SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3378, 20 November 1911, Page 6

SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

CRICKET.

SATURDAY'S MATCHES.

There was warm weather, with a stiff nor’-westerly wind, when the various competitions under the auspices, of the Poverty Bay Cricket Association were proceeded .with on Saturday afternoon. In the senior competition, Wanderers met Y.M.C.A. on Victoria Domain, and United engaged Taruheru on the country ground.

WANDERERS v. Y.M.C.A, These team? met on the. turf wicket at Victoria Domain .on Saturday afternoon. •('Wanderers hatted first, but made - stand against the bowling of Barry Jones, who was in capital form, and secured seven wickets for 24 runs with his off breaks. Y.M.C.A. replied with 123, Law playing a fine innings for .55, while J Wilson and Aitken also rendered valuable' aid. McMahon, with six for 44, was the most successful of the Wanderers' bowlers. At call of time Wanderers had scored 49 for the loss of one wicket. The finish of this game on Saturday next should prove highly interesting. The following, are, the scores

WANDERERS—First Innings. Cranney, b Jones ... ••• 4 McConnell, b Jones | Guthrie, b Jones ... ... ... *5 jYoung, c Law, b Wilson 4 McMahon, b Jones ' 2 S 3. Wilson, b Jones 5 Moore, c and b Wilson 5 Maude, lbw,' b Jones ... ... 0 Lane, not out ... ... ••• ••• 12 QBousfield, b Jones .., .... ® Extras ... ..... ..V' ... ... 0 Total (one man short). ... 54 —Bowling Analysis.—

Y.M.C.A.—First Innings. Davis, c Lane, b McMahon 8 Law, b Young 55 Winter, b McMahon 1 H. Jones, lbw, b McMahon , 0 Anld, run out 4 J. Wilson, lbw, b McMahon ... 17 A. Jones, b Lane 5 Long, b McMahon • 1 Aitten, b McMahon 15 Walker, not out ; ••• 0 Extras - 17 (Total (one man short) 123

WANDERERS—Second Innings. Gutlirie, b Wilson ... ... 1 Young, not out ,28 S. Wilson, not out 18 Extras' 2 Total, for one wicket ... 49

UNITED v TARUHERU.

This match was played on the .Taruheru ground on Saturday afternoon. The wicket was not so good as those usually prepared on this ground, and the grass in the outfield was very long and hampered play. Taruheru had first strike, and' ran up 129. Stitchbury and Hooker, who played free cricket, were responsible for the bulk of the runs. Jeffreys and Olsen were the most successful bowlers for United. On the town eleven going to the wickets, they collapsed against the bowling of Gough, who was getting a nice turn on the ball. Nine, wickets were down or 28, but Jeffreys and Stubbs (a promoted junior) made a serviceable stand for the last wicket, and carried the total to 51 before the innings closed. Gough secured six wickets for 28, and Sharpies three for 19. _ At call of time Taruheru had lost six wickets for 46 runs in their second innings. Golding, Stitchbury, and Sharpies showed best form. The following are the scores: — TARUHERU.—First Innings. Stitchbury, run out ... ... 39 Golding, b Olsen 1 W. Sharp, b Olsen. 9 Gough, run out 1 Kelly, c McColl, b Jeffreys 13 Sharpies, c Gibson, b Greene ... ;.. ... 15 Hooker, c Gibson," b Qlsen 37 Stewart, b Jeffreys ... 4 Wilkie, b Jeffreys ... ... 0 Woods, b Olsen ... ... 2 J. Roderick, not out 0 Extras 8 Total ...129

UNITED. —First Innings. Gibson, b Gough ... ... . ... 3 Olsen, b Gough , 0 Wfiyte, b GougH ... ...’ ... ... 2 Gardner, b Sharpies ...' 3 Greene, c Golding, b' Sharpies ... ... 6 McColl, lbw, b Sharpies ... ... 1 Mitchell, b Gough 3 Jeffreys, not out 17 A. Allen, b Gough ... 4 Lovett, b Gough ... 0 Stubbs, c Sharp, b Hooker 10 Extras .' ... .’. ... 2 Total 51

TARUHERU.—Second Innings. 'J. Roderick, b Jeffreys 0 Golding, c Gardner, b Greene 15 Woods, c McColl, b Jeffreys ... 0 iW. Sharp, b Olsen 1 {Ritchbury, not out 15 (Hooker, c Olson, b Greene 0 Kelly, b Greene 0 Sharpies, not out 12 Extras S Total, for six wickets ... 46

JUNIOR DIVISION. Y.M.C.A. v. HIGH SCHOOL A. When this match was continued Y.M. C.A. had made 138 in their first innings, and had eight wickets down for 25 in their second. They were all dismissed

for 39, leaving -High School- the; afternoon in which to get 112 required by them to win. The. team, however, fell away disastrous!''?', and- were all out for 22 .runs,, leaving Y.M.C.A. with a three-point win. For Y.M.C.A. Baku took-five wickets, for 9 f Muir one for 2, and Smith four for 7. SCHOOLS COMPETITION. t'-

| Much - interest is being v taken .in the Public Schools’ competition, and there was' again a fair sprinkling of spectators to'.watch the continuation of the fixtures at* Victoria Domain. on Saturday morning. During the week each of the schools engaged J in the competition . received a very handsome .[donation;/of a set of stumps, two[ bats,-and .a ball,from Mr. D. J, Barry; that generous patron whcr has, already- done so, much to help on Pricket and kindred sports in the district. The four school teams .sported their ..new gear on. Saturday, and all were consequently liberally equipped in the matter of material.' : ■'' : ‘ • , ' '.. ■ - 1 Te Hapara secured their second threepoint win by defeating -Kaiti outright by. 7 runs. Kaiti had first use of JNo. 2 wicket, and ran up the respectable total. of 48. Woods (17), Wilson (7), Black (6), ; ' and H. Maude (4) did the bulk ,of the, run-getting. Mcßride (four, for 23), Mason (three for 4), and Seal (two for 12) howled well for Te Hapara. Te Hapara were 8 behind on the first innings,, only totalling 37. Mcßride (11), Greig (10), and Martin (7) handled their bats nicely. H. Maude* (four for 19) and Winter (four for 13)' were the successful trundlers for Kaiti. Mcßride and Seal were in.deadly, form with the ball for Te Hapara, and dismissed Kaiti in their second essay for 14 runs. The only lads to score were Wilson (4) and Black (1), the other nine batsmen getting “blobs.” Mr. “Extras” totted up 9. Te Hapara, by scoring 32 at their second visit .to the wickets, thus won an exciting game, by'7 runs. Seal (12); Greig (s>, and Martin (4) were the principal scorers. H. Maude bowled well for Kaiti v, securing seven wickets for 10 runs while Winter bagged two. The .match between Gisborne ana Man-gapapa-on No. 1 pitch resulted in. a twopoint win for Gisborne by 27 runs on the first innings. Mangapapa scored 36, Lindsay (3), Hay (6), Broadhead (6), and extras” 9 making the highest contributions. Gartshore (five for 9), Creamer (four for 9), and Porter (one for 0) bowled well tor Gisborne. The town school totted up 63 with their first strike, Gartshore (13), Porter,(lo), Hooper (7), Neilson (5), and Johnstone (5) batting well, while extras swelled the score by 14. Eindsay, Sawyer, and Muir trundled best for Mangapapa. Lindsay (12), Sawyer (11), and -Muir: (6) were the principal scorers towards Mangapapa’s second innings total of 36. Gartshore (six for 13) bowled capitally for Gisborne, and Creamer also secured a couple of wickets. Requiring 10 runs to win in ten minutes, Gisborne forced the pace, and there was much excitement as to whether Che -three-pomt win could be secured. However, time was called with three wickets down for 9 runs, so Gisborne just failed to win outright by 1 run. , ... Mr. P. C. Faram,. headmaster of the Te Hapara school, personally accompanied his*team. Mr. B. Kebblewhite guided the Gisborne lads, and Mr. O. R. Olsen attended with the Mangapapa team. Mr. R. Cole, headmaster of the Mangapapa School, was an interested spectator. Owing to a number of broken bottles having been left about the ground from the booths at the Labor Day' sports, one of the Mangapapa lads had his footvather badly cut, the injury compelling him to discontinue his innings.

AUCKLAND GAMES. (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Nov. 19. The third series of the district championship matches, under the Auckland Cricket Association, were played yesterday, in excellent weather, and on batsmen's wickets, wkicn produced, good, scores. In the senior games not one innings was .completed. Ponsonby playing Parnell scored 319 for five wickets (N. C. Snedden 135, J. G. Thompson 82, F. Wilson 47 not out). Against North Shore the ’Varsity scored 333 for eight wickets (Ellis 120, Airey 50, Gray 31). Eden made 252 for nine wickets against,' Grafton (Brooke Smith 50, Cummings 29).

CHRISTCHURCH GAMES. CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 18.

Beautiful. weather _ prevailed for. the third round of the grade .cricket, and with fast wickets scoring all ground, was heavy. East Christchurch, by a magnificent not-out innings of 173 by W. Carlton, put up the big total, of 422 for. five wickets,' 7 against'. West ~Christchurch. Other chief 'scorers were: Sims' 76, BoxsHall, 49 not out, Grant 46, and T. Carlton 40.

St. Albans played a;, fairly .even game with Linwood; the last-inentioned putting up 235, towards which Perrin played a solid innings for 59. Orchard made 50,; and Winchester,‘ another colt, 45. St. Albans at the call of time had scored 53 for four wickets. Sydenham batted first.

ENGLAND ;v. VICTORIA

VISITORS OUT FOR 318.

GOOD STAND BY VICTORIA

(United Press, Association—Copyright.) (Received Nov. 18, 6.15 pim.) 12 MELBOURNE, Nov. 13. The second, day ’s play betweeri England and Victoria started this morning/ when there was jjlorious weather, and a good attendance and a perfect wicket. . Douglas and Smith' coritinued the Eng-:, lishmeri’s innings, to the. bowling of Mac Row and Laver. Smith began smartly, and was driving well, but Douglas was stubbornly defensive. Smith was caught at deep mid-off after a crisp and attractive display, lasting 36 minutes, during which he made 22. - ' . Woolley followed and narrowly escaped being run out immediately. Carkeek at the wickets fumbled a quick return by Matthews at mid-off, or the batsman would have been out. Shortly afterwards Woolley played one back softly to the howler, and was out for five.

Iremonger, who came next,. was cautious, and was dismissed peculiarly after making 14. The spectators thought he ivas stumped. He played forward and touched the ball, which rebounded from Carkeek’s pad to the wickets. With the next man, Hitch’s, arrival, some hard hitting was expected. He lifted Kyle magnificently on to the stand for a sixer, and also added two boundaries off ICyle before being dismissed. Douglas’s patience was remarkable, and a section of the crowd jeered at his slow: ness. He batted 189 minutes for 33 runs.

The innings lasted six and a half hours, and totalled 318.

The Victorian innings then opened, Kortlang and Seitz facing Foster and Douglas. Both batsmen were confident. Douglas was bowling the off theory, and the spectators were shouting “Bowl on the wicket.”

Seitz after making 14 was beaten by the

first ball ill •* Foster’s fourth over; which made pace from the pitch. Ransford and Kortlang then gave a prettyexhibition, and . reached. .50,. : in ,42 minutes. Hitch relieved Douglas, and the crowd were amused at the peculiar run of Hitch'.before delivery. ; ' In. the first hour, when the, bowlers were yielded 7fS. The, Vies, wore more enterprising than the-Englishmeni-w - Ransford played a stylish innings for forty minutes,; and his score of 34 included fiye fourers.

(Received Nov. 19, ,5.5 p.in.) i. ■ MELBOURNE, Novi. 18,. ; ; Continuing the' game the century...was up, the time occupied in the making being eiglity-;eight minutes. For smart running between the wickets Smith and Kortlang were frequently applauded. Smith inspiriting manner; and :he .drove and pulled Hea'fne for twelve in one over, and quickly surpasssed Km'tlang. - . / When 39 Smith ivas . missed in the slip by Heafne off Foster. He, reached 50 ,in fifty-five minutes, and was playing brilliantly all round the wickets. Kortlang -’.was, not aggressive, but was artistic, and his 50 occupied 148 minutes. Smith was dismissed ,by a ball which kept low. His score, of 68, occupied eightyfive minutes, and he hit eleven fourers. Kyle followed; and the, batsmen .were, .given; an ovation when 200'was registered for 181 minutes.:' - . . • ;■ Kyle was struck on the left arm by‘a fast ball from Foster, and retired, Laver following, and carefully playing out time, the score reading three for ,219, ;' The following are the scores:—

ENGLAND.—First. Innings. Hobbs, c Laver, ,b Matthew.s ... 21 Kin .near, c Kyle, b-Macßow ... ... ... 32 Rhodes;’ lbw,• b Laver . ... ... 28 Mead, c Carkeek, b Kyle - 34 Hearne, b- Matthews ... ..: ... 6 Foster,'-c Armstrong, b Laver 101; Douglas, not out ... ... ... ... ... ... 33 Smith, c Smith, b Laver,... ••• 22. Woolley, c and b Matthews ... 5 Iremonger, run out ... ... ... 14 Hitch, run out ... 15 . Extras ... ••• ‘

Total ... - : -318 Bowling Analysis.—Mac Row, T wicket for 51; Laver, 3 for 88; Matthews, 3 for 65; Kyle, 1 or 59; Brown, 0 for 17; Arm--strong, 0 for 1. Wickets fell at—l for 32, 2 for 81, 3 for 83, 4 for 113,' 5 for 139, 6 for 246,: 7 for 274, 8 for 280, 9 for 302. VICTORIA.—First Innings. Kortlang, not out 65 Seitz, b Foster ... 14 Ransford, b Hearne 34 Smith, b Douglas - 68 Kyle, retired hurt * Laver, not out ... 2 Extras - ••• 29

Total for three wickets 219 Wickets fell at—l for 27, 2 for 76, 3 for 189.

THE MATCH AT TE KARAKA

(To the Editor.) - ''Sir,—With reference to your report of the Alhambra-Te Karaka cricket match played at the latter club’s ground on Thursday last, I am afraid some of yoiir readers may have taken an unfavorable view of the proceedings, and perhaps be led to believe that our procedure in leaving the field was unjustified, so I desire to make myself explicit on behalf of the Alhambra Club. In the first place, it was most unfortunate that we were without the services of our popular skipper, “Tiny” Olsen, who, I am sure, would have seen that a proper time was' arranged to draw stumps, before play commenced. However,, admitting that I was wrong in not doing so, and that things turned out as unpleasant as they did, I think from a “sport” point of view that Mr. McMahon should have given us a better hearing than he did. The facts are these: When I was elected captain of the visitors several of the Te Karaka eleven asked me when we wished to return, and how long we would play. I told them (I forget who they were) that we intended to leave by the 6.20 p.m. train back to Gisborne, arid should the match not be finished we would close, in time to catch it. That was all that was said to •me about drawing stumps until 2.20 .p.m., when both teams had ha.d an innings and the home team had a lead of 10 runs. On coming off the field at that time I overheard a remark that stumps were to be drawn at 5 p.m. I thereupon interviewed their captain, Mr. McMahon, whp confirmed the statement I overheard to the above effect. ■ To save time, I sent in two men to bat, while the rest, of us discussed the situation, and concluded that it was hardly fair that we should be ■obliged to draw. stumps at 5 p.m. and wait till 6.20, p.m. for. a train, so we decided to return home by the 4.20 tram. We played: till" 3.45, when afternoon tea was kindly': supplied. I then again asked Mr. McMahpii could he not extend the time till 6 p.m., and he replied in the negative. I asked him why, and, he. said “he thought I knew it was all" arranged that stumps-were to he drawn at 5 p.m.” That was all the reason and satisfaction we got, so I told, Mr; McMahon what we decided to do, arid left, to catch the 4.20 p.m'. train. Some “gentleman” made some nice : remark’ about- our ( being “cocktails,” or word's 'to that book that as a mild, exposition of. ignorance.— I am, etc., ' W. J* SCHOLLUM.

O. M. R. W. H. Jones ... ... 10 4 24 7 J. Wilson ... ... 10 1 30 2

—Bowling Analysis.O. M. R. W. Young 9 3 27 1 S. Wilson 3 1 11 0 McMahon 11 2 41 6 Bane 3 0 17 1 Guthrie ... ... 2 0 7 0

—Bowling Analysis.W. O. M. B. Jones • 5 1 . 18 . 0 . J. Wilson 4 0 20 1 Winter 1 0 8 0

Bowling Analysis.O. M. R. W. Olsen . 11 0 50 . 4 Greenfi.. 9 0 38 1 Jeffreys ... ... 5 1 16 3 Gardner ’ 4 0 17 0

—Bowling Analysis.0. M. R. W. Sharpies 9 2 19 3 Gough 9 1 28 6 Kelly 1 0 1 0 Hooker 1 0 1 1

Bowling Analysis. 0. M. R. W. Olsen ... 10 1 16 1 Jeffreys 4 1 11 2 Greene.. 3 0 7 3 Gardner 2 0 9 0