CRICKET.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8364, 21 February 1907, Page 3

CRICKET.

M.C.C. v. WAIRARAPA. EASY WIN FOR THE VISITORS. The cricket match between the M.C.C. team and Wairarapa was concluded on the Park Oval, yesterday, and resulted in an easy win for the visitors by an innings and 87 runs. JOHNSON AND FOX. Johnson (7) and Fox (1), the not out men, resumed the M.C.C. team's innings shortly after 11 a.m. Johnson got Waters away for a single, and Fox followed suit. A single off Maunsell saw Johnson into double .figures. By singles the score was taken to 16. Then Johnson lifted Maunsell to the boundary for four, and brought 20 up. The score in--creased slowly by singles, and 30 was raised on the board by Johnson with a boundary off Maunsell. The same batsman scored a single off Maunsell's next ball, and then Fox banged the Cartertonian to the boundary. Johnson scored a single off Waters in the next over, and then Fish relieved Maunsell. Both batsmen scored a single each off Fish. Parton took the ball from Waters at the northern end, and Fox brought 40 up with a single off the new bowler. Four leg byes brought 50 up after half-an-hour's play. Johnson sent Parton to the boundary, and followed this up with a nice stroke, which produced two. Fox scored two off Fish, and Johnson got Parton's fifth ball away for a single. Fox hoisted 60 on the scoring board with a drive off Parton for one. Fox hit Fish in the next over for two, and followed this up with a well-timed stroke for three. Hoar relieved Parton, and Fox greeted the new bowler by hitting him to the boundary. A single to Fox brought 70 up. Johnson scored a single off Hoar, and then Fox put the last ball of the over into the safe hands of Bewfey. 71—1—26. Fox had played nice cricket for his runs, and his hitting at times was really good. JOHNSON AND HARRISON.; < Swan took the bowling at the south end, when Harrison joined Johnson. The latter snicked Swan away for a single, and Harrison followed'suit, shortly after. Bewley, who had been fielding well all through, put in some capital work at this stage of the game, and saved several runs by his clever fielding. The spectators warmly applauded his work. Johnson scored a single off Swan, and another off Hoar. Harrison lifted Hoar safely for two. Harrison brought 80 up by a boundary off Swan. A couple of singles were notched, and Hoar sent down a maiden over. Some clever work between the wickets was shown by the batsmen, and several singles were "'sneaked." A boundary and a single to Johnson off Swan saw 90 go up on the scoring board. Harrison hit Hoar nicely for four, and then for one. •Johnson drove Hoar for two. Shortly after Johnson brought the total to 100, and his own score to 50 with a single off Waters, who had replaced Swan at the southern end. A single to Harrison, and a boundary to i Johnson followed. Hoar bowled a maiden over. Bewley again put in some fine work ;fielding, for which he was deservedly applauded. Runs came by singles now. Harrison hoisted 120 up with a hit over the fence for six off Hoar. The same batsman sent Hoar's next ball to the boundary and then drove him for a single. Maunsell relieved Waters with the ball. Harrison hit Maunsell for one, and Johnson put 130 on the board with a hard drive for two. The score mounted up by singles, and a boundary by Johnson saw 140 up. Then Prow made a magnificent catch off Maunsell's bowling, and disposed of Harrison. 140—2—33. The retiring batsman had batted well for his runs. BURNS ANJD JOHNSON. Burns joined Johnson. The latter ;got Maunsell away for two, but was -cleaned bowled with the next ball. 142—3—72. Johnson played splendid cricket, and certainly gave the best exhibition of batting that has been seen v in. Masterton for many a long day. All his strokes were clean and crisp, and it was a treat to watch him play. DOUGLAS AND BURNS. Burns and Douglas became associated, but not for long. Prow took " the bowling at the northern end, and Burns greeted him with a two, and then a single. Douglas opened his account with three off Maunsell. * With the second ball of his next over Prow cleaned bowled Douglas. 149—4—3. PAGE AND BURNS. Page followed and brought 150 up with a single off Prow. Runs came - slowly, and 160 was hoisted by Page with a single. He followed this up by driving Maunsell to the boundary for four. Three balls later Maunsell bowled Page. 164—5—10. DE TRAFFORD AND BURNS. On De Trafford joining Burns the latter opened his shoulders, and 170 was soon up, to be followed shortly after by 180. An adjournment was then made for lunch, and the score stood at 195. On play being resumed the spectators were treated to an exhibition of big hiting by De Trafford, .who before the adjournment had notched six singles. The Leicester player brought up 200 with a boundary off Maunsell. He then lifted the Carterton bowler over the fence for six, and notched two more runs off the next ball. Burns and De Trafford treated the bowling with scant courtesy, and by two's and four's hoisted 250 on the board in a very short time. * Almost every hit of De Trafford's was either a two or ; a four. He gave two chances in the outfield to Fish, but neither of them were accepted. With the score at 256, Parton disposed of De Trafford with a good catch. 2566—45. De Trafford hit vigorously for 45, 39 of which were made in about 15 minutes. His score included six four's, • a six and four two's. WILLIAMS AND BURNS. Williams joined Bums, and the score was taken to ,272 when Fish caught Williams off Carroll. 272—7—6.' The M.C.C. captain then declared the innings closed.

''•-' WAIRARAPA'S SECOND INNINGS. McGURK AND MAUNSELL. At 2.48 p.m. the Wairarapa captain sent McGurk and Maunsell to the wickets. Wairarapa required 152 to save an innings defeat. Maunsell faced Douglas A bye was recorded in the over. Torrens sent down a maiden over, and then McGurk cut Douglas for four. Another maiden over was sent down by Torrens and Douglas followed suit. McGurk scored a single off Torrens, but off the next ball Johnson caught Maun- • sell. 7—l—o. BEECHEY AND McGURK. Beechey joined McGurk. The latter hit Douglas for two. and shortly after for a single, bringing ten up for half-an-hour's play. Torrens, with the last ball of his over, clean bowled McGurk. 10—2-8. SWAN AND BEECHEY. Swan partnered Beechey. Douglas and Torrens each sent down a maiden over. Then Bechey hit Douglas to the boundary. Swan opened his account with four off Torrens,. and brought 20 up with a hit for two off the same bowler. Beechey scored a single off Douglas' last ball, and hit Ton-ens away for 2. With the fifth ball of his eighth over Douglas bowled Swan. 23 —3—6. WATERS AND BEECHEY. Beechey was joined by Waters. Douglas sent down another maiden over. After cutting Torrens for four Beechey gave Williams an easy catch. 27—4—11. Beechey had played well for his runs. WATERS AND REDMOND. The partnership between Waters and Redmond did not last long. Torrens and Douglas each sent down a maiden over, and then the former bowled Redmond. 27—5—0. WATERS AND BEWLEY. Torrens bowled a maiden over to Bewley, who joined Waters. The latter played a maiden over from Douglas, and then Torrens disposed of Bewley with the second ball of his next over, and the score board read 27—6—0.' WATERS AND PERRY. Perry opened up with a single. After Douglas had bowled another maiden over an adjournment .was made for afternoon tea. On resuming Torrens bowled Waters with a "bailer." .28—7—0. Waters was at the wickets for nearly an hour, but failed to score. FISH AND PERRY. Fish joined Perry. Torrens bowled a maiden over, and Fox relieved Douglas at the southern end. Perry hoisted 30 on the board with a boundary off Fox. Torrens and Fox each sent down a maiden over, and then Fish hit Torrens to the boundary, and followed this, up by a single. Fox bowled another maiden over, and Perry scored two off Torrens. With the score at 39 Torrens bowled Perry 39__8—7. Perry batted nicely for his runs. Torrens was bowling splendidly, and up to this stage of the game had taken 7 wickets for 21 runs. PARTON AND FISH. Fish hit Fox away for two, and 40 was on the board. Fish scored a single of the same bowler. Parton, who had joined Fish, faced Fox and was bowled. 42—9—0. FISH AND CARROLL. Carroll was next in, but almost immediately lost Fish, who put a ball from Torrens into Williams' hands. 42—10—8. ESSON AND CARROLL. Carroll was joined by Esson-, and the' pair took the score to 51 before Fox bowled Carroll. 51—11—3. MACKELLAR AND ESSON. Mackellar scored a single off Fox, / and Esson notched one off Torrens. Fox and Torrens each bowled a maiden over. Mackellar hit Fox away for one and then scored two off Torrens, following it up with a ' single. Esson brought up 60. with a nice leg hit. By singles the pair brought the score to 64, when Tufnell caught Mackellar off Curwen, who had relieved Torrens. 64—12—8. Mackellar's runs were scored by lively cricket. ESSON AND PROW. Shortly after Prow joined him Esson was bowled by Curwen. 64—13-11-HOAR AND PROW. , Hoar scored a single off Curwen, but Fox bowled him with the first ball in the next over, and the innings closed for 65, The scores were as follow: — M.C.C.—First Innings. P. R. Johnson, 112111111111414 1111114211111114121141212 1121142, b Maunsell .. 72 R. W. Fox, 1111111141212341, c Bewley, b Hoar .. 26 W. P. Harrison, 12411141111641 1111, c Prow, b Maunsell .. 33 W. B. Burns, 2111412124114141 11144144214411, not out .. 64 J. W. H. T. Douglas, 3, b Prow 3 C. C. Page, 1414, b Maunsell .. 10 C. E. De Trafford, 111111462442 142424, c Parton, b Maunsell 45 P. C. Williams, 11121, c Fish, b Carroll - • jj Byes • • 7 Leg Byes . • 6 Total for 7 wickets (innings declared closed).. 272 BOWLING. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Maunsell 18 1 93-4 Carroll 2.2 0 7 1 Prow 5 1 21 1 Hoar- 8 2 38 1 Fish 5 1 11> 0 Parton 4 0 13 0 Swan 3 0 17 0 Waters 10 0 25 0 Redmond 3 0 34 0 WAIRARAPA.— First Innings • • 12( Second Innings. Maunsell, c Johnson, b Torrens ( McGurk, 4121, b Torrens .. i Beechey, 4124, c Williams, b Torrens . - 1" Waters, b Torrens .. ( Swan, 42, b Douglas .. ( ' Redmond, b Torrens .. ( Bewley, b Torrens ( Carroll, 111, b Fox / i Perry, 142, b Torrens Fish, 4121, c Williams, b Torrens i Parton, b Fox .. ' Esson, 24131/ b Curwen .. 1] Mackellar, 1121111, c Tufnell, b Curwen • • I Prow, not out • • < Hoar, 1, b Fox - ■ ] Extras • • * Total .. 6E

BOWLING. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkt s. Torrens 21 Fox 9.1 Curwen 1 Douglas 13 36 8 14 3 1 2 12 1