CRICKET CENTURIES TO GEARRY AND WOODS IN NINTH ROUND

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28821, 16 February 1959, Page 14

CRICKET CENTURIES TO GEARRY AND WOODS IN NINTH ROUND

Easy pitches for all the senior matches in the final day’s play in the ninth round of the Canterbury Cricket Association’s senior competition, had their effect on batting and bowling performances. G. N. Gearry (West ChristchurchUniversity) paved the way for his side’s first innings win over Riccarton with another 140—his third century this season—and D. E. Woods (Lancaster Park) scored his second club century this season when he made an excellent 119. It was his second century of the week. On Thursday he scored 129 for the Brabin Shield team against the touring Emu club. The bowlers were not so fortunate. None secured five wickets or more, the most successful being J. W. Kiddey (Riccarton), who took four for 93 /off 40 overs and G. D. Alabaster (East Christchurch) with four for 30 off 28 overs.

First innings wins were secured in all four games. Lancaster Park’s loss to St. Albans reduced its lead to 12 points. Other batsmen to score half centuries were I. A. Hartland (Sydenham) 76, G. E. Roy fee (Lancaster Park) 73, R. J. B. West (Old Boys) 53 not out, T. Bishop (Old Collegians) 57. Results:— St. Albans 221 for eight wickets declared beat Lancaster Park 116 and 234 for three wickets by 105 runs on the first innings, WestChristchurch-University 297 for eight wickets declared beat Riccarton 293 by four runs on the first inningv Sydenham 209 for six wickets declared beat Old Boys 204 and 120 for three wickets, by five runs on the first innings. East Christchurch 298 beat Old Collegians 128 and 76 for five wickets by 170 runs on the first inning* Points at the end of the ninth round were:—Lancaster Park 44, West Christ-church-University 32, St Albans 30, Sydenham 26, Old Boys 25, Old Collegians 22, Riccarton 22, East Christchurch 21. LANCASTER PARK (116) v. ST. ALBANS (141/5) St. Albans, ahead on the first innings at the close of play the preV,< ib! s . Sa JP_'l day - had to be content with its first innings win. St. Albans continued its first innings and declared its innings closed at 1.58 p.m., having lost eight wickets for “I runs. The St. Albans bowlers tried hard to break through the Lancaster Park batsmen, but when the game was stopned at 5.40 p.m.. they had managed to take only three wickets and had conceded 234

D. E. Woods played another excellent and chanceless innings The runs came freely as he scored a‘>J round the pitch, and his innings ended, appropriately enough, when ae was._caught on the boundary. WithG. Boy fee, the second nighest scorer of the day, he put on 185 for the third wicket in 90 minutes. Royfee’s 76 was* equally as good as Woods’s ’century. as his stroking was concerned. He hit nine fours and. like Woods, was out to a catch at mid-wicket when attempting to force the pace along at an even quicker rate. R. H. Prouting bowled much more accurately for his three wickets, and M. E. Chapple’s figures of two for 34 off 21 overs speak for themselves The umpires were Messrs A. H. Johnston and P. M. Kerr. ?. : Scores:— ST. ALBANS (First Innings 141/5) ' • A. L. Bailey, b Prouting .. 33 J. Hutchinson, b Prouting .. 3 1. Dempsey, run out 6 N. Todd, not out ’Li ..12 A. R. Taylor, not out .. ..22 Extras (byes 13, leg byes 2) 20 Total for eight wickets declared .. 221 Bowling.—R. H. Prouting, 17 overs, 4 maidens, 47 runs, 3 wickets; J. Saunders, 10, 1, 32, 0; B. Irving, 16, 7, 38, 1; M. E Chapple, 21, 10, 34, 2; D. J. McKendry. 9. 0. 50. 1. LANCASTER PARK First Innings .. .. 116 Second Innings D. E. Woods, c Dempsey, b Poore 119 A. Dobson, b- Taylor .. 4 G. E. Royfee, c Todd, b Poore 73 D. J. McKendry, not out .. 12 J. L. Saunders, not out ... 19 Extras (byes 7) .. ..7 Total for three wickets 234 Bowling.—T. A. Jones, 25 overs, 9 maidens, 67 runs, 0 wickets; A. R. Taylor. 12, 6, 26, 1; S. C. GuiUen, 14. 5, 41, 0; N. Todd, 2,0, 9,0; M. B. Poore, 12, 2. 45, 2; T. Dempsey, 2,0, 12, 0 : A. L. Bailey, 3,0, 12, 0; J. Hutchinson, 3,0, 12, 0; N. A. Penlington, 1,0, 2, 0. RICCARTON (293) v. WEST CHCHUNIVERSITY (19/2) But for another magnificent century by G- N. Gearry, many dropped catches by Riccarton, and some sloppy fielding at one stage, West Christchurch-university would not Se achieved its first innings win. t it did so was a triumph for combined team’s batsmen, all of whom contributed something to Its final score of 297 for eight wickets declared. Gearry’s 140—his third century this season—was the highlight in an afternoon of exceptionally bright and interesting cricket. He compiled it in 156 minutes, and with J. B. Morris, Eut on 104 runs for the fifth wicket i 59 minutes. It was a chanceless innings of typical Gearry quality. On a rather docile pitch he cut, drove and hooked a rather limited Riccarton attack, with strength and precision. He hit 13 fours and four seemingly nonchalant sixes and benefited through some of the several inaccurate returns to the. keeper, to the extent of two fives. Morris delighted with some beautifully executed off-side strokes and he, like Gearry, seemed set for a century when he played a poor shot it an equally poor ball from W. E. Duncaster to give W. Bell a difficult one-handed catch at mid-on. From >ne over by Muncaster Gearry and Morris took 18 runs—five of them from overthrows. From being four Sown for 60 the pair took the score to 164 before Morris was dismissed. J. Le Compte had a rather uneasy /tart, but settled down to score a Valuable 28 and assist in a partnership of 49 with Gearry. Several catches were dropped Sring the day, but none was as portant as that which D. Gordon Bt first slip dropped off G. K. Austin f hen West-University needed only ve more runs and two wickets in hand. Austin batted particularly well for his 34 not out and his solidarity turned the tide in his side’s favour. J. W. Kiddey had an extremely strenuous day, bowling 40 overs for his four wickets. He was unlucky to have had three catches dropped BfT his bowling, and even in the Hosing stages had the batsmen worried by the movement he was achieving, both in the air and off the pitch. W. Bell began well, but later he suffered heavily as his accuracy f ecreased. Messrs J. Reece and H. C. Moore Were the umpires. Scores:— WEST CHRISTCHUR CHUNIVERSITY z $ 9/2) .. „ ° 12 _ 140 B ir aA2J* ’ * bw ’ b Kiddey .. 28 not out .. .34 ■MgJ’c Fuller. b.Bell .. 12

C. Barnett, not out ..4 Extras (byes 8, leg-byes 5, wides 2) .. ..15 Total for eight wickets dec. 297 Bowling.—D. Gordon, 21 overs, 3 maidens. 68 runs. 1 wicket; J. W. Kiddey. 40, 13, S 3. 4; W. Bell. 20, 3. 73, 2; W. E Muncaster, 7,0, 48, 1. RICCARTON ’ First innings ..293 OLD BOYS (204) v. SYDENHAM „ (72/3) On a very easy-paced pitch Sydenham had little difficulty in securing the runs for a first Innings win. For about 30 minutes the pitch showed signs of enough life to give the fast bowlers some encouragement, but it quickly disappeared, and the batsmen were, except for the occasional ball, untroubled oy lift or pace off the pitch. Sydenham scored 209 for six wickets. and J. A. Harliwich declared the innings closed at 3.49 p.m. The remainder of the afternoon’s play was of little account. There was at that stage little or no hope of either side being able to secure a decision, and play ended at 5.35 p.m. after eight of the Sydenham side had bowled. So dismal an end to an afternoon’s cricket failed, however, to wipe out the memory of an excellent 76 by I. A. Hartland, and an aggressive. although at times sketchy, 45 not out by M. McEwan. When Hartland’s wicket fell Sydenham needed only 45 to win, and these were obtained without much difficulty by McEwan and B. Salt. The umpires were Messrs E. D Milne and R. Conway. Scores : SYDENHAM First Innings 72/3 1. A. Hartland, c West, b Small 76 B. J. Bayley, hit wicket, b Reid 2 D. L. Gallop, c Watson, b Snook 10 M. McEwan, not out .. ..45 B. Salt, not out .. ..19 Extras (byes 5, leg byes 5, no-balls 3) .. ..13 Total for six wickets declared .. .. 209 Bowling.—D. J. Reid. 20 overs, 6 maidens. 49 runs, 2 wickets; P. A. Small, 21, 4, 57, 3; G. Watson, 10, 2. 46, 0; C. G. Snook. 17. 7. 37, 1; W. A. Hadlee. 2, 0. 7. 0. OLD BOYS First Innings .. .. 204 Second Innings D.'Hill, b Thomson ..29 J. G. Leggat, lbw, b Jones .. 11 R. J. B. West, not but .. ..53 D. L. Turnbull, b Wilson .. 14 C G. Snook, not out .. 9 Extras (byes 2, wides 2) .. 4 Total for three wickets .. 120 Bowling.—M. McEwan, 4 overs, 0 maidens, 17 runs, 0 wickets; J. A. Harliwich, 5,3, 3. 0; P. Jones, 6. 0. 19, 1; D. L. Gallop, 6, 1. 27, 0; K. Thomson, 2,1, 4,1; B. J. Bayley. 2,2, 0,0; D. C. Wilson. 3. 0. 21, 1; R. E. Kirton. 2. 0. 25. 0. EAST V. OLD COLLEGIANS (298) Providing a fine spell of opening bowling, J A. Hammond and C. Smart took three quick wickets for only 19 runs against Old Collegians, enabling East Christchurch to get on top early.

Old Collegians was unable to stage a recovery after this bad start, and the team was without its captain and star batsman, R. T. Hunt. The tan medium paced bowler, Hammond, struck the first blow when he bowled G. C, P. Beadel after only six run*, had been scored. He followed up thfewcdess » rung later by bowlingEngland, and then Smart trapped M. J. Moffat with his leg in front-4 East then Drought on its two off-spinners. G. D. Alabaster and I. M. Sinclair, and these two bowled with an accuracy that made run getting a laborious task for the Collegians’ batsmen. Alabaster was on the spot more than Sinclair and bis 28 overs yielded only 30 runs, 18 * being maidens. He took four wickets. Sinclair bowled far better than his figures would indicate, his 21 overs costing only two runs each. For Old Collegians T. Bishop showed a lot of concentration in batting almost through the innings. He opened with Beadel and* was the eighth man out after having .made a fine 57. His was the only notable batting performance in Old Collegians’ first Innings, but the young Brabin Shield player, J. England, showed East how fortunate they were in getting him out early m the first innings. In his second innings he was not out at stumps with 48. He dealt very severely with the East bowling. Such aggressive batting was a treat after a dour afternoon’s play. Old Collegians' second innings started off very slowly, too, three runs coming from the first 13 overs, 11 of which were maidens. At this stage. Alabaster, who had opened the bowling, had bowled 7 overs, for 6 maidens and 1 run. Although forced to follow on Old Collegians did not look in danger of an outright defeat. The umpires were Messrs T. F. Mathie and L. C. Moore. Scores: EAST CHRISTCHURCH First Innings .. 298 OLD COLLEGIANS First Innings G. C. P. Beadel, b Hammond .. 6 T. Bishop, b Alabaster .. .. 57 J. England, b Hammond .. 7 M. J.'Moffat, lbw, b Smart .. 1 G. L. Perry, b Alabaster 10 P. T. Harman, c Sinclair, b Alabaster .. ,' .. 5 T. D. Gibson, c and b French .. 6 N. Clark, lbw, b French .. 0 J. Thompson, not out .. ..23 J. H. M. Dawson, c Hazeldine, b Alabaster .. 7 R. T. Hunt, absent .. 0 Extras (byes 6) .. .. 6 Total .. .. ..128 Bowling.—J. A. Hammond. 8 overs, 3 maidens, 18 runs, 2 wickets; C. Smart. 11, 5, 17, 1; I. M. Sinclair, 21, 8 42, 0; G. D. Alabaster, 28, 18 30, 4; R. French, 7. 3, 14. 2; C. Hazeldine, 1,0, 1, 0. Second Innings G. C. P. Beadel b Alabaster .. 0 T. Bishop, c and b Hammond .. 12 J. England, not out .. ..48 M. J. Moffat, c Glanville, b Hammond .. .. 0 G. L. Perry, c French, b Hammond .. .. .. 0 P. T. Harman, run out .. 8 Extras (byes 7, leg byes 1) 8 Total for 5 wickets .. 76 Bowling.—G. D. Alabaster, 17 overs, 7 maidens, 32 runs, 1 wicket; C. Hazeldine, 6. 5,2, 0; I. M. Sinclair, 5, 1 14, 0; J. A. Hammond. 6. 2, 10, 3; T. Gillard, 1,0, 5,0; B. A. Hawarth, 0.4, 0,5, 0. ALL OUT FOR NONE Schoolboy Team’s Failure (Neto Zealaria Press Association) PALMERSTON NORTH, Feb. 14. A batting side in a Palmerston North Boys’ High School E grade cricket team was yesterday dismissed for the world’s lowest score of no runs. Yet when the news leaked out today, a double check found the school rector (Mr E. S. Craven) without knowledge of the feat and in complete disbelief that it was possible. “Oh, go on.” he said, “that’s not possible.” It was true, however, as Mr Craven found when he made inquiries among several of the masters. He discovered also that the other side, comprised mainly of thirdformers. did not achieve such bowling averages as was thought probable. No bowler got more than three wickets, and there were no hat-tricks. By comparison, the smallest total in first grade cricket listed in Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack is 12. Yesterday's low score occurred during the school’s weekly interhousc matches.