SOUTH TARANAKI PLAY

Taranaki Daily News, 15 November 1926, Page 4

SOUTH TARANAKI PLAY

EXCELSIOR OVERPOWER MANAIA. LAY MAKES A CENTURY. Excelsior had an easy victory over Manaia at Hawera, winning on the first innings by a margin of 140 runs. Excelsior sent Manaia in for the second innings, and the visiting team made 60. Undoubtedly the outstanding feature of the match was Stan Lay’s fine performance in compiling 103 runs, being the first South Taranaki senior player to make a century this season. There were only two other Excelsior players who made double figures, Inch 37 and McCarthy 24. In Manaia’s first innings Brown made 27 and in the second Brown again led with 35, while Crawford-Watson made 14 and Hughes 11. ■ Both Kirwin and McCarthy were prominent amongst the bowlers, the former taking five wickets for 32 runs and the latter five for 73. The details are:— . EXCELSIOR. First Innings. Lay, not out 103 Seagar, b Kitt 5 McCarthy, c Edwards, b CrawfordWatson 24 Jennings, b Crawford-Watson 0 Veale, b Bairstow 2 Kirwin, st. Crawford-Watson, b Hughes 7 Inch, c Bairstow, b Brown 37 Treweek, not out <> Extras 10 Total 191 Bowling analysis—Bairstow took one wicket for 32 runs; H. Hughes, one for 51; L. Kitt, one for 38; Crawford-Wat-son, two for 31; Fitzgerald, none for 5; Brown, one for 22; Whalen, none for 6. MANAIA. First Innings. Crawford-Watson, b Kirwin 4 Hobday, b Kirwin 4 Brown, b Kirwin 27 Hughes, b McCarthy 0 Bairstow, b Kirp-in 5 Edwards, b McCarthy 0 Kitt, b McCarthy 0 Spooner, b McCarthy 2 Whalen, b Kirwin 0 Fitzgerald, b McCarthy 2

Young, not out 1 Extras 9 Total . 64 Bowling analysis—Kirwin took five wickets for 32 runs; McCarthy, five for 13. MANAIA. Second Innings. Brown, c Mills, b Treweek 35 Crawford-Watson, b Inch 11 Hughes, e Lay, b Treewek 11 Total (for three wickets) .... 60 Bowling analysis—Lay took no wickets for 22 runs; Kirwin, none for 15; Inch, one for 16; Treweek, two for 9; Mills, none for 0. OKAIAWA DEFEAT STRATFORD. FIRST INNINGS VICTORY. Though Okaiawa defeated Stratford, at Stratford, on the first innings, the home team made a great recovery, and with a few more minutes’ play might have won. Stumps were drawn, however, in Stratford’s second innings, one wieket having fallen'for 86 runs. In their first strike Okaiawa made 9!) runs, Penny’s 27 and Barclay’s 20 being the only outstanding scores. Stratford opposed this with 62. In the second innings the visitors compiled 80 runs, Penny (47) again topping the individual scores. The last wicket fell just before 6.15, thus leaving Stratford but fifteen minutes. In this time six overs were bowled, and from these fortyeight balls, three Stratford players made 86 runs. Cole, not out, compilel 59, including four sixes. Little (run out) made a six and three singles, and Wilson, who succeeded him, was not out for 17, including a six and a four. It is probable that Stratford’s score would have been greater but for Okaiawa’s good fielding and the heavy nature of the pitch. The conditions, however, were far from ideal, rain having fallen earlier in the day. The detailed scores were:— OKAIAWA. First Innings. Betts, b Wilson 7 Penny, b Wilson ~ 27 Thomas, b Wilson ... 10 Crawford, c Richards, b W’ilson .... 4 Pratt, b Cole .... 12 Le Fleming, run out 2 Atkins, ,b Cole 0 Harrison, run out 2 V. Betts, c Priest, b Cole 7 H. Betts, not out 1 Barclay, c Young, b Cole 20 Extras 7 Total 99 Bowling analysis—Cole took four wickets for 31 runs; Wilson, four for 40; Priest, none for 16; Little, none for 1. Second Innings. A. Betts, b Wilson 0 H. Betts, c Wilson, b Cole 0 Thomas, c Court, b Wilson 0 Pratt, c and b Wilson 2 Crawford, c and b Cole 14 Penny, c Priest, b Little 47 Le Fleming, 1.b.w., b Little 7 V. Bette, 1.b.w., b Little 6 Atkins, e Court, b Young 0 Harrison, b Little 1 Barclay, not out 0 Extras 3 Total 80 Bowling analysis—Wilson took three wickets for 32 runs; Cole, two for 3; Priest, none for 24; Young, one for 14; Little, four for 2. STRATFORD. First Innings. Court, b Penny 4 Cottier, b Penny 14 Little, c A. Betts, b Penny.. 3 Cole, b Harrison 17 Massey, b Penny 0 Williams, b Penny 13 Richards, 1.b.w., b Harrison 0 Wilson, c Thomas, b Penny 1 Regg, b Penny 0 Young, not out 2 Priest, b Harrison 1 Extras ,■ 2 Total 62 Bowling analysis—Thomas took no wickets for 18 runs; Penny, seven for 19; Le Fleming, none for 12; Harrison, three for 11. Second Innings. Cole, not out 59 Little, run out £ Wilson, not out Extras 1 Total (for one wicket) 86 Bowling analysis —Thomas took one wicket for 23 runs; Le Fleming, none for 24; Penny, none for 29; Crawford, none for 9.