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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9378, 23 February 1909, Page 5

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WANGANUI COLLEGE v.

MARTON

The Wanganui Collegiate School and Marton Club teams played a match on the Huutly School ground kindly lent by Mr Mather. The pitch was in good order, the ground remarkably fast, and the weather perfect. The visitors’ captain (Sms) won the toss from H. F. Arkwright, the Marton captain, and decided to bat. The start was made at 10.30 and it was at once seen that the home team’s fielding was all at sea. Want of practice, the fast grouud and too of the field, with bowling not at its best either, made things very strange for the clnb. Up to Inncheon the fielding was distinctly bad. After the lunch and consequent break, both fielding and bowling improved, and though then only five wickets were down for 170 runs, the rest fell for an addition only of about 40 runs. The batting of nearly all the boys was very nice indeed, Williams 35, Sim 43, and Bay ley 34 being the more successful, while extras 18 helped to raise the score to the respectable total of 214, Then the Club team commenced batting with Hussey and Arkwright./ But here luck was out rather than want of skill. Hussey made £two singles and was clean bowled by Sim, with a* hall which usually the batsman would have had no difficulty in dealing with. Arkwright was caught out very soon. Broad was clean bowled by Sim, Ross was caught out, all for 11 runs. Marshall, who went in on the fall of the first wicket, was hatting steadily and improving, but when ha had made 17 he also was clean bowled, and so the procession continued until in a very short time Marton were all cub for 37. The bowling, although effective, was not difficult, but the fielding was much less stiff and much more clean than that' of the home team. The Club followed on and Hussey 63, Marshall 32,’ Ross 89, and K. S. Fullerton-Smith did all the scoring. Even extras did not reach double figures, for the boys judiciously fielded deep and had their wicket keeper well back. The second innings of Marton yielded 216 runs. Hut the 214 of the boys was the more meritorious, for undoubtedly they had the more difficult bowling to negotiate. However, “Toby” Ross’s innings was-one of the best features of the match. Toby has a coffin board of maiie or some other hard wood into which is fitted the handle, of a bat. With this weapon he smites with ease and force. The “leather” streaks along the ground or crashes, like an iron cannon ball of olden time, through fences and’hranches of trees. It also hits hoys’ shins and chases up to their chins, and strikes other parts of their anatomy with grievous results. By these means the batsman made the top score, which included 13 fours. He only gave one chance, which was _,takeu. As the train had to he caught stumps were drawn at 5.45. The scholars went home rejoicing They also left their opponents very happy after a very pleasant day’s real sport. And Mr j Mather’s kindness in lending the grouud and entertaining both teams to lunch and tea was quite half of the- day’s enjoyment. To some it savoured still of the good old days at Home, when the scoring tent was pitched on the Squire’s ground in the match of “The Parson’s Eleven against The World.” Scores: — ' THE SCHOOL.—First Innings. Williams, c Hussey, b Ross .. 35 Wheeler, b Signal!.; .. 37 Fullerton-Smifch, b Signal .. 7 Jacob, b Broad .. 8 Sim ,1 h.w., b Hussey .. 48 Bayley, run out .. 34 Waihi, b Broad .. 19 Andrae. not out .. 33 Price, b Signall .. 1 Sheriff, b Broad .. 0 Ormond, b Broad .. 0 Extras .. 18 Total .. 314 Bowling analysis : Broad 4 for 53, Hussey, 1 for 69, Ross 1 for 38, Signal 3 for 33, Arkwright 0 for 13. MARTON. —First Innings. Hussey, b Sim ..' 3 Arkwright, o Bayley, h Williams 1 Marshall, b Williams .. 17 B. Broad, b Williams .. 1 Ross, c Sim .. 0 K. S. Fullerton r Smitli, c Price,

b Williams 5 J. D. Smith, b Williams .. 0 A. Siguall, 1.b.w., b Williams .. 6 O. S. Rawson, c FullertonSmith, b Sim .. 2 Kerr, b Williams .. 3 Wilson, not out .. 0 Extras .. 1

Total .. 37 Bowling analysis: Williams 8 for 22, Sim 2 for 14. MARTON.—Second Innings. Hussey, o and b Pnce .. 53 Arkwright, b Sim ~4 Marshall, o Bayley, b Price .. 33 Broad, c Williams, b Andrae .. 3 Ross, o Bayley, b Williams .. 89 Fnllerton-Ssnith, b Sim .. 25 J. D. Smith, b Williams .. 0 A. Signall, c Fullerton-Smith, b Williams .. 0 Rawson, o Barker, b Sim .. 6 Kerr, b Sim 0 Wilson, not out 0 Extras .. 5 Total .. 316 Bowling analysis : Williams 3 for 47, Sim 4 for 52, Wheeler 0 for 18, Price 0 for 39, Andrae 1 for 41, Ormond 0 for 14.