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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 36, 22 November 1937, Page 2

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ASHBURTON COMPETITIONS. MATCHES ON SATURDAY. The competitions of the Ashburton County Cricket Association were continued on Saturday in good weather, with the grounds slightly dead after recent rains. The eight ball over and two minutes interval between the outgoing and incoming batsmen were new rules introduced. SENIOR GRADE FAIRFIELD v. PUBLIC WORKS. A three-point win was secured by Fairfield in a match with Public Works. Public Works went to the crease first and compiled 76 runs, the only doublefigures scorers being L. Whinham 13 and J. O. Riddell 16. In their second they made 78 for the loss of seven wickets, Riddell making 14, C. Dacre 12, M. O’Neil not out 12, and C. Huffam 11. Fail-field’s innings extended only over three wickets, and the total was 204, Alf. McCall being run out when he had made 84, Dave McKay making 51, N. Phelan not out 33, and Don McKay 36. Bowling for Fairfield G. Willis took five for 21, and C. Brady five for 35 in the first innings, while in the second Brady took six for 42. For Publio Works the best performance was that of H. Drennan, one for 28'. Details:— Public Works. First Innings. J. 0. Riddell, b Willis ... 16 L. Whinham, b Willis 30 C. Dacre, b Willis 5 E. Lawrence, c Ferris, b Brady ... 3 E. Kensington, b Brady 1 V. Stills, c Willis, b Brady ... 0 C. Huffam, b Brady ... ... 0 H. R. Fox, not out ... ... 2 H. Drenuan, c Phelan, b Willis ... 3 N. O’Neil, b Brady 5 W. Moodie, b Willis 3 Extras 8 Total 76 Bowling—G. Willis five for 21, R. Drennan none for 12, C. Brady five for 35. Second Innings. Whinham, c Don McKay, b Brady 7 Riddell, c Rennie, b Brady ... 14 Dacre, c Rennie, b Willis* ... 12 Kensington, not out 9 Stills, b Brady 2 Huffam, b Brady H Moodie, lbw, b Brady 4 Drennan, b Brady 3 Fox, not out 12 Extras ... 4 Total (for 7 wkts) ... 78 Bowling—Willis one for 30, Brady six for 42, Phelan none for two. Fairfield. Dave McKay, b Drennan ... 51 Alf. McCall, run out 84 Don McKay, c Whinham, b Dacre 26 N.| Phelan, not out 33 W. Ferris, not out 5 Extras 5 Total (for 3 wkts dec.) ... 204 Bowling—Whinham none for 44, Stills none for 19, Dacre one for 55, Huffam none for 24, Drennan one for 28, O’Neil none for 29. Messrs G. A. Wall and R. A. Johnston were umpires. KIA ORA v. ASHBURTON. Had Ashburton not claimed seven minutes’ extra play to compensate for a correspondingly late start they would have drawn the match with Kia Ora, but the match resulted in a win for Kia Ora by six runs, which they made in the extra time played, both teams having 227 runs to their credit at the normal hour for drawing stumps. Ashburton batted first and, with seven wickets down declared, with a total of 227, to which A. A. Todd contributed 53, I. M. Hamilton 51, J. B. Nicoll 43 (retired), and P. Harper 39. Kia Ora made 233 runs for the loss of nine wickets, top scorer being H. Jordan with 83, while E. Jordan made 40, and M. Betts and S. Kerr 22 each. Bowling for Kia Ora M. Betts took three for 64, while for Ashburton R. IV. Biggar took five for 48 and Nicoll three for 38. Details:— Ashburton. J. Pritchard, c St. John, b H. Jordan ••• ( I. M. Hamilton, e Kerr, b Betts ... 51 A. A. Todd, c Kerr, l> Moore ... 53 W. Cook, lbw, b Kerr ... ... 15 P. Harper, b Betts 39 G. Craig, not out 9 '

J. B. Nicoll, retired 43 R. W. Biggar, c St. John, b Betts 9 Extras 10 Total (for 7 wkts dec.) ... 227 Bowling—Hi Jordan one for 36, L,. Moore one for 65, M. Betts three for 64, E. Jordan none for 15, S. Kerr one for 27, C. Campbell none for 10. Kia Ora. E. Jordan, c Hamilton, b Biggar 83 F. Holloway, c Harper, b Biggar... 0 E. Jordan, c Biggar, b Nicoll ... 40 M. Betts, b Biggar 22 S. Kerr, b Biggar 22 L. Moore, c Cook, b Harper ... 12 R. St. John, c Cook, b Nicoll ... 10 C. Campbell, e Cook, b Nicoll ... 6 J. White, lbw, b Biggar ... 0 G. Calder, not out 6 O. Lloyd, not out ... ...... 4 Extras ... 28 Total (for 9 wkts.) ... 233 Bowling—Biggar five for 48, Todd none for 35, Harper one for 65, Nicoll three for 38, Pritchard none for 19. » Messrs A. E. Harvey and B. McKenzie were umpires. OLD BOYS v. TECHNICAL. A win by 36 runs on the first innings was obtained by Technical in the match against Old Boys. Old Boys, batting first, were dismissed for 59 (G. I. Miller 25), and in their second innings declared with 93 for the loss of five wickets (R. G. Ross 32, R. Tulloch 20). Technical had 92 in their first innings, of which D. Brown made 30 not out, and N. Jones 25, and in their second had 30 up for the loss of three wickets when time came. For Technical Brown took seven for 15 and two for 21, and Crequer two for 10 and two for 28. Bowling for Old Boys* Zouch took three for 16, Duncan two for 19 and one for eight, and Tulloch three for 18 and two for 11. Details:— xj Old Boys. First Innings. R. Tulloch, o H. Jones, b Brown... 4 P. Brown, b Brown 1 B. Doifg, b Brown 0 R. G. Ross, b Crequer 0 K. G. Fo\yke, c Stigley, b Brown 0 G. I. Miller, c Gowans, b Crequer 25 B. MacMillan, c Holland, b Crequer 1 A. Doig, lbw, b Brown 12 S. Duncan, b Brown 4 P. Zouch, b Brown 0 J. Doig, not out .... ... 4 Extras ... ... ® Total .. 59 Bowling analysis—Crequer took two wickets for 10 runs, Brown seven for 15, Stigley none for 12, McCormick none for 5, Connell one far nine. Second Innings. Tulloch, b Crequer 20 A. Doig, b D. Brown 6 Miller, b Crequer 15 Duncan, b Brown 1 Ross, c Harper, b Stigley ... 32 Fowke, not out ... ••• 1^ Extras 9 Total (for 5 wkts. dec.) ... 93 Bowling analysis—Crequer took two wickets for 28, Brown two for 21, Connell none for 29, McCormick none for 10, Stigley one for one. Technical First Innings. H. Jones, b Duncan 3 N. Jones, b Brown 25 E. McCormick, b Zouch ••• 4 D. Porter, b Duncan 3 E. Stigley, b Tulloch 9 V. Crequer, b Tulloch ... ... 0 D. Brown, not out 30 E. Harper, b Brown 3 W. Holland, b Zouch 2 D. Gowans, std. MacMillan, b Zouch 4 J. Connell, b Zouch ... ••• 9 Eixtras 9 Total ••• 92 Bowling analysis—Duncan took two wickets for 19 runs, Zouch three for 16, Tulloch three for 18, A. Doig none for 7, P. Brown two for 23. Second Innings. Crequer, c Brown, b Tulloch ... 6 Stigley, b Duncan 2 Brown, o Zouch, b Tulloch ... 4 McCormick, not out 4 Gowans, not out • •• ••• 2 Extras 12 Total 30 Bowling analysis Tulloch took two wickets far 11 runs, Duncan one for eight. Messrs C. V. McNicol and W. Barrett were umpires. JUNIOR GRADE TINWALD v. METHVEN. Tinwald obtained a four-point win against Methven in the match played at Methven, the winning team making 149 runs in its first innings in reply to Methven’s first innings score of 38. R. Hulme was top scorer for Tinwald with 52 runs, T. Spicer making 20, and W. Merrin 17. For Methven J. Kelleher not out 16 ivas the only doublefigure man in the first innings, while to the total of 92 in the second innings G. Burgess contrbuted 26 and S. Smith 17, Bowling for Tinwald Merrin took eight for 9 and two for 29, A. C. Vincent two for 20 and two for 26, while A. Hood took three for 14 m the second. For Methven J. Cretney took four for 15 and S. Smith three for 61. Details: — Methven. First Innings. J. Cretney, c Hardy, b Merrin ... 2

J. Smith, c Vincent, b Merrin ... 0 S. Smith, b Vincent 0 W. F. Owen, e Hardy, Merrin ... 8 T. Currie, b Merrin ... ... 1 J. Kelleher, not out 16 A. Ayres, b Merrin 0 W. Lock, c and b Merrin ... 0 M. N. Wootten, c Spicer, b Vincent 3 W. Burgess, b Merrin 0 G. Burgess, c Spicer, b Merrin ... 6 Extras 1 Total 37 Bowling—Merrin eight for 9, Rodd none for 7, Vincent two for 20. / I - i Second Innings. J. Smith, b Hood 0 S. Smith, c Hardy, b Hood ... 17 Owen, h Rodd, b Hood ... 8 Cretney, c Spicer, b Vincent ... 14 Kelleher, b Pearce 0 Currie, b Merrin 13 G. Burgess, std. Spicer, b Vincent 26 Wootten, b Merrin 3 Ayres, b Merrin 0 Lock, b Rodd ... ... ••• 9 W. ’ Burgess, not out 5 Extras 9 Total 92 Bowling—Hood three for 14, Merrin two for 29, Pearce one for 4, Hulme none for 14, Vincent two for 26, Rodd one for 3. Tinwald. T. Spicer, lbw, b S. Smith ... 20 W. Merrin, b Currie 17 R. Hulme, c J. Smith, b S. Smith 52 R. Pearce, c J. Smith, b S. Smith 14 A. C. Vincent, b Cretney ... 15 A. Hood, lbw, b Cretney ... 1 A. Rodd, lbw, b Cretney ... 3 D. White, lbw, b Cretney ... 13 J. Hardy, run out ... ••• 4 H. Bell, c Currie, b Owen ... 6 T. Strange, not out 2 Extras ° Total 149 Bowling—Currie one for 46, S. Smith three for 61, Owen one for 22, Cretney, four for 15. Messrs W. J. Owen and E. E. Bell were umpires. TECHNICAL v. OLD BOYS. A four-point win was obtained by Technical over Old Boys in a match on the Technical ground. Old Boys were dismissed for 69 in the first innings (T. Kennedy 17, E. Stayt 10) and 110 in the second (E. Stayt 62, D. Zouch 15). Technical knocked up 194, the best scores being A. McCormick 37, K. Kenny 28, L. Muir 26 not out, M. Wall 25). For Technical Wall took four wickets for 15. runs, and Kenny six for 38. J. Taylor, with four for 59, was the most successful howler for Old Boys. Details: — Old Boys. First Innings. A. Porter, run out ... .... 1 J. Taylor, b M. Wall ; 4 V. Meaclem, c Kerr, b Wall ... 6 M. Finlay, c Kerr, b McCormick ... 3 G. Bowden, b Wall 8 T. Kennedy, b Kenny 17 D. Zouch, not out 10 E. Stayt, run out ... ... 14 G. Eyles, c and b Wall 9 R. Plunkett, c and b Kerr ... 3 R. Maynard, b Hawke 1 Extras 2 Total ’ 69 Bowling—McCormick took one for 17, Wall four for 15, Kenny one for 22, Kerr one for 12, Hawke one for none. , Second Innings. Porter, c McCormick, b Kenny ... 4 Meaclem, b Wall 4 Finlay, c and b Kenny 9 Bowden, b Wall ... ••• 9 Zouch, c and b Kenny 15 Kennedy, c Muir, b Kenny ••• I 9 Stayt, not out 02 Eyles, b Kenny 9 Plunkett, c Kerr, b Kenny ... 9 Maynard, b Hawke 1 Extras 2 Total 449 Bowling—Wall took two for 32, Kenny six for 38, McCormick none for 28, Hawke one far 10. Technical. D. Sheehan, b Taylor 11 A. McCormick, c. Stayt b Taylor Si L. Hawke, b Taylor 15 M. Wall, e Kennedy, b Taylor ... 25 C. Keen, lbw, b Maynard ... 3 R. Kerr, b Porter 49 K. Kenny, c and b Kennedy ... 28 C. Ireland, b Kennedy 4 A. Keen, c Finlay, b Porter ... 13 D. Smith, b Maynard 13 L. Muir, not out 29 Extras 42 Total 1 04 Bowling—Porter took one for 33, Kennedy two for 27, Taylor four for 59, Bowden none for 26, Maynard one for 22, Plunkett none for 13, Messrs S. McElliinney and Er L. Kerr were umpires. LAURISTON v. KIA ORA. Lauriston gained an easy four-point win over Kia Ora in a match at Lauriston. Kia Ora were all out for 21 in the first innings, no less than eight men failing to score, and no one reaching double figures. In the second innings the side was out again far 44, five failing to score and one not batting. Guthrie made 14. Lauriston knocked up ,109, of which total W. Goodwin made 39 and W- H. Smith 27, Bowling for Lauriston H; Adams took six for 14 and three for 23, S. Goodwin five for 11 and W. Goodwin two for four; For Kia Ora J. White took five for 58. Details:— Kia Ora First Innings. Horsbnrgh, b H. Adams ... 9 R. Burton, b W. Goodwin ... 0 Jones, c S. Goodwin, b W. Goodwin 7

Holloway, c Murphy, b 11. Adams 0 Guthrie, c AY. H. Smith, b Adams 0 Cobden, c S. Goodwin, b Adams... 0 Smith, c Rabone, b Adams ... 0 Garforth, not out 2 Hamilton, b S. Goodwin 0 White, b S. Goodwin ... ... 0 T. Simpson, b Adams 0 Extras 3 Total 21 Bowling—W. Goodwin took two for four, H. Adams six for 14, S. Goodwin two for none. Second Innings. Horsburgh, c W. Goodwin, b S. Goodwin ••• 3 R. Burton, b Adams ... ••• 0 Jones, std. Coi’nwall, b H. Adams 0 Holloway, std Cornwall, b Adams 0 Guthrie, c W. Goodwin, b S. Goodwin Cobden, b S. Goodwin ® Smith, c W. Goodwin, b S. Goodwin ••• ® Garforth, not out 9 Hamilton, b S. Goodwin ... ••• 0 White, b Murphy 5 Extras ‘ . Total 44 Bowling—Adams took three for 23, S. Goodwin five for 11, Murphy one for two, Ashworth none for two. Lauriston. 9 W. Smith, c and b White ... 9 W. H. Smith, b Horsburgh . ... 27 W. Goodwin, c Jones, b Horsburgh ... H. Adams, b White ... ••• 1 S. Goodwin, c Holloway, b White... IS J. Jacobs, run out 1 S. Ashworth, b White 0 C. Murphy, b White 0 L. Cornwall, c and b Horsburgh..'. 11 W. Ashworth, not out ... ••• 2 G. Rabfcne, c Hollaway, b Horsburgh 9 Extras * Total 109 Bowling—Hamilton took none for 16, White five for 58, Horsburgh four for 34. Messrs C. Butterworth and C. Frew were umpires. SOUTH CANTERBURY CONTESTS. High School 167; Old Boys B 30 and 125 (Fear 61; Saunders three for 29, Enting two foi f 38, Tait two for 15, Whelman one for 10). High School had a full-point w 7 in. Temuka 167 and 65 (Johnston 30; Kane three for 8, Thomson three for 19 Moore two for 5). Old Boys A 183 (Souter 61; Rix five for 48, Johnson four for 50, Reynolds one for 37) and 54 for five (McDonald 24; Reynolds three for 19, Rix- one for 7, Johnson one for 26). Old Boys scored a fullpoint win. Timaru 135 and 50 for three (Smith not out 26; F. Stack three for 8), Geraldine 90 and 88 (F. Stock 39, Gould five for 39, Smith .four for 32). Timaru had a full-point win. CHRISTCHURCH MATCHES. CHRISTCHURCH, November 21. The Canterbury Cricket Association’s competitions were continued yesterday afternoon. Showers caused several adjournments. St. Albans, batting first, made 35 (Batstune 10, Esoott three for none, Graham four for 15), Old Boys, two for 83, declared (Menzies 41 not out). Old Boys won on' the first innings. St. Albans batted again and lost four for 64 (McCann 38). Sydenham made 138 {Butterfield, 38, Johnston three for 16), and West Christchurch 52 (Burt four for 16, Park three for 18). Sydenham won on the first innings. Old Collegians made 173 (Alexander 53, Byrne 29, Read four for 50, OromD three for 23) and Lancaster Park 231 for five (Shand 97 not out, A. P. Cobden 79). Park won on the first innings. East Christchurch batted first and declared with 264 on for eight wickets (Kennedy 110, Coupland 41, Bull three for 53). Riccarton at stumps had made 191 for two wickets. The match was drawn. SCORES AT AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND, November 21. Cricket matches resulted: — North Shore 263 (Sale 90, Walters 63, Williamson three for 38, McNabb three for 56, Clark three for 88) met Ponsonby 103 for three wickets. King’s Old Boys 132 (Mutton four for 52, Siddle four-for 20) met Parnell, 108 for eight wickets (McLean not out 27; Hewitt four for 21, Andrews three for 22). Eden 275 (Mills 57; Harrison three for 46, Scott three for 37) met Y.M.C.A. 21 for no wickets. University 281 (Jackson 74, Crarnmoud 62, Aicken not out 3/; Burke four for 80) met Grafton one wicket down for 63 (Ellis not out 29). RESULTS AT DUNEDIN. DUNEDIN, November 21. Dunedin grade cricket was continued on Saturday in fair conditions. Matches resulted: . Grange 205 and 121 (Groves six for 48) beat Old Boys 171 (Lemin five for 46) and 111 for seven (McLeod 52) on the first innings. Carisbrook A 147 and 142 (Dunning 54 • Silver six for 58) won outright against Albion 64 and 76 (Dunning five for 40). Carisbrook B 200 and 188 for six (Siddall 70) beat Dunedin 143 on the first innings. University 155 and 158 (Constable three for 9) won outright against Kaikorai 88 and 129. WELLINGTON MATCHES. WELLINGTON, November i>l. Soft wickets made Saturday a bowlers’ day in Wellington senior cricket, though' there were one or two good

scoring performances. Matches resulted : Midland, first innings 53; second 103 for six (Blundell seven for 16 and six for 34; Ell three for 9). Wellington 60 (O’Neill six for 26, Crawford threo for 3). Institute 174 (Bilby 55; CHampness threo for 49, McLeod three for 23). Hutt 59 for four. i Karori 144 (Wilson five for 34, Allen four for 39); Kilbirnie 246 for two (Ward not out 89), Coltman 62, Lubransky not out 57). Wellington College Old Boys 211 (Du Chateau 50; Cameron six for 66, Ongley two for 31). University 143 for eight (Wilson 40 not out; Griffiths four for 74, Whyte three for 36).