CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3373, 13 November 1911, Page 6

CRICKET.

SATURDAY COMPETITION.

.WANDERERS BADLY ROUT UNITED

Saturday was a day to be marked By a white stone in the annals of cricket in Poverty Bay, inasmuch as it saw the inauguration of a Public Schools competition, under the auspices of the Poverty Bay Cricket Association. As showing the great strides the game has made in this district within the past few years, it has only to be pointed out that no fewer than 156 players took the field on Saturday last in the various competitlollS’ UNITED v. WANDERERS. This game was resumed on the turf wicket at Victoria Domain on Saturday afternoon, when the weather was favorable, and the wicket, though showing signs of wear, played well. On the openin" day of this match, United had been dismissed for 31 in their first innings, while Wanderers had scored 176 for four On resuming on Saturday, Wanderers, batting one man short, carried their total to 256. McConnell and McMahon were the only batsmen to make a stand, and both batted soundly and well. Green and Gardner were the most successful of the United bowlers. United were again dismissed cheaply in their second innings, which only realised 94 runs. Gibson played a free innings for 48, being particularly severe on McMahon’s slow leg-breaks. His score included a sixer clean out of the ground and six fourers. Mitchell, with 15, was the only other batsman to make runs. Lane, a new trundler, secured four for 12 for Wanderers, while Young again bowled well, capturing two for 12. Wanderers thus secured a three-point win by the large margin of an innings and. 131 runs. The following are the scores:—

JUNIOR COMPETITION. ALHAMBRA v. WANDERERS. On No. 1 wicket, Alhambra had an easy victory by an innings and 17 runs over Wanderers. Alhambra scored 141, while Wanderers conld only total 47 and 76. For Alhambra, Sim (42 net out), McLisky (35), and Tremblett (17) did the run-getting. Tier (30 not out) played a good innings for Wanderers. McLisky was the best of the Alhambra bowlers, securing seven wickets for 22. Y.M.C.A. v. HIGH SCHOOL A. _ Y.M.C.A. and High School tried conclusions on No. 3 wicket. The former won the toss and elected to hat, with the result that they put together 140 for ten wickets, the principal scorers being A. Paku 60, M. Edwards 28 not out, and J. Winter 23. Gartshore took four wickets ■for 23 runs and McLeod two for 41. High School were then put in, and compiled 66 runs, Gartshore, with 38, being the only double-figure scorer. Paku with four wickets for 10 runs and W. Smith two for 10, Robinson two for

25 were the most successful bowlers for Y.M.C.A. , ■ 1 Y.M.C.A. went in again shortly after 1 five, and with disastrous result, eight j wickets falling before close of time for 25 j runs, Gatland five for 12 and McLeod three for 9 doing the damage. The match will be concluded next Saturday, when the High School will require about 100 to win. The finish should be exciting. UNITED v. HIGH SCHOOL B. V; This match was played on the concrete pitch, and resulted in a three-point win for United. The school team batted fairly well, Hogg 20 and Grant 13 being the only two to reach double figures. For United, Dave Parker was in fine form, and was getting well on towards a century Avhen a full-pitcher from Moore took him by surprise and sent the bails flying. Parker was also in good bowling trim, and at one stage had collared two wickets for five runs." In their first innings High School B made 61, and United responded with 152, the principal scorers being Parker 83, Stubbs 23, and Webster 15. Going in again High School made only 39, Moore with 12 runs being the highest scorer. PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMPETITION. The Public Schools competition, inaugurated by the Poverty Bay Cricket Association, was commenced at Victoria Domain on Saturday morning. Four schools entered teams, Ivaiti playing Gisborne and To Hapara meeting Mangapapa. The lads entered enthusiastically into the play, and a pleasing feature was the interest shown in the competition by the masters of the schools. Mr. J. H. Bull (headmaster of the Kaiti 1 School), Mr. F. C; Faram (headmaster of the Te Hapara School), Mr. O. R. Olsen (Mangapapa), and Mr. B. Kibble white (Gisborne) accompanied their respective teams, _ and assisted the lads by umpiring and directing operations. Te Hapara met Mangapapa on No. 1 wicket, and an interesting game resulted in a win for Te Hapara by six wickets. Mangapapa batted first, and scored 40, Hay 9, A. Torrie 6, and Grundy 6 being the principal scorers. Seal (four for 4) and Mcßride (four for 12) bowled well for Te Hapara. Te Hapara responded with 69, Mcßride 18, Pevreal 11, Mason 9, and Tarr .8 showing promising form. Sawyer (five for 22), Muir (three for 10), and Hay (two for 6) did the trundling for Mangapapa. Mangapapa forced the pace in their second innings, and quickly hit up 57 for the loss of five wickets, when they declared the innings closed. Hay batted really well for 31, while Torrie (9) and Akroyd (7 not out) also assisted materially. Te Hapara secured the 29 required to win just on the calk of time for the loss of four wickets. Seal made 13 and Pevreal 6. Te Hapara thus won by six wickets. Kaiti and Gisborne met on No. 2 wicket. Kaiti batted first, but could make no stand against the' bowling of Gartshore, who was in deadly form, capturing seven wickets for 2 runs. Winter was top scorer with B,' while Gambril, a little colt about as high as the bat, covered himself with glory by scoring 1. The other nine batsmen had duck-eggs opposite their names. Gisborne hit up 25 in their first innings, Nelson (8) and Creamer (14) being the best scorers. Harold Maude, a son of the well-known Wanderer senior, bowled remarkably well. He secured seven wickets for 7 runs, and did the hat trick. Winter oecured two for 16. Kaiti did better in. their second innings, running up 48. Wilson (23), Maude (8), and Black (5) batted best. Gartshore again howled well, taking eight wickets. Gisborne collapsed for 15 in their second innings, against the bonding of Maude (five wickets for 4 runs) and Winter (four for 3). Sugden (6) and Wildish and Creamer (3 each) were the only batsmen to score. Kaiti thus secured a well-deserved victory by 19 runs.

AUCKLAND GAMES

(Per Press Association.! AUCKLAND, Nov. 10. The Auckland Cricket Association’s district competitions Avere in showery Aveather yesterday, the second round being concluded. Grafton beat North Shore in the first innings. Grafton scored 278 for eight wickets. Inniugs closed (Mason 77, Horspool 55, B.ay 50) and North Shore making 159 and 143 for three wickets (Farquharson 89). Varsity scored an exciting win against Far-, nell, winning on the second innings just on the call of time. Parnell made 146 and 126, and University 90 and 185 for six wickets (Wallace -64, ■ Jacohsen 40). Eden beat Ponsonby in the first innings. Ponsonby scored 48 and 178 for si aen wickets. Innings closed (Collins .0, din 42 not out), and Eden made .17 and 91 for three wickets (Hemus 41, bumming 38).

CHRISTCHURCH GAMES. CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 10 The weather was fine to-day for the continuation of the grade mamhes, but the- heavy rain of the previous evening had made the wickets just a trifle .-low. Riccarton scored an easy , win over last year’s champions, whilst West Christchurch got a three-point win against Linivood, and Sydenham, scored a similar victory oA r er East Christchurch. Rs scores Avere: Sydenham, first innings 233 (innings- closed) • beat East Christchurch hkrand 101; West Christchurch 280 beat Linwood 114 and 86; Riccarton 240 beat St. Albans 183 and 72 for three wickets.

WANDERERS—First Innings. Young, c Gibson, b Mitchell ... 52 Cranney, b Green ... 53 Guthrie, lbw, b Gibson ... 6 Moore, c Olsen, b Gardner ... 38 Wilson, c Gibson, b Green ... 18 McConnell, c Green, b Gardner ... ... 25 McMahon, not out ... 30, Maude, b Green ... 2 Lane, c Gardner, b Olsen ... 4 Muldoon, c and b Green ... 5 Tier, absent • ... 0 Extras Total ...256 —Bowling Analysis.— 0. M. R. W. Olsen 12 0 69 1 Jeffreys 6 0 28 Green 14 1 68 0 4 . Gibson 6 0 22 1 Mitchell 3 0 15 1 Lovett 2 0 15 0 Allen 11 0 0 Gardner 4 0 16 UNITED—Second Innings. W. Gibson, c Lane, b McMahon ... 48 Olsen, b McMahon ... 2 Whvte, b Young ... 5 Hallamore, b Young ... Oj McColl, b McMahon ... ... 2 Jeffreys, b Lane ... I, Green, b Lane ... 3 Mitchell, b Guthrie ••• ... 15 Lovett, c and b Lane ... 0 Allen, b Lane ... 1 Gardner, not out ... 4 Extras ... 13 Total ... 94 ' —Bowling Analysis.— 0. M. R, W. Young - 7 2 12 2 McMahon ... 6 0 47 3 Guthrie 4 .1 10 1 Lane 4 0 12 4 Y.M.C.A. v. TARUHERU. This game was concluded at Taruheru on Saturday afternoon, X .M.G.A. winning by 26 runs. The batting on both sides was weak, and low scoring ruled throughout the game. The following are the scores: — TARUHERU—Second Innings. (First innings, 42.) Stitchbury, run out ... 10 Kelly, b Jones ... 6 Sharpies, lbw, b Jones ... 7 Hooker, b Woods ... 11 J. Woods, c Miller, b Jones 2 Wilkie, c Wood, b Jones ... 0 Michie, b Jones ... 5 Minnis, b Jones ' ... 3 Gough, not out ... 6 Slingsby, c Miller, b Wood ... 3 Stewart, b Wood ... 6 Extras ... 9 Total ... 68 —Bowling Analysis.— O. M. R. W. H. Jones ... ... 12 2 38 • 6 A. Wood 12 2 21 3 Y'.M.C.A.—Second Innings. (First innings, 81.) D. Miller, hw, b Hooker ... 4 Pine, lbw, b Sharpies ... ... 10 A. E. Wood, c and b Kelly ... ... v 6 H. Jones, b Hooker ... 3 Auld, run out ... 6 Law, run out ... 1 Davis, b Gough ... 5 A. Jones, b Stewart ... 14 J. Wilson, b Minnis ... 4 C. Jones, not out ... 0 Extras ! 2 Total (one man short) ... 55 —Bowling Analysis.— O. M. R. W. Sharpies 5 0 9 1 Hooker 5 1 23 2 Kelly 2 0 10 i Gough 2 0 6 i Stewart 10 5 i Minnis 11 0 i