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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 5, 30 January 1909, Page 6

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SjiME NOTIiS. 1 (liy 'Tkird Slip. - ') Tile Saturday cuinpclilion was .ulVanccd another .stage hl.il week, Ijul tuc weatlier whs sci bud itor tin; lir.-i. lime I ■tills »ca*iu) Hint none of iJ■ <- malche.s -were what mil' might call cuj.uabk, . Tlic lici-iT.ui.in i,round M. 'occupied p.iy tin- New I'll mouth and High School -tennis. Steed- wmi ilk- 10-.- anil sent ,-lli.- 0(1110,11-111- iO LIH- «iciil-|-. U WUS ijinLas well ilial l,c did .-.,. a- lain set mi when High School had lo lake the ilichi, and in c.,n.-,-i|ii,-nc t imc howlers •were al ilii- greal ilii-advauUii;.- of try.ill" lo liohl Willi a wi-l hall. "

, lln--jam.- ii-.-li doc- mil call lor much voininci'il, a. High School couul ouly miiislcr ngiil men, and Imll' ui their ■lnliil (3Sj was i-oiitriliuted liy Suni.icr, -of Carriiigton lload lame ilTl and extras (11. However, co,l-i<lcring the iwk-kel and (lie strong team liiey were .cnnieiidiug against, tlu-ir lotal was v erv ■creditable. Wi-Mi.n and McLaren halted vcrv ■nicelv, and N.-w I'lunoiuh. willi ev.-rv-■iliiiig in tlieh- favor, managed lo pa-s Ulic. Inns' total with eigllt wickets in ■lmiid. I'n,led Service II laid tlieir revenge on lire llrigade liy Hoicking a victory ,lu lite linn- of 11 run-,. Tin; l-'ire IJ,-igaile .skipper undoubtedly iiuacle mi error of judgment i.i deckling do hill iiisl, as lie gave his opponents ,the great advanlage of howling with a .dry hall, aim tkis eveiiltially proved his .team's undoing. . Ifullnl and Clark made a very patient

.stand for the lir.sl wicket, playing <-<>r-iivt-l criekct hy taking no risks and wait,'iiig onlv lor loose hulls to punish. I J'rcshnw at la., I managed to get a good one past Builot, and this break in ,tlie. partnership proved a break-up to the iwhole team. Witliout any addition to ithc. .score, (dark fell a victim in Southall's next over. L'reshaw 1 secured three wickets in his next over, anil South-all .gelling Hooker next, made a fall of five .wickets lor no runs. l'reshaw, however, ■then froze up, and his visa-vis got to hvork and bagged the remaining four wickets.

i Service niiulo a very poor start, Xaipiui- being bowled wiUi Hardwick's first .ball, Diimiss following sliurlly utter, and Simmons being caught brilliantly at ■point bv Hilling oil' Jlardvvick. Three good wickets down for three runs! The iService. skipper must have felt soineiwlial shaky, but rain came to the rescue .in tile nick of time, and Suutliall and iPrcshaw, taking every advantage of ithu, rattled up the necessary runs in ivory quick time. Hooker was very un.fortunate in having l'rc.sliaw missed .three limes in one over, lieally, Preshavv .is endowed with wonderful luck, as lie gave no less than live chances of catch■lug. but got out on the sixth. The Service A team, from all accounts, .had a most enjoyable outing at F.ginont IVilln.'C, as it seems thai Ihcy wore csaved tlic trouble of a trip In the beach. .What a pity it was thai they forgot .to take t'heir shovels and buckets with .them. What with the rain and the ex-.fri-inclv long grass, if was not a day .fur tall scoring, and tin: buwlers had ■even- opportunity of securing good .averages. O'Hyrnc \va> again to the fore with the excellent average of seven (for IT; McCord and Jlohcrlson both

tiowlin" well for the Service. Our own (Troddv" was reallv a -ight for the gods that day-wit'h pant- well tucked up above the knees--trundling away m a stvle ncotilhir to himself. . The following table show- the positions of the various team- in the Saturday competition:

New Plviuoulh .. II !> '-! b 18 Tnil.d'Service Ii II n ■". " 12 ■lulled Service A 11 Ii ."> <> 12 •II Hi School .. II 5 Ii I) 10 Ivnnoni Village. II .". ii 0 111 ■Fire .Brigade .. 11 -! n 0 -1

The following will represent High School against tTiilcd Service I! on T.ikal.a ground to-morrow: Mr. Ward, L\lr. Wells. Mr. Sumner. Tnlii, T. King. 1!. (Inillinm. Billiard. Hie. Sinclair. :Bailv. Hlasgow.