LANCASTER PARK BEATEN

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25389, 12 January 1948, Page 5

LANCASTER PARK BEATEN

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OLD BOYS INCREASE LEAD J. MCNAUGHTON SCORES FIRST CENTURY fil?h a rmfnrt jan f caste l ? ark outright in the Saturrt/v %2 f^ matches which ended on 13 ooints 2 ld B ,? ys established a lead ol Cante/hScJ Wc -“ Christchurch In the Wrat s chSns em ?. r cricket competition. poiSts C bJh//J U A?J- «»*<* was only four the W«r b S?« nd O1 j Boys ’ could not reach thl fijft rt~ e m J ad ?? y Old Collegians on for a irt. ay and obtained only one point, nX. 5 '£..t he flr -st innings. soft anrt o Friday had left the wickets were awl *' a ? d alth ough spin bowlers thronrh /,' tO , turn the ball, it came PltehS ol S ly ' Later in the da ? the roved a little. ,but outfields heavy, the weather having preUiem d Erouni=Tra from cutting some of scored’'? R U^ htOn ’, of East Christchurch, the itU? S? century against Riccarton, son tb. ree -fis ur e innings of the seaJ, d r h » excellent effort made the tenioH. /T th ? first innings lead an inscored st? ° ne ' Kiceerton had th„ e™. .. for nl ne wickets, declared, on ntiorf rSt -* [ da -.;.an r l East Christchurch rePl r«h.l? fl S h * 97, Wlth one man absent, the vioL,/. eat 'i. res tke da F’ s Play were o’ y echleved by Sydenham, the first o ,S£ a ?? n ’ J a bright Innings ot SO by Mr„? hl / f ? rd „ <R iccarton>, the return to S»£ L Cromb (Lancaster Park). v ° Rave the Old Boys bowlers some r^y..w eV^ re J r ? atTnent - and another halfJhSIShX b ’l- R * W- G- Emery (West Christtramo? ’ r, his , x sixth «ood score in five games. Results were:— Bo . yS x beat Lancaster Park by eight wickets. K, Colleßians beat West Christchurch D ' 168 runs on the first innings. Riccarton heat East Christchurch by 18 runs on the first innings. Sydenham beat St. Albans by nine wickets. The most successful bowlers were R. Taplin (East Christchurch) and L. Mahoney (Lancaster Park), who took six and five wickets respectively, but in both instances the batting was of a particularly nature. For Old Collegians. H- E. H. Denham took five wickets with his leg breaks, his first bowling success for some time. Competition points are: Old Boys 45. West Christchurch 32. Riccarton 25, Lancaster Park 20, St. Albans 15, Old Collegians 12, Sydenham 11, East Christchurch 8.

Old Boys v. Lancaster Park When play began. Old Boys, with seven wickets in hand, had a lead of 34 runs on the first innings, and the batsmen on Saturday made the lead a more substan- ' tial one without loss of time. J. G. Leggat, who had scored 56. drove strongly, and took his score to 71 before he was well caught by Mahoney. In three overs 21 runs were added, and the scoring rate was maintained. In 45 minutes, 74 runs were added for the loss of five wickets. ■ nearly all the batsmen getting out through their haste to score. R. C. Marks played some good shots, and I. A. Baxter made some firm square cuts. The running be- j tween the wickets was excellent, and i made up in some measure for the sodden j outfield. Although Mahoney was presented ; with some of his wickets, he bowled < steadily and well. Just before lunch, when Lancaster Park went in, it seemed that the wicket would play very badly during the afternoon; in one over from C. G. Snook two balls scurried through at little more than ground level, and one rose to shoulder height, but after the interval it played quite easily. In the half hour before lunch, Cromb and R. T. Dowker did their side good service by staying together and scoring 16 runs. As soon as the game was resumed, Cromb made a savage and unexpected onslaught on the bowling, R. F. Cook being singled out for especially harsh treatment. Cromb took his score from five to 51 in 25 minutes, his scoring shots being 4 46444466 4. While his batting was not exactly polished, Cromb gave one of the most satisfying displays of hitting seen for a long time. Before lunch Cook had had eight runs hit off six overs; his next five overs cost 42 runs. Cromb scored heavily with his shot to mid-wicket, but he also made some very powerful straight drives, and, although he gave a chance early and another at 54. it was a thrilling exhibition. In half an hour, 72 runs were added, and Old Boys’ first innings lead of 108 was reduced to 20 before Dowker was run out. Cromb followed almost immediately, and from that stage the game swung shafply in favour of Old Boys. P. O’Malley was bowled by a beautiful ball from P. Small, but R. Hitchcock. G. Dryden, and M. Chapple all got themselves out. Lancaster Park’s excellent chance of saving the game was practically thrown away, and when the eighth wicket fell at 155, half an hour before tea, the game seemed as good as over, as Lancaster Park was one short. While N. Falloon and W. Mapplebeck were together, W., Pollitt arrived at the ground and, although he was still suffering from an injured arm, he decided to bat. When Falloon and Mappiebeck were still together at the adjournment, the situation did not look so bright for Old Boys, but the last two wickets fell in a very few minutes after the interval, the innings closing for 190. Falloon, who made 34 hot out, played a particularly plucky innings at a critical stage Of the game. A very small player, he showed a fine defence, and used his feet to the slow bowlers excellently. Although Cook finished with unflattering figures, he was unlucky in having catches dropped off him, and the dead wicket was quite unsuited to Ms bowling. Small showed a return to his best form and bowled really well, and I. A. Baxter, although he had some of his successes thrust upon him, did a very useful job for his side. Old Boys hit off the required runs with the loss of two wickets, C. G. Snook batting particularly well, and A. E. L. Britton. bringing his average to 38 with another not out innings. ; The umpires were Messrs B. Vine and W. W. Dunkley. ' Old Collegians v. West Christchurch | West Christchurch began the day at Elmwood Park with the depressing thought that 373 runs were needed on a : slow wicket, but the captain, J. S. Patrick, who opened the innings, gave his side a wonderful start. He attacked the bowling as if he was loosening up in the nets and he unleashed a number of splendid scoring strokes, the best of which were cover and off drives and .hooks. In 39 minutes 50 runs were scored, and Patrick reached his own half-century in 55 minutes. When he was dismissed with the score at 70, he had made 61, a splendid innings. Emery was hardly in before he was out to a very fine catch by C. V. Walter, and from that point West. Christchurch fought, a losing battle. Each partnership was broken just when it looked like providing the opposition needed. The consistent P. Arnold scored a neat 28 and J. Nee, returning to the senior team, drove well in scoring 20. Later in the innings R. Cassidy made 41, his best innings for a long time. He restrained his impulse to try to score off every ball, but in waiting for the loose one he still: managed to make his runs at a good rate. The last man, M. Johnston, scored 20 not out, but the total, 204, was not nearly good enough. Denham presented few difficulties to the batsmen who remembered to use their feet, but to the others he was a definite worry. J. C. Saunders bowled steadily, but A. R. Mac Gibbon, the representative player, found difficulty in obtaining a foothold and sent down only eight overs. An interesting addition to the Old Collegians’ team was D. R. Farrant, whose slow left-hand bowling showed promise. C. G. Hamilton, in trying to take a catch off a very hard drive by Patrick, split a finger, and had to receive hospital treatment, but resumed later. When West Christchurch followed on, 168 runs behind, Arnold again showed good form and in a partnership with Emery removed the possibility of a collapse. Emery scored many of his runs with a sweep stroke to leg off the slow bowers, a powerful and effective stroke which nearly always kept the ball on the ground. He handled Denham very confidenlty, but was caught behind the wicket off Mac Gibbon, who at that stage was bowling extremely well. The wicket was still quite unhelpful, but Mac Gibbon, in a most energetic display, extracted some life from it and his four wickets for <.7 runs was a sterling effort. He was helped to some extent by the indifferent light, but in making the ball rise quickly from a good length off the lifeless turf he showed that his experience in representative cricket this season has improved his bowling. _ T , _ The umpires were Messrs T. H. Garbutt and J. P. Bowes. SYDENHAM v. ST. ALBANS With one wicket down in its second innings, St. Albans was still 109 runs behind Sydenham’s first innings score when the macth was resumed at Hagley No. 1. Against steady bowling and keen fielding, the side made little progress, although T Burtt offered some resistance. The ninth wicket fell at 83 and the match was as good as over when C. G. Crawford, the last man, joined R. McLauchlan, as St. Albans was still 53 runs behind. Crawford, a former New Zealand reoresentative and a selector for this season’s Plunket Shield team, played splendidly. Although it is 25 years since Crawford first came into prominence as a cricketer and although he has played only occasionally in the last few seasons his was a delightful exhibition He showed all his former mastery over slow bowlers, his footwork being splendid. With McLauchlan, who batted determinedly, he added 62 for the last wicket and saved his side from an innings defeat. D. McKay, a consistently successful bowler, did well to take four wickets, and N. V. i Burtt’s slow spinners took another three, if M Cameron was again particularly | steadv. Sydenham needed only 10 runs to win This goal was duly achieved, but Messrs T. Burgess ,! Barnes.

EAST CHRISTCHURCH V. RICCARTON East Christcfeurch, with nine wickets in hand, required 241 runs for a first innings lead when the match against Riccarton was resumed at Hagley No, 3. The task was made more difficult by the early dismissal of M, Stanley, and when V. James was caught behind the wicket with the score only 95, Riccarton was well on top. R. Taplin, who had gone in at the fall of the first wicket, exhibited an almost Puritan outlook in refusing the bowlers’ invitations to hit out, but at the other end wickets fell regularly. The fifth was lost with the score at 131, and then McNaughton came in. He lost Taplin at 139, but with M. K. Lohrey added 78 for the seventh wicket. Lohrey defended grimly while McNaughton, adding to his growing reputation, played many attractive and lucrative strokes. His cover driving was splendid in its timing and speed, but this stroke was little better than many others. When Lohrev was bowled, East Christchurch still needed 95 runs, and only 13 of them had been scored when the next batsman was dismissed. The team was one short, and A. Riddolls was the last man in. In a fine fighting partnership, 64 runs were scored, and only 19 more were needed when McNaughton was dismissed, leg before wicket, by R. H. Scott, who had bowled finely throughout the innings. McNaughton had had to treat Scott with every respect, but he played the othdks very confidently and in his last two innings he has shown really remarkable progress Scott did not have conditions to his liking, but he bowled with gfcat heart and was never easy to handle. *A. H. Candlish was also inexpensive. Riccarton batted again, and had lost eight wickets for 181 when an appeal against the light was conveniently successful. Most of the batsmen batted in holiday fashion, Whitford scoring 80 in 63 minutes, but the proceedings rather lacked reality. R. Taplin bowled throughout the innings to take six wickets, the reward of a good length; against over-aggressive batsmen. The umpires were Messrs R. V. Taylor and A. L. Winter, DETAILED SCORES Old Boys 297 for eight wickets declared (J. G. Leggat 71, R. C. Marks 27, I. A. Baxter 19; L. Mahoney five for 98, W. Mappiebeck one for 80, I. B. Cromb one for 45, W. Pollitt one for 37) and 84 for two wickets (C. G. Snook 39 not out, Baxter 13, J. F. Collins 12, A. E. Britton 13 not out; Mahoney two for 27); Lancaster Park 189 and 190 (Cromb 56, R. T. Dowker 26, R. Hitchcock 19, R. F. Davey 20, N. Falloon 34 not out: R. F. Cook three for 112, P. Small two for 24, Baxter three for 14,» W. McD, Anderson one for 8). Riccarton 312 for nine wickets declared and 181 for eight wickets (R. Cullen 21, J. Jacobs 29, A. Moore 12, R. H. Scott 10, W. M. Strachan 17, O. Whitford 80; R. Taplin six for 88, J. McNaughton two for 80;’East Christchurch (one short) 294 (M. Stanley 42, V. James 14, Taplin 14, R. Peacock 21. McNaughton 110, M. K. Lohrey 23, A. Riddolls 21 not out; Scott four for 80, A. Candlish two for 77. G. A. Bull one for 60, R. Stuart one for 35). Sydenham 259 and 10 for one wicket (J. McMaster one for 1); St. Albans 123 and 145 (N. Bayley 18. T. Burtt 22, F. P. O’Brien 11, R. McLauchlan 26, C. G. Crawford 39 not out; N. V. Burtt three for 50, D. McKay four for 34, A. Burgess one for 13, S. M. Cameron two for 18). Old Collegians 372; West Christchurch 204 (J. S. Patrick 61. P. Arnold 28, D. T. Ager 16, J. Nee 20, R. Cassidy 41, M. Johnston 20 not out; J. C. Saunders two for 23, D. R. Farrant two for 42, H. E, H. Denham five for 65, C. V. Walter one for 19) and 149 for five wickets (W. Burton 10, Arnold 31, R. W. G. Emery 52, Ager 10, Cassidy 23 not out; Saunders one for 9, A. R. Mac Gibbon four for 27).

LOWER GRADES SECOND GRADE A West Christchurch increased its lead to 15 points on Saturday, when St. Albans team, which was in second place, was beaten by West O.ld Boys. Points in the competition are:—West Christchurch 50, St. Albans 35, West Old Boys 35, Old Boys 31, Sydenham 21, Technical 11, Lancaster Park 5, Old Collegians 1. Results:— SECOND GRADE A Technical Old Boys 246 and 294 (Hocking 131 not out) beat Old Collegians 294 (Baxter 98) and 75 by 171 runs. For Technical, Hocking took five for 50. West Christchurch 99 and 188 (Marks 56) beat Sydenham 93 and 172 (Empson 69) by 22 runs. For West Christchurch, Turner took six for 60; for Sydenham, Ryde took seven for 48. High School Old Boys 215 beat Lancaster Park 46 and 162 by an innings and 7 runs. West Old Boys beat St. Albans outright. SECOND GRADE B St. Bede’s Old Boys 210 and 116 for three (K. Stuart 75) beat Sydenham 107 and 211 (Jarman 109) by seven wickets. For St. Bede’s, T. Stuart took seven for 36. West Christchurch 257 and 260 (Williams 74, Brownlee 65) beat University 281 and 49 by 187 runs. For University, Gurnsey took five for 50. East Christchurch 325 ?nd 98 for four beat High School Old Boys 139 and 312 (Sloane 115), by 186 runs on the first innings. For East Christchurch, Lloyd took five for 97. Riccarton 242 for four declared beat St. Albans 71 and 100 by an innings and 71 runs. For Riccarton, Courtis took six for 17. SECOND GRADE C Boys’ High School 198 and 100 for four wickets beat Riccarton 147 and 138 for six declared by six wickets. West Old Boys 153 and 113 beat High School Old Boys 134 and 77 by 55 runs. For Old Boys. Smith took five for 29. PRESIDENT’S GRADE St. Albans 179 for eight beat Sydenham 87 by 92 runs on the first innings. For St. Albans, Gray took five for 20. East Christchurch 115 for four declared beat Technical Old Boys 106 and 29 by nine runs on the first innings. For East Christchurch, Andrews took five for 42, and in the second innings Whinham took seven for 13. , THIRD GRADE A Sydenham 229 (Pollock 64) beat West Christchurch 50 and 90 by an innings and 89 runs. For Svdenham. Newton took six for 21. and in the second innings Pollock took seven for 19. Lancaster Park beat Riccarton by five wickets. THIRD GRADE B Sydenham 60 and 175 beat Cathedral 115 and 116 bv 4 runs. For Sydenham, Stewart took six for 24: for Cathedral. McKendrey tO St. fi ßede°s. oid Boys 198 and 131 beat East Christchurch 103 for eight declared and 207 (Angus 95) by 19 runs. For East Christchurch. Johnston took five for 61. Old Boys 174 and 41 for six unckets beat West Christchurch 104 and 110 by six wicket': For Old Boys, Dorreen took sevfen for 32: for West Christchurch, Manhire took five for 6. THIRD GRADE C West High School 105 and 84 for .four declared beat Cathedral 79 and 39 by six WlCketS ' FOURTH GRADE A Riccarton 205 for seven (Carter 110) beat Sydenham 123 (Gillard 81) by 82 runs on the first innings. St. Albans B 124 (Keys W one declared beat Sydenham A 73 and 43 for six ibv 51 runs on the first inning-. Lancaster Park A 119 beat St. Bede's Old Boys 105« by 14 runs on the first innings. For Lancaster Park, Drury took Lancaster Park B 34 and 114 beat Technical Old Boys 58 and 70 by 20 runs. For Technical. Clarke took seven for 15, and in the second innings Clarke took five for 40. Allingham five for 34. St Albans A 124 (Stapley 52 not out) and six for no wicket beat Cathedral 108 and 19 by 10 wickets. For St. Albans D East ’christchurch 102 and^ e beat High School Old Boys S 6 and 36 for three wickets by «.ynnß on the Brat Inntnga

SUBURBAN GAMES FIFTH ROUND BEGUN After a spell of two weeks. Suburban Cricket Association competition games were resumed on Saturday when the fifth round was begun. Waltham and Railway went out for poor totals against Beckenham and Spreydon, and Harewood obtained a substantial lead over Shirley. SENIOR GRADE Harewood 162 (J. Steere 70, K. Watson 28) met Shirley 98 (Dixon 32). For Harewood Bell took seven for 23, ■ and for Shirley Walters took seven for 71. o Waltham 51 (Barnes 11, H. Lawrence 11) met Beckenham 152 (Davidson 44, Heath 34, Stokes 33). For Beckenham Griffiths took five for 28 and Stokes three for 11, and for Waltham Rayner took four for 20, Anderson three for 37, and Geary three for 43. Spreydon 197 (Hall 64, Aitken 51, Smith 41) met Railway 41 (R. Mitchell 14). For Spreydon Berry took seven for 26 and Scoon three for 15, and for Railway Goodger took six for 54, and H. Greenwood three for 42. SENIOR B GRADE Matchless 47 met New Brighton 262 for seven wickets (McLean 91 not out, J. Hay 62, Buxton 39, Campbell 33, Bishop 32). For New Brighton Cockle took five for 11 and Campbell three for 21. Sumner 72 (Smith 15) met St. Albans 172 for eight wickets (Forward 43, Suckling 28, Greenwood 27). For St. Albans Forward took four for 1, and Dobbs four for 28. Sunnyside 191 (Gordon 107, Beale 22) met W.M.C. (30 for five wickets). For W.M.C. Mahoney took four for 34 and Pettit four for 32, and for Sunnyside Gordon took four for 14. JUNIOR A GRADE Beckenham 199 (Heywooa 56, Sutherland 40, Gibson 28 not out) met Templeton 71 (Chatterton 37) and 20 for no wicket. For Beckenham Rouse took five fof 33, and for Templeton Chatterton took four for 50, and Hill three for 49. Papanui 120 (Smith 27) met Waltham 182 for nine wickets (Newfield 38. Gordon 31, Barnes 30). For Waltham Gordon took three for 11, and Applin 2 for 15, and for Papanui Sisson took three for 22 and O’Connor three for 64.

Riccarton 166 (C. Timms 29, Ayers 23, Cleave 26) met Watersiders 130 for seven wickets.

JUNIOR B GRADE Waltham 142 (Parr 37, Milne 30 not out, Jackson 26) met Shirley 125 (McCormick 40, Coleman 37 not out). For Waltham K. Jones took five for 14, and for Shirley E. Thomas took five for 25. Tramways 130 (Power 40, Downing 33) met Halswell 114 for four wickets (Skinner 55, Pethig 22 not out). For Tramways Patrick took three for 25, and for Halswell Streeter took four for 32 and Irvine three for 33. Albion 185 met Heathcote 48 for six wickets. JUNIOR C GRADE Spreydon 40 and 136 for four wickets (O’Dea 59, Noonan 34) met Grosvenor 118 (Wilder 42). For Spreydon Irving took three for 21 and Noonan three for 30, and for Grosvenor Jenkins took five for 18 and McKinnon five for 19. W.M.C. 181 (Loasby 72 not out, Clarke 44) met Beckenham 69 for five wickets. For Beckenham G. Moore took four for 57. and Pascoe three for 38. and for W.M.C. Gordon took four for 23. JUNIOR D GRADE Shipping 98 for seven wickets declared (Anderson 54) beat Riccarton 51 and 30 by an innings and 17 runs. For Shipping, Porteous took nine for 10 and five for 20, and Dale four for 17; and for Riccarton Wootton took three for 18 and Tinker three for 25. Oddfellows 153 (Adams 59 not out, Newton 38) met New Brighton 101 for six wickets (McGuigan 33). For New Brighton Rowntree took three for 1. THIRD A GRADE Sumner 188 (Wilder 48, Main 23, Cooper 22, Fox 22' beat Beckenham 125 (Franklin 36, Weatherhead 24) by 63 runs. For Sumner, Stoneman took four for 42, Chitty two for 5, and Clifford three for 32; and for Beckenham Christensen took three for 34 and Scapens four for 40. Radley 94 (Noonan 28) beat Dunlop 88 (Meynell 48) by six runs. For Radley, Rowe took four for 9 and Simpson four for 39, and for Dunlop, Washington took five for 32 and Meynell four for 56. St. Albans 135 (Bestman 33, Field 32) beat Waltham 65 and 118 for six wickets by 70 runs in the first innings. For St. Albans, Bestman took four for 11 and C. McKenzie four for 15; and for Waltham F. Watts took four for 21 and Kelly three for 24. THIRD B GRADE St. Michael’s 150 (Davis 55) beat Perrys 62 (Allen 25) and 74 for four wickets (Allen 28 not out) by 88 runs on the first innings. For St. Michael’s, Spear took five for 23 and Davis four for 12; and for Perrys, Allen took three for 34 and Banks four for 42. Opawa 105 (Lawrie 40) beat Hillsborough 55 and 108 for two wickets (Lewis 39, Nuttridge 35) by 50 runs on the first innings. For Opawa. Lawrie took six for 15 and Cronin four for 29; and for Hillsborough Prebbl e took seven for 34. Watersiders 107 (Stapley 30, Walton 21) beat W.M.C. 63 by 44 runs. For Watersiders, Walton took five for 30 and Solomen four for 25; and for W.M.C., Clarke took six for 4. New Brighton 98 (Hill 42, Hay 24) and 51 for nine wickets beat Roslyn 78 (D. Liddell 26, C. Liddell 23) and 81 (Kimm 30) by 20 runs on the first innings. For New Brighton, Remi took four for 20 and six for 36, and Whittaker three for 13; and for Roslyn, D. Liddell took six for 43 and six for 19. Harewood beat Heathcote by default. THIRD C GRADE Beckenham 69 (Bartlett 36) and 19 for no wicket beat Tramways 48 and 32 by 10 wickets. For Beckenham, Gowans took four for 15 and four for 18, and Robinson five for 28 and five for 7; and for Tramways, Chapple took eight for 26. Grosvenor 156 for three wickets declared (800 l 68 not out, James 43 not out. Burton 34) beat Waltham 46 and 13 by an innings and 97 runs. For Grosvenor, Burton took six for 10 and McFerran four for 2. Hillsborough 112 (Kane 34) beat Merivale 55 and 103 for five wickets (Pendrick 43) by 57 runs on the first innings. For Hillsborough, Kane took five for 35 and Glenn four for 9, and for Merivale Pocock took four for 26 and Drummond four for 43. Canterbury Seed 103 (King 34, Adams 33) beat Atlas 91 (Malloch 24) by 12 runs. For Canterbury Seed, Adams took three for 33 and King three for 22, and for Atlas, Dacre took three for 20.