CRICKET.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 38, 25 November 1940, Page 6

CRICKET.

MINOR ASSOCIATION MATGH. ASHBURTON SCORE SLOWLY. The Ashburton senior cricket representatives met South Canterbury today on the Domain Oval in a match in the Minor, Association’s Trophy competition. Conditions were perfect for cricket and the hicket although slightly damp on top was fairly easy, Edward and' Harold Jordan opened Brightly, puttingon 24 before the first wicket fell. From that time the Timaru bowling attack subdued the local batsmen, whose scoring rate was fairly slow. H. E. Cook and A. W. Saunders were associated in a valuable knock which took the score from 35 to over 70. Ashburton had scored 80 runs fox; the loss of eight wickets at the luncheon adjournment. After the luncheon interval L. O. Talbot, R. Holloway and P. Zouch played brightly to carry Ashburton’s score from 80 to 143, Details are:— . Ashburton H. Jordan plyd. on b Wilson ... 10 El Jordan, Ibw, b Taylor 13 H. Jones, stpd. Lang, b Wilson . 8 J. Doig, run out 2 A. Doig, b Butterfield ... ... 0 H. ID. Cook, b Wilson ... ... 16 A W. Saunders, stpd. Lang, b Kane 21 L. 0. Talbot, plyd. on, b Taylor . 35 L. Moore, run out ... 0 R. Holloway, c Taylor, v Earwaker 16 P. Zouch, not out ... - ... 9 Extras ... .;. ... 13 Total ... .143 Bowling—R. Taylor two for 19; R. Wilson, three for 43; L. Butterfield, one for 21; H. Welford, none for 10; J. Kane, ono for 19; E. Ftarwaker, one for 18.

THE JUNIOR MATCH. " T " r V ASHBURTON’S FIRST INNINGS. Four Ashburton, junior batsmen were dismissed without scoring in their first innings in a match against a South Canterbury team on the top ground at the Domain, to-day. At the luncheon adjournment tiro whole side was out for 79 runs, the only two respectable scores being those of S', Smith (20) and N. Hosking (14). Five Timaru bowlers shared the honours. * At 3 o’clock South Canterbury had scored 41 for the loss of one wicket after a steady opening. Details are:— Ashburton. W. Merrin, b Fletcher 6 T. Spicer, b Fitzgerald 0 A. Dewar, run out , ... 0 E. Bell, c Could, b Budd 0 S; Smith, b Budd ... 20 IT. Crothers, b Fletcher 2 R. Pearce, c Clyno, b Gould ... 8 A. Lewis, lrGreen ... 0 R. McKenzie, c Grant, b Green ... ’ 5 W. Goodwin, not out ... ... 7 N. Hosking, b Green ... ... 14 Extras 17 Total 79 Bowling—-Green three for 12, Fitzgerald one for .2, Budd two for 18, Fletcher two for 11, Gould one for 19. South Canterbury. P. Grant,- not out ... ... 12 H. Button, Ibw, b Smith 24 T. Noave, not out 3 Extras ... > 2 Total (for one wicket) .. 41 1 Bowling—N. Hosking, none for 15; W. Merrin, none for 18; S. Smith, one I for 6.