SATURDAY’S CRICKET

Wairarapa Age, 28 February 1927, Page 6

SATURDAY’S CRICKET

A. HOAR IN FINE FORM.

SCORES HALE UNITED S TALLY. J 75 FIRST WICKET STAND WITH A. I’ATRICK Mariinborough journeyed to Masterton to play their return match against United. United won the toss and bat!ted first. A. Hoar and A. Patrick opened for United and by brilliant cricket carried the score to 175 before Patrick was well taken at square leg by Biss. Patrick’s innings of 57 was made by good, steady cricket. F. Hoar his brother and carried the

score to 23S before ho gave an easy chance to McLeod. At 299 A. Hoar’s brilliant innings came to an end Stringfellow bowling him with a full toss. Hoar played brilliant, aggressive cricket for his score of 181, the highest made in local cricket this season.lt included no loss than 14.4 in boundary hits. The innings closed for 34 7. With Marti nborougli’s score at 32 stumps were, drawn owing to the failing light. UNITED. First Innings. A. Hoar, b Stringfellow 181 A. Patrick, c Biss b M. McLeod 57 Renner, cM. McLeod, b Biss .... 1 F. Hoar, cI. McLeod, b Biss .... 20 J. Patrick, st. Wall, b -Stringfellow 19 Bundle, lbw, b Stringfellow >.. .. 0 O’Dowd, b I. McLeod 37 Voyce, not out. 12 Jones, b I. McLeod 0 N. Hoar, c and bI. McLeod ... .. 0 Extras 20 Total ■ 347 Bowling; I. McLeod, 3/52; Stringfellow, 3/78; BiSs, 2/68; M. McLeod, 1/31; Stubbs, 0/34; Roach, 0/53; F. McLeod, 0/1. MARTINBOROUGH. First Innings. Griffiths, c O’Dowd, b F. Hoar .. 12 M. McLeod, b F. Hoar 0 Stringfellow, not out .. 6 I. McLeod, not out. 14 Total for two wickets .. .. 32 FEATHERSTON V. OLD BOYS. A CLOSE GAME. A close game was the result of the match at Featherston between Old Hoys (who had only eight men) and Featherston. The weather was dull, and the' wicket moderate. Featherston tatted first and maintained their reputation for slow and unattractive cricket, taking nearly two and a half hours to make tfceir runs. Crawford played carefully far 34, and Burt stonewallde two. hours for 26. Law was the m<xst successful Old Boys’ bowler, taking four wickets for 16.

Old Boys opened disastrously, and in quisk succession Gee was run out and 1-allooa bowled off his pads. The third wicket partnership between Dr. Uttley and Law added 80, both batting briskly and confidently, until Law was caught on the boundary by Boesley. Chestennan and Perry carried Old B-oys total to 113, and the visiting side were ail out in an hour with a lead of one run over their opponents. Featherston played better cricket in their second effort, and when stumps were drawn had lost only one wicket for nearly half a century. Detailed scores:—

FEATHERSTON. First Innings. Burti, c Perry, b Law 26 Whiterod, lbw, b Gee 8 Cundy, b Gee 0 Tracy, b McMichael 5 Boesley, b McMichael .. -2 Crawford, b Gee .. 34 Dohnt, b Law 0 Julian, b Law > 0 Rankin, c Ibbetson, b McMichael 7 Buck, b Law 9 Tait, not out 2 Extras 19 Total ■ 112 Bowling; Law, 4/16; Gee, 3/25; McMichael, 3/29; Falloon, 0/23. OLD BOYS. First Innings. Law, c Boesley, b Tracy 39 Gee, run out '5 Falloon, b Whiterod 1 Uttley, c Burt, b Crawford 39 Ibbetson, st. Cundy, b Tracy .... 4 McMichael, run out 0 Perry, not out .. .' '.. 10 Chesterman; e ( Julian, b Tracy .... 11 Extras 4 Total 113 Bowling: Tracy, 3/17; Crawford, 1/16; Whiterod, 1/32; Dohnt, 0/16; Boesley, 0/27. FEATHERSTON. Second Innings. Cundy, not out ■ 38 Burt, c Ibbetson, b Falloon .. , . 3 Crawford, not out 4 Extras .. 4 Total for one wicket .... 49 JUNIOR MATCHES. High School 122 (Ramsden 40) defeated Oddfellows 119 (Jenkins 38, Norman 22) by three runs. Bowling: For High School, Trapp 6/29; for Oddfellows, Torrance 5/45, Watts 3/43. Druids 126 (Kennedy 26, Minifie 26) defeated United 98 (Barton 45, Whiteman 22). Bowling: For United, Miller, 3/28; Whiteman, 2/18; for Druids. Kilminster 3/28, Wilson 2/16, Kennedy 2/8. THIRD GRADE. W.F.C.A. (Masterton), 173 for seven v. iekots declared (Devine 66 retired, ■Hooper 43 retired, Williams 23) defeated Oarterton 65 (Wadham 23) and 62 (Corlett 21) by an innings and 46 runs.