CRICKET.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 928, 8 December 1910, Page 3

CRICKET.

On the Park pitch yesterday afternoon the local cricketers scored their first win this season by defeating Himatangi by six wickets. Himatangi was without the serivices of Redgrave and could only muster ten men, whilst the local club had perhaps the strongest eleven they have put into the field this season. Himatangi batted first and were all disposed of for 57, of which Bethuue contributed 20. Of the local bowlers Howe was in good form, being responsible for the downfall of five of the visiting batsmen. He bowled a real good length all through and in his sixth over bowled four men thus accomplishing the coveted hat trick. The Foxtonians considered that as Himatangi had put up such a small total they had a win in sight on the first innings, but the batsmen failed miserably before the bowling of Bethuue and Wilton and the total score amounted to only 20. Bethune secured seven wickets for 17 runs. As it was still early in the afternoon it was decided to continue play and Himatangi again went to the wickets but did not make as good a stand as before, the innings closing for 35 runs. It was now almost six o’clock and in order to win it was absolutely necessary to force the batting. Robinson instructed his men to hit out and by this means the necessary number was secured for the loss of four wickets. During the afternoon the visitors were entertained at afternoon tea by the local team. The following are the scores. Himatangi.—lst Innings. Rori, b Howe ... ... 6 Witton, c Robinson, b Evans 7 Bethuue, run out ... ... 20 Barber, run out ... ... 3 Uavey, b Howe ... ... 8 Raikes, b Howe ... ... 0 Bradey, c Howe o Robinson, run out 8 Toki, not out 4 Funnell, b Howe o Extra 1 Total 57 Bowling analysis.—W. Howe, 5 wickets for 28 runs ; Evans, 1 for 27 ; Whibley, o for 1. Second Innings. Rori, c Howe ; 2 Witton, c Robinson, b Whibley ... ... ... 6 Bethune, b Whibley ... 1 Barber, b Love 9 Davey, b Whibley 2 Raikes, b Whibley 2 Bradey, b Whibley 0 Robinson, not out 6 Toki, b Whibley 4 Funnell, b Love ... ... 0 Extras ... ... ... 3 Total 35 Bowling analysis.— Love, 2 wickets for 5 runs ; Whibley, 6 for 15 ; W. Howe, 1 for 12. Foxton.—First Innings. Whibley, c and b Bethune ... 24 W. Howe, b Bethune ... 1 Munro, b Bethuue o Ward, b Bethune o Love, cFunnel, b Bethune ... 4 Clenberg, b Bethuue o Robinson, cßori, bßethune ... 3 Littlejohn, b Witton 0 Evans, b Witton 1 Bullard, thrown out 0 L. Howe not out 1 Extras 5 Total 39 Bowling analysis,—Bethuue, 7 wickets for 17 runs; Witton, 2 for 17. Second Innings. Whibley, c and b Bethuue ... 4 Robinson, b Bethune ... 10 Munro, c and b Bethune ... 10 Love, b Witton 0 Clingberg, notout 13 W. Howe, not out 12 Extras ... ... ... 7 Total for four wickets ... 56 Bowling analysis.—Bethuue, 3 wickets lor 16 runs ; Witton, 1 for 29 ; Toki, 0 lor 4. At the annual meeting of the Foxton Cricket Club, Mr H. S. Munro signified his intention ot presenting a bat to the member of the Club securing the best batting average in the Shield matches, and Mr W. S. Stewart is giving a ball for the best bowling average in the same matches. The following table shows the averages of the players at present in the running : BATTING.

The cricket match South Africa v. an Australian XI was concluded on Monday, the weather being very oppressive. The attendance was large. South Africa continued their second innings on a good wicket. With the score at 197 for eight wickets South Africa declared their innings closed. The Australians opened their second innings splendidly, and when time was called had lost five wickets for 203, leaving them only 7o runs behind. The match was drawn.

Not AverInnings. Runs. Out age. Whibley 4 43 0 10.75 Clingberg 4 20 2 10. Howe 4 29 I 9.66 Munro 4 22 0 5-5 Robinson 4 22 0 5-5 BOWLING. AverOvers. Runs ets. age. Whibley 27 42 9 4.66 Howe 22 65 12 541 Love 14 48 5 9.6