ROTORUA GAMES

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 373, 7 November 1932, Page 7

ROTORUA GAMES

HIGH SCH.OOL B, ALBION AND CITY TEAMS WIN FIRST CENTURY TO HARWOOD Although the eonditions were not ideal for crlcket, the first series of matches in the Rotorua Cricket Assoeiation's coinpetition for the McLean Cup was completed on Saturday, ; the games being confined to one day's play owing to earlier postponements. i High School B, Albion and City | were the successful teams and throughout the matches, some good opening scores wensi made. The honour of the first century of the season went to W. G. Harwood, who was alI most the only contributor to the High ! School B total. On the Rotorua High School ground, Alhion met High School A and de- ! feated them hy 48 runs on the first I innings with the loss of eight wickets. High School batted first and two i wickets went cheaply both Hinton and ] Hampson failing to open their ac- j ! cofint. Dawson, however, wfio had ' ; accompanied Hinton to the crease as , > an opening hatsman, collected runs ' steadily and received a measure of ! assistance from Beale who compiled J 10 runs before being stumped hy I j Gresham off Hinton. Y/hen 28, Dawson i failed to connect with a fast one i from Sutherland, thus ending an inj valuable innings for his sida. Higgins | (10) and Brooker (19) were the only j other High- School batsmen able to ' cope with the _ accurate bowling of j Sutherland, Lenihan and Hinton and i the innings closed for the moderate j total of 85 runs. ! J. Hinton and Burton commenced ! well for Albion and both were going j quietly but well when Brooker got one I past Hinton, who had scored 19 runs. | McGill failed to stay, Hinton taking | the wicket in his first over, the newj comer being Gresham, who by steady [ play passed the half century mark. j Shortly afterwards, however, he was | run out, his contribution of 52 being a very vaiuable knock. Others to hat i well were Lenihan (17), Sutherland i (9) and Lewis (8 not out) and when ! stumps were drawn, Albion were the ' winners hy 48 runs. j Following are the detailed scores: i HIGH ! SCHOOL A i First Innings : Hinton, b Sutherland .... 0 j Dawson, b Sutherland 28 , Hampson, b Lenihan 0 ! Beale, std Gresham, b Hinton .... 10 j Higgins, b Sutherland .... 10 j Alexander, b Sutherland , .... 5 Matthews, b Lenihan 0 Burghan, b Hinton 5 Clark, b Sutherland 0 Brooker, b Lenihan 19 Devine, not out 3 ! Extras 5 : Total 85 Bowling: Sutherland took five wickets for 26 runs; Lenihan, 3 for 11; Burton, none for 17; J. Hinton, 2 for 28. ALBION First Innings Hinton, b Brooker 19 Burton, std Dawson, b Hinton .... 23 McGill, caught, b Hinton 0 Gresham, run out 52 Sutherland, b Hinton 9 Lenihan, c and b Alexander 17 Penno, b Hinton 0 Lewis, not out 8 Targett, c and b Alexander 0 Extras .... 5 Total for eight wickets .... 133 Bowling: Brooker took one wicket for 16 runs; Matthews, none for 21; Hinton four for 37; Alexander two for 16; Hampson, none for 31; Higgins, none for 7. CITY V. OLD BOYS Playing Old Boys at the Government Grounds, City put up a good performance with the bat and were enabled to declare with the loss of 5 wickets for 182 runs. Old Boys were unequal to the task and lost their last wicket on the call of time for only 87 runs, thus giving City an easy victory by 95 runs. Harding and Davis were the opening pair for City and both steadily settled down to run getting, taking the total to 40 before Davis was caught by Lawrence off Pipson after compiling 17 runs. Becoming associated with Harding, S. Godsalve opened with three boundary hits and later hit tre first "sixer" of the season. Harding was also going strongly and the pair sent the scoring rate along quickly until the partnership ended with the total at two wickets for 106 runs. Both batsmen had played soundly, Harding making 53. runs and Godsalve 49. The next man, Alexander, was also in scoring mood and before being caught by Heley off Musgrave had knocked .up 33 runs, 24 of this total havmg been secured with boundary shots. Bowden failed to last but Reed, who played -out the innings hii| both Musgrave and Heley out of the ground in making his undefeated 16 runs. With 183 runs to win, Old Boys started quietly and lost the first three Wickets for 21 runs. It was Matthews and Lawrence who temporarily stopped the "rot" for Old Boys, the former making a well compiled 27 runs before being caught behind the sticks hy Mason. Lawrence made a handy 20 runs but after being caught off Harding, the tail collapsed quickly and City won ahnost on time hy an easy margin. Details: — CITY First Innings Harding, b Heley 53, Davis, c Lawrence, b Pipson 17 Godsalve, Ibw, b Neeson 49 Alexander, c Heley, b Musgrave 33 Reed, not out 46 Bowden, c Godsalve, b Musgrave 0 Extras .... 14 Total for 5 wickets 182 Bowling: Keane took no wickets for 31 runs; Heley one for 31; Musgrave two for 41; Pipson, one for 22; Neeson, one for 23; Matthews, none for 20. 1 OLD BOYS ) First Innings Pipson, b -Reed .7 .... 7' Musgrave, lbw b Harding 9 ' Heley, c and b Godsalve .... .... 5 Keane, b Reed 5 Matthews, c Mason, b Alexander 27 Godsalve, lbw", b Davis .... .... 8

Lawrence, c Lockie, b Harding 20 Ewert, c sub. b Godsalve 1 Hampson, not out 4 ■ Neeson, lbw b Alexander 0 . Lewis, run out 0 Extras .... 1 Total 87 Bowling. Godsalve took two wickets for 27 runs; Reed two for 15; Harding : two for 17; Bowden none for 9; Davis one for 13; Alexander, two for 0; Lockie none for 4. HIGH SCHOOL B COLLAPSE In the High School B versus Ngongotaha game the former team secured the deeision by 31 runs, notwithstanding practically a complete failure by the batsmen. In the first innings High School compiled 129 runs, the total being made mainly off the hat of W. G. Harwood, who secured the first century of the season with a score of 115 not ont. Included in the score were 13 fours and the last . stroke which produced six. Receiving no support from his team mates, the hatsman averted wh'at might easily have been the most dismal batting ; display in local cricket circles. Harris was the most successful bowler tried by Ngongotaha, his figures being five wickets for 17 off eight overs. Ngongotaha also commenced disastrously and six wickets were down for 36 runs but the tail wagged to good purpose and 99 runs had been scored when the tenth wicket fell. The last man, Dawson, secured the highest total with an undefeated 22 runs, D. Hansen (17) and Turton (14) being th'e next best scorers. Details: — HIGH' SCHOOL B First Innings Harwood, not out 115 Ewert, lbw, b Sayers 2 Carter, b Ellig 0 Simpson, lbw, b Harris 0 Barber, b Harris 0 Hayden, b Harris 2 Ashby, b Beaumont i ...„ ...^ 7 Buchan, b Ellis 0 Egdell, b JHarris 1 Pitcaithiey, c Craig, b Hanson .... 0 Haycock, b Harris 0 Extras 2 Total 129 Bowling: Beaumont took one wicket for 39 runs; Ellis, two for 32; Sayers one for 6; Hansen, two for 24; Harris, five for 17. NGONGOTAHA Harris, run out 2 Sayers, caught, b Ashby 9 F, Hansen, b Ashby 10 Craig, b Ashby 5 D. Hansen, c Brooker, b Harwood 17 Ellis, c Egdell, b Brooker 1 Beaumont, b Ashby 5 Pitts, b Harwood 14 H. Turton, c Brooker, b Harwood 9 S. Turton, b Harwood 1 Dawson, hot out ....• ' 22 Extras 4 Total gg Bowling: Ashby took four" wickets for 38 runs; Brooker one for 19; Harwood four for 36.