ENGLAND AVERTS FOLLOW-ON

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27306, 24 March 1954, Page 5

ENGLAND AVERTS FOLLOW-ON

CRICKET

fourth test in WEST INDIES

COMPTON SCORES 133 IN TOTAL OF 537 CN.Z. Press Association— Copyright) (Ree. 8 p.m.) PORT OF SPAIN, March 22. England narrowly avoided a follow on in the fifth day of the fourth test today, when the last batsman went with the tourists 144 behind the West fl . rst ‘ nnir *« s total of 681 for eight declared. After Grayeney’s dismissal for a fine 92 four wickets fell for 44, and England s innings closed for 537. Tha West Indies, in their second innings, had scored five without loss at stumps. One day s play remains. Compton’s chanceless 133 was his first test century since 1951. He batted for 5 hours 51 minutes and hit 14 fours. Graveney alte»nated between defence and aggression. He hit one six and 14 fours in batting 3 hours 35 minutes. Laker retired hurt with his total’at 7. He was strucfc above the right eye by a bumper from King and was taken to hospital to have the wound stitched. Scores:—

LONDON N.Z. CLUB

TRIBUTE TO SIR ARTHUR DONNELLY (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) . LONDON. March 22 Tributes to the late Sir Arthur Donnelly were paid at a meeting of the general committee of the London New Zealand Cricket Club and members stood in silence as a mark of respect. Mr A. *T. Campbell, the honorary secretary, recalled that Sir Arthur Donnelly had been one of the sponsors of the club and had done a great deal to help it, both in New Zealand and in the United Kingdom. Club is to play 19 matenes during the coming season. One to which par- ?, cula L. int€rest attached will be on May 26 at the. Oval, when the opponents will be the 1935 M.C.C. team which toured New Zealand. The M.C.C. will be captained bv Bert Holmes, the club’s president, and thu other members will include Lord Cobham, W. Griffith, now assistant secretary to the M.C.C., J. Sims, and J. H. Parks.

There will be another match at the Oval against the Surrey Club and Ground, and one at Lord’s against the Cross Arrows. Other opponents include the Oxford, Cambridge, and London University teains. During August the club will be invited to Shropshire by Sir Oliver Lefese, and it will play two matches, one against Sir Oliver Leese’s team and another against Western Command—an Army team.

The season will begin with a smoke concert at the Oval on April 30, and on May 17, club members and their wives will entertain the New Zealand women’s cricket team to tea when the guests will be received by Mrs Holmes.

RELEGATION OF SENIOR TEAM

PROPOSAL DISCUSSED BY COMMITTEE

BOTTOM SIDE NOT TO PLAY WEST OLD BOYS A suggestion that East Christchurch, the bottom team in the senior competition, and West Christchurch Old Boys, winner for the second successive year of the second A grade competition, should play a two-day match on the next two Saturdays, was rejected by the management committee of the Canterbury Cricket Association last evening. The suggestion was made to help tne association to decide whether the relegation rule should be operated in favour of West Christchurch Old Boys. It was his hope that some Of the heartburning caused by the decision last year could be avoided this year, said Mr C. F. Collins, for the competitions committee. When the competitions committee considered the applications for entries in the senior grade, the committee would be quite justified, in his opinion, in declining the entry of a team not up to senior standard. For this reason he welcomed the suggestion that East Christchurch and West Old Boys should play a match, which would assist the committee in grading the applications. He had put this suggestion to a general meeting of the East Christchurch Club last week and had received a reply from the acting-secretary, Mr S. M. Betty. The decision as to whether there should be a play-off should come as a directive from the management committee of the association, the letter said, The club refused to comment on the suggestion. Mr Collins moved that such a game be played on March 27 and April 3. Mr R. Smith said this game might not give much indication of the relative strengths of the Yearns next year. Mr R. L. B. Poore opposed the playing of the game on principle; the relegation rule was a bad one. for several teams which had come bottom had won the competition the next year. Mr C. G.’Crawford said it-was the relative strength of the clubs, not just the top teams, which should decide the question. “We don’t seem to be giving any other club the chance to grow,’’ said Mr W. J. A. Brittenden. If a club could not stand relegation for a year it was perhaps a sign that the club was past its best. "A game of cricket doesn’t prove anything: so much depends on fortune,” said Mr F. F. Dawson, opposing the suggested game. Describing this argument as quite specious, Mr B. J. Drake said games of football, too, depended on fortune. West Old Boys had struggled over the years to reach its present standard, and it would be a “vote of stagnation” to refuse the club senior status. / Providing that definite promotion or relegation did not depend on the result of the game, he would like to see it played, said Mr T. W. C. Tothlll. Mr C. G. F. C. Hamilton said that whatever stipulations were made before the game was played delegates to' the next annual meeting would be influenced by the result. The motion was declared lost on the voices.

SCHOOL MATCHES

ST. BEDE’S COLLEGE BEATS ST. PATRICK’S ' St. Bede's College beat St. Patrick's College by 10 wickets in the annual match which finished at St. Bede’s College yesterday.

The St. Patrick's openers, T. Leamy, who made 41. and M. Chisholm (24), put on 50 runs in less than 40 minutes, but after their dismissal the batting slumped, and an Innings defeat was avoided only by a determined stand by the captain, G. Grimstone, who made 58. P. O’Connell and P. Montague, top scorers for St. Bede’s on the first day, 4ook all the St. Patrick’s wickets betweeri them. St. Bede's, with four runs needed to win, got them without loss. Scores:— ST. PATRICKS First innings .. .. .. 87 Second .Innings T. Leamy, run out .. .. .. 41 M. Chisholm, c R. Gardiner, b Montague .. .. .. .. 24 P. Jones, b O’Connell .. 2 B. Sturrock, c Wilson, b O’Connell .. 0 M. McGrath, b O’Connell .. o G. Grimstone, c O’Shannessey, b O'Connell .. .. .. 58 B. Joyce, c R. Gardner, b Montague 2 D. Wright, c O’Shannessey, b Montague .. .. .. 12 M. Clegg, c R. Gardner, b O’Connell 4 L. Day, not out .. .. .. 0 J. McClennon, absent, injured .. 0 Extras .. .. .. .. 14 Total -. .. .. 157 Bowling:—P O’Connell, five for 41; P. Montague, three for 31. x ST t BEDE’S COLLEGE First innings .. .. 241 „ . Second P. Rennell, not out . 4 P. Montague, not out .. .* 0

Total for no wickets .• .. 4 ST. ANDREW’S BEATS SCOTS COLLEGE , St - Andrew’s College beat Scots College, Wellington, by seven runs, with three-quarters of an hour’s play left, in the annual match which finished at St Andrew’s yesterday. After having six wickets down for 93 runs at the close of the first day’s play, St. Andrew’s went on to make 126. J Arnott, who took three wickets for 52 runs in the first innings, again bowled well and took .four for 40. Scots College started badly, losing the first two wickets for only two runs, but the middle batsmen dug in, and at afternoon tea eight wickets were down for 169 runs, 16 short of the total needed to win. One of the batsmert went to the second .ball after tea, and the last wicket fell with the addition of only eight more Bowling for St. Andrew’s, G. Dowling was very steady, taking four wickets for 32 runs in 21 overs. Scores:— ST. ANDREW’S COLLEGE First innings .. .. .. 164 Second Innings C; Bates, lbw, b Arnott .. > 8 J. Shallcrass, c Living, b Arnott .. 5 G. Dowling, b Small .. .. 23 D. Adams, 1 c Scotland, b Lance .. 0 M. Neilson, c Small, b Lance .. 3 J. Wilson, c Living, b Lance r . 0 C. Anderson, c Lance, b Arnott .. 46 M. Lane, b Cooper .. .. .. 23 W. Whitehouse, b Arnott .. .. 1 R. Kerr, b Small .. .. .. 5 K. Small, not out .. .. .. 0 Extras .. .. .. .. 12 Total .. .. .. ..126 Bowling.—Cooper, one for 27; Arnott, four for 40; Small, two for 20; Lance, three for 27. SCOTS COLLEGE First innings .. .. 106 Second Innings M. Lance, c Neilson, b Anderson .. 27 P. Culley, c Dowling, b Lane .. 2 R. Small, c Whitehouse, b Lane .. 0 J. Arnott, c Adams, b Neilson 13 P. Young, c Adams, b Small ■ 22 J. Living, c Dates, b Dowling .. 32 M. Watt, b Dowling .. ..32 C. Boult, ,c Adams, b Dowling .. 0 H. Cooper, b Dowling .. .. 9 B. Kent, b Neilson .. .. 9 A. Scotland, not out ’ .. .. 7 Extras .. .. .. ..24 Total .. .. .. ..177 Bowling—Small, one for 19; Lane, two for 34; Neilson, two for 41; Kerr, none for 6; Anderson, one for 21; Dowling, four for 32-

NORTH CANTERBURY ASSOCIATION ''Matches played in the North Canterbury Cricket Association’s competitions on Saturday resulted as follows: Senior A Rangiora seven for 158 declared (A. Sail 53, I. Sail 33, D. Hawkins 14, F. Devlin 15 not out, W. Snellex 12, N. Gibson 12 not out; C. Merrin three for 54, R. Cherry three for 55) beat Kaiapoi 140 (G. Ching 65, C. Merrin 52; W. Snellex four for 25) in a mbatch for the Mclntosh Shield. Woodend 143 (Cobden 41, Gebbie 10, Southen 41, S. Smith 32 not out, Milner five for 56. J. Thompson three for 32) met Amberley 92 (Boyce <£2, White 45, Croft -25; Robertshaw seven for 37). Senior B Cust 173 (C. Reid 50, A. Matthews 28, B. Gainsford 35, R. Fidler 21, R. Gillespie 12, P. p’Loughlin 11; C. Croy five for 38. W. Chisnail two for 45) beat Fernside 159 (W. Chisnail 15, L. Brosnan 54, C. Croy 69; C. Reid three for 12, R. Fidler three for 41). Southbrook 170 (R. Vickery 72, V. C. Pulley 34. M. Hills 14, J. Watson 10, C. Johnston 15) beat Loburn 98 (G, Telford 24, G. McCrenor 36; R. Vickery two for 5, M. Hills two for 11). Rangiora High School Old Boys 109 CD. Buckingham 18, R. Ballinger 15, R. Milne 28: Dyer two for 10; Hudson two for 9, Sibley three for 13, Halligan two for three) beat Stewart’s Gully 83 (Reeves 20. Brown 12, Otten 18, Sibley 14; Hollow three for 16, Ballinger four for 22), Swannanoa three for 178 (R. Frizzell retired 53. F. McHugh 49, R. Frazer 57 not out; Hughes two for 27) beat Eyreton 144 (R. Holland 39, R. Phillips 19, J. Adams 42, G. Hughes 14, B. Giles J 6; C. Higginson three for 28, R. Frizzell three for 24, F. McHugh two for 20).

ENGLAND r t, ** £ irst Innings L. Hutton, c Ferguson, b King .. 44 T. E. Bailey, c Weekes, b Ferguson .. 46 t< c Pairaudeau, b King 135 £: C. S. Compton, c and b Ramadhin 133 W. Watson. c Atkinson, b Walcott .. 4 T- W. Graveney, c and b Walcott .. 92 R. T. Spooner, b Walcott .; ..19 J- C. Laker, retired hurt .. .. 7 A- R - Lock, lbw b Worrell .. 10 £• Trueman, lbw, b King .. ..19 B. Statham, not out .. .. ..6 Extras .. .. .. .. 22 Total .. 537 Bowling’ R. King .. 48‘ F. M. Worrell .. 20 S. Ramadhin .. 34 D. Atkinson .. 32 J. Ferguson .. 47 J. B. Stollmeyer .. 6 C. L. Walcott .. 34 M. R. W. 16 97 3 2 58 1 13 74 1 12 60 0 17 155 1 2 19 0 18 52 3

. . WEST INDIES First innings, for eight wkts. dec. . 681 _ . , Second Innings Pairaudeau, not out .. Ferguson, not out I 4 Total for no wickets . 5 Bowling Trueman .. 2 V" R. W. Bailey .. 1 0 4 0