CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 October 1922, Page 8

CRICKET.

NORTH TARANAK! PLAY, THE SEASON OPENED. SATURDAY’S MATCHES. The 1922-23 cricket season opened in North Taranaki on Saturday, in rather unfavorable weather conditions, a stiff wind blowing throughout the afternoon, while several heavy showers fell.

New Plymouth beat Vv’aitara and Western Park defeated Urenui in the A grade. In the B grade both Western Park teams gained victories in the only two matches played. Lambert’s half-century, made for New Plymouth, was the best batting effort of the day, while with the ball Clarke (New Plymouth), with six for 7 runs, took most wickets for the least runs. A GRADE. NEW PLYMOUTH v. WATTARA. A substantial victory was obtained by the New Plymouth team who travelled to Waitara to try conclusions with the local team, the scores being: New Plymouth 155 (Lambert "> - i, Newbold 40), Waitara 19. Naturally the New Plymouth trundlers secured flattering averages, Clarke getting six wickets for 7 runs and Newbold three for 9. For Waitara, Easton, six for 50, was the most successful with the ball. Details: NEW PLYMOUTH.

P. Shepherd, b Fuller 1 Ferry, lbw, b Easton .j 3 Clarke, b Easton 9 Lambert, c Lash b Skelton 50 Newbold, c Hick b Easton 40 Stainton, c Avery b Mawdsley .3 Mackay, not out 16 Saunders, b Easton 0 B. Hughes, lbw. b Easton .> .< 8 Inch, b Easton 3 W. Hughes, c and b Fuller 7 Extras 15 Total 155 Bowling analysis: Easton, six wickets for 50 runs, Fuller two for 37, Skelton one for 29, WAITARA. Soffe, b Clarke 0 Waters, b Clarke 0 Lash, b Newbold 1 Avery, c Ferry b Newbold 3 Fuller, b Newbold 5 Easton, run out 1 ; Hicks, b Clarke 1 ; Mawdsley, b Clarke 0 Skelton, run out 0 Kibby, b Clarke 1 Ogle, b Clarke 4 Extras .... 3 Total 19 Bowling analysis: Clarke six for 7, Newbold three for 9. WESTERN PARK v. URENUI. The Western Park eleven travelled to Urenui to meet the country team, the visitors winning an interesting one-innings match by 91 runs to 47. For the winners, Hallej’ 30, Hart 23, and (1. E. Dinniss 14 wielded the but to best effect, while C. Wilson’s 13 was the best tally on the home team’s side. With the ball, the Western Park bowlers, Quickfall (with four for 3 runs) and Grayson (with four for 16), secured most of the wickets. Urenui tried out seven bowlers. T. O’Neill, ■ with three for 16, accounting for most wickets. I Urenui batted first, the wicket being good but j rather “dead,” whilst the long grass in the ou ri fields contributed to the smallness of the scores, i The Urenui ladies, whose hospitality is well i known, provided afternoon tea for the teams. Three or four heavy showers fell during play, Details: URENUI. W. Fuller, b Dinniss 7 C. Wilson, c Halley b Quickfall 13 F. Managh, b Halley 6 W. Wilson, lbw, b Grayson 6 J. S. O’Neill, c Lawry b Quickfall 1 G. Fuller, b Grayson 4 J. Purdie, b Quickfall f... E. O’Neill, b Grayson 0 | W. Skelton, b Grayson 0 W. Pigott, not out 2 Fitzgerald, b Quickfall 3 ; Extras 5 Total 47 i Bowling analysis: V. Halley one for 10, Denniss one for 13, Grayson four for 16, Quickfall four for 3. WESTERN PARK. V. Halley, hit wicket, b G. Fuller ...... 30 11. Quickfall, b T. O’Neill 0 ; S. Palmer, run out 4 J. Grayson, b E. O’Neill 10 . F. Robertson, c Skelton b T. O’Neill .... 1 i E. L. Mason, b W. Wilson 2 1 G. Hart, b E. O’Neill 23 : B. Russell, c C. Wilson b W. Wilson .... 0 i G. E. Dinniss, not out 14 I L. Dinniss, b C. Wilson ....I 0 Extras • Total 91 Bowling analysis: T. O’Neill two for 30, S. Managh none for 8, E. O’Neill 3 for 16, G. i Fuller 1 for 2, Wilson 2 for 19, J. Fitzgerald ■ none for 4, C. Wilson 1 for 4. HIGH SCHOOL v. OLD BOYS. I The other senior competition match, High : School v. Old Boys, which was set down for Saturday, was played the previous week, when High School won by 163 runs to 78. Inglewood had a bye. B GRADE. WESTERN PARK ROVERS v. HARBOR WORKS. The wicket at Western Park was very bumny for the above match, and as the bowlers quickly took advantage of this the- scoring was low. • Winning the toss-, the Park skipper sent his opponents in first, but they were soon dismissed for 45 runs (Cameron 18). Rovers replied with 43 runs (N. Harris 23, R. Harris 10). Harbor Works, in their second innings, made 41 runs (Whitaker 22). Requiring 14 runs in three-quarters of an hour to save the game. Rovers started badly, losing four wickets for 15 runs; but L. Harris (21) and Berg (7 not out) stopped the “rot,” and Rovers won In an exciting finish by five wickets on tlie call of time. Bowling for Rovers, Bnilot and Morrison each seured nine wickets, whilst for Harbor Works G. Casey and Cameron took seven wickets each.

WESTERN PARK WANDERERS v. TECHNICAL COLLEGE. A margin of nine runs gave Western Park Wanderers the victory in their match at the racecourse against Technical College. The winners scored 62 (H. Hoffmann 21) and College 53 (Dickson not out 18). Details: Western Park Wanderers.—W. Oakley run out 8, H. Hoffmann c s'ardley b Dickson 21, C. Fairbrother b Dickson 2, C. Scrivener c Skelton b Dickson 2, W. O’Donnell c Yardley b Dixon 1, H. L. Sampson b Dickson 1, Moorehead not out 5, E. Hoffmann b Dickson 0, W. Beard c Elgar b Dickson 5, Way c Elgar b Dickson 0, Ward b Dickson 0, extras 17, total 62. Dickson’s performance with the ball was rather remarkable, he capturing nine wickets for 23 runs. Technical College.—Loveridge c Board b Scrivener 14, Elgar b E. Hoffmann 0, Yardley b E. Hoffmann 0, Dickson not out 18, Skelton I) Scrivener 2, Holmes b Scrivener 0, Lee b Scrivener 3, Hooper b Simpson 2, Ennis b Scrivener 2, Goodacre b O’Donnell 7, Peel b O’Donnell 0, extras 5, total 53. Bowling analysis: Scrivener five for 12, E. Hoffmann two for 10, O’Donnell two for 17, Simpson one for 9. The matche*. Plymouth V. Waitara, and

High School B v. High School C, were mt played. A practise of Western Park players will 1c held this afternoon (Labor Day) at Western Park. SCHOOL COMPETITIONS. At a meeting of school teachers at Hawera, on Saturday, it was decided to revive the school cricket competition started some years ago by Mr. Lyall, of Kaponga. A committee was set up to control the competition, and Mr. Mason Is to circularltt country schools for entries.