CRICKET.

Shannon News, 4 December 1923, Page 4

CRICKET.

Y.M.G?A, BEAT MOUTOA. • A pleasant game was played on Saturday between the Y.M.C.A. and Moutoa Cricket Clubs, at Moutoa, Mason, captain of the Moutoa team, won title toss, ; and elected to bat on a good fast wicket. Auckram. opened the bowling to Hume an'd Madsen. The scoring went'along .steadily until Madsen was run out. Mason (captain) - filled the - .vacant crease and made matters lively until he was caught by Walker off Field. The second wicket fell at 32, and-the. third at 69; The other seven wickets only accounted for 20 runs. Field obtained 5 for 43 and Auckram 3 tor .39, ■while two men were run out. The innings closed with 89 tip. ;'■ / _ Y.M.O.A. opened with Rev. Hams and L. Harris as pioneer batsmen. Hiie first wicket Mi at 35. Martin filled the vacancy and played steady cricket until Mason found his wicket with a ball that nipped in off the! pitch. Haris, >senr.\ played on merrily until 'he was • dismissed by,a splendid one-handed catch at deep mid on, the score then being 41 for 3 wickets. Walter,«Field and Auckram rattled the runs on merrily until Moutoa's score was passed, after which tlhe play became, fast and runs were piled up rapidly by Thompson, (47), and Moodie (27). Every man of the Y.M. team evaded 'the duck's egg. Sundries totalled 12 and- the innings realised the respectable total of 187. The bowling averages' of r the Moutoa men fered badly. Scores:— ' , MOUTOA —First Innings. Hume,' b Auckram •,.,.. • 13

Madsen, run out ■-—■ 4 Mason," c Walker, b Field, 39 Morgan, c Walker, b Field ......... 7 Barclay, c and b Field • ••• 5 Spring, b Field ...,....*... "... 6 Thompson;, run 0ut,... 0 Wallis, c and h Field • •. 6 Pullen, b Field ....'. ■••— ; 0 Elsworthy, 1.b.w., b Auckram ... 1 Mohiky, not out. ~..., j> Extras •••• •--■■•• 8

'" ■ Total ...'■.'..... 89 > BowiingAAuckrain 3 for 38, Field s'for 43. ' Y.M.C.A. Rev. Haris, c Spring, b Mason ~.,= 27 L. Harris, b Mason A ............ 6 Martin, b MasQn .- ■•••*•■•' jj Walker, c and b Hume ..;;.., '3° Field, c Mohiky, b Hume f Auckram, c Thompson, b Wallis 18 ■MoodH b Morgan -,...= ...<..**.. 27 Thompson, c Madson, b Morgan 47 Edwards, b Morgan .*.,..,... •'•••••, * Griffin, not out ........=• i Fiiechtling.'c, Elsworthy, b Morgan 2 'Extras •••••,••• ."•■.' lw

Total -•■/•=- •••••• 187 Bowling.—Madsen 0 for 37, Morgan 4 for 48, Mason, 3 for 36,. Hume 2 for 32, Wallis 1 for 22.

Writing of the luck of some batsmen, an Engilish'cirtic says: In the recent -match between Derbyshire and Glamorgan, at Chesterfield, B'. S>. HlllWood enjoyied the most pronounced piece of godTl luck during his innings of 49, for when he had scored 27 tos received from Ryan a ball which hit off stump without removing the bail, and then, asi though to add j insult to iniuiry so far 'as the \via,s concerned, w,ent for four byes. WERAROA HAS A WIN. Weraroa scored heavily over Shannon in their m'atoh at Levin on Saturday, running up 102 rums against Shannon's 45. Pringle, Werarqa's star bOAVler, was mainly responsible lor tlt<9 victory and' played havoc wilth the batsmen, taking 6 wickets for no runs;. Weraroa's top .scorers\ ; were Hughes 29, O'Connor 24, Davis 13. Mayne wias the only Shannon bat to reach double figures. A detailed report will ?ppear later