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Taranaki Daily News, 11 March 1920, Page 7

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NORTH v. SOUTH TARANAKI. WIN FOR NORTH ON FIRST INNINGS. A representative eleven from North Taranaki went to Hawera yesterdßj - , where they defeated the South Taranakl team by sixteen, runs on the flrst innings. Neither team waa up to full strength, North Taranakl being without the servicei of Heskett, Johnson, Lash, Hasell, Robertson, Weston and Bottrill j whilst South Taranakl were without McCarthy and Dr. Maunsell. The weather conditions were Ideal. The wicket was far from perfect, being rather bumpy, and after recent rains played rather slow. The outfield was rough, boundaries being dlfflcnlt to obtain.

The best batting for North Taranakl w»» done by Egglestone', Clarke, Hughes, Osborne and P. Sarten, and for South Taranakl by Beechey, Penny, and Pratt. At bowling, Clarke and Osborne put up splendid performances for North, and Beechey and Worrall Bowled, excellently for the home team. : ; NORTH'B ITBBT INNINQS. South Taraankl won the toss and sent North Taranakl to the wickets, Bewley and opening to the bawling of Penny front the north end and Worrall. Bewley was smartly taken la the slips by Beechey, 18—1—5. Palmer followed, and scored a single only to; see Morrison caught next ball behind the bowler by Fearon, 19—2—8. Palmer signalised Clarke's arrival by scoring a '.single. Penny's next over saw Palmer well caught by Lynskey at mid wicket, 20—2—3. Osborne escaped an apnea) for slumping in Benny's next oyer, which only produced one ,bye. In Worrell's next aver Penny missedja hot one in the slipH from Osborne. With the score at 22, Beechey replaced Penny at the north end. Next over Clarke was oat l.b.w. to Worrall, 38—4—4. Egglestone followed and opened with. a single, Smart fielding ore the part of Worrall and Lynskey saved several runs, but Osborne with a single to leg reached double figures, but the next ball he received from Worrall was taken by Marsh at point, 41—5-r-10. P. Sarten followed, but succumbed third ball to Worrall, 41—C—0. Worrall's average at this stage was five for fifteen. aarteii fllleid the) vacancy and opened with a single, Egglestone following with a couple to the long grass. E. Sarten then returned a high one to Beechey, who held It }n Beechey's next over Hughes had- a narrow escape of being run out. At 58, Hughes went on In place of Worrall, 'and was hit by his namesake for a single. Egglestone then reached top score with a couple of turns off Beechey's fourth ball. Hughes was smartly held In the slips by his nnraesake 62—8—10. Stalnton followed, and after a bye Egglestone put one through the slips for four, and drove a single past the bowler. Egglestone scored another couple and then received a nasty knock on the elbow from Hughes, after which he cut Hughes for a single. Stalnton opened his account with a anartly run couple. Egglestone brought his score to twenty by driving Beechey for two. Worrall then replaced Hughes and. Egglestone signalised the change by scoring a' boundary and a four off his one, having a life through Lynskey and Marsh both going for a catch, and colliding. Stalnton fell to one from Beechey, which kept low. This partnership had produced 38, and proved a valuable stand, 100—9—5. Dlnnlss followed, and off the flrst ball he received two byes were run. Next over, after scoring one, he was caught out by Pratt. 105—10—1. Egglestone was given an ovation for his score of 43 not out. The Innings lasted just over an hour and a half.

SOUTH TARANAKI'S REPLY. For South Taranakl Nellson and Penny opened against the bowling of Hughes and Osborne. Nellson, after scoring five runs, was neatly bowled by Osborne In his first over. 7—l—s. Ho was replaced by Beechey who commenced to score freely, getting In some good hits. In Dlnnlss' first over Penny was caught by Hughes. 42—2—18. Marfth took his place. Beechey landed a six off Dlnnlss, getting well over the boundary, and followed with a single, making the total at the luncheon adjournement 51 for two wickets. After the adjournment Beechey commenced batting against Clarke, and promptly scored a couple. Soon afterwards Marsh opened his score with a couple. Beechey, after putting up an excellent performance at the wicket; was bowled by Clarke. 57—3—30. Pratt replaced htai and scored a three with his flrst ball. In Clarke's next over Marsh was declared out, l.h.w. 74—4—7. Hughes filled the vacancy. Pratt had a close call at the wlekot, and was shortly afterward neatly caught by Bewley, ORborne bowling 83—5—18. Lynskey replaced him at the wicket. A. Hughes was caught by Egglestone after he bad scored six. 89—6—6. Fearon, who filled the vacancy had a very short life, being caught by Hughes before he had a chance of increasing the score. 89—7—0.. The game at this stage became very Interesting. Penfold, who had taken Fearon's place, was caught and bowled by Osborne. 89—8—0. Worrall filled the vacancy. Lynskey wsb the next to fall a victim, being caught by Stalnton, without any addition to the score. 89—9—0. The Innings finished in a sensational manner a few seconds later, when Whalen, the new man, was bowled by Clarke. 89—10—0. No runs were scorsd by the last four wickets. The innings closed for 89, having lasted slightly less than an hour and a half.

North Taranakl opened their second Innings with a I'iadi of 16 civer their opponents on the first Innings. Their second effort produced 120 As the time left was Insufficient, South Taranaki did not go In for their second Innings, and the match was declared a win for North Taranaki by 16 runs on their first Innings. Details of the scores are as follow: NORTH TARANAKI. First Innings. Bewley, c. Beechey, b. Worrall 5 Morrison, c Fearon, b. Worrall 8 Palmer, c. Lynskey, b Penny 2 Clarke, 1.b.w.. b. Worrall 4 Osborne, c. Marsh, b. Worrall 10 Egglestone, not out 43 P. Sarten, b. Worrall 0 E. Sarten, c. and b. Beechey 1 Hughes, c.' Hughes, b. Beechey 10 Stalnton. b. Beechey 5 Dlnnlss. c. Pratt, b. Fearon 1 Extras 16 Total 105 Bowling analysis: Worrall, 9 overs, 1 maiden, 5 wickets, 22 runs; Beechey 8 overs, S wickets. 21! runs; Fearon, 2 overs, 1 wicket, 8 runs; Penny, 5 overs, 1 maiden, 1 wicket, 16 runs; Hughes 2 overs, 0 wickets, 16 runs Second Innings. Morrison, c. Beechey, b.' Fearon Bi Bewley, b. Beechey 01 Egglestone c. Penny, b.- Worrall 2S Hughes, c. Worrall, b. Beechey 8 Clarke, b. Penny 20 Osborne, not out 27 Dlnnlss, b. Worrall 3 Palmer, b. Worrall o P. Sarten, b. Beechey 20 E. Sarten, run out 8 Stalnton, c. Worrall, b. Beechey 4 Total 120 Bowling analysis: Beechey 18 overs, 1 maiden, 4 wlokets. 30 runs; Worrall 10 overs. 2 maidens, 3 wickets, 31 runs; Fearon 5 overs, 1 wicket, 22 run 3; Penny 5 overs, 1 wicket, 25 runs; Nellson 1 over, no wickets, 8 runs. SOUTH TARANAKI. First Innings. Nellson, b. Osborne ...' 0 Penny, c. D. Hughes, b. Dlnnlss 18 Beechey, b. Clarke .10 Marsh, 1.b.w., b. Clarke 7 Pratt, c. Bewley, b. Osborne 18 Hughes, c. Egglestone, b. Osborne 6 Lynskey, c. Stalnton. b. Clarke 1 Penford, c. and b. Osborne 0 Fearson, c. Hughes, b. Osborne 0 Worrall, not out 0 Whalen. b. Clarke 0 Extras 4 Total 89 Bowling analysis: Clarke 6 overs, 1 maiden. 4 wickets, 20 runs; Osborne 7 overs, 5 wickets. 26 runs; Dlnnlss 3 overs, 1 wicket, 15 runs: E. Sarten 3 overs, 1 maiden, no wickets, 10 runs; Hughes 5 overs, 1 maiden, no wickets, 16 runs. '

TARANAKI v. WANGANUI. THE TEAM SELECTED. The following team has been selected to represent Taranakl against Wanganul In the match to be played at Wanganul next Wednesday and Thursday: E M. Beechey, 1". M. Pratt, Dr Maunsell, R Penny. A. Worrall. .1. Heskett, E. Lash, A. H. Osborne. E. G. Johnstone, P. E. Stalnton, and S. Egglestone. The team will leave for Wanganul by the mall train, and return by the mall train on Thursday. . Any players selected who may not be nblo t° so with the team are asked to communicate with Mr. Stalnton without delay.