SEVENTH ROUND OF SENIOR COMPETITION BEGINS

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28489, 20 January 1958, Page 12

SEVENTH ROUND OF SENIOR COMPETITION BEGINS

As several teams .were playing below normal strength their performances were affected when the seventh round of the‘Senior cricket championship began on Saturday. The demands of the representative side and other reasons caused ihost of the clubs to be without some of their players and this undoubtedly affected East Christchurch and St. Albans. Other clubs were also affected but to a lesser extent ' Rain stopped play in all matches liot long after 4 pjn.Xand play was abandoned for* the remainder of the day. In-some matches the light was also bad shortly before the rain .set inf The best individual performance was that of the Sydenham medium pace bowler, J. Harliwich, who took six Wickets for 24 runs off 21 overs. His was easily the best bowling performance and he was the only bowler- to rise above mediocrity. - Opening for Riccarton, L. J. Newman made the highest score for the day. He was not out 60 at the close of play. B. M. J. Dineen who has been batting well for Old Boys this season, was the only other batsman to score a half century. Scores:— < East Christchurch 78; Sydenham 95 for two Wickets. St. Albans 94; Riccarton 99 for two wickets. " <Old Boys 248 for nine wickets met Old Collegians. , Lancaster Park. 223 for seven wickets met West Christ-church-University. OLD BOYS V. OLD COLLEGIANS Taking advantage of a weakened Old Collegians* bowling attack, the Old Boys* batsmen put their side in a good position before rain stopped play for the day about 4.15 p.m. Old Boys opened quietly at Elmwood Park on a pitch which at first showed signs of life, but when D. L. Shepherd joined J. G. Leggat he showed that he did not intend to conform to any pattern of slow scoring. He drove hard, high, and often to score his 30 quickly—at one stage 18 runs were put on in six minutes. Leggat batted on doggedly to score 34 in 114 minutes before he was caught In the gully. He hooked, cut, and drove well, and saw the 100 posted in even time. B. M. J. Dineen, the top scorer, with 51, batted for a long time and mixed powerful straight drives with defensive shots. He finally lofted a straight drive to the substitute fieldsman, P. Harman, and was caught. W. A 7 Hadlee and Jater in the innings A. J. Heatley, also contributed good scores. Hadlee made an elegant 22 and Heatley a very useful 47. Playing in his first senior match, Heatley, a former Christchurch Boys’ High School first eleven player, was shaky against the medium pace bowling, of J. H. M. Dawson, and snicked several shots luckily through the slips. Although he mistimed some of his many hook, shots, he scored well with others, and he helped resuscitate the innings when it slumped during the middle batting. Although he was somewhat erratic at the start of his bowling, Dawson settled down later and was the most useful medium pace bowler. The off-spinner, B. A. Carpenter, was the most succcessful member of the rather limited Old Collegians’ attack, and he took four wickets for 46 runs. He was particularly steady in his second spell, and his figures would have been much better if he had not received severe treatment from Shepherd in one over off which 14 runs were scored. The umpires are Messrs D. Morris and L. C. Johnston. Scores:— OLD BOYS First Innings D. Hill, c sub., b Dawson .. 2 J. G. Leggat, c Sheppard, b Dawson .. .. 34 D. L. Shepherd, c Dawson, b Carpenter —3O B. M. J. Dineen, c sub., b Carpenter ..51 W. A. Hadlee, c Bishop, b Dawson •• 22 R. J. B. West, b Carpenter 7 C. G. Snook, b Carpenter .. 6 A. J. Heatley, c England, b Creme • • 47 J. F. Kent, c England, b Gibson 10 D. J. Reid, not out ..8 G. J. Franks, not out 2 Extras (byes 25, leg byes 3, wides 1) 29 Total for nine wickets ~ 248 Bowling.—J. H. M. Dawson, 24 overs, 10 maidens, 50 runs, 3 wickets: T. D. Gibson, 14, 5, 47, 1; N. L. Macbeth 10, 1, 39, 0; B. A. Carpenter, 27, 7, 46, 4; M. J. Moffat, 1,0, 2,0; D. W Crowe, 12, 1, 35, 1. ST. ALBANS v. RICCARTON year’s competition winner, St. Albans, had another bad day at Hagley Park against Riccarton. Weak batting and a disorganised bowling attack have put the team in a very bad position. B. E. Quinn was caught off the first ball of the match, and the next two wickets fell quickly. A further three wickets fell with the score at 34. and the side seemed likely to be dismissed before lunch. J. Smith was brilliantly run out when B. Frost threw the wicket down from the side. The captain, P. Z. Harris, was also run out. Harris let a ball from J. W. Kiddey through and, thinking that it had gone for a bye, he marched down the wicket. The Riccarton wicket-keeper, E. P. Fuller, who had the ball in his hand, promptly removed the bails. It was left to L Dempsey and J. Hutchinson to retrieve the position, which they did with some success. Dempsev played Kiddey’s bowling better than did any of the earlier batsmen, and he and Hutchinson ran well between the wickets to add 40 runs in the remaining 46 minutes before lunch. Hutchinson became St. Albans* third run-out victim after lunch, and the innings soon closed for 94. The .fast bowler, J. F. Ackland, returned the best bowling figures, but Kiddey was the hardest, to score from. He bowled for a long spell, and had all the earlier batsmen in great difficulties. The Riccarton fielding was good.' ’ St. Albans, without O. Batchelor, M. B.' Poore and G. G. Coull. had a very limited bowling attack, and the Riccarton batsmen took full advantage of tffls.. L. J. Newman made another good score. He hit very hard on the leg-side, and was untroubled by the slow-medium attack of Harris and D. Stark. His partner. B. Pankhurst. was very slow, making only seven runs out of the firstwicket partnership of 54 in 54 minutes. D. O’Malley was aggressive from the start, taking 10 runs off T. B. Burtt’s, first over. Riccarton passed St. Albans’ first-innings score for the loss of only one wicket. Stark bowled unchanged in the" innings, but was unable to do much with the ball, and Harris rather surprisingly bowled 17 overs from the other end before introducing Burtt to the attack. Burtt then took the wicket of O’Malley in his third over. The umpires are Messrs P. M. Kerr and H. S. Sampson. Scores:— ST. ALBANS First Innings B. E.' Qd'inn. c O*Mallev, b Ackland o T. W Turner, b Ackland o P. Z. Harris, run out .. 16 A. N. Bailey, c Barrett, b Kiddey 9 J. Smith, run out .. 5 T. B. Burtt, lbw, b Kiddey .. o J. Hutchinson run out .. 28 1. Dempsey, c Barrett, b Ackland 27 D. Stark, not out o R. Bowman, b Ackland .. 4 S. C. Guillen, absent .. o Extras (byes 5) ..5 Total .. .. .. 94 Bowling.—J. F. Ackland. 15.2 overs 5 maidens. 40 runs. 4 wiCkets: J. W Kiddey. 19. 10. 29, 2; B. Percival, 8, 2. 10, 0: W. Muncaster. 3. 0, 10, 0. RICCARTON First Innings L. J. Newman, not out .. Go B. Pankhurst. ht. wkts., b Stark 1

D. O’Malley, lbw, b Burtt 24 G. Barrett, not out - .. 1 Extras (byes- 6, leg-byes 1) 7 Total for two wickets .. 99 Bowling.—D. Stark, 21 overs, < maidens. 39 runs, 1 wicket; P. Z. Harris. 19, 5, 40, 0; T. B. Burtt, 3. , 0. 13. 1. X EAST CHRISTCHURCH V. SYDEN- ! HAM 1 A lively wicket and some excellent ? bowling by J. Harliwich proved too c . much for East Christchurch when j its match was begun against Syden- - . ham at Lancaster Park. Five min- c utes before luneh East Christchurch was dismissed for only 75 runs, and « . 1q fhe 150 minutes of play , before i . rain and. a very bad, light caused . . the abandonment of play for ;the re- * ’ mainder of ttjfc day, Sydenham scored 1 t 95 for the loss of two Wickets. t The oval pitch’ was very fast and entirely suited to the bowling of Harliwich, who bowled well-for his 1 six wickets. Heirioved the ball very c i late in the air and brought it back i > both ways off the pitch. This, the * f East Christchurch batsmen were un- * i aide to handle. i East Christchurch was without five c • of its regular players, as- was Syd- . • enhasn. Ji . 4 East Christchurch began badly’ s when J. W. Grocott was but leg- 1 • before-wicket to Harliwich before he ■ had scored, and only nine funs were < I added before R. PanpeD -was out . . to a catch. B. A. Haworth and C. » I Smart stiffened the innings a little i in adding 13/runs, but then the i ■ first collapse three Wiot i kets falling quickly. Smart was out ‘ with the score kt 33, Haworth was ] well caught by Fraser four runs i later and A. Barton walked back to . the pavilion at 38. P. Oakes was the only other batsman to show any resistance to the attack, but he also finally fell to Harliwich. Before he was dismissed Oakes j helped to take the score to 61. One run was scored for the next two . -wickets and 13 for the ninth. Three < runs later the innings closed when ‘ B. Adamson was brilliantly caught < at leg slip by I. Hartland. In view of Harliwich’s success, the Sydenham openers, Hartland and R. Kirton, appeared to treat the East 1 Christchurch attack with great sus- 1 picion. They scored four runs in 1 20 minutes. The bowling of Cole and . Jones invited some close watching, , but not to this extent. With the 1 dismissal of Hartland, Kirton 1 and G. Fraser began hitting out and 1 the runs came more quickly, the 50 . coming up in 79 minutes. Kirton was batting well when an > unfortunate misunderstanding be- > tween the wickets brought about his dismissal. Fraser—the culprit on this ’ occasion—atoned, howeyer, with some » excellent batting. He scored quite freely on the leg and many of his ; on-drives were hit with power. » : Rain stopped play shortly before ’ 4.30 pjn. r The umpires are Messrs T. Mathie J and H. C. Borland. Scores:— 1 EAST CHRISTCHURCH i First Innings i J. W. Grocott, lbw, b Harliwich 0 . C. Smart, lbw, b Reid .. 9 R. Pannell, c Jones, b Reid .. 4 . B. A. Haworth, *c Fraser, b j Hartland .. .. .. 13 tP. Oakes, lbw, b Harliwich .. 13 A. Barron, b Harliwich .. 1 M. Dalrymple, lbw, b Harliwich 8 ! W. Black, not out .. "3 ’ T. Jones, c Jones, b Harliwich .. 0 a R. Cole, st Pearce, b Harliwich 9 j B Adamson, c Hartland, b Reid 0 r Extras (byes 11, leg-byes 6, ] no-ball 1) ..18 ; Total .. 78 i Bowling.—R. Reid, 7.2 overs, 3 - maidens, 10 runs, 3 wickets; J. Harliwich, 21, 13, 24, 6; I. Hartland, ? 8,2, 18, 1; D. L. Gallop. 6,2, 8, 0. ’ SYDENHAM First Innings ? I. Hartland, c Black, b Jones .. 6 B R. Kirton, run out .. 33 b G. Fraser, not out . . 42 - B. Salt, not out 3 r Extras (leg-byes 10, no-ball f 1) .. ..11 s e Total tor 2 wickets .. 95 J -Bowling.—T. Jones, 17 overs, 6 1 maidens, 29 runs, 1 wicket; R. Cole, 13, 77 13, 0; C. Smart, 10. 3, 19, 8 0; B. Adamson, 4,0, 23, o._ WEST CHRISTCHURCH-UNIVER-SITY v. LANCASTER PARK Winning the toss, D. Moynihan 2 gave the competition leader, Lancaster Park, the first use of the wicket . at Hagley. With 223 for seven * wickets when rain stopped play . shortly after four o’clock. Lancaster 1 Park is well placed for another vic- . tory. --J21 The opening batsman, B. J. Ellis, was caught with the total at 27, after ‘ being dropped twice previously. This * let-off was also accorded several 5 other batsmen during the day. • D. Woods and G. E. Royfee put their J side in a good position with a secon--1 wicket partnership of 83 runs in 68 1 minutes. Woods played a patient inn--2 ings for his 49. and took full advantange of too-frequent loose balls from ) the slower bowlers. Royfee again batted well, being i severe on the leg-side, and dealing 1 promptly with anything overpitched. ; He was unfortunate to be dismissed - when the ball rebounded from the , ’keeper’s pads. The loss of these two and P. W. O’Malley within a* few overs broueht together A. G. Duckmanton and A. Dobson. This pair pushed the score along slowly. Duckmahton was the more aggressive, and did his best to hurry the scoring ‘ flong, but Dobson’s 16 in 71 minutes went some way to defeat this end. = The third 50 of the innings took 85 L minutes. Duckmanton was out. to a a rather unusual shot off a ball from L. R. Scott. Towards the end of the e ’ innings the left-handers D. McKendry □ and I. Anderson played some good i shots. j Moynihan had once again a limited 1 attack at his command. The fast . bowler, P. J. Low. was the most conj «=i=tent. as he has been during most I of the season. He attacked the .’ stumps, and deserved more than his e two wickets. M. Stewart bowled 26 • t overs fairly accurately, but the slower [' howlers made no impression upon the Lancaster Park batsmen. i. The West Christchurch-University t. Gelding was not good. Scott took a good running catch to dismiss Woofls, g but he had dropped two simole one" r -arlier in the innincs. ’ Several others n were guilty of poor fieldinfe. and the 0 wicketkeeopr, E. R Morris, was porid- - erous. With M. E. Chanole able to bat next v’eek, the competition leader r is in a good position. r Th° umpires are Messrs E. D. Milne I. and H. C. Moore. t Scores:— LANCASTER PARK ' First Innings B. J. Ellis, c Austin .b Low .. 18 D. E. Wcods. c Scott b Gearry 49 G. E. Royfee. st Morris b S-’ott 4n j P. W. O’Malley, c Morris b Low 3 a A. G. Duckmanton. b Scott .. 42 _ A; Dobson, b Scott ..16 e D. McKendry. not out .. .. 18 ~ T. P. Anderson, b Stewart .-. 23 _ R. H. Prouting. not out .. 0 l. Extras (byes 7. leg byes 6, no balls 1) .. ..' ..14 5 Total for seven wickets ... 223 4 Bowling—P. X Low. 23.2 overs, 6 maidens. 38 runs. 2 wickets; M. Stew- " art, 26. 9. 52, 1: Movnihan. 1. 0. 7. 0:' G. N. Gearry.* 12 1. ?0. 1; J. B. Park. 0 16. 2. 49. 0: L. R. Scott. 10. 0. 31, 3.