CRICKET

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 170, 4 January 1915, Page 7

CRICKET

PLUNI-LE SHIELD MATCH. CANTERBURY'S SURPRISE PACKET. By Telegraph.—Per Press Association, j (Auckland, Last Night, j 'i'lif i".i. '- 1' r; .dcl,i match. Canterbury i v. Aucklnn■', is now in a decidedly ifttcr- i csting po.-ition. Auckland made 2)2 in | the first innings, to which Canterbury i responded with only -»s. Auckland's second innings opened brightly, lint the | bowling of K. W. Thomas, a surprise j packet from Curistchurch, quickly i steadied play. Still the batsmen were I rapidly dismissed, and at one period, j when tlie Aucklaand score was 11!),: Thomas had taken seven wickets for 51. j Then the Aueklanders made a better j stand, and were able to show a score of | •2SC when the innings closed. Horspool j made 5!l, Cummings 73, and Brooke- | Smith 05. Thomas took eight wickets : for !)!>, and 21) of his 48 overs were maidens. Requiring 201 to win, Canterbury went to the wickets, and had made ! 25 for no wickets when stumps Were j drawn. , i Tlie match will be concluded tomorrow. WELLINGTON" v. WAIRARAPA. i Wellington. Last Night. The cricket match between Wellington and Wairarapa mid-week representatives was concluded on Saturday, the home team winning by an innings and four runs. Wellington had 273 for the first inningr- when stumps were drawn on Friday. Wairarapa went in yesterday morning, and made 157 in the first innings. They followed on, and made 139. Wellington knocked up 27 for the loss of no wickets. WELLINGTON" v. OTiAGO. The Wellington-Otago match was continued in perfect weather yesterday. Midlane, who was 134 not out over- j night, produced the splendid total of 222, ! and was still unbeaten when the in- j nings closed for 4!) S. Ota go made a poor ! stand, totalling 13fl, and followed on. Following are the scores:— WELLINGTON. First Innings. |

Bowling Analysis: Crawford, five j wickets "or 140; Eckhold. none for 87;. Alloo, none for 91: Sicdebcrg, two for 85: Bell, none for 22; Eckhold, three for 12.

OTAGO.

First Innings.

Bowling (Analysis: Robinson, three wickets for 32; Southall. none for 30; TTiddlcstonc, one for 34; Brice, four for 1!): Gibbes, none for 10.

Second Innings.

The game will be resumed on Monday. SOUTH v. NORTH TARANAKX AN EASY WIN" FOR SOUTH. The ma teb between VortTt and South Taranaki was concluded at Hawcra on Saturday morning in ideal cricketing weather, the wind, which was troublesome, on the previous day, having completely died away. North Taranaki, requiring 133 runs to avert an innings defeat, failed to do anything with the bowling of Penny and Ongley, losing seven wickets for -13 runs. A great rally by Matthews, however, improved the situation, the innings closing for 89. Thus North Taranaki suffered defeat by an innings and 44 runs.

Matthews played well, punishing anything loose with his usual severity. Twice he drove the leather over the fence. Unfortunately, no one was able to stay with him. and he retired unbeaten for 37 .

The umpires were Messrs. Osborne and Roves.

The visitors wore hospitably entertained liy the loeal Association, who will probably return tlie visit later in the season.

Richards and Monleath opened to the bowling of Ongley and Penny. The former bowled a maiden, one log-bye being scored. Kneh batsman found the boundary in Ponnv's over, Montcath just raising 'it (i. but 'he lifted the last ball to Staplotoh, who held it. 10—1 Stewart opened vilh a e„t to the boundary off Ongley. Path batsmen were batting eiinlidently and running smartly between the wiekels. The seore mounted up slowly by singles. Piohards poked one up from Ongley towards midwicket, and Blamire-. running from behind the stumps, got up in time to effect a. fine one-handed catch. IS--"2—5. Singles to McOie and Stewart oIT Ongley brought 20 up. Stewart scored two couples, and then Pennv heat hiin with a slow break. "2-!—." l-'l. Osborne joined Medio, and runs came slowly, each of three overs producing one to each batsman, and making the seore 3d. Osborne scored two singles and a couple off Onglev, and was then smartlv caught bv Pratt at point off the same bowler. 34—4—r>. McGie was hatting well, but the good fielding made vmi-siettinc difficult until :\feOie lifted Pennv to the fence. opened with a single oil' OriL'lev. Tn the m-.t, over Pennv sent up a 'full-pitch to leg, which glanced oIT MeOie's bat and arm. ami Onglov brought: off a smart one-handed catch in the. slip*. Id--!)—S. Three singles were scored off One-lev, and then Ma-on ncaught bv Peter:; < (' Penur. ■;"-(!—!.

Two balls later Smith was clean bowled 13—7-0. It was a veritable procession. Then Matthews appeared. The Inglewood 'smiter at once got going, and hit 9 oil' Ongley in one over, including two boundaries. He survived an appeal for stumping off Penny, and showed his 'gratitude by lifting the bowler over the fence and to the fence in succession. Next ball, a slow leg-break, puzzled him. Both batsmen kept moving, and 70 came up, bringing Column on in place of Ongley. Klliott drove Penny for 3, whilst Matthews waited for him, and lifted him over the fence for li. Trying to do likewise. Klliott was clean' bowled. This stand had doubled the score. Sfi—B—S. Hughes saw Matthews add, 3, and was (hen bowled bv Column. S'l-:!—(). Matthews had batted vigorously for 37, not out. His score included four -I's and two li's. Gwillim, who batted so well on the previous ,W,y, was absent. The innings clovnl at the luncheon adjournment. Detailed scores:— SOUTH TARAXAKI. First innings 203 NORTH TARAXAKI. First innings 135 Second Innings. Richards, c I'damires, b I big'.ey .... 5 Montoath, c Stapieton, b Penny .. 4 Stewart, b Penny 13 McGie, c Ongley, b Penny S Osborne, e Pratt, b Ongley 5 Mason, c Peters, b Penny 4 Klliott, b Penny 0 Matthews, not out 37 Hughes, b Colnian 0 Gwillim, absent 0 Extras 5 Total 8!) Bowling Analysis: Colman, one for 3; Penny, six for 49; Ongley, two for 32. A FRIENDLY GAME. WON BY NORTH. The afternoon was devoted to a friendly game between the teams. Each team was allowed an hour and threequarters to bat, and each was just disposed of in the time. An interesting game resulted in a win for North by 23 runs.' Some good cricket was shown by both teams, and play was fairly fast, as can be seen by the runs (347) that were put up in the time.. Scores: — SOUTII TURANAKL

Pratt, c Ongley, b Stewart 2 Colnian, c and b Monteath 45 Stapleton, b Monteatli 44 Machin, b Osborne G Benslev, 1.b.w., b Monteath ....... 0 Tenfold, c Stewart, b Osborne .... 23 Blnmires, 1.b.w., b McGie 17 Douglas, b Osborne 5 Peters, c and b Osborne S . Whalcn. not out 0 Vcarhury, c Matthews, b Medio .. 1 Extras 11 Total IC2

Bowling Analysis: Monteath, three Tor 17; McGie, two for 15; Stewart, one for S; Osborne, four for 41; Smith, none for 20; Mason, none for 23; Elliott, none for 28.

NORTH TARANAKI.

. 222 , W. Baker, li Crawford . 28' S. Iliddlcstoiir. l.b.w., 1) Crawford . . 5| W. Gibbes, b Crawford • 2 • 2 1 W. Brav. b Watson S2 S. lir'icv. o Shepherd b Siedebcrg . . 68 1 ' 2 i C. Uobinsoii, c Eckliold, b Riedebor sr 23! A Patcrsoii. 1 b.v.\, b Watson .. . '• 24 | V. Soiithall, b Watson . 1 . 31) Total . 498

H. G. Sicdebcrg, c Midlanc, b Robin5 0 J. Shepherd, c and b Robinson .... 17 1 J. S. Bruges, c Hiddlcstone, b Brice 3G J. X. Crawford, b Hiddlcstone, .... 6 213 27 4 2 0 15 139

Siedeberg, not out . .. 13 Shcplic (1, b Brico . .. 9 Alloo, I Urice .. .. . .. 0 Watson .)) Eobinsoi 11 Ex . .. 8 Three wicl ets for .. . . .. 41

Smith, 1) Stapleton .. Onjrlc> Osl)on Monte , c Pratt, b Wh le, 1) Pratt .... atli, c Bensley, b ilen Mac 2 2 bin .... 1 Matthews, c Bensley, b Machin .... 1 Mason, e. Bensley, b Machin 1 Elliott, e. Colnian, li Blamires .... 2 Extras 1 Bowline Analysis: Blamires, three fc 1 18; Pratt, one for 12; ] Bl; Stapleton, one for l for 8: Wlialon, none Machin, four fo 21; Peters, nor for 20; Colma