THE WORLD OF SPORT.

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17976, 22 March 1930, Page 9 (Supplement)

THE WORLD OF SPORT.

CRICKET.

HAMILTON AND EAST WIN. SECOND ROUND OF SENIOR B. PRATT CUP RUN-AWAY. (By Long Stop). Better weather conditions prevailed on Saturday than on the previous week, and generally the rate of scoring was faster. Hamilton, by gaining a four point win over Frankton, caught up a point on Hamilton East, who had to be content with a win on the first innings against Old Boys. However, as Hamilton are 7 points behind, the leaders will have to be beaten by Frankton to give Hamilton a chance of catching them. The large number of teams inj the Senior B competition has caused the first round to be drawn out, with the result that the second round matches are confined to one day. Even with this ourtailment there is little prospect of the complete series being carried through, so that the winner will probably be the team with the most points to its credit when the season is declared closed. It may be possible, towards the end, to bring the two leading teams together in a deciding match. Winger’s Century.

To N. Winger falls the honour of compiling the first century of the season in the Senior .A competition. With 81 to his. credit from the previous ■week, he continued his innings against

Frankton, and soon completed the three figure score, retiring shortly afterwards. Several times during the year he has shown good form with the hat, but he had never been so aggressive as he was in/this game. His 108 consisted of one six, fifteen 4 s, five 2’s and the remainder singles, so that lie made good use of the boundary. , , Shepherd continued the good work of the earlier batsmen, by knocking up 40. Although he did not go to the wickets looking as if 'he intended to stay for long, lie settled down to good play, and soon collared the bowling. The remaining batsmen did not contribute much to the total, but with 354, Hamilton had ample.runs to keep Frankton off. ( Of the latter’s bowlers, Ewan bore the brunt of the attack sending down 16 overs for 70 runs. Steele proved rather expensive as his 10 overs yielded 60 and gave him two wickets only, while Gobbe had 61 knocked off 8 overs. FRANKTON OUT TWICE, Both the Frankton innings were sorry affaire, only four players managing to score- double figures. In the first strike, Ewan and St. George made a promising stand, the former runningup to within 2 of the half-century. Lately this player has shown great improvement in his batting, and while he has retained all his former confidence he displays much better judgment in his strokes, and has developed quite a sound defence. Combined with his agility and energy in the field, and his ability as a change bowler, ,he is a useful member for any team, and it is surprising that he was not given an opportunity in the game' against Pukekohe.

Bad Running. Hamilton East had caught the Old Boys’ score of 112 and still had eight wickets in hand when they-resumed, but Skect did not last long, going lbw when he had added but one to ids score. Cassidy scored steadily until he had a bad misunderstanding with 11. j Johnston, and was run out. Later on Hindman and Colson also suffered thq same fate, so that Hamilton East lost three of the 7 wickets that fell on the day In this way. H. Johnston gave a good display of batting, remaining unbeaten with 50. Allen and Carlson made good showings for a first appearance, notching 19 and 16 respectively. The total of 250 gave East a substantial lead, but they were without the servloes of their stock bowlers when Old Boys had their second strike. A Good Roply. When Allen was bowled by the first ball he received It looked as If Old Boys would be up against It to save a major defeat; but Hawke soon got to work and made hay of Hamilton’s first over. Hitting the seoond ball for 6, he followed with a 4 and a pair of 2’s, and then knocked a couple of boundaries off Cassidy. In Hampton’s next over, however, he returned a ball to the bowler and the ohanoe was accepted. The next four wickets fell cheaply, Clough doing most of the scoring . This batsman played a fine innings, showing more restraint and picking: the ball to hit. Whereas he usually over-does hard driving, he was content on Saturday to play the bowling for what it was worth, and hit only four 4’s and one 6 in his score of 50. Hitting the 6 proved his undoing, for he.was caught three balls later. Buckland and Gilling put on 56 for the last wicket, bringing the total to 182. Although he made 44, Buckland did not play as well as he had done in somo of his previous knocks. He fell back into his old style of flicking at the ball, and was far too much inolined to pull straight balls of good length. Gilling showed some good strokes in making 18 not out, finding the boundary on three occasions. Safety First. With only one day for. the match Senior B teams have a good variety of | tactics to adopt. With low scoring teams desperate efforts are made to get a decision on the two innings; but when the teams arc capable of high scoring the side to bat first is faced with the problem of how many they must make before they give their opponents a strike. Y.M.G.A. apparently decided to take no risks with Hamilton East, for they put on 259 before they declared with six wickets down. This left East with no earthly chance of getting the runs, but they had little difficulty in keeping their end up to make a draw. Although most of the Y.M.G.A. batsmen made useful scores Bamford (77) and Dobson (66) were the chief contributors. Facing quite a strong bowling team | these players showed enterprise and confidence, scoring freely without taking undue risks. / Getting rid of five of Hamilton East’s | best bats for 85 Y.M.G.A. would have j

had little difficulty in obtaining a victory had time permitted, but they had made too sure of not losing to leave themselves time to dispose of their opponents. CAMBRIDGE DECLARE. Mating 12C in their first innings and getting rid of Frankton for 80, Cambridge tried to \yin a four-pointer by declaring with only 18 runs in their second strike. Garrard contributed 65 not out the first time, including six C’s in his score, N. McKinnon being the only other batsman to make much of a showing. Judge proved most destructive with the ball, capturing six wickets for 7 runs, there being only two sooring strokes made off his seven overs. The seoond Innings of both teams were more or less processions, for out of the thirteen batsmen who went to the crease only one made double figures, Nodder making 10 before Cambridge declared. Prankton, with two men short, had lost five wickets at stumps, so that they had little to spare. MONDAY’S GAME. Hamilton teams have always had a very easy thing in their games against Pukekohe, and the latest match proved no exception. It was a perfect day for cricket, and the holiday spirit was very evident in the game. Winger and Taylor m*de a great stand for the second wreket, putting on almost a century and a half. Both batsmen played with confidence, and even abandon at times; thoso balls they lifted, however, were well clear of the field, and it was not till Taylor had passed the 50 mark that he gave any chances. He seemed surprised at his dismissal, as the appeal for lbw was not made by the bowler until some time after the ball had left his leg. Winger was in his best form, and might, with more care, have followed his Saturday’s century, with another. Lee played an aggressive innings for 30, while the other batsmen were not called on to give of their best, as the score was amply large enough for a one-day match. Kahu, bowling left-handed, showed a deal of promise, and secured the quite good figures of five for 51. Cooper also bowled well, but the other trundlcrs did not cause the local players much trouble. When Pukekohe went to the wickets it became apparent that the Hamilton bowlers were of better class than the batsmen were used to. Winger and Gobbe look three wickets each in the first innings, while in the second Taylor had the upper hand all the time, and accounted for live wickets. The early batsmen in this strike made an improved showing against weaker bowlers, Buckland, Horspool and Campbell being comparatively expensive, although Horspool had the satisfaction of'clean bowtyng Sampson and Lawrio.

A very enjoyable game ended with Hamilton winners by an innings and nearly 200 runs. If only our local representatives could make-such a strongshowing against other minor associations I