Cricket in the Province

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 259, 23 January 1928, Page 6

Cricket in the Province

(from Our Oun Corve.**^.

The Hauraki Plains tion s inter-club competitiontinned on Saturday. ° ns Wer e con. At Kopuarahi the iNaihere tamed a two-point win, seeita* V £ n against Kopuarahi s votal o' i 7 first innings, and 50 for thr~. tl** the second innings. For ei! in Donald, sen.. made *f. no t Donald, jun., 19. i r MeDonald, sen., took four fo^*7- Un *- M - Xolan fi\e for 7. Koruarahi- *°* B scorers were R. Connors, * h «l J. L. Miller. 19 not out fv. Rod went to R. Connors, who secured

The Turua team had a two-. at Piriroa with a margin o f»sl£? t the home team's total' of 64 ? r '*” T '7 rotu F. Wallis got SO runs, and R_ F took four wickets for 17 H. Owens sot 47. W. w. A verm ,T“ ni: A. landsay 14. while in the w? 4 Owens took three for and t three for 14. a Li! '-ds»v

A two-point win was also secured k Neatea against Orongo. Oronsro « runs in the. first innings, and 5 second, while Ngatea got 76 tnthl" innings, of which J. Gribble for SO, F. Niool IS, and J. Bowling for Ngatea, J. GrlbN«t~: seven for 27 and two for IS, N oZT' four for 12. and R. Cornth waite fourth McMillan IS, Pierce 11, and Field le were the best batsmen for Oronrn Oranston three for 8. N Death four ’, 10. and McMillan one for 2, were outstanding bowlers.

ili AiIKS .SutkJay There wefe no surprises in the Thai*#cricket competitions last Saturday Karaka and Tararu had easy win*’ ejylz the Ramblers and High School tively. Karaka pot on 252 runs** which total J. Buchan made •;£ Buchan 54, and A. Brokenshtre 44 ' biers replied with 20 for their first ings. and 83 in th« second. L. Hot'* knocked up 15, and J. Simpson 24. Against High School, Taraiu compiled 129 in their first strike, and declared with two wickets down for 89. la first essay A. Kenny got 72, and Andersen 25, and in the second M. I>are rT and H. Dare 24. High School responded with 5S in the first, attempt, ?.nd T 1 in tie second. The chief scorers were Billings, 21. Mortimer, 16, and Hoyie 2?. ROTORUA, Saturday,

A match betwen St. Duke's and Cotta was played at Rotorua to-day. In the first innings St. Luke's made 89 (Burton 3S. Lewis 30, Ben no 10). Col;-* replied with ISS (Hart 88, Garrard 31. Moir J 5. Corlett 11). St. Luke's made (5 for one wicket in the second innings <.Hampeon not out 24, Hinton 36).

HAMILTON, Sunday. Cricket matches which diced the second round of the Waikato Cricket Association fixtures were played yesterday. In the senior competitions Hamilton East beat Frankton by 21 runs. Hamilton East made 106 in tae second innings (Going 27, Skeet 22, Cjssidy 18). Frankton responded with 91 (McGrath not out 19, Cobbe 18, Hun wick 17, Swan 15). Old Boys defeated Hamilton by 97 runs. In the second innings the winners made 163 (Wilson 39, nouqn 31, Lenihan 18, Tuck 14. Backland 12). Hamilton made 107 (Winger 25, Robertson 14, Millar 12, Howel 10).

WHANGAREI, Sunday. In a cricket match played at Hikvranfi yesterday, Hikurangi made 145 and 59. Whangarei. playing sight men in tbs first innings and six in the second, made 76 and 35.

A match between Waiuki and >3le.ibrooke took place to-day, and resulted in a drawn game. Waiuku made 22» runs (Howden retired 50, H. Cooper retired 50, Molloy 24, Heise 17). When time was called, Glenbrooke had lost seven

wickets for 12S runs 'Sampson 47, C. Cooper 20, Watson 13).

TE AWAMUTU. Satuiday The Waipa Cricket Association’s cfci.Tr.pionship match at Te Awamutu to-dav was between Paterangi and High School. Paterangi scored 170 (P. Bourne C 4, R. Boui-ne 29) in the first innings, to which High School replied with 75 (J. Philp 55). Following on. High School was disposed of for 38. Paterangi, in the second innings, compiled 123 for six wickets (L. Spiers 48, W. Somerville 33).