CRICKET COMPETITIONS IN HAMILTON.

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17983, 31 March 1930, Page 11

CRICKET COMPETITIONS IN HAMILTON.

GOOD SCORES RECORDED ON SATURDAY. EAST ASSURED OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP. Y.M.C.A.’S FINE DISPLAY IN SENIOR B. In the cricket games played in Hamilton on Saturday under ideal conditions many fine batting displays were given. The wickets were hard and true and presented little difficulty to the batsmen who made some good individual scores. Hamilton East, as the outcome of a three-point victory over Frankton are in a safe position for the championship. Hamilton played a fine innings in the latest series and comfortably exceeded Old Boys’ good total, a three-pointer victory going to the former. In the Senior B Competition there was also interesting cricket on Saturday, Y.mC.A. being in prominent run-getting form during the afternoon. The Senior A cricket table with one more match be decided shows Hamilton East 24 points; Hamilton 16 points, Frankton 9 points and Old Boys 7 points. TOP SCORERS.. SENIOR A. N. Winger (Hamilton) 76 R. Going (Hamilton East) 67 W. Lee (Frankton) 55 S. E. Senior (Old Boys) 51 SENIOR B. Parrant (Y.M-C.A.), retired ..-Z- 114 Eyre (Y.M.C.A.), retired 114' Garrard (Cambridge), not out 110 Morris (Ngaruawahia) 57 Avery (High School), not out . 39 Bright (Cambridge) 35 Skeet (Hamilton East) 33

CERTAIN CHAMPIONS. EAST DEFEAT FRANKTON. ‘ WIDE FIRST INNINGS' MARGIN. Hamilton East made their success in the Hamilton Senior A cricket competition certain when they defeated Frankton by a wide margin on the first innings. East batting the preceding Saturday compiled 2SO while Frankton had two wickets down for 23. W. Lee and Wilmoth 'the notout men, opened slowly but warmed up later' and put on 64 runs before Lee was caught and bowled by Skeet. Mills and St. George of the following batsmen were the only two to get going, the innings closing for 169. Hamilton East went in again, and R. Going delighted the spectators by hitting hard, registering four 6's and six 4’s in his tally of 67. East declared their innings closed with 7 wickets down for 164.

Frankton went to the crease once again, Mills and Lee opening. Mills was caught in the first over and Wilmott partnered Lee. These batsmen gave a splendid exhibition, Wilmott ■ being particularly attractive. The pair were still hatting well when stumps w T ere dra\vn with the total at 107. , Hamilton East. First Innings 280 Second Innings. B. Hindman, played on, b Ward 8 W. Allen, c Ewan, b Connolly .. 22 R. Going, c Ewan, b Cobbe 67 R. Skeet, c Ward, b Connolly .. 17 11. Johnston, b Connolly 3 G. Hampton, not out 20 R. Johnston, c Lee, b Wilmott .. 10 S. .Badeley, c and b Lee 10 Extras 7 Total for 7 wckts. (declared) 164 Bowling.—Ward 1 for 36, Cobbe 1 for 38, Ewan 0 for 32, Connolly 3 for 26, Wilmott 1 for 9, Lee 1 for 21.

Frankton. First Innings. W. Lee, c and b Skeet 49 A. Connolly, Ibw, b Going .... 9 T. Ewan, b Going 0 R. Willmott, c Hampton, b Johnston 18 A. St. George, c Badeley, b Going 21 T. Mills, not out 16 A. Ward, b Going 4 L. Jacob, c Johnston, b Allen . . 6 L. St. George, c Ewan, b Allen 7 (J. Hunwick, b Allen 0 R. Cobbe, b Badeley 10 Extras 29 Total * 169 Bowling.—Going 4 for 52, Badeley 1 for 37, Skeet 1 for 28, Johnston 1 for 8, Allen 3 for 14. Second Innings. T. Mills, c R. Johnston, b H. Johnston W. Lee, not out 55 R. Wilmott, not out 47 Extras • • • • 1 Total for 1 wicket 107 Bowling.—lT. Johnston i for 26, G. Hampton 0 for 35, R. Johnston 0 for 6, W. Allen 0 for 29, R. Going 0 for 13. HAMILTON’S. SUCCESS, DEFEAT OF OLD BOYS. A THREE-POINTER GAINED. Old Boys, despite their good first innings total the previous week, were defeated on the first innings by Hamilton on No. 1 wicket at Seddon Park on Saturday. Old Boys had compiled 215 on the first day and Hamilton had scored 115 runs for the loss of one wicket when slumps were drawn. T. A. Campbell and N. Winger, the not-out men, carried the total to 142 at Which stage Campbell was clean bowled by Horspool with 24 to his credit. Winger continued to bat confidently .and had reached a well played 76 before he was dismissed leg before to Clough. The remaining batsmen made steady progress and the innings closed for 239. Old .Boys had a second strike and had 162 runs up for 9 wickets when stumps were drawn. .8. E. Senior batted well, and with neatly placed shots reached a good 51. Detailed scores are:— * Old Boys. First- Innings 215 Second Innings. R. Clough, h Winger 3 K. Rolfe, run out U S. E. Senior, b Howell 51 D. Hawke, b Langdon 1 F. Horspool, o Laiigdon, b Winger 16 A. Gibbons, b Winger 9 R. Allen, c sub., b Lissette .... 9 x\. McDcll, b Lissette . . . 5 S. Buckland, c Langdon, b Lissette 24 N. Wilson, not out 11 Extras 22 Total for 9 wickets 162 Bowling.—Lissette 3 for 66, Winger 3 for 36, Langdon 1 for 12, Howell 1 for 21. Hamilton. First Innings. A. Lissette, b Horspool 48 N. Winger, lbvv, b Clough 76 T. A. Campbell, b Horspool 24 A. Taylor, b Hawke 2 S. Eggleston, c sub., b Horspool 13 R. Langdon, run out 13 H. Shepherd, b Buckland 23 C. Shakeshaft, b Hawke 0 C. Howell, not out 17 Extras 23 Total 239 Bowling.—Hawke 2 for 64, Clough 1 for 30, Fahey 0 for 9, Wilson 0 for 13, Buckland 1 for 24, Allen 0 for 28, Horspool 3 for 46. SENIOR B GAMES. NGARUAWAHIA AT THE WICKET. GOOD BOWLING BY HAMILTON E. At Ngaruawahia a match was commenced between the local representatives and the Hamilton East team. Ngaruawahia went to the wickets first ■and compiled 96, Morris (57) being the principal contributor. The visitors were dismissed for 83. Skeet (33) and Whimp (28) were the top scorers. Detailed scores are:— Ngaruawahia. First Innings. Mundy, o Mcßae, b Skeet 13 Collins, c and b Whimp 3 Robinson, c sub., b Clough 1 Morris, b Skeet 57 McCowan, c and b Skeet 1 Reid, c and b Skeet 0 Payne, c and b Skeet 9 Wilson, b Whimp 0 Me,Burney, b Whimp 0 Jackson, not out 2 Extras. . 10 Total 96 Bowling.—Skeet 5 for 18, Whimp 3 for 28, Clough 1 for 30, Main 0 for 10. Hamilton East. First Innings. Mcßae, b Payne 11 Skeet, c and b Payne 33 Clough, c and b Mundy 1 Whimp, b Mundy 28 Main, c sub., b Mundy 4 Cooper, b Reid 0 Williams, c and b Reid 0 Jefferies, c Jackson, b Mundy . . 1 Davis, not out 1 Extras 4 Total 83 Bowling.—Mundy 4 for 33. Payne 2 for 18, Reid 2 for 19, Collins 0 Tor 9. PROLIFIC RUN-GETTING. GOOD STAND BY Y.M.C.A. CAMBRIDGE ALSO SCORE WELL. High scoring was the order of the day in the match between Y.M.C.A. and Cambridge on No. 4, Seddon Park. The visitors took first strike, and when five wickets had fallen their score stood at 203 (Garrard 110 not out), at which stage they declared. Y.M.C.A. then opened their account and knocked up 280 runs with the loss of threec wickets. Of this tally 205 were scored ir. the first threequarters of an hour, while the first twelve overs yielded 212. Both Eyre and Parrant retired with Jl4 runs each to their credit. Detailed scores are:—Cambridge. First Innings. McKinnon, run out \ Nodder, b Eyre 4 Bright, c Dempsey, 1) Baml'ord . . 35 Litehwark, b Baml’ord 17 Andrew, :b Dobson 9 Garrard, not out 110 Brett, not out t Extras 28 1 Total for 5 wkts. (declared) 203

■Bowling.—Bamford 3 for 15, Eyre 1 for 20, Dobson 1 for 37, Price 0 for 30, Cassells 0 for 9, Parrant 0 for 26, Davies 0 for 23, Molloy 0 for 8. Y.M.C.A. First Innings. Eyre, retired H 4 Bamford, c and b Bright 0 Parrant, retired 114 Cassells, not out 21 Dobson, not out 14 Extras 11 Total for 3 wickets 280 Bowling.-—Bright 1 for 41, Nodder 0 for 47, Garrard 0 for 74, Litehwark 0 for 74, Andrews 0 for 26. FOUR-POINTER TO HIGH SCHOOL. SUCCESS AGAINST FRANKTON. Defeat at the hands of High School was met by Frankton in their match on the School ground. Taking first strike, School scored 179 runs. Avery (39 not out) and Kcat (26) headed the batsmen. Frankton went in and were dismissed for 34 in their first attempt, while the second innings yielded 75. School thus won by an innings and 71 runs. Detailed scores arc:— High School. First Innings. Hutchins, c Burrows, b Smith .. 3 Fraser, lbw, b Smith 11 Bennett., b Smith 19 Reese, c Smith, b Stott 15 Carde, b Clough 1 Hubbard, c Clough, b Stott .... 5 Westwatcr, c and b Smith .... 13 Seccombe, b Judge 14 Keat, lbw, b Stott 26 Burn, c and b Pearce 14 Avery, not out 39 Extras ! 19 Total 179 Bowling.—Smith 4 for 38, Stott 3 for 36, Clough 1 for 13, Judge 1 for 57, Pearce 1 for 0, Burrows 0 for 15. Frankton. First Innings. Judge, run out 2 Clough, lbw, b Bennett 2 Robertson, st Avery, b Hutchins 9 Stott, lbw, b Hutchins 11 Pearce, b Hutchins 8 Hunwick, b Fraser .1 Smith, 1) Fraser 0 Burrows, not out 1 Extras 0 Total 34 Bowling.—Hutchins 3 for 10, Fraser 2 for 0, Bennett 1 for 12, Carde 0 for 4, Hubbard 0 for 8. Second Innings. Judge, c and b lieeso 15 Clough, b Hubbard 10 Robertson, run out 0 Stott, c and b Fraser 18 Pearce, lbw, b Bennett 20 Burrows, c Carde, b Reese .... 7 Smith, not out 0 Extras 5 Total 75 Bowling.—Reese 2 for 15, Benn.etl, 1 for 9, Hubharcl 1 for 16, Fraser 1 for 15, Keat 0 for 20. / GIRLS AT PLAY. MATCH BETWEEN SCHOOLS. The local girls had first strike In the cricket match between the Hamiltno High School girls and the Rotorua High School girls on Saturday,. and compiled 85, B. Dodd batting exceptionally well before being caught out with 25 to her credit. Rotorua girls were dismissed for 30 in their venture. Hamilton gaining a three point win on the first innings. Detail scores:— HAMILTON HIGH. D. Sanford, c W. Steele, b T. Ford 0 P. Taylor, b T. Ford 4 M. Edmundson, b B. Bertram .... 3 P. Sorby, b T. Ford 0 B. Dodd, c W. Steele, b J. McLean 25 J. Palmer, b J. McLean 1 B. Boyes, std., b W. Hall 6 T. King, b J- McLean 13 V. Gobbv, b B. Bertram 11 M. Ilaughton, b W. Steele 11 E. Robinson, not out 0 Extras 11 Total 85 ROTORUA HIGH. B. Steele, b M. Edmundson .... 5 J. Tucker, b M. Ilaughton 0 W. Steele, b J. Palmer 1 T. Ford, run out 7 J. McLean, c P- Taylor, b B. Dodd 6 M. Musgrove, c B. Boyes, b B. Dodd 0 B. Bertram, b B. Dodd 1 V. Egan, b B. Dodd 0 S. Wilson, b M. ilaughton 1 W. Hall, run out 0 P. Brooker, not out 0 Extras 9 Total ... 30 IN OTHER CENTRES. MATAMATA v. GORDON. This match commenced on Saturday at Matamata, Gordon taking first strike, and knocking up 104, Carroll 52, not out, Brooks 16 and F. Montague 16 being the chief contributors. Matamata had 75 on the board at stumps for 7 wickets. Mehrtens 32, and Somers 23, being the most successful, batsmen. Following were the scores:— GORDON. Bartieet, b Somers 0 Brown, c Brennan, b Somers ... 2 D. Montague, b Somers 3 S. Brooks, b Somers 16 Brady, c Brennan, b Somers ... 1 Carroll, not out 52 Barker, b Somers 4 11. Brooks, c Beaver, b Whelan . 0 F. Montague, c Whelan, b Hollis 16 Clarke, c Beaver, b Somers .... ’ 1 O'Shea, b Somers 1 Extras 8 Total 104 Bowling.—Somers took eight wickets for 37 runs; Whelan, one for 20; Hollis, one for 18. MATAMATA. Porter, b Bartieet 1 Ayers, c and b D. Montague .... 6 Somers, c D. Montague, b Bartieet 23 Whelan, c S. Brooks, b D. Montague- 0 Beaver, 1) Bartieet 1 Mehrtens, c S. Brooks, B Bartieet 32 Silk, b F. Montague 7 Barker, jun., not out 1 Laird, not out 2 Extras 2 Total 75 JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. MATAMATA v. TE AUOHA. Two matches were played between girls and boys' teams at Matamata on I Saturday morning. The visiting girls

were successful, and the local boys won their match. Following were the details:— Girls’ Match. ( Matamata. —First innings 41, Jean Wilson 11 being the chief contributor; second innings 25, Nance Caitcheon 7. Tc Aroha, first innings 48, Maud Johansen 12, and Phyllis Barker 8, not out, being the chief contributors; second innings 34, Jean Frear'9. The bowlers for Tc Aroha were Kathleen Mahigay, Maud Johansen and Marjorie Smith, while Millie Mason and Leila Blackburn did the trundling for Matamata, Boys’ Match. Te Aroha batted first, and were disposed of for 16 runs, Bidois and Ilill going through the side. Matamata fared better, Hill 10, Simpson 11 and Hawke 9, batting well towards a total of 47. Graham and Magill did the howling for the visitors. HIGH SCHOOLS’ MATCH. TAURANGA v. MORRINSVILLE. TAU'RANGA, Saturday. A match played to-day between teams representing the Tauranga arid Morrinsville High Schools resulted in a victory for Tauranga. Tauranga made 40 runs in its first innings, and 61 in the second. Morrinsville scored 23 runs in the first innings and 7 in the second innings. H. Neno, bowling for Tauranga, look thirteen wickets for 17 runs, and P. Sander seven for 13 runs. GAMES AT AUCKLAND. SEVERAL CENTURIES MADE. AUCKLAND, Saturday. North Shore, first innings 235 (Smith 100 not out) ; Eden, first innings one wicket for 18. Ponsonby, in their first innings against United Suburbs, made 347 for the loss of four wickets (Taylor 130, Smith 109). University, first innings 236; Parnell, first innings no wickets for 8. Grafton, in their first innings against Y.M.C.A., lost eight wickets for 266 (Allcolt 101). AT CHRISTCHURCH. CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday. Riccarton won the final of the cricket championship, defeating Old Bovs bv 14 runs on the first innings.