CRICKET

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 25047, 2 December 1946, Page 5

CRICKET

SECOND ROUND MATCHES PLAYED FINE BOWLING BY R. F. COOK Wickets which were generally lively helped bowlers to make the second round of matches in the Canterbury Cricket Association's senior competition on Saturday a day of fairly low scoring. High School Old Boys, the only team to score an outright win, made 243 for four wickets against the weak Technical team, but in all the other games the batsmen had to work hard for their runs. Although his success was achieved against a very poor batting side, the performance of R. F. Cook, of High School Old Boys, in taking 14 Technical wickets during the afternoon, was undoubtedly the outstanding one of the day. Apart from the excellent length and control he maintained. Cook’s stamina was remarkable. It was the first ball of his fortyfourth over—all bowled during the afternoon play—which gave his side victory three minutes before the close of play. Another excellent effort was that of the young St. Albans fast bowler, C. J. Winter, who took seven wickets for 19 against West Christchurch. He had the assistance of a fresh southerly wind, and a wicket which, crumbling almost from the start of play allowed him to bring the ball up head high at times. He bowled with determination and energy throughout an exhausting spell, and the West Christchurch batsmen never looked like staying long. P Allsopp, a capable left-hand slow bowler for East Christchurch, took seven wickets for 24 against West Old Boys, and W. F. Spong, Sydenham, demonstrated that the years have not brought about a lessening of his effectiveness on a wicket which gives him any assistance. He took six Old Collegians wickets for 24, an excellent achievement against a sound batting side The English professional. J. H. Parks, gave a demonstration of how a bowler should attack the batsmen from the first ball, in taking five wickets for 33 against Riccarton, for whom A H. Sibley also bowled excellently. Second Successive Century The only century of the day was scored by the young Sydenham left-hander, D. C. Wilson. It was his second consecutive hundred,, and his runs were made in a most impressive manner. J. G. Leggat (87). and J. R. Waters (79) were associated in a partnership for High School Old Boys which realised 143 runs and both batsmen batted capably. Parks scored a solid 69 for Lancaster Park, and others who made good scores were H. E. H Denham (Old Collegians), T. Burtt (St. Albans), R. Cullen (Riccarton), R. Peacock (Bast Christchurch), and R. G. Condliffe (St. Albans). Results were as follows: East Christchurch 227 for nine wickets beat West Old Boys 129, by 98 runs on the first innings. Sydenham 224 for six wickets, beat Old Collegians 155, by 69 runs on the first innings. St. Albans 183 for nine wickets declared, beat West Christchurch 54 and 119 for six wickets by 129 runs on the first innings. Lancaster Park 184 beat Riccaton 138 by 46 runs on the first innings. High School Old Boys 243 for four wickets, declared, beat Technical 54 and 134 by an innings and 55 runs. Competition points at present are:—St. Albans 13, High School Old Boys 11, Lancaster Park 10, East Christchurch 8. Sydenham 8, Old Collegians 4. West Christchurch 4, Riccarton 4, West Old Boys 2, Technical 0. East Christchurch v. West Old Boys Although the East Christchurch attack in the early stages was not unduly aggressive, the West Old Boys batsmen were unable to make much progress until F. G. Hobbs and K. Hitchcock put on 60 for the eighth wicket. Allsopp was extremely accurate —his first 10 overs, in which he took three wickets, cost only 15 runs—and he turned the ball a little both ways. His persistence brought him a rich reward, and West Old Boys scored only 129. The East Christchurch captain, V. James, scored a bright 40, and W. Walters was also sound in making his 38 The most attractive batting of the day. however, came from R. Peacock, who scored 66 by using a full array of good strokes. The West Old Boys' bowling fell away after tea, although earlier R. H. Scott had worked hard in taking one for 26 off 18 overs. Perhaps the best feature of the losing team’s display was the grpund fielding, in which department K. Hitchcock was excellent. It was a fine return from him which dismissed Walters. East Christchurch won a comfortable and convincing victory. Sydenham v. Old Collegians

s Old Collegians gave a rather disappoint- . ing display against Sydenham. W. Spong, swinging the ball in late, and coming off the pitch quickly, took two wickets very early, and although H. E. H. Denham and C. G. Hamilton, and later R. C. Saunders, made ‘useful scores, the last five batsmen added only seven, and the Old Collegians’ total was the very moderate one of 155. Spong bowled finely, making the most of the assistance he gained from the wicket, and at the other end N. V. Burtt was an excellent foil Denham gave a chance off S- Cameron before he had scored, but his studied, methodical innings was an invaluable one. Hamilton, who helped him to add 96 for the third wicket, also played well although Burtt often had him in difficulties. Saunders, a most consistent batsman, made a useful 34, but the remainder were singularly unimpressive. D C. Wilson gave a most attractive display in scoring his second century of the season. In contrast to the previous week, when his runs came largely from on side placements. Wilson on Saturday scored all round the wicket and played his shots cleanly and surely almost from the .opening over. Included in his score were 10 boundaries, and a five and his batting held a note of complete confidence, the only bowler to keep him quiet being the left-hander. D. G. Hamilton. Hamilton emerged with credit from an interesting duel with Wilson; he took only one wicket, but his 15 overs cost only 16 runs, an indication of the accuracy with which he bowled. The failure of the last Old Collegians batsmen robbed the game of some of its interest, Sydenham’s win being unexpectedly easy.. St. Albans v. West Christchurch Bowling with great life on a fiery wicket, C. J. Winter dominated the scene in the match between St. Albans and West Christchurch. Fiequently the ball reared up sharply, and three of Winter’s victims were dismissed from catches off their gloves. Conditions were all in his favour, but Winter deserves credit for a fine effort. He bowled eleven overs without a rest—a good performance for one who puts so much energy into his work. He bowled few loose balls, although one of his early wickets was taken with a fun toss, and the only consolation he allowed the batsmen was in the fact that dieir discomfiture did not usually last long •When St. Albans went in. just before lunch, J S. Patrick abandoned his usual leg break bowling and bowled from Win®"d at \ fai V p^ce ’ The opening batsuernr^eR e « struck . , five times in making no , wicket fell before the infm—w , Aft . er .' U 1 l ch st ' Albans made an m » s . t u rt t„ but had llttle dimeuHv 54 W , e ? Christchurch total of howiod well again from the south end, and looked likelv to take WnitZ^'hariV 6 wa ® not the match winner his third R G- Condliffe. making nis third successive good score nlav#»rf an ■nniHSs/ ul > ° f shots an'd P uffovelv miss-hits. His on-driving, however was .Client, and his innings I S«Iv U in f rn °i? e - J Smith oft-<lrove B p er a T Phwl? making a bright 35. and later Ch C riFh a f F ha -- lffi -- p wS W h ß Tr?on ha a d n5 b n tW K °e him k Sd ar h ° Ut !on ® en r o r uJS e to OP , ed ; havlng n ga i ned CT a Lancaster Park v. Riccarton employed relentlessly and gave the biTtl r ? s P | ',<;- The left-hander R CulWel1 ' and scored quite quickly when Parks was rested, and two others an ,h A- Candlish, gave valuable assistance, the latter batting stylishly Wh„n a n n - MSt i r Park was always S n top. When Riccarton went into the field. Parks Cromb. the opening batsmen, were both m trouble early Each gave a n rJ n K. the „ sllps off A H Cromb j 25 was not made in his usual assured manner. Parks settled down to give an exhibition of steadv batting his runs corning to a large extent from pushes in the square leg area—it was a long time before the sap he used so well was stopped. Parks hit one good six, but his 69 took 172 minutes, a dour display. Easily the best bowler was A H Sibley, who last season tried to bowl fast, without accuracy. On Saturday he was steadiness .tself, bowling at medium pace, and he deserved the success he achieved. Riccarton scored at only a run a minute, hardly fast enough for oneday cricket, but the Lancaster Park batting was even more stolid. It was an interesting but far from thrilling game. Old Boys v. Technical

Brisk batting by J. G. Leggat and J. R. Waters gave Old Boys the initiative which the side never lost in the game against Technical. Waters played some risky shots but was full of good cricket and scored his runs quickly and well Leggat was more subdued, but was never reducing to plodding, and the later batsmen against inferior bowling, hit out to give the team a satisfactory 243 for four wickets before the declaration. R.

F. Cook, bowling good length leg breaks, soon had the Technical side in trouble, although the batsmen were partly their own victims in their insistence on playing back. Cook, profiting by their uncertainty, undermined their defence with his insistent length and turn, and he was capably aided in his destruction by the wicketkeeper, A. E. L. Britton, who, in the afternoon, took four catches and made two good stumpings. Technical had to follow on, 189 behind, and again Cook was the chief instrument in their downfall. w. McD. Anderson also bowled leg rom the other end, and he bowled them very well indeed, using a vicious wrong ’un well, and he deserved more success. A fifth wicket partnership between W. Beazley and D. Murray threatened to rob Old Boys of success, and later J. Lang played an excellent innings of 32 not out, but Cook, bowling over after oyer into the wind, had the satisfaction of taking the last wicket three minutes before stumps. It was just that the catch should be taken by Britton. Scares:— West Old Boys 120 (A. Prebble 13, R. McKenzie 17, R. H. Scott 16, F. G. Hobbs 33, K. Hitchcock 23: M. Lohrey, one for 47; P. Allsopp, seven for 24; M. Stanley, two for 16). East Christchurch 227 for nine wickets (V. James 40, W. Walters 38, R. Peacock 66, D. Watson 34, P. Allsopp 13; Scott, two for 61; D. Moynihan, one for 33; Prebble, one for 23; L. Denia, two for 34; Hitchcock, two for 23).

Old Collegians 155 (H. E. H. Denham 59. C. G. Hamilton 36, M. J. Moffatt 12, R. C. Saunders 34: W. F. Soong, six for 26; N. V. Burtt, three for 62). Sydenham 224 for six wickets (D. C. Wilson 104, M. Metcalfe 39, A. T. Burgess 14, C. Smith 23, N. Davidson 11 not out;.P. H. T. Alpers, one for 48; C. G. Hamilton, one for 20: W. S. McKibbin, one for 33; Denham, one for 31; D. G. Hamilton, one for 16: A. R. Barnsdale, one for 12). West Christchurch 54 (R. Cassidy 11; C. J. Winter, seven for 19; E. Mulcock, one for 14) and 119 for six wickets (W. Burton 29, J. L. Kerr 25, J. Patrick 26. Cassidy 11: J. A. McMaster, one for 28; T. Burtt, four for 41). St. Albans 183 for nine wickets declared (R. G. Condliffe 55. J. Smith 35, Burtt 50; Patrick, four for 35; M. Johnston, one for 32: E. Courtis, two for 34; Kerr, two for 40). Riccarton 138 (L. Newman 15, R. Cullen 53, J. Jacobs 25, A. Candlish 22: J. H. Parks, five for 33: V. Smith, one for 27; C. Carston, one for 33; I. B. Cromb, two for 12). Lancaster Park 184 (Parks 69. Cromb 25, W. Pollit 10, R. C. Shand 14, R. Davey 16: A. H. Sibley, four for 25; Candlish, two for 68: R. King, one for 17; G. A. Bull, two for 11). High School Cid Boys 243 for four wickets declared (W. McD. Anderson 19. J. G. Leggat 87. J. Waters 79, F. B. Smith 17 C F. Robson 20 not out: M Elliott, one for 68; T. Bartholomew, two for 64). Technical Old Boys 54 (L. Parnell 15- R. F. Cook, seven for 23: R- C. Booker, one for 4; C. G. Snook, two for 9) and 134 (Bartholomew 13, W. Beazley 21, D. Murray 33, J. Lang 32 not out; Cook, seven for 65; Anderson, one for 25; J. F. Collins, one for 12).

LOWER GRADES

SECOND GRADE A Lancaster Park 208 (Lawlor 69. McLennan 51) beat Old Collegians 155 (Macbeth 47, Dennehy 35) by 53 runs on the first innings. For Lancaster Park, Barber took four for 61, Hamilton four for 36; for Old Collegians Macbeth took- three for 37 ana Moore three for 24. West Christchurch 230 for seven (Arnold 94, Satterthwaite 66) drew with East Christchurch 207 for seven (Besley 71, McNaughton 61). For West, Turner took three for 64; for East Wilson four High School Old Boys 231 (Marks 50, Fisher 30) drew with Sydenham 202 for seven (Dougall 55 not out. Little 32). For Old Bovs, Leonard took two for 15 and for Sydenham, Smart took five for 43. St. Albans 269 (Nelson 86. Birch 45. Bayley 44) beat Riccarton 214 (Wilson 61, Jesson 46, MooYe 39) by 55 runs on the first innings. For St. Albans, Ormiston took three for 51, Kiddey two for 21; for Riccarton Jesson took five for 25. SECOND GRADE B Christ’s College 154 for five (Coull 70, Harper 30) drew with West Christchurch 101 for six (Dudley 56). For Christ’s College, Couper took four for 34; for West, Chichester two for 13. High School Old Boys 143 (Cummins 46, Sloane 42) beat University 92 (Collins 19) by 51 runs on the first innings. For Old Boys Herron took four for 32, Keys three for 37; for University, Guernsly took five for 25. Rawston three for 43. Technical Old Boys 173 for six (Matthews 88) drew with Boys’ High School 105 for one (Stuart 56 not out, Poore 40 not out). For Boys’ High School, Reid took three for ,43. Sydenham 219 for five (Smith 75 not out, Thomas 52 not out) drew with St. Bede’s College 119 for nine (Meates 29). For Sydenham, Thomas took five for 23. Doidge two for 13; for St. Bede’s, McCarthy took two for 49. St: Albans-Training College 111 (Young 20) beat St. Albans 109 (Henderson 27, McKenzie 21) by two runs on the first innings. For St. Albans-Training College, Archer took four for 30, Stewart four for 32; for St. Albans, Marks took three for 21, Millow three for 19. THIRD GRADE A ■Lancaster Park 107 (Rowlands 28 not out. Richards 21, Jones 21) beat West Old Boys 58 (Head 17) by 49 runs on the first innings. For Lancaster Park. Read took five for 17. Smith four for 27; for West Old Boys, Lang took three for 23, James two for 16. High School Old Boys 198 (Willoughby 58, Smith 47) beat Sydenham 65 (Prosser • 24) by 133 runs on the first innings. For High School Old Boys, Smith took five for 31. Hay four for 26; for Sydenham Pollock took two for 10. East Christchurch 159 for nine (Bennett 49 Orchard 34) beat East-Lincoln College 115 (Kerr 30 not out) by 44 runs on the first innings. For East. L. C. Ireland took four for 26. Bennett three for 17: for East (Lincoln College) Scott took five for 44.

St. Albans 186 for three (Hooper 77 not 35. Child 31 not out) drew with Riccarton 179 for six (Frew 54. Man--54. Owen 32). For St. Albans Hooper took two for 34. Child two for 21. sn y bS? a w.A ,! !tL M . c ? llnchy 6S - Shackel 61 Christchurch IT3 (Jensen pl, Pither ,50) by 10 runs on the first th?e" B for S?' Sy <1 «> ha ”L MCGlinch.V took w n 3 ',J or West. Jensen took four tor 66. Hill three for 23.

THIRD GRADE B Lancaster Park 255 for five (Hill 130 ?4> and 41 f b '’,* Sy J enham 63 (Milton 6rst ™ H , by 192 runs ° n tha ;P n - n r a Tor Lancaster Park, King ior C - for f c'a n ' E ' MA PP>ebeck four fol 35 Sydenham. Gillard took two

Boys’ High School 97 (Blyth 18 Gernlteh'M?h at Old Boys 63 'Cumber, natch 141 by 63 runs on the first innings F or .? oy . s Bigh School Glen took four for is' f ° r Wesfc Old B °ya, Hartnell six

,?, ed f's.y ld B °y s 163 (O'Connell 51) beat West Christchurch 79 (Burns 31) bv 84 runs on the first innings. For St B ™ dC ,i’ Costello took four for 12; Gouldmg, three for 28; for West. Murphy took

Christ’s College 133 for seven (Fars? nt . ? ot o Put ' Bridge 26) drew with t Ji g1 0.?, Ch0 21. 129 for nine (Low 43. Craig 43. Stiles 26). For College. Bransgrove took four for 25, Brebner four for 30; for West, Marsh took two for 14 Reader two for 19.

High School Cid Boys 137 (Coursev 46, Laver 20) beat ,Old Collegians 115 (Nor2?an^, 3 J £ y 22 runs on the fir st innings. For Old Boys, Cossar took three for 23 ™2 e ~ t h ree for 20 - Laver two for 34; for Old Collegians Pidgeon took six for 36, Christie two for 24.

FOURTH GRADE A High School Old Boys 119 for eight (Emmerson 27. Lewis 21 not out, Dorreen 14) beat Boys’ High School 108 for six (Palmer 57, Knight 14 not out, Munt 14. Bennett 14) by 11 runs on the first innings. For Old Boys Parks took two for 15. Dorreen one for 9; for Bovs' High School, Langley took three for 31, Munt one for 8

Christ’s College 240 for nine (J’errv 76, Purchas 37) beat Lancaster Park 175 (Davies 40. Lawlor 35) by 75 runs on the first innings. For College, Perry took three for 21; Hunt three for 29; for Park, Roceter took three for 49. Riccarton 150 (Swanston 56, Dee 38) beat Technical Old Boys 39 (McEntee 17) and 29, by an innings and 82 runs. For Riccarton. Dee took four for 12 and two for 3; Hastie one for 5. Swanston two for 1; for Technical Old Boys, Austin took four for 27. Rawlence four for 35. St. Bede’s Old Bovs 199 (Doolan 109, Twomey 17) drew with Sydenham 120 for nine (Watts 29, Irving 24). For St. Bede’s Old Boys. Connell took eight for 25: for Sydenham, Watts four for 36. East Christchurch beat West Christchurch by default. FOURTH GRADE B Lancaster Park 85 (Hill 52) and 70 for four (Hill 54) beat Technical Old Boys 82 (Malcolm 27. Clark 20) and 110 for two (Clark 49 not out. Malcolm 39) by three runs on the first inings. For Lancaster Park. Kirkpatrick took four for 16. Partridge three for 12: for Technical Old Boys. Hulston took three fr>r 16. McAllister two for 12 and two for 10. Christ's College B 87 (Lawn 50) beat Boys’ High School 42 (Clark 17) bv 45 runs on the first innings. For College. Wilson took four for 2, Foweraker two for 10. Hickman two for 4: for School. Walters took two for 11. Holdsworth two for 17. Papanui Technical College 81 (Marquet 22. Washington 21) beat Christ’s College A 42 (Richards 25) by 39 runs on the first innings. For Papanui Technical College. Pengelly took six for 20. Nunford two for 14: for Christ’s College. Smith took four for 11, Stewart two for 2. Christchurch Technical College won outright from St. Bede’s College.