CRICKET.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3123, 25 February 1909, Page 6

CRICKET.

"WAIRARAPA v. bay. A DRAWN GAME. The cricket match Wairanpa v. Hawke'a Bay was resumed on the Park Oval yesterday morning, the local team followi"g on. The opening batsmen were Moorehouse and Waters, Nelson and Redgrave having charge of the bowling. Off the first ball Moorehouse gave a hot chance, but he quickly settled down and gave a pretty display. At 15 Waters put one into Hindmarsh's hands, off Nelson's bowling. Smart joined Moorehouse, and the partnership resulted in some nice cricket, which quite delighted the spectators. Both batsmen punished the bowling severely, and 64 was up before Nelson clean bowled Moorehouse with a grand ball. The retiring batsman had compiled 42 in excellent style. He hit eight 4's, six of them being in succession. Feast was next in, and the rate of .scoring slackened off. Nevertheless the runs came, and the score gradu • ally mounted up. One hundred was reached and past, but at 116 Redgrave got Feast leg before wicket, the batsman having scored 11. Smart was joined by Bewley, and 127 was o i the board before Redgrave got one through. Smart s defence. Smart had compiled 66. He gave three chances, but nevertheless his runs were made by gojd cricket, m score included ten 4's. Esson joined Bewley, and runs .came slowly, feach player shaping carefully. Aftsr 17 had been added to the score, Redgrave got Esson leg .before wicket after a nicely compiled 11. Styles was run out without scoring, and then A. Hoar joined Bewley. With the score at 145 play was suspended for lunch. On resuming, play became very slow, neither batsmen taking any risks. Maiden over followed maiden over, and several overs had beemsent down by Redgrave and Nelson before a run was scored. The partnership had just added 20 runs to the score when Hawke bowled Bewley, who had a carefully compiled 16 to his credit. Moss followed, and the spectators were treated to the finest exhibition of hitting ever seen on the Park Oval. Moss went at the bowling from the jump, and psstjd it all round the j Oval. Hoar played steadily, contenting himself with keeping his wicket up while Moss scored. And the latter scored with . a vengeance. He gave two fairly difficult chances before he reached 16, but then he settled down and played faultlessly. Six times Moss nut the ball out of the Oval, Redgrave being hit in this manner three times, P. Fulton twice (bath in one over), and Betts once. The total hid reached 277 (the partnership having put on 113 runs) before Hoar was caught by O'Brien off Hawke. Hoar plaveci a faultless innings for 36, and his exhibition reflected great credit on him. He played very carefully at 'the start, taking one hour and ten minutes to make ten. He was altogether 12 hours at the wickets, and was war.mly congratulated on his display. Rawson joined Moss, and as the latter neared bis 100, the question was "Would Moss reach the century." At the afternoon tea adjournment Moss's score was 90, but on resuming he soon put the century opposite his name amid applause from the spectators. Shortly after, with the score at '370, Ashcroft snapped Moss up behind the wickets off Nelson. Moss had compiled" 102, the last 85 runs being made by beautiful cricket. He reached his century in just about an hour, so it will be seen that he scored very last. Such clean hitting has never been seen before on the Oval, nnd one almost fancied oneself on the Adelaide Oval, or on the Melbourne cricket ground, watching Johnny Lyons, Percy McDonald, or George Giffen in their prime hitting the bowling about in an inter-State match. Moss's score was made up of six 6's, seven 4's, one 3, twelve 2's, and eleven singles. The members of the Wairarapa team and a number of other cricketers have subscribed an amount in order to purchase a presentation bat for Moss to mark his fine innings. T. Hoar was next, but was cayght by Bailey off Nelson without the score being altered. Rawson had 7 not out to his credit. Wairarapa made a wonderful recovery after their miserable display in the first innings. As on the previous day, the "tail" produced the most runs, the last four , batsmen making 163 runs out of the total. Nelson waa the most successful bowler, taking 4 wickets for 75. With 196 to win, HawKe's Bay went in. On the call of time the score stood at 124 for six wickets, and the match was drawn. Hawke played a dashing innings for 41, while Bailey and O'Brien also batted well. Moss 2 for 16 was the most successful bowler. Wairarapa's fielding was a decided improvement on the previous day's display, Rawson being conspicuous for some particularly good work. The following interesting figures will show the proportion of runs scored and wickets taken by representatives of various clubs: —Runs: —Carlton 168 out of a total of 329 runs; Masterton, 81: Carterton, 78; United, 2. BowlingCarlton, 11 wickets out of 14; United, 2; Maste.'ton, 1.

Messrs Fenton (Hawke's Bay) and Galway (Wairarapa) carried out the duties of umpires in a highly satisfactory manner, whilst Messrs Lyfoid (Hawke's Bay) and B. Iveson (Wairarapa) were-the scorers. The Wairarapa Cricket Association provided afternoon tea for the players, and in the evening both teams were enter-} tained by the Association at the Empire Hotel. The following were the scores:— WAIRARAPA. First Innings 36 Second Innings. j Moorehouse, b Nelson 41 Waters, c Hindmarsh, b Nelson 2 Smart, b Redgrave 66 i Feast, lbw, b Redgrave 11 Bewley b Hawke 16 I Esson, lbw, b Redgrave 13 i ' styles, run out 0 A. Hoar, c O'Brien, b Hawke 36 K; Moss, c Ashcroft, b Nelson 102 T. not out 7 T. Hoar, c Bailey, b~Ne!son 0 Extras 13 Total 307 j Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wks' Nelson 24.3 6 75 4 Redgrave 31 5 102 3 P. K. Fuiton 6 0 46 0 O'Brien 5 0 27 0 ! Hawke 10 4 27 2 'Betts 2 0 17 0 HAWKE'S BAY. j First Innings . 148 Second Innings. J G. Hawke, c and b Waters 41 W. P. Redgrave, b T. Hoar 8 , B. Bailey, c Esson** b Moss 22 ( J. J. O'Brien, run out 21 j J. A.Betts, b Moss 2 Hindmarsh, c Rawson. b Moorehouse 1 P. R. Fulton, not out 10 Ashcroft, not out 3 Extras 16 Total for 6 wickets 124 Bowling analysis. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wks. T. Hoar 5 2 20 1 T. Kawson 4 0 26 0 Waters '6 0 36 . 1 Moss 9 3 2 Moorehouse 4 0 11 1 Moorehouse bowled two wides. The Wairarapa Cricket Association's Senior and Junior matches will be resumed on Saturday next.