WOMEN S CRICKET Hallyburton Johnstone Shield Matches

Press, Volume C, Issue 29402, 3 January 1961, Page 11

WOMEN S CRICKET Hallyburton Johnstone Shield Matches

The second round of the Hellyburton Johnstone women’s interprovincial cricket competition began yesterday. A feature of the day waa the brilliant batting of B. Paton. 55. and D. Robertson, 37. for Otago. P. Blackler in taking five for 25 for Canterbury against Auckland, did the hat trick. Otago is In a very strong position in its game against Wellington after scoring 15© and dismissing two of the Wellington batsmen for only nine runs. The Can terbury-Auckland game was notable for its low scoring, Canterbury made 66 and Auckland had a lead of 11 runs at stumps. In the first round. Auckland and Otago gained first innings wins over Canterbury and Wellington. Results of first round matches were:— Canterbury v. Otago Continuing iu innings Canterbury could only add a further 19 runs to its total of 80 for eight before it was all out for 99. O. Williams played a valuable innings of 25 but was out trying to pull a straight ball. M. Speight opened for Otago with B. Sinclair and made a grand 61. and the latter made a forceful look-

ing 25. The Canterbury fielding was poor and the bowling was not up to standard. P. Moore took two excellent catches to give L. Todd the most wickets. Scores were:— CANTERBURY First Innings E. Dickson, b Bellamy, b L. Clough .. 5 E. Overend, c Garland, b B. Sinclair .. 12 J. Dalton, c Sew Hoy. b Robinson 2 P. Moore, c Garland, b E. Paton 1! P. Blackler, lbw. b Paton 14 J. Goddard, b Paton .. 0 B. Turner, not out ..13 L. Todd, b Paton .. 0 B. Moore, c Bellamy, b Paton .. 0 O. Williams, b Robinson .. 25 J. Watson, not out .. 0 Extras ..12 Total .99 Bowling.—L. Clough one for 22. D. Robinson two for 17, B. Sinclair one for 15 E. Paton six for 17. M. Speight none for 10. L. Archbold one for five. Second Innings E. Dickson, c Sew Hoy, b Robinson .. .. .. 1 W. Overend. lbw. b Robinson .. 8 B. Turner, c Bellamy, b Archbold 7 P. Moore, c Speight, b Sinclair 6 J. Dalton, run out 2 P. Blackler, not out .. 22 J. Goddard, not out .. 0 Extras .. .. 6 Total for five wickets .. 51 Bowling.—D. Robinson two for 29. B. Sinclair one for 10. L. Clough none for 11 E Paton one for eight. L. Archbold one for five, J. Russell none for three. OTAGO First Innings M. Speight, c Dickson, b Todd 61 B. Sinclair, b Moore .. 25 J. Garland, b Goddard .. 0 E. Paton, st Dickson, b Blackler 12 L. Clough, lbw, b Watson .. 6 D. Robinson, c Moore, b Todd 3 J. Russell, lbw. b Moore 1 J. Bellamy, lbw. b Blackler .. 9 T. Sew Hoy, c Moore, b Todd 0 M. Stevens, lbw, b Blackler .. 4 L. Archbold, not out 5 Extras .. - 12

Total 138 Bowling.—L. Todd four for 31, J. Watson one for 32. P. Moore two for 12. O. Williams none for 14. J. Goddard none for 10, P. Blackler three for 22. B. Moore none for five. WILLINGTON V. AUCKLAND B. Maker and P. McKelvy continued batting for Wellington and against the steady bowling of V. Oakes and M. Taylor were soon out. Wellington was all out for 81. Auckland was not at all happy against the excellent bowling of B. Thomer and R. McKenzie. The Wellington fielding was brilliant at times and its bowling sound, but Auckland managed to pass its total by three runs. Scores were : WELLINGTON First Innings W. I. Lamason, c Powell, b Taylor .. 0 A. Morrison, lbw, b Oakes ..* 9 B. Thomer. c Jensen, b Oakes 9 J. Adams c Gibson, b McKenzie 14 B. Maker, c Gibson, b Oakes 12 P. McKelvy, b Taylor .. .. 7 X; Tayl° r . c McKenzie, b Oakes 10 W. Devereaux, lbw. b McKenzie 7 C. Hawkes, c Taylor, b Oakes 2 M. Marshall, not out .. o M. Dymond, b R. McKenzie 4 Extras .. 7 Total .. .. 81 Bowling: M. Taylor two for 25 V. Oakes five for 22. R. McKenzie three for 15. G. Oram none for two. Second Innings A. Morrison, b Taylor .. 0 M. Marshall, o Gibson, b Taylor 1 B. Thorner. b Oakes .0 B. Maker, b Oakes .. 4 I. Lamason. c Budd, b McKenzie J P McKelvy. not out 1 W. Devereaux, not out .. 6 Extras .. 9 Total for six wickets .. 81 Bowling: M. Taylor two for 24. J. Burley one for 34, V. Oakes two for 22, R. McKenzie one for five. AUCKLAND First Innings J. Powell c Marshall, b Devereaux .. 5 P. Babbage, c and b Thofher .. 1 J. Burley, c Lamason. b Devereaux o G. Oram, c Morrison, b Devereaux 3 R. McKenzie, b Thomer .. 37 P. Budd, c Marshall, b Thorner 10 V. Gibson, b Maker .. 10 J. Jenson, c Thorner, b Taylor 2 N. Taylor, run out .. .. i M Taylor, not out .. .. 10 V. Oakes, b Thomer .. ..0 Extras .. ..5 Total .. .. ..84 Bowling: W. Devereaux three for 25. B. Thomer four for 28. B. Maker on® for 13. Y. Taylor one for nine. H. Adams none for four. SECOND ROUND MATCHES Otego v. Wellington Mainly thanks to a fine innings by E. Paton which included many good flowing off drives. Otago is in a strong position against Wellington Otago made 159 and at stumps had dismissed two Wellington batsmen for nine. W. Devereaux bowled with much purpose to take three for 28. Scores were:— OTAGO First Innings M. Speight, lbw. b Thome .. 13 B. Sinclair, c and b B. Maker 15 J. Garland, c M. Marshall, b Y. Taylor 1 E. Paton, c P. McKelvey, b Maker 55 L. Clough, lbw. b W. Devereaux 2 D. Robinson, b W. Devereaux .. 27 Y. Weir, run out .. ..12 J. Russell, b H. Adam ..5 J Bellamy, c P. McKelvey, b H. Adam 0 T. Sew Hoy. c Adam, b W. Devereaux .. 0 L. Archbold, not out .. .. 2 Extras .. .. 17 Total .. .. ..*159

Bowling.—W. Devereaux, three for 28; B- Thorner. one for 29: B. Maker, two for 45; Y. Taylor, one for 18; H. Adam, two for 13: I. Lamason. none for 9. WELLINGTON First Innings J. Stonell. not out •• 7 A. Morrison, lbw. bL. Clough .. • B. Th or ner K b L. Clough •• 1 •H. Adam, not out .. 1 Total for two wickets .. • Bowling.—L. Clough, two for I; D. Robinson, none for 2. Canterbnry v. Auckland Three Canterbury players were foolishly run out in the side's first innings. Canterbury was all out for 66 and Auckland could only score 77 for nine. Undoubtedly the star performance was that of the Canterbury bowler. P. Blackler. who bowled extremely well to take five for 25. which included the hat trick. Scores were:— CANTERBURY First Innings E Dickson run out .. 2 E. O\ erend, run out .. 0 P. Moore, run out 22 J Dalton, std. J. Powell, b V. Oakes . 2 P. Blackler. c Budd, bV. Oakes 1 J. Goddard, c. Oram, bV. Oakes » O. Williams, b M Taylor .. 10 L. Todd, c Ireland, b V. Oakes 1 L. Bayliss, b M. Taylor .. 2 J. Watson, not out .. 8 Extras .. .. 2 Total .. .. ..66 Bowling: M. Taylor two w'icketa. V. Oakes four wickets. AUCKLAND First Innings J. Powell, lbw. bL. Bayliss .. o P. Babbage, lbw., b L. Todd .. 8 J. Ireland, b L. Bayliss g G. Oram, bL. Todd .. .. J R. McKenzie, c P. Moore b P. Blackler .. 32 P. Budd. std. E. Dickson, b P. Blackler 5 V. Gibson, cJ. Dalton, bP. Moore 9 J. Jensen, not out 22 M. Taylor, c b. Turner, b P. Blackler .. .. 0 V. Oakes, b P. Blackler 0 Extras .. .. 1

Total .. .. ..77 Bowling: L. Dodd two for 10 L. Bayliss two for 13. P. Blackler five for 25. P. Moore one for 7. J. Watson none for 11. J. Goddard, none for 9.