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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 23, 7 November 1938, Page 2

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ASHBURTON COMPETITIONS. MATCHES ON SATURDAY. The Ashburton County Cricket Association’s competitions were continued on Saturday, when wickets were in excellent order and fine weather was enjoyed. Scoring in the senior grade was generally fairly low, but Ashbbrton, after a. poor start made 239 for the loss of nine wickets. An excellent stand was made by P. Allen and H. E. Cook, who put 91 and 70 on the board lyThere was a fairly even standard ol batting in the junior grade. The position of teams in the senior competition is:—

AV. L. D. Ch. spt 3pt spt 3pt pts Fairfield .. - 1 9 Kia Ora. —2 —2 o Old Boys —2 —2 Ashburton .. —2 1 1 6 Technical .. —2 —2 P.AV.I. 4 0 SENIOR GRADE. FAIRFIELD v. KIA ORA. A win by 96 runs on the first innings was secured by Fairfield when it played Kia Ora at Fairton on Saturday. The home team, batting first, made 199, to which Kia Ora replied with 103. There were no particularly high individual scores, the most successful batsmen of the winning team being R. T. Drennan with 46, A. McCall with 39 and Don McKay with 29. The top scorer for Kia Ora was S. Weeks who made 20. For Fairfield H. Baird took six wickets for 17 runs. Details:—• Fairfield. A. McCall, c L. Moore, bS. Kerr 33 Dave McKay, bH. Jordan ... 0 Don McKay c Jordan bT. McNally 29 C. Brady, c S'. Weeks, b T. McNally 1 R. T. Drennan, run out ... ... 46 M. Ferris, c L. Moore, b S. Kerr 24 A. Thompson, b H. Jordan ... 19 F. Rainey, b H. Jordan 21 H. Bail’d, not out ... ... 8 N. Deuart, not out 4 Extras 14 Total ... ... 199 Bowling.—L. Moore took no wickets for 35 runs, H. Jordan three for 55, S. Kerr two for 55, T. McNally two for 18, P. McNally none for 9, S ; . AVeeks none for 13. Kia Ora. S .Kerr, b Dave McKay 6 E. Jordan, c Dave McKay, b H. Baird ... 16 L. Moore, c Brady, b Dave McKay 6 H. Jordan lbw, b Brady ... 2 T. McNally, c A. McCall, b H. Baird 13 P. McNally, b H. Baird 5 S. AA r eeks, c Deuart, b Thompson 20 G. Lloyd, b H. Baird ! 9 R, AA’ithell, c Thompson, b Baird 3 G. Caldcr, not out 17 R. St. John, bH. Baird ... 0 Total 103 Bonding.—Dave McKay took two wickets for 18 runs, C. Brady one for 15, H. Baird six for 17, Don McKay none for two, A. Thompson one for 45. TECHNICAL v. PUBLIC AVORKS

With a. margin of 40 runs Technical defeated Public Works Irrigation in a match played at Winchmore. Technical batted first, making 192 runs, the chief scorers being W. Holland 45, M. Walls 38, F. Horgan, not out 31, A. McCormick 14, J. Dandie 14, E. Stigley 14. Public Works replied with 152 runs (Huffam 49, Dacre 35, O’Grady 23, Hayman 17). Bowling for Public Works, C. Dacre took four wickets for 29 runs and L. Whin ham three for 37, while for Technical McCormick took three for 14, Walls four for 37 and Stigley three for. 42. Details:— Technical. N. Jones, c O’Grady, b Dacre ... 13 A. McCormick, lbw, b Dacre ... 14 W. Holland, b Blunden 45 M. Walls, b O’Grady 38 J. Dandie, b Whinham 14 E. Stigley, lbw, b Wftnham ... 14 F. Horgan, not out 31

D. Porter, 6 Moddife, b- AVhinham 0 J. Council, c Sears, b Dacre ... 11 D. RroWn, played on, b Dacre ... 'll Extras ... ' ... ... 1 Total 192 Bowling.—Blunden one for 45, Dacre four for 29, AVhiftham three for 27, O’Grady one for 62, McQuarters none for 17. Public Works Irrigation. L. AA’hinham, b AValls ( ... ... 5 C. Huffara, lbw, b Stigley ... 49 C. Dacre, b McCormick ... 35 Jones, lbw, b Stigley ... ... 6 Moodie, c AA r nlls, b McCormick ... 9 F. Holloway, o Jones, b McCormick 0 Havman, b AA’lalls ..." .A 17 AA T . O’Grady, c Dandie, b Stigley 23 AV. Blunden, not out ... ... 0 AAY McQuarters, b AValls ... 4 Sears, b AA r alls 2 Extras ... A. ... 2 Total 152 Bowling—AValls four for 37, Brown none for 11, Holland none for 13, Stigley three for 42, Horgan nolle for 34, McCormick three for 14.

ASHBURTON v. OLD BOYS. f A decisive victory by 149 runs was secured by. Ashburton in the senior fixture against Old Boys at Ashburton. Old Boys w'ent in first and knocked up 90 runs, to which Ashburton replied with the fine total of 239. The outstanding batting scores were made by P. Allen (91) and H. E. Cook (70) both of the Ashburton team, while B. Knox (20) made the only good score for Old Boys. The best -performances in the bowling department were made by K. .Fowke (Old Boys) who took one wicket for two runs, and P. Harper (Ashburton) who took two for 8 runs. Details:— Old Boys. B. Knox, plyd on, bA. A. Todd ... 20 V. O’Donoghue, run out ... ... 8 R. Tulloch, bR. AA T . Biggar ... 5 R. G. Ross, stpd Cook, b Allen ... 8 J. Doig, b Biggar ... 8 A. Doig, c Todd, bP. Harper ... 8 B. Doig, not out 14 S. Duncan, b P. Harper 2 B. Macmillan, run out ... ... 5 P. Zouch, b Todd ... 1 K. Fowke, stpd Cook, b Todd 2 Extras ... 9

Total ... • ... , ... 90 Bowling—R. AV. Biggar took two wickets for 32 runs, A. A. Todd three for 17, P. Allen due for 19, P. Harper two for 8, and I. M. Hamilton none for 7. Ashburton. I. M. Hamilton, c Fowke, b Tnlloch 0 A. A. Todd, b Tulloch ... ... 0 P. Harper, cA. Doig, b Duncan 3 H. E. Cook, c Knox, b O’Donoglme 70 P. Allen, c Fowke, b Knox 91 L. Bansgrove, b Fowke ... ... 14 C. Burton, lbw, b Ross 0 C. Jessep, c Tulloch, b Ross .... 5 R. AA 7 ). Biggar, not out 29 R. Johnstone, c and b Macmillan 0 Extras 27 Total ... 230 Bonding—S. Duncan took one wicket for 34 runs, R. Tulloch two for 43, P. Zouch none for 14, A. Doig none for 32, J. Doig none for 16, B. Knox one for 16, V. O’Donoghue one for 21, K. Fowke one for 2.