CRICKET Old Collegians And Old Boys Score Heavily

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30035, 21 January 1963, Page 14

CRICKET Old Collegians And Old Boys Score Heavily

The lethargy usually associated with senior cricket in the first matches after the holiday break was evident at Hagley Park on Saturday. Batsmen failed to take advantage of good batting conditions.

But at Lancaster Park, High School Old Boys batted aggressively to score more than 300 runs and at Sydenham Park Old Collegians also topped the 300 mark.

The Old Collegians captain, J. E. England, scored the third senior century of the season with a splendid 135 and R. J. B. West hit an aggressive 90 against Lancaster Park. With tiie representative team players not available many new players made their first appearance in senior cricket. There was an influx of first eleven players and at the other end of the scale some veterans reappeared as W. McD. Anderson and P. A. T. Small played for Old Boys and S. C. Guillen made a welcome return to St Albans.

Only one batsman, A. N. Bailey, scored more than 50 ■t Hagley Park but on the other grounds J. W. Darcy end G. C. P. Beadel passed that mark. B. H. Hopkins, with five foe 38 against EastShirley, was the only bowler to take five wickets. The points held by teams ■t present are:—Old Boys 43, Riccarton 38, Sydenham 30, Old Collegians 27, West Christahurch-Universiity 27, St Albans 25, East Christ-church-Shirley 13. Lancaster Park 11. Scores:— East Christchurch-Shir-ley 119; West Christ-church-Univenity 124 for eight wickets. St Albans 232; Riccarton 59 for four wickets.

Old Collegians 303 for nine wickets declared; Sydenham >1 for seven wickets. High School Old Boys 325 for nine wickets declared; Lancaster Park 82 for foar wickets. HIGH SCHOOL OLD BOYS V. LANCASTER PARK The HJS.OB. batsmen on a beautiful batting wicket at Lancaster Park, were in command from the first over, and the home team was able to make little impression throughout a hard day in the field. With J. W. D’Arcy in very food form, setting the pace or the innings with a free display. Old Boys' scored 70 in the first hour, and were always ahead of the clock, maintaining this tempo until the declaration. M. L. Ryan helped D’Arcy to take the score from one for 28 to two for 110, before Ryan was lbw. Shortly after, D'Arcy, when really set and completely untroubled, was unluckily run out. Then W. R. Barbarel, playing his first senior match, and R. J. B. West launched a violent assault on the bowling. Barbarel overshadowed West during their partnership but with Barbara's dismiss! West took charge. In an innings of 90 in almost even time, west hit 13 fours and three sixes, racing from 30 to 90 in only 28 minutes. It was not a chanceless innings but extremely entertaining and took full advantage of the excellent start.

Without any semblance of ■sistance from the wicket, the rather weak Park attack of medium pace and the spinners A. G. Duckmanton and D. J. McKendry. had an unenviable task. McKendry bowled unchanged in a marathon of 37 oven interrupted only by lunch, for only one wicket, but Duckmanton was rewarded for his steadiness with four wickets off 19 oven

The championship leader* were completely on top when Park lost four for only 33, but both C. E. Reid and B. Noonan batted sensibly and well to take the score to 83 by stump*. The umpires are Messrs T. Mathie and F. Hobbs. HIGH SCHOOL OLD BOYS First Innings

D. HUI, b Gearry .. 7 J. W. D’Arcy, run out .. <1 M. L. Ryan. lbw, b Gearry 38 C. J. Stevens, lbw, b McKendry .. 17 R. J. B. West, e and b Duckmanton .. ..90 W. R Barbarel. e EUla. b Reid .. 38 R. W. Brown, c Westwood, b Duckmanton .. IS W. McD. Anderson, not out 26 r. A T. Small, e Randle, b Duckmanton ..16 D. H. Hicks, lbw. b Duckmanton • W. M. Duncan, not out • Extras (byes 13, legbyes 3) .. 16 Total tor nine wckts declared .. 335 Bowling.—C. Reid. 13, 3, 44. 1; R. Gearry, 27, 10. 79, 2; A. C. Harrison. 5,2. 9. 6; D. 3. McKendry, 37. 11, 100. 1; A. G. Duckmanton. 19. X 68. 4.

LANCASTER PARK First Innings B 3. Ellis. e and b Hicks 19 P. Andrews, b Hicks 0 M. Randle, c Ryan, b Duncan .. ..7 A C. Harrison, b Hicks .. 9 C. K Reid, not out .. 36 B. Noonan, not out ..18 Extras (leg-byes 2, noballs 1) .. 3 Total for four wckts. 82 Bowling.— W. M. Duncan 10, X 34. liD. H. Hicks. 10. 4. 30. 3; W. Barbarel. 5. 1. 19, 0; M. L. Ryan, Lilt WEST CHRISTCHURCH - UNIVERSITY v. BAST CHRISTCHURCH. With the highest score only 37. and only 223 runs being scored aS the bat in 363 minutes, the main interest in the match lay with West-Univer-sity’s successful attempt to gain a meagre first innings lead and take the bonus points. There was little excuse for the efforts of the batsmen in both teams. The wicket had some life but it was fast and should have encouraged strokemaking, but not one batsman was capable of taking advantage of the good batting conditions. Only some fine bowling by E. H. Hopkins. M. McEwan and ISheeran saved the game from almost complete anonymity. McEwan gave West-University an early advantage with a lively spell of medium-paced bowling and then Hopkins, who earlier had bowled without a greet deal of fortune, wrapped up the tail quickly and economically. When West-University betted it had just as much trouble from Shewan. His hostile leftarm deliveries brought him four wickets and he continually beat the bat McEwan batted determinedly for 27. but it was Hopkins urho swung the game for West-University. He took 16 runs off one over from B. G. Anderson—the first time during the day that the batsmen

escaped from the bowler’s thrall; that sudden burst ensured West-University of first innings points at least. The umpires are Messrs J. Streeter and H. C. Moore. Scores: — EAST CHRISTCHURCHSHIRLEY First Innings P. R. Millington, b McEwan 5 J. W. Grocott, b McEwan .. 24 B. A. Haworth, lbw, b Timpson .. ..23 J. D. Capstick, b McEwan .. 1 P. G. Coman, b Hopkins .. 10 A. E. Dunlop, c Allen, b Hopkins .. 9 C. K. Smart, c Kerr, b McEwan .. .. 9 R. T. Ryder, c Poulton, b Hopkins .. .. 24 M. P. O’Malley, b Hopkins 2 B. G. Adamson, c Allen, b Hopkins 0 I. Shewan, not out .. 1 Extras (byes 6 leg-byes 5) .. .. 11 Total .. .. 119

Bowling.—J. W. Cahill, 6 overs. 2 maidens, 9 runs. 0 wicket; B. H. Hopkins, 20.3, 7, 38, 5; M. McEwan, 19, 5, 45, 4; A. C. Timpson. 13, 9. 14, 1; G. Beban, 3. 1. 3. 0. WIST CHRISTCHURCHUNIVERSITY First Innings D. G. Poulton, c Dunlop, b O’Malley .. ..15 D. Adams, c Shewan, b Ryder .. .. 0 R. L. Kerr, c Adamson, b Smart .. .. 11 3. L. Williams, c Dunlop, b Shewan .. ..15 M. McEwan, b Shewan .. 27 D. O. Fox, c Haworth, b Ryder .. .. 8 B. H. Hopkins, b Shewan .. 37 A. C. Timpson, b Shewan .. 2 G. Beban, not out .. 0 3. Cahill, not out .. 0 Extras (leg-byes 7, byes 1, no-ball 1) ..9

Total for eight wickets 124 Bowling.—l. Shewan, 18, 8, 24, 4; R. T. Ryder, 4,1, 10. 2; C. K. Smart. 20. 11, 25, 1; M. P. O’Malley, 7. 0,3, 1; B. G. Adamson, 4,2, 18, 0; J. D. Capstick. 2. 1. 5, 0. OLD COLLEGIANS V. SYDENHAM A fine innings of 135 by 3. E. England and some spirited bowling from J. H. M. Dawson put Old Collegians in a strong position at Sydenham Park. England is a batsman whose scoring shots are delicately placed. His innings was noteworthy not so much for the number of runs scored, which was considerable, but for the manner of their making. When he was joined by G. C. P. Beadel the scoring rate, which had been slow for the first hour, quickened appreciably and while these two were at the wicket 133 runs were added in 94 minutes. Aided by 41 made in under even time by Dawson, Old Collegians were able to declare at 4 p.m. with the total at 303. The Sydenham bowlers were not helped by poor ground fielding and some wild returns to the wicket. P. F. Clark was the only one able to contain the batsmen while P. B. Truscott made a valuable conribution in breaking the partnership between England and Beadel. Although only available for the one day, Dawson helped his team considerably by taking three early wickets. His tight, accurate bowling pinned the Sydenham batsmen down and all looked vulnerable when he moved the ball away. He was ably supported by N. F. Curtis and B. J. Crichton, Curtis managing to make some balls lift disconcertingly.

Some resistance was offered by J. C. Bateman and R. E. Kirton, but none of the Sydenham players batted with any measure of confidence against the determined and hostile Old Collegians’ attack. The umpires are Messrs J. W. Owens and K. Beckett. OLD COLLEGIANS First Innings B. J. Crichton, b P. Thomas .. .. 9 R. H. Wait, c Kirton. b J. Thomas .. 12 J, E- c Truscott, b G. C. P. Beadel. b Truscott 59 D. S. Banks, b Truscott .. 2 J. W. Dalmer, b Clark ;. 28 J. H. M. Dawson, b Clark .. 41 M. G. Lester, e Hartland, b J. Thomas .. 1 J. Thomson, b Clark .. 0 N. G. Clark, not out .. 0 N. F. Curtis, not out 0 Extras (byes 4, leg-bye* 9. wides 2, no-

balls 1) .. 16 Total for 9 wickets declared .. 303 Bowling: P. Thomas. 18. 2. 48. 1; J. Thomas. 17. S. 34, 2; P. F. Clark. 11. 7. 23. 3; B. 3. Salt, 18. 1. 68. 1; A. F. Rapley, 15, 3, 44, 0; W. A. Thompson, 5, 0. 27, 0; P. B. Truscott, 5, O, 23, 2. SYDENHAM First Innings P. B. Truscott, b Dawson 15 I. R. Hartland, b Curtis .. 2 W. A. Thompson, b Dawson 5 P. F. Clark, b Dawson .. 2 J. C. Bateman, not out .. 21 R. E. Kirton. c Curtis, b Crichton .. ..19 A F. Rapley, st England, b Crichton .. 4 B. 3. Salt, b Curtis .. 11 K. Priest, not out 0 Extras (byes 4, leg-byes 8) .. 12 Total for seven wkts. 91 Bowling: 3. H. M. Dawson. 13. X 3X 3-N. F. Curtis. 12. 6. 21, 2: 3. Thomson, 4. 2, 5. 0; B. 3. Crichton. 4, 0. 21. 2. ST. ALBANS V. RICCARTON Without R C. Motz and 3. W. Kiddey, Riccarton did well to restrict St Albans to 233 on a placid pitch. Against bowling which was steady, but rarely hostile, the St. Albans batsmen bad difficulty In maintaining a pood scoring rate until A. N. Hailey, who has batted well for St. Albans this season, hit an ■ggriwtve 81 tn 79 minutes. J? A Mills. S. C. Guillen and J. W. Burtt—in his first senior match—batted compe- 1 tently. Guillen. who was clapped on to the field by thel Riccarton team, batted with his

usual enthusiasm but was not timing the ball well. Occasionally. however, be unleashed his powerful cover drive and with his full flourish of the bat there was always the hint that be could take command. D. M. Mclntyre bowled with great heart for Riccarton and deserved better than only three wickets. E. R. Hignett in a long spell was economical, and 3. F. Logie managed to extract some turn from the docile pitch. D. O’Malley, who took four good catches, had a fine day in the field. A sound and patient 29 by G. T. Barrett stopped a possible collapse by Riccarton when three wickets fell quickly. Guillen put himself in the allrounder class by opening the bowling and taking an early wicket.

The umpires are Messrs L. C. Moore and R. V. Taylor. Scores:— ST. ALBANS First Innings P. G. Z. Harris, c O'Malley, b Mclntyre .. .. 5 3. A. Mills, c O'Malley, b Hignett .. 37 S. C. Guillen, c O’Malley, b Mclntyre ..35 J. W. Burtt, b Mclntyre .. 24 A. N. Bailey, run out .. 51 M. B. Poore, c O’Malley, b Logie .. 19 A. C. Amesen, b Hazeldine 22 B. Todd, b Logie .. ..3 T. L. Jones, b Logie .. 0 T. 3. Haydon, c Alexander, b Sinclair .. 22 D. J. Mather, not out .. 0 Extras (byes 10, leg-byes 3 wides 1) ..14 232 Bowling.—D. M. Mclntyre. 25 overs, 11 maidens, 63 runs, 3 wickets; J. Alexander, 6. 0, 24, 0; E. R. Hignett. 32, 8, 61, 1; C. K. Hazeldine, 15.1, 3, 38, 1; J. F. Logie 15, 4. 26. 3: I. McK. Sinclair, 5,2, 6, 1. RICCARTON First Innings W. Muncaster, c Amesen, b Guillen .. ..3 G. R. Wainscott, run out 5 G. T. Barrett, not out .. 29 D. O’Malley, b Jones .. 4 G. R. McAuley, not out .. 4 Extras (leg-byes 8, noballs 1) .. ..9 Total for three wickets 54 Bowling.—D. J. Mather, 8,3, 23. 0; S. C. Guillen, 5. 4,2, 1; T. L. Jones, 6. 0, 17, 1; 3. W. i Burtt, 8. 6,3, 0.