SCHOOL CHALLENGED

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 388, 24 November 1932, Page 6

SCHOOL CHALLENGED

GREAT MATCH WON BY ROTARIAN'S FIRST THIRTEEN . FINE SCORING The High School cricket field was the scene of a really Homeric eontest yesterday when a picked team from the Rotorua Rotary Cluhj played a one-innings match with a school eleven. Why the old "has beens" sought this eontest it is hard to discover, hut apparently the boys had sh'own them something in the way of rhetoric at lasti Monday's luncheon and so the- Rotarian parents thought they would "get one hack" by showing the boys a stroke or two at cricket. With becoming modesty they put a team of 13 into the field against the ' boys eleven. But what a team! It was redolent of past glory and new white pants. Lugnity was there! The wisdom of the ages, experience, confidence, power and a stiff joint or two. Rotarian M. H. Hamp'son was the captain, and appearing with him were Messrs E. Harvey. "Shorty" Krogh, H. M. Martin, Doug. Sheaf, Ponto Painton, J. D. Davys, J. Alexander, C. H. Redhead, 0. H. Coleman, J. McDowell and Drs. Bertram and S. H. Hay. The High School team comprised Barber (capt.), Simpson, Egdeil, Car- . ter, Haycock, Hayden, Ewert, G. Brooker, Christophers, Dowling, Budd, Garriock and Harris. The Rotarians, wise in their generation, put in their star performers first, and when M. H. Hampson and Doug. Sheaf (two fine specimens of ancient manhood) walked to the wickets the breast of every Rotarian swelled with pride and the clapping in. the gallery could be distinctly heard a few feet away. Sound Opening Hampson opened with a wall-de-signed fiuke for one and Sheaf reciprocated by getting his bat in the way of one which went to leg and the scoring was fully under way. Sheaf then squared his handsome shoulders, and amidst the cheers • of the ladies in the gallery, hit a decidedly classy boundary. This did not suit Hampson; he wanted his share of the praise so he hit a real Bradman to the boundary and evened things up. The partnership looked promising and rotarian hopes began to rise. Not to be outdone the stalwart Doug. sent another half-way to Tihi-o-tonga. This put. the wind up Hampson for a while and he missed some fine chances while his ; partner punished the bowling in a. , manner to make the memory of Grace, - Hobbs and Clem Hiil seem trivial. , Hampson's brilliance was only sleep1ing, liowever, and ha cut a beautii'ul fiuke into the boundary. Determineo to keep the spot iight Doug. retaliated with a spectacuiar "sixer." Undaunted Hampson lifted one to the sky limit. ; lt was a beautiful stroke going up, but in coming down it fell into the hands of Dowling. The score showed 19 to the captain's credit. He was' . photographed, took off his pads and ; reiired. Real Style i J. Alexander then marched forth as , a sort of young hope who would set the standard of Rotarian cricket foi , all time. But his lense was evidently out of focus for he missed his very first snapshot and returned in time to pen his duck and help Eric Harvey . on with his pads. Dressed in a pair ox black mittens, and a confident smilc Eric had a professional air about him j whidh gave rich promise. A littles heavy on the belt line, but classy. Yes, j distinctly classy. In the meantime the redoubtable Doug. was caught strolling away from his wicket base and ! promptly stumped after making 31. Redhead joined Harvey and there was 1 a genieral feeling abroad that when . these two got really moving there • would be something doing. — arvey op- ' en'ed by scoring a brilliant bye and followed up by some fine protective : work with his left pad. Could he have j kept Redhead as a partner Eric j might have stood the pace for quite a while, but the former contented , himself with a very brief demonstra-. tion of the art of cautious cricket and then politely handed one to Egdeil. It 1 was held. Redhead was photographed, removed his pads and retired. The ad- , vent of Dr. Bertram as a partner, however, prolonged Harvey's life. The doetor's opening was not spectacuiar, but he displayed unexpected brilliancy in sneaking a bye. Then Harvey lifted a four and later cut a short one into Brooker's hands, visited the photographer and retired. Dr. Hay then joinea the clinic with his brother practitioner and they proceeded to dissect the bowling. Dr. Bertram performed a successful operation for a four on a "yorker" and everything was progressing as satisfactorily as could be expected when Carter gave Dr. Hay an anesthetic and removed his middla stump. As a result the doctor appeared much reliaved and in retiring from the clinic presented the Rotarians with a handsome duck in memory of the oceasion. Speed and Science 0. H. Coleman then joined Dr. Bertram and showed a rara turn of speed. As an exponent of the noble art of blocking he is something to write home about. He would have been at the wicket still if one stroke had not mysteriously placed the ball in Haycock's hands.- Painton was the next to partner Bertram and for a while he knocked the bowling about in a manner to make the heart rejoice, but Bertram suecumbeu to a painful operation on one of his stumps and the partnership was broken. Davys was the next man out. The Rotarian president made a fine picture as he strode across the field clad in glistening white and the rap-idity with" which he grabbed his duck and retired to the photographer convinced the spectators that he must have prosecuted in many a chicken stealing case. It was done, promptly, neatiy and without fuss, showing an efficiency worthy of his presidential office. Shorty Krogh was a player of outstanding merit. He hit everything he could reach and what he could not reach he ehased ahd let the wiekets look after themselves. It showed his judgment for he "carried his bat" wh'en the game concluded. Just as Shorty was getting warmed tlp Painton made a graceful backhand drive a* his own wiekets at which the umpire was very disgusted and dismissed him. J. McDowell joined Shorty and would probably have shown some-

thing in the way of "Advance Rotorua" cricket, but he did not gst the chance as he was run out while Shorty was looking round for an extra ball to hit. This completed the innings with a score of 85, including some exceptionally fine extras. When the boys took the field Ewert and Haycock opened the batting to the bowling of Alexander and Hay. Little Candy knocked up the respectable total of 23, Harvey made a magnificent dash and caught him out. The boys put up a sound game, but the Rotarians were too nippy in their fielding to permit of high scoring. Details of the scores are as follow: Rotary Club — First Innings D. Sheaf, run out 31 M. H- Hampson, c Dowling, b Haycock 19 J. R. Alexander, played on, b Dowling 0 C. H. Redhead, c Egdeil, b Simpson 0 E. Harvey, c Brooker, b Simpson 6 Dr. H. Bertram, b Dowling 11 Dr. S. H. Hay, b Dowling 0 0- H. Coleman, c Haycock, b Simpson 0 J. D. Painton, hit wicket, b Christophers 4 J. D. Davys, std Ewert, b Dowling 0 H. M. Martin, run out 0 H. C. Krogh, not out 6 J. McDowell, run out ...... 0 Extras 8 Total 85 Bowling: Haycock took one wicket for 39 runs; Simpson, three for 15; j Dowling, three for 7 ; Carter, one for 0; Christophers, one for 3. HIGH SCHOOL— First Innings D. Ewert, c Harvey, b Hay 23 J- Haycock, lbw, b Alexander 5 Egdeil, c Bertram, b Alexander 0 Hayden, lbw, b Alexander 12 G. Brooker, hit wckt, b Bertram 5 R. Carter, c Davys, b Bertram 0 J. Barber, c Harvey, b Alexander 15 L. Simpson, lbw, b Hampson 3 T. Dowling, b Hampson 0 E. Budd, c Sheaf, b Hampson 1 H. Christophers, b Hampson 0 M. Garriock, b Alexander 1 N. Harris, not out 0 Extras 8 Total 73 Bowling: Alexander, took five wiekets for 13 runs; Hay, one for 24; Sheaf, none for 5 ; Painton, none for 4; Hampson, four for 8; Bertram, two for 11.