CRICKET Close Finishes To All Games In Senior Championship

Press, Volume C, Issue 29699, 18 December 1961, Page 18

CRICKET Close Finishes To All Games In Senior Championship

Foor fine finishes made the fifth round of the senior championship, completed on Saturday, the most interesting of the season. At the end of a highly exciting day, Old Boys had increased their lead in the competition to 25 points, from St. Albans.

Old Boys again took the full 14 points by making the winning runs off the last ball of the day, although East ChristchurchShirley had offered stout resistance for much of the day. Sydenham came from behind to beat West Christchurch-L’niversity by the trifling margin of 14 runs. Old Collegians produced an extraordinarily spirited effort against Riccarton, which was kept to first innings points, and Lancaster Park held out against St. Albans, which also won on the first innings.

Result* were:— Old Bey* 312/5 declared and 20/2 beat East Christchurch-Shir-ley 240 and 121 by eight wickets. Riccarton 227 and 72/8 beat Old Collegians 129 and 176 by 98 runs on the first innings. BL Alban* 185 and IS2/9 declared beat Lancaster Park 156 and 94/7 by 29 runs on the first Innings. Sydenham 141 and 280/6 declared beat West Chrlstehnrch . University 176 and 231 by 14 runs. The outstanding Individual bat nng performances were those of G. T. Barrett (Riccarton), who carried his score from 93 to 112 not out. his first senior century; A. Dunlop and J. W. Grocott (East Christchurch-Shirley), D. L. Gallop (Sydenham), and O. K. Austin (West Chriatchurch-University), all of whom exceeded 50. B. Irving (Lancaster Park) took seven wickets in an innings. B. A. Bolton (Old Boys) six —to make 10 for the match and G. Harper (St. Albans) five.

LANCASTER PARK (7/115) v. ST. ALBANS (185) The St. Albans captain, M B Poore. must have wished he had made his declaration hall an hour earlier when Lancaster Park, set a target of 190 runs In 105 minutes, quickly lost seven wickets. But with no pressure for quick runs the Lancaster Park batsmen were able to play out time. That there was not more time In which to dismiss Lancaster Park was the fault of the St. Albans batsmen. Even when a commanding lead had been built up some of the later batsmen showed no desire to score quickly. To preserve a balance between time available and runs to be scored Poore had to delay his declaretton. The batting of both teams was disappointing. The wicket took coin but it was not unpredictable turn and too many batsmen were dismissed playing poor rf'ots. The best betting of the day eame from C. Retd and J. Sansom in the morning as they tried to give Lancaster Park a first innings lead. Until Sansom was brilliantly run out by A. N. Bailey it looked as If this would be achieved. Reid with sensible batting coupled with firm strokes fully earned his 45 not out. Lancaster Park took the bonus points. In its second innings St Albans was never able to take charge of the accurate spin bowling of B. E. Irving and D J. McKendrv. At times gaining prodigious turn. Irving had all the batsmen tn bother Allied with spin there was skilful flight and variation. J. A. Mills and J- M. Ruston batted capably for St. Albans, but there was little else of note. With Lancaster Park's regular wicket-keeper, J. Sansom. injured and not in the field, extras made the highest score of the Innings. Lancaster Park, although it dtd not make a serious effort to score runs quickly, gave another disappointing batting display In It* second innings A- R. Tavlor and G Harper bowSed with some purpose to achieve an early break-through but determined batting by Reid and Irvine denied St Albans its ch-nce of a win The umpires were Messrs H L. Moore and J. Streeter. Scores:— ST. ALBANS First Innings .. ..185 Second Innings A. W. Parris, b Irving .. 8 J. M. Ruston, b Irving .. 31 J. A. Mills, lbw. b Irving 32 G. Lane. lbw. b Irving .. 4 M B Poore, c Woods b McKerdry .. 8 A. N. Bailev. lbw. b Irving 4 A. R. Tavlor. c and b McKendrv .. 13 D. Dryland. lbw. b Irving .. 0 A. C. Amesnn. b Irving .. 0 T. L. Jones not out .. 16 G. Harper, not out .. .. 4 Extras (byes 17, leg-byes 14. no-balls 3) ..34 Total for 9 wkts. (dee 1 152 Bowling—A Pablecheque. 12. 3 17. 0: B E Irving. 26. IL 49. 7; D. J. McKendrv. 22. H. 37. 2: A. G. Durkmanton. 7. 3. 13. 0. LANCASTER PARK First Innings (7/115) J. Sansom, run out .. 37 C. Reid, not out .. ..45 B. E. Irving, b Harper .. 2 A. Pablecheoue. b Harper 0 Extras (bvee 18. legbyes 3) .. ..23 Total "iSfi Bowling.—A R Tavlor. 8. I 30. 1: G Harper. 253. 13. 45. 3: M. B Poore. 23 12 31 2: T. L Jones. 4. 1,9. •; D. Dryland 4. 0. 17. 0: A. Parris. I. I. 0. 0. Second Innings M Randle e Ruston, b Taylor 2 A. Harrison. b Jones 38 A. Rose, b Harper .. .. 0 A. G. Duckmanton. lbw. b Taylor .. .. ..5 D Woods, run out 12 R. T. Dowker. b Poore .. 7 D. J McKendry, e Mills, b Drv'wnd . 2 C. Reid, not out .. ..14 B. Irving, not out .. 8 Extras (byes 17 wide 1) IS Total for 7 wkts .. 94 Bowtang.—A R Taylor 7 2 11. 3: G Harper. 3. 2, 33. 1: M. B Poore, L I. 7. 1; T L Jones. 8. 3. 17. 1: A. Parris. 4. 3. 8. 5; O. Dryland. 3. 2.8, 1. OLD COLLEGIANS (129) v. MIC CARTON (198/9) The day's play belonged to Old Collegians almost as clearly as the first day had belonged to Rlccarton G T Barrett M not out at the start of the went to his first century quite quickly with D McIntyre helping him to run wyne Impudent singles They added 48 tor the last wicket.

Riccarton dropped several catches when Old Collegians batted again, but at 117 for six wickets Old Collegians led by only 19 runs. A positive innings by J. H. M. Dawson, who scored his 39 in 40 minutes, and who hit two sixes, helped to restore the situation a little, but Riccarton was left 102 minutes to score only 79 runs, an apparently simple task. Old Collegians. however, bowled and fielded so spiritedly that in 41 minutes only nine runs were scored, and G. E. Royfee’s wicket was lost. If the catching had been as good as the ground work Old Collegians might have won. Four catches from Dawson went in the region of mid-on, but none was accepted. Barrett was clearly the best batsman again. He hit hard and made some good clean straight hits. A. R. Mac Gibbon bowled with extraordinary hostility without taking a wicket and Dawson, clearly eager for the fray, was accurate and lively. A. T. Bishop held one fine catch in the slips and Riccarton was put behind the clock. Twenty minutes from time, half the side was out, and 30 runs were needed. W. E Muncaster hooked N. F. Curtis for 6. before he was brilliantly run out. With six minutes play left, seven were down, and 12 runs needed. I. Sinclair started the last over with a peculiar deflection for three off Curtis, but seven more were needed, and then Curtis bowled E. R. Hignett all over the place. G. A McAulay had the considerable task of hitting seven from the last two balls, Curtis had to have two wickets; McAulay made two strong hits, but both were fielded, and both sides escaped. The umpires were Messrs J. Ownes and R. V. Taylor. Scores:— OLD COLLEGIANS First Innings .. 129 Second Innings G. C. P. Beadel, b Hignett 19 B. J. Crichton, lbw, b Kiddey .. .. 13 A. R Mac Gibbon. lbw, b Kiddey .. .. 24 A. T. Bishop, b Kiddey .. 22 J. E. England, b Hignett .. 3 D. S Banks, c Muncaster, b Hignett .. 27 P. M. Hill, c Bear, b Kiddey 0 J. H. M. Dawson, c Bear, b Mclntyre .. 39 B. A. Carpenter. not out .. 8 N. F. Curtis, lbw. b Hignett 2 Extras (byes 12, leg byes 6, no-ball 1) 19 Total (one short ) .. 176 Bowling: M. Mclntyre, 13, 3. 22. 1; J. W. Kiddey. 34. 16. 53. 4; E. R. Hignett. 27 2.6, 65 . 4; J. F. Logies. 5. 1. 17. 0. RICCARTON First Innings (198/9) G. T. Barrett, not out .. 112 D. Mclntyre, run out .. 10 Extras (byes 2. leg bye 1, no-ball 1) ..4 Total .. .. 227 Bowling: J. H. M. Dawson 15. 3. 45. 1; N. F. Curtis. 11, 2. 38. 1: A. R. Mac Gibbon, 15. 2. 39. 1; B. A. Carpenter, 13. 1. 48. 2; B. J. Crichton. 12.2, 0. 53. 3. Second Innings 2- E- Royfee, b Dawson .. 5 JV J « ff e rso «. c Hill, b Curtis 16 M. J. Bear, c. Mac Gibbon, b Dawson .. 0 G. T Barrett, c Bishop b Dawson .. 24 W E. Muncaster. run out '* 14 J- W. Kiddey, b Dawson .. 2 ¥ Sinclair, not out .. 5 1 » L 2? 1c b Carpenter .. 1 E. R, Hignett, b Curtis .. 2 R. McAulay, not out .. o Extras (leg byes 3) .. 3 Total for eight wkts. 72 Bowling: J. H. M Dawson. 12. 5S’ n’ _ R - Mac Gibbon. 9 2 r a’ P F f urt,s - 4 - 1. 12. z. B A. Carpenter. 1, o, 2, 1. Sydenham v. West-University With only minutes of olav remaining Sydenham gafned <° u . tr !£ ht win »n it* match fe: U “ 1V D Bl, £. beautPu’°' Aus,in with °a "TOng-un" when Uest-Univenuty needed 14 runs to win. and so set the seal on an exciting day's play TenTtaSea r 2°2 n, . e<i in the Anal d Jt appeared that the result was of wconnary importance as both teams willingly took chances a * delightful innings w**J 7 »t by Austin which put West-Urnversity within strikdistance He punched the 2 it. hard to all parts of the field, and as the end drew near, it became doubtful if B. Salt s enble of persevering with Hop would succeed. Gallop had been bowling badly in his second spell, but as the tension mounted, so did his bowling improve, until in the last two overs he was clearly on top. Fortunes fluctuated throughout the mateh; when Gallop and W Thomson put on 97 in a partnership lasting 50 minutes. it appeared that Sydenham was in an unbeatable position Gallop put on 90 runs n true Gillop style before he was the victim of his own im-se-tuosity. He hit four mighty ” on * of soared out of the ground into a nearby *reen—and nine fours w Thomson’s knock of 42 was a masterpiece and came at a crucTa! stare. He hit one six and five fours Salt declared the inning* closed shortly after Gallop’s dismissal Requiring 245 runs in aporoximately three hours and a half. West-University did not oush the scoring rate from the outset But when B F Hastings was at the crease the tempo increased to more than a mn a minute Hastings showed a welcome return to form tn his knock of 38. and played many scorching cover drives with no apparent effort. At nr. ■stage was he in difficulties, and while he was tn command. » win for West-University was not out of the question Hr ost his wicket when attempting to drive a Mclhran outswinger failed to ret across to the pitch of the ball, and K Priest took a brilliant divine ratch behind the stumps. This catch put Sydenham on top for a period but later Austin changed th* course of the game when hr treated GsHop with contempt The pitch wag made for •Tin* and a fas* outfield sneed*d ud the process It was only catching by both team? *hat marr*d an otherwise excement game

The w<cket-keeping of K Priest. Svdenham. was a vagt improvement on his recent form- He let through six byes

but showed a lot more assurance in his general play. He had a difficult job trying to follow the unpredictable Gallop. Salt bowled intelligently when the other bowlers, with the exception of M. McEwan, could not settle down. He was happy to let the batsmen make the mistakes, and his three wickets were a just reward. Gallop bowled well in his first spell, but tired auiekly after his vigorous 90. Tie was particularly expensive for a spell of about five overs. D. Poulton was a little scratchy at times in his innings of 50. Although he was dropped twice off the bowling of K. Thomson, he had an Innings of merit. The fielding of both teams was poor, but two who stood out were the Thomson brothers. They ran hard and threw beautifully. The umpires were Messrs T. Mathie and L. Seymour. The scores were:— SYDENHAM First innings total 141. Second Innings P. Truscott, c Fox, b Beuth 43 I. R. Hartland, c Leamy, b Timpson .. .. 14 K. Thomson, c Smith. b Timspn .-J4 D. L. Gallop, b Austin .. 90 W. Thomson, c Poulton, b Timpson . - .. 42 P. W. Clark, c Allen, b Austin •• •• * G. Beer, not out .. 25 R. E. Kirton. not out .. 9, Total for six wk-kets Extras (10 byes, 2 wides) 12 declared .. • ♦ 280 Bowling.—D. Beuth, 24, 4, 79, 1: B. Hopkins, 18, 3, 72, 0; A. Timpson, 13, 1, 75, 3; K. Austin, 9. 0. 42, 2. WEST UNIVERSITY First innings 176. Second Innings. D. Poulton, b McEwan .. 50 A. Waters, c Priest, b K. Thomson .. 4 B. F. Hasting*, c Priest, b McEwan • 3 ® N. Smith, C. Kirton. b Salt 4 R. Leamy. lbw Salt .. 12 K. Austin, b Gallop •• 77 B. Hopkins, c Truscott, b D. Fox. b Gallop • • 1° A. Timpson, c Kirton, b Gallop •• •• “ R. Allen, run out 3 D. Beuth, not out .. * Extras (6 byes, 3 noballs) • • 3 Total .-231

Bowling.—M. McEwan. 15. 4. 39. 2: D. L. Gallop, M. 7.. 56. 3; K. Thomson, 9,0, 50. 1. B. Salt 21. 7, 43, 3; P- Clark, 4, 1, li, 0; P- Truscott, 2,0, 23, 0. OLD BOYS (342/5 dec.) v. EABT CHCH.-SHIRLEY (73/2) Almost until the last minute East Christchurch-Shirley seemed to have saved the game for although a stout-hearted first innings effort by -S I *™ runs to avert the follow-on. 70 of the deficit of 98 had been gcored for toe to® of <m»y two wickets. However, toe rest of the batting was full of crossbatted error and Old Boys had 15 minutes to acore only ao runs In the morning J. W. Grocott batted quite soundly and attractively to take his score to 71. and T. Marshall helped han score 90 for the third wicket. A. Dunlop benefited by some helpful fielding. He was dropped five times in scoring 58 an innings which, nevertheless. contained many good strokes. At 166 (or seven Wickets. East Christchurch-Shirley was in dire difficulties, but I. Shewan helped Duntop to score 61 for the eighith wicket in 34 minutes. The off-spinner M. Ryan conceded 24 runs in three overs, and B. A. Bolton was aiso punished. But W. M. Duncan, again bowling impressively, had them both, and the side had to follow-on. The earlier batsmen played Bolton most circumspectly, and Duncan's control and minor variations also commanded much respect. J D. Capstick and Grocott gave East Christehureh-Shirley a good start in the second innings, but there was some feeble batting later. At any stage after the opening pair had been separated some good, sensible, straight of stroke batting would have deprived Old Boj-s of victory but there was no-one prepared to play Bolton properly. R French prospered for a while, but the innings folded very swiftly. Old Boys seemed certain to win with a few minutes to spare, but only four overs were bowled in 20 minutes, and Bolton made the winning hit. a three to mid-wicket from ttoe last bald of the last over. Grocott made a despairing and unavailing dive at the ball The umpires were Messrs F. Goodall and J. Reece. Scores:— OLD BOYS First Innings 342/5 (dec.) Second Innings R. J. B West c Dunlop, b Cole ..5 D. Shepherd, run out .. 9 B. A. Bolton, not out .. 5 D. Hffl. not out .. 0 Extras (teg-bye 1, wide 1) .. 2

Total for two wkts. 21 Bowling.—l. Shewan. 2 0. 13. 0: R. K. Cote. 2 0 «. 1. EAST CHRISTCHLTICHSHtRLEY First Innings (73/8) J. W. Grocott. b Duncan .. 71 T. Marshall c West, b Bolton .. 36 A. Dunlop b Duncan .. 58 P. Coman. c McAulay. b Bolton 0 R. French std West, b Bolton 3 T. Mayes, b Ryan 1 C. H Smart, c West, b Ryan 12 L Shewan. b Duncan .. 10 R. W Cole not out .. 1 Extras (byes 9. leg-bye 1 no-ball 1 wide 1) 12 Total .. 340 Bowling.—W M. Duncan. 34 2. 10 33 3: K Newton 9 I. 29 0; C. G. Smart. 4. ' I,' 13, 1: C D. Hill, 11 3. 25 0: B. A Bolton 23. 10. 46. 4: M L. Ryan. 34 5 83 2. Second Innings J. D. Capstick, c Ryan, b Bolton .. IB J. W. Grocott. c Newton, b Duncan .. 14 C Hazeldine. std West b Bolton .. .. 13 T Marshall, run out .. 6 A. Dunlop c Shepard b Bolton . 6 P Coman, c and b Bolton 4 R. French, b Bolton .. 23 I lbw ’ b Bolton 0 C K Smart c West b Hffl 5 I Shewan not our .. 4 R K Cole run out .. 0 Extras (byes 7) .. 7 Total .. Bowling—W M. Duncan. 14., % U- Newton. 7. 1, 23. 0: C. G. Snook 4. 1. 12, 0; B. A P o *. 100 .' M STm 4 2 3. 0: D Hill, 10. 8 88. 1. Lathan Return*.—Chief Albert Luthuh. who returned to Johannesburg yesterday from Oslo after receiving the 1960 Nobel Peace prize, was kept under cover at the airport for an bow, out of reach of reporters and photographers.—Johannesburg, December 16.

Competition polwts Lost 5 1 are:— 0 Bon. Ch. OB. Won 12 P< » Pt Pt pt Pt Pt Pt 4 1 — 8 61 St. A 2 2 — — 1 2 36 Syd. 2 1 — 1 1 4 34 Rice. 1 2 1 1 8 31 L.P. 1 1 — 3 — 6 M W-U. 1 — 1 1 2 4 22 or. 1 1 2 1 0 19 E-S. - * 1 - 4 8 13