A DOUBLE WIN

Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 December 1940, Page 7

A DOUBLE WIN

HOLIDAY CRICKET AT MASTERTON WAIRARAPA v HAWKE’S BAY. TWO CENTURIES IN JUNIOR GAME. The Wairarapa senior and junior teams scored victories yesterday at Masterton over the Hawke’s Bay senior and junior elevens. In the junior game two centuries were recorded on the Wairarapa side, Mexted scoring 101. not out. and Fitzpatrick 106, the pair putting on 200 runs while together. SENIOR CONTEST. THREE WICKETS WIN. The senior match was finished about 20 minutes before the call of time, j Wairarapa winning by 3 wickets. The scores were as follow: — WAIRARAPA. First Innings. Munn, c Martin, b Craike 16 Lambourne, c Martin, b Dyer 7 W. Whiteman, b Craike 4 Tier, b Graham 27 W. Peterson, c and b Begley .... 73 N. Hoar. not. out 68 Wilson, c Hoar, b Begley 9 Greer, b Craike 29 Stevens, run out 2 Hibbs, eL. Mitchell, b Hawthorne 8 A. Whiteman, lbw. b Hawthorne 16 Extras 13 Total 272

Bowling: Craike 3 for 66, Hawthorne 2 for 32, Begley 2 for 33, Graham 1 for 33, Dyer 1 for 63. Second Innings. Lambourne, c Dyer, b Graham .... 20 W. Whiteman, c Begley, b Graham • 18 Munn, c Graham, b Craike 15 Stevens, lbw, b Hawthorne 28 W. Peterson, c Craike, b Hawthorne .... 35 N. Hoar, not out 28 Greer, b Dyer 0 A. Whiteman, b Dyer 13 Tier, not out 10 Extras 6 Total for 7 wickets 173 Bowling: Dyer 2 for 19. Hawthorne 2 for 19, Graham 2 for 49. Craike 1 for 68. HAWKE’S BAY. First innings 233 Second Innings. . R. Mitchell, b Stevens 20 Hawthorne, b Hoar 20 Martin, lbw, b Stevens 24 Graham, b Stevens 2 Dyer, c Hibbs, b W. Whiteman 51 A. Hoar (sub), c Tier,, b W. Whiteman 14 Begley, b W. Whiteman 6 L. Mitchell, b W. Whiteman 7 Mahoney, not out 17 Craike, c Wilson, bW. Whiteman 9 Wilcock, b W. Whiteman 2 Extras 21 Total 193 Bowling: W. Whiteman 6 for 27, Stevens 3 for 52, N. Hoar 1 for 44, Hibbs 0 for 5, Greer 0 for 19, A. Whiteman 0 for 24. JUNIOR MATCH. A FIGHT AGAINST TIME. In the junior match played on the Park Oval, and completed yesterday afternoon. Wairarapa beat Hawke’s Bay by a margin of five wickets. Hawke's Bay closed their second innings at 9 wickets for 184. Davis. Schofield and Taylor being the chief scorers. Wairarapa compiled 232 for the loss of 5 wickets in its second- innings, Mexted and Fitzpatrick turning on a good performance. They carried the score from 18 to 218. Mexted, in his 101 not out hit 15 4’s and three 6’s. Fitzpatrick played a flawless innings for his 106. He hit three 6’s and 15 4’s. The partnership realised 200 runs before Fitzpatrick was caught off Taylor. The finish of the match was of an exciting character, Wairarapa securing the victory a few minutes before the call of time. The fielding showed an improvement' on the first day’s play. The scores were as follow: HAWKE’S BAY. First Innings , 252 Second Innings. R. Davis, b Longworth 41 T. McCracken, b Bellworthy 5 Schofield, st, b Slatter 34 S. Murly, b Mexted 5 B. Carpenter, b Slatter • 10 G. Toothill, b Slatter 10 C. Taylor, st, b Slatter 32 T. . Meissener, c Fitzpatrick, b Welch 5 W. Whitehead, b Slatter 22 Shearer, not out 9 Extras 10 Total for 9 wickets 183 Bowling: Slatter 5 for 49. Mexted 1 for 9. Longworth 1 for 23, Welch 1 for 21, Bellworthy 1 for 35, Fitzpatrick 0 for 37. WAIRARAPA. First Innings 215 Second Innings. B. McNab, b Toothill 6 Longworth, b Taylor 11 Bellworthy, b Toothill 0 W. Mexted, not out ;. 101 J. Fitzpatrick, c and b Taylor .... 106 Selby, b Murley 2 Extras 6 Total for 6 wickets 232 Bowling: Toothill 2 for 82. Taylor 2 for 45. Murly 1 for 22. Fall' of wickets: 1 for 12. 2 for 18. 3 for 18. 4 for 218, 5 for 232.