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Taranaki Daily News, 7 March 1919, Page 3

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WANG AND I DEFEATS NEW. PLYMOUTH. The match betwec-n the Wanganui and Now Plymouth secondary schools was concluded on the local school grounds yesterday morning, resulting in a win for the visitors by 145 runs. Play was resumed shortly after half-past 10, the not-out men of the previous day (Davis and Gilmer major) opening to Sinclair and O'Halloran. Sinclair took the first over, bowling against a slight breeze, and had hard luck with his first ball, which Davis skied to the on, the ball falling between Osborne and Saxton With a little more alertness in the field the wicket might have been accounted for Davis thereafter carried his overnight score of 17 to 40. when he was cautrht bv Inch off Sinclair. Gilmer had emnniled 12 when the sajm" howler took off the hails with a beautiful hall. Gilr" '"j 'nor was clean bowled by O'Halone, and Scott, not out. made jtl. '/no baK-hnur's plav added 44 to the •' re. and made n total of 174 for the

innings. With a deficiency of 211 to make up, j the New Ijjymonth innings was opened bv IT'iilis and TTine, the two Gilmers taking the bowling. Again the fielding of the visitors was very clean and nothing was allowed to slip through. Runs came slowly for a time. Willis notched a couple of boundaries when he was caiighf, and bowled by Gilmer minor. Hine was at the wicket a long time for his three, and Osborne was bowled bv Gilmer minor for a similar total O'TTalloran wn ton scorer for the local "ide with Ifi, bein? clean bowled by Scott, short.lv utter the latter came on. Thereafter th« innin<rs was a procession from the pavilion to .the crease, two of fhe side beincr sent hack by the first, hall "laved and <i wither without matins; any iscore. The last, wicket, proved the livelie-.f of the inninss. when Clifford and Wohster hit out. vigorously. geftintr *'cvfiw* and Clifford lifting Scott Tisrht out of the field once for six The pair nut. on 27 out of a total for the side of «fi—pxnedv the came as in the first Inn. I ings. Following are the scores:—

WAWAXffTT—Second Timings. 'fw, 1) Sin,-]air g Hocking, b Greiner 0 Gilmer mi., b Sinclair 7 Porritt, run out . v ,..45 Hewitt, b Sinclair ...... fl Stonp-Wim? c and b O'Halloran .... 16 Harding, b Pope 17 Davis, c Inch, b Sinclair 40' Gilmer ma,, b Sinclair .... 12 Gilmer mm., b O'Halloran .... 1 Scott, not out H Extras ........ 10 Total ]74| Bowling averages: Greiner, one for 11; Pope, one for 21; Sinclair, five for 75; O'Halloran, two for 55. NEW PLYMOUTH SECOND INNINGS. Willis, c and b Gilmer min. 8 1-line, 1> Gilmnr min 3 Osborne, b Gilmer mi. 3 O'Halloran, b Scott ; 10 'Sinclair, b Gilmer min. 0 Greiner, b Scott I Pope, b Gilmer min 0; Inch, b Gilmer min. 0 Saxton, b Scott ,t Clifford, b Scott •,... V sv.... I'2 Webster, not out 15 Extras 4 Total , ijfi Bowling averages: Gilmer mi., one for 24; Gilmer min. five for 23; Seott four for 14.