CRICKET LANCASTER PARK ASSURED OF SENIOR COMPETITION

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28543, 24 March 1958, Page 13

CRICKET LANCASTER PARK ASSURED OF SENIOR COMPETITION

Lancaster Park made certain of winning the senior championship when it scored 402 for six wickets against Riccarton, the second team, on Saturday. It was the highest total of the season, and P. W. O’Malley, with 149, won the distinction of the season’s best individual score. The match was also notable for its rate of scoring, and for the huge number of extras—72—in Lancaster Park’s innings.

At Elmwood Park, the Old Collegians off-spinner, B. A. Carpenter, took five wickets in 54 balls, without conceeding a run. Another bowler who did particularly well was T. B. Burtt, with seven wickets for St. Albans. The batsmen with half-centuries were D. McKendry (Lancaster Park), J. W. D’Arcy and W. A. Hadlee (Old Boys), B. Blades (West Christchurch-University) B. Quinn (St. Albans), and I.’ Sinclair (East Christchurch). Except at Lancaster Park, the scoring was slow, although conditions were excellent. In these three games, no team won a decisive advantage. Scores.— Lancaster Park 402 for six wickets, declared; Riccarton 46 for four wickets. Old Boys 189; Sydenham 128. West Christchurch-Vniver-sity 171; East Christchurch 143 for six wickets. St. Albans 105, and 20 for three wickets; Old Collegians LANCASTER PARK v. RICCARTON A tremendous effort by Riccarton could have made this a championship Anal, but after the first halfhour it was a one-horse race, Lancaster Park was fortunate to win the toss, with the pitch bordering on perfection, and after Riccarton had dropped an early catch or two, the batsmen went on relentlessly. In a remarkable short time, the feeling that a huge score was inevitable settled on the game: Riccarton seemed as conscious of it as the batsmen and the handful of spectators. .

The foreman in this vast runbuilding enterprise was P. W. O’Malley, the former Canterbury and South Island player, who was having only his third innings this season in seniors. His certain, composed, and fluent batting was a sharp reminder of his magnificent form in his first representative season, and recalled the disappointment his semiretirement has been. O'Malley will be 31 years old today; on Saturday's fom he should have been making his , hundreds for Canterbury regularly for the last eight seasons. It is difficult to imagine more beautiful driving than O’Malley’s: orf the front foot or the back, he timed his strokes perfectly, and with all his old suggestion of indolence. He was strong all round the wicket, he gave no chance. It was an innings to remember.

McKendry had yet another success with 72. and he shared a thirdwicket partnership with O’Malley of 189 in 155 minutes. McKendry is especially strong on the on-side, and he turned the ball off his toes very prettily time and again. He was unable to fathom the spin bowling of W. Bell, but it was another fine innings, his sixth batting success in a row.

M. E. Chapple, batting aggressively and soundly, shared a fourth-wicket stand with O’Malley of 122 in little more than 70 minutes. They did not need to hit fours very often; the scattered and weary field yielded singles in quantity. At the end, A. G. Duckmanton played the perfect little innings of 25 in about 12 minutes.

Riccarton’s troubles began early •nd were never resolved. R. C. Motz. nursing an injured side, bowled at much below his full pace, with a shorter run, but he appeared to lose his rhythm, and was no-balled 20 times during the day. It seemed he ■was over-bowled, and Bell underbowled. Bell, on such a pitch the only bowler likely to trouble the batsmen, did not come on until the score was more than 100, and bowled fewer overs than any of the others. A further hole in Riccarton’s bowling colander was the absence, almost throughout the day, of third man and fine leg fieldsmen. With a very fast outfield, and pace bowlers being used mostly, they would have saved many runs—and most of the extras. However, J. F. Ackland bowled with particular steadiness, Kiddey kept a length even when the ball had been reduced to a tattered mess, and Bell had two particularly good spells, but had two catches dropped. It seemed inevitable, after such a day, that Riccarton would not bat well, and four wickets fell in 50 minifies before stumps. R. H. Fronting bowled with hostility, and B. Irving made a magnificent diving catch at leg slip to dismiss G. Barrett. The umpires are Messrs P. M. Kerr and D. Morris. Scores:— LANCASTER PARK First Innings D. Woods, b Ackland .. 9 G. E. Rovfee, b Motz .. ..23 P W. O’Malley, b Motz .. ..149 D. M. McKendry. b Bell .. 72 M. E. Chapple, lbw, b Motz .. 49 A. G. Duckmanton, c Kiddey, b Bell .. .. •• 2® A. Dobson, not out .. 3 Extras (byes 37. leg-byes 15, no-balls 20) .. ..72 Total for six wickets (dedared) .. -- 402 Bowling —R. C. Motz, 24 overs, 1 maiden, 109 runs, 3 wickets; J. Ackland. 20, 3. 66. 1; J. w. Kiddey, 27. 8, 92, 0; W Bell, 16.4, 1. 63. 2. RICCARTON First Innings B. Pankhurst b Prouting .. 0 G. Barrett, c Irving, b Saunders 0 D. O’Malley, b Prouting .. 11 W. E. Muncaster, b Duckmanton 13 J W. Kiddey, not out .. •• 1® H Fuller, not out « Extras (leg byes 1, no-balls 1) 2 Total for four wickets .. 46 Bowling.—R. H. Prouting, 6 overs. 1 maiden, 18 runs. 2 wickets; J. Saunders, 5,1, 18, 1; A. G. Duckmanton. 3,1, 8,1; M. E. Chapple. 2,2, 0, 0. SYDENHAM v. OLD BOYS After an innings which commenced disastrously Old Boys scored 189 runs against Sydenham to gain a first innings lead of 71. Old Boys' prospects looked far f. rorr ! bright when W. A. Hadlee joined J. W. D’Arcy 34 minutes after the start of Old Boys’ innings. The side had been sent in to bat and the score was then 22 for four wickets. The damage had been done by the two opening bowlers, J. Harliwich and M. McEwan, both of whom had taken two wickets. Hadlee and D’Arcy, however, remained together until *ust after lunch and guided the innings through a difficult period. They added 87 for the partnership in 98 ir - tes Hadlee making 58. More runs came from the next gartnership by D’Arcy and C. G. but from then on the sloe slumped and the last five could only produce 21 runs. D Arcy played solidly throughout his innings, his total of 67 including eight fours. Snook was in an aggressive mood until he gave a very easy Ca Sydenham had five minutes’ batting before tea, but the side was all out a short while before stumps after an innings devoid of solidity. The bowlers. M. McEwan and D L. Gallop, were the only two players to show form with the bat. McEwan was handicapped by a leg muscle injury half way through his innings and had to have the services of a runner. Gallop batted in carefree fashion. The largest stand of the innings was 25, for the sixth wicket, between these two bats--111 Best bowling performance for Old Boys came from D. J. Reid, four

*° r 39- and B. A. Bolton, three for 2?- _Sydenham, the off spinner, £• Rapley, was responsible for the “Pal rout, taking four for 42. The umpires are Messrs T. Mathie apd J. Reece. Scores:

OLD BOYS J - W. D’Are” 1 b Hartland .. .. ..67 B. A. Bolton, c Gallop, b McEwan .. .. o D. Hill, lbw, b Harliwich .. 0 R. J. B. West, c Rapley, b McEwan .. .. 2 J- G - Leggat, lbw, b Harliwich 4 W. A. Hadlee, lbw, b McEwan 58 C. G Snook, c and b Rapley 39 I. Cocks, b Rapley 0 A. J. Heatley, not out .. 10 D. J. Reid, c Wilson, b Rapley 6 G. J. Franks, c Salt, b Rapley 0 Extras (bye 1, legs byes 2) 3 Total .. .. ..189 Bowling.—M. McEwan, 17 overs, 6 maidens. 46 runs, 3 wickets; J. Harliwich, 24, 7, 50, 2; F. Rapley, 18, 4. 42, 4; D. Gallop, 6,0, 21, 0; T. Bartholomew, 3,0, 19, 0; I. Hartland, 2,0, 8, 1. SYDENHAM „ First linnings R. Kirton, c Hadlee, b Reid .. 2 B. Salt, b Reid .. ..21 B. Bayley, c Heatley, b Snook 7 I. Hartland, b Reid .. ..5 M. McEwan, c D’Arcy, b Bolton 18 G. Fraser, b Hill .. .. 1 D. L. Gallop, c D'Arcy, b Snook 31 D. C. Wilson, lbw, b Bolton .. 0 F. Rapley, lbw, b Bolton .. 8 J. Harliwich, c Bolton, b Reid 14 T. Bartholomew, not out .. 0 Extras (byes 11, leg byes 5, no balls 5) .. ..21. Total .. .. ..128 Bowling.—D. J. Reid, 13 overs, 5 maidens, 39 runs, 4 wickets; G J. Franks, 3,1, 8,0; C. G. Snook, 10, 3, 18, 2; B. A. Bolton, 10, 4, 28. 3; D. Hill, 3,0, 14. 1. ST. ALBANS V. OLD COLLEGIANS

The highlight of the first day’s play of the St. Albans-Old Collegians’ match, played at Elmwood Park, was the bowling of the Old Collegians’ off-spinner, B. A. Carpenter. Carpenter took seven wickets for one run. In the first innings he took five for none in 7.5 overs, and in the second innings, shortly before the close of play, he took another two for only one run.

St. Albans started well with a splendid opening partnership by B. Quinn and T. Turner, who scored 84 runs in even time, but after Turner was out leg before wicket to D. Crowe, the innings collapsed. Three more wickets fell before further runs were added, and the side was all out for 105 runs shortly after lunch. Seven batsmen failed to score.

Old Collegians made a very strong start with crisp batting by R. Hunt, who scored 35 runs in 67 minutes. However, with Hunt’s dismissal Old Collegians collapsed against the solid bowling of M. B. Poore and T B. Burtt, who between them took ten wickets.

St. Albans opened its second innings at 5.18 pjn., but Carpenter’s brilliant bowling again kept the batsmen subdued. With his nfth ball he bowled B. Quinn for three, and shortly before stumps, took his seventh wicket for the day. The umpires are Messrs A. H. Johnston and W. C. Sampson. Scores:— ST. ALBANS First Innings 8.-Quinn, c Thomson, b Carpenter 55 T. Turner, lbw, b Crowe .. 16 M. B. Poore, c Harman, b MacGibbon .. .. 0 A. Bailey, lbw. b Carpenter .. 0 J. Hutchinson, b Carpenter .. 7 I. Dempsey, run out .. ..11 T. B. Burtt, lbw,, b Crowe .. 0 M. Beban. lbw, b Carpenter .. 0 P. G. Z. Harris, not out .. .. 0 W. Craig, lbw, b Carpenter .. 0 S. G. Guillen, absent .. Q Extras .. .. .. 16 Total .. .. ..105 Bowling: A. R. Mac Gibbon, 12 overs, 2 maidens, 28 runs, 1 wicket; J. H. Dawson, 9 2, 29, 0; J. Thomson, 8,2, 23, 0; D. Crowe. 7,3, 9,2; B. Carpenter, 7.5, 8 0, 5. Second Innings T. Turner, c England, b MacGibbon .. .. .. 6 B. Quinn, b Carpenter .. ..3 P.G.Z. Harris b Carpenter • • 0 A. Bailey, not out .. .. 2 M. B. Poore, not out .. ..1 Extras .. .. ..8 Total for three wickets .. 20 Bowling: A. R. Mac Gibbon, one for 3, B. A. Carpenter two for 1. OLD COLLEGIANS First Innings D. Crowe, b Burtt .. 10 R. Hunt, b Poore .. 35 M. Moffat, c Hutchinson, b Burtt 11 P. Sheppard, lbw. b Burtt .. 0 D. Hamilton, b Burtt .. 8 J. England lbw, b Burtt .. 28 A. R. Mac Gibbon, b Poore .. 26 P. Harman, b Burtt .. 3 J. Thomson, lbw b Poore .. 1

B. Carpenter, c Bailey, b Burtt 15 J. H. Dawson, not out .. 0 Extras .. .. 14

Total .. .. ..151 Bowling: W. Craig, 2 overs, 0 maidens, 12 runs, 0 wickets; P. G. Z. Harris, 2,0, 9,0; T. Burtt, 27.4, 15, 39, 7; M. Beban, 11, 2, 37, 0; M. B. Poore, 16, 3, 40, 3. WEST-UNIVERSITY v. EAST CHRISTCHURCH Although the scoring rate was a little slow, there were several periods of bright and interesting batting when West-University met East Christchurch at Hagley No. 3. B. A. Blades, a Wellington player, who is at university in Christchurch at the beginning and end of each cricket season, played a very fine innings for West, and G. Gearry made a sound 48. Later in the day J W. Crocott and I. M. Sinclair were responsible for placing East in quite a good position with 143 for six in reply to West’s 170. The West-University batsmen were again away to a bad start and were four down for 37 when Blades joined Gearry and took the score to 104. Blades batted particularly well. He was very sound and watchful for most of his innings. His 50 took 111 minutes. As he ran out of partners he showed a wida range of shots racing from 40 to 64i with a six four fours and a two. Without Blades West would have been in a sorry state. Most of the batsmen had trouble with T. Jones, who bowled his in-swingers most accurately and earned his four, wickets by attacking the stumps throughout. . Although East Christchurch also started badly the batting tempo rapidly increased when Crocott and Sinclair were in. Crocott was dropped twice very ehrly and Sinclair was all at sea at first to C. G. Smith, but later both batsmen hit hard and were very severe on G K Austin and J. B. Park. Sinclair s bright display included a six and eight fours and was made in only 79 minutes. East scoring 50 in 59 minutes and reaching 100 in only 93 minutes. For West-University Smith was again very accurate and economical, but West’s catching was well below standard, five catches being dropped behind the wickets, four of them by the slips and leg-slips. The umpires are Messrs J. E. Gover and H. C. Moore. WEST-UNIVERSITY First Innings p. p. Morris, b Smart .. .. 5 G. K. Austin, lbw. b Jones .. 10 G. T. Dowling, lbw, b Jones .. 11 r. F. Hunt, c Glanville, b Sin- g G. N. la Gearry, c Auld, b Alabaster 48 B. A. Blades, lbw, b Jones .. 64 j B Park, c Auld, b Cole .. 1 D. Moynihan, c sub, b Alabaster 5 P J. Low, c Bunt, b Smart .. 0 C. G. Smith, c Glanville, b Jones •• •• •• “ I Francis, not out .. • • .•> Extras (Byes 7. Leg-byes 2. wides 4, no-balls 2) .. Io Total .. ■ -.170

Bowling.—K. Cole. 9 overs. 4 maidens. 27 runs. 1 wicket; T. Jones. 19. 9 23 4; C. Smart, 12, 5, 41. 3, I. M. Sinclair, 15, 6 29. 1: G. D. Alabaster, 12, 5, 36, 2

EAST CHRISTCHURCH First Innings G D. Alabaster, b Low .. .. 11 J W. Crocott, lbw, b Park .. 46 K. Auld, b Smith ... • • 6 L Bunt, c Austin, b Smith 6 I. M. Sinclair, c Blades, b Low 58 L. B. Glanville, b Smith .. 1 B. A. Howorth, not out .. •• 3

C. Smart, not out .. .. 5 Extras (byes 6. leg-byes 4) 10

Total for six wickets .. 143 Bowling.—P. J. Low, 16 overs, 6 maidens, 40 runs, 2 wickets; C. G. Smith, 17, 9, 30, 3; J. B. Park ,7, 1, 33, 1; G. K Austin, 4,0, 19, 0; G. N. Gearry. 2,0, 11, 0.