CRICKET

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25089, 22 January 1947, Page 4

CRICKET

REPRESENTATIVE MATCH AT TIMARU WIN FOR CANTERBURY COLTS From Our Own Reporter ! TIMARU, January 21. Canterbury Colts gained a win by 10 wickets over South Canterbury, in a representative cricket match, which was completed at Timaru to-day. South Canterbury wickets fell cheaply in the second innings, especially when the Canterbury professional coach (J. H. Parks) took over the attack from the northern end of the Rectory Ground. At the other end the spin bowler, CandJisli, seemed to give the batsmen almost as much trouble. It was evident as the match progressed that South Canterbury was handicapped by the non-appearance of several of its usual representative players. In the circumstances the team put up a good performance, and its experience against the pick of Canterbury's younger players will no doubt prove most valuable. W’ith 92 runs on the board at the end of the first day’s play, and with five wickets in hand, Canterbury continued its innings this morning. The unbeaten batsmen, O’Malley and Collins, took the score to 129 before the latter was dismissed. Both started briskly and added nearly 30 in the first- half-hour. Scoring then became slower. O’Malley dug himself in and remained at the crease throughout the morning’s play and for an hour and a half in the afternoon. His score of 58 included 32 singles. Canterbury’s total of 227 left the home side with 86 runs to make to save an innings defeat. Few batsmen were comfortable against the consistent attack of the spin bowlers, and the only one to open up with any confidence was the captain, A. Souter, whose total of 31 was made smartly. Shortly before 5 o’clock. Parks and- Candlish took over and made quick work of the last five South Canterbury batsmen. In his 11 overs. Parks took five wickets for 14 runs and bowled four, maidens. Candlish finished with two for nine off seven overs. Canterbury was left with only nine to make, and this total was reached after seven balls had been bowled. Prattley, the South Canterbury bowler who took three wickets in the first day’s play, was not so dangerous to-day. A creditable performance was given by B. Roddick, whose 27 overs cost only 37 runs. He took two wickets and bowled 12 maidens. A feature of the Colts’ fielding was the brilliant wicket-keeping by R. Davey, who also showed excellent form when he was batting. Details: SOUTH CANTERBURY First innings .. .. .. 141 Second Innings N. Riley, run out .. .. 0 S. Betty, c Satterthwaite, b Parks .. 11 N. Gould, st Davey, b Hitchcock .. 13 E. Hind, b Collins .. ..9 A. Souter, b Parks .. .. 31 R. Harley, b Candlish .. 8 H. Smith, c Satterthwaite, b Parks 5 B. Roddick, lbw, b Parks .. 5 A. Boyd, b Candlish .. 5 McCrorie, b Parks .. ..2 R. Prattley, not out .. .. 0 Extras .. .. .. 5 Total .. .. ..94

Fall of wickets: one for 0, two for 13, three for 31, four for 41, five for 73, six for 75, seven for 84, eight for 92, nine for 92. CANTERBURY COLTS First Innings J. Reece, c Smith, b Prattley .. 0 P. Arnold, lbw, b Prattley .. 22 C. Satterthwaite, b Prattley .. 11 G. Coull, c Riley, b Roddick .. 13 R. Marks, lbw, b Roddick .. 22 P. O’Malley, lbw, b Gould .. 58 F. Collins, c Riley, b Gould ..37 R. Davey, lbw, b Gould .. 37 R. Hitchcock, run out .. 11 A. Candlish, b Prattley .. 3 J. H. Parks, not out .. .. 5 Extras .. .. ~ 8

three for 34, four for 56, five for 77, six for 129, seven for 184, eight for 207, nine for 204. Second Innings R. Davey, not out .. .. 6 J. Reece, not out .. 6 Total for no wicket .. 12 Bowling.—Riley 1 over, 8 runs; Betty .2 over, 4 runs. 9

HAWKE CUP MATCH

MANAWATU AGAINST TARANAKI (P T „ A '> PALMERSTON N., Jan. 21. In the third Hawke Cup cricket match of the season which began at Palmerston North to-day, Manawatu, the holders, batted first to make 228 against Taranaki (C. C. McVicar 90, J. A. Ongley 44 B. D. Miller 20). A. M. Matheson took three wickets for 57 runs and S. H. Betts took three for 41. In 40. minutes’ play before stumps Taranaki lost two wickets for 13. H. Purcell took two for 4. , WOMEN’S CRICKET HALLYBURTON-JOHNSTON SHIELD MATCH (P A.) WELLINGTON, Jan. 21. in the final of the competition for the Hallyburton-Johnston Shield, the premier women’s cricket trophy for New Zealand, Wellington made a useful start by compiling 198 runs for nine wickets against Auckland, in the first day’s play to-day. The match is scheduled for three days Wellington’s batting was very steady, with N. Sheridan, I. Lamason, J. Fulford, and D. Bailey, in particular, plaving attractive cricket. The Auckland team performed well considering that the players had travelled all night and arrived late. P. Batty and H. Thompson recorded excellent bowling figures. 5 Scores:— WELLINGTON J. Fulford, b Thompson .. 20 N. Sheridan, c McKenzie, b Batty ” 39 J. Hatcher, b Batty .. .15 J. Lamason, c and b Batty .. .. 10 D. Bailey, b Thompson .. *lB I. Lamason, run out . 31 R. M. Murray, c Daniels, b Thompson 21 J. Francis, b Daniels .. .. 4 D. Coutts, not out *l6 J. Stonell, b Batty V. Farrell, not out .. ’* 4 Extras .. ~ .. 18 Total for nine wickets .. 198 Bowling: P. Batty, 4 for 44: G. Gooder, 29 ■ H - Th °nipson, three for 26; R. McKenzie, none for 20; E. Daniels, one for 34: J. Clothier, none for 10; V. Robinson. none for 4.

BOWLING O. M. R. W. Collins ..12 3 33 1 Parks .. ..11 4 14 5 Hitchcock .. 7 .1 33 1 Candlish ..7 3 9 2

Total .. .. ,, 227 BOWLING „ , O. M. R. W. R. Prattley .. 32 11 60 4 N. Gould > ... 34 5 83 3 B. Roddick ..27 12 37 2 A. M. Souter ..3 0 6 0 R. W. Harley ..2 0 5 0 M. McCrorie ..4 0 14 0 E. Hind ..3 0 14 0 Fall of wickets: one*for 0. two for 33.