Riccarton Regains Lead In Senior Club Cricket

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30065, 25 February 1963, Page 14

Riccarton Regains Lead In Senior Club Cricket

Riccarton regained the lead in the senior competition from High School Old Boys when its bowlers took advantage of a drying wicket to gain an outright win over Old Collegians—also one of the leading teams.

However, High School Old Boys did not relinquish their lead without a great fight. Ih a glorious display of batting they scored 330 runs in 184 minutes, certainly the fastest scoring seen ih senior cricket this season. But their bowlers could not bowl out St. Albans a second time and they had to be content with first innings points.

Sydenham, a team with awealth of batting talent at . its disposal, lost outright to East

Christchurch-Shirley by three runs ia a thrilling match and ait Ham West ChristchurchUnivereity went into third position with an outright win over Lancaster Park. On the uncertain wickets, bowlers generally , were in

command but the exception wias at Hagley Park where C. J. Stevens scored 132 for Old Boys, his first senior century, and D. Hill hit a brisk 97. S.' C. Guillen was the only other batsman to reach 50 in the four matches.

Off-spin bowlers relished the favourable B. Salt took seven for 47 against East-Shirley; A. G. Duckmantori five for 19 against West-University and E. R. Hignett five for 19 against Old Collegians. The everconsistent A. C. Timpson took six for 34 against Lancaster Park, giving him 10 wickets tor the match, and J. W. Kiddey and I. Shewan also took five wickets. Scores: — ' Riccarton, 221, beat Old Collegians, 92 and IM, by an innings and 29 runs. Old Boys, 330 for four declared, beat St. Albans, 257 and 162 for six, on the first innings. East Christchurch-Shir-ley, 112 and 170, beat Sydenham, 213 and 66, by three runs. West ChristchurchUnlversity, 228 and 69, best Lancaster Park, 171 and 85, by 43 runs. Competition points are:—

RICCARTON V. OLD COLLEGIANS Catching Old Collegians on a drying wicket which helped the pace bowler and also took sharp turn. Riccarton had little difficulty in gaining an outright win by an innings and 29 runs. Resuming at six wickets for 66 runs, Old Collegians offered some brief resistance to take the score on to 92 and then following on were all out for 100. J. W. Kiddey and E. R. Hignett were the chief destroyers for Riccarton. Kiddey’s match analysis was nine for 78 and he skilfully used the helpful pitch. At times he made balls rear sharply from a length and his accuracy allowed the batsmen little respite. Hignett. too, found satisfaction in the pitch. At times his off-breaks turned abruptly and occasionally lifted shoulder high. / The Old Collegians batsmen had an unenviable task but too many of the batsmen lost their wickets from tentative strokes when positive play was demanded both on attack and defence. J. ts. England and J. Thomson were the only batsmen to cope with the conditions and Thomson’s 28 not out was a minor masterpiece of batting under adverse conditions. The umpires were Messrs K. Beckett and L.. C. Moore. Scores:— Riccarton First Innings, 221. Old Collegians <66/6) J. H. M. Dawson, b Kiddey 22 J. Thomson, c Mclntyre, b Kiddey .. 13 J. Baird, c sub, b Mclntyre 15 N. G. Clark, not out .. 1 N. F. Curtis, absent .. 0 Extras (byes 12, no-balls 2) .. ..14 Total .. -.92 Bowling.—R. C. Motz, 9, 1. 23. 3; J. W. Kiddey, 12.5, 2. 42, 5; D. Mclntyre, 4,1, 13, 1. Second Innings A. T. Bishop, c McAulay. b Kiddey ..4 B. J. Crichton, c Sinclair, b Hignett 4 J. E. ’England, b Hignett .. 20 G. C. P. Beadel. c Hignett, b Kiddey .11 A. R. Mac Gibbon, c Stewart. b Hignett 1 J. W. Dalmer, b Hignett .. 5 J. H. M. Dawson, b Kiddey 9 J. Thomson, not out .. 28 J. Baird, c McAulay, b Kiddey .. 5 N. G. Clark, c Kiddey, b Hignett 4 N. F. Curtis, absent .. 0 Extras (byes 6, leg byes 3) .. .. 9z Total .. ..100

Bowling.—J. W. Kiddey, 23, 10, 36, 4; D. Mclntyre, 4,1, 6, 0; E. R. Hignett, 19, 5, 49, 5. EAST-SHIRLEY v. SYDENHAM ■ Seventy runs to win in two hours did not seem a difficult proposition, but Sydenham found it beyond it at Burwood Park and lost by the tantalising margin of three runs—to the fourth to last ball of the match. I. D. Shewan, bowling with surprising control, hostility, and stamina, sent Sydenham reeling in his first four overs when he accounted for the three wickets that fell for only 10 runs. East-Shirley's fielding, a weak point in the first innings when seven chances were dropped, was first-class and only one possible chance was not accepted. T. R. Marshall consolidated his position in the team with two magnificent, full-length catches and Inspired Shewan to a similar effort off his own bowling.

R. T. Ryder, his action not unlike that of a windmill, was all effort and ended D. L. Gallop's gallant innings with a baM that came back very sharply. Aided by some steady batting by R Thomas, and fortuitous hitting from B. A. Salt and K. N. Priest, Sydenham, boosted its overnight lead of 15 to the highly respectable one of 161. East • Shirley removed the arrears with the loss of four wickets, including those of G R. Home and B. A. Haworth, who looked batsmen In form, and P. G. Coman's aggressive knock looked to be leadtog EastShirley out of danger. But Salt, bowling at an in-nocuous-looking. slow-medium.

dismissed seven batsmen for only 47 runs off 284 overs—two spells of 17 and 113 overs. Alas, for Salt; he later tried his best to hit Smart over his head for the winning seventieth run but only succeeded in going out after the last man had stayed with him for the full haff-hour.

SYDENHAM First innings (127/6) J. Bateman, lbw, b Smart .. 14 R. Thomas, c Capstick, b Smart .. .. 43 B. A. Salt, c Home,.b Adam- • son .. .. .. 24 K. N. Priest, not out .. 15 J. Thomas, run out .. 0 Extras (byes 19,. leg byes 4. no-balls 1. wides 1) .. ■■ 25 Total .. ‘ ..213 Bowling.—l. D. Shewan, 18, 5. 45. 4; C. K. Smart, 27.1, 11. 55, 3; M. P. O’Malley, 8. 3. 37, 6; B. G. Adamson, 10, I, 41, 1; J. D. Capstick, 3, 1. 10. 0: Second Innings I. R. Hartland, b Shewan .. 3 J. Thomas, c Dunlop, b Shewan .. 0 W. A. Thomson, c Marshall, b Ryder .... 10 P. F. Clark, c Marshall, b Shewan ' .. 0 D, L. Gallop,’ b Ryder .. 21 K. Thomson, b Ryder 7 I. Bateman, c and b Shewan 3 R. Thomas, b Shewan . .. 0 B. A. Salt, b Smart .. 7 A. F Rapley, c Dunlop, b Ryder .. .. 2 K. N. Prieat, not out 4 Extras (byes 1, wides 1. no-balls 7) ..9 Total .. .. 66

Bowling.—l. D. Shewan, 15, 5, 25, 5: C. K. Smart, 11.3, 6, 16. 1; R. T. Ryder. 8. 2, 16. 4, EAST-SHIRLEY

First innings .. ..112 Second Innings G. R. Home, c R. Thomas, b Salt .. 29 C. K, Smart, b Rapley .. • 2 B. A. Haworth, c K. Thomson, b Salt ~ 25 P. G. Coman. b Salt .. 40 J. D. Capstick, c and b Salt 1 A. E. Dunlop, c W. Thomson, b Gallop .. 9 T. R. Marshall b Salt .. 18 R. T. Ryder, st Priest, b Salt 7 M. P. O’Malley, c Bateman. b Gallop .. .. 13 B. G. Adamson, c J. Thomas, . b Sait .. ..12 I. D. Shewan, not out .. 0

Extras (byes 11, leg byes 3) ..14

Total .. ..170 Bowling.—A. F. Rapley, 26, 8, 48, 1; D. L. Gallop, 34, M, 56, 2; B. A. Salt. 28.3. 10, 47, 7; K. Thomson, 4,2, 5, 0.

HIGH SCHOOL OLD BOYS V. ST. ALBANS

When play began at Hagley No. 6 at 12.30 p.m. there seemed every prospect of a keen tussle for first innings points wtih Old Boys set to make 258 on a wicket affected by the heavy rain. But the colt. C. J. Stevens, who headed the list with his maiden senior century, captain D. Hill (97) assisted by B. G. Hadlee. W. A. Hadlee and B. A. Bolton, made light of this task, and after some remarkable batting Old Boys declared at tea with 330 for four wickets, .scored in 193 minutes. Once they had the pace of the wicket. Stevens and Hill took full advantage of the shbrt boundaries, some St. Albans bowling somewhat lacking in good length, and periodic fielding lapses. Stevens had his share of luck, but his century was full of good, powerful drives, hooks and pulls. He used his feet well to the slow bowlers and both he and Hill dealt severely with anything short. Their entertaining opening stand —182 in 122 minutes—came to an end when Hill was foolishly run out only three short of his 100, but later W. A. Hadlee and Bolton maintained the brisk tempo with a stand of 72 in 26 minutes. Sevens made his 132 in 163 minutes with 19 fours and two sixes, while Hill’s 97 took 122 minutes and included 14 fours and four sixes. In making 44 himself in 26 minutes, Hadlee hit 34 in boundaries, while Bolton took 18 off five balls from P. G. Z. Harris. Not surprisingly the St. Albans bowlers wilted noticeably under the continuous ohslaught, but some of its figures would have looked considerably better with some measure of support from the field. A number of chances were dropped and substitute wicketkeeper, S. N. McGregor, had an unhappy time. When S. C. Guillen was out for a splendid 50 and five second innings St. Albans wickets were down for 101—a lead of only 28—there was still sufficient time in hand to give Old Boys a faint prospect of maximum points. But M. B. Poore was again In good form and well supported by J. W. Burtt, who looked very sound, and A. N. Bailey, who batted steadily until stumps. The umpires were Messrs G. Clark and F. Goodall.

Scores HIGH SCHOOL OLD BOYS First Innings (9/0) C. J. Stevens, c Wood, b Harris . • .. 132 D. Hill, run out ..97 B. G. Hadlee, b Poore .. 20 B. J, B. West, c Bailey, b Poore 0 W. A. Hadlee, not out .. 44 B. A. Bolton, not out . .. 27 Extras (byes 5, leg-byes 3. no-balls 2) 10 Total fof four wickets * declared .. 330 Bowling.—T. L. Jones, 24, 4, 83, 0; A. R. Taylor, 5. 1. 24, 0; S. C. Guillen, 9,0, 42, 0; M. B. Poore. 13 2, 62, 2; J. R. Mills, 2,1, 8. 0: J. W. Burtt, 9, 0. 55. 0; P. G. Z. Harris, 5,0, 46, 1. ST. ALBANS First innings .. -.257 Second Innings A. C. Ameson, b Hill .. 9 J. A. Mills, c Hicks, b Hill 13 P. G. Z. Harris, c West, b Hicks • ■ • • S. C. Guillen, lbw, b Hill .. 50 S. N. McGregor b Hicks .. 0 M. B. Poore, not out .. 29 J. W. Burtt, b Ryan .. 20 A N Bailey, not out .. 9 Extras (byes 6. leg-byes i) 7 Total for six wickets 162 Bowling.—W. M. Duncan, 4. 0. 12, 0; D H. Hicks. 11. 6 17 2; D. Hill. 19. 6, 49, 3: B. R. Bolton. 14 3. 51. 0; K. HUI, 2, 0. 3. 0; M. L. Ryan, 5. 29, 1; W. A. Bafbarel. 3,1, 14. 0. WEST CHRISTCHURCH-UNI- - V. LANCASTER PARK It was a game of fluctuating fortunes at Ham. First WestUniversity was well onltop when it captured three early wickets. There was a partial recovery by the Lancaster Park middleorder batsmen and then the side lost its last few wickets very quickly to finish 57 runs behind. Disaster struck West as it was spun out for a mere 69 runs, leaving Lancaster Park only 126 for outright victory. However, this task proved too great; as the West-University spinners took their revenge, bundling Lancaster Park out for 85. As the wicket was saturated both captains agreed to use a new strip and play started at 10.43 a.m. It was not a day of good cricket. Too often the spinners vgt allowed to get

on top and consequently they dominated the day’s play, capturing 37 of the 28 wickets that fen. Timpson returned an excellent performance with match figures of 10 for 86. He howled on his usual teasing length and gave nothing away at all in his marathon bowling eqort of 50 overs for the day. Sharp again bowled intelligently. He made the breakthrough in the second innings, capturing the first three wickets.

Duckmanton and Irving, the Lancaster Park spin pair, were the wreckers of West-Univers-ity’s second innings. They both returned .most impressive figures and certainly gave their side a great, chance of winning outright. . It was riot a day for the batsmen on the slow wicket. Promoted from second grade. T. Graham held Lancaster Park’s innings together with a solid 42. He batted very patiently but was not afraid to crack the loose bail- hard. Noonan, Duckmanton and D McKendry all contributed useful scores. Hastings was the only batsman to show up for WestUniversity. scoring a brisk 28 before falling victim to fellow Plunket Shield player, Irving. Bonus points went to WestUniversity. The umpires were Messrs V Taylor and J. C. Streeter. WEST-UNIVERSITY First. Innings .. 228

Second Innings B. A. G. Murray, c Smith, b Harrison .. .. 2 D. G. Poulton, lbw, b Irving 10 B. F. Hastings, b Irving .. 28 A. T. Waters, lbw, b Duckmanton ;. .. 0 J. M. McEwen, b Irving .. 0 D. A. Fox, c Smith, b Duckmanton .. .. 4 B. G. Hamilton, lbw, b Irving .. 4. A. C. Timpson, lbw, b Duckmanton .. 0 P. Sharp, c Smith, b Duckmanton • .. 16 R. K. Allen, c Noonan, b Duckmanton 0

J, W. Cahill, not out ..I Extras .. 4 Total .. -.69 Bowling.—W. Smith, 6,2, 13, 0; A. Harrison, 4,1, 13, 1: A. G. Duckmanton, 8.4. 2, 19, 5: B. C. Irving, 7,2, 20. 4. LANCASTER PARK First Innings (44/2) B. Noonon, c Sharp, b Timpson .. • • 24 A. Harrison, c Allen, b Timpson .. 1 R. T. Dowker, c Waters, b Sharp .. 2 A. G. Duckmanton, hit wicket, b Timpson .. 24 T. Graham, c Cahill, b Timpson .. . ■ .. 42 D. J. McKendry, c Allen. b Murray .. 24 W. Smith, c Poulton, b Murray .. 4 B. C. Irving, not out .. 3 I. P. Anderson, c Hastings. b Murray .. 3 Extras . < •. 4 Total’ .. ..171 Bowling.—J. W. Cahill. 6 overs, 2 maidens. 13 runs, 0 wickets; J. M. McEwan, 5,4, 4, 0: P. A. Sharp, 28. 8, 57, 3; A. C. Timpson, 29. 12, 54. 4; B. A. G. Murray. 11.5, 4,28, 3; D. Fox, 5, 1. 11, 0. ' Second Innings B. J. Ellis, std Allen, b Sharp .. .. 1 A. McKendry, c Murray, b Sharp .. 12 B. Noonan,, c Murray, b Sharp .. . ..13 R. Dowker, c Cahill, b Timpson 9 A. Harrison, c Allen, b ■ Timpson 9 A. ‘G. Duckmanton, std Allen, b Timpson .. 0 T. Graham, std Allen, b Timpson 0 D. McKendry. lbw, b Timpson 4 B. C. Irving, not out .. 13 W. Smith, b Timpson .. 13 I. P. Anderson, c Murray, b Sharp .. ~ 2 Extras .. .. 9 Total .. .. 85 Bowling.—A. C. Timpson. 21, 8. 32, 6; P. A. Sharp, 16.3, 3. 28, 4; B. A. G. Murray, 4,0, 16, 0.

Lower Grades

Eighth-round matches in the lower grades of the Canterbury Cricket Association’s competitions were completed on Saturday. Results:— SECOND GRADE A St. .Albans 202 (Ripley 61, Todd 30 not out; Thomas four for 47) beat Boys’ High Schoo! 170 and 220 (Bull 57. Hadlee 47 not out. Trist 33. Thomas 30) on the first Innings. Lancaster Park 208 for eight declared (Robinson 38; Beban four for 59) and 43 for seven (Thompson six for 18) beat West-University 182 and 146 for three declared (Hudson 50. Adams 40. Morris 31) on the first innings. Technical Old Boys 258 for five declared (Sibley 113 not out. Gray 66) and 49 for none beat Riccarton 112 and 180 (Hazeldine 51. Fuller 36; Bennetts three for 24) by 10 Christ’s College 203 (Scott 41, Gebbie 34; Newton three for 38) and 114 for seven (Bromley 55. Hunt 36; Bishop three for 6) beat High School Old Boys 244 and 71 for six declared (Pickering three for 34) by three wickets. SECOND GRADE B West-University 276 for nine declared beat Old Collegians 242 (Wait 60, Moffat 37; Thomson five for 61, Sugden four for 52) on the first innings. Sydenham 248 and 127 for four declared (Tucker 65 not out) beat St. Albans 222 (England 91, Caldow 51; Roberts six for 62. Thomas three for 73) op the first innings. Technical Old Boys 173 (FOX 39, McKenzie 30) and 72 for five (Cocks four for 26) beat Lancaster Park 120 (Cassidy 45; Glasson three for 26, Gray five for 54) and 168 (Lawson 43; ■Fox five for 70) on the first innings. SECOND GRADE C Riccarton 166 and 148 for nine declared (McKenzie 42; Victor three for 45) beat High School Old Boys 97 and 110 (Judson 32; McKenzie six for 42) on the first innings. Marist 133 (Doody 33; Cockbum six for 39) and 133 for four (McKendry 42 not out. Williams 32) beat West-Univer-sity 197 (Little 51. Berkeley 39; McNamara five for 46, O’Brien three for 39) and 63 for four declared (McKendry three for 19) by six wickets. St. Andrew's 215 for nine declared and 74 for five (Armour 32; Hickling four for 18) beat Shirley Boys’ High School 131 (Pullev 41. Cocks 36; P. Smith three for 20, L. Smith four for 34) on the first innings. Old Collegians 289 for three beat East-Shirley 179 (Evans 49; Kissling three for 39. Miller four for 59) and 107 (Miller seven for 38) by an innings and three runs. PRESIDENT’S GRADE Lancaster Park A 113 for none declared (Richards 59 not out, Dennis 47 not out) beat Technical Old Boys 38 .(Gearry three for 5, Wheatley three for 17) and 77 for six (Browne 38) on the first innings. _ St. Albans 107 (Haydon. 38. MacLaughlin 36) beat Sydenham 104 (Young 41; Mulcock four for 14) oh the first innines. Riccarton 146 for two declared (Cla ridge 55 not out, Dawson 46 not out) beat West-Uni-versity 90 (Fahey 45; Pepcival

five for 38) on the first innings. Old Collegians 169 (Sheppard 63. Adams 39; Singleton three for 18) drew with Lancaster Park B 163 for nine (Withers 61 not out. King 37; Mcßeth four for 52. Gardiner three for 42). High School Old Boys 134 for five declared (Anderson 39, Baxter 38. Small 36 not out) beat Marist 46 (Escott eight for 20, including hat-trick) and 63 (Escott five for 29. Small five for 34) by an innings and 25 runs Third Grade A High School Old Boys 286 for three declared (Rankin 135. Sheard 83) and 31 for one. beat St. Albans 255 and 41 (Dennis six for 13) by nine wickets. Lancaster Park 181 (Albnow 49, Harrison 34; King four tor 45) and 53 (Shewan six for 18, King three for 24) beat EastShirley 121 (Albrow five for 48) and 96 for six (Lamport five for 47) on the first innings. Old Collegians B 192 for seven declared and 27 for two wickets beat Old Collegians A 158 (Anderson 53; Wreaks eight for 24) and 155 (Masters 38: Wreaks five for 41) by eight wicket*. Third Grade B East-Shirley B 148 (Steere 58; Oldham five for 13 < beat High School Old Boys 58 (Barker three for 11. Keneally four for 19) on the first inntags. East-Shirley A 155 for five (Lynch 42. Bobbs 39; McGowan three for 28) beat Technical Old Boys 147 (Corbin 47; Pauling three for 25, Mullins three for 41, Whitehouse three tor 45) ' on the first innings. West-University 161 (Baker four for 31) beat Lancaster Park 95 (Boyd six for 26) on the first j innings. Fourth Grade 1 St. Albans 151 for six (Nor- . well 66 not out; Oflord three for ■ .49) beat Lancaster Park B 134 (Hawker 55. Thompson 55 not out; Nleld five for 41. Tomkies three for 35) on the first tan- ! ings. East-Shirley 119 (Brough 49; O'ConneH four for 7, Robson . four for 35) beat Marist 118 ; (Anderson five tor 26) on the . first innings). Riccarton 113 (Thompson 46: Hutchinson three for 25. Fslr- . bairn three for 32) beat Lan- | caster Park 78 (Sewell three for i 9) on the first inntags. ■ I

Wins Losses Bon Ch 12 5 5 1 0 pt pt Pt pt pt pt Pt Ric. 4 1 2 1 12 67 O.B. 3 3 2 — 12 65 O.C. 3 1 —— 1 1 8 55 W-U 3 1 1 3 — « 55 E.S. 2 3 ■ 1 2 4 44 Syd. 1 2 1 — 4 12 39 St. A 1 1 1 3 2 6 31 L.P. — 2 — 3 3 4 17