Cricket LANCASTER PARK ALMOST CERTAIN SENIOR WINNER

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28531, 10 March 1958, Page 11

Cricket LANCASTER PARK ALMOST CERTAIN SENIOR WINNER

With a convincing eighthwickets win over Old Collegians on Saturday, Lancaster Park went into an almost unbeatable lead in the Canterbury Cricket Association’s senior competition. With one full round, and a round of one-day games still to be played, Lancaster Park is 18J points ahead of Riccarton, with Sydenham and Old Boys close behind.

One of the architects of Lancaster Park’s victory—although he was really engaged in demolishing—was R. H. Prouting. who on the first day had been taken to hospital, with suspected appendicitis. On Saturday, however, he returned with undiminished vigour, and took 4 for 17 in a fine spell of bowling. The innings of the day was that of W. E. Muncaster (Riccarton), who scored a typically brisk century. C. G. Snook’s 54 not out carried Old Boys to victory against East Christchurch, and M. J. Moffat, in a grand and gallant effort to save Old Collegians, made 72. Three bowlers each took five wickets—T. Bartholomew and M. McEwan (Sydenham) and D. McKendry (Lancaster Park). Scores: Sydenham 294 beat Riccarton 135 and 254 for eight wickets by 159 runs on the first innings. West Christchurch-Univer-sity 255 and 93 for five wickets beat St Albans 220 by 35 runs on the first innings. Lancaster Park 224 and 49 for two wickets beat Old Collegians 122 and 150 by eight wickets. Old Boys 109 and 189 for six wickets beat East Christchurch 112 and 182 by four wickets. Competition points are:— Won. Lost 10 5 1 0 Bonus Ch. pt. pt. pt. pt. pts. pts. L. Park 3 5 1 - 58.01 114.01 Rice. .. 1 6 1 1 54.51 95.51 Syd. .. 2 3 4 - 56.34 95.34 Old Boys 2 3 2 1 55.81 94.81 Old Coll. 22 2 3 54.05 86.05 West-Un. 2 1 4 2 51.14 80.14 St. Alb. 1 1 4 2 51.91 72.91 East - 1 4 4 49.76 58.76 St. Albans and Old Boys were awarded two points each for a match In which there was no first-innings decision. Bonus points in the ninth round were:—Old Boys 7.38. Sydenham 6.54, Lancastser Park 7.53, Riccarton 589 West Christchurch-University 5.48. St. Albans 5.20, East Christchurch 6.14, Old Collegians 5.12. EAST CHRISTCHURCH v. OLD BOYS (112 and 108/5 (109) Competitively, this was the most interesting match of the day. When East Christchurch resumed in the morning in an effort to make its lead a really substantial one, much seemed to depend on the not out batsmen, J. W. Grocott and P. Oakes. They both batted well, using their feet to the slow bowling and hitting the loose ones hard, and their partnership was worth 46, in about even time. East Christchurch failed to drive home the advantage won, however, the last four wickets falling for 28 more runs. B. A. Bolton bowled his leg breaks skilfully to make his match analysis eight for 91. Old Boys had plenty of time to score the 186 runs needed, and for a long time it was a keen and close contest. J. W. D’Arcy was brilliantly caught by Grocott, but at 50 for one, Old Boys were in command But East Christchurch kept trying hard, and soon the score became 82 for four, Grocott taking another fine catch to dismiss Bolton. In the meantime, there had been some excellent batting from D. Hill, who was playing at school earlier in the sum met. He showed' he has plenty of strokes and, more important, is willing to use them. He was very quick indeed to hit the loose one or the no-ball, and his was a most attractive and competent display. He was out just before tea, with the score 106 for five.

After tea, J. G. Leggat was again out leg before wicket, and the match was very much in the balance. But Snobk, who has done his side wonderful service as an all-rounder this summer, took charge, and I. S. Cocks, another fresh from school, stayed with him. Snook attacked at every opportunity, and they hit off the runs, scoring 63 together in 50 minutes. East Christchurch might have made a last-minute effort had a catch Cocks offered off R. Cole been taken when the score was 170. The umpires were Messrs H. C. Moore and T. Mathie. Scores:— x EAST CHRISTCHURCH 4 First Innings • .. .. .. 112 Second Innings (108/5) J. Grocott, c Franks, b Bolton .. 22 P. Oakes, st Heatley, b Bolton .. 29 C. Smart, hit wkt., b Bolton .. 4 O Manning, lbw, b Bolton .. 0 R. Cole, c and b Snook .. .. 6 T. Jones, not out .. ..4 Extras (byes 10, leg-byes 9, no-balls 2) .. ..21 Total .. .. ..182 Bowling.—D. J. Reid, 9 overs, 4 maidens, 17 runs. 1 wicket; G. J Franks, 8,0, 34, 0; B. A. Bolton. 15, 4, 54. 4; C. G. Snook, 15.5, 6, 31. 1; D. Hill, 5, 0. 25'2. OLD BOYS First Innings .. .. ..109 Second Innings W. A. Hadlee, b Jones .. .. 23 J. W. D’Arcy, c Grocott, b Cole 6 D. Hill, c Sinclair, b Alabaster 48 R. J. B. West, b Sinclair .. 1 B A. Bolton, c Grocott, b Cole 10 J. G. Leggat, lbw. b Alabaster 12 C G. Snook, not out .. .. 54 I S. Cocks not out .. .. 10 Extras (byes 14, leg-byes 8, no-balls 2 wide 1) .. 25 Total for six wickets .. 189 Bowling.—T. L. Jones, 28 overs, II maidens, 56 runs, 1 wicket; R. Cole, 19. 6. 52, 2; I. McK. Sinclair. 17. 9, 25, 1; G. D. Alabaster. 10, 3. 22, 2; C. Smart, 1,0, 5,0; B. Haworth. 1. 0,4, 0. WEST CHRISTCHURCH - UNIVERSITY (255) v. ST. ALBANS (90/3) St. Albans never quite looked likely to catch the big score set it, but was never out of the picture until the end. Much of the resistance came from S C. Guillen, who had had the misfortune to injure a finger on the first day, and then injure some muscles in a side on Saturday. Although he had to have a runner—P. G. Z. Harris acted for him for a while with typical energy—and although he was

reduced to one-hand deflections batted in all three hours h? d f a^“ a " er f ? r 46 - The difficulty J” Sfffistng his bat drew attention to the number of balls' at which he did not have to attempt * s h ot -. 1116 end > and by a °£ Guillen was the inSut 1 bystander when he was run

There was batting of more vigorX om J - Hutchinson, who helped Guillen to score 44 for the sixth wicket and from I. Dempsey, whose partnership with Guillen yielded 47 for the seventh wicket. But after that the innings *° ld ® d VP Quickly,. C. G. Smith bowled his mswingers with admirable patience and persistence, and none of the others yielded runs readily.

West Christchurch-University batted again, and G. K. Austin played some lovely strokes. His batting was clean and confident, and he scored 38 of the first 43 runs .before he was run out. G. T. DdSvlmg hit q spectacular six off T. B. Burtt, but towards the end it was all rather bonus pointless. The umpires were Messrs P. M. Kerr and W. Barnes. Scores:—

WEST CHRISTCHURCHUNIVERSITY First Innings .. .. 255 Second Innings G. K. Austin, run out .. .. 38 R. J. Hudson, lbw, b Harris .. 4 G. T. Dowling, not out ..• ..f 17 M. Blades, c Bailey, b Parr .. 15 J. B. Park, c Harris, b Burtt .. 10 P. J. Low, c Hutchinson, b Burtt .. .. .. 0 R. O’Connor, not out .. .. 1 Extras (byes 3, leg-bye 1) .. 4 Total for five wickets .. 93 Bowling.—B. Todd, 0, 17, 0; W. Craig, 10, 4, 24, 0; P. G. Z. Harris. 10,'7, 12, 1; T. B. Burtt, 9,1, 28, 2; M. B. Poore, 6,3, 8, 1. ST. ALBANS Firrst innings (90/3) S. C. Guillen, run out .. ..46 M. B. Poore, b Smith .. .. 14 A. N. Bailey, c Gearry, b Smith 0 J. Hutchinson, b Gearry .. 27 I. Dempsey, b Smith .. .. 33 T. B. Burtt, c Moynihan, b Smith .. ... .. 5 B. Todd, not out .. .. 0 W. Craig, lbw, b Austin .. 1 Extras (byes 25, leg-byes ‘5, no-balls 4) .. .. 34 Total .. ..226 Bowling.—P. tow, 27, 12, 57, 1; C. G. Smith, 33, 17, 48, 4; J. B. Park. 21, 8. 34, 1; G. N. Gearry, 22, 5, 45, 2; G. K. Austin, 3.5, .1, 2, 1. LANCASTER PARK (224) v. OLD COLLEGIANS (90/3) Patchy batting by Old Collegians and some good bowling by R. Prouting, M. E. Chapple and D. McKendry, gave Lancaster Park, an outright win by eight wickets. Coming back into the Park attack after being unable to play last week, Prouting took four wickets for 14 when Old, Collegians made their distastrous' start on Saturday morning. The biggest set back Old Collegians suffered was when three wickets fell from four balls. G. L. Perry was clean bowled by the last ball of Chapple's over and then—while A. R. Mac Gibbon waited despondently for a chance to face the bowling at one end—J. E. England and J. Thompson were bowled with the first and third deliveries of P routing’s over.

The rest of the Old Collegians batsmen followed in a solemn spasmodic procession. Prouting, bowling steadily and accurately, was the main wicket-taker.

Old Collegians followed on and fared a little better in making 150, of which M. J. Moffat scored a fine 72. After being dropped at two, Moffat made full use of his reprive and returned to his old batting form. He was very strong on.the leg side, scoring with well-placed on drives and hook shots. R. T. Hunt (23), was the best of the rest and he scored in his useful forceful manner.

Chapple and McKendry disposed of. most of the other batsmen cheaply. Chapple was inexpensive and kept a good length while McKendry dismissed an unusual number of players caught and bowled. Floating the ball to the batsmen, he gained three victims this way and also had G. L. Perry and A. R. Mac Gibbon caught in the field. Lancaster Park had little difficulty in scoring the 49 needed for the outright win. Messrs J. Reese and H. S. Sampson were the umpires. Scores were: LANCASTER PARK First Innings .. .. .. 224 Second Innings D. E. Woods, b Mac Gibbon .. 4 G. E. Royfee, not out .. 23 A. G. Duckmanton, b Mac Gibbon 17 M. E. Chapple, not out .. .. 0 Extras (byes 5) .. .. 5 r Total for two wickets .. 49 Bowling.—A. R. Mac Gibbon, 4,0, 12, 2; J. H. M. Dawson. 2,0, 16, 0; J. Thompson, 1.2, 0, 16, 0. OLD COLLEGIANS First Innings (90/3) J. E. England, b Prouting .. 49 J. H. M. Dawson, c Anderson, b Prouting .. .. 10 G. L. Perry, b Chapple .. 1 A. R. Mac Gibbon, c Anderson b Prouting .. .. 5 J. Thompson, b Prouting .. 0' M. J. Moffat, lbw, b Chapple 12 P. R. Harmon, lbw, b Chapple 0 B. A. Carpenter, not out .. 8 Extras (byes 4, leg-byes 2, no-ball 1) .. ..7 Total .. .. ..122 Bowling.—J. L. Saunders, 7,2, 15, 1; A. G. Duckmanton, 11, 5, 27, 0; B. Irving, 6,1, 22, 0; D. McKendry, 6,1, 26, 0; M. E. Chapple, 17. 9, 11, 3; R. Proutirfg. 9, 3. 14, 4. Second Innings R. T. Hunt, c Irving, b' Chapple 23 D. W. Crowe, lbw b Duckmanton 10 M. J. Moffat, lbw, b Duckmanton 72 P. C. Sheppard, lbw, b Saunders 3 J. E. England, c and b McKendry .. .. 8 A. R. Mac Gibbon, c Duckmanton, b McKendry .. .. 11 G. L. Perry, c Dowker, b McKendry .. .. .. 0 P. R. Harman, c and b McKendry .. ' .. .. o J. Thompson, c and b McKendry 5 B. A. Carpenter, nof out .. 2 J. H. M. Dawson, c Irving, b Chapple .. .. .. 5 Extras (byes 2, leg-byes 8, rio-ball 1) .. ..11 Total .. .. .*.150 Bowling.—R; Prouting, 11 overs,, 3 maidens, 33 runs, 0 wickets; J. ‘L. Saunders, 12, 5, 19, 1; A. G. Duckmanton, 13, 4, 22, 2; D. M. McKendry, 16, 4, 42. 5; M. E. Chapple, 11.1, 6, 11, 2; B. Irving, 8,3, 12, 0. SYDENHAM v. RICCARTON (294) (59/3)

Although Sydenham succeeded in forcing Riccarton to follow on in its second innings Sydenham had to be content with first innings points. Given a chance to make a reasonable total, after a good recovery the week before by J. W. -Kiddey and W. E. Muncaster, Riccarton failed to make any headway, and the side was all out Before lunch for 135 and was required to follow on. M. McEwan, who had taken two wickets on the first day, claimed another three and finished with five for 36, Sydenham’s best bowling performance.

Riccarton lost an early wicket in the second innings before lunch when J W. Guy bowled the opener, D. O’Malley, and after the interval play was very dull with neither batsman, G. Barrett nor B. Pankhurst, very interested in going for the runs. This was emphasised by J. Harliwich’s bowling figures at this stage. He had bowled 12 overs for 10 maidens and 8 runs. The 10 maidens were bowled consecutively. With the dismissal of Barrett, Ric-’ carton's scoring rate quickened, but only because of the new batsman, W. E. Muncaster. His partner, B. Pankhurst, was still in no hurry. Pankhurst had started his innings an hour before Muncaster. but the newcomer passed him in the twenties. After tea Pankhurst was at the wicket for 20 minutes before he made a scoring stroke, although in <he meantime Muncaster was well on the way towards his halfcentury. After reaching 50 Muncaster speeded his rate of scoring still more, and at one stage had made 50

in better than ever time. His century took only 117 minutes, his first in senior cricket. It included 17 fours. Later, R. H. Scott also took charge of the bowling to make 37 in even time. The umpires were Messrs E. D. Milne and J. W. T. Owens. . Scores:— SYDENHAM First Innings .. ... .• 294 RICCARTON First Innings (59/3) W E. Muncaster, c Gallop, b McEwan • • • ■ .. 32 J. W. Kiddey, lbw, b Harliwich 36 W. Bell b McEwan .. .. 6 E. Fuller, c and b Bartholomew 3 R. Motz, lbw, b Harliwich .. 5 R. H. Scott, 0 McEwan .. 1 B. Frost, c and b Batholomew 20 J. F. Ackland, not out .. .. 22 Extras (byes 10) • • 10 Total .. .. ..135 Bowling —M. McEwan, 15 overs, 3 maidens, 36 runs, 5 wickets; J. Harliwich, 21, 10, 46, 3; J. Guy, 1. 0,2, 0, T. Bartholomew, 6.2, 0, 34, 2; D. L. Gallop, 1,0, 7, 0. Second Innings D. O’Malley, b Guy .. .. 14 G. Barrett, stpd Kirton, b Bartholomew .. .. .. 16 B. Pankhurst, c Kirton b McEwan .. .. .. 38 W. E. Muncaster, b Batholomtew 104 J. W. Kiddey, c and b McEwan 3 B. Frost, b Batholomew .. 5 R. Motz. c Hartland, b Batholomew .. ■ • „• • 11 R. H. Scott, c Hartland, b Bartholomew .. .. .. 37 W. Bell,-not out v 7 Extras (byes 10, leg byes 4, wides 5) .. ..-19 Total for eight wickets 254 Bowling.—McEwan, 14 overs, 6 maidens, 48 runs, 2 wickets; J. Harliwich, 17. 10. 21. 0; J. Guy. 18, 9, 28, 1: D. L. Gallop, 13, 2, 57, 0; |T. Bartholomew, 22.4, 1. 81, 5.