DANGEROUS PITCH AT TAURANGA

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5285, 23 December 1946, Page 5

DANGEROUS PITCH AT TAURANGA

(Press Assn.-

BAY V. COLTS TRIAL i ! ■ • . , 'f i 'f rising balls make o t' batsmen wary ??*■ ik . •/ L

-By Telegtaph—Cppuribjii* j, _

TAURANGA, Last .N^M! . Playing on a wieket . was not conducive to cncket, the Bay. of Plenty repre,^|j scntatives trial game at:*0^p ranga during the week-en4 wii ior the most .part devoid j"|{j citement. The batting of boti: ; ; jH teams was not very impressive '' 4 but this was mainly dUe to-tb^ 1; | dangerous nature of the piteh^ . ' ! Several batsmen were struek, daf- G | ing* the match, which was a two^d^J Jf. j fixture, from sharply-rising balL, .a'hii , | generally the batsnien Were- ■* ' ^ foi'table. ; 1 "Apart from the effect tHe "wrck&l iY hr.J on ihe batsmen, the bowling, :-7* not particularly troublesome: -1 Z1;. Play. opened yesterday .with iKl , ||' Cplts' team batting fii"st; yb-« the last wicket fell/ there I 78 runs on the hoard. »The^ Bayv-idf Plenty team replied with a fir^ D ings total oi 137 runs ' ahd, the ;Ceifcs , in their second appearance at the'.'hafi ; * ; ting crease were all out for 136. •, game then ended. ; "'J •The Colts in their first innings, did | not fare at all well, and at one stagd ' ■[ !] had lost five Wdekets with only. Sfi ruhi up. The eighth wicket fell .with '4 'j seore readdng' 46, and only -78-^haG^h had been compiled- when the" . 1'aht } wicket fell. ' J. Kivett, Whakitdr^>- . { • was top-scorer with 13 runs,- -whilfe ,, f the only other 'batsmen to . , ^eiiUt'e , ' rtouble figures were J. Beid, .Pditg^r 1 kawa, D. J. Ewert and E. Hobbs, Rotorua, 10 each. , * ' Bowling for Bay oi Plenty, . EV i; Beere, 'Tauranga, took two WAckets * for seven runs. W. McKenziej ' Whakatane, took two for eii?hfc, dnd Renshaw, Tauranga, tvvo' for 14/ 'll The Bay of Plenty did not start off ! ; | at all well -in its first ihifinfs^'f ont = 'wiekets falling with .ohly~ 32 riinjs^bK- ' ' tlie hoard. A good stand by Beefd i I j and M. Le Pine, Whakatane, cdme'd. 'J ihe tally to '62 before the latter 1 : v. as caught off Rivett's ' howlihf , ijr Beere and A. G. Fisher continuedhtO ; add to the score and 105* runs were cn the hoard when Fisher presehted ; V ? Ewert with an easy catch. i When play ceased yesterday, seveh wickets -had fallen for 110 tuha.' ti Beere went out shortly hefox*e piay ended, after compiling a handy.'.S8. j Fisher's total of 26, include'3. fo.Ur , fours. , *• . • -V-. L - Bowling for Colts, Hobbs took Sjix wiekets for 53 runs. B. Budd, .'fau- 1 ranga, howled 14 .overs, including six =' maidens, to secure atwo for 17. . */ . The. Colts fared better in their sea# *; or.d innings, and a good first Avieket , . partnership by E. Andrews, Rotorua^ v who contri'buted a hright 43 runs, arid t W. McCready, Whakatane, who conir : > piled 47, saw 52 runs up before- An-4-drewj went leg before to., McKenzie. Costello, Rotorua, gave a good Ajk- . ; play to compile 21. The last wicltet fell with 136 on ihe hoard, » During the Bay innings, M. Cuvtis,. Rotorua, one of the opening batsiirtefi, received a bad injury to his face froni a ball which rose sharply,. and he- hfi.d, to retire. • v ,,"L Details of play:— , , Colts, first innings: E. AftdFe^ ir; Fisher 6; D. J. Ewert l.b;w», b Kenzie 10; B. Budd c Beehe Jj . j Kenzie 1; W. McCready e Mckenpie .' ; c Renshaw 5; W. Costefio b Wa.rrah 1; J. Rivett c Warren h Beere T#f J Clarke h Beere 8; S. Bremner h Renshaw 0; J. Reid c Cnrtis b-Le Pine 12; T. Drury c Gallagher b Cob lett 8; E. 'Hohhs not out, 10, Ektras, 4, Total, 78. ' : ' . Bowling: Fisher none for 13; Kenzie two for 8; Wjarren one for 2; Renshaw two for 14; Beere two for 7; Le Pine one for 9; Curtis none' for * 10; Collett one for 7; Badeley nbne for 4. ' 7 : •Second Innings: Andrews l.b.w. b McKenzie 43; Ewert c 'Curtis b Fisher 1; McCready c Camefon b Warren 1'7; Costello b Le Pine Budd c Collett b Le Pine 13; Rivett b Renshaw 6; Hobbs st. Cameron ;b Lh' Pine 0 ; Clarke c Wiarren b Renshaw 11-; Bremner st. Gameron^b C'Urtis ft) : Reid h McKenzie 14; Drury, not out, , 0. Ehctras, 3. Total, 136. v j; Bowling: Fisher" one ior 29; MaKenzie two for 33; Beere none for 7; Warren one for 4; Badeley fiotte for 9; Le Pine three for 33; Rendiaw two for 13; Curtis one for 0. - • Bay of Plenty," first innings; i Gallagher c Andrews 1> Bud4- 9;' W. Curtis (^efcired 1$ 1.h.w. h 'Hobbs 7; E. Beere. c Reid -b Hobbs 38; J, Renshaw. b Hobbs ff; M. Le Pine c McCready. b Rivett 44; A. G. Fisher c Ewert b Hobbs 26; -S. Warren c Clarke b Hobbs 6; B. Collett c Reid h Budd 5; F. Cameron" c Clarke b Hobbs 9; S. A. Badeley not out, 4. Extras 12. Total, 137. Bowling: Clarke, none for 5; 'Reid ltone for 6; Hobbs six for 53; Budd two for 17 ; Rivett one f o'r 17 ; Bremner none for 14; Ewert none for 13y