CRICKET

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 51, Issue 131, 16 March 1931, Page 3

CRICKET

ASHBURTON COMPETITIONS SATURDAYS MATCHES. Senior cricket matches were continued on Saturday, and a further set of matches in the junior competition were completed. In the third grade High School defeated St. Stephen's and Celtic defeated Technical. SENIOR GRADE. ASHBURTON A V. FAIRFIELD. Fairfield went to the crease first in this match last week and when rain stopped the play had one wicket down for 30. Continuing on Saturday Fairfield declared with 202 for seven wickets (C. Huff am 59, R. Drennan 21, V. Willis 30, S-. Willis not out 36). Ashburton A.'s first strike produced ISS (J. B. Nicoll 52, K. G. Nicoll 57, JL Newton 19, T. Newton not out 16, H. C. Hynam 10). Fairfield. First Innings. C. Huffam, c Todd, bK. Nicoll 59 N. Willis, bK. Nicoll 7 R. Drennan, c Todd, bK. Nicoll 21 V. Willis, c Newton, b J. B. Nicoll 36 W. O'Gradv, run out 7 E. Dunpbv, c Todd, b McKnight 0 S. Willis, not out 36 I). Robertson, c and b J. B. Nicoll 1 G. Willis, not out 7 Extras 28 Total (for 7 wickets declared) 202 Ashburton A. First Innings. J. B. Nicoll, o Phelan, b Drennan 52 K. G. Nicoll, bG. Willis ... ... 57 A. A. Todd, c Huffam, b O'Grady 0 A. M. Keeley, bG. Willis ... 9 L. Newton, stmpd S. AVillis, b O'Grady 19 H. N. Lewis, b G. Willis v 8 McKnight, b G. Willis 1 C. Haskell, stmpd S. Willis, b O'Grady .... 1 T. Newton, not out 16 H. C. Hynam, run out 10 G. D'Auvergne, stmpd 'Willis, h O'Grady ... 0 Extras ... 15

Total (for nine wickets) ... 188

JUNIOR GRADE. POWER BOARD V. RAKAIA. At the end of last Aveek's play Power Board had 126 for eight and continuing on Saturday they added a further nine runs. Rakaia knocked up 106 in their first innings (M. O'Reilly 19, R. Hooper 30, P. Brown 18). In thensecond innings Power Board made 98 (Reeves 16, Stuart 32, Kerr 19, Welsh 13L At the call of time Rakaia had two wickets down for 101 (Hooper 15, J. Craig 14, I. Behrnes, not out 21, O'Reillv not out 43). Rakaia won by 29 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Rakaia in the Board's first innings I Hooper took six for 54, P. Doig four for 38, and in the second Hooper took four for 24. In Rakaia's first innings D. Stuart took six for 51 and W. Barrett three for 14.

Details were as follow: Power Board. First Innings 135 Second Innings. Kennedv, c D. Brown, b Hooper 8 Reeves," c Hooper, b Behrnes 1(5 Stuart, c Brown, b Hooper ... 32 Harvey, b O'Reilly [» Bvrom, c and b Behrnes ... 3 Kerr, o Brown, b Behrnes ... 19 Welsh, b Hooper 13 Barrett, b Behrnes <-> Ingram, " Wilson, c Doig. b Hooper ... 0 Martin, not out 1 Extras ( ' Total 98 Bowling Analysis—R. Hooper four for 21, R Doig none for seven. ■ i Rakaia. First Innings. I. Behrnes, b Stuart 9 M. O.Reilly, Ibw, b Barrett ... 1!) J; Craig, b Harvey 0 R. Hooper, b Barrett 30 A. Doig, c Wilson, b Barrett ... 'I J. Doig, b Stuart J P. Brown, b Stuart Ijj T. Shannon, b Stuart [> B. Doig, run out y D. Brown, b Stuart 0 A. Pluck, e Wilson, b Stuart ... ( J Extras n Total 106 Bowluig Analysis—B. Harvey took one wicket for 27 runs, G. Stuart six for 51, W. Barrett three for 14. Second Innings. Hooper, c Kennedy, b Harvey ... 15 Craig, b Stuart L| Behrnes, not out ... *2 O'Reilly, not out 43 Extras ... l Total (for two wickets) ... 101 TECHNICAL V. HIGH SCHOOL. Last week High School made 258 in its first strike and Technical had made 70 for the loss of six wickets at the call of time. Continuing its innings on Saturday, Technical brought its total up to 1.36 (A. Argyle 11, E. Harper 17, L. Wills 22, Jim Varcoe 22, Jack Varcoe 10 and L. Closes 17). Technical followed on and made 120, (R. Todd 24, J. Dandie 30 and W. Holland 28). High school won by an innings and two runs. Bowling for High School B. Knox took four for 30, E. A. Cockroft two for 43, R. Fear two for eight. In the second innings R. Fear took four for 32. High School. First Innings ... ... 208 Technical. First Innings. A. Wills, b Knox } A. Argyle, b Cockroft 11 Mcllraith, lbw, b Cockroft ... ~> E. Harper, b 1 L J. Dandie. b Knox ... ■•• 2 \V. Holland, run out ' L. Wills, o and b Knox £~ Jim Varcoe, b Knox *- Jack Varcoe, b Fear J-J L. Moses, b Fear ••• *' R. Todd, not out « Extras J2 Total 13G Boiling Analysis—E. A. Cockroft

took two wickets for 43 runs, B. Knox four for 39, R. Fear two for eight, J. Bentley none for lour, J. Lee none for 17, R. Sharplin none fpr 16.

Second Innings. Moses, c Sharplin. b Williams 2 Todd, c and b Lee 2-1 Jack Varcoe, pld on, b Fear ... 0 A. Wills, lliw, 1> Fear I

Dandie, c Betteridge, b. Lee ... 3 L. Wills, c Sharplin, b Fear ... 1 'Jim Varcoe, o Knox, b Betteridge 8 Holland, b Fear ... 28 Harper, run out ... 2 Argyle, run out ... 5 Mcllraith, not out 0 Extras 16 Total 120 Bowling Analysis—R.. Fear took four wickets lor 32 runs, Williams one for .10, T. l*>e two for 4.'}; J. Betteridge one for 15, B. Knox none for»10. CELTIC V. ST. STEPHEN'S. When rain stopped play last_ week Celtic had made 32 for, no wickets. Continuing on Saturday the team made 99 in its first innings (E. Brophv 41, M. Gubb 12, A. Rowe 13, W. Rapley 12). St. Stephen's replied with 121 (E. Bell 13, O. Stills 30 and W. J. Hockings not out 19). Celtic's second strike produced 80 for 8 (Brophy 31). St. Stephen's went in again and knocked up 46 for two wickets (E. 801 l 13, C. Stills not out 17). St. Stephen's won by 22 runs on the first innings. Bowling for St. Stephen's in Celtic's first innings M. Lees took four for 10, C. Stills two for 35, and H. Lennon one for 3, while for Celtic E. McDougall took six for 30, and W. Rapley two for 30. Details were as follow: Celtic. First Innings. 0. Gass, absent 7 E. Brophy, cC. Stills, b Lennon 41 E. McDougall. run out 4 M. Gubb, b C. Stills 12 A. Rowe, pld on, b Stills ... 13 W. Rapley, c Bell, b Lees ... 12 J. Dillon, c Ireland, b Lees ... v 3 F. Lennon, b Lees ... 0 J. Connell, not out 0 J. Connell, c Stills, b Lees ... 2 Extras » ... ... .... r > Total , : 99 Bowling Analysis—C. Stills two for 35, W. Hockings none for 13, W. J. Hockings none fpr 32, M. Lees four for 10, H. Lennon one for three. Second Innings. Rapley, c and b Stills ... .ft 9 BrophV, b Stills 31 Rowe, c and I> Stills 8 Dillon, b Stills 0 Gubb, c Little, b Lees 1 McDougall, c Bell, b Lees ... 8 Lennon, c Bell, b Stills 1 J. Connell, not out 4 E. Samuels, b Stills 1 Extras , '-- Total (for eight wickets) ... 80 Bowling Analysis—E. Bell none for 10, C. Stills six for 17. St. Stephen's. First Innings. W. Hockings, c Brophy, b Rapley S E. Bell, b Dillon 4 * C Stills, b McDougall 3b G. Day, b Rapley 0 H. Lennon, bF. Lennon ... 8 W. J. Hockings, not out 19 M. Lees, b McDougall ... ... 0 D. Little, c Brophy, b McDougall 0 H. Frew, c Connell, b McDougall 6 C. Frew, e Gubb, I) McDougall 0 Extras 1S Total ILn Bowling Analysis—W. Rapley took two wickets for 30, J. Dillon one for 29, F. Lennon one for 14, E. McDougall' six for 30.

Second Innings. Bell, c Gubb, b Lennon ... ... 13 \V. Hockings, b Hapley 0 Stills, not out 1< W. J. Hockings, not out 8 Extras 8 Total (for two wickets) ... 46 THIRD GRADE. ST. STEPHEN'S V. HIGH SCHOOL. Playing on its own grounds High School defeased St. Stephen's by 70 runs. St. Stephen's played lour men short. In its first innings St. Stephen's made 73 to which Higli School replied with 127 (Tulloch 37 and Williams 32). St. Stephen's second strike produced 142 (P. Morrison 80). High School's second innings netted IoS (Moikleham 91„ Kelly 28.) TECHNICAL V. CELTIC.

The match between Technical and Celtic was won by the latter by 10 runs. Technical batted first and compiled 60 runs (H. Baird not out 18, S. Roulston 11, I). Porter 13). Celtic went to the crease and made 88 runs (Jordan 15, A. Moore 28, Stills 10). Bowling for Celtic Stills took four wickets, Griffeu 2 and McTiguc .3. lhe best bowlers for Technical were, Boulston six wickets, Harper 2 and btiglcy one. -