CRICKET IN WAIRARAPA

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 January 1939, Page 9

CRICKET IN WAIRARAPA

(By

“Blue & Gold.”)

Following the Christmas and New Year holiday' break the Wairarapa Cricket Association resumed its competition matches on Saturday afternoon. The senior grade saw Red Star and Old Boys engaged in the first round of the Bidwill Cup knock-out competition. Red Star Start Well. The pitch at the Park favoured the batsmen and the Star's, winning the toss, opened up well. At one stage there was 115 up for 1 wicket and 3 for 151. Playing one man short Red Star's innings closed about 5 o'clock for 252 runs. W. Peterson and Lambourne gave the Stars a good start, 51 being on the board before the former was disposed of for 33, made by clean strokes and including six boundaries. He. however, gave a chance when about 7. Best Strike to Date. Lambourne (51) played his best senior strike and seemed headed for the century when Ryan got a beauty past him. He batted very forcibly and displayed many neat strokes. His score included seven 4's and his total was made without a chance beini given.

A Promising Batsman. Upston (32) batted particularly well, and some of his cuts- and drives to the on were neatly executed. This young player should make a name for himself in senior cricket when he gains more experience. Only a lad attending College he has all his cricketing career before him and if his improved form with the bat continues he should be regarded some day as one of Wairarapa’s outstanding players. On Saturday he hit five 4's. Upston is a member of the Wairarapa College team and during the school holidays the boys are allowed to play with any senior team they desire, Upston deciding to throw in his lot with the Red Star Club. Newman Hoar Aggressive. Newman Hoar (25) was again ag-

BIDWILL CUP KNOCK-OUT CONTEST Notes and Comments

ugressive, and displayed a variety of i good scoring strokes, being sound on ■ both the leg side and to the on. He found tne boundary five times, but 1 gave a chance off his first ball off Ryan which was not accepted. Coleman Shapes Well. Graham Coleman shaped splendidly for his runs. This player shows evidence of paying more attention to the correct way of playing shots and a patience to hit the right ball. He possesses the ability to make splendid scoring strokes on each side of the wicket, some of his leg shots being very neatly accomplished. Like Lambourne he

gave his best display to date as a se-1 nior, his 44 runs including eight 4's. Like Lambourne also he has every reason to feel proud of his contribution on Saturday to the Red Star total. A Score that Pleased. It was pleasing to see Frank Hoar rattle up the good score of 32 in which he found the boundary on four occasions. A. variety of strokes were used in compiling the total, and to be able to still score runs and lake wickets after 30 years senior cricket is a record Frank has every reason to feel satisfied with.

P.yan Bowls Well. Ryan bowled far better than his figures show. He troubled the Star batsmen more than the others did. He had no luck ball after ball just missing the wicket. In 9.2 overs he got 4 wickets for 53. Hatton also bowled well. A Smart Catch. McWhinnie took a very smart catch behind the wickets when he disposed of Upston. It was a very quick shot but Darkie .held it. He also did well •with the ball, sending down two overs for 2 wickets and two runs. Good Fielding. The Old Boys fielded well and the returns to the wicket were generally clean and fast, while their ground fielding saved many runs. Disaster for Old Boys. Disaster followed Old Boys on their going to the wickets, 6 wickets being down for 42 at stumps. Jack Renner was right on the job and in two overs he got 3 wickets for 7 runs. He bowled with much of that great skill he was noted for in his younger days when he was a terror to the batsmen of Wellington and Wairarapa. He is another player who has over 30 years senior cricket to his credit.

OVER 30 YEARS AS SENIORS. SPLENDID RECORD OF THREE PLAYERS. Three of the players in Saturday’s Red Star-Old Boys game have been playing senior cricket for well over 30 years and all still are able to hold their end up—namely. George Barr (Old Boys), Frank Hoar (Red Star) and Jack Renner (Red Star). Twenty years ago these three players were members of the Carlton Club.

George Barr was in the Carlton B senior team which contained some of the best players known to the Wairarapa, and one of whom was a New Zealand representative (Tom Southall) who created a sensation on one occasion by taking several Australian wickets at Wellington for a small total in a team that contained Trumper. Noble. Armstrong and the cream of Australian players. The Carlton B team of 20 years ago contained in its ranks besides Barr and Southall, ■’Snowy’' Wilson (one of the prettiest bats the Wairarapa has seen and who headed the club averages that season), the late Bob Moss and Ted Bundle (then a dentist in Masterton and a brother of the Magistrate). Moss and Bundle were probably the two biggest hitters Wairarapa has seen. Bundle in one senior championship match in Masterton hit eight sixers (five in succession) in a score of 80 and out of a grand total by his side (Carlton B) of 3 for 242. Also in the team were Ted Freeman (whose average in a season ran for several years in the vicinity of 30 odd, while he was a good change bowler), N. Broad, T. Buckley, J. Stewart, E. Perrin, H. Cornish, Jim Wickens, Braggins. Congdon. Elcoat, R. Hatch. McKenna, Thompson, Webster and Gee.

George Barr, “Snowy” Wilson and Tom Southall were a great bowling combination for Carlton B in the Wairarapa senior championship 20 years ago. That season Tom Southall took 45 wickets for an average of 9.8, “Snowy” Wilson 28 wickets for an average of 7.3 and George Barr 22 for an average of 10.8 runs. Playing for Carlton B in a match against the Greytown seniors. George Barr took 6 wickets for 3 runs in the first innings and 4 for 8 in the second. Greytown’s totals being 42 and 38;

against the Waingawa seniors Tom Southall took 6 for 13 and 5 for 16. Waingawa’s totals being 32 and 35; against Mauriceville seniors George Barr took 1 for 6 and 3 for 5. while Tom Southall captured 7 for 11 in the first innings, Mauriceville's totals being 25 and 77: against Waingawa ■'Snowy” Wilson got 6 for 17. George Barr and Frank Hoar played in that sensational Carlton A versus Carlton B match on the Park Oval in January. 1920, which changed the whole face of club cricket in Masterton. sounded the death knell of the Carlton Club, and led eventually to the formation of the Pirates and the United clubs, the latter winning the championship for several seasons and ceasing to exist a few years ago, sev- I oral of the players then drafting into | the Red Star Club. In the Carlton A

team there were playing the late Tom Hoar and his three sons, the late Arthur Hoar. Frank and Bill Hoar (Wairarapa selector today). Most of those old Carlton players were associated with the Red Star Football Club, the jate Tom Hoar for many years being secretary and treasurer, while his sons were players in the club. On that particular day Frank Hoar scored 28 and took 2 wickets for 35, while George Barr notched 10 and took 3 wickets for 52. Bill Hoar reached 20 in five hits -(4, 2,6, 4,4), while Armur Hoar registered 35 before George Barr clean-bowled him. George Barr also got Bill Hoar. There occurred that afternoon an extraordinary incident never before or since recorded in Wairarapa within the writer’s knowledge. Carlton A had scored 179 and Carlton B had 142 up for the loss of 6 wickets, when the Carlton A team left the field as they considered an umpire’s . decision wrong.

It may be interesting to record the fact that in the same season Sid Jenkins, wno nowadays plays for Lansdowne. scored 103 (retired) for v*.F.C.A. against the Welch Family and took 4 wickets for 26. Sid Jenkins and W. Smith pul on 125 for the first wicket for the W.F.C.A. team. Eight of the Welch Family eleven were members of the Carlton Cricket Club.