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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 28, 13 November 1939, Page 2

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I ASHBURTON COMPETITIONS. ' TECHNICAL’S SUBSTANTIAL LEAD Technical has now a lead of six points in the senior competition conducted by the Ashburton County Cricket Association, an inning’s win over Ivia Or 4 on Saturday giving the team another five points. Technical now has 14 points in the senior competition, and Ivia Ora, with eight points, is in second placce. Two of the matches on Saturday were drawn. The game between Ashburton and Old Boys, on the Domain Oval, produced sonje good batting, but the scorgenerally was on the slow side. Points in the senior competition, of which one complete round has been played, are:

SENIOR GRADE

ASHBURTON Y. OLD BOYS. < Ashburton made a good beginning when the side batted first in the game against Old Boys, played on the Domain Oval. A fine partnership between R. AV. Biggar and A. A. Todd consolidated the position, and Ashburton was able to declare with the total at 191 for eight wickets. The match was drawn. i More than 100 runs for the fourth wicket were compiled bv Biggar and Todd with breezy cricket. Biggar especially dealt severely with all the bowlers, and he was only out to a superlative catch on the boundary by J. Doig. His score of 62 was largely made up of boundaries. Todd was more subdued, but later opened out and finished with 56. Coming on late in the innings, A. Doig took five -wickets with his slow left-hand bowling. Though not really dangerous, his accuracy did not allow the batsmen to score fast without sacrificing wickets. Old Boys batted solidly and succeeded in playing out time. Though few actual chances were missed, the Ashburton fieldsmen lacked anticipation and many balls that left- the ground could have been converted into catches. A Doig batted solidly for Old Boys. Bowling for Ashburton, P. Harper howled finely to take four wickets, but his return should have been much greater. He had all the batsmen in trouble.

Ashburton. I . M. Hamilton, c B. Doig, b Zoueh 22 I>. Heasley, b ’ Zoueh ... ••• 17 A. A. Todd, c Zoueh, b A. Doig ... 56 P. Harper, o and b J. Doig ... 10 R. AV. Biggar, c J. Doig, b A. Doig 62 C. Burton, Ibw, b A. Doig ... 0 I/. Bansgrove, not out • AY. Morse, b A. Doig ... ••• 0 C. Jessep, c Kelly, b A. Doig ... 8 Extras 9 Total for eight woks, (dec.) 191 Bowling—S. Duncan none for 43, R. Tullocli none for 35, P. Zoueh two for

42, J. Doig one for 32, A. Doig five for 30. Old Boys. B. Knox, c Bangrove, b Todd .... 19 A. Porter, lbw, b Harper 6 B. Doig, c, Biggar, b Harper ... 2G R-. Tulloch, c Brittenden, b Harper 2 A. Kelly, c Bangrove, b Harper ... 12 A. Doig, not out ... ... ... 30 J. Doig, 1) Hensley 19 R. C. Cross, b Todd ... ‘ ... 6 Iv. Fowke, not out ' 0 Extras ... 12 Total for seven wickets ... 132 Bowling—Biggar none for 17, Harper four for 56, Todd two for 19, Hamilton none for 19, Heaslov one for 7. _ % TECHNICAL OLD BOYS V. IvIA OR A An exciting finish marked the match between Technical Old Boys and Kia Ora on the Technical ground. Down by a large margin in the first innings, Kia Ora in their second strike had four wickets in hand a quarter of an hour before time and seemed likely to stave off an innings defeat. But the Technical howlers, H. Adams and F. Horgan were on tip-top form and quickly disposed of the tail. In the last over of the day Kia Ora lost two wickets giving Technical a well-merited fivepoint win. A feature of the game was a hat-trick by A. McCormick, the Technical bowler, who is again enjoying a successful season. Kia Ora batted first, making only 79, to which S. Kerr contributed 36. Horgan took five wickets for 27, and McCormick four for 35. Technical knocked up 166 for the loss of seven wickets, declared. The top scorer was McCormick, with 43. In their second innings, Kia Ora were dismissed for 75, Adams bowling exceptionally well to take six wickets for only 18 runs. Horgan took four for 35. Kia Ora. »

First Innings. H. Jordan, c Jones, b Horgan ... 4 E. Jordan, b Horgan ... ... 4 L. Moore, b Horgan 0 S. Kerr, b McCormick ... ... 36 S. Weeks, c Stigley, b McCormick 1 E. Samuels, run out 2 C. Horsburgh, c Holland, b McCormick 3 G. Calder, b Horgan ... ... 1 T. Brown, McCormick 0 G. Lloyd, b Horgan 9 A. MeElhinney, not out 0 Extras 1? Total ... ... 19 Bowling—Horgan five for 27, A. McCormick four for 35. Second Innings. E. Jordan, plyd on, li Horgan ... 14 H. Jordan, c Harper, b Adams ... 1 Samuels, c Jones, b Jones .;. 0 Moore, b Horgan ... ... ... 4 Kerr, Horgan ... 19 •Weeks, c Jones, b Adams 1 Horsburgh, Horgan 17 Lloyd, c and b Adams 5 Brown, not out ... 0 Calder, t> Adams 11 MeElhinney, b Adams 0 Extras 3 Total ... ... ... 75 Bowling—Horgan four for 35, Adams six for 18, McCormick none for 9. Technical! Old Boys. N. Jones, b H. Jordan 14 R. Sheehan, b Kerr ,14 A. McCormick, c H. Jordan, b Kerr . ... 43 W. Holland, run out 19 H. Adams, c E. Jordan, b Brown 20 D. Porter, c E. Jordan, b Brown 20 E. Stigley, c Weeks, b Brown ... 0 F. Burton, not out ... ... 4 F. Horgan, b Samuels ... # ... 22 D. Harper, not out 1 Extras ... 9 Total (for 7 wkts., dec.) 166 Bowling—S. Kerr two for 64, H. Jordan one for 33, L. Moore none for 23, S. Weeks none for 20, T. Brown three for 14, E. Samuels one for 7. FAIRFIELD v. PUBLIC WORKS. The match between Fairfield and Public Works, at Fairfield, resulted in a draw. The scores were :

Fairfield. D. McKay; c Stills, b AVhinham 40 R. Drennan, c Kensington b O’Grady 39 C. Brady, c Talbot, b O’Grady ... 23 AA r . Ferris, b Talbot ... ... 53 H. Baird, c and b O’Grady ... 4 F. Rainey, c Hnyman, b O’Grady 4 R. Healey, b Talbot ... ... 9 AV, Kennedy, b Talbot ... ... 4 H. Deuart, b Talbot ... ... 1 A. Jamieson, not out ... ... 3 Extras 24 Total ... 204 Bowling: Stills none for 12, Talbot five for 40, O’Gradv four for 62, Dacre none for 36, AVhinham one for 30. Public Works. J. O. Riddell, b Drennan ... 0 F. Holloway, c Rainey, b McKay 6 L. Hayman, b McKay ... 19 G. L. Talbot, c. Baird, b Brady ... 2 L. AVhinham, c Healey, b McKay 60 C. T. Dacre, c Baird, b McKay 0 A\ r . O’Grady, not out ... ... 16 C. T. Kensington, not out 9 Extras ... ... 31 Total for six wickets ... 133 Bowling: Rainey none for 24, Drennan one for 22, Brady one for 25, McKay four for 31.

JUNIOR CRADE.

TTNAVALD y. LAURISTON.' Another five-point win was gained by Lauriston when they played Tinwald ,in the Tinwald Domain. In reply to

TinwakT’s first innings total for 66 runs (to which the chief contributor was T. Spicer, with 37), Lauriston compiled 112 runs, the top scorers being W. H. Smith 27 and W. Goodwin SiBatting again, Timvald made only 80 runs and the country team passed the necessary total with the loss of one wicket, their figure being 30. W. Goodwin and W. H. Smith were 'the only bowlers required to dismiss Tinwald, Goodwin taking five for 30 and five for 36 and Smith five for 36 and four for 16. Timvald’s most successful bowlers were E. Bell with five for 29 and A, Rodd with three for 33. KIA ORA v. IMETHVEN. The main factor in Mcthven’s defeat of Kia Ora, at the Kia Ora ground, was a good stand by the fourth and fifth wickets. Methven won by 50 runs, their total of 192 being the result of sound all-round batting. Ivia Ora went in first and tallied up 142 runs, C. Campbell batting in fine style for 63 not out, while H. Holloway also went well, obtaining second best score of 45. The bowling honours were shaved by A. Gourley and G. Stephen, who took six wickets for 44 and threo for 12, respectively. Gourley imcl. Stephen also proved the most successful batsmen, the former knocking up 54 (retired) and the latter made 57. Cretney made 33 runs for (Methven.

HIGH SCHOOL v. PUBLIC WORKSPublic Works defeated High. School . by two runs on the first innings ip a v close match at Wihchmore. Public Works batted first and compiled 119 runs, to which High School replied . with 117. The principal scorers for Public Works were L. Cornwall, not out, 38, H. Frew 28 and H. Stewart 23. Hosking, for High School, took three wickets for 41 runs, E. Fowke three for 7 and R-. Maynard two for 17. The top scorer for School was R. Vessey (46). F. Westphalt bowled well for Public Works and finished up with an average of four for'39. In a second innings, Public Works lost four wickets for 48 runs. COLDSTREAM V. TECHNICAL. A win by 19 runs on the first innings » was obtained by Coldstream over Technical who went in first and were dismissed for 103 (W. Sparrow 19, R. Kerr 23, D. Smith 27). Coldstream replied with 122 (E. Gibbs 33, I. Kelland 31). Bowling for Qoldstream G. McKenzie took two wickets for 12 runs and M. Tilson took three for 35, while for Technical R. Kerr took three for 12, C. Keen two for 26 and L. Hawke two for 28. . v CANTERBURY ASSOCIATION.

CHRISTCHURCH, November 11 The third rouncL of the Canterbury Cricket Association’s competitions was started to-day. . The wickets were in excellent order hut a strong north-west wind in . the early part of the afternoon spoilt play somewhat. The highlight of to-day’s play was a, brilliant innings of 107 not: out- by F. Kerr for - Lancaster Park against Old Collegians. He batted 87 minutes,’ hitting 17 four and one six. Scores: — Riccarton 246 (Ellis 60, Stringer 46, Bull 39, Escott 4 for‘4s, Page 3 for 38) met Old Boys. St. Albans 44 (Spong 6. for. 20, Newton 4 for .11) and 43 for 2 (Dailey 33 not out) met Sydenham 118 for 4 declared (AValsh 55-not out, King 31 not out, Mulcock two for 29). Old Collegians 152 (Reeves 61 not out, J. C. Saunders 34,-Bellamy six for 53, Read three for 33) met Lancaster Park 192 for 4 (F. Kerjt' 107 not out, Stout 36). West Christchurch 212 (J. L. Kerr 48, Gregory 45, Nee 31, Davis three for 63, Patrick four for 63) met- East , Christchurch 55 for 1. SOUTH CANTERBURY MATCHES. / TIMARU, This Day. AA r est End 91 (Hahn four for 40, Wei ford four for two) played Star, 212 for six (Fitzgerald three for 47). Fairview 174 (Stevens not out 61; Ale I lines five for 8, Davies three for 50, Jones one for 11, McDonald one for 26) played,Old Boys, 150 for seven (Souter 73). Geraldine 49 (Stewart nine for 19) and 52 (Rix four for 13, Stewart two for 17, Hertmon two for 13) played Tcmuka, 51, for eight (McKenzie three for 18, Slack four for 19. High School 154 (Smith three for 59, Gould six for 40) played Timaru, 153 for six (AA T eir not out- 65). /

P. W. Wins. dpt. 3pt. Ttl Technical . 5 4 1 3 14 Kia Ora . 5 2 1 1 8 Public Works .. 5 2 - 2 6 Ashburton .5 2 - 2 6 'Fairfield . d 2. -26 Old BoA r s - - - 0