CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 November 1921, Page 3

CRICKET.

SOUTH TARANAKI MATCHES. SATURDAY’S PLAY. KAPONGA v. OKAIAWA. (From Our Own Correspondent.) On Saturday afternoon the Okaiawa and I Kaponga cricket teams met at Kaponga. Tie i weather was perfect for those actively eni gaged, though a trifle cold for fielders, who were not kept busy. The game ei/ded in a victory for Okaiawa by 6 wickets, mainly due Ito the splendid stand made by Penny, who ■ notched 50 runs in Okaiawa’s first innings. I Afternoon tea was provided Mesdamys , Betts and Priest. Kaponga batted first. 1 Scores KAPONGA. First Innings. Desforges, c. Harrison 4 Melville, run out ............. . 1 Abbott, -b. Penny 3 ; Mair, c. Meuli b. Penny 16 i Thomas, b. Whalen .......5 .Reading, b. Whalen .. 11 {McDonald, b. Whalen 0 Priest, b. Penny 2 Nicholson, b. Whalen 2 i Power, run out t-.-n, 0 G. Abbott, not out ........ 1 Total 52 OKAIAWA. First Innings. Penny, b. Thomas 50 Smith, b. Abbott 3 Harrison, l.b.w. Abbott ................ 0 H. Whalen, b. Abbott 1 S. Whalen, b. Abbott 0 Barclay, b. Priest 12 Dundas, c. Melville b. Priest 5 Meuli, c. McDonald b. Thomas .......... 9 B. Barclay, b. Priest .................. ol Todd, b. Priest 0 Bates, not out 3 Extras 8 Total 91 Bowling analysis: Harrison, 1 for 17; Penny, 3 for 23; Whalen, 4 for 13; Abbott, 4 for 28; Mair, 0 for 32; Thomas, 2 for 20; Priest, 4 for 12. KAPONGA. Second Innings. Melville, b. Whalen 1 Abbott, b. Harrison 10 Thomas, e. Smith b. Whalen 4 Mair, c. Penny b. Harrisonx. 2 Reading, c. Penny b. Harrison 0 McDonald, c. Harrison b. B. Harrison .. .... 1 Priest, b. Harrison 2 Desforges, c. Barclay b. S. Whalen .... 13 Nicholson, c. Meuli b. Harrison 0 Power, b. Harrison 0 G. Abbott, not out 9 Extras 6

Total 48 OIvAIAWA. Second Innings. Todd, run out 0 Barclay, c. Reading b. Priest' . 0 Dundas, b. Priest 1 ‘Harrison, b. Thomas 12 S. Whalen, c. Abbott b. Priest .......... 3 Barclay, b. Priest 8 Meuli, not out 16 Whalen,. not out ....................... 8 Extras 4 Total for 6 wickets ................ 52 Bowling analysis: H. Whalen, 2 for .17; Harrison, 7 for 13; Smith, 0 for 2; S. Whalen, 1 for 3; Barclay, 0 for 11; Priest, 4 for 25; Thomas, 1 for 24; Mair, 0 for 3.

Speaking of old-time cricket in New Zea- ’ land, Mr. L. Cohen, at a gathering in Wanganui, stated that Christchurch was respon- ’ sible for the early introduction of cricket in New Zealand, and as a small boy he well , recollected some of the greatest English cricketers coming to play at Christchurch,. in- , eluding Armitage, Hornby, A. Shaw, and Lilly white. Those were the days when the North Island had hardly been discovered. The people of the city of the plains took their cricket very seriously in those days, and closed tiie shops for three days. They also had a. publican's booth on the ground. Mr. Cohen jocularly remarked that if they could only get a similar concession on Wanganui cricket grounds on Saturday afternoons it would tend ; to make the game very popular there. EXCELSIOR v. ELTHAM. Excelsior travelled to Eltham, and gained the narrowest of victories on the first innings, one run separating the two scores. Eltham batted first, and put up the moderate total of 59, | Cole 23, Little 14 and §enior 11 being ti)e only I double-figure scorers. Excelsior just topped ■ the score, the last wicket falling at 60. Pratt , scored over half the runs, being bowled by Fearon after batting well for 33. Bow’Jng analyses.—Eltham : McCarthy, four i for 14; Machin, one for 23; McFadyen, four for 21. Excelsior: Cole, seven for 15; Little,

two for 25; Fearon, one for 7. MANAIA v. MIDLAND. Manaia went to Hawera. to play Midlands, and scored a very decisive victory over the local team. Midland went in first, and were dismissed for 70 runs, towards which Beeehev contributed 34 and Nielsen 18. Manaia ran up 134 for three wickets, Maunsell batting very finely for 61 not out, and Judd playing a solid innings of 30. Bowling analyses.—Midlands: Hughes, 5 for 36; Bairst av, one for 25; Young, three for 5. Manaia: Nichol, one for 21; Beechey, one for 25; Nielsen, one for 11. HAWERA "B” v. MANAIA "B". The first of the “B” Cup fixtures was played nil the Manaia Domain between Hawera and Manaia, and after a very even contest re-

sulted in a wiu for Manaia by 11 runs, both innings being played out. Manaia scored a three-point win. There was some very good individual play on both sides. For Hawera, McKindley 20, Vinnicombe 14, Bohn 12, Sllson 18, Stacey 18, and Lay 14 showed good form, and for Manaia Cosgrove 24, Purser 18 and 14, Guise 20, and Stewart 11 also showed good form. Alterneon tea was provided by Misses Judd and Lloyd and lady friends. Bowling analyses.—Hawera “B” first Innings : Cosgrove, four for 16; Kelly, five for 27 : Hobday, none for 12. Second Innings: Cosgrove, five for 26; Kelly, none for 9; Broomfield, one for 17; Swainson, one for 0; l, f, Ser ' one for 0; Guise » one for 5 - Manaia’ “B” first innings: Vinnicombe, five for 16; Lay, four for 25 ; Silson, none for 13. Second innings: Lay, none for 18; Vinnicombe, seven for 25; F. Silson, three for 20; Mahoney, none for 9.