HAWKE CUP CHALLENGE

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

HAWKE CUP CHALLENGE

Ashburton In Trouble

(N.Z. Press Association) NELSON, Feb. 24

Ashburton finished the second day of the Hawke Cup cricket challenge in a hopeless position against the holder. Nelson.

Trailing by 262 in the first innings, Ashburton had scored 95 for six wickets in the second innings at stumps to be still 167 runs behind.

The top scorer in the Nelson innings by 347 for eight wickets declared were the Central Districts players, B. L. Hampton (100) and B. E. Congdon (90). Together they took the score from 83 to 219 in a vigorous thirdwicket partnership. Scores were:— ASHBURTON First Innings ..85 Second Innings . B. Tutty, bI. Hampton .. 23 L. Pierce, b Potts .. 10 H. Cullen, b Potto .. 0 M. Blakely, lbw, b Spence 14 S. Goodwin, b 1. Hampton 17 B. Isherwood, not out .. 3 P. Nicol, b Spence .. 5 C. Robertson, not out .. 13 Extras (byes 4, leg-bye* 2, no-balls 4) ..10 Total (for six wkts.) 95 Fall of wickets: one for 21. two for 21, three for 52 four for 56. five for 75, six for 80. Bowling.—Potts, 8,3, 16, 2; Hampton. 12, 5, 22, 2: Spence. 22. 11, 30, 2; Baker, 5. 4,4, 0; Newman, 5,4, 1,0: Reade, 3. 1, 3. 0. NELSON First Innings G. E. Lowans, c Tutty, b McCormick .. .. 41 L. B. Reade, lbw. b McCormick ..21 B. E. Congdon, c Blakely, b McCormick .. ..90 B. L. Hampton, b Nicol .. 100 I. B. Leggat, c Lindsay, b McCormick 34 P. A. Newman, b McCormick .. 0 I. R. Hampton, c Robertson, b Blakely ..26 D. V. Spence, not out .. 1 A. B. Carey, b Nicol 6 Extras (byes 14. legbyes 3. no-ball* 2) 19 Total (for eight wkts. deci.) . ■ 347 Fall of wickets: one for 44. two for 83. three for 219, four for 265, five for 267. six tor 335. seven for 336 eight for 347. Bowling—McCormick, 31, 4, 102, 4: Millichamp. X. 4. 81. 0; Blakely. 15, 1. 56. 1- Goodwin. 6/2.. 14. 0; Nicol. 16. 5, s*. 3; Lindsay, 7. 0. 22, 0.