Fierce Hitting Gives Old Boys Win Over Sydenham

Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27873, 23 January 1956, Page 9

Fierce Hitting Gives Old Boys Win Over Sydenham

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One of the brighest pages in the ■ feasant 90-year history of cricket j i Bagley Oval was written on Sat- ; l(jay when Old Boys, in a fury of , sring, hit up 103 runs in 23 minutes , gained a win over Sydenham ’ r hich was as unexpected as it was | sitingLeader of this savage assault on •he Sydenham bowling was W. A. ; ladlee. who scored 69 in 20 minutes. lis determination to pull the match leut of the fire —Old Boys was behind ~n the first innings—was underlined , jv bis posting of the other members ' J bis team to strategic points about . jj e boundary immediately before the ■. usings began. Their swift retrievsDg of his . booming boundary hits 1 iJped him m his extraordinary exhiI ition. This success kept Old Boys at the , ead of the championship table, and -1 be side now has a lead of 10 points w ver East Christchurch and St. Albans. 4 aturday’s results were:— Old Boys 329 and 103 for two rickets beat Sydenham 351 and 80 , iy eight wickets. St Albans 248 beat West ChristHtborch 132 and 71 by an innings and 45 runs. Uncaster Park 315 beat Old Col,i epans 291 and 126 for eight wickets xiy 24 runs on the first innings. Riccarton 357 and 192 for two , rickets declared beat East Christchurch 280 and 79 for five w’ickets by ■ H runs on the first innings. Competition points are Old Boys >p. East Christchurch 27. St. Albans ■ P. Lancaster Park 26. Riccarton 21, ' old Collegians 17, Sydenham 14, West ■j Christchurch 11. Hadlee not only won the match for )id Boys with his superlative hitting, j [arlier in the day, he had scored 89 j n more restrained but no less enter- ? tilling fashion and with F. B. Smith i7o> and J. G. Leggat (65) had car- - ned his side close to Sydenham's j big first innings score. Other heavy .scorers were T. B. Burtt (62), W. E. i Muncaster (88). G. W. McKenzie (70), ? LB. Cromb <62), and P. W. O'Malley • 131). The only outstanding bowling I figures were those of M. Stewart (six for 54), the consistent W. Bell, whose five for 69 took him to the top of the dub aggregates, and A. F. Rapley rno made an impressive senior debut with six for 51 for Sydenham. SYDENHAM v. OLD BOYS (351) (69/2) Old Boys made a splendid effort to catch Sydenham's solid score, and when be innings ended in narrow failure at 145 p.m. interest in the game seemed at b end, but Old Boys made the first inmgs effort worth while with some splentd out-cricket and the final blaze of

At the start of the day Old Boys score 'became 69 for three because of the abecce of B. A. Bolton with the represen-ath-e team. However, the batting of Had--1 ee, Smith, and Leggat swung the game i Bound, and at one stage Old Boys was rly 56 behind with five wickets standing. > imith and Leggat scored 78 for the fourth hckd in only 50 minutes, and it was no erection on Leggat that he contributed -? nly 13 of them. Smith was in his most i fashbuckling form, taking heavy toll of S nything lacking length and very many fiiich were not. He had a life or two. ■: nt no-one could walk such a cricketing ightrope without an occasional falter. , £ggat, back only a couple of days from "e Indian tour, had a reunion partner- , i dip with Hadlee which recalled their any successes together in representative -* neket. They added 126 runs in an hour . nd a quarter of entertaining batting. Hadlee, in some doubt at the start of bs innings, found his feet and used them ’ Dost effectively to make typically handone drives and pulls. Leggat, taking a s' bu snare in the partnership, scored | ipidly with a succession of cuts and leg Ede placements of unusual accuracy. Tom time to time he hit some strong s hots to mid-wicket and finer. Hadlee was seventh out, at 301, but the 1 Boys tail could not cope w’ith the “ persistent length and sharp off-spin of A. .1 . Rapley, who in his first senior match < ook six wickets for 51 runs Rapley, who g -as just left Boys’ High School, won ad- • Nation for this effort; he really turns ** ball and neither reputation nor result < leterred him from keeping the ball up o the batsmen consistently. D. Gallop, - aother newcomer of promise, had a good ' wr or two, but once Hadlee was in full his figures suffered heavily. Sydenham's second innings failure was and particularly disappoint>B for a team which had acquitted itself o well on the first day, but it did not - tem fatal when J. Harliwich and C. Miles occeeded in staying together for half an . our and reducing Old Boys batting time ' »a matter of meagre minutes. For Old • toys, J. F. Kent showed a welcome reto form, and his lift and life gave arn four good wickets. After the Sydenham fieldsmen had been - et, Hadlee set his, and he batted to it i nth rare success. He took 21 off J. Moor- ® rst over ’ a nd W. Reeves, pro'oted to number three, after Smith was 5 r,- at . 91 scor ed 13 of the 14 runs off | [arliwich’s first over. So it went on. twenty came from Moorhead’s second fver (Hadlee 19), and although the batsmen hit only one four in Harliwich’s next jver, eight extras helped maintain the pace : When Moorhead continued, again peppered the mid-wicket iroundary. and this over produced 23. t» tlme for one > possibly two overs, E l ®." needed 12, and four wides from e^Tf ls^ lch did not P lea se the throng of spectators. Three of them came ' - IS . first six deliveries, which also ”V d ® d r a r four to Hadlee. With five rej* irea. Hadlee was narrowly run out on ti^ c ?. nd . n,n ’ but Reid, after another EJS/? , the ma tch off the ninth and tt’i^^hree 1 ° all °* Uie over witb a swiftly ftiTi.l^ Sy < den! 2 a . rn bowlers could hardly be tn to kee P the batsmen if-WTnl eCK * , ucb more accomplished per- . would have found it just as diffiwcre Messrs H. C. Moore XTes:± WaUßh - . SYDENHAM Zlrst innings .. .. ..351 'N Second Innings Jalloon, b Reid .. .. ..5 © OM S fno C Sn< £ k ’ b Ke nt -• ..6 oSn s’’ 5 ’’ u eves ’ 0 Kent .. 16 . r b Reid .. .. .. io I’s? 11 - c Hadlee, b Kent .. ..13 • ) r-.n pley * c Smith, b Snook .. 18 ■j’S? Op - , t c Hadlee, b Snook .. 0 ' ? a V lWlch - c Turnbull, b Reeves .. 9 r c Hadlee, b Kent .. .. 0 L Jr Oo I head - not out .. .. 0 " Cameron, absent .. .. 3 extras (bye 1, no-balls 2) .. 3 Total .. .. .. 80 , J - w - Reeves. 8.3 overs, 4 ■ il 1 10 runs . 1 Wicket: D. W. Reid, F- Kent, 19, 5, 41, 4; C. G. “ook, io, *6, 8. 2. OLD BOYS Second Innings i) d c (69/2) . Smith, c B. O’Malley, b Rapley 70 a leggat. b Harliwich .. ..65 n r • H3dlee. c Falloon, b Rapley .. 89 D' f* J ~ nes - b Rapley .. ..6 ; Turnbull, b Raplev .. ..8 J w » nt ’ c b Rapley .. 7 b 7' Reeves, not out .. ..11 p Reid, lbw. b Rapley .. .. 4 extras (byes 10, leg-byes 6) ..16 Tot al .. .. .. 329 J^wling: j. Moorhead, 29 overs, 3 i k runs. 1 wicket; J. Harliwich, tun 7 1: S - M - Cameron, 4. 1,9, 0; H*iles, 6. 0, 32, 1; A. F. Rapley, 21.3, 7, • D. Gallop, 6. 0, 45, 0. LjjH, _ Second Innings c - L>. O’Malley, b Moorhead .. 0 g~e» run out .. 69 LT*es. not out .. .. 18 not out .. 3 Extras (wides 4. byes 7, leg-bye 1. no-balls 1) .. ..13 Total for two wickets .. 103 wbn g: j. Moorhead, 3 overs, 0 •j°ens. 64 runs, 1 wicket; J. Harliwich. ’ 26, 0. (357) V. EAST CHRISTCHURCH (176/3) M n /-f arne sl °wly when I. B. Cromb . Oakes resumed East Christchurch’s innings against Riccarton at Lan-

were r mlwen a s nd fiV ' ° £ th ' ® rst SIX ove « wb j beld bis wicket up while Cromb scored, was bowled in the eighth f he d^ y for tbree runs, scored in ? 3 . rn J nutes -. , East Christchurch had then lost four wickets, with 174 still required a i , lnnings win - When Cromb was out leg before soon after. East Christchurch was facing an uphill battle. Cromb J d *i? n exce,len t 62, but was more subtban on tbG .previous Saturday The spinners, W. Bell and J. B. Percitl?^'^eJe4urou^hVon « ar, y and got some turn off the pitch. They conceded few and with the help of better ground fielding could have restricted the runmaking even further; Bell finished with five wickets for 65, and Pereival, who beat the batsmen with several tricky balls which had to be chopped down on, was unlucky not to take a wicket W. Black and M. Gillard helped to retrieve East Christchurch’s position, with a partnership of 49. but when Black was caught m the gully after scoring 44, the s, ue was still 81 runs behind. -Tv?- e f°ur batsmen were dismissed within a quarter of an hour and could add only four runs. L. J. Newman and W. E. Muncaster opened for Riccarton. and attacked the bowling from the outset. They made 72 for the first wicket in 47 minutes, and Muncaster went on to score a brilliant 88. His square cuts and drives were well executed, and he did not appear to be tf oubled by the bowling at any stage. Muncaster and G. McKenzie scored 120 for the second wicket in 49 minutes. McKenzie, who used his feet well, lofted a six on to the embankment off a ball from Pannell. He scored an unbeaten 70, and when Muncaster was bowled after the tea adjournment, the innings was declared closed at 192 for two wickets. As East Christchurch was faced with the difficult task of scoring 270 in 94 minutes, interest centred on the possibility of Riccarton’s dismissing East Christcbf,rGb to gain the decision. Rel’ and Ackland took three wickets within 25 minutes, and East Christchurch «r d « s , cored onlv 17 ru ns. B. Avery and W. Black added a slow 45 runs, and the match was played out, with Riccarton gaming a W’in on the first innings by 77 runs. The umpires were Messrs H. Borland and R. Liddicoat. Scores:— RICCARTON First Innings .. .. 357 _ _ Second Innings L. J. Newman, c Auld, b Gillard .. 29 W E. Muncaster, b Pannell .. 88 G. w. McKenzie, not out .. .70 Extras (byes 4, leg byes 1) e. 5 Total for two wickets declared 192 Bowling.—T. Jones. 9 overs, 2 maidens, 26 runs. 0 wickets; K. Auld, 6,0, 22, 0Jo Cromb. 8,0, 44. 0; V. Maffey. 3,0, 31 °- 23 ’ °= w - McLachlan, 3,0, 19, 0; R. Pannell, 4.4, 0, 29, 1; M. Gillard, 2,0, 6, 0. EAST CHRISTCHURCH -u- a First Innings K. Auld, c Pankhurst. b Bell .. 52 R. Rasmussen, c Ackland, b Scott .. 21 P r, Av^ ry ’ c Ackland, b Bell .. 29 1. B. Cromb, lbw, b Scott . 62 P. Oakes, b Ackland “ 3 W. Black, c Bell, b Ackland .. .*.* 44 c Per cival, b Bell .. 18 M. Gillard, st Whitford, b Bell 21 Tir , c . Muncaster, b Ackland .. 2 JY* MeLachian, c Percival, b Bell .. 1 V. Maffey, not out 0 Extras (byes 9, leg byes 6, no balls I2) •• .. ..27 Total ~ , 280 Bowling.—J. F. Ackland, 22 overs 8 maidens. 67 runs, 3 wickets; R H. Scott 24. 7, 67, 2; W. Bell, 27.1, 3, 69. 5; J. B. 2 ™ IV 2 0 ’ 48 ’ ° ; B ' M ' Pankhurst .

« «... Second Innings Whitford, b Ackland .. 10 K. Auld, b Bell .. 5 B. Avery, st Whitford, b Newman “ 30 & 9.^ ke ?- c Whitford, b Ackland .. 0 w. Black c Newman, b Brenner .. 10 R. Pannell, not out .. 7 I. B. Cromb. not out .. ’ * 9 Extras (byes 5, leg byes 1, wides 1, no balls 1) ..8 Total fot five wickets .. 79 Bowling.—W Bell, 14 overs, 6 maidens, 26 runs, 1 wicket; J. F, Ackland, 7,4, 12, Percival, 2,1, 2,0; W. E. Muno’ h ll B - M - Pankhurst, 2,0, 13, 0; S. G. Bremne*,', 1,0, 2,1; L J Newman i ° 5,1 : G . W. McKenzie, < 0,9, 0; F. F. Dawson, 1,0, 1, 0. ST * v - WEST CHRISTCHURCH (212/7) (132) West Christchurch had another disappointing day on Hagley No. 3 when St. Albans kept the initiative to secure an °u c Win in a match which finished shortly after 2 p.m. St. Albans carried its first innings total of 217 for the loss of seven wickets to 248 with some quick scoring by T. B. Burtt, who added 24 runs to his previous week’s total before he was weH caught and bowled by H. Hopkins. The last two wickets were taken by M. Stewart, who finished the innings with the satisfactory figures of six wickets for 54 runs after some persistent and accurate bowling. Starting its second innings with a deficit of 116 runs, West Christchurch made a very poor showing, and out for the modest total of 71 runs. Only two batsmen reached double figures in a rather deplorable exhibition of batting. Several batsmen were out to rash strokes, but the collapse was mainly due to the steady bowling of Burtt and G. Read, who each took four wickets. Burtt always worried the batsmen, his wickets costing little more than three runs each, while Read, a medium pace bowler of some ability, moved the ball appreciably. The umpires were Messrs E. Milne and W. Barnes. Scores: ST. ALBANS First Innings (217/7) T. B. Burtt, c and b Hopkins .. 62 D. Stark, c Williams, b Stewart .. 23 G. Read, c Williams, b Stewart .. 0 M. B. Poore, not out .. 6 Extras (byes 6, leg byes 3) .. 9 Total .. .. ..248 Bowling: W. M. Duncan. 11 overs. 3 maidens, 44 runs, 1 wicket; S. C. Guillen. 8. 2, 24, 0; M. Stewart, 25, 7, 54, 6; W. B. Bridgman, 16, 2, 67, 2; G. K. Austin, 4, 0 25, 0; H. J.. Hopkins, 7.1, 2, 25, 1. WEST CHRISTCHURCH First innings • • • • • • 132 Second Innings R. J. Hudson, b Read .. .. 8 D. A. Buckingham, c Hutchison, b Read 7 J. D. Hobbs, run out .. .. 7 J. L. Williams, b Read .. 1 M. Stewart, c Smith, b Burtt .. 15 G. K. Austin, st Le Mesurier, b Burtt 13 H. J. Hopkins, b Burtt -- .. 8 D. Giblin, c Hutchison, b Read .. 4 W. M. Duncan, lbw, b Burtt .. 2 W. B. Bridgman, not out .. .. 0 S C. Guillen, absent •• •• 0 Extras (byes 4, leg byes 2) ..6

Total •• •• ..71 Bowling: G. Read. 15 °vers, 4 maidens. 22 runs, 4 wickets; D. Stark 12. 5, 25, 0; M. B. Poore, 7,6, 4,0; T. B. Burtt, 9.2, 4, 14, 4. LANCASTER PARK (2/150) V. OLD COLLEGIANS (291) Lancaster Park passed Old Collegians first inning's score after an exclt mg ninthwicket partnership between P. W. OMallev and G. Smart. For most of the day the batsmen held the initiative on a wicket which was fairly easy, but towards the close of the innings the Old Collegians bowlers broke through, and at the fall of the eighth wicket Lancaster Park still required 27 runs for a first innings win. Through unusual caution on the part of Smart, and solid, though at times chancy, batting by O’Malley, Lancaster Park made the runs, and took the total to 315 before the innings closed. M. Dudman and F. J. Shaw put Old Collegians in a good position with an opening partnership of 60 in the second innings, but before 126 runs came up seven more wickets fell. At this stage, however, with only a little more than 30 minutes of play remaining, it was obvious that the game could not be piajed to an outright conclusion, and stumps were drawn. , ~ In the second over of the day Walters was dismissed after adding five to his previous day’s score of 45. O’Malley, who had seven at the close of play, was mainly responsible on Saturday for Lancaster Park’s win. He batted strongly throughout for a sound 81. It was not. however. O’Malley’s best innings, and although at times he brought forth some especially graceful and well-executed shots, he played some poor ones. Two chances and many other lofted hits which landed just short of fieldsmen detracted somewhat from the merit of his innings. For all that, however, his was a grand kl J IC Abrams, with 34. was another material contributor to Lancaster Park’s win. Playing shots all round the wicket, he and O’Malley took the score to 238 before the fourth wicket fell, and Abrams was out lbw r . x. . At i It was at this juncture that the bowlers got on top. The filth wicket fell at 249

(J. Davies), the sixth at 249 (B. Ellis), the seventh at 258 (F. Dennis), and the eighth at 265 (Irving). Smart stopped what appeared would be a total collapse, and with O’Malley taking most of the bowling, the pair secured the necessary tuns. Then Smart hit out with wild and reckless abandon, and in a few strokes took his score to 19 before he was bowled in attempting a mighty hit. Dudman and Shaw looked really settled in when Old Collegians opened its second innings. After the two were separated at 60, a procession of batsmen began. Moffat was bowled at 64, R. J. Morrison was caught at 74 off Irving, who had Shaw caught off the next ball; O. A. Hutchinson was bowled at 82, Sheppard was out leg before wicket at 82, and N. L. Macbeth, the seventh wicket to fall, was brilliantly held by Davies at midoff at 93. T. D. Gibson, after giving two chances at five and 19. then hit Old Collegians out of trouble with powerful drives until when attempting a big hit, he was caught by Ellis on the boundary. There were two noteworthy performances in this match. In Lancaster Park’s innings Hutchinson took three good catches behind the wickets, and in the Old Collegians’ second innings Davies took four catches—including a full-blooded drive from Macbeth at mid-off. Irving with four for 42, and A. G. Duckmanton with three for 37 were Lancaster Park’s best bowlers, and Gibson (three for 108), Macbeth (three for 42), and Alpers (three for 70) were the most successful Old Collegians' bowlers. Scores:— LANCASTER PARK First Innings M. E. Chapple, c Hutchinson, b Alpers 2 W. Walters, c Hutchinson, b Alpers 50 A. G. Duckmanton. lbw, b Macbeth 70 P W. O’Malley, c sub, b Dudman .. 81 J. Abrams, lbw, b Macbeth .. 34 J. Davies, c Hutchinson, b Gibson .. 9 B. Ellis, c Morison, b Gibson .. 0 F Dennis, b Gibson .. .. 4 B. Irving, b Alpers , 4 G: Smart, b Macbeth .. . * 19 A. Dennis, not out ~ .. 0 Extras (byes 30, leg byes 7, no balls 5) .. .. .. 42 Total .. .. ..315 Bowling.—T. D. Gibson. 41 overs, 8 maidens. 108 runs, 3 w’ickets; P. H T Alpers. 26. 8, 70, 3; N. L. Macbeth. 23, 8, 42, 3; M. Dudman, 10.3, 1, 28. 1; B. A. Carpinter, 7, 0. 25, 0. OLD COLLEGIANS First Innings .. .. .. 291 Second Innings F. J. Shaw, c Davies, b Irving .. 30 M. Dudman. c Davies, b F. Dennis 26 M. J. Moffat, b Irving .. .. 1 R J. Morison, c Davies, b Irving .. 4 O. A. Hutchinson, b Duckmanton .. 0 P. C. Sneppard, lbw. b Irving .. 4 T D. Gibson, c Ellis, b Duckmanton 32 N. L. Macbeth, c Davies, b Duckmanton .. .. 6 B. A. Harman, not out .. .. 6 Extras (byes 10, leg byes 6, noballs 1) .. .. ..17 Total for 8 wickets declared .. 126 Bowling.—G. Smart. 5 overs. 1 maiden. 7 runs. 0 wickets; B. Irving. 22. 6. 42. 4; J. Davies, 4,1, 7. 0; A, G. Duckmanton, 11.3, 2, 37, 3; F. Dennis, 10, 4, 16, 1.