakaruru, C. Stretton (33), F. Donaghy (7); Turua, "Jk D. Maekltev (33), H. Owens and L. Pentecost (17); Ngatea, S. Phillips (19), R. Wellington (12), and F.- Nicol (11) ; Kaihere, A. J. McDonald (66 not out), A. Thompson (41 ■not out), and F. Woodbridge (19). The best bowlers on the day were: Waitakaruru, C. Stretton 3 for 23, A. McPherson 3 for 25 ; Kopuarahi, L. - Candy 2 for 1, T. McKay 4 for 12; Ngatea, R. Wellington 2 for 6, R. Cornthwaite 2 for 3. WAITAKARURU V. KOPUARAHI. KOPUARAHI. Rus Green, c Duffin, b McPherson 17 H. Kerby, c Duffin, b Stretton . • 0 ' L. Candy, b Stretton ............ 1 - C. Miller, c Walsh, b Dortaghy .. 1 R. Connors, b McPherson 42 T. McKay, c Hedges, b McPherson 7 •fe’Candy, c McPherson b Donaghy 17 E. Gill, b Donaghy ... 14 J. Marceau, b Duffin 4 T. Qarroll, c Stretton, b C. Stretton .. 19 Roy Green, not out • 2 Extras 1 , Total / 125 Bowling Analysis— A. McPherson took 3 wjckets for 25 runs; C. Stretton, 3 for 23 ; F. Donaghy, 3 for 37; R. Walsh; 0. for 24 ; E. Duffin; 1 for 15. ; WAITAKARURU. ' L. Berney, c Gill, b McKay 2 S. Donaghy, c Marceau, b Gill .. 2 R. Walsh, c McKay, b Gill 1 N. Hedges, c Connors, bL. McKay 1 Stretton, c Gill, b McKay .... 33 A. McPherson, c Gill, b Green .. 6 F. Donaghy, c Candy, b McKay 7 E. Duffin, c Connors, b McKay .. 6 F. Stretton, not out 2 C. Wilton, not out 0 Extras 6 Total for. 8 wickets . 66 , Bdwling Analysis.—E. Gill, took 2 wickets) for I'4 runs ; R. "Connors, 0 for 7 ; T. McKay, 4 for 12 ; L. Candy, > 2 for 1; H. Candy, 0 for 1; Rus. > Green, 1 for 24. NGATEA V. TURUA. TURUA. D. Macklow, b Wellington •. • • 33 ’A. H. Sutton, b Phillips • • 0 Jenkins, c Boyne, b Phillips •• - • 3 H. Owens, b Cornthwaite 18 F. Bell, b Wellington 3 SchPfield, c Gribble b Cornthwaite 3, M. Madgwick, b Phillips 3 k N. Green, b Jackson 2 L. Pentecost, c Shaw, b Phillips 17 McCormack, c Jackson, b King ... 2

Quinn, not out 1 Extras 2 Total . 87 Bowling Analysis.—S. Phillips, took 4 wickets for 25 runs; B. King, 1 for 11 ; R. Cornthwaite, 2 tor 3; N. Boyne, 0 for 7; W. Chappell, 0 for 6 ; R. Wellington, 2 for 6 ; J. Gribble, O' for 17 ; J. Jackson. 1 for 10. NGATEA. J. Gribble, b Macklow 10 R. Wellington, b Jenkins 12 W. Chappell, c Sutton, b Jenkins 6 R. Cornlthwaite, b Macklow •••• 3 S. Phillips, c Macklow, b Bell • • 19 F. Nicol, c Sutton, b Madgwick • • H N. Boyne, c Schfield, b Macklow 7 B. King, b Macklow 1 J. Jackson, c Macklow, b Madgwick 1 J. Shaw, not out 0 A. Hendry, c Quinn, b Owens •• • 0 Extras • 2 Total 81