CRICKET.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5377, 21 January 1929, Page 2

CRICKET.

MATCH AT PAEROA. WAITOA DEFEATS LOCAL TEAM. On Saturday tire Piako cricket competition was advanced a further step. The Waitoa eleven visited Paeroa and succeeded in gaining a victory by 21 runs. The visitors made a sc,ore of 118, Moore 59, Johnston 21, and! Perry H being the principal contributors. Bowling for Paeroa, Taylor was outstanding with five wickets for 5 runs. Paeroa’s innings saw 97 runs compiled (Meachem 23, Ball 18 not out, Howard retired 13 Knight 12). Mbbre took five wickets for 38 and. l Hansen three for 19. Following are the details : — WAITOA. Moore, c and b Taylor 59 Hansen, b Dare 3 Johnston, b Ball 21 Donovan, run out, b Edwards ... 1 Perry, c Meachem, b Stack 11 S.hirley, not out 8 Skudder, played on, b Taylor .... 2 Cede, c Dare, b Taylor 0 Coulter, c. Daje, b Taylor 0 Lynch, b Taylor • ••« 0 R. Perry, run out, b Stack 1 Extras a . 12 Total 118

Bowling Analysis.—Howard took 0 wickets for 19 runs ; Dare, 1 for 34 ; Ball, 1 for 21 ; Edwards, 0 for 13 : Stack, 1 for 17 ; Taylor, 5 for, 5.

PAEROA. Howard, retired Meachem, b Moore 23 Knight, lbw, b Moore 12 Taylor, c Johnston, b Moore .... 2 Stack, b Hansen \.... 8 Dale, c Johnston, b Hansen 7 Dare, b Moore 0 Ball, not but .... •• • • ........ 18 Edwards, b Hansen •• • 8 Fox, cR- Perry, b Perry ........ 0 Sanderson, b Moore 2 Extras 4 Total 97

Bowling Analysis.—Moore took 5 Wickets for 38 runs; Perry, 1 for 12; Shirley, 0 for 13 ; Johnston, 0 for 11; Hansen, 3 for 19. MATCHES ON THE PLAINS. LAST SATURDAY’S PLAY. An interesting stage in the Hauraki Plains Cricket Association’s inter-club competition was reached oh Saturday, when, the last series of matches of the present * programme was commenced. Up to the present the points won are as follows: Ngates 12, Waitakaruru 9, Kopuarahi 6, Orongo 6, Kaihere 3, Pipiroa 0. It was expected that Ngatea would establish a good lead against Kopuarahi, which had been beaten by Orongo on the tw« previous Saturdays, but Kopuarahi put up 121 and Ngatea made only 70. Unless this form is reversed at Ngatea next Saturday there is a chance that the competition Will require a play-off Waitakaruru made 96 against Kaihere, but took until 3.15 to do it, so with Kaihere’s score at 13 for two it is possible that a three-point win .will not be secured by the visiting team at Kaihere next Saturday, in .which case Ngatea will win the competition. Small scores were put up in the Orahgo-Pipiroa match at Orongo, the visitors making 34 and the soldiers 21.

The suggestion has been made that a further competition of. one round of one-day matches be held. There will probably be a meeting of the association this week to discuss the matter.