CRICKET.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 76, 26 March 1912, Page 5

CRICKET.

PUBLIC WORKS Y. POHOKURA. , Cricket matches have become quite frequent lately, and show no signs of slackening. The Public Works after beating the Banks and then i again on Saturday decisively ousting a team gathered from somewhere near Pohokura, consider, they are quite the equal of Newton King’s staff, who., have to their credit the honour; of beating their New Plymouth staff, as well as,'overborn!ng the formidable team composed of the Railway and Post Office departments of the Civil Service. A match will probably he 'arranged ; to* decide “this interesting point.., The following.is more.or less the details of the PAV.’s match with Pohokura on Saturday. We do not, however, guarantee the averages or indeed the correctness of the names, for the scorer appears to have found the game somewhat exciting:-

Public Works. —First Innings. Turnbull, b Court 0 .Archer, h Baker ... ... 1 -Hedditdli, c McGutchan, h Baker 10 \Pw6hill, b Baker ... 0 Wilson, c Sullivan, b Symo ... 17 Rabone, b Cronin ... 19 Priestley, c Hastio, h Baker ... 14 ‘Drury, ic Cronin, b Syme ... ... 0 Douglas, b Baker ... 0 Wilkie, not out ... 6 Worley, b. Baker ... 4 . Extras ... . ... ... 15 Total , ... ... ; ... ..I 86 Bowling: Court took 1 for 25, Baker 0 for 15, Syme 2 for 22, and Cronin 1 for 9. Second Innings. Rabone, b Baker ... 0 Wilkie, l.b.w. Court ... ... 0 Twohill, c Douglas, b. McOutchan 25 •Hedditcli, retired 61 Extras ... ... ... 3 Total ... .... 89 Bowling analysis: Baker 1 for 15, Court 0 for 30, Cronin 0 for 15, Mo Cutclmn 1 for 25, Robinson 0 for 3. Pohokura. —First Innings. Robertson, 'b Wilson ... 0 Bakor, b Twobill ... ! ... ... ~x 3 Court, b Hedditch 16 Syme, c Rabone, b Wilson ... 0 Cronin, b Twohill 2 McOutchan, 1.b.w., b Twohill ...' 8 C. O’Malley, b Twohill 4 Venill, not out ... 6 Extras ... ... ... 6 Total ... 45 Bowling: Twohill took 3 for 5, Wilson 2 for 4, Hedditch 1 for 22, Drury 0 for 4. Second Innings. Sullivan, b Twohill ... ... 0 Robertson, c Wilkie, b Twohill ... 4 McCutdlian, b Wilson 4 Hawley, c and b Twohill ... 1 Court, 1.b.w., b Drury 18 Baker, b Twohill 8 O’Mally, b Drury 0 G. Symes, not out ... ... ... 1 Extras ... ... ... 5 Total 41 The following will represent Rosegrove private boarding house against Newton King’s eleven on Thursday next, in Victoria Park, play to commence at 2 o’clock sharp : —H. Trotter, E. Anstis, C. Standen, S. Sharp (captain), Bales, Dowling, G. Knight, Gibson, Jobson, F. May, A. Dew; emergency F. Miscal. After the match both teams will be entertained at dinner by Mrs Miscal, at “Rosegrove.”