SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3742, 30 January 1913, Page 7

SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

BATTLE OF THE BAYS.

COAST MEN EXCEL IN BOWLING

AND FIELDING

POVERTY BAY SCORES 261

AN OPEN GAME

Perfect weather conditions prevailed yesterday, when the visiting Lakornaru Bay ■ cricketers commenced a two-days’ match against an eleven representing till' Poverty Bay Ciicv.e Association. The game was played on the concrete wicket at \ letoiia Domain, and the interest taken m the fixture was proved by the -unusually large number of spectators who waten- < < \v il °o’atcs captained the Tokomaru team, and lost the toss to W. Gibson, who was elected to lead the town men. The latter had no 'hestiation in deciding to make first use of the wicket, Gibson taking Olsen out with him to open the innings. Coombo and G. Oates, who were entrusted with the attack, were on the spot, and runs came slowly. Gibson off-drove the first- ball of Coombe s third over to the boundary, bringing 10 up. ori , Steady play bv both men saw -0 and 30 safely hoisted. With the score at 34 W Oates took the ball from Coombe, and with 'his first ball clean bowled Olsen round, his legs with an abnormal leg-break. The batsman, who had scored 9, moved in towards the wicket to play the ball to log, leaving his wicket unguarded. Turuki Pore, the young Nelson College colt, joined his captain,- and the pair took the total along to''4B, •against steady bowling and very ‘keen, fielding. Pere hit a spanking fourer past mid-off to the fence off W. Oates, but; Weis clccinccl "bowled next belli. I lie bowler sold the youngster with the pace. lie whipped m a- fasu one, which Pere attempted to cut, and the ■off pin was knocked out of the ground. The board then showed 48—-2 —11. R. G Hallamore joined Gibson, and a useful stand followed. The newcomer opened confidently, but found the bowling required careful watching. He did the most of the rungetting, getting in some fine forcing shots to the on. He was missed behind the wickets and later at first slip, and signified his escapes by banging J. Gibson to the pavilion rails. Hallainore also .had a miraculous escape from being run out when in the twenties. He went for a run for a tap to mid-on, but his partner refused to respond, and the batsman was half-way up the pitch when the fieldsman returned the ball. Fortunately an overthrow resulted, and the batsman was able to regain his ground. When 31 Hallamore edged Reed to J. Gibson at fiist slip but the chance was declined. He lashed out wildly at the next ball, a long hop on the off, and skied it to Moore at deep point. His 31 was put tclgether quickly, but his batting was not marked by the soundness which he usually displays. 97—3—31 Miller was the next batsman, but Coombe and Reed were bowling such a good length that- he had l to at once setTup a strong defence Gibson here brightened up a bit, and the score was taken to 114 chiefly through his efforts. After scoring five singles, Miller was brilliantly thrown out by Reed from third man. T. Atkinson next appeared, and opened brightly, driving AA. Oates to the pavilion, and banging him across the deep long-on boundary. After scoring 18 he was run out, Reed returning the ball smartly from mid-on. The board then read 150—5 —18. HaTker did not _ last long, being snapped np in the slips by G. Oates off Coombo. McDonald, the ex-Dunedimte, then joined Gibson, and the best stand, of the innings was made, the pair putting on 63. McDonald claimed no fewer than 40 of these. He played j bright cricket, hitting a six and five , fourers. He at last fell lbw to Mill, who came on as the fifth bowler tried. Gibson was plodding along _ very quietly, having been at the wickets for about three hours for 70 runs. Scholium, the next batsfrtan, played j a merry -innings. He was nearly j vorked with the first two balls he received from Mill, but then opened out and quickly ran to 17, hittimg a sixer ancl a fourer, both good strokes He then got on to a full toss from Mill, and made a mighty drive into the deep field. The stroke, however, cost him his wicket, as George Oates, who was stationed in the country, took a marvellous , running catch, right on the extreme edge of the boundary. It was one of the "most brilliant catches ever seen on the ground, and the •spectators made the welkin ring again in appreciation of the splendid feat. AV. Atkinson was bowled right away by W. Oates, but J. H. Jones, the last man, helped Gibson to take the score to 261. when the latter, in attempting a big hit off Mill, snicked the ball to Brown at first slip. Jones shaped nicely for a dozen. Gibson, who went right through the innings, was batting for upwards of three and a-half hours. His score of 90 was marked by solid defence, but Tie had more than his share of luck, as he was dropped twice in the slips, and was also caught at the wickets, hut survived the appeal as the umpire did not hear the light- touch. Mill came out with the best bowling

figures for 1 the Coast men, securing three for 21 off 42 balls. He bowled with good! judgment, and might with advantage have been brought on earlier. Coombe bore the brunt of the attack, however, and got- through a heavy day’s work with distinct credit-. ' He kept up a rare turn of speed, and the. command lie exercised over the ball can be understood when it is stated that he sent down 24 overs for 53 runs. He deserved more than the solitary wicket he captured, as several chances were dropped off him. G. Oates, Reed, AV. Oates, Keane, and J. Gibson all bowled well. The latter bowled three overs for 6 runs, and, in the light of his success on Tuesday, it was strange that he was not employed more.

It was- a tribute to the Tokomaru trundlers that at no time during the innings was the bowling collared. The townsmen had to scratch for runs all the time. The fielding of the Coast men was about as good as has been seen here. They were keen and alert all through their long spell in the field, and were “triers,” every one of them. THE COAST MEN AT THE WICKETS.

The Tokomaru men commenced their innings at 4 o’clock, but made an inauspicious start, J. Oates being yorked by Harker with only 4 on the board. Mill joined W. Oates, and the pair took the score to 31. AV. Oates made a couple of .good leg strokes off Harker, each of which_found the boundary-. The Tokomaru skipper then fell lbw to W Atkinson.

J. Gibson joined Mill, and some bright batting followed. Gibson found the leg boundary with a couple of prettily-executed glides, while Mill brought off some fine shots, which had all the -wood behind them. With 73 up. J. Gibson was brilliantly taken with the left Hand, low down at first slip, by Jones off AV. Atkinson. The retiring batsman had shaped well for his score of 17. Keane was clean bowled before scoring by W. Atkinson, and Reed assisted Mill to play out time, the score then standing at 86 for two wickets. W. Atkinson was the most successful bowler for the Town men. He varied his deliveries cleverly, and captured three wickets for 11 runs. Jones trundled very steadily, sending down twelve overs for 16 runs. The teams dined together at the Royal Hotel, and altogether the match was a most enjoyable one. The match will be resumed at 10.30 this morning, and shoukl provide an interesting finish. The following are the scores:— POVERTY BAY.—lst Innings. W. Gibson, c Brown b Mill 90 0. R. Olsen, b W. Oates 9 T. Pore, b W. Oates 11 R. G. Hallamore, c Moore b Reed 33. J. H. Miller, thrown out 5 G. Harker, cG. Oates, b Coombe 3 T. Atkinson, run out 18 J . McDonald* lbw b Mill 40 W. J. Scholium, cG. Oates b Mill 17 W. Atkinson, b AV. Oates ... 0 J. H. Jones, not out 12 Extras 25 Total 261

LAW V. BANKS.

In the test which was held at Taruheru yesterday, six hours’ argument at the wickets resulted in the umpire adjudicating in favor of the law representatives, who were successful in the suit on account of the overwhelming weight of evidence which they put forward. The depression in the money market showed its reflection in the play of the financiers, who were decidedly dubious about registering any big score for the present. Most important of all, the players and the accompanying enthusiasts appeared to put in a thoroughly enjoyable day. During the day, Messrs F. Parker and Vincent Pyke drove out and attended the match. ‘Following are the detail ’scores:

BANKS.—Ist Innings. Baldly, b Etherington 1 B. Greig, b Etherington 2 Parker, b Rees 4 Moore, b 2 White, c Chrisp 1 Brown, e AVillock, b Rees 0 Davis, o and b Etherington ... 0 Callis, b Rees v ... 4 O’Brien, c and b Etherington ... 4 Winter, b Rees 0 Bousfield, c Bull; b Rees 0 Gerrard, b Etherington 7 McKenzie, b Etherington 0 Fulton, not out 13 Sweet, st McCredie, b Rees ... 0 Extras SO

—Bowling Analysis.— O, M. R. AY. llees ... S 0 26 6 Etherington 8 0 13 8 LAW —Ist Innings. Kaipara, c. McKenzie, b Bousfield 26 Gambrill, c Bousfield 0 Dods, b Winter 9 Bull, e Gerrard, b Bousfield \ ... 29 AVillock, b Bousfield - ••• 0 Coleman, b Winter 0 Chrisp, b Bousfield ... ; h 3 Etherington, c Sweet, b Winter ... 0 Nolan, c White, b AA 7 inter 1 Smith, b Bousfield ... 0 Olsen, c Sweet, b Bouslisld 0 Kinder, b Bousfield 6 -Fvand, st, b AVinter 1 Rees, not out 10 Extras ... 10

BANKS.—2nd Innings

Fulton, st McCrcdie, b Chrisp ... 1 Winter, b Chrisp ... 3 White, b Olsen 0 Davis, lbw, b Chrisp 20 Baklry, b Olsen 1 * 0 O’Brien, c Kaipara, b Olsen ... 0 Callis, b Chrisp 0 Bousfield, b Etherington ... ... 14 Gerrard, b Chrisp 3 McKenzie, b Chrisp 0 Greig, b Chrisp " 6 Parker, e and l> Etherington ... 0 Moore, not out 8 Sweet, c Kindt ;- 5 Extras ••• 2

BANKS —2nd Innings. Gambrill, c Bull, b Parker ... 0 Kinder, c Fulton, b Davis 17 Olsen, b Davis ... 0 Kano, e Sweet, c Davis 0 Chrisp, lbw, b Parker ... 0 Bull, c and b Davis 0 Willoek, b Bou: -'ld 32 Dods, b Bousfield 29 Kaipara, not out 3 8 Extras 7

CANTERBURY v. AUCKLAND

AUCKLAND, Jan. 29. Tile cricket match for the Plunket Shield between Auckland and Canterbury- was commenced on the Domain to-day in fine weather. There was an attendance of about 2000. Auckland won the toss and decider! to make use of what looked like an easy- wicket. Grenier and Olliff were the pioneer batsmen, and it was soon apparent that the wicket was not u a good as it looked. Spots soon developed at each end, and the balls bumped badly during the morning. It improved, however, during the afternoon, and between 5 and 6 o’clock played well. Grenier .appeared to be suffering from nervc6 and was badly beaten by' Sandman in the first over. He managed to score 9 and was then clean bowled by' Reese, who had opened with Sandman. 17—9 —3. Hemus followed, and the’ rate of scoring was slow for a long time. The bowling was well on the spot and fielding was keen. Runs were hard to obtain. Olliff, after obtaining the measure of the bowling, opened out and soon ran into doubles, but with his score at 17 returned one to Sandman- —35 —2 —17. Sale helped Hemus score to 54, and was then taken by Boxshall off a. fast one from Bennett, who had relieved Reese —54 —3 —4. Snedden followed and Carlton relieved Sandman. Play was very slow, neither man taking a -risk. When the total was 78 Hemus stopped one from Sandman with his pads •—78 —4—29. Horspool filled the vacancy and at once commenced to hit. He appeared to relish Sandman, hitting 20 off one over. One hit for 6 was taken by Patrick well over the boundary. Hor spook only batted 14 minutes, but in that time scored 32. He whs out to a mishit —122 —5 —32. With the exceptions of Taylor and Kavanagh, none of the remaining batsmen did much, and the innings, which lasted 190 minutes, ended for 190. Canterbury’s fielding was capital and the bowling was excellently managed. Lusk and Oaygill opened for Canterbury, but the former soon left, being clean bowled by Olliff for 11. Oaygill and Hayes then carried the score to 110 before a separation was effected. After Caygill was bow’ed by Taylor, Bishop went in, but after playing one back was splendidly caught on the boundary. Patterson had a brief stay, but Reese was in for some time. H;is object was to play out time, but in the last -over of the day Hemus, who had gone on as a last resource, got him Lb.w. Scores: —

AUCKLAND

Grenier, b Reese 9 Olliff, c and b Sandman 17 Hemus, l.b.w Sandman 29 Sale, c Boxshall, b Bennett ... 4 Snedden, c Lusk, b Bennett ... 41 Horspool, c. Hayes, b Reese ... 32 Cummings, c Hayes, b Bennett ... 14 Taylor, c Sandman, b Patterson 10 Kavanagh, b Bennett 12 Kerr, not out 0 Robinson, b Bennett 0 Extras 16

Total for 5 wickets 146 Howling Analysis: OllifF 2 for 52, Kerr 0 for 20, Kavanagh 0 for 10, Taylor 2 for 18, Snedden 0 for 18, Cummings 0 for 11, Hemns 1 for 0.

-—Bowlin g Analysis 0. M. R. \Y Coomb© 24 4 53 1 G. Oates 17 2 37 0 Heed 13 5 23 1 W. Oates ... 16 1 70 3 J. Gibson ... 3 1 6 0 Keans 6 2 26 0 Mill 7 0 21 3

TOKOMARU BAY.—1st Innings. W. Oates, lbsv b W. Atkinson ... 12 J. Oates, b Harker 0 S. Mill, not out 35 J. Gibson, e Jones b W. Atkinson 17 J. Keane, b W. Atkinson 0 L. Reed, not out O Extras ... L ■■■ 10

Total, for four w ickets. .. 86 -—Bowling Analysis. — 0. M. B. W. Jones ... 12 o 16 0 Marker ... 5 1 22 1 W. Atkinson 6 1 11 3 (Scholium ... 3 1 12 0 Olsen ... ... 4 2 6 0

Total ... 95 —Bowling Analysis.— 0. M. R. W. Winter ... 14 _ 0 38 6 Boil sfi eld 14 0 46 8

Total —Bowli . ; Analysis.— ... 62 0. M. 11. W. Clirisp 11 0 29 7 Olsen 7 0 24 . 4 Etheriiigton 3.3 1 7 3

Total (for 8 wickets) ... —Bowling Analysis.— ... 93 0. M. R. W. Davis ... 12 1 34 4 Parker ... 7 0 24 2 Bousfiekl ... 5 0 28 2 \

Total ... 190 ■—Bowling Analysis.— 0. M. R. W. Sandman ... 21 4 61 2 Reese ... 17 4 47 2 Bennett ... 28 10 46 5 Carlton ... 10 3 14 0 Patterson 10 6 1 CANTERBURY. Lusk, b Olliff ... . 11 Caygill, b Taylor ... 3*5 Hayes, not out ... 76 Bishop, c Cummings, b Taylor ... 0 Patterson, c and b Olliff ... 3 Reese, l.b.W. b Hemus ... 9 Extras ... 12