CRICKET CANTABRIANS CLUB MEETS B.H.S. IN FIRST GAME

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28748, 20 November 1958, Page 5

CRICKET CANTABRIANS CLUB MEETS B.H.S. IN FIRST GAME

The new Cantabrians Cricket Club played its first match yesterday. against the Christchurch Boys’ High School first eleven at Straven road, and if it was a fair sample of what the club will have to offer the game, its contribution will be considerable.

The club hopes to help school teams by example—by fielding experienced and capable players, and by providing an extra match of quality on the school cricket programme. These objects were fulfilled admirably in yesterday’s game which, if drawn, produced some fine cricket by both sidas. The pitch at Straven -oad was a good one, and several of th? School batsmen batted very attractively. One of the openers, B. Hope, played sensibly and well, used a good range of strokes, and scored his 53 briskly. B. H. Hopkins, the captain, showed ability to hit the loose ones hard, but the sixth wicket fell at 97. Then G. H. Perkins and M. Gregg, both left-handers, added 69 in only 43 minutes. Gregg [played some beautiful shots on the offside, and Perkins, hitting strongly round the corner, also excelled with some strong, per-

fectly-timed straight drives. They ran between the wickets with speed and judgment. Cantabrians* Bowling

From necessity and advancing, years, the Cantabrians’ bowling consisted .in the main of some virtuous length from T. B. Burtt at one end and spin all-sorts at the other. T. B. Burtt bowled with the rhythmical accuracy typical oof his best days, and the School batsmen had to wrest runs from him. N. V. Burtt and W. McD. Anderson both startled the batsmen with some prodigious leg-breaks and googlies. but they bowled just enough loose ones to keep the score moving. R. H. Scott an i F. F. Dawson both bowled steadily. The School declaration left the Cantabrians only 90 minutes to score 176, vhich was a tribute to the opposing side, but hardly flattering to the School bowlers. The opening bowlers. T. R. Ryder and C. Croudis, however, both bowled some very lively overs, and they put the Cantabrians sufficiently behind the clock to end all thought of a result. Anderson and I. B. Cromb have not opened together since they batted with distinction against the very strong Australian side which played Canterbury in 1946. and it took a few overs tor them to get a sight of the ball yesterday. But Anderson played some excellent shots through the covers and on the leg side, and Cromb was his j old phlegmatic self. The best of the remaining batting came from some beautiful driving by O’Brien and some hard straight drives by R. G. Knowles. The School pac* bowlers were all accurate, and they all showed a commendable desire to knock the stumps over. They beat the bat quite frequently without much reward. M. Ryan, a very young off-spinner, bowled courageously and with skill. Scores: — BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL G. McAulay, c T. B. Burtt, b Scott 1 B. Hope, c O’Brien, b Dawson 53 B. G. Hadlee, b Scott .. 0 B. H. Hopkins. lbw, b T. B. Burtt .. 20 M. L. Ryan, st Dobson, b T. B. Burtt .14 A. Howard, run out .. ..2 G. H. Perkins, b N. V. Burtt .. 38 M. Gregg, lbw. b N. V. Burtt 32 G. J. Brittenden. not out .. 2 C. Croudis, not out .. 6 Extras .. .. .. 7 Total for eight wickets, dec. 175 Bowling—R. H. Scott, 6 overs, 0 maiden. 23 runs. 2 wickets; F. P. O'Brien. 3. 2,9, 0; N. V. Burtt. 9,1, 34, 2; T. B. Burtt, 19, 11, 24, 2; W. McD. Anderson, 6,1, 22. 0; I. B. Cromb, 4,0, 22. 0; F. F. Dawson. 4, 1, 8. 1; I. A. Baxter, 2.0, 3. 0; R. G. Knowles, 3. 0. 23. 0. CANTABRIANS W. McD. Anderson, c Croudis, b Hopkins .. .. .. 38 I. B. Cromb. c Hadlee, b Hope .. 17 F. P. O'Brien, b Hope .. 20 R. G. Knowles, b Hadlee 18 R. L. Dobson, b Ryan .. .. 9 R. H. Scott, c Hopkins, b Hope 2 N. V. Burtt, not out .. 1 Extras .. .. .. 0 Total for six wickets .. 105 Bowling.—T. R. Ryder, 5 overs 1 maiden. 15 runs. 0 wickets; C. Croudis, 4. 2. 10. 0: B. Hope. 10. 0, 33, 3; B. Hopkins. 5. 0. 27. 1; M. Ryan, 5,0, 20 1; B. G. Hadlee, .4, 0, 0. 1. M. P. Donnelly In Charity Match (N.Z. Press Association —Copyright) (Rec. 9 p.m.) SYDNEY. November 19. The New Zealand cricketer M. P. Donnelly, who is now living in Sydney, has been selected to play for an international eleven captained by the Australian all-rounder K. R. Miller in a charity match at Brookvaie Oval, Sydney, on Sunday. Miller’s Eleven, which will play a team led by another former Australian test player (S. G. Barnes), is: K. R. Miller (capt.), F. R. Brown, A. Bedser, J. Burke, S. Carroll. M. Donnelly, D. Eager. A. Morris, R. Saggers, H. Tayfield. J. Wardle.