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Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23262, 24 February 1941, Page 4

CRICKET

OLD BOYS LOSE LEAD BRILLIANT BATTING BY LANCASTER PARK Although everything was in favour of the batsmen, scoring was only fair on Saturday when the sixteenth round of matches in the Canterbury Cricket Association's competition was played. There were, however, some very close and exciting finishes in two games that maintained spectators’ interest to the end. The only century of the day was scored by I. B. Cromb for Lancaster Park against Riccarton. In 69 minutes he made 101, which included five sixes and 11 fours. There were several excellent bowling performances, but the biggest bag of the day was secured by J. D. Mackay (Wigram), who took six for 30 against Harewood. By drawing with Army, Old Boys lost the lead in the competition, which is now shared by East Christchurch and West Christchurch by two points from Old Boys, and Lancaster Park has displaced Sydenham in fourth place. The results of Saturday's matches are are follows: East Christchurch 204 for seven wickets (declared) beat Old Collegians 133 on the first Innings. West Christchurch 122 beat St. Albans 96 on the first Innings. Old Boys 199 for eight wickets (declared) drew with Army 190 for nine wickets. Lancaster Park 202 for two wickets beat Riccarton 149 on the first Innings. Weist Old Boys 220 for nine wickets (declared) drew with Sydenham 150 lor seven wickets. Harewood 176 beat Wlgram 165 on the first Innings. The opening stand by V. James (76) and M. Lohrey (46), which was worth 112 runs, was easily the best batting in East Christchurch’s innings against Old Collegians, whose bowling was steady rather than dangerous. There was little to enthuse over in Old Collegians’ batting, which, apart from that of J. C. Saunders (59), was poor. The best bowling figures were those of C. V. Walter (Old Collegians), three for 30, and R. Commons (East Christchurch), three for 37. R. H. Scott, back from the West Coast, and E. Mulcock, who took five for 46 and five for 50 respectively, made short work of West Christchurch, for whom K. F. :M. Uttley’s 51 was best. St. Albans, however, did even worse against A. C. Brown (five for 35), and J. Smith’s 23 was top score. Inconsistent, batting was seen In the Old Boys-Army game, in which W. McD. Anderson (Old Boys) 96, and M, P. Donnelly 75. dominated the '■ A. H. Monteath (Army) did next best with 30. The finish was very close and Army needed only 10 to win with the last man in. The best bowling figures were those of W. A. Hadlee (Old Boys), three for 17. Against the bowling of W. O. Mappleback (four for 48) and Cromb (three for' 48) Riccarton had to struggle for runs, and Its most successful batsmen were G. H. Stringer 38 and P. Rose 31. The Riccarton bowling, too, was treated harshly. Cromb and D. A. Stout putting on 127 for the first wicket in 50 minutes. Stout's 75 included two sixes and 11 fours, while Cromb completed his 100 In 65 minutes. A solid stand by R. McKenzie (72) and C. C. Gillies (35) was the highlight of West Old Boys’ Innings against Sydenham, lor whom C. J. Oliver (three for 44) and S. Cameron (three for 60) divided the wickets. ' Sydenham started badly, but A. J. Sutherland (36) and A. Burgess (30) improved the position. D. Moynihan, who took three for 24. was the pick of the West Old Boys bowlers. What at one time seemed an easy win for Harewood against Wlgram produced a most exciting finish. Harewood batted first and R. J. Emery (33), B. Donaldson (33) and G. K. Young (32) did best against the bowling of Mackay and R. F. Cook (four for 92). Wlgram loss five for 13 and when nine were down for 89 the game seemed over. However, L. J. Johns held his. end up and S. G. Lester attacked the bowling. ' In 25 minutes he made 88, including 12. fours and three sixes, and he was- bowled with the total only.-11 short of Harewood's. Emery, five for 68, and DOnaldson. five for 80, bowled excellently for Harewood, tor whom it was their last game. Competition Table The following table ;ahows the positions of the teams:— • Wins. Losses. ’. ■ P. Bpt. 6pt. D. Bpt. 6pt. Pts. East Ch.Ch. .. 16 West Ch.Ch. 16 16 8 1 60 Old Boys .. 18 Lane. Park .. 16 1 7 2 Sydenham .. 18 Old Coll. .. 16 Army 1 16 St. Albans .. 16 Riccarton .. 18 Wlgram .. 16 West 0.8.. . . 16 1 5 Harewood ..18 DETAILED SCORES Detailed scores in all matches are as follows: . BAST CHRISTCHURCH v. OLD COLLEGIANS EAST CHRISTCHURCH ' First Innings V. Janies, c Sandston, b Alpers .. 74 M. Lohrey, c Sandston, b Hamilton .. 46 T. Waine. c Hamilton, b- Alpers .. 16 D. P. White, b Saunders .. ~ 7 F. Kinvig, b Walter, .. ..14 J. Varcoe, b Walter .. .. 22 R. Commons, b Walter .. .. 0 I. Patrick, not out .. .. 3 R. Peacock, not out .. .. 0 Extras .. ~ ..22

Total lor seven wickets, declared. 204 Bowling Analysis—P. H. T. Alpers, 14 overs, 3 maidens, S3 runs, 2 wickets; J. C, Saunders. 18, 3, 56, 1; C. V. Walter,

5. 0. 30. 3; J. D, MacFarlane, 3, 0, 21, 0; C. G. Hamilton. 5, 0, 20, 1. OLD COLLEGIANS First Innings C. V. Walter, c Peacock, b Commons .. 8 C. G. Hamilton, b Klnvig .. ..6 J. C. Saunders, b Waine .. ..59 S. R. Scott, b Waine .. ..21 R. C. Saunders, run out .. ..5 P. Morten, c White, b Lohrey .. 12 M. Moffatt, c White, b Commons .. 9 A. C. Sandston, c White, b Lohrey .. 3 J, D. MacFarlane, c Andrews, b Commons .. .. .. • • 2 H. H. Lawrence, run out .. .. 2 P. H. T. Alpers, not out .. .. 0 Extras .. •. • • 6 Total 133 Bowling Analysis—F. Kinvig, 3 overs, 1 maiden. 14 runs, 1 wicket; M. Lohrey, 7, 0, 24, 2; R. Commons, 7.3, 0, 37, 3; I. Patrick, 4, 0, 11 0; A. Andrews, 3. 0, 15, 0; T. Waine, 4, 0, 26, 2. Kinvig bowled a wide and a no-ball, and Commons a no-ball. WEST CHRISTCHURCH v. ST. ALBANS WEST CHRISTCHURCH First Innings J. L. Kerr, c Burtt, b Mulcock ~ 0 J. S. Patrick, Ibw, b Scott .. ~16 D. Ager, b Scott .. ..6 J. Nee, c Burtt, b Mulcock .. 1 K. F. M. Uttley, Ibw, b Scott .. 51 G. R. Gregory, b Scott .. ..19 J. S. Rumbbld, b Mulcock .. 6 G. Geary, b Scott .. ..10 T. E. M. Harper, c Burtt, b Mulcock .. 0 A. C. Brown, b Mulcock .. ..8 M. Johnston, not out .. .. 2 Extras .. . • .. 3 Total .. ■. .. 122 Bowling Analysis—E. Mulcock, 14 overs, 1 maiden. 50 runs, 5 wickets; R. H. Scott, 12, 1. 46. 5: T. B. Burtt, 7, 1, 23, 0. ST. ALBANSf First Innings R. E. J. Menzies, b Nee .. •• J W. C. Dailey, run out .. “ N. S. McCann, run out .. •• F. P. O'Brien, Ibw, b Brown •• 0 J. Smith, c Rumbold, b Johnston .. 23 L. Miller, c and b Brown •• M. Cummings, c Uttley, b Johnston .. 20 T. B. Burtt, b Brown • • • • j R, H. Scott, c Johnston, b Brown .. a E. Mulcock, c Kerr, b Brown .. 0 T. Tucker, not out ■ ■ • • 0 Extras ■ • • • .. o Total .. • • ” Bowling Analysis—J. Nee, 7 overs, 0 maidens. 33 runs, 1 wicket; A. C. Brown. 10, 2, 35, 5: M. Johnston, 3.5, 0, 22, 2. OLD BOYS V. ARMY OLD BOYS First Innings W. A. Hadlee, c Alexander, b Fraser 4 I. A. Baxter, b Cutler .. " 2 l F. B. Smith, run out ■ • •• u W. McD. Anderson, c Pinney, b Wilkinson • • • • ‘ « V. G. Hill, b Cutler .. •• ® M. L. Page, lbw,.b Fraser .. • • 23 B. A. Harbidge, c Monteath. b Wilkinson • • •• ” J. H. Keys, b Cresswell .. •• * H. R. Escott. not out .. .. 2U A. A. Trotter, not out .. •< J Extras .. • • • • .. 12 Total for eight wickets .. 199 • Bowling Analysis—A. E. Cresswell, 13 overs, 2 maidens. 38 runs, 1 wicket; T. C. Fraser, 10, 0, 43, 2; A. S. H. Cutler, 7, 2, 21, 2; N. Alexander. 4, 0, 25, 0; M. P. Donnelly. 5, 0, 38. 0; A. E. Wilkinson, 2, O. 22, 2. ARMY First Innings A. P. Monteath, b Graham .. ..30 R. Pinney, c Graham, b Trotter .. 0 M. P. Donnelly, c Graham, b Escott 75 N. Alexander, st Harbidge. b Escott 3 A, S. H. Cutler, c Harbidge, b Graham 5 E. A. Gasson. c Harbidge. b Hadlee 16 T. C. Fraser, c Graham, b Hadlee .. 16 C. K. Saxton, ,b Escott .. " A. E. Wilkinson, b Hadlee .. •• 15 G. S. Henry, not out .. .. JJ A, E. Cresswell, not out 6 Extras .. •• ••• ..15 Total for nine wickets .. 190 Bowling Analysis—M. Graham, 13 overs, 0 maidens, 63 runs, 2 wickets; A. A. Trotter, 5, 0, 19. 1; H. R. Escott, 11, 0. 76, 3: W. A. Hadlee. 4. 0. 17. 3. RICCARTON v. LANCASTER PARK RICCARTON First Innings G. A. Bull, c Yates, b Mapplebeck .. 3 G. H. Stringer, c Mcßae, b Mapplebeck .. 36 A. W. Roberts, b Mcßae •. • • ? B. Daniels. Ibw. b Westwood .. 24 W. I. Proctor, b Westwood .. .. 0 L. K. Heazlewood, Ibw, b Mapplebeck 0 C. Carr, c Westwood, b Cromb . • 12 R. Cullen, c Yates, b Cromb ... 11 P. Rose, c Empson, b Mapplebeck .. 31 F. Way, not out .. ■ • •• i® L. Taylor-Cannon, b Cromb .. •• 4 Extras .. .. • • • • 7 Total 149 Bowling Analysis—D. N. Mcßae. 12 overs, 3 maidens, 41 runs, 1 wicket; W. O. Mapplebeck. 13. 2. 48. 4; R. Westwood, 4. 1, 7, 2; X. B. Cromb, 9.6, 0>.46, 3. LANCASTER PARK First Innings I. B. Cromb, st Hose, b Bull .. ..101 D. A. Stout, c Proctor, b Bull .. 75 W. O. Mapplebeck, not out .. • • 20 Extras .. .. • • .. 6 Total for two wickets .. 202 Bowling Analysis—L. Taylor-Cannon. 4 overs, 0 maidens, 45 runs, 0 wickets; A. W. Roberts, S, 0. 34, 0; R. Cullen, 5, 0, ,50, 0; G. A. Bull. 4.1, 0. 67, 2. WEST OLD BOYS v. SYDENHAM WEST OLD BOYS First Innings D. Moynihan, b Oliver .. •• 25 F. Murray, Ibw, b Burgess .. ..25 E. K. Phillips, run out .. ..13 R. McKenzie, Ibw, b Cameron .. 72 W. G. Hadley, c Kerr, !b Oliver .. 2 F. Hobbs, b Oliver g P. A. Hickling, b Cameron .. .. 6 C. C. Gillies, run out .. • • 35 F. Porteous, b Cameron .. .• 3 B. Sinclair, not out .. .. • • 4 D. Wyse, not out .. .. • • 7 Extras A .. •• ..28

Total for nine wickets (dec.) 220 Bowling Analysis—W. Spong. 4 overs, 0 maidens, 12 runs, 0 wickets; S. Cameron, 14, 0. 60. 3; C. J. Oliver, 13, 1. 44, 3: A. Burgess. 8, 0, 58, 1; L..A. Butterfield, 5. 0, 18, 0.

SYDENHAM First Innings C. J. Oliver, b Moynlhan .. ..21 L. A. Butterfield, b Hickling ..3 F. Kerr, c Hobbs, b Hickling .. 1 A. Burgess, c Porteous, b Wyse .. 30 D. C. Wilson, b Sinclair .. .- 24 A. J. Sutherland, b Moynihan ..'36 W. Jarman, c McKenzie, b Moynihan 1 F. Wise, not out .. .. ..14 S. Cameron, not out .. .. .. 3 Extras .. .. .. .. 17 Total for seven wickets .. 150 Bowling Analysis—D. Wyse, 6 overs, 0 maidens, 34 runs. 1 wicket: P. A. Hickling, 10, 1, 35, 2; D. Moynihan, 10, 4, 24, 3; B. Sinclair, 4, 0, 14, 1; F. Porteous, 3, 10, 10, 0; W. G. Hadley, 2, 0, 9, 0; F, Murray, I. 0. 7, 0. HAREWOOD v. WIGBAM HAREWOOD First Innings H. W. Joel, Ibw, b Mackay .. .. 0 R. J. Emery, b Mackay .. ..33 P. J. Wilson, b Mackay .. ..11 G. K. Young, b Mackay .. ..32 E. F. Bezzant, b Mackay .. •• 0 B. Donaldson, st Johns, b Cook .. 33 S. Hadon, c Martin, b Cook .. ..22 M. R. Jeffery, b Cook .. ..18 E. D. Milne, not out .. .. ..6 D. J. Cunningham, c Lester, b Cook .. 15 W. F. Falvey, b Mackay .. .. 0 Extras .. .. • • .. 6 Total .. •• 176 Bowling Analysis—J. D. Mackay, 11.1 overs, 2 maidens, 30 runs, 6 wickets; J. Kemp, 5, 1, 19, 0; S. G. Lester, 8. 1, 16, 0; R. F. Cook, 12, 0, 92, 4; D. Martin. 2, 0, 13, 0. Lester bowled one wide and Martin one no-ball. WIGRAM First Innings J. D. Mackay, b Emery ~ ..4 L. W. Smith, b Donaldson .. ..3 J. W. Franklin, b Donaldson .. .. 3 J. E, Smith, c Donaldson, b Emery .. 2 A. H. Stubbings, b Emery .. ..20 R. F. Cook, c Emery, b Donaldson .. 0 J. Kemp, b Donaldson .. ..25 D. Martin, b Emery .. .. .. 6 S. G. Lester, b Donaldson .. ..88 A. R. Thurlow, b Emery .. .. 1 L. J. Johns, not out .. .. ..5 Extras .. .. .. • • 8 Total .. .. ..165 Bowling Analysis—R. J. Emery, 15 overs, 3 maidens. 66 runs. 5 wickets; B. Donaldson, 12.2, 0. 80, 5; S. Hadon, 3, 2. 4, 0; G. K. Young, 1, 0, 7, 0, Donaldson bowled two no-balls. SECOND GRADE A At Hagley Park, East Christchurch 239 (Egan 61, Wilson 33, Barnes 29, Thomas 21, McNaughton 26 not out) beat Old Collegians 125 (Cotter 74) by 114 runs on the first innings. For East Christchurch, Barnes took three for 30. McNaughton two for 16, and Wason two for 20. At Hagley Park, Riccarton 284 for nine wickets declared (Whitford 138, L. Moore 35, J. Moore 35, Ayres 25) beat West Christchurch 237 (Johnston 101, Saunders 55, Hill 33) by 47 runs on the first innings. For Riccarton, Swainston took four for 24 and Riordan two for 30. For West, Nicholls took three for 53. At Hospital Corner, Sydenham 270 for eight wickets declared (Shaw 107 not out, Doldge 90. Johnston 28) beat Old Boys 169 (Britton 50, Cater 43, Arming 29) by 101 runs on the first innings. For Sydenham, Greatbatch took four for 25 and Shaw three for 44. For Old Boys, McMaster took three for 41 and Mann three for 85. SECOND GRADE B • At Sydenham Park, Boys’ High School 126 for seven wickets (Vivian 37. WakeJln 30 not out, Leggat 24) beat Sydenham 117 (Lennon 26) on the first Innings For Sydenham, Lennon took four for 19. At College Ground, Christ’s College 95 for nine wickets (Macbeth 33) and 50 for four wickets beat Old Boys 46 and 85 (Small 29, Gain 23) by six wickets. For College, Hamilton took five for none and five for 24, and for Old Boys Gain took six for 40. At Ensor’s road. Technical Old Boys 204 for four wickets (Long 67. Metcalfe 50 not out) beat St. Albans A 200 (Fowker 49, Smith 41) on the first innings. THIRD GRADE St. Albans 288 (Warwick 105, Hamilton 40, Child 33) drew with Boys’ High School 156 for four wickets (Level 61, Claughton 48). For Boys’ High School, Frampton took five for 103. St. Bede’s College 241 for seven wickets declared (Cannon 81 retired, Scully 78 retired) drew with Wlgram Air Force 212 for seven wickets (Tocker 85, Osmers 37, Warren 32). East Christchurch 78 (Jones 27) and 152 for two wickets declared (Brown 101 not out, Jones 39) beat Harewood Air Force 67 (Faulkner 21) and 90 (Martin 49, Hobbs 24) by 64. runs. For East Christchurch Jones took seven for 20 -and four for 47, and Brown four for 25. For Harewood, O’Brien took five for 11. Christ’s College 162 (Castle 54, Mills 29) and 23 for no wickets beat Technical Old Boys 24 and 156 (Sutton 30. South 29, Lamb 26) by 10 wickets. For College. Cunninghame took seven for 11 and two for 32.,F0r Technical Old Boys Lamb took five for 46. West Old Boys 144 for five wickets (Topp 55, Forsyth 39 not out) beat West Christchurch 104 (Luttrell 34, Hayes 33). For West Old Boys. Besley took five wickets for 26 runs, and for West Christchurch Jolly took three wickets for 23. FOURTH GRADE Old Boys 235 for seven wickets declared (Sloan 108, Thurston 77) drew with- West Christchurch 176 for three wickets (Candlish 62 not out, Russell 35). West Christchurch B 124 beat Christ s College 114 by. 10 runs on the first innings. For West, Dobbs took seven for 36 Riccarton 184 for seven wickets (Palmer 50, Dunn 32) beat Sydenham 141 (Hocking 44, Candy 37) on the first innings. For Riccarton, Palmer took three for 13, and for Sydenham Poison took two for four. Technical Old Boys 169 beat St. Andrew’s College 121 (McKenzie 50) by 48 runs on the first innings. , „ , West Christchurch High School 68 for five wickets declared and 140 for five wickets (Penlington 78 not out.'Tullock 3b) beat Boys’ High School 54 and 147 (Williams 33, Maxwell 29) by five wickets. For West High School, Tullock took five for 14. FIFTH GRADE

St. Andrew’s College 181 for eight wickets declared (Hughes 41, Gunn 32 not out) beat Christ’s College B 57 by 124 runs on the first innings. For St. Andrew’s Gunn took four for. 23. and, for College Oliver took three for 27 and BeaV Sydenham 0 229 5 'f0r five wickets declared (Haigh, 118 not out, Deakins 54, Scull 39) beat Boys’ High School 180 (Hattaway 78 not out, Maher 43) by 40 runs on the first innings. For Sydenham Kellar took filfe for 63 and Deakins four for 53. Christ’s College A 170 (Milliken 46, Pester 30, Steven 36) beat St. Bede: s College 113 (Fraser 50, Fogarty 24) by 57 runs on the first innings. For Christs College, Steven took seven for 32, and for St. Bede’s Fraser took six for 12 and Clark three for 71.

MATCH AGAINST WELLINGTON

STRONG CANTERBURY TEAM PICKED The following team has been picked by the sole selector (Mr M. L. Page) to represent Canterbury against Wellington at Wellington, on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday next:—W. A. Hadlee (Old Boys) captain; W. McD. Anderson (Old Boys), B. Harbldge (Old Boys), wicketkeeper; A. Burgess (•Sydenham). S. Cameron (Sydenham), I. B. Cromb (Lancaster Park). W. O. Mapplebeck (Lancaster Park), R. Westwood (Lancaster Park), D. Moynihan (West Old Boys), F. P. O’Brien (St. Albans), and V. James (East Christchurch). Mr W. M. Strachan will be manager and act as twelfth man. The team is a strong one, and differs In only one respect from that which defeated Otago recently in that Westwood replaces A. W. Roberts, but has three changes from the side that was beaten by Wellington at the New Year. Hadlee, who was not available for that game, is again included, and with Harbldge and Cameron, fill the places of D. A. R. Moloney, K. F. M. Uttley, and Roberts. In spite of these changes there is every reason to hope that Canterbury will be able to avenge its previous defeat, especially since Wellington will not have the services of M. P. Donnelly, who is again playing for Army here.