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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 127, 11 March 1935, Page 2

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THE ASHBURTON ASSOCIATION. KIA ORA JUNIORS UNBEATABLE. Although there are not many more series of matches in the Ashburton County Cricket Association’s competitions to he played, and the results of both grades were practically decided a week ago, considerable interest was taken in the fixtures oil Saturday afternoon. As a result of Saturday’s play, positions of the teams are as follow: Senior Grade. Points. Fairfield 33 Ashburton B .j./... 27 Ashburton A. 18 Rakaia 8 Methven 6 Junior Grade. Points. Kia Ora 57 Fairfield 43 Lauriston, 38 Technical 38 High School 25 Tinwald 24 Methven 16 Coldstream 10 In the senior, the position is still a little doubtfuj, it being possible for Ashburton B to draw with Fairfield if it wins its next two matches and Fairfield loses its two.. Kia Ora cannot be beaten in the junior. Batsmen with over 50 runs to their credit were:—Senior: W. O’Grady 62, G. Willis 55 not out, E. A. Osmers 53, and J. Varcoe 52 not out. Junior: L. Revelry 74 not out, J. Dillon 74, H. Jones 64, R. Geddes 58, W. Goodwin 57 retired, Don McKay 54, and R. W. Biggar 54. There were numerous good bowling figures put up on Saturday. Those outstanding were G. Willis five for 35, J. Vacoe four for 11, and P. Harper thre for 29 in the senior, and E. Stigley seven for 13, and Don McKay five for 22 among many in the junior. SENIOR GRADE. ASHBURTON B v. ASHBURTON A. Winning by 71 runs on the first innings, Ashburton B gained a three-point victory over Ashburton A in the match played on the Oval. The A team wont to the crease first, and compiled 1221 funs (I. M. Hamilton 38, M. Keeley 32, and F. P. Fogarty 25). The opposing side closed its innings for 193, for the loss of. nine wickets, J. Varcoe being the principal scorer with 52 runs not out. J. Pritchard made 46, B. McSherry 31, and J. B. Nicoll 22.

Bowling for the B team, J. Varcoe took four for 11, while for Ashburton A, Hamilton took one for seven, G Heasley one for 10, and P. Fear two for 22. Details were:—

Ashburton A. I. M. Hamilton, b Varcoe ... 38 H. C. Hynarn, run out 0 J. Wood, h Varcoe 0 A. A. Todd, b MeSherrv ... 9 M. O’Reilly, o Edmiston, b Varcoe 0 M, Keeley, c Varcoe, b Harper ... 32 F. Fogarty, b Varcoe ... ... 25 P. Fear, not out 6 T. Hanley, b Harper 0 G. d’Auvergne, b Harper ... 0 G. Heasley, c Varcoe, b McSherry 2 Extras 19 Total 122 Bowling analysis.—B. McSherry took two wickets for 39 runs, P. Harper three for 29, J. Varcoe four for 11, J. Pritchard none for 11, R. Fear none for 22. Ashburton B. J. Pritchard, b Fear 46 R. Fear, b d’Auvergne 2 R. G. Ross, c Fear, b d’Auvergne 2 J. B. Nicoll, b Todd 22 J. H. Browne, c Todd, b Fear ... 1 P. Harper, o Keeley, b Heasley... 12 B. McSherry, c sub., b Keeley ... 31 J. Varcoe, not out 52 B. McMillan, b Hynarn ... . ... 0 T. Newton, c Hanley, b Hamilton 7 Extras 18

Total (for 9 wkts.) ... 193 Bowling analysis.—O’Reilly took one for 47, d’Auvergne two for 22, Todd one for 22, Fear two for 22, Heasley one for 10, Keeley one for 24, Hynarn one for 17, and Hamilton one for 7. FAIRFIELD v. METHVEN. Fairfield defeated Methven by 30 runs on the first innings. Batting first, Fairfield made 179 for the loss of eight wickets and declared (W. O’Grady 62 and G. Willis not out 55). To this Methven replied with 149 (E. A. Osmers 53, C. Jessep 48). The best, bowler for Fairfield was G. Willis, who took five wickets for 35 runs, while F, Lenihan took four for 59 for Methven. Details were: — Fairfield. R, Drennan, e Cutler, b Gourley... 2 S. Willis, b Lenihan 9 W. O’Grady, run out ... ... 62 B. Jordan, e Cutler, b Lenihan ... 13 V. Willis, b Lenihan 2 K. McKnight, b Stephen ... ,10 G. Willis, not out 55 N. Willis, b Lenihan 4 J. Cuneen, not out 3 < Extras ... 19 Total, for 8 wickets, declared 179 Bowling analysis—Lenihan took four

wickets for 59 runs, Gourley one for 61, Ste phen one for 35. Methven. E. A. Osmers, c V. Willis, b G. Willis ... 83 F. Cutler, stp. S. Willis, b O’Grady 7 G. Stephen, lbw, bG. Willis < ... 9 A. R. Gourley, c Drennan, bG. Willis ... 11' F. Lenihan, b G. Willis 0 A. Wilson, c McKnight, fe O’Grady 1 H. Reid, stp. S. Willis, b O’Grady 0 C. Jessep, not out 48 M. Holland, run out 8 P. C'ompigne, bG. Willis ... 0 Extras 12 Total 149 Bowling analysis—G. Willis five for 35, O’Grady three for 62, Drennan none for four, McKnight none for 24, ,V. Willis none for 12. JUNIOR GRADE. LAURISTON v. COLDSTREAM. A three-point win was obtained by Lauriston over Coldstream. Batting first Coldstream made 155 (R. Geddes 58, L. Reyeley not out 74). To this Lauriston replied with 185 for the loss of four wickets (W. Smith 20, J. Mackie 38, W. Goodwin 57, H. Dalgety 17, S. Goodwin 45). The best bowlers for Lauriston were H. Adams, w'ho took two wickets for 17 runs, Mackie two for 18, and Smith two for 20, while for Coldstream G. Young took one for 32. Details were:— - Coldstream. E. Cross, b Adams 1 R. Hutton, bW. Goodwin ... 4 E. J. Bowes, b Adams ... ... 0 G. Young, oW. Goodwin, b Smith 7 R. Geddes, c Smith, bW. Goodwin 58 A. Clark, b Smith .... ... 1 L. Reveley, not out 74 R. Bonnington, b Mackie 2 M. Tilson, c Adams, b Ashworth... 1 G. McKenzie, c Adams, b Mackie 6 G. Barnes, b S. Goodwin ... 0 Extras 2 Total 156

Bowling analysis—W. Goodwin took two for 53, H. Adams two for 17, S. Goodwin one for 22, Smith two for 20, Mackie two for 18, Ashworth one for 23. Lauriston. W. Smith, b Bowes 20 J. Mackie, run out 38 W. Goodwin, retired 57 H. Dalgety, c Clark, b Young ... 17 S. Goodwin, not out ... ... 45' H. Adams, not out ... ... 0 Extras 8 Total (for loss of 4 wkts.) ... 185 Bowling analysis—E. Bowes one for 337, R. Hunter none for 33, G. Young one for 32, R. Bonnington one for 22, R. Geddes none for 21, M. Tilson none for 17, G. McKenzie none for 2, Reveley none for 13. KIA ORA v. HIGH SCHOOL. A three-point* win was recorded by Kia Ora in the match against High. School. The school team made 101 (R. W. Biggar 54, and R. H. Biggar 21) in the first strike, and) 120 (R. W. Biggar 32, E. Jordan not out 26, and R. H. Bigger 21) in the second. Kia Ora’s total was 172, J. Dillon 74, and T. McNally 42 being the top scorers. Bowling for the winners, L. Moore and V. Stills took two for 12, and H. Jordan three for 15, while for School, R. H. Biggar had the best total with one for six. Details were: —

High! School. First Innings. R. H. Biggar run out 21 R. W. Biggar b Stills 54 A. Kelly, c Kerr, b Stills ... 4 E. Osborne, b Dillon ... ... 0 L. Taylor, b Lennon ... ... 14 E. Jordan, c Hansen, b Dillon ... 0 J. Taylor, b Jordan 1 A. Parish, not out ... ... 5 E. Stayt, c and b Jordan 1 P. Zouch, b Jordan 0 I. Golquhoun, c McNally, b Lennon 1 Extras .... 0 Total 101 Bowling analysis.—H. Lennon took two for 32, S.'W. Kerr none for 16, J. Dillon two for 25, V. Stills two for 12, H. Jordan three for 15. Second Innings. R. W. Biggar, stp. Clothier, b Jordan ... ... ... 32 R. H. Biggar, o McNally, b Wear 21 Kelly, c Wear, b Dillon ... ... 8 Osborne, run out 0 L. Taylor, pld on, b Wear ... 4 Parish, c Stills, b Moore 12 Jordan, not out 26 Stavt, c Holloway, b McNally ... 11 Zouch, b Lennon 0 J. Taylor, b Lennon 0 Colquhoun, c McNally, b Kerr ... 5 Extras ... 1 Total 120 Bowling analysis—V. Stills took none for 22, H. Jordan one for 18, J. Dillon one for 13, R. Wear one for 16, H. Lennon two for 25, N. Moore two for 12, T. McNally one for 13, S. Kerr one for none. Kia Ora. B. T. Clothier, b Colquhoun ... 3 J. Dillon, c Kelly, b Zouch ... 74 R. Wear, b Colquhoun 5 H. Jordan, b Osborne 2 S. W. Kerr, b Osborne 0 H. Lennon, stp L. Taylor, b R. W. Biggar 8 N. Stills, c Kelly, b R. W, Biggar 6 C. Hansen, b Zouch ... ~. 3 T. McNally, lbw, b R. H. Biggar 42 F. Holloway, lbw, b Osborne ... 4 L. Moore, not out 17 Extras ... ... 8 Total ... 172 Bowling analysis—l. Colquhoun took two for 31, E. Osborne three for 37, R. W. Biggar two for 47, P. Zouch two for 43, and R. H. Biggar one for six. '■M FAIRFIELD y. TINWALD. Fairfield secured a substantial lead over Tinwald to gain ji three-point win.' Fairfield piled up 233 runs for the loss of eight wickets. There were a number of good individual scores, the best being Don McKay 54, H. Baird 1 37, Dave McKay not out 30, and N. Phelan 30. Tinwald’s strike produced

107 <W. Hockings 33 and W- Oakley 23). Bowling for Fairfield, H. Baird five for 22, obtained a good bag. A. Hood had the best average for Tinwald with three for 14. Defoils were:— Tinwald. B. McKenzie, b Stills ... •• • 14 W. Hockings, c Willis, b Baird ... 33 R. Allen, c Stills b Hon McKay ... 11 E. Bell, o Dunpny, b Don McKay 4 J. Connell, c Baird, b Don McKay 0 R. Erreswell, b ... ••• 4 W. Oakley, b Stills ... ••• It. Hulme, b Don McKay ... ... 0 C. Freeman, b Phelan 9 W. Merrin, not out y A. Hood, c Dnnphy, b Stills ... 1 Extras f•• ** Total ... 19^ Bowling analysis—C. Stills took three for 23, P. Willis none for 22, H. Baird one for 19, Don McKay five for 22, E. Dunphy none for s’, N. Phelan one for 13. Fairfield. Alf. McCall, b Allen 21 Don McKay, b Hulme N. Phelan, b Hulme ... 3U H. Baird, lbw, b Hood 3/ W. Ferris, b Hood *3 P. Willis, b Hood 9 C. Stills, b Oakley 45 Dave McKay, not out ... ••• yy Alee McCall, not out ... ••• A. Chapman, run out ’ Extras _ Total (for 8 wkts.) ... 233 Bowling analysis—R. Erreswell none for 22, W. Hockings none for 20, ±t. Allen one for 61, R. Hulme two for 34, J. Connell none for 22, A. Hood three for 14, W. Merrin none for 26, W. Oakley one for 5, O. Freeman none for 133, B. McKenzie none for o. TECHNICAL v. METHVEN. Technical had an easy victory oyer Methven, and obtained a four-point W Technical batted first and with the handsome total of 206 with only seven wickets down, declared (H. J°nes N. Jones 23, V. Crequer 25, 24, E. Harper not out 29). Methven was dismissed for 53 (W. J. 0 e { K. Fryer 13, D. Cleeve 13) and vent in again to knock up 42 for the los of nine wickets (S. Smith l")- , Bo “tag for Methven, G. Cleeve.toot thre© wickets for 20 runs AV. • Owen one for 28, while for TecW E. Stigley took seven for 13, J. btey ®“_ son four' for eight, Crequer one foi two, and H. Jones two tor 12Scores were :—

Technical. H. Jones, run out. N. Jones, c and bG. Cleeve ... 26 V. Crequer, bW. J. Owen ... f E. Stigley, bW. F. Owen ... 24 A. Porter, lbw, bG. Cleeve ... «> D. Gowans, stp. Lochhead, » Cleeve E. Harper, not out ... ••• fj? IS.-Weeks, o Smith, bW* J- Owen 13 J. Tulley, not out ... ••• " Extras •___ Total, for 7 wkts. declared 206 Bowling analysis.—W. J. Owentook for 72. S. Smith none tor 56, K. Fryer none for 15, G. Cleeve three for 20, W. F. Owen one for 28. Methven. First Innings. G. Cleeve, c Stigley, b Weeks ... 2 G. Lochhead, c Gowans, b Stigley U K Fryer, c. and b Stigley ... “ S.’ Smith, b Stigley ... f W. J. Owen, c Jones, b Stigley ... 16 W. F. Owen, runout ... W. Pike, c Tully, b Stigley ... f D] Cleeve, b Stigley C. Dickson, not out J. Berry, not out E. - Grieve, b Crequer " Extras ••• Total 53 Bowling analysis.—S. Weeks took one for 14. E. Stigley seven for 13, D. Gowans none for 21, V. Crequei one for none. Second Innings. D. Cleeve b H. Jones 5 Pike, c Tully, b Kerr ... ••• 4 Grieve, T> Crequer Fryer, c Stigley, b Stephenson ... J G. Cleeve, c Harper, bH. Jones ... o Dickson, b Gowans, b Harper ... 0 W- F. Owen, c Stigley, b Stephenson • •• Smith, e Jones, b Stephenson ... If Lochhead, c Stigley, b Stephenson 0 W. J. Owen, not out ... f Extras ® Total (for 9 wkts.) 42 Bowling analsysis—V. Crequer took one for 2, S. Kerr one for 7, H. Jones two for 12, Harper one for /, Stephenson four for 8.

ASHBURTON v. WEST COAST. LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE TEAM. The following players have been selected to represent the Ashburton County Cricket Association ( in its match against the West Coast on March 16 and 18 for the minor association’s cup: — R. G. Drennan (Fairfield) captain, J. B. Nicoll (Ashburton B), B. McSherry (Ashburton B),- F. W. Cutler (Methven), A. Doig (Rakaia), P. Harper (Ashburton B), J. Varcoe (Ashburton B), A. A. Todd (Ashburton A), G. Willis (Fairfield), M. O’Reilly (AshA), and B. T. Clothier (Ivia °LM. Hamilton, W. O’Grady, and S. Willis were not available. CHRISTCHURCH MATCHES. CHRISTCHURH, March 10. The defeat of Riccarton on Saturday and Sydenham’s victory over Lancaster Parle revives a little interest in the cricket championship. Riccarton is leading Sydenham by two points. Old Boys 315, beat Riccarton 191 (Stringer run out 45, Graham 3 lor 54, Moffat 4 for 50) and two wickets tor 81. Old Collegians, 285, bent V est Christchurch, 174 (J. L. Kerr 48, P. I. Allen 41, Lester 5 for 57) and 133 for « five wickets (Gregory 51). St. Albans 327 for five wickets declared (C. G. Crawford 147, O’Brien 41, Birch not out 48), beat East Christ-

church, 194 and 200 for four wickets, (Mortloek not out 76). Sydenham, 236 and 129 for six wickets, beat Lancaster Park, 231 (F. J. Kerr 46). MATCHES AT AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND, March 10. Two exciting finishes were features of the cricket championship yesterday. Parnell, the leading, team, was beaten by University by three runs and Grafton beat Eden by six runs on the first innings. University is leading' in the championship by two points from Parnell. Results:

University, 163 and 130 (Haden 57; McCoy six for 70, Vivian four for 42) beat Parnell 160 (McCay 44 not out; Matheson four for 72, Bush three for 58, Schnauer three for 13) and 15 for none. Ponsonby 281 and 54 for three, beat Y.M.C.A, 202 (Townsend three for 68, Langton four for 65). Grafton 249 (Angus 62; Macrae three for 38, Postles three for 35) beat Eden 243. North Shore 227, beat King’s Old Boys 120 (Sale three for 21, Emery three for 27) and 114 for five (Lewis 39 not out; Webb four for 16). PHENOMENAL BOWLING. TEN WICKETS FOR 80 RUNS. WELLINGTON, March 10. A phenomenal bowling feat by J. Duffy (Institute), who took all ten Hutt wickets for 80 runs, marked the conclusion of the seventh series of senior matches in the Wellington competition on Saturday. Wellington, 344 for nine (declared) beat Old Boys 107 (Du Chateau 73; Blundell four for 54) and 124 for four (Lamason 79). Kilbirnio 230 (Wilson 68) and 31 for none, beat Petone 129 and 127 (Morris four for 45). Hutt 206 (Duffy ten for 80) and 125 for six, beat Institute 185). Midland 193 and 166 for eight (Randall five for 49) beat University 156. Wellington and Kilbirnie, with 33 championship points each, lead in the senior competition.

SCORES AT DUNEDIN. DUNEDIN, March 9. Cricket matches were played under ideal conditions, three teams gaining outright wins. Christian Brothers 98 and 143 (Galland three for 4) lost to Grange, 161 for eight (declared) and 81 for two (Blair two for 15). Kaikorai 232 and 19 for twp, beat Dunedin 192 (Cook six for 65). High School Old Boys 259 and four for none, defeated Carisbrook B 143 (Giles two for 6, Dickinson three for 17) and 119 (Dickinson two for 25, Groves seven for 60). University 156 and seven for 39) beat Colts 113 and 99 (Henderson four for 34 (Jolly two for 16, Fan ell three for 30). . /T 1 Albion 258 and 182 for six (Barron 81, Dalziel 41 not out) beat Carisbrook A 209 (Napier 37 not out).