CRICKET

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 93, 30 January 1928, Page 6

CRICKET

THE ASHBURTON COMPETITIONS. SATURDAY'S MATCHES. The Ashburton County Cricket Association's competitions were continued on Saturday, when a further series of matches was completed. Details were as follows : SENIOR GRADE. ASHBURTON A DEFEATS B. Continuing the match commenced last Saturday between the A and B teams of the Ashburton Club, the B team replied to the A team's total of 186 with 175 (Stephens 27, Charles 30, B. Lane 24, Judge 21, A. Lane 15, Bentley 14). The A team, which compiled 103 runs in its* second innings, won by 11 on the first. Details: — Ashburton A. First, Innings ••• 186 Second Innings -..1w Ashburton B. First Innings.

J. Hanratty, b Harper 0 B. Lane, lbw, b Harper 24 K. Nicoll, c E. Jones, b Johnstone 7 L. A. Charles, c Brady, b Thomas 30 H. Lewis, b Johnstone ... ... 2 G. C. Stephens, b Johnstone ... M C. Judge, b Brady ... ... ••• "1 C. G. Andrews, not out 4 A. Bentley, c and b Brady ... 14 A. Lane, c McSherry, b Johnstone 15 J. Pritchard, e E. Jones, b Johnstone 0 Extras' 31 Total ... 175 Bowling for the A team, R. Johnstone took five wickets for 53 runs, Brady two for 25, Harper two for 56, and Thomas one for 3. , ■ i

TINWALD v. MAYFIELD. The first day's play left the result even. Mayfield batted first, scoring 160, to which C. Craig contributed 25', J. Penrose, Senr. 24, and A. H. Guiney 22. The most successful bowler was W. o'Grady, who took five wickets for 38. Tinwald then occupied the crease, and R. Drennan played solidly for 64, a good knock. Mayfield's second innings totalled 86 (A. Guiney 32, J. O'Brien's 22). UTrennan took two wickets for 5 runs. Tinwald were then left 49 to get, which they made for the loss of two wickets, thus winning by eight wickets. Scores: — Mayfield. First Innings 160 Second Innings. Penrose, J. run out 3 Penrose, J. Junr, c and b Brady... 0 O.Brien, J., b O'Grady 22 Guiney, A. H. b Drennan 32 Craig, run out ... 6 Cole, c Sub., b Millichamp ... 11 Jamieson, b Drennan - 0 Revelley, run out 1 ... ... ... 0 Orchard, not out 0 Extras 12 Total 86 Bowling—Brady one for 26, O'Grady one for 20, McNtaol none for 17, Drennan two for 5, Millichamp one fcr 4. Tinwald. Ist Innings -•• ■"" Second Innings. IVlcNicol, not out .... - 36 (Stephens b O'Brien •-• _« Brady, c Cole, b O'Brien JU Total (for uvo wickets) 50 Bowling.— O'Brien two for 13,. Guii ney none for 28, Penrose none ior 7.

JUNIOR A GRADE. ST. STEPHEN'S v. HIGH SCHOOL. The match between St.. Stephen's and High School was won by the former witih' a margin of 108 runs. In their first innings they made 92 and fix their second innings 99. High School replied with 18 and 65 for the loss of eight wickets. The best batsman for St. Stephen's in the second innings was D. Little 77, and for School R. Kerr 10, R. H. Biggar 11, R- Ross 10 and E. Hunter 10. Details:— St. Stephen's. First Innings ... -• 92 Second Innings. K. Fowke, b Kerr ... T. Clayton, c Baigent,, b Kerr ... o C Evans, c MoSherry, b Kerr ... 0 D. Little, b Doherty 77 J. Cox, c Fooks, b Kerr 0 H. Tutty, b Kerr 3 S. M'. Cassidy, c Anderson, b Baigent 1 J. Brosnahan, o Anderson, b Kerr 0 P. Brosnahan, b Baigent 1 13.. Jordan, not out ... . . 5 Extras ... ... ... 3 Total for nine "iekats ... 99 Bowling— Kerr took six wickets for 35 runs, McShevry none for 26, Baigent one for 32, Doherty. two for 5. Hlab School. First Innings ,18 Second Innings. A, Baigent, run out 3 E. McSherry, b Evans 2 R. Kerr, plyd on, b Evans ... 10 Doherty, not out 2 Anderson, b Evans 1 R. H. Biggar, o Sub., b Fowke ... 11 E. Rooney, b Evans 6 R. Ross, b Fowke 10 E. Hunter, c Evans, b Cassidy .... 10 Harwood, not out 2 Extras 8 Total (for eight wickets) 65 Bowling—Cassidy one for 4, Evans > four for 30, Fowke two for 20. .... . -I—-. . ■.. ■.sH&MXi'iL ■£'!-.. .

FAIRFIELD y. RAKAIA. The match Fairfield v. Rakaia, played at Rakaia, was won by Fairfield by an innings and 36 runs. Fairfield's innings produced 171 runs (V. Willis 48, C. Drennan 35, H. Slade 23, E. Dunphy 17, W. Andrews 17). Bowling for Rakaia, Hawkesworth took five wickets for 49 runs, Swaney two for 21, and Skevington two for 37. Rakaia replied with 69 (N. Breach 11, R. .breach 11). For Fairfield, G. Willis took six wickets for 22 runs, Dunphy one for 1, and Urquhart three for 34. Following on, Rakaia made 66 (H. Butters 23, J. Hawkesworth 15 not out), G. Willis took four wickets for 12 and Urquhart six for 30. , Details are:—

Fairfield. First Innings. E. Dunphy, cR. Breach, b Knight 17 G Willis, c Breach, b Skevington 6 V. Willis, c Knight, b Swaney ... 48 W. Andrews, b Skevington ... 17 H. Drennan, b Hawkesworth ... 35 C. Urquhart, lbw, b Hawkesworth 5 W. Watkins, b Hawkesworth ... 4 H. Slade, c Knight, b Swaney ... 23 D. Parsons, not out : 7 D. Robinson, b Hawkesworth ... 0 H. Urquhartj b Hawkesworth ... 1 Extras 8 Total 171 two for 37, Knight one for 42, Hawkesworth five for 49, Swaney two for 31, Craig one for 4. Rakaia. First Innings. J. Craig, lbw, bG. Willis ... 0 A. Knight, b Urquhart ... ... 2 J. Haughton, c V. Willis, b G. Willis 0 J. C. Hawkesworth, bG. Willis ... 5 C. Skevington, c V. Willis., b G. Willis 4 N. C. H. Breach, bG. Willis ... 11 T. Shannon, c Dunphy, b Urquhart 8 R. Breach, b Urquhart 11 H. O. Reilly, not out 7 A. Kennett, c Robertson, b G.. Willis 1 Butters, c Robertson, b Dunphy... 8 Extras ... 12 Total 69

Bowling—G. Willis six wickets; for 22 C. Urquhart three for 34, Dunphy one for 1. Second Innings. H. O'Reilly, c Slade. b Urquhart 8 H. Butters, b Urquhart 23 H. Hawkesworth, not out 15 A. Knight, lbw, bS. Willis ..... 0 C. Skevington, b Urquhart ..... 1 L. Houghton, bS. Willis ... 7 T. Shannon, b S. Willis 1 N. Breach, c Dunphy, b Urquhart 7 It. Breach, c G. Willis, b S. Willis. 2 J. McCoy, st. V. Willis, b Urquhart 0 A. Kennett c Slade, b Urquhart ...... 0 Extras ... 2 Total 66 Bowling.— Dunphy none for 3,, G. Willis none for 8, Urquhart six for 30, Drennan none for 11, S. Willis four for 12. JUNIOR B SECTION. Celtic and Tinwald concluded, their match, which was played at Tinwald, on Saturday, the scoring in every innings being very low. Rapley put in some good work with the ball, taking seven wickets for 29 runs in 12.2 overs. On the previous day's play, Celtic made 96 for their firs* strike, to which Tinwald replied with 85, and when stumps were drawn Celtic had compiled 68 for the loss of four wickets in their second innings, which was completed on Saturday for 98 (Rapley 34, Lennon 19). Tinwald, on their return to the crease, compiled 77 (Clothir 10, McKenzie 18, not out). Bowling for Tjnwald, C. Stills took) four wickets for 30 runs, W. Hockings three for 9, and G. Bell two for 6. The only other bowler for Celtic was Lennon, who took three for 36. Celtic won by 32.' runs. Scores:— Celtic. Ist Innings 96 Second Innings. Brophy, c and b Stills • 1 Pearce, c McKenzie, b Stills .... 19 MeCormick, b Stills' * Raplev, c E. Bell, b Hockings ... 34 Rooney, c Bell, b Stills 0 H. Lennon, b E. Bell 19 Jordan, c Crowther, bG. Bell ... 7 Turner, lbw, b Hockings 0 O' Connor, b G. Bell 1 Zouch, not out ... • • * O'Grady, J., b Hockings ... 0 Extras • H

Total -. 98 Bowling analysis—C. Stills four for 30, E. Bell one for 34, W. Hockings thre for 9, A. McNicof none for 8, G. Bell two for 6. TinwaJd. First Innings - 85 Second Innings. B. Clothier, b Rapley 10 G. Bell, c Turner,. l> Rapley ... 8 C. Stills, o ,Sub.„ b Lennon ... 1 A. Carroll, c Zouch, b Rapley ... 0 E. Bell, o Turner, b Rapley ... 0 B. McKenzie, not out 18 O. Stills, b Rapley 1 G. Day, c Zoueh,«b Rapley. ... 9 W. Hockings„ c and b Lennon ... 61 W. Colville, & Zouch, b Lennon ... 5 C. Frew*, c Brophy, b Rapley ... 3 Extras 16 Total 77 Bowling—Lennon three for 36, Rapley, seven for 29. METHVEN v. LAURISTON. In the match at Methven between Methven and Lauriston, the latter won by 137 runs. In the first innings they made 76, to which Methven replied with 49. Lauriston in their second strike compiled 153 Hooper, not out 66, J. Cromie 19, T. Bennett 16, R. Ashby 17). Bowling for Methven, Jessep, took three for 42, and

Watson five for 40. With 186 to win, Methven only totalled 43 in their second venture (Watson 18, H. Owen 10). For Lauriston, Cromie took six for 9, Bennett three for 12, and Hooper one for 9. PLUNKET SHIELD MATCH. AUCKLAND v. WELLINGTON. HOPELESS TASK FOR AUCKLAND. Ter Press Association.) WELLINGTON, January 28. The final Plunket Shield match of the season, between' Auckland and Wellington, was conilinued to-day nt perfect weather. Wellington's first innings, which was I continued from eight weeks down for 1576, closed for 595'. Auckland could do I nothing at all with the bowling of McGirr, Lambert and Massey, and were all out for 121. Wellington commenced their second innings at 2.50 p.m. and at 6.10 p.m. were all out for 260. The Wellington men simply slogged at the bowling. Auckland wifl begin their second innings on Monday with 735 •vuns to get to win.