CRICKET.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 17, 31 October 1938, Page 2

CRICKET.

COMPETITIONS CONTINUED. MATCHES ON SATURDAY. The Ashburton County Cricket Association’s competitions were continued on Saturday in fine weather. There were not many high scores in the senior matches, Dave McKay batting for Fairfield against Public Works Irrigation topping the list with 75 runs. Centuries wore gained by. two junior grade players, H. Adams (Lauriston), who made 140 against High School, and K. Kenny (Technical Old Boys), who knocked up an excellent tally of 110 not out in the match against Coldstream. Both these players were also successful with the ball, Adams taking seven wickets for 13 runs, and Kenny six for 26. A. Kelly, playing for Old Boys against Tinwald, gave a remarkable bowling performance, his final figures being six wickets for 5 runs. The position of teams in the senior competition is: —

W; L. ID. Ch. spt 3pt spt 3pt pts Kia Ora f .. —2 1 Old Boys ... —2 1 Fairfield ... —2 Ashburton .. —• 1 1 1 3 Technical . 1 —2 Public Works SENIOR GRADE. * FAIRFIELD v. PUBLIC WORKS. A win by 83 runs on the first innings was obtained by Fairfield in its match against Public Works.) Public Works batted first for a total of 91, C. T. Deere making 34 and L. Whinham 27. Fairfield’s reply was 174 for,the loss of four wickets before declaring. The total included seven sixes. Dave McKay nmde 75, Don McKay 30, A. McCall 27 and W. Ferris (not out) 22. Public Works second innings produced 84 for the loss of six wickets, Dacre obtaining 31. Bowling for Fairfield, H. Baird took four l'or 8, C. Brady four for 23 and three for 14, while for Public Works W[. Blunden took three for 44. Details:— Public Works. First Innings.

J. O. Riddell, e Thompson, b McKay 0 V. C. Huft'am, b Brady ... ... 12 L. Whinham, c Don McKay, b Baird 27 C. T. Dacre, b Baird W. ... 34 W. Moodie, b Baird 4 W. Blunden, b Baird ... ... 1 F .Holloway, stpd —, b Brady; ... 2 Wi, O’Grady, not out ... ... 4 L. Hayman, b Brady ... ... 1 K. Nicholson, h Brady ... ... 2 Extras 4 Total ... ... ... 91 Bowling Analysis—Dave McKay took one for 25, Brady four for 23, Don McKay none for 34, Baird four for .8.

Second Innings. Riddell, c Dave McKay, b Baird 1

Dnere, c Thompson, l> Brady ... 31 Whinham, c Rainey, b McKay ... IS’ Hufi'am, c McCall, b McKay ... 5 Hayman, b Brady 9 Blunden, c Dave McKay, b Brad,a" 3 O’Grady, not out . .7 Nicholson, not out, ... 2 Extras » ... 8 • Total (for six wickets) ... 84 BoAvling Analysis—Baird took one for 41, Brady three for 14, Dave McKay tAvo for 21. Fairfield. A. McCall, e Hayman, b Blunden 27 Dave McKay, c Huffani, b Blunden 75 C. Brady, b Blunden ... ... 10 Don McKay, c Huffam, b' Nicholson 30 H. Thompson, not out ... ... 5 W. Ferris, not out ... ... ... 22 Extras 5 Total (forlfour wickets),... 174 BoAAding Analysis—O’Grady took ho wickets for 32 runs, Dacre none for 26, Whinham none for 54, Blunden three for 44, Nicholson one for 13. TECHNICAL v. ASHBURTON.

A win by 33 runs on the first, innings was registered by Ashburton in the match against Technical, played on the Technical gi-ounds. Batting first, Technical made 66 runs, the chief scorers being N. Jones 20 and A. McCormick and D. Browxx 12 each. Their second innings produced 147 (M. Hoi'gan 23, not out, D. Porter 18). Ashburton made 99 runs for the loss, of three Avickets in their first innings, H. E. Cook making 36 and I. M. Hamilton 31. In their second strike they had 66 rxins on the board for foxxr wickets when stumps were drawn, A. A. Todd having 30, not out, and P. Harper 18. Details:— Technical.. First Innings. N. Jones, c Todd, b Allen ... . ... 30 A. McCormick, c Harper, b Biggar 12 M. Walls, stpd Cook, b Allen ... 4 E. Stigley, Bansgrove, b Allen ... \8 J. Daixclie, o Todd, b Allen 2 V. Crequex*, stpd Cook, b Harper ... 1 D. Porter, c Bansgrove, b Harper 0 F. Horgan, not oixt 1 4 D. BroAvn, stpd Cook, b Allen .... 12 J. Connell, b Biggar 1 E. Harper, c Biggar j b Allen ... 1 Extras 1 Total .. 66 BoAvling—R. Biggar two for 8, A. A. Todd noixe for 14, P. Allen six for 34, P. Harper tAvo for 10. Second Innings. Jones, c Cook, b Biggar 9 McCormick, c Burton, b Allen ... 10 Dandie, jbw, b Tood ... v 10 Poi’ter, b Todd ... ... ... 18 Stigley, stpd Cook, b Allen ... 7 Crequer, b Biggar . 3 Walls, b Hamilton ... 42 Connell, b Biggar 13 Hoi’gan, not out ... 1 23 Harper, not out 7 Exti’as ... ... 5 Total (for eight wickets) 147 Bowling—Biggar three for 35, Todd two for 15, Allen txvo for 45, Harper none for 16, Hamilton one for 28, Jesse]) none for 8. ' Ashburton. First'lnnings. I. M. Hamilton, c McCoi’mick, b Horgan ... .... ... 31 P. Allen, o Brown, b Walls ... 15 H. E. Cook, plyd on, b Horgan ... 36 J. B. Nicoll, not out ... ... 12 Extras ... ... ... 5'

Total (for three wkts., d’cld.) 99 Bowling—Walls one for 18, Brown •none for 33, Horgan two for 17, McCormick none for 28. Second Innings. Todd, not out ... ... ... 30 Biggar, b Horgan 0 Harper, c Brown, b Stigley ... 18 Burton, lbw, b Stigley 0 Jessep, stpd Harper, b Walls ... 3 Bansgrove, not out 12 Extras 3 Total (for four wickets) 66 OLD BUYS V. KIA ORA, A victory by the narrow margin of three runs was obtained by Old Boys in the match against Kia Ora. The scoring was erratic, only seven players in both teams making double figures. Old Boys’s total was 108 (R. Tulloch 25, P. Fear 25, A. Doig 14), to which Ivia Ora replied with 105 (E-. Jordan 33, T. McNally 26) „ The best howling average as far as wicket-taking was concerned was that of A. Doig, Old Boys, who took five for 42, while L. Moore took four for 26 for Kia Ora. . The umpires were Messrs C. Butterworth and D. Livingstone. Details:— Old Boys, R. Tulloch, c Campbell, b Moore . 25 V. G’Donoghue, b H. .Jordan ... 8 P. Fear, b McNally 25 J. Doig, e Kerr, b Weeks ... 10, S. Duncan, h McNally ... 0 A. Doig, e McNally, ,b Moore ... -14 B. Doig, lbw, b H. Jordan ... 11 K. Fowke, b Moore 1 B. MacMillan, lbw, b H. Jordan I P. Zouch, c Weeks, b Moore ... 1 P. Barker, not out 4 Extras ... ... ... 8 Total ... ... 10S Bowling analysis.—Moore took four wickets for 26 runs, H. Jordan three for 28, Kerr none for 24, T: McNally two for 17, P. McNally none for one, Weeks one for 4. Kia Ora. S. Kerr, c B. Doig, b Tullocli ... 8 E. Jordan, e MacMillan, b Zouch 33 H. Jordan, b Zoueh ... ... 7 P. McNally, c Barker, b A Doig ... 9 T. McNally, o Zouch, b A. Doig . 26 L. Moore, run out ... ... 7 O. Campbell, c Fred, b A. Doig . 0 S. Weeks, c O’Donoghue b A. Doig 6

G. Calder, b A. Doig 2 R. Witholl, b Duncan ... 0 G. Lloyd, not out 0 Extras 4 " l Total lt)-5 Bowling.—Duncan took one wicket for 24 runs, Tullocll one for 17, Zouch two for 15 and A. Doig five for 42. * JUNIOR GRADE TECHNICAL 0.8. V. COLDSTREAM . Technical Old Boys defeated Coldstream by an innings and 79 runs at Coldstream, gaining a five-point victory. In reply to Coldstream’s 43 runs in the first innings Technical made 149 for the loss of five wickets (Iv. Kenny 110 not out, R. Sheehan 21). Goldstream made only 27 in the second innings'. The best bowling performance for the winning team was that of K. Kenny who took six wickets for 26 runs. J. Smith also bowled well taking four wickets for 2. Details:— Coldstream First Innings. E. Cross, c and b Hawke 3 F. Clarke, c Sheehan, b Kenny ... 0 A. McKenzie, b Hawke 10 W. Gibbs, b Smith 9 L.’ Carter, b Kenny 9 B. Roberts, c Sheehan, b Kerr ... 7 R. Tilson, b Kerr 3 R. Forsyth, c Kenny, b Smith ... 2 B. Scott, 0 H. McTeague, b Smith 9 A. Harris, not out 9 Extras ••• 2 Total ... 43 Bowling—Kenny took two for 16, Hawke two for 14, Smith four for 2, Kerr three for 8. Second Innings. Cross, b Hawke 1 Clarke, b Kenny 9 Gibbs, b Keen 18 McKenzie, o Keen, b Kenny ... 0 Carter, b Kenny 1 Roberts, c Smith, b Kenny ... 0 Tilson, b Keen 5 Harris, b Keen ... 9 Forsyth, b Price ... 1 Scott, not out 9 McTeague, run out 1 Extras 9 Total 27 Bowling—Kenny took four for 10, Hawke one for 8, Keen three for 7, Price one for 0. Technical Old Boys, C. Keen, c Clpfke, b Roberts ... 2 R. Sheehan, lbw, b Roberts ... 21 L. Hawke, b Roberts 2 K. Kenny, not out ... 110 R. Kerr, b Tilson ... 2 D. Smith, c Gibbs, b Carter ... 7 P. Connell, not out 3 Extras * ••• 2

Total (for 5 wkts., d’old.) 149 TIN WALD v. OLD BOYS.. The match between Old Boys and Tinwald ended in a three-point win for the former by 43 runs. Batting first Tinwald compiled 113, to which A. Rodd contributed 36, It. Hulme 20 and G. Campbell 111 Old Boys made 156, top scorer being A. Kelly with 43, including one six. The next best were V. E. Meaclem 36, C. M. Finlay 21 and J. A. Porter 15. Bowling for Old Boys A. Kelly took six wickets for five runs and S. McElhinney three for 14. For Tinwald It. Pearce took two for 18 and W. Merrin three for 40. .Details: — Tinwald. T. Spicer, b Porter 2 W. Merrin, b McElhinney 4 E. Bell, c Stayt, b McElhinney ... 5 B. McKenzie, c Zouch, b Kelly ... 8 R. Hulme, c Finlay, b McElhinney 20 R. Pearce, c Porter, b Kelly ... 4 A. Rodd, c and b Kelly 36 G. Campbell, c Smith, b Kelly ... 11 B. Bell, not out 6 N. Bell, c McElhinney, b Kelly ... 0 R. Kirdy, b Kelly 5 Extras ... ... ••• ••• 42

Total 113 Bowling—A. Porter took one for 13, S. McElhinney three for 42, A. Kelly six for five, W. Smith none for 15. Old Boys. D. A. Zouch, run out 3 W. H. Smith, lbw, b Merrin ... 2 J. A. Porter, stpd Spicer, b Campbell ... ... ••• ••• A. Kelly, c Bell, b Pearce 43 V. E. Meaclem, c and b Pearce ... 36 J. G. Bowden, b Bell 0 C'. M. Finlay, c Pearce, b Merrin ... 21 S. McElhinney, b Merrin ... ... 12 E. V. W. Stayt, b Hulme 6 G. A. S. Eyles, not out ... ... ~ A. G. McKay, c Campbell, b Bell 1 Extras ... ... ••• ••• 1® Total 156 Bowling—Merrin three for 40, Hulme one for 20, E. Bell one for 36, Campbell one for 20, Pearce two for 18, R. Bell one for 4, Rodd one for 3. KIA ORA v. PUBLIC WORKS. Kia Ora had a splendid win over Public Works Irrigation, at Winchmore, beating the home side bv an innings and 118 runs. There veie several good scores in the Kia Oia strike, C. Samuels making 45, R. Burton 35, and B. Gar forth 33 not out. In reply to Kia Ora’s 193 Pubhc Works made only 52 in the firsFinmngs and 23 in the second innings. The most successful bowler for, Kia. Ora. was G. Samuels who took six wickets ior 18 runs. Scores were • Kia Ora. N. Price, c and b Sears ... ••• 3 R. Burton, b Hall ... 35 C. Samuels, plyd on, b Timlin ... 45 J. Grant, b Hall ... ... 44

S. Guthrie, b Hall 13 C. Ireland, c Sears, b Frew ... 4 V. Cobden, c Thompson, b Price 5 C. Smith, c sub., b Price 1 A. Hutchinson, b Frew 11 B. Garforth, not out 33 I. Hamilton, run out 18 Extras 11 Total 193 Bowling—ll. Price two for 29, H. Frew two for 32, H. Sears one for 28, T. Timlin one for 39, D. Hall three for 54. Public Works. First Innings. T. Timlin, c Cobden, b Garforth 14 D. Hall, lbw, b Samuels 2 H. Frew, c Price, b Grant ... 6 H. Price, c Ireland, b Samuels ... 0 K. Thompson, e. Burton 12 H. Sears, b Garforth 8 S. Hurst, b Samuels 6 AY. Lochhead, not out ... ... 9 Extras 4 Total 52 Bowling—J. Grant one for 7, C. Samuels three for 13, H. Garforth two for 14, R, Burton one for 11. Second Innings. IV. Lockhead, stpd, b Grant ... 3 S. Hurst, c Samuels, b Grant ... 9 H. Sears, c Guthrie, b Samuels ... 7 K. Thompson, run out ... ... 1 H. Price, b Ireland 2 H. Frew’ not out 8 D. Hall, b Samuels 9 T. Timlin, b Samuels 1 Extras ... ... I Total 23 Bowlin—J. Grant two for 3, C. Samuels three for 6, Ireland one for 13. LAURISTON v. HIGH SCHOOL. A win by an innings and 129 runs was gained by Lauriston when they played High School on their home ground on Saturday. Lauriston batted first and knocked up 249 for three wickets (H. Adams 140 and L. E. Smith 60 not out). High School’s meagre first innings’ total was 33, followed by 89 in the second innings. T. Kennedy and D. Shaw each made 23 in the second strike. H. Adams bowled very well for Lauriston, taking seven wickets for 13 in the first innings and one for 30 in the second innings. Details:— / Lauriston L. Cornwell, lbw, b Lowry ... 10 W. Goodwin, run out 0 H. Adams, b Grant 140 E. Watson, b Lowry 10 A. Hooper, b Maynard 16 L. E. Smith”, not out 60 S. Goodwin, not out 4 Extras 13 Total (for 5 wkts., d’cld.) 249 Bowling—T. Kennedy none for 33, R. Maynard one for 43, W. Lowry two for 45, It. Plunkett none for 61, R. Grant one for 25, D. Shaw none for 31.

High School. First Innings. R. Maynard, b R. Trotter 6 R, Plunkett, c Watson, b Trotter 0 I. Gordon, c Goodwin, b Adams ... 5 T. Kennedy, stpd, b Adams ... 1 R. Smith, stpd, b Adams ... 1 W. Lowry, c Hooper, b Adams ... 6 D. Shaw, b Trotter 13 R. Soutar, stpd, b Adams 3 R. Grant, not out 4 R. Leith, c W|. Goodwin, b Adams 0 A. Lewis, cS. Goodwin, b Adams 6 Total 33 Bowling—J. Trotter three for 20, H. Adams seven for 13. Second Innings. R. Plunkett, c S. Goodwin, b Crothers ... ... ... 4 R. Maynard, c Hooper, b Adams 11 I. Gordon, c W. Goodwin, b S. Goodwin 1 T. Kennedy, b S. Goodwin 8 R. Smith, b S. Goodwin 23 W. Lowry, b W. Go.odwin 4 D. Shaw, c Watson, b W. Goodwin 23 It. Soutar, run out 1 R. Leith, not out 5 R. Grant, c Crothers, b Ashworth 4 A. Lewis, run out 1 Extras 4 Total 89 Bowling—H. Crothers one for 5, H. Adams one for 30, S. Goodwin three for 43, W. Goodwin two for 11, S. H. Ashworth one for 4. DUNEDIN COMPETITIONS. DUNEDIN, October 30. Steady rain caused the abandonment of the first series of grade championship cricket matches after barely an hour’s play on the second day. Albion was the only team to score a win, replying to the 154 of Carisbrook B with 1.60 for seven (Goding 78 not out, Bell three for 17). Old Boys 230, drew with Carisbrook 114 for eight (Groves five for 26). Grange 367 drew with Kaikorai 29 for one. Dunedin, 166, drew with University, 117 for eight.

MATCHES IX CHRISTCHURCH. CHRISTCHURCH, October 28. The second round of the Canterbury Cricket Association’s competitions was completed to-day in fine weather. The wickets were slightly affected by the rain during the week and favoured the spin bowlers. Lancaster Park won outright by dismissing West Christchurch twice in the afternoon, the last man being dismissed with the last ball of the day. Lancaster Park 212 (Donnelly six for 54) beat West Christchurch 50 (Read five for 12, Bellamy five for 36) and 125 (Bellamy four for 53, Read three for 17) by an innings and 37 runs.

East Christchurch 198 (Roberts eight for 58) and 137 for four (Kinvig 90), beat Riccartqn 137 (Roberts 56; Davis six for 31) by 61 runs on the first innings. Old Boys 233 for eight (Page 80, Hadleo 29; Mulcock five for 73) beat St. Albans 225 (Webb 44 not out; Cook five for 30, Escott four for 58), by two wickets. Sydenham 206 (Oliver 75, Butterfield 49; Lester four for 44) beat Old Collegians 127 (Hamilton 38; Newton five for 55) by 79 runs on the first innings. MATCHES AT TIMARU. TIMARIT, This Day. Senior cricket in South Canterbury began on Saturday in fine weather, and except at Geraldine, on wickets that favoured the batsmen. The surprise of the day was the dismissal of last year’s champion team, Old Boys, for 31 runs by Geraldine, who then made 93. In their second innings Old Boys had reached 58 for the loss of only two wickets at stumps. For Geraldine, F. Stock took six for 6, E. Scott one for two, j. E. Stack two for 3, Mayston one for 5. For Old Bovs, Earwaker took five for 25, Thompson two for 4. Playing Temuka, at Temuka, Timaru made 151, R. Wilson making a fine 60, and they dismissed Temuka. for 50, when bad light stopped play for the day. Bowling for Temuka, Reynolds took three fqr 29, Johnson four for 48. For Timarp, Purcell took three for 25, Smith six for 20.

At the Rectory, Higli School began well with a score of 195, D. G. Watt making 57 and McLeod 48. In reply, Star has lost six for 55. For Star, Wolford took seven for 49, and for High School Enling three for 33.