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Taranaki Daily News, 10 January 1921, Page 3

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REPRESENTATIVE MATCH< WANGANUI v. TARANAKI. TARANAKI WIN BY 95 RUNS. The representative cricket match between Wanganui and Taranaki was continued at New Plymouth on Saturday, in perfect cricketing weather. The match ended in a win for the home team by 95 runs. On the conclusion of the firs* day’s play Taranaki were all out. for 137, while Wanganui had four wickets down for 102 runs when stumps were drawn Smith (4) and Wood (14), the not out men, again went to the wicket for Wanganui on Saturday. Penny bowled f’om the south end, and Wood hit a single off the first ball and Smith two off the second. The third ball Smith hit up, and Macdonald accepted the catch.—lo5 —5 —6. Holland w-jnt in next, and Foreman bowled the second over from the north end. The sixth ball Wood lifted clean over the boundary for six. The remaining two balls both went to the boundary. Holland opened his account with a single, and the score stood at 120. Both batsmen continued laying the wood hard on everything that came their way. Gibson then replaced Foreman with the ball. A single off Wood’s bat saw the Taranaki score of 137 passed. Holland followed with a boundary. Hughes failed to accept a hot return from Holland. Wood then “skied” a ball, but Macdonald, at long-on, ran Joo far in. Holland was responsible for the second six of the match, and 150 showed on the board. Wood hit another boundary off Penny, and a minute later hit two sixes in succession off the same bowler. The conclusion of the over saw 170 up. In the next over Holland played on Gibson’s first ball, and a fruitful partnership of 65 was brought to a close —176—6—20. Wells, the newcomer, opened with a hit for two. Pratt took a turn with the ball at the south end. Wood hit a boundary off his second ball, and two more boundaries before the end of the over. The next over Wells hit a four off Gibson, and 190 appeared. Wood then sent one from Pratt over the fence for six, and the second century appeared on the board, just after two hours’ play. The next moment Wood Vas given out l.b.w. His score of 73 included 4 sixes and 8 fours.—2oo—7—73. Hales succeeded him at the crease, and opened with a single. Wells found the boundary off Pratt, but was fortunate in not being run out a moment later. Hales next sent one boundary-wards. At this stage Gibson replaced E in as wicket-keeper. With the first bail of a new over Pratt bowled Wells.—2ls—B—42. Coater filled the vacancy, and hit a single. Bain again took the bowling at the north end. Coster did not last long, being clean bowled by Bain.—22o—9—2. Hawkins was last man in, but did not survive long enough to “break his duck.” Hales carried his bat for 11.—221—10—0. The innings had lasted two and a half hours. TARANAKI’S SECOND INNINGS. Penny and Gibson opened Taranaki’s second innings, and Holland bowled from the north end. Both batsmen hit a single off him in the first over. At tiie south end Smith handled the ball. An overthrow cost Wanganui four runs, and ten soon appeared. Penny sent Holland to the boundary, and drove him again for four in the succeeding over. A boundary hit by Gibson brought the score up to thirty. Soon after Gibson sent a low one off Holland to Leggatt, who made no mistake.—3s—l—2l. Pratt took his place. Wells, a left-handed bowler, went on in place of Smith, and got Penny with his fourth ba11.—35—2—14. Morrison was the next batsman, and, after playing carefully, sent Holland to the boundary. Then, in attempting to “slog” one, Holland sent his bails flying.—44— 3— t>. Little partnered Paatt, and the batsmen began to steal singles, having close calls on several occasions. Little hit a four, and fifty was passed, after forty minutes’ play. Shortly after the luncheon adjournment was mode, with the score at 55 for three wickets. On resuming, Pratt and Little continued to the bowling of Holland and Smith. Each batsman sent two to the boundary a few minutes after play commenced, and runs were coming very freely. Another four off Little brought the score up to 80. The same player sent two more balls the same way a minute later. Both Little and Pratt

were now “getting their eye in,” and Jiit all round the wicket. Another boundary hit by Little brought the hundred up. Wells again took a turn with the ball, replacing Smith. Little glided a full toss to the boundary, and drove another —his fourth in succession—the same way. Leggatt took the bowling at the north end, but Little treated him the same way, and hit a four off his third ball. The batsmen now seemed content with stealing singles, and ran between wickets with good judgment. By this means the score was steadily brought up to 120, when Little came to light again with a three, and Pratt despatched two to the boundary. A fine partnership, which had yielded 97 runs, was brought to a close shortly after, when Wells clean bowled Little.—l4l—4—6o. Bain, the Taranaki captain, went in next, and opened with two singles. Pratt hit another boundary, and another single saw 150 on the board. Pratt sent another boundary-wards, and shortly after brought his tally up to 50. Smith again came in with the ball, and Pratt gave Luxford at .square leg an easy catch off Smith, which was not accepted. Pratt sent another to the boundary, and Bain followed suit with a four and a two, which raised the score to 170. Holland bowled again from the north end. Bain was hitting freely all round the wicket, and excelled himself by lifting one clean on to the Avenue Road for six. His next three hits were also boundaries, and the second century went up on the board. Wells went on again with the ball at the south end, and Bain drove him for four. Holland replaced Leggatt as bowler at the north end. Pratt cut l)im to leg for four, and the two next balls he also sent to the boundary. Duripg the next over Bain lifted Wells to the boundary twice in succession, and incidentally passed his half century. A few more minutes saw the score at 240. Leggatt again bowled at the north end, and Pratt sent him for four. A few minutes later, Pratt, who went in first wicket down, and had played a patient game, was caught by Wells off Leggatt.—247— s —Bo. Palmer followed, and hit Leggatt to leg for four. The next over Holland took the bowling at the south end. Palmer sent another to the boundary, and 2SO appeared. An overthrow cost the

visitors four more runs. Palmer was I then caught by Luxford off Holland. —-268 —'6—B. Sarten was she next batsman. Bain “skied” one off Leggatt, but the fieldsman failed to reach the ball in time. Sarten open- > ed his account with a single. Bain hit one for four, bringing his total up to 70. Sarten cut a nice one to leg for two. The first ball of Holland’s over Bain lifted clean over boundary for six, and 280 went up on the board. Sarten then got two off Holland for four, but the next over Leggatt sent his stumps flying.—291 —-7—12. Hughes filled the breach, and Luxford took a turn with the ball at the south end. Bain “skied” him, but Darby failed to catch the ball, and Bain sent another for four. A single off Bain saw the third century on the board. Hughes was just afterwards given out l.b.w. off Leggatt.—3o1 —B—o.8 —0. Taranaki then declared their innings closed. Bain had carried his bat for a well-compiled 85, which included eleven fours and two sixes. WANGANUI’S SECOND INNINGS. Requiring 218 to win, the visitors sent in Stewart and Darby, and Gibson bowled from the north end. Darby opened the scoring by hitting a four off the sixth ball. Little took the ball at the south end, and bowled a maiden over. Stewart sent one to the boundary, and then lifted a full toss over the boundary for si”. Both batsmen were hitting out confidently, and twenty appeared. Little then found Darby’s middle stump.— 21—1 —9. Luxford, who went in next, opened with a hit for two. Stewart shortly afterwards narrowly escaped being run out. He did not survive long, however, for with the first ball of a new over Little sent Stewart’s middle wicket flying.—3o—2—l4. Leggatt, the newcomer, treated Little’s bowling cautiously, but drove Gibson to the boundary in the next over. Shortly afterwards, however, he was caught by Bain off Little.—3 B—3—6. Wood, who went in next, sent Little to the boundary Then Penny replaced Gibson as >wler at the north end. Luxford snicked one for four, and Wood followed with another, which brought the score up to fifty for half an hour’s play. Up to this stage Little had bowled three maidens out of five overs. Wood hit a high one, but Gibson, in deep field, misjudged the distance. Runs were now coming mostly in singles, when Wood “skied” a bail off Penny, and Foreman held it.—63—4 15. Holland, the Wanganui skipper, succeeded him, and opened with a single, followed by a boundary. Pratt, who had been hit on the foot, retired, and Osborne fielded in his stead. After a quiet spell of byes and singles, a four by Holland saw 80 passed. Penny sent down a slow one, which tempted Luxford, who “spooned” it into Foreman’s hands.—B3 —s—ls. Smith, who filled the breach hit one for two and a single, and then Little bowled his middle stump.—-86—6 —3. With a. fair prospect of Taranaki disposing of the visitors before stumps were drawn, the play became exciting. Wells went in next, and opened with a brace, while Holland hit Penny to the boundary twice. Another four by Holland topped the century. The nex: over Holland sent two more to the boundary, but in endeavoring to repeat the stroke, he lifted one into the hands of Hughes. —116—7 —37. Hales, the next man, hit one for two. Soon after Little “spreadeagled” Wells’ wickets.—l22—B—6. A minute later Hales hit the ball high into the air, and Osborne brought off a magnificent catch.—l 22—9—2. This concluded Wanganui’s innings, and Taranaki, five minutes before thfe call of time, were left the winners by a margin of 95 runs. Details:— f TARANAKI.

Bowling analysis.—Holland 3 for 102, Smith 0 for 73, Wells 2 for 66, Leggatt 3 for 37, Luxford 0 for 7. WANGANUI.

Bowling analysis.—-Penny 1 for 43, Bain 1 for 36, Hughes 1 for 14, Foreman 2 for 43, 1 for 5, Pratt 3 for 26, Gibson 1 for 3. Second Innings.

Bowling analysis.—Little 5 for 28, Penny 4 for 47, Gibson 0 for 3Q. THE PLUNKET SHIELD. (WELLINGTON v. AUCKLAND. By Telegraph.—Press ■Association. Wellington, Jan. 8. The Plunket Shield match was continued to-day. Wellington, whose overnight score was 306 for eight wickets, completed their innings for 333, Warne 17 not out and Bruce 12 being the principal scorers of the remainder. Bowling analysis: Player 6 for 139, N. C. Sneddon 2 for 44, C. A. Sneddon 1 for 31. Auckland, whose play was disappointing, responded with IgS, the principal scorers being N. C. Sneddon 18 and Player 11. Bowling analysis: Brice 6 for 64, McGirr 3 for 28, Hiddleston 1 for 38. ’ i

Auckland did not save a follow-on, but Wellington decided to bat again, and in the second essay compiled 214 for 6 wickets when stumps were drawn, the principal scorers being Burton not out 44, Bruce 43, McGirr 43, Warne 40. Smith took 3 wickets for 37 The fielding of both teams was a feature of the match, which was exciting, and in which great interest was taken by a large crowd. N.S.W, v. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. By Telegraph.—Press Assn —Copyright. Received Jan. 9, 5.5 p.m. ’ Adelaide, Jan. 9. Playing in the Sheffield Shield match, South Australia made 265 in their first innings (C. E. Pellew. 91, Smith 34, S. Pellew 33, A. Richardson 42). Andrews took 5 wickets for 89 runs. In their second innings New South Wales have one wicket down for 20. Aua.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ENGLAND v. BALLARAT. Received Jan. 9, 5.5 p.m. Melbourtie, Jan. 9. England, in their first innings against Ballarat, declared with 9 wickets down for 384 (Russell 50, Fender 106, Woolley not out 159). Ballarat, in their second innings, made 30. Waddington took 9 wickets for 15 and Hitch 4 for 10. England won by an innings and 143 Cable Assn. “BAR RACKING” CONTROVERSY. Received Jan. 8, 5.5 p.m. London, Jan. 7. Writing in the Star, “Australian Barracker” says: “Barracking is mere unbiased, loud-voiced criticism. The Australians do not take cricket seriously, They did once, but since the death of Trumper no - worthy successor took on, and the game is suffering.—United Service.'

First Innings • • 137 Second InningsPenny, b Wells5 .- 14 Gibson, c Leggatt, b Holland . .. 21 Pratt, c Wells, b Leggatt ..... .. 80 Morrison, b Holland .. 5 Little, b Wells .. 60 Bain (captain), not out .. 85 Palmer, c Luxford, b Holland .. 8 Sarten, b Leggatt ... 12 Hughes, Lbw., b Leggatt ... o Extras ... ... 16 Total (8 wickets, declared) , ... 301 Grand total .. 438

First Innings. Stewart, <* Bain, b Foreman f . 64 ...... 9 Leggatt, c Penny, b Palmer . ..•23 9 Luxford, l.b.w., b Hughes 2 Smith, c Macdonald, b Penny .... 6 Wood, l.b.w., b Pratt 73 Holland (captain), b Gibson 20 ..... 12 ..... 11 Coster, b Pratt ......«• ..... o Extras •. • ... • • ...... 23 Total . .w........ ~ ... 221

Stewart, b Littla 14 Darby, b Little ...... 9 Luxford, c Foreman, b Penny 13 Leggatt, c Bain, b Little .... .....< 6 Wood, c Foreman, b Penny 15 Holland, e Hughes, b Penny .... 37 Smith, b Little 3 Hales, c Osborne, b Penny . • • • 2 Coster, not out 0 o ..... 17 Total ... .s. ..... 122 — Grand total -......... 343