CRICKET RICCARTON TAKES CHAMPIONSHIP

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30095, 1 April 1963, Page 18

CRICKET RICCARTON TAKES CHAMPIONSHIP

B. Hastings Scores Second Century

Riccarton became a worthy and popular championship winner on the final day of club matches on Saturday. Beating East Christchurch-Shirley by ten wickets, with nearly three hours’ of play remaining, Riccarton completed a march which began against the same opponents in the third round. It was Riccarton’s first success for 28 years.

The situation at the end of the first day’s play had pointed to a win for Riccarton, and the team never looked like failing to press home its advantage.

It was on the other grounds that there was most excitement: a boundary hit by W. M. Duncan from the last ball of the season gave Old Boys victory over Old Collegians by one wicket; St. Albans took firstinnings points from Lancaster Park by only two runs; and at Sydenham Park, B. F. Hastings scored his second century of the match for West Christchurch-University.

While Hastings was scoring his second century with perhaps the finest exhibition of the season, he was partnered by D. G. Poulton. who also scored an unbeaten century Hastings scored 129 not out—his third century against Sydenham this season—and Poulton 102 not out. The best bowling figures of the day were those of R. C. Motz. who took five wickets for Riccarton. making his match aggregate 12, the best of the championrftip series. Results: Riccarton, 222 and 9 for no wickets, beat East Christchurch * Shirley, 89 and IM, by 10 wickets. Old Boys, 208 for eight wickets declared and 166 for nine wickets, beat Old Collegians, 202 for nine wickets declared and 170, by one wicket. St. Albans, 219 and 65 for one wicket, beat Lancaster Park, 217 and IM for nine wickets declared, by two runs on the first inn in pi West Christchurch-Uni-versity, 188 and 266 for two wickets declared, beat Sydenham, 165 and 136 for seven wickets, by 23 runs on the first innings. RICCARTON v. EAST CHRIST-CHURCH-SHIRLEY Motz, although not at full pace, bowled with spirit and accuracy, to give Riccarton its final and decisive break-through. G. R. Home and J. D. Capstick scored 26 together for the second wicket in 24 minutes, and Riccarton. showing some signs of nerves, missed some chances in the field, but Motz struck and after that, only A. E. Dunlop —for the second time in the match—and C. K. Smart, who batted stubbornly, held Riccarton out. Riccarton needed only eight runs to win, and the final stroke was made by G. T. Barrett, who has been a prolific seorer for the club in the last three seasons. The umpires were Messrs J. Owens and R. Conway. Scores:— RICCARTON First innings .. ..222 Second Innings G. T. Barrett, not out .. 4 E. R. Hignett, not out .. 5 Total for no wickets .. 9 Bowling.—A. E. Dunlop. 2,0, 6. 0: T. R. Marshall. 1. 0,3, 0. EAST CHRISTCHURCHSHIRLEY First innings ..89 Second Innings B A. Haworth, c Sinclair, b Klddey .. .. 6 G. R. Home, b Motz .. 19 J. D. Capstick, b Motz .. 15 J- W. Grocott. c McAulay, b Motz .. .. ~ 0 A. E. Dunlop, b Motz .. 40 T. R. Marshall, b Hignett .. 6 C. K. Smart, c Hazeldine, b Mclntyre .. 29 R. T. Ryder, e Sinclair b _ Mclntyre 8 R. A. Hicks, lbw. b McIntyre .. .. 0 B. G. Adamson, b Motz .. 5 I. D. She wan, not out 4 Extras (byes 8, no-balls ♦» ..10 Total .. ..140 Bowling.—R. C. Motz, 18, 8. 48, 5; J. W. Klddey. 19, 9, 43, 1: D. Mclntyre, 93. 3, 18, d; E. R. Hignett, 8. 2, 20, 1; C. Hazeldine. 3. L 5. 0. OLD BOYS V. OLD COLLEGIANS This match, the most exciting of the season, held more than usual interest even in the opening stages W R. Barbarel took 10 runs from J. H. Dawson’s first over but the eighth wicket fell at 198. and Old Boys had a struggle for the first innings points. Old Collegians, with commendable spirit, attacked the Old Boys bowling, the first 50 being made in 37 minutes. P. -M. Hill mixed some glorious strokes with others of rural descent and A. R. Mac Gibbon recalled some of his best days with driving of flowing qualitv Then M. G. Lester. N. G. Clark and N. F. Curtis made very useful runs, so that Old Bovs had 150 minutes to score 165 runs. Barbarel a fine recruit to the Old Boys team, took quick wickets to give Old Boys their chance Old Boys made heavy weather of some lively bowling. J. W D'Arcy having made two scoring strokes after almost an hours batting. B. G. Hadlee played some beautiful strokes, all timing and power, so that with an hour to go. the deficit had been reduced to 81. but by then four wickets were down. Clark seemed to have won the match for Old Collegians when he took three wickets in his first nine balls and Old Bovs were 80 for seven, with 50 minutes left and 78 needed M. L. Ryan went about his difficult task methodically, and K. Hill, very uneasy at first, settled down to give a fine display The early successes of the spinners. Clark and Lester, persuaded Mac Gibbon to keep them on. hut they both lost acaHtocy and the batsmen hammered them hard. With 25 minutes to no. 45 runs were needed: with 19 minutes left, the target was down to 27. Then 13 came from an over from Clark, and when Dawson was brought back. Curtis and H, J. Taylor collided when trying to cateh an easy chance offered by Ryan. However. Curtis removed Ryan’s leg stump at 157 after Ryan and Hill had added 89 In 41 minutes of good, resolute batting This was nine minutes from time, and four minutes

later with only two added. D. H. Ricks was caught in the slips; four minutes left when Duncan came in. the last man, and six runs required. An illjudged single was run safely, miss-fielding brought another, and Curtis struck Hill a painful blow. The interruption made this the last over. From the fourth ball there was a bye with three runs needed. Duncan missed badly, but the last ball of the day was a little short of a length, and Duncan struck it swiftly and surely to square leg for 4. So Old Boys took 14 points from the match; Old Collegians deserved something more than the memory of a very fine match. The umpires were Messrs W. R. Hobbs and L. C. Moore. Scores:— OLD COLLEGIANS First Innings (for nine dec.) 202 Second Innings D. S. Banks, c Duncan, b Hicks 0 A. T. Bishop, c Barbarel, b Duncan .. .. 9 P. M. Hill, b Bolton .. 46 A. R. Mac Gibbon, b Barbarel 37 H. J. Taylor, b Bolton .. 3 J. S. Baird, c W. A. Hadlee, b Bolton .. .. 10 J. H. M. Dawson, c D’Arcy, b Barbarel .. .. 2 J. Thomson, b Barbarel 8 M. G, Lester, b Barbarel .. 25 N. G. Clark, not out .. 12 N. F. Curtis, b Duncan .. 11 Extras (bye 1, leg-byes 3, no-balls 3) ..7 Total .. ~170 Bowling.—W. M. Duncan, 13.1, 3. 49, 2; D. H. Hicks, 9, 1. 43, 1; B. A. Bolton, 17, 2, 46, 3; W. R. Barbarel 13, 4 25. 4. OLD BOYS First Innings (167/8) W. R. Barbarel. b Dawson .. 33 M. L. Ryan, not out .. 10 K. Hill, run out .. 0 D. H. Hicks, not out .. 8 Extras (byes 8. leg-byes 6) 14 Total for , eight dec. 206 Bowling.—J. H. M. Dawson, 15, 2, 71, 3; N. F. Curtis, 6,4, 8,0; M. G. Lester, 8,0, 29. 0; J. Thomson. 3 1,8, 0; A. R. Mac Gibbon. 8. 3. 17. 0; N. G. Clark, 19. 3. 63, 4. Second Innings D. Hill, lbw, b Curtis .. 4 J. W. D'Arcy, b Clark .. 26 W. A. Hadlee, lbw, b Curtis 10 B. G. Hadlee, c Banks, b Lester .. 26 C. J. Stevens, c Thomson, b Lester .. .. 12 W. Barbarel, c Curtis, b Clark .. .. .. 0 B. A. Bolton, c Mac Gibbon, b Clark .. 1 M. L. Ryan, b Curtis .. 36 K. Hill, not out .. 31 D. H. Hicks, c Clark, b Dawson ~ 1 W. M. Duncan, not out .. 6 Extras (byes 7. leg-byes 6) 13 Total for nine wickets 166 Bowling.—N. F. Curtis, 15, 4, 53, 2; J. H. M. Dawson, 10, 3. 17. 1; M. G. Lester. 14. 3, 52, 2; N. G. Clark, 10. 1, 31, 3. SYDENHAM V. WEST CHRIST-CHURCH-UNIVERSITY Another magnificent century by B. F. Hastings, his second of the match, and his feat in breaking the record total of 813 runs in the season made the second day’s play centre completely on Hastings. Even a fine fighting 102 by D. G. Poulton was only a background effort as Hastings, playing probbly the best senior innings this season moved effortlessly to his century and then to 129 not out to give him the new record. Basting’s century took 99 minutes and he hit 19 fours and one six in his innings. He played strokes all round the wicket but it was his cover driving which made it such a memorable innings. The Sydenham bowling was steady and the fielding keen but time and again Hastings would crash the ball through the off-field with superb strokes. Poulton was never really at ease, but he refused to be upset by his occasional lucky stroke and did play some fine strokes towards the end of his innings. Delaying his declaration to allow Hastings to pass the record. A. C. Timpson set Sydenham the Improbable target of 189 runs in 150 minutes. There was some pleasing batting from K. Thomson and I. R. Hartland but Sydenham never made a real effort to get the runs and in the last few minutes defended desperately to avoid defeat The umpires were Messrs F. Goodall and J. Streeter. Scores:— WEST CHRISTCHURCHUNIVERSITY First Innings .. ..188 Second Innings (8/1) B. G. Hamilton, lbw. b Rapley .. .. .. 22 B. F. Hastings, not out .. 129 D. G. Poulton, not out .. 102 Extras (byes 5, legbyes 4) 9 Total for 2wkt dec 266 Bowling.—K. Thomson, 11. 1. 54, 1: J. Thomas. 14. 5. 37. 0; A. F. Rapley. 15. 6, 71. 1; D. L. Gallop, 13. 5. 44, 0; B. A. Salt 15, 1, 51. 0. SYDENHAM First Innings .. .. 165 Second Innings I. R. Hartland, lbw. b Timpson .. .. 35 P. B. Tru«x>tt c Shard, b Hopkins ..7 W. Thomson, c Poulton. b McEwan .. 7 D. L Gallop, b Hopkins .. 4 K. Thomson, e sub . b Timpson .. 32 P. Clark, b Timpson 4 B. A. Salt, lbw, b Hopkins 6 J. Bateman, not out .. 10 K. Priest not out 1 Extras (byes 9. leg-byes 9. wides 1. no-balls 1) » Total for 7 wkts .. 136 Bowling.—B. H. Hopkins, 13,

6, 24, 3; M. McEwan, 8,2. 26. 1: P. A. Sharp, 21, 5. 50. 0; A. C. Timpson, 18, 8, 23, 3. LANCASTER PARK V. ST. ALBANS A spirited, tenth-wicket stand by M. A. Clements arid T. L. Jones gained first innings points for St. Albans at Lancaster Park. Clements, refusing to be overawed by a rather desperate situation, played some good attacking shots, including a six off B. C. Irving which landed' half-way up the embankment. The partnership, which yielded 29 runs, was not without a touch of comedy. Both batsmen considered themselves equal to the task and the struggle to retain or get the strike was at times as absorbing as the struggle for runs. Some accomplished batting was seen earlier when S. N. McGregor and M. B. Poore were together. McGregor looked a batsmen in form and hit the ball off the front foot with beautiful timing and great power. Two cover drives were at the fence almost before the fieldsmen had moved. Poore, too, drove strongly and also made some delicate shots behind the wicket. The Lancaster Park bowling on an easy paced wicket was steady and accurate. W. Smith, who bowled unchanged for 15 overs, always demanded respect, but when Irving was brought in the whole course of the game changed abruptly. He found a spot outside the off stump and turning the ball sharply took four wickets in three overs. The Lancaster Park second innings was noteworthy for another very good spell of bowling from J. W. Burtt, who took his total of wickets for the match to nine, and an attractive innings from R. T. Dowker. The declaration at a quarter to five gave St. Albans 65 minutes to make 138 runs, but the challenge was not accepted, the game ending with an appeal against the light at 5.45 p.m. The umpires were Messrs R. V. Taylor and T. Mathie. Scores:— LANCASTER PARK First Innings .. ..217 Second Innings B. C. Irving, run out ' ..21 M. D. Randle, lbw, b Jones 21 B. Noonan, st Haydon, b Burtt .. 13 C. Reid, c Guillen, b Burtt 0 A. G. Duckmanton, c Mills, b Guillen .4 R T. Dowker. c McGregor, b Poore .. 41 R. M. Gearry, c Harris, b Burtt 12 T. Graham, c Burtt, b Poore 1 1. P. Anderson, not out .. 14 D. J. McKendry, b Burtt .. 1 W. Smith, not out ~ .. 3 Extras (byes 6, leg-byes 2, no-balls 1) ..9 Total for nine wkts. dec. 140 Bowlings.—T. L. Jones, 14. 3, 41, 1; S. C. Guillen, 18. 11, 18. 1; J. W. Burtt. 26, 7, 63, 4; M. B. Poore, 8. 4. 9,2. ST. ALBANS First Innings (123/4) S. N. McGregor, lbw, b Smith 38 M. B. Poore, b Irving .. 38 M. A. Clements, not out .. 31 A. N. Bailey, b Irving .. 0 J. W. Burtt, lbw. b Irving .. 0 T. T. Haydon, lbw, b Irving 0 T. L. Jones, st Anderson, b Duckmanton .. 5 Extras (byes 9. leg-byes 5. no-balls 1) .. 15 Total .. .. ..219 Bowling.—W. Smith, 24. 12, 38. 2; C. Reid, 9,7, 13. 0; R. M. Gearry, 16, 7, 41, 3: B. C. Irving. 20. 6. 43. 4; D. J. McKendry, 18. 0. 49. 0: A. G. Duckmanton. 3.4. 0. 20. 1. Second Innings S. C. Guillen, not out .. 21 J. M. Ruston, lbw, b Duckmanton .. 3 J. A. Mills, not out .. .. 24 Extras (byes 5, leg-byes 7. wides 4. no-balls 1) 17 Total for one wicket .. 65 Bowling.—W. Smith, 3, 0. 5, 0: B. C. Irving. 7. 3. 14, 0; A. G Duckmanton, 5, 0. 10, 1; M. E Randle, 3. 0, 10. 0: T. Graham, 2,2, 0,0: R. T. Dowker. 1. 0, 5. 0; B. E. Noonan, 1,0, 4, 0.