CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 February 1922, Page 3

CRICKET.

BIG MATCH IN AUSTRALIA. THE SECOND DAY’S PLAY. By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. Received Feb. 5, 5.5 p.m. Sydney, Feb. 5. The cricket match, Australia v. the Rest of Australia was resumed in showery weather. Australia has sLx wickets down for 227 (Bardsley 25, Collins 41, Macartney 47, Andrews 30, Gregory 1, Taylor 19, Ryder not out 44, Oldfield not out 9). Play was stopped by rain four times, and the ground was treacherous.

Macartney played the innings of the day, delighting the spectators with sparkling and crisp shots, and scoring at a fast rate. Collins was always at home to the bowling; he was very confident, and did not hurry his innings. Bardsley was disappointing. Ryder is apparently well set, and looks like making a big score.

This match was commenced on Friday. The Rest of Australia made 393 in their first Innings. NORTH TARANAKI COMPETITIONS. SATURDAY’S GAMES. The North Taranaki cricket competitions were continued on Saturday. The chief reversal was Inglewood’s defeat of Western Park. In the other A grade match New Plymouth beat Old Boys. In the B grade B.H.T. defeated New Plymouth and Western Park lost to Harbor Works. A GRADE. WESTERN PARK v. INGLEWOOD. There was a margin of 53 runs in favor of Inglewood at the conclusion of their match with Western Park. The match was played at Inglewood. Inglewood compiled 118, a number of the team reaching double figures. Hamerten was 26 when bowled by Dlnnlss; C. Nicholls played a careful Innings for 26, carrying his bat, and others who scored well were Gibson (21) and Thomas (16). Halley made the best average of New Plymouth bowlers, securing five wickets for 44 runs. Park were dismissed for 65, of which Macdonald made 17 and Halley 12. Gibson got four wickets for 29 runs and Coutts got five for the same number. Details are: INGLEWOOD. N. Gibson, c Simpson, b Halley 21 T. Nicholls, c Simpson, b Macdonald 6 Coutts, b Halley 0 Pullen, b Macdonald 0 Hamerton, b Dinnis 26 Darlow, run out :•••■< Starkey, b Dinniss 0 O’Byrne, c Macdonald, b Halley 0 Thomas, b Halley 16 Street, c Scrivener, b Halley 10 Extras 10 Total 118 Bowling analysis: Halley took five wickets for 44 runs; Macdonald, two for 35; Dinniss, two for 29. WESTERN PARK. Gray, c Thomas, b Gibson 4 Palmer, b Gibson 3 R. Macdonald, b Coutts 6 Halley, b Coutts 12 F. Robertson, c Nicholls, b Coutts 4 A. B. Macdonald, c-Coutts, b Gibson 17 O. Clarke, b Coutts 8 G. Dinniss, b Coutts 0 B. Simpson, run out 0 C. Scrivener, not out 3 Stevens, c Darlow, b Gibson 1 Extras ... 7 Total 05 Bowling analysis.—Gibson took four wickets for 29 runs; Coutts, five for 29. OLD BOYS v. NEW PLYMOUTH. i New Plymouth won their match against Old Boys, scoring 103 for nine wickets, against 77. The Old Boys team went to the wickets first, compiling 77 (Monteath 15, Bewley 10). Clarke bowled unchanged for New Plymouth, and had a great average—namely, eight wickets for 27 runs. He bowled five maiden overs. In New Plymouth’s total of 103 Sheppard contributed a useful innings for 24, as also did i ."ke, 26 not out, while Newbold played good cricket for 22. Osborne bowled throughout for Old Boys, and took six wickets for 39 runs, recording four maiden overs. Tho batting on both sides was very steady, the f men at the wickets taking few liberties, and the match was also responsible for a steadiness in bowling, each side experiencing eight maiden overs. The fielding was good. Details are: OLD BOYS. Bewley, c Lawry, b Clarke 10 Willis, st Stainton, b Clarke 3 Osborne, c Burns, h Clarke 0 Papps, b Clarke 4 BottriK. b Clarke ♦. 6 Monteath, l> Clarke 15 Billing, b Baker 0 Eggleton, b Clarke 6 Colson, b Clarke 5 Quill lam, not out 7 Greiner, lbw, b Nlcholl 2 Extras 18 Total 77 Bowling analysis.—Clarke took eight wickets for 27 runs; Nicoll, one for 15 ; Newbold, none for 7; Baker, one for 9. NEW PLYMOUTH. t Nicoll, b Eggleton 6 Sheppard, I) Osborne 24 Ferry, b Osborne 3 Burns, b Osborne 0 Newbold. <■ Qullllam, b Bottrlll 22 Inch, b Osoorne 3 Clarke, not out 26 Baker, b Eggleton o Stainton, h Osborne 4 Lawry, b Osborne 0 Ayres, not out 1 Extras n Total (for nine wickets) 103 Bowling analysis.—Eggleton took two wickets for 30 runs; Osborne, six for 39; Bottrlll, one for 14 ; Billing, none for 6. B GRADE. NEW PLYMOUTH v. B.H.T. Playing at the racecourse the combined team B.H.T. defeated New Plymouth, scoring 35 and 67 (for seven wickets) against 51 and 47. The match was evidently responsible for the hit-or-miss style on the part of batsmen, as the records of the successful batsmen showed many fours and sixes. New Plymouth batted first and made 51, of which Osborne compiled 37, hitting out freely all round. Bishop got six of the wickets for 13 runs. B.H.T. replied with 35, none of the batsmen reaching double figures. Kinsella secured six of the wickets for seven runs, and Hughes three for nine. Going in again, New Plymouth made 47 (Kinsella 22). B.H.T. again relied on the bowling of Bishop and W. O’Donnell. The second Innings on the part of the country team had reached 67 for 7 wickets when stumps were drawn. W. O’Donnell gave a great exhibition of hitting, knocking up 30. M. O’Donnell had reached 15

when he lifted a ball from Osborne and Oliver took a brilliant catch in the outfield. Details of the scores are: NEW PLYMOUTH. First Innings.—O. Kinsella, c and b Bishop, 0; F. Sheppard, b Bishop, 0; R. Oliver, b Bishop, 2: W. Hughes, run out, 1; Osborne,, c and b M. O’Donnell, 37 : H. Oliver, b Bishop, 1; E. Andrews, run out, 0 ; Thomas, b Bishop, .3; W. N. Stephenson, not out, 1; E. Pryke. played on Bishop, 0 ; extras, 6 ; total, 51. , Second Innings.—Kinsella, b W. O’Donnell, 22; E. Andrews, b Bishop, 0; W. L. Stephenson, b Bishop, ; Osborne, b Bishop, 0 ; Thomas, b O’Donnell, 0 : Hughes, b O'Donnell, 2; R. Oliver, c Haskell, b O’Donnell, 7; Sheppard, b Bishop, 0; H. Oliver, not out, 9; Pryke, c Giddy, b O’Donnell, 1; extras, 3* total, 47. B.H.T. First Innings.—M. O’Donnell, c R, Oliver, b Hughes, 4; A. Haskell, lbw, b Hughes, 4; A. Street, b Kinsella, 0; P. Haskell, b Oliver, 4; W. O'Connell, b Hughes, 6: L. Bishop, b Kinsella, 1 : Jeffery, c Thomas, b Kinsella. I: H.( Sampson, b Kinsella, 1; L. Giddy, b’ Kinsella, 0; C. Haskell, b Kinsella, 9; J. Jeffery, not out, 2; extras, 3; total, 35. Second Innings.—J. Jeffery, b R. Oliver, 1; SV. O’Donnell, h Kinsella, 30; A. Haskell, b Hughes, 5 : M. O’Donnell, c Oliver, b Hughes, 15: L. Bishop, D Hughes, 3; P. Street, b Osborne, 1; P. Haskell, not out, 11; C. Haskell, b Osborne, 0; Giddy, not out, 0; extras, 1; total (for seven wickets), 67. » HARBOR WORKS v. WESTERN PARK. Harbor Works and Western Park met on the Park ground, and Uetory went to the seaside team by seven wickets. Western Park made 38 runs (Harrison 14) and 46 runs (Bullot 15), Harbor Board made 61 runs (extras 14, G. Carey 13, Bartholomew 10) and 27 runs for three wickets (Sinclair 14). Bowling for Harbor Board, Cameron took eight wickets for 22 runs; G. Carey six for 37 : T. Carey, three for 18. Western Park bowling analysis was: Bullot, four for 14; Harrison, six for 25; Rowe, two for 13; Butcher, one for 17.