CRICKET

Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26266, 10 November 1950, Page 4

CRICKET

COUNTRY WEEK AT HAGLEY OVAL Two teams had easy outright wins in the country cricket week matches which were continued at Hagley Oval yesterday. South Canterbury beat Ashburton by an innings and 82 runs, and Suburban beat Ellesmere by nine wickets. The other match, between Malvern and North Canterbury, was the most interesting of the three. North Canterbury made a determined effort to catch Malvern’s first innings score of 259. Beardsley and Moody started the innings well, taking the 'score to 65. Beardsley was very slow but there was something of the essence of opening batsmanship in his dogged display. His was the third wicket to fall, with the score at 112. The fifth wicket fell at 120, and then Cunningham and Avery set about the bowling, which was beginning to tire, and added 112 runs for the sixth wicket. Cunningham has been making runs and taking wickets for several years in these country week matches, and his innings of 85 yesterday was an excellent one. With four wickets in hand, 28 runs were needed, but the tail failed and the side was out for 249. T. Richards bowled with great stamina, and although he was often slightly short of a length with his medium paced outswingers. he deserved his five wickets. A. F. Wright, a slow left-hander, came on fairly late in the innings. He bowled steadily and broke the Cunningham-Avery partnership—the turning point in the game. The Ashburton batting was disappointingly •weak, considering that two possible Canterbury representatives this season (M. B. Poore and P. Z. Harris) were playing for the team. Poore batted attractively in the first innings, but Harris failed /in both. The best performance in this match was that of M. Purcell, a leg-spin bowler, who took four wickets in the first innings and seven in the second. It Is unfortunate that he will not be playing against one of the Canterbury teams to-day. J, Pine also bowled well. N. S. Davidson was caught and bowled by Riordan without adding to his overnight score of 68 when Suburban continued its first Innings against Ellesmere. Suburban made 226 (E. Hitching five for 59). and Ellesmere found the deficit of 88 too much for them. The second innings produced 129 runs. G. Brooks and M. Frampton both batted brightly, but Mitchell’s medium-paced bowling was too much for the tail-enders. As a result of the games yesterday between Malvern and North Canterbury and Ellesmere and Suburban, Malvern will play Suburban to decide the winner of the SubAssociation Shield. This match will probably be played in January:— Scores : SOUTH CANTERBURY v. ASHBURTON SOUTH CANTERBURY First innings, for nine wickets declared .. .. .. .. 328 ASHBURTON First Innings D. Smith, lbw, b Pine ~35 D» O’Grady, b Pine .. .. .. 7 H. Cullen, b Pine .. ~5 M. B. Poore, c Sullivan, b Pine .. 44 P. Z. Harris, c Pine, b Biggar .. 14 H. Jordon, lbw, b Purcell ..8 C. J. Harper, c Purcell, b Biggar 3 C. Ashworth, lbw, b Biggar .. 0 T. Blain, c Biggar, b Purcell «• 6 T. Cleary, c Biggar, b Purcell M 3 A. D. Doig, not out .. •• 3 L. Hart, st Sullivan, b PurceH •• 0 Extras .. .. .. ..10 Total .. .. ..133 Bowling.—R. Biggar, 22 overs, 8 maidens, 35 runs, 3 wickets; J. Pine, 21, 7, 51, 4; E. McEwen, 4, 0. IL 0; A. Crotty, 4,0, 15 0; M. Purcell, 7.5, 3, 11, 4; W. Nutsford, 3,1, 2,0; L. Walker, 2,0, 3, 0. Second Innings D. Smith, lbw, b Purcell ’ ..21 D. O’Grady, c Biggar, b Pine .. 4 H. Cullen, c Nutsford, b Purcell .. 23 M. B. Poore, c McDonald, b Purcall .. 11 P. Z. Harris, c Pine, b Purcell .. 13 C. J. Harper, c Nutsford, b Purcell .. 22 C. Ashworth, c Jeffries, b Bean .. 1 T, Blain, b Purcell .. ..9 T. Cleary, c Pine, b Purcell .. ..0 L. Hart, not out .. .. .. 1 Extras .. .. .. ..3 Total (two short) .. ..108 Bowling.—Pine, 2.0, 5,1: Crotty, 3,0, 11, 0; Bean, 5,0, 22, 1; McEwen, 4,0, 10, 0; Purcell, 11.4, 2» 26, 7; Walker, 3,0, 25, 0. MALVERN v. NORTH CANTERBURY MALVERN First innings .. ..259 NotlTH CANTERBURY ' ' First Innings R. Beardsley, b Richards .. ..34 F. Moody, lbw, b Richards .. ..24 G. Gardiner, b Richards .. 8 R. Fear, b A. Wright .. ..30 J. Cunningham, b A. Wright .. 85 R. Ballinger, c Deans, b Richards •• 0 B. Avery, lbw, b A. Wright .. 28 B. Cobden, run out .. .. ..2 D. Smith, not out .. .. 9 L. Southen, bA. Wright .. .. 3 R. Slncock, b Richards .. ~ 0 Extras .. .. 28 Total .. .. .. 348 Bowling.—T. Richards, 31.3 overs, 9 maidens, 89 runs, 5 wickets; L. McGrath, 10. 0, 28, 0; R. Gunn, 8. 0, 13 0; N. Burnell 12, 3, 23, 0; D. Deane, 4,0, 19, 0; A. Wright* 14, 1, 54. 4. ELLESMERE V. SUBURBAN ELLESMERE First innings * ..138 Second Innings E. Kitching, b Codling ..0 N. Watson, st Davidson, b Griffiths .. 10 I. Chamberlain, b Griffiths .. ..17 G. Brooks, lbw, b Barnes .. ..43 M. Frampton, c Sherwood, b Stokes .. 44 G. Frampton, lbw, b Mitchell .. 6 E. Chatterton, b Mitchell .. 0 A. Riordan, st Davidson, b Mitchell... 3 C. McPherson, c Bougen, b Mitchell .. 1 N. Heslop, not out ... .. .. o S. Wilson, c Codling, b Mitchell •.. 2 Extras .. .. ..3 Total *129 Bowling.—R. Mitchell, 14 overs, 6 maidens, 26 runs, 5 wickets; R. Codling, 9. 1. 16, 1; R. Griffiths, 9,1, 36, 2; D. N. Stokes 7,2 19 1; F. Barnes 10, 3, 27, 0. SUBURBAN First Innings H. Bougen, run out .. .. .. 5 H. Sherwood, run out .. ..22 D. L. Roberts, c McPherson, b Heslop 0 R. Dudley, b Kitching .. ..21 R. Fraser, lbw, b Heslop .. ..10 N. S. Davidson, c and b Riordan .. 68 D, N. Stokes, lbw, b Kitching .. 34 F. Barnes, b Kitching .. .. 3 R. W. Griffiths, not out .. ..1 R. Mitchell, cM. Frampton, b Kitching 7 R. Codling, b Kitching .. ..34 Extras .. .. ..21 Total .. .. ..226 Bowling.—A. Riordan, 23 overs, 7 maidens. 43 runs, 1 wicket; N. Heslop, 13, 2, 38, 2; E. Kitching, 22, 3, 69. 5; M. Frampton, 6,3, 12, 0; S. P. Wilson. 5, 0 15 0; G. Brooks 9,2, 14, 0; G. Frampton, 4,0, 23, 0. Second Innings D. L. Roberts, not out .. ..20 H. Bougen, lbw, b Kitching .. 2 R. Dudley, not out .. .. ..19 Extras .. ... ..2 Total for one wicket .. 43 Bowhng.-Kltchlng, 11, 3, 14, 1; Hlord.n, S'. 2 '.'S' Si 4. 1. 9. 0; Brooks, 2,1, 3,0: Chamberlain, 1,0, 4, 0.

COUNTRY TEAMS TO PLAY CANTERBURY

The two country teams to meet Canterbury teams in one-day matches at Hagley Oval to-day were chosen yesterday afternoon as follows:

A Team.—E. McEwen (captain), J. Pine, R. Biggar and W. McDonald (all of South Canterbury), D. Smith, A. Cullen (Ashburton), L. McGrath, A. F. Wright (Malvern), L. Southen, R. Sincock (North Canterbury), R. Dudley (Suburban). B Team.—G. T. Wright (captain), N. Burnell and B. Ridgen. (Malvern), R. Beardsley, F. Moody, A* Cobden (North Canterbury), D. Bean, W. Nutsford, F. Sullivan (South Canterbury), N. Watson (Ellesmere), D. O’Grady (Ashburton). C. J. Harper (Ashburton) and L. Avery (North Canterbury) were chosen as reserves for the two teams. A number of players were not available.

A Brabin Shield trial match will also be played at Hagley to-day. ,

BANKS PENINSULA KINLOCH CUP

The following points have been gained to date by the seven Banks Peninsula clubs competing for the Kinloch Crickit Cup:— Akiroa, 26; Le Bon’s, 22: Kaituna, 16; Little River, 12; Okain’s, 14; Wainui, 12; United, 10. Akaroa and Le Bon’s Bay have yet to have byes in the first round. . One match, scheduled fof October 21, has not so far been played—Le Bon’s Bay v. Okain’s Bay.