CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 261, 10 December 1909, Page 3

CRICKET.

WAITARA v. ROVERS. This match was concluded yesterday, and ended in a win for Waitara after a splendid go, by five wickets. The town team sorely missed the services of - Ingram and Saunders. Scores:— ' WAITARA. i First Innings '.54 | Second Innings. L Kershaw, t: Weston, b Elliot .. .. 21 . C. Wilson, l.b.w. Clarke .. ... 1' > Fuller, c and b Arden 1 i J. Eggleston, c and b Fairbrother 25 ; Bond, 1.b.w., b Price .. * ' W. Wilson, b Weston # . Brocklehurst, not out .. .. 23 i Sarten, not out 5 Extras 10 Total for six wickets .. .. 0i ROVERS. First Innings 88 Second Innings. Williams, b Kershaw .. .. 0 Weston, c l'urdie, b Karten .. .. 3 Bewley, b Sarten 6 Elliott, b P. Skelton 11 Hasell, b P. Skelton 10 Clarke, run out 10 Price, run out 0 Fairbrother, bP. Skelton .. .. 3 Arden, b J. Purdie 0 Extras 5 54 CARRINGTON ROAD v. WANDERERS. This match was concluded yesterday, Wanderers winning by eight wickets. Scores:— / ' UARRINGTON ROAD. First Innings 71 Second Innings. Humphries, b Nicoll 2 Jordan, 1.b.w., b Whittle .. ~ 0 , Lash, b Whittle 11 Hooker, b Whittle 1 Southall, not out 20

Avery, b Nicoll 0 Benbow, c Hill, b Nicoll .. .. o Gwilliam, 1.b.w., b Nicoll .. .. 1 F. '.Robertson, c Nicoll, ,b Hill .. 8 Perham, 1.b.w., b Hill 4 Richards, b Hill 1 Extras 1 55 Bowling: Whittle, three for 18, Hill three for 21, Nicoll four for 15. WANDERERS. First Innings as Second Innings. Nicoll, b Southall .. .. ~ 0 | Dixon, b Benbow U Lash, not out 11 Jack, not out 5 ] Extras 8 ; Two wickets for JO Bowling: Southall one for 8, Benbow one for 15. JUNIOR GRADE. FIRE BRIGADE v. CARRINGTON ROAD. Fire Brigade won the toss and sent Carrington road in to bat. Their in- < nings only lasted 35 minutes for 24 f runs, Clarke and Bullot getting four s wickets each. Fire Brigade, with one \ wicket down, passed the Carringcon ( Road score. Clarke, with 22, wae tup ! scorer for Fire Brigade, llcst (15) and O'Halloran (12) were the only others to make a stand against Bevan an J Sims. Carrington Road in their second innings made 31. .Perry (11) and Tribs (10) were the only ones to get into _ double figures. The Brigade won by an innings and 22 runs. Clarke, in I lie Carrington lload second innings, did tile ' "hat trick." Scores.—

FIRE BRIGADE. ' L. Bullot, 1.b.w., b Bevan .. .. 4 J. Best, c Hammond, b Bevari .. 15 G. Clarke, b Sims 22 T. Billings, c Hooker, b Sims .. o J. Buliot, c H. McEwan, b Bevan .. i O'Halloran, b Sims .. ?. ..12 W. Sadler, b Bevan 0 B. Bullot, b Bevan 0 Wigley, b Bevan 4 W. Guneon, b Sims 4 W. Koch, not out 0 Extras 13 Total 77 Bowling analysis.—Bevan, six for _:: Sims, four for 15. CARRIXGTON ROAD.—First Innings. W. McEwan, run out .. .. 3 Perry, b Clarke I Cooper, b Bullot 1 Hammond, run out 0 H. McEwan, c Bullot, b Clarke .. 2 Sims, b Clarke 0 Tribe, c O'Halloran, b Clarke .. 2 W. Hooker, c Best, b Bullot .. 5 A. Richards, 1> Bullot 0 Bevan, b Bullot o • '''inker, not out 0 Extras i) Total zi Bowling.—Clarke, four for G: Bullu, four for 8. Second Innings. W. MacEwan, b Clarke .. .. 4 Perry, c and b Itullot .. '. il Hammond, b Clarke 1 W. Hooker, b Clarke 0 Cooper, b Clarke 1 Tribe, e Bullot, b Clark .. .. 10 H. McEwan, 1.b.w., b Bullot .. I Richards, b Clarke 0 Bevan, b Bullot 0 Sims, b Clarke 1 Hooker, not out 3 Extras 0 Total 38 [ Bowling.—Clarke, seven for 10; Bullot, three for 22. Yesterday's fixtures were got off in capital weather. The following will represent the Fire Brigade cricket team to play High School at the West End ground, on Saturday next:—Dunks, Hardwick, Grant, Billings, Girling, Roeh, Cappen, Clark, Coleman, Best, O'Halloran, Mason, Gunson, Edgecumbe. The following will represent Warehousemen in their match against United Service A, on the Recreation Ground on Saturday, play to commence at 2.30: — Williams, White, McLaren, Stohr, Goss, Coates, Weston, Steeds, Thomson, .lolins, Bulloch. Emergencies: Green, Bigelow, Cock.