REPRESENTATIVE CRICKET.

Shannon News, 28 December 1923, Page 3

REPRESENTATIVE C RICKET.

AIAaAWAXU DEFEAT HOROVVH'IiiNUA BY ISii RUNS. A Mai'ia.wtttu representative cricket team -mot and defeated tin eleven from lloiowheaiua. on tho Snortsground ai Pahnerston North yesterday by 18a runs

j Ino visitors batted first .and knockj id up b'4 .runs, Pringle with 48 being uie oiny' nun to lniake a .stand, anu ; anytliiug like a showing expected oi lepiL-seniiatives. The hoine team retaliated wilh i 166, for the loss oi nine wickets, the score being reached alter - aooai turee hours at the wickets. For ivlaiiawatu Giallichau played exceptionally. well and wielded the willow fur a well compiled .71. Others lo reach double figures, were Liddeli (41;, Rose (40), Tie vena (32), and JJeniieu ! {ZS) AlcV'hiifci' w,as the most conspicous bowler of.'the day land was responsible, for the dismissal of seven of toe floiowhenua men lor the loss oj iiJ, runs. Goblin Was- the pick of the visitors' numerous. truiidler,s and accounted for four wickets for 50. The weather was ideal lor cricket and the wrcket was -in good order. Maine .and Seifert opened the innings lor itoiowhehua w the bowhut, oi McVica,r and Gallicham, but the p.a.ir had not been at the wickets many miuutois before Seilierfs bails were scattered for two. o—f—&. Hum, joined Maine, but when the latter iiad reached eleven, he*" s.uccunibeu to one ol Gallichan's breaks. 'l7—si—ll.Mason went next tQ tlie'wickets, but beiore he was there, long be slueu Me Vicar to Gailidian ,at. mid-off and was dismissed for a "duck." 18—3— 0. Giblin joined Hunt but shortly he participated in the procession, being bowled by McVicar 'with the last ban of the oyer. Pringle took his stand and .alter playing Gal'iichan for, a maiden .opened promisingly with a two and a good four off ■McVicar. iUins eaine sfowfy. and when thirty was on the board Hunt was. sent, to (he pavilion a fast ball from McVicar lor seven. 31—5—7. O'Connor noiw faced McVicar and scored one alter which lie sent a fateful b.ilu from Guillichan into the hands oi j.i.

u-oil-at square-leg.. 31—6—1. FeiUl next went to the crease and for a period runs ealHo inoxe freely, ~- • batsmen opening their shoulders lo the bowling. Eventually Feild with nine to. his credit let past him a straight bail from McVicar. '49—7—9. AucKi'ani faced McVicaJ' and alter playing him back twice gave Liddeli at slips an easy chance (which he tailed lo avail himself of. Pringile, who was the niosti promising of the visiting batsmen, got down %u solid work and tut GaJhehan for "tax ahd McVicar tor a two and a four in quick j succession, bringing his score up to ' i-1. The 'partnership was concluded ! .iMfLerwiards wiHea Auckram j .sent a. slow ball from Qaflichan into! the hands of Thomson af< square-leg). Sloan went to the stumps find Pringle coniiuued to score lours, off Gallichan, on the off-side.' The new man in did not last Jong and In attempting to hit McVicar his wickets were -shattered. 84—9—0. -Mason,,' the tenth man in, played a lew balls and -'then let one from McVicar ,get ,tO k his wiclse|ts, aaid the litoings terminated j alter a, little oyer a n hour's play lor «'i, .a poO;v 'showing indeed. Pnngle, ! who played fine ' cfTcTtet throughout, ] carried his bat for a well deserved 40. j Hose .and Lye opened: for Maiiawaiti to the bowling of Feild and GibJin.. The innings commenced poorly, and alter he had been at Jhe wickets for a lew minutes, Lye iwas eaugj.a ni square-log by Madsen' (Off Pringle for one—3—l—l. Mullins replaced hiiii, but he Was dismissed fo,r a "duck." being ruled out "l.b.w. to Pringle—y—3—o. McVicar was next in, but after a short time. Rose met with a similar fate to of M-ul-Jins, being sent to the pavilion when he had compiled 40. 47—3—40. Liddell joined McVicar, and runs came flairly.. freely, until the Batter skied Giblin to Hunt, behind the Aviekets. i>'J—i—0- Pegden now took his stand and both Liddeli and he. [treated the balls sent do-Avn by the nu'me-rou.s bowlers with,'disregard. Eventually, Pegden AVas sent to the pavilion by Seifert, who both caught and -bowled him. Trevena joined Liddeli. The latter continued-to- hit out, the century being reached .after' about an hour's play. Liddeli, when he had registered a. fine 4:1, Avas. dismissed by a straight but fast ball from Giblin.110—6—41. Gallichan next went to tlie cro-ase, and a period of slow play followed. Alter the batsmen got set, they opened out and the-partnership realised 89 before Trevena was sent to iho pavilion bv Giblin Avhen he had knocked up a bandy 32, 199— 7—32. Bennett went in next -and played forceful, cricket. Gallichan played a, solid and pretty game, although. a trifle slow at times, but when he bad readied 71 hei wias unfortunate in placing one into the hands of Seifert on the off side oft Madsen. 242—8—71. Thomson join-eel- Bennet, but his stay at the wickets Ava-s sh-orb lived for he was cleaned bowled by 'Giiblin for three.' 2/is—9—3. Grant, the last man in, opened with three foul's to. leg off Giblin. When the innings Was. closed \at 4.55 • p.m., 266 runs had been regisi tennl, the not out men, Bennett and iCi-iut, having 28 and 16 i'Uns to their j credit.

'The scores are ias follow: — I IOHOiWHEMUA.—Firgfc Innings. -'Maine, h Gallichall '... "if Seifert'. b McVicar ..<■„> 2 Hunt, ib McVicar ..,..„.. , 7 Mason,- r Gallichan, b McVicar ... 0 Giblhi, b McVicar ...... 0 I single, not out ~.; . ,... 49 O'Connor, c Liddell, fe Gallichan 1 Feild, b McVicar .....»>.. ~.. 0 Aucki'a.m, e Thomson, !b Gallichan 5 'Madsen, b McVicar ..„ 0 Sloan, b McVicar ...at, 0 E-xtras .".,* 0 Total M 84 f Howling analysis: McVicar took seven wickets for 32 ruris; Gallichan • three for 52. MANAW.-VN'.—T-'iifct Innings. I.ve, c Madson, b P tingle ~ t Hose, lbw. b'Feild .... 7 *° i Motrins, lbw,. b Pringle 0

McVicar. r. Hunt, b Giblin 9 LiddeJl, b Giblin ■ 41 Pegden, c and. >h Seil'ert ? .-•'• 12 Trevena, b Giblin 32 Gal'licbaii, c* Seil'ert, b Madsen ... 71 Bennett, not out 28 Thomson, b Giblin ... 3 Granlt, not out 16 Extras 13 Total for nine wickets ..." 266 Bowling analysis: Sloan none tor S 3; Pi-ingle two for 33; Giblin lour lor 50 ;„ Feild one lor 58; Auckram none for 44; Seil'ert one i'or 36; Madsen orae for 15