CRICKET

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23588, 16 March 1942, Page 3

CRICKET

PAY of brisk SCORING FAST CHRISTCHURCH IN j STRONG POSITION narkling 17t nnt ou( b - v Uttlcy, the A S P individual score of the season. < W,u re e other centuries made in last i and vy ( l ie highlights of the twenlI of matches in the Canterbury ietd.Pi Association's competitions on Satav when conditions for play were ur iiint Th 6 other centuries were those e*onherts for Riccarton, Moynthan b)' west Old Boys, and Waine 100 111 u" t j or Ea-t Christchurch. Moyni 110 ■ effort was a particularly brisk one. lt®j s he r eached the 100 in 61 minutes. with only two more rounds to be played t Christchurch holds a particularly P 5 * position in the competition with str ?of five noinls ovp >' ’ ts nearest s „ npn t Old Boys, which has yet to »PP on th g bye, along with the third Riccarton. lC The results of Saturday's matches are Jrr CJtristclnn ch 313 for four wickets Old Collegians 202. cirrirton 213 for six wickets declared JV with old Boys 184 for six wickets. West Old BOVS 184 b,>a t st - Albans 114. yir force 230 for six wickets beat Army Jl7. west Christchurch 266 for nix wickets dared drew with Lancaster Park 171 lit seven wickets. Sydenham a bye. The points of the teams are as fol- , ... —Fast Christchurch 30, Old Boys 75. Karton 72. St, Albans 54, West Old 2 l v C <fsO Air Force 48, Army 44. Lanca^let 42 Sydenham 39. West Christh,,rrh 19. Old Collegians 15. As Army cn aAir Force did not meet In the first Saturday’s game was a double one nH Air Force secured 12 points. After making a poor start against East Christchurch. Old Collegians recovered C phieflv through a sound 54 by SaunJ.K and ivarfl hitting by Sheppard, who -hour Andrews bowled particularly fill to take six wickets tor 62, and tnhrev took three for 40. From the outt East Christchurch found little difficulty and maintained a scoring rate of "T rferablv more than two, a minute all fh P time James made a neat 33, then n nhTev and Waine took charge. Lohrcy iSa particularly vigorous in securing 77. h,,t Waine’s century in an hour and a half was more sound. Later. Kennedy Showing” easily his best form of the ,-ason Roberts dominated the Riccarton halting against Old Boys. He was in nearly two hours and hit 14 fours and six Daniel, with 44, was the only X er to make a stand. Anderson, three fn? 6 19 took most wickets for Old Boys, ihlrb was set an extremely difficult task lainst the strong Riccarton bowling. rJville gave the side a good start with « and Hadlee, who scored 82, made a his effort to secure the runs in the short time In taking five wickets for 59 Roharts completed a very successful day. While his team mates held their end „n Movnihan dealt severely with the St. Albans' bowling in his 70 minutes at the w ckets. He was severe on anything loos? Li hit u fours and a six. Tucker and Henderson divided the wickets for St. Albans the former taking four for 30. and Henderson, three for 56. The West ft d Bovs’ bowlers had early success, and st Albans failed to recover. Martin, with «■ a ione making a stand. Scott again secured the average for West Old Boys, taking four for 44. . , . Although Army lost two wickets rheaolv against Air Force, good batting 'bvßaker 64. Mills 38. and Ward 37, improved the position considerably. It was fine cricket, and Mackay was the only Air Force bowler to have much success, taking four for 63. Kemp gave Air Force a good start with a hard-hit aO, and Bezant made a similar number more slowiv. Buns were hardly coming fast enough, hut Mackay attacked the bowling vigorously. and. his 61 not out gave bus suL an exciting win. Moore, who took five fo. n was the most impressive Armv h There have been few better displays than (hat of Uttley. who carried txia ha. ' aeainst Lancaster Park. He d'd what ne pleased with the bowling and 114 ° f b nuts came from boundary strokes. In thi. i-nings extras numbered 36. Yates took Tour wickets for 20 runs for Lancaster Park in whose innings Clark with 63 and Drvden 40 not out made most of t-.. runs. For West Christchurch Burs Jhrfc for 29. and J. Nee. three fo. onk the wickets. Second Grade Svdenham 204 for six wickets declared (King 126) beat West Christchurch .110 (Wilson 30, not out) and 54. by Jnning.. and 40 runs. For Sydenham. King took three forTT. and-'Smith fouf for 18. For West. Burns took three for 44. . East Christchurch 201 for five' pickets (Dudley 76, Wason 40) beat Riccarton 195 (Riordan . 82. Roberts 54) on the firs innines. For East. Wason took thi ee tor 60 and for Riccarton Riordan took four Vchniial Old Boys 238 for nine wickets declared (Geary 62) drew with Boys High School 138 for seven wickets (Black Tld Collegians 179 (Hounsell se Campbell 33, Haylock 32) drew with Chnsts College 131 for nine wickets (A yang 26, Schneideman 25, Ormond 21). For Old Collegians, Richards took three for 16 ana for College Purdie took three for 11. St. Albans A. six for 188 declared (M Smith 70) beat St. Albans B (99 and five for 108, W. Waters 37) by 89 runs on the first innings, E. Garbutt, for the A team, took six wickets for 33 and three for 4. and G. Hadfield three for 35. SUBURBAN GAMES THIRD FIELD REGIMENT’S OUTRIGHT WIN The Suburban Cricket Association games were continued on Saturday lr a cold easterly wind. At Linwood Park the game was abandoned after the collapse and sudden death of Mr T. McClelland, a member of the Working Men’s Club team, who batted for his team appal - ently in perfect health, but died 'a few minutes after the termination of his innings. , ~3 _ The results of the games are as follows. Third Field Regiment defeated Radwa, by an innings and 67 runs. Third Field Regiment made 176 for eight wickets declared (G. Anderson 69, R. Cullen 3.9, v Donnelly 26, T. Galloway 28). Railway made 67 and 42. Bowling for Field Regiment. V. Donnelly took three for 40 ana eight for 19, including the hat-trick, and B. Walsh four for 16. Army 111 made 112 (S. Campbell 45 retired, E. Neave 21 retired) and beat Army II 89 (Campbell 32) by 23 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Army 111 v Campbell took six for 22, and for Arm,, II Durie took three for 19. . . H Spreydon 76 for eight wickets declare (P. Kiddey 22 not out) beat Army * J(N, Nottle 23) by six runs on the WS' Innings. Bowling for Spreydon. H. Green took three for 10 and M. Scone three tot 19; and for Army I N. Nottle took four for 17 and R, Kenny four for 34. . Harewood 168 for four wickets deciar (K. Watson 48, A, Shipley 37, J. Alngei 24) beat Merlvale 64 and 56 for seve wickets by 104 runs on the first inning. For Harewood. L. Gaskill took five lo 19 and J. Ainger four for 39, Shirley 117 (L. Stead 37 not out, _W Bampton 38) beat Waltham 112 (C. don 28, H. Rayner 20) by five runs on the first innings. For Shirley. L. Stead t four for 42 and E. Taylor fo°r for -z. and for Waltham, W. Oliver took rnree for 26. . . Beckenham batted first, against Working Men's Club and made 129 (S. Ca theray 23. D. Angus 23. F. P a v is ?" “J, Working Men’s Club had made 88 for tnc 'oss of nine wickets (C. Smith 21) whet the game was abandoned. . , The following are the points of - tne senior teams;— Third Field Regunent • Railway 38, Harewood 35. , s' ' Soreydon 35, Beckenham 32, Workin Men’s Club 26 Waltham 23. Armv 1 *'■ Army II 9, Merivale 0, Army HI «• LOWER GRADES ■ ( Junior A -Brighton 221 (Bishop Cd. Ellis 56) ueat Riccarton 127 (C. Ayers 33)) by ui runs on the first innings. Bowling tor Riccarton, Raxworthy took three for J5. Matchless 242 (Dryden, 94 not out. m. Marshall 38, Hattersby 31) beat Linwood 164 (Dyne 75, not out, Holland 31) by 78 runs on the first innings. Bowling tor Linwood, Brown took five for 54. Beckenham 205 (Hay 72, Jarvis 34. Clarkson 36) drew with Shirley 115 for five wickets (Kent 57). Bowling for Beckenham, O’Connor took two for 18, ana for Shirley Kent took three for 74. Grosvenor 161 (Jenkins 63, Lewis 33) defeated St. Albans 131 (Suckling 20) by 30 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Grosvenor, Ryde took six for 37. and for St. Albans Laurie took three for 6. IN OTHER CENTRES t (P.A.) AUCKLAND, March 15. The Auckland Cricket Association’s knock-out competition was continued on Saturday in tine weather, a feature being the centuries scored by L. M. Smith (Middlemore) and R. H. Cleave (Grafton), and the fine bowling performance ol seven wickets for 18 runs by E. Prentice for North Shore against University Scores:—North Shore 180 (Webb 83. McArthur 50) heat University 75. Y.M.C.A. 1W (Cooper 50 not out. Colling? 44. Martin four for 22) lost to Grafton 212 for

three wickets (Cleave 105 not out, Wallace 72). Ponsonby-Balmoral 170 (Lambton 40) drew with Parnell 104 for seven (Muir 46 not out. Sorenson five tor 38). Middlemore 213 for four wickets declared (Smith 108 not out, P. Elliott 53) drew with Eden 155 for nine wickets (Postles 40) (P.A.) WELLINGTON, March 15. Narrowly beating Hutt on the first innings, Karori regained their place at the top of the championship ladder on Saturday when the final round of the Wellington Cricket Association's senior first division competition was started. Results;—Karori 122 for nine wickets (Dickinson 35. Muir four for 11) beat Hud 121 (Hoar 45. Muir 36 not out, Dickinson four for, 42. Searvoll three for 0). Army 180 for eight wickets declared (Snedden 52) beat Kilbirnie 85 (Cleverly five for 32 Andrews five for 27) and 59 for nine wickets (Snedden three ior 9, Pa, ,}' lc . K three for 3). Senior second division; Wellington College Old Boys 148 (Blundell four for 45) beat Wellington 10 (Lamason eight for 3) and 32 (Lamason seven fo? 8) Petone 161 (Barber 46. Hudson 42) beat St. Patrick’s College Old Boys 12T (Bourke 43). For Petone Riddells tooli, tour for 37 For St. Patrick’s. Melcall took five for 34. Johnsonville 110 (Withers 37) beat Institute Old Boys 95. Foi institute Muir took four fot a 5. Uni versity 218 for six wickets (Whelen 90. Patz 41 not out) beat Midland 214 for six wickets declared (McCawe 80 Crawford 41) For University Francis took four for 29 ,p a ) DUNEDIN. March 15. Fine weather gave way to steady rain about the middle of Saturday afternoon and no results were obtained in the Otago Cricket Association’s competitions Grange scored 168 for nine (F. W. BeiUmf 63 not out, A. R. Knight 46. L. Groves six for 46) against University, and (J r Fraser* 7B? < A e( C.Procter nl 49 no[ C out. A Jack 47 A Riach seven for 80) against North East Valley, but in neither o these games did the other side begini its innings. Dunedin made 103 (L. Smith six for 47) against Albion-Y.M.C.A.. had time to score 40 for two wickets bffore stumps were drawn.