CRICKET

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23848, 18 January 1943, Page 6

CRICKET

A GOOD DAY FOR • BOWLERS

LOW SCORES IN MOST MATCHES

Competition cricket was continued on Saturday in ideal weather, with hardly any wind. However, pitches, in most games, were tricky, and did not seem to wear well, especially at Sydenham Park.

Play was dull on Hagley No. 1, where Rlccarton-Old.Collegians met Army. Riccarton batted firsthand one of the opening batsinen. Hamilton, fell early with only five runs to his credit. The next batsman, Roberts, stabilised Rlccarton’a position to some extent by hitting out and compiling a useful 28 before being splendidly caught by Page off Henderson. Way was the next to go, well bowled by Tucker. The batting continued to be steady, with Newman and Gordon adding usefully to the total with sound and aggressive batting. Rlccarton declared with 207 up for eight. Three fine catches by Page had made the Riccartbn batsmen cautious throughout. The Army team began slowly, with Cromb and Kerr the opening batsmen. Kerr’s wicket fell early, but Cromb continued to score steadily. At 25 he went out ibw to Roberts. The only other Army batsman to shape confidently was Page, whose stolid batting added 56 to Army’s total of 148 for eight wickets. At Sydenham Park, St. Albans-West Christchurch easily beat Sydenham-East Christchurch, At times play was bright, but the St. Albans batsmen opened patiently and treated the difficult bowling with respect, J. Nee, with 42, gained the highest total for St. Albans. When he was Joined at the crease by Uttley play began to get interesting, but, at 27, Uttley was caught at square-leg by Kinvlg off McKnight. Sydenham opened badly, and finished worse. The pitch by this time had become very tricky, and the batsmen faced a strong attack by O’Brien and Nee. M. Stanley was the highest scorer for Sydenham. He contributed 56 to the total of 85. No other batsmen reached double figures, the second highest scorer being C. Smith with 7. Nee took three wickets lor 12 runs.

Hadlee, playing for Park-Old Boys, gave the Canterbury Regiment batsmen no chances to score anything substantial. He took six wickets for 13 runs. Jensen batted well for Regiment, but no one else showed confidence against the tricky bowling. For Park-Old Boys. W. Mapplebeck made 51 In good style. The remaining batsmen did not fare so well, but Park declared Its first Innings with 90 up for five wickets. District Headquarters opened quietly against Air Force on' Hagley No. 2. Cawtheray went out for a duck at the beginning, but G. Smith and W. McD. Anderson made up for this by sound and aggressive batting, scoring 49 and 71 respectively. Mackay's bowling was deadly and he captured four wickets in 3.1 overs for 11 runs. District was all out at 177 and Air Force came in to bat, opening badly when two. wickets fell for two runs. Kemp and Oliver were in good form, however, and their stand aided Air Force's total considerably. But the tail failed badly and Air Force closed at 133.

Results:— Riccarton-Old Collegians drew with Army. St. Albans-West Christchurch 187 beat Sydenham-East Christchurch 85 on the first Innings. Park-Old Boys 90 for five wickets (declared) beat Canterbury Regiment 79 on the first Innings. District Headquarters 177 beat Air Force 133 on the first Innings,

Scores:— RICCARTON-OLD COLLEGIANS v. ARMY Rlccarton 207 for eght wickets, declared (L. Gordon 35, L. Newman 34, O. Whitford 29 not out, A. W. Roberts 28, F. Way 24, A. C. Sandston 23 not out). Bowling: M. L. Page three for 54. T. Tucker .three for 79. Army' 148 for eight (M. L. Page 52, I. B. Cromb 25). . Bowling; I. Procter two^for 3, A. W. Roberts four 'for 39. ST. ALBANS-WEST V. SYDENHAMEAST St. Albans 187 (J. Nee 42, N. S. McCann 27, K. F. M. Uttley 25). Bowling: L. Butterfield five for 56, W. Spong four for 52. Sydenham 85 (M. W. Stanley 56). Bowling: J. Nee three for 12, F. P. O’Brien three for 41, E. Adnam two for 19. CANTERBURY REGIMENT V. PARKOLD BOYS Regiment, first Innings 79 >(J. Gough 25); second innings 125 (F. Jensen SO, K. Tolchard 23). Bowling: W. A. Hadlee six for 13 (first innings), and two for 30 (second innings), L. Denla two for 25 (first innings) and three for 9 (second), I. A. Baxter three for' 32. . Park-Old Boys 80 for five wickets, declared (W. Mapplebeck 51). Bowling: L. Saunders one for 16, J. Gough one for 18. DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS v. AIR FORCE District 177 (W. McD. Anderson 71, F. B. Smith 49. R. H. Scott 21). Bowling; J. D. Mackay four for 11, W. Bird four for 40. Air Force 133 (J. Kemp 49, C. Oliver 38).. Bowling: R. H. Scott five for 38. Senior B.—Field Regiment 85 for six wickets declared and 54 for two wickets beat Combined Units 63 and 56 by 10 wickets. A.S.C. 201 beat Battalion 103 on the first innings. Second Grade.—Lancaster Park-Old Boys 135 beat Sydenham-East 122 on the first innings; Air Force B 259 for five wickets declared beat St. Albans 220 on the first innings; Air Force C 137 beat Coastal Artillery 82 on the first innings. Third Grade.—Lancaster Park Old Boys 288 beat St. Albans-West Christchurch 113 on the first innings. SUBURBAN GAMES A SOUND PARTNERSHIP A sound partnership by N. Stokes and J. Weatherhead was the outstanding feature of the Beckenham and Working Men’s Club match on Saturday. The pair added 60 runs for the third wicket, Stokes batting brilliantly for 50. Weatherhead carried on with N. Davidson to score 48 not but in great style, and hitting 20 off one over from W. Cunningham. Beckenham declared with three wickets down for 149, as against Working Men’s Club’s innings for 90. Spreydon fielded a weak team against Shirley, which secured an outright win by eight wickets. Waltham beat Harewood by three wickets, and Matchless beat Railway by nine runs on the first innings. Results:— SENIOR GRADE Beckenham 149 for three wickets declared (N. Stokes 50, J. Weatherhead 48 not out) beat Working Men’s Club 90 (A. Barnard 25, J. Trustrum.24) and 36 for one wicket (V. Pockson 20 not out) by 59 runs on the first innings.' For Beckenham, R. Griffiths took seven for 38 and F. Davison three for 17. Matchless 100 (O. Hattersley 29, M. Marshall 23, A. Spicer 20) beat Railway 95 (F. Clapshaw 44, H. Stoddart 29) and 141 for six wickets (E. Brook 49 not out, H. Claridge 20, H. Stoddart 20 not out) by five runs on the first innings. For Matchless, R. Norton took three for 21, E.. Hall two for 9, and A. Spicer three for 35; and for Railway, L. Hood took five for 49. Shirley 62 for six wickets declared and 40 for two wickets beat Spreydon 28 and 70 by eight wickets. For Shirley, G. Kent took six for 12, and lor Spreydon, F. Klddey took five for 20 and two for 15. Waltham 140 for seven wickets (H. Poulton 60 not out. C. Carston 23, H. Hodgson 22) beat Harewood 132 (J. Steere 39. M. Broadhurst 35, B. Shipley 20) by three wickets. For Waltham. E. Bailey took seven for 26; and for Harewood. J. Steere took three for 50. JUNIOR A GRADE Merivale 111 (G. Rhodes 31) beat St. Albans 36 and 82 for seven wickets (J. Booth 31. D. Liddell 24 not out) by 75 runs on the first Innings. For Merivale, Haase took six for 16 and three for 18, and for St. Albans, Day took three for 35 and C. Liddell three for 35. Marathon 145 for eight wickets declared (Tewnion 23, Garbutt 26) and 32 for five wickets declared beat Harewood 76 (Liseley 35) and 61 for six by 69 runs on the first innings. Oddfellows 98 (Lennie 31 not out) beat A.S.C. 87 (McKane 35) by 11 runs on the first innings. For Oddfellows Lilburne took five for 20; and for A.S.C., McFarlane took lour for 12. New Brighton 177 for six wickets declared (Campbell 79, Bishop 40, Butler 34) beat Rlccarton 88 (Delore 35) and 95 for three wickets (E. Timms 43 not out, R. Timms 37 not out) by 89 runs on the first Innings. JUNIOR B GRADE Beckenham 147 (Mclndoe 47, Wornall 31, Down 24) beat Waltham 69 by 78 runs on the first innings. For Beckenham, Athfleld took five for 42 and Farmer four for 25. Shirley 84 for nine wickets declared (Geary 27) beat Northcote 31 and 28 by an Innings and 25 runs. For Shirley, Langford took seven for 16 and five for 16, Vallance four for 9, and Geary three for 5. , Sumner 116 (Thomson 46. Hickmott 20) beat Sappers 73 (Ingles 24) by 43

runs on the first innings. -For Sumner, Edgar took five for 22; and for Sappers Day took five for 29. THIRD GRADE Area 10 200 for eight wickets declared (Blackwell 58, Fleete 42, Collins 36) beat Grosvenor 97 (Lambie 32. Claydon 29) and 44 by an innings and 59 runs. For Area 10, Collins took three for 9 and Blackwell three for 12. Beckenham 143 beat Waltham 54 and 40 by an innings and 49 runs. For Beckenham, Prattley took four for 3 , and Scapens three for 7; and for Waltham, Baines took five for 28.