North Canterbury Competitions

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

North Canterbury Competitions

Neither Kaiapoi nor Rangiora couM force a win when the North Canterbury cricket competitions concluded on Saturday, and so both teams share the Senior A Cup. By beating a weakened Rangiora High School team outright, Swannanoa took the lead from Oxford in the Senior B grade. Kaiapoi did not recover from a bad start when it lost three wickets in the first over against Amberley Forced to bat slowly, Kaiapoi was not in a position to declare until all hope of victory was lost. The Rangiora bowlers were unable to break through the Ohoka batting. Although given a little under two hours to make 212 runs. Rangiora could not get going against the steady Ohoka attack. Loburn gave an improved performance against Woodond to finish with a creditable draw.

The fast left-hand Oxford bowler, P. O’Malley, routed the Carleton batsmen, but Carleton fought back, and the Oxford batsmen had to struggle before the 61 runs required for victory were obtained Good individual batting performances were:—E. Blakely 138 against Rangiora, and 101 by J. Criglington against Woodend: P. O’Malley with seven for 22 for Oxford against Carleton; O. O’Loughlin (four for 15 and six for 10 against High School), and P. Taylor (six for 5, including the hat trick) for Rangiora against Fernside were the best bowlers.

Points at the conclusion of the competitions are:— Senior A.—Rangiora 76, Kaiapoi 76, Amberley 68. Woodend 68. Ohoka 52. Loburn 37.

Senior B.—Swannanoa 66. Oxford 64, Eyreton 53. Carleton 52, High School 51, Rangiora 45, Amberley 39, Kaiapoi 35, Fernside 28, Cust 25. . Scores:— Senior A Kaiapoi 168 for seven declared (C. Merrin 27, D. McAllister 40 not out, L. Rossiter 52, G. Ching 11, A. Hopkins 21 not out; M. Robinson three for 36, W. Cann two for 34) drew with Amberley 112 for two (G. Gardiner 46, W. Cann 44 not out; A. Hopkins one for 28, L. Williams one for 22). Ohoka 211 for eight declared (E. Blakely 138, J. Blakely 55; I. Sail two for 47. F. Devlin two for 68, W. Snellex two for 60, N. Gibson two for 12) drew with Rangiora 78 for four (A- Sail 18, W, Snellex 16 not out. B. Daley 22 not out; V. Hamilton four for 20). Loburn 203 (P. Law 22, B. Whiting 18, J. McCrenor 12, J. Criglington 101, J. Fulton 12, D. Henry 16; B Cobden two for 39, P. Robertshaw two for 35, J. Johnston two for 17, P. Collins two for *8) drew with Woodend 175 for eight (J. Cobden 46, P. Robertshaw 53, B. Cobden 17, G. Creamer 13, L. Southen 10 not out; P. Law two for 18. J. McCrenor three for 71).

Senior B Cust 99 (A. Page 26, A. Matthews 23. K. Fidler 21; G. Hallow two for 20, D. Steere two for 1) lost to Eyreton 155 (R. Bennett 18, P. Merrin 37, F. Steere 15, L. Bailey 14, G. Hallow 31, F. Eder 15; A. Page six for 41, K. Fidler two for 55).

High School 79 (E. Bailey 13, MacRae 27 not out, Matthews 23; R. Frazer three for 31, A. O’Loughlin four for 15, R. Frizzell three for 17) and 34 (R. Frazer three for 10, A. O'Loughlin six for 10) lost outright to Swannanoa 113 for six declared (A. O’Loughlin 24, W. Frizzell 16, I. King 23, R. Frizzell 17 not out, D. McHugh 17 not out; D. Todd two for 31, E. Bailey two for 22, Bowman two for 25) and two for no wickets.

Rangiora 211 for eight declared (W. Withers 52 retired, R. McConnon 41, W. McNeill 24 retired, D. Broughton 17, A. Morriss 15 not out, J. Templeton 14, G. Morris 12; K. Adams four for 23, C. James two for 23) beat Fernside 107 (K. Adams 34, C. James 14; P. Taylor six for 5. W. Withers one for 1).

Kaiapoi 223 for eight declared (P. Lightfoot 67, R. Commons 63, Clarke 24, K. Thom 14, H. Hopkins 10; A. Arthur three for 47, A. Ford two for 12) lost to Amberley 226 (K. Stackhouse 28, A. Rutter 22, A. Arthur 80. E. Bailey 33, R. Smith 15 not out, N. Thomas 12, J. Cruickshank 11; L. Beer six for 40). Carleton 60 (K. McKenzie 15. G Inch 17, N. Judson 13; P. O’Malley seven for 22, R. Green two for 22) lost to Oxford 78 (G. McGrath 19. J. Doody 10, B. Henderson 24, P. Amor 10; B. Horler two for 9, N. Judson two for 7, G. Inch two for 21. Schoolboys Kaiapoi 79 (A. Adams 20 retired. R. Merrin 11. E. Sincock 23. G. Sincock 9; Eder six for 30) beat Woodend 14 (D. James 7, R. Merrin four for 6, M. Commons three for 3, A. Adams two for 1).

Ellesmere Matches

Leeston enhanced its chances oi winning the Ellesmere Sub-associa-tion’s competition tor the T. V. Bailey Memorial Cup when in the thirteenth round it beat Lincoln College by an innings and 10 runs on Saturday. Leeston owed much to some excellent bowling by M. Chamberlain. who took seven wickets for 36 runs for the match, B. Free, who took seven for 17 in the first innings, and J. Chamberlain, who took six for 14 in the second innings. In the match between Dunsandel and Southbridge J. Walker scored his third century for Dunsandel this season. He retired at 125.

Details:— Leeston 105 for four declared (R. Taiaroc. 30 not out. M. Fleming 21. B Free 21. J. Chamberlain 15; Register four for 47) beat Lincoln College 39 (Alexander 10. A. Coleman 10; B. Free seven for 17, M. Chamberlain three for 14) and 56 (Ivory 17, El vines 14; J. Chamberlain six for 14, M. Chamberlain four for 22) by an innings and 10 runs. Irwell 119 (A. Ayres 80 not out. N Wallace 14. B. Siecker 12; M. Heslop three for 29, L. Coe one for 5, E. Adams one for 5, C. Heslop one for 8) beat Irwell 52 (L. Coe 29, M. Heslop 10; M. Wallace three for 1,

A. Ayres four for 14) by 67 runs on the first innings. Dunsandel three for 322 declared <J. Walker 125 retired, L. Mason 18. I Chamberlain 36, J. Murray 26; E. Clark one for 111, A. Brown one for 55) beat Southbridge 50 (Hildyard 10; I. Chamberlain one for 8, M. Barnett three for 16, J. Murray three for 11, J. Walker two tor 4, L. Wason one for 5) and eight for 88 (E. Clark 16, G. Brown 11, G. McIlraith 12: Clark one for 7, M. Barnett three for 16, J. Walker two for 8, J. Murray one for 2, F. Wright none for 14) by an innings and 184 runs.

Points at the end of the thirteenth round are:—Leeston 51, Dunsandel 44. Irwell 39, Lincoln 30, Southbridge 28. Weedons 28, Burnham 18, Lincoln College 12.