CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 December 1922, Page 3

CRICKET.

NORTH TARANAKI ASSOCIATION. SATURDAY’S MATCHES. Although the weather was somewhat threatening, the games under the auspices of the North Taranaki Association were played and some good scores were registered. In the A grade competition, New Plymouth met High School at the School; Old Boys went to Urenui; while Waitara went to Inglewood. Results at a glance: A Grade. New Plymouth drew with High School. Old Boys drew with Urenui. B Grade. Harbor Works beat School 11. Rovers beat Technical College. School 111 beat New Plymouth. A GRADE. NEW PLYMOUTH v. HIGH SCHOOL. New Plymouth met the School first eleven at the School, and, batting first, made the respectable total of 166 runs. Ferry (not out for 71) heading the batting list. Time was called when School had four wickets down for 78, and the match consequently resulted in a draw. Palmer and Mahraj shared the bowling honors for the School, taking five wickets for 73 runs and four for 61, respectively; while Clarke wo for 30) and Newbold (one for 17) accounted for the wickets for New Plymouth. Following are the details:

New Plymouth. Ferry, not out 71 Shepherd, b Mahraj 15 Lambert, lbw, b Mahraj 27 Clarke, e Taylor b Clarke 11 Newbold, b Palmer 0 Nicoll, b Palmer 2 Mackay, b Palmer 0 Inch, b Palmer 0 Hughes, lbw, b Mahraj . 5 Saunders, b Mahraj 20 Kingston, c Taylor b Palmer 9 Extras 6 Total 16G Bowling analysis: Palmer five wickets for 73 runs, Mahraj four for 61, Brown none for 18, Clarke one for 3. High School. i I. W. Palmer, run out 32 Jeffries, b Newbold 6 Clarke, b Clarke 6 Mahraj, c and b Clarke 0 Brown, not out 24 Brodie, not out 4 Extras 6 Total for four wickets 78 Bowling analysis: Clarke two wickets for 30 runs, Newbold one for 17, Lambert none for 21. OLD BOYS v. URENUI. Played at Urenui, this match also resulted in a draw, Urenui being all out for 153, and Old Boys with seven wickets down for 156 when stumps were drawn. C. Wilson compiled a steady 45 runs' for Urenui, while Lash did the same for Old Boys. Bewley, not out for 33, looked like running a good total had the game being continued. Bottrill’s seven wickets for 77 was the best bowling average of the game. Following are details: Urenui. W. H. Fuller, b Bottrill 15 Monagh, played on, b Bottrill 1 C. Wilson, c Bewley b Bottrill 45 McKinney, hit wicket b Osborne 26 Blundell, b Bottrill 17 W. Wilson, b Osborne 12 O’Neill, not out 5 G. Fuller, c and b Bottrill 10 Skelton, run out 13 Piggott, c and b Bottrill 2 Smee, b Bottrill ....: 0 Extras 7 Total 153 Bowling analysis: Bottrill seven wickets for 77 runs, Osborne two for 41, Greiner none for 10, Pearless, none for 18. Old Boys. Monteith, run out « G Greiner, b O’Neill 0 Lash, c and b C. Wilson 45 Bottrill, c b G. Fuller 19 Mars, c and b O'Neill 6 Osborne, st. Fuller b O’Neill ............. 27 Bewley, not out 33 Peariess, b Fuller 3 Willis, not out 7 Extras 10 Total for seven wickets 156 Bowling analysis: O’Neill three wickets for 77 runs, Blundell none for 9, W. Wilson none for 20, G. Fuller two for 32, C. Wilson one for 8. B GRADE. / New Plymouth met the High School third eleven at the Racecourse, when a two-innings game was played. School knocked up 77 runs in their first Innings (Cottier 16, Le May 13, Buick 12), and 36 in their second (Foden 10), while New Plymouth made 58 and 34 runs, respectively (Thomas 21, W. Hughes 15, and Shepherd 12).) For New Plymouth, Clarke, with four wickets for 15 runs, and Osborne three for 15, shared the bowling honors In the School’s first innings, while Clarke again distinguished himself In their second tour of taking seven wickets for 9 runs. Foden, with three for 11, and Petty, with two for 6, took most wickets for the School when New Plymouth were first at the wicket, while Buick accounted for seven wickets in their second turn.

Western Park Rovers had a narrow win over Technical College In their match, which was played at Western Park, the scores being 77 and 72 runs, respectively. For the Rovers, R. Hoskin (28) and E. Rountree (18) batted well, while Dowland (19) and Loveridge (14) headed the list for the College eleven. Loveridge, with three wickets for 25 runs: Hooper, two for 10, and Dickson, with four for 20, took the wickets for College; while L. Harris, with five wickets for 11 runs, had the honor for the Rovers, the other wickets falling to N. Harris, Morrison, Bullot, and Machu. Harbor Works beat the High School second eleven at the racecourse by 104‘ runs to 42. NEW SOUTH WALES v. QUEENSLAND. By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. Received December 3, 5.5 p.m. Brisbane, Dec. 2. The weather was fine and the wicket good for the Inter-State cricket match between New South Wales and Queensland. New South Wales, in their first innings, made 140 (Macartney 46. Hendry 30, Asher not out 18). Queensland have lost six wickets for 126 (Thompson #B, Rowe 52, Oxenham not out 22). ENGLISH TEAM IN AFRICA. Received Dec. 3, 5.5 p.m. Capetown, Dec. 2. The weather was very hot, the wicket fast and the outfield bare. Grlqualand West, in their first innings, made 198 (N. Tapscott 57, Rlgal IS, Percy not out 23, L. Tapscott 30). Fender took four wlckl ets for 56 runs, of which three were got In one over. Gilligan took three for 37 and Stevens two for 11. Mtrylebcne have lost five wickets for 237 (Russell 26, Sandham 6S, Woolley 83, Carr 17, Mead not out 15, Mann 15). At this stage stumps were drawn. THE HAWKE CUP. NORTH TARANAKI'S CHALLENGE. IBy Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, December 2. The Cricket Council has fixed the next Hawke Cup match, between North Taranaki and Wang&&uL for 20 and 21.