CRICKET.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 88, 24 January 1938, Page 2

CRICKET.

KIA ORA LEADS IN SENIOR. THE ASHBURTON COMPETITIONS. 'High scoring was not a feature of Ashburton County senior cricket matches on Saturday. The best total was that of H. Jordan (Kia Ora) who, in a hurricane innings, in which he numbered ten boundaries, made 50 not out, to give Kia Ora a four point win, and resume the lead in the senior competition. 1. M. Hamilton (Ashburton) made 41.

There were some good bowling figures. Some of the best performances were those of C. T. Dacre (Public Works), eight for 44, M. Betts (Kia Ora) four for 18, G. Willis (Fairfield) five for 24, S. Duncan (Old Boys) seven for 29, and P. M. Harper (Ashburton) seven for 45. ,

A feature of the junior games was two hat tricks in the Public Works Irrigation-Tinwald match. These were performed by Mowat and R Hulme. The second round of the senior competition will be concluded next Satur day, when Kia Ora and Fairfield, leading teams, will meet. The games on Saturday were played in good weather.

SENIOR GRADE.

KIA ORA v. TECHNICAL. A win by ten wickets, counting four points, were obtained by Kia Ora in its match against Technical, on the Kia Ora grounds, on Saturday. Technical’s first innings produced 101, of which W. Holland made 20. In the second innings they made 65, there being only three double figure scorers, Holland with 23 again having the best score. Kia Ora made 119 in the first innings, L. Aloore making 37 not out, E. Jordan 21 and F. Holloway 20. In the second H. Jordan knocked up 50 of the total of 51 runs for the loss of no wickets, being partnered by S. W. Kerr, who was content to keep his wicket intact. Only one of Jordan’s scoring strokes failed to produce a boundary. He scored four sixes and six fours in a lusty knock. Bowling for Kia Ora AI. Betts took four for 13, Kerr four for 28, and H, Jordan three for 13. For Technical V. Crequer took fotir for 44. Scores:—

Technical. First Innings. N. Jones, c Zouch, b Aloore ... 15 W. Holland, not out 20 H. Jones, c Watt, b Betts ... 8 D Porter, c H. Jordan, b Kerr ... 11 E. Stiglev, e Watt, b Aloore ... S V, Crequer, c Kerr, b H. Jordan 14 D. Brown, b H. Jordan ... ... 0 S Weeks, b AI. Betts 3 I). Gowans, b AI. Betts 2 J. Connell, c H. Jordan, b Kerr 5 R. Scammell, b Betts 0 Extras 1^ Total 101 Bowling— Kerr two for 23, Aloore

two for 23, Betts four for 18, H. Jordan two for 22. Second Innings. N. Jones, c and b Kerr ... 10 Holland, b H. Jordan 23 Weeks, c Kerr, b Moore ... 0 Connell, b Kerr ~ 1 Gowans, b Kerr 7 Crequer, run out 12 Porter, c and bH. Jordan ... 0 Brown, not out ... ... 7 Stigley, bH. Jordan ... ... 0 H. Jones, b Kerr ... ... 0 Extras 5 Total 65 Bowling—Kerr four for 28, H. Jordan three for 13, Moore one for 10, Betts none for nine, Kia Ora. First Innings. H. Jordan, b Holland ... ... 13 E. Jordan, b Crequer 21 D. Watt, run out ... ..; 7 S. Kerr, c Brown, b Crequer ... 5 M. Betts, c and b Crequer ... 0 J. Watt, b Brown 1 L. Moore, not out 37 G Calder, lbw, b Crequer ... 1 F. Holloway, lbw, b Holland ... 20 G. Zouch, b N. Jones 8 R. St. John, bN, Jones ... 0 Extras ... 6 Total ... ... ... 119 Bowling—Crequer four fo 44, Holland two for 35, Brown one for 15, Stigley none for 14, N. Jones two for five. Second Innings. H. Jordan, not out ... ... 50 Kerr, not out ... 1 Total (for no wickets) ... 51 Bowling—Connell none for 22, N. Jones none for 29. Messrs S. McElhinriey and G. V. Furby were umpires. \ FAIRFIELD v. OLD BOYS.

In a match characterised by low individual scores Fairfield defeated Old Boys by 89 runs to 66. The highest scores of the match were those of A. McCall and N. Phelan, who each made 16, C. Brady 15, and F. Rainey 13 for Fairfield, while the highest scorer in Old Boys’ team was A. Doig with 12. Fairfield were kept to a low score through the bowling of S. Duncan, who took seven wickets for 29 runs while A. Doig took two for 23. For Fairfield G. Willis took five for 24 and N. Phelan four for 17. Details

Fairfield. Dave McKay, c Duncan, b Doig ... 6 A. McCall, c Macmillan, b Doig ... 16 R. Drennan, lbw, b Duncan ... 5 Don McKay, b Duncan 7 N. Phelan, b Duncan 16 C. Brady, b Duncan ... ... 15 W. Ferris; b Duncan 6 G. Willis, b Duncan 1 F. Rainey, b Zouch 13 R. Healey, not out ' 2 N. Deuart, b Duncan 0 Extras 8 Total 89 Bowling.—S. Duncan seven for 29, P. Zouch one for 20, A. Doig two for 23, R. Tulloch none for 9. Old Boys. R. Tulloch, c Ferris, b Willis ... 7 V. O’Donoghue, c Phelan, b Willis 8 R. Ross, b Willis ... ... 0 A. Doig, c McCall, b Phelan ... 12 B. Macmillan, b Willis 11 J. *Doig, b Phelan 3 B. Doig, b Phelan 1 N. J. Hosking, c Healey, b Phelan 4 P. Zouch, not out 1 S. Duncan, lbw, b Willis ... 4 Extras 15

Total (for 9 wickets) ... 66 Bowling—G. Willis five for 24, N. Phelan four for 17, Brady none for 10. Alessrs A. E. Harvey and J. Price were umpires.

ASHBURTON v. PUBLIC WORKS IRRIGATION.

A win by ten runs on the first innings was obtained by Ashburton in a match against Public Works Irrigation on the Oval. The game was not marked by any particularly high scores, the best knock being that of I. AI. Hamilton (Ashburton), who made 41, including a six and three fours. L. Whinham and H. W. Drennan made 20 each for Public Works, the total for this side being 110. Ashburton replied with 120. The outstanding bowler for Ashburton was P. AI. Harper, who took seven wickets for 45, and for Public Works C. T. Dacre did considerable destruction, his eight wickets costing him 44 runs. Details:— Public Works. L, C. Whinham, c Pritchard, b Harper 20 J. O. Riddell, hit wkt, b Harper ... 17 O'. T. Dacre, run out 3 V C. Huff am, c Craig, b Harper... 0 H. W. Drennan, b Harper ... 20 E. T. Kensington, c Brown, b Harper 13 N. D. O’Neil, b Pritchard ... 0 L. V. Hayman, c Cook, b Nicoll ... 9 W. R. Fox, c and b Harper ... 4 V. J. Stills, c Hamilton, b Harper 17 W, R. Afoodie, not out 1 Extras ... 6 Total HO Bowling analysis-—R. H. Biggar none for 13, A. A'. Todd none for 19, P. Harper seven for 45, J. Pritchard one for 19, J. B. Nicoll one for seven. Ashburton I. AI. Hamilton, b Dacre ... 41 A. A. Todd, c Fox, b Dacre ... 13 J B. Nicoll, c Huffam, b Whinham 8 G. Craig, c Drennan, b Stills ... 13

H. E. Cook, c Whinham, b Dacre 5 P Harper, c Whinham, b Dacre ... 1 J. Pritchard, std Kensington, b Dacre 14 It. Biggar, c Fox, b Dacre ... 5 C. Burton, c Fox, b Dacre ... 0 J. Browne, b Dacre ... ... H L. Bansgrove, b Dacre - Extras 7 Total ... . 120 Bowling analysis—Stills one for 10, Whinham one for 48, Drennan none for 7, Dacre eight for 44, O’Neil none for nine. Mr S. Cassidy and the Rev. E. W. Haskell were umpires. JUNIOR GRADE. OLD BOYS v. LAURISTON. Old Boys won by 10 wickets in the match against Lauriston. The latter team batted first and made 31, Old Boys replying with 75 (A. Kelly 31, A. Porter 15). Lauriston’s second innings produced 47 runs (L. Cornwall 16), and Old Boys at the drawing of stumps had made 11 runs without the loss of a wicket. Bowling for Old Boys, Porter took one for 7, and three for 17, J. Taylor four for 10 and six for 28, and R. Maynard took four for 8. I? or Lauriston, W. Goodwin took five foi 24 and C. Murphy two for 25. Details: — Lauriston. First Innings. W. H. Smith, b Taylor ... ••• 1 L. Cornwall, c Maynard, b Porter 4 S. Goodwin, b Taylor ... 3 W. Goodwin, run out 3 W. Ashworth, lbw, b Maynard ... 3 C. Murphy, b Maynard 3 A. Goodwin, b Taylor 6 s. Ashworth, c Kelly, Maynard ... 1 D. Smith, not out ... ••• 1 Len. Cornwall, b Taylor 0 S. Dalgety, b Maynard 3 Extras ... ® Total ... 31 Bowling—Porter one for 7, Taylor four for 10, Maynard four for 8. Second Innings. W. H. Sjnith, c and b Porter ... 0 L. Cornwall, b Taylor 13 W. Goodwin, b Porter ... 3 S. Goodwin, b Taylor 3 W. Ashworth, c Kelly, b Porter ... 1 Murphy, b Taylor ... ••• 10 A. Goodwin, b Taylor ‘ S, Ashworth, run out 1 D. Smith, c'and b Porter ... 1 Len Cornwall, not out 1 Dalgety, c Stavt, b Taylor ... 0 Extras 1 Total ... 47 Bowling—Porter three for 17, Taylor six for 28. . Old Boys. First Innings. A Porter, c Smith, b Murphy ... IS J. Taylor, std Cornwall, b S. Goodwin M. Finlay, bW. Goodwin ... 7 A. Kelly, b W. Goodwin ... 31 D- Zouch, c S. Ashworth, b W. Goodwin G. Bowden, lbw, b Murphy ... 1 E. Stayt, bW. Goodwin ... 3 W. Lowry, bW. Goodwin ... 0 R. Maynard, run out 4 G. Eyles, run out 2 J. Welsh, hot Extras 3 Total 75 Bowling—W. Goodwin fvtfe for 24, S. Goodwin one for 23, C. Murphy two for 25. Second Innings. Porter v not out 3 Taylor, not out J? ‘ Extras ... _ Total (for no wickets) ... 11 Messrs D. McDougall and R. H. Biggar were umpires. TIN WALD v. PUBLIC WORKiS IRRIGATION.

With a total of 231 runs to which E. Bell contributed 58, J. Hardie 49, M. Stills 34, A. Hood 30, R. Hulme 20, and B. McKenzie 20, Tinwald defeated Public Works, and gained a four- • point win. Public Works made 82 in their first innings (S. Mowat 17, K. Thompson 16, S. Davies 15) and oJ runs in their second innings, J. *V. Davidson nmlving 18, T. Kane 12, an A. Stills and Colville U each, lwo bowlers performed the hat trick, one for each team. On Timvald’s innings Mowat took three wickets with the last threeballs of the ninth over, while in Public Works’ first innings R. Hulme took three wickets in his first over, giving him figures of four for 15. In the same innings E. Bell took thiee for 19. Details: — Tinwald. A. C. Vincent, b Stills ® M. Stills, lbw, b Nicholson ••• 34 E. Bell, c Richardson, b Kane ... 6S B. McKenzie, c Stills, b Kane ... 20 R. Hulme, c and b Kane ... 20 A. Hood, pld on, b Kane ••• 30 j. Hardie, c, b Mowat 49 H| White, c, b Mowat 0 A. Rooke, not out " P. Bell, c and b Mowat 0 Extras Total (for 9 wickets) ... 231 Bowling—Kane four for 90, Stills one for 55, Mowat three for 37 hat trick), Nicholson one for 13, Colville none for 12, Frew none for 16. Public Works. First Innings. H. Frew, c Bell, b Vincent ... 7 W. Davison, b Vincent ... 6 S. Mowat, b Hulme 17 K. Thompson, c Hardie, bßell ... 16 A. Stills, lbw, b Hulme 0

F. Kane, b Hulme 0 R. Colville, b Hulme ... ... 7 R. Nicholson, run out 5 S. Davies, c O. Stills, b Bell ... 15 K. Richardson, not out ... 3 It.- Sears, c and b Bell .... ... 2 Extras 4 Total ... ... ... 82 Bowling—Vincent two for 34, Hood none for 9, Hulme 4 for 15 (hat trick), Bell 3 for 19. Second innings. Davison, c and b Bell 18 Stills, lbw, b Bell ... ... H Frew, b Bell ... 0 Mowat, c White, b Bell ... ... 3 Richardson, b Hulme 1 Kane, c Hood, b Vincent ... 12 Nicholson, b Bell 0 Colville, pld on, b Vincent ... H Davies, not out ••• ••• 3 Sears, c Vincent, b Bell ... ... 0 Thompson (absent) Extras ... ... ••• 0 Total ' 39 Bowling—Hulme one for 19, Bell six for 26, Vincent two for 14. Messrs C. V. McNicol and W. Barrett were umpires. TECHNICAL v. COLDSTREAM. Technical gained a three point wni over Coldstream. Technical made 79 (M. Wall 20, K. Kenny 17, D McCormick 14, H. Sutherland 14), to which Coldstream replied with 44. Technical s second innings produced 26 runs for the loss of two wickets. Bowling for Technical Wall took four for 9, McCormick two for 14, Kenny four for 5, while for Coldstream Bowes took two for 4, and Gibbs four for 26. Details Technical First Innings. D. Sheehan, c, b Gibbs 0 McCormick, b Hooad ... ... 14 M. Wall, b Gibbs 20 C. Keen, b Hood 0 L. Hawke, c, b Gibbs 10 K. Kenny, b Bowes .... ... 17 R. Kerr, run out 3 H. Sutherland, b Hood ... ... 14 D. Smith, not out ... ... 4 C Barron, b Bowes ... ... 0 Extras 0 Total (for nine wickets) ... 79 Bowling—Gibbs four for 26, Hood three for 38, Bowes two for 4. Second Innings; Sheehan, not out 12 McCormick, b Gibbs 6 Wall, not out 14 Extras 3 1 Total (for 2 wickets) ... 26 Bowling—Hood none for 3, Gibbs one for 26. Coldstream. E Cross, b McCormick 2 S. Reveley, c Kerr, b Wall ... 2 T. Gibbs, c McCormick, b Wall ... 3 Hood, b McCormick 0 Bowes, c Kenny, b Wall ... 16 R. Hutton, b Kenny 3 L. J. Weir, c Keen, b Wall ... 3 M. Fleming, b Kenny 0 F. Clark, b Kenny ... ... 3 D. Henson, not out 4 M. Tilson, c Sheehan, b Kenny ... 2 Extras 43 Total 44 Bowling—Wall four for 9, McCormick two for 14, Kenny four for 5, Barron none for 4, Hawke none for 1.

METHVEN v. KIA ORA. A three-point win was gained by Methven in the match against Kia Ora at Methven. CHRISTCHURCH RESULTS. CHRISTCHURCH, January 23. The twelfth round of senior cricket matches was played yesterday in hot overcast ■weather. Showers interrupted play twice. Riccarton 213 (Bull 36, Strachan not out 35, Alexander (five for 56) beat Old Collegians 83 (Byrne 30, Roberts six for 15). , Lancaster Park 224 for eight (Read 60, Spring 46, Mulcock (five for 49), beat St. Albans 163 (Nelson 67, Crumb five for 44). Sydenham 161 for three (Butterfield 56, Gray 53, Davis two for 35) drew with East Christchurch 274 for seven declared (Coupland 40, Kennedy 63, Waine 79, Rurtt three for 92). Old Boys 186 for eight (Hadlee 33, Anderson 96, Harbidge 42, Mackay four for 34) drew with West Christchurcu 205 (Gregory 88, Hay 23. Graham four for 141).

VIVIAN 200 NOT OUT.

AUCKLAND, January 23

Y.M.C.A. 229 and 217 (Scott 88 not out; Rowie eight for 57) beat Grafton 147 (Marshall 35; Donaldson four for 28, Cooper four for 45) and 134 for four (Wallace 42 not out). University 220 and 91 for four beat Ponsonby 77 and 233 (Clark 53, Cotterall 59; Garrard six for 94). Parnell 361 for three, declared (Vivian 200 not out, Whitelaw 63, W. M. Wallace 80) beat North Shore 191 and 179 for five (Goodsir three for 50). Eden 231 for four, declared (Mills 122 not out) and 18 for no wickets heat King’s Old Boys 110 and 138 (Harrison three for 23, Snedden three for 29).

TIMARU SCORES.

TIMAR.U, This Day

Rain caused two of the three senior cricket matches on Saturday to be abandoned before the customary time for drawing stumps.

Old Boys (150) in the second innings

scored 77 for six (Morrison not out 25; Alk'ott four for 28, Purcell two for 28. Timaru 90 (Smith 21); Thompson four for 23, Kane three for 19, Earwaker three for 21. Old Boys won on the first innings. Temuka (81) scored 82 lor two in the second innings (Colville 42) ; Keller one for two, Welford one for 20. Star (91) won on the first innings. Geraldine (83) in the second innings 78 (Mayston 32; Jones four for 15, Knox two for 22, Riley one for 8). Old Boys (79) scored 54 (Weir 16; F. Stack four for 13, Scott four for 22, J. Stack one for 15. Geraldine had an outright win.

SCORES AT WELLINGTON WELLINGTON, January 23. Rutt with 259 for five wickets against Karori (Kemp 103, Ross 62, Aim 45 not out), Karori 148 (M. Browne 37, J. Coupland 25). Kilbirnie, the leading team, 191 against University (Broit 23 not out). University 134 for three wickets (Harpur 80). For University, Knowsley took five for 64, Tricklebank four for 63. Midland 210 (Osborne 61). Wellington College Old Boys 105 lor four (Burnette 38 not out, L. V. Browne 21 not out). Whyte tour for 73 for Old Boys. Institute 230 (A. McLean 65, McKeown 52), against Wellington 82 for four (Monteath 43, Ell 28). For V ellington, Ell took two for 45, Stevens two for 44, Morgan two for 2.

MATCHES AT DUNEDIN. DUNEDIN, January 23. Old Boys 122 and 62 for two wickets beat Dunedin 89 and 93 (Groves six for 38) by eight wickets. Carisbrook A 191 (H. Cameron not out 87; Jolly four for 40, Laney live for 84) beat University 170 (Dunning five for 45) on the first innings. Albion 174 and 201 for eight wickets (Duncan not out 86; Elnies five for 81) beat Grange 128 on the first innings. Garisbu'ookl B 357. (McMullan not out 136, Pinney 57, Bell 53, Lambert 42) beat Kaikorai 237 and 7 for no wickets, on the first innings.