CRICKET.

Shannon News, 19 January 1923, Page 3

CRICKET.

NEWS AND NOTES

Ojwing to tttie Foxton races there will be no competition matches tomorrow.

Last week’s matches make an alteration in the position of the three leading teams, the Y.M.C.A., which had been level with Shannon, going back to third place. Weraroa is leading, with Shannon next.

Weraroa had the luck with them in defeating Y.M.C.A. With only 46 on in title first innings, Weraroa did not set Y.M.C.A. a very big task to beat, but they failed to do it.

The Y.M.C.A. took a sporting chance of knocking up 90 in a little over half an hour in their second strike to give them a win. They went about it in the right style, Bennett, Martin and Deacon scoring very quickly, and time alone denied the side a win.

Field and Auckrarri secured eight wickets each for Y.M.C.A. in the two innings. A change in the bowling was made towards the end of the Weraroa second innings which brought results. Had the change been effected ea'rlier it is hard to say what would have happened.

Deacon proved a valuable addition to Y.M.C.A. and got double figures with the bat. both innings. His bowling, too, was a big help to the side, though he came on late in Weraroa’s second innings. was also on the job when Y.M.C.A. were up against it. He and Martin put on 54 for the third wicket, the partnership being ended by the last-named having his timber shattered by McGill just, at call of lime.

Pringle and Claridge are consistent batsmen for Weraroa, and though only 11 each, were the leading scorers in the first innings, and reached double figures again in the second knock. That hefty youth McGill made merry in putting together 21 in the second strike, O’Connor also batting well for a similar total.

McGill and Pringle bore the brunt of the attack for Weraroa, and secured the wickets. The field work of Y.M.C.A. was cleaner than Weraroa’s, although very few extras were given away by either side.

Public Works made a- very poor stand against. Shannon, 28, of which “Mr Extras” contributed 5, being the total score.

Randall was in form with the ball, and took sx wickets for 7 runs, whilst four fell to Grainger for 12. Shannon’s batting was far too solid for the opposition, four wickets yielding 158. Grainger 66, Stewart 53 and Hunt 15 (not out) had their eye well in.

Hemingson, with two wickets, was the best of the Public Works bowlers.

The. rep. team to play the Tararua sub-association on Monday should be a good all-round side and make a fair show. It is regretted that Giblin, of Otaki, cannot make the 1 journey, as his left-handed bowling would give the variety to the attack that is wanted. As Reay, of Foxton, is first on the (emergency list, he will apparently take Gihlin’s place. The team should be a pretty solid one with the bat, with Grainger, Claridge, Hunt, Martin, McGill, Mackenzie and Pringle lo draw on, and lite others are good enough lor a few. The bowling department has Randall, Pringle, Field, McGill, Hemingson and Grainger, but there is not much variety, and this is where Gibliu will be missed.

The inclusion of Prain, the second emergency, in place of Reay, would be an improvement, for besides being as good, if not the best, wicketkeeper in the Association, he is capable of a score at any time with the bat.

At the last meeting of the Manawatu Cricket Association, a letter was received front the Tararua Cricket Sub-Association, advising that the representative fixture against the Manawatu team on the 20tli inst., set down to be played ah Mangatainoka, had been transferred to Pahiatua. The representative team would he journeying to Palmerston North on the 22nd inst. to meet Horowhenua.

An undesirable feature of matches played on the Levin ground is the “barrack” tliat comes from a certain few of the spectators. This is particularly the case with matches between the two local teams, and as this sort of thing is, not desired Tlv either side, tiiey slrould lake steps to put a stop to it. It is worthy of note that conduct of this; kind is conspicuous by its absence on other grounds in the Association’s; district.

The need of ’efficient scorers is a matter that, the clubs should see to. It is only on rare occasions that the bowling analysis are kept correctly, and it is impossible to tell what the bowlers’ averages are. This is unfair to the trundlers, end prevents all hope of compiling averages at the end of the season.