CRICKET

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2234, 3 February 1921, Page 3

CRICKET

After an interval of some years Victoria Park, again resounded with the impact of bat and ball yesterday, when a Levin eleven paid a visit to try conclusions with a local team. Contrary to expectations, Fox ton put up a good stand against their opponents, the game ending in a draw, the scores being Levin 70, Foxton 70. The Foxton team previously selected was unable to be present, and Mereeis> Huntley and C. Francis were accepted to till the vacancies. L. J, Furrie skipped the local eleven, and Keys the visiting team. The Foxton bowling was done by Reeve, Hirini, Procter, Westwood and Mercer. For Levin, Patrick, W. Clark,

Keys, Williams, E. Clark and O’Connor delivered the leather. Foxton elected to bat first, and the innings opened with Furrie and Hirini at the wicket., Furrie was given out l.b.w. when his score stood at 15, after a good display, of batting. The best score was put up by L. Mercer, who scored 19, with C. Francis 13 not out. For Levin, O’Connor’s score stood at 25, when lie was caught by Westwood, off Hirini, 1-'. Williams being next best at 12. Owing to the 'holding nature of the grounds the runs were kept down to a minimum, the ball failing to travel freely off good hits. The following are the details: — FOXTON. Furrie, 1.b.w., b Patrick 15 K. Hirini, c Clark, b Patrick 2 . R. Burnett, bW. Clark C H. Claris, b W. Clark 0 S. Reeve, b W. Clark 0 Clms. Procter, run out 2 C. Francis, not out 13 L. Mercer, b O’Connor 19 W. Bullard, st. Farland, b O’Connor 1 E. Huntley, b O’Connor 0 G. Westwood, b O’Connor 9 Extras 9 70 LEVIN. (1. Cooper, b 8. Reeves o F. Williams, b Hirini • 12 Keys, b Hirini 0 Farland, st. Furrie, b Hirini -I Patrick, b Reeves 0 O’Connor, c Westwood, b Hirini 25 W. Clark, b Hirini 1 W, Walker, c Reeves, b Westwood o E. Clark, run out 3 Dufresne, : c Claris, b Mercer 2 Buyliss, not out 1 Extras 0

Afternoon tea was provided by the local team. At the close of tho game Mr Furrie expressed pleasure at the visit of the Levin players, and hoped that it would he the forerunner of many such visits. Next year an endeavour will be made to form a club in Foxton. Mr Keys, on liehalf of Levin team, returned thanks, and said a hearty welcome would await Foxton when they visited Levin to play a return match shortly. He hoped Foxton would affiliate with the Ilorowhenua Association. At the conclusion of the match the scorebook showed that Levin had won the match by a margin of two runs, but this morning the Levin players communicated with Foxton, and intimated that an error had been made in taking down the scores, and that the game had ended in a draw. This sportsman like action, mi the part of Levin is much appreciated by their Foxton opponents.

HE A THCOTE-WILLIAMS SHIELD.

The cricket match for the Heath-f*ote-Williams Shield between Palmerston North High School and Waitaki High School was concluded on the iiecreati.on Grounds, Palmerston North, yesterday. The result was a somewhat easy win for the local boys by an innings and IGI runs. Palmerston had made the line score of -540 in the. first inning-, and when Waitaki had.completed their initial strike yesterday morning their score stood at 274, They followed on. Their good display in the first innings had led to the belief that they would give even a better showing in their next attempt, but, on the whole, their exhiliiiou was rather disappointing, as they compiled only 111. The good bowling of the local hoys and the slate of the wicket probably accounted for their failure to reproduce I heir first- day’s form.