BULL CENTURY-MAKER FOR CANTERBURY

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31290, 9 February 1967, Page 15

BULL CENTURY-MAKER FOR CANTERBURY

(N.Z. Press Association) HAMILTON.

There were runs galore on the first day of the second series of matches in the Rothman’s under-23 cricket tournament at Hamilton yesterday.

Two batsmen compiled centuries'and their teams passed 306.

The day’s top scorer was the Auckland opener, J. Kasper, who in a fine display of controlled aggression, made 154 in 4|hr, and hit 24 boundaries.

With G. E. Vivian helping with a neat half-century and C. Burke and G. Thorne hitting merrily, Auckland declared at 322 for seven. After losing nine wickets, Canterbury declared at the same score, 322, against Central Districts. Canterbury’s century-maker was the opener, C. L. Bull, who batted stylishly for 110 in 4ihr and hit 11 boundaries. For a time Canterbury lagged well behind the clock

but later made up leeway through the efforts of R. M. Gearry, who raced to 70 in 94 minutes,. with two sixes and seven fours, and B. P. Isherwood, who scored 35 in 54 minutes. Another impressive Canterbury batsman was C. L. Broad, who was associated with Bull in a solid second wicket stand of 80. Central collapsed when it began its first innings acd was 19 for four at the close. The Canterbury leg-spinner, J. M. Mclntyre, took three cheap wickets. With G. M. Turner fighting hard for 70 in three hours, Otago batted laboriously for 167 off 116 overs against Wellington. Scores: CANTERBURY First Innings C. L. Bull, c and b Baker 110 I. M. Walter, lbw, b Murdock 12 C. L. Broad, a NeaL b Crotheflil 43 D. Stead, o Willey, b Murdock .. 14 R. M. Gearry, e CoMdnge, b Wiley .. 70 B. P. I&herwood, run out .. 35 J. M. Mclntyre, c Murdock, b Crothelfl. ... 12 P. Williams, b Coflilinge 1

D. Hatchett, lbw, b CoUinge 1 D. Hadlee, not out 0 Extras (byes 8, leg-byes 1. no-ball 5) ..14 Total, for 9 wkts dec. 322 Fall of wickets: one for 42, two for 122, three for 155, four for 211, five for 290, six for 306, seven for 316, eight tor 322, nine for 322. Bowling.—Coilinge, 25, 7, 61, 2; waey, 19, A 73, 1; CrotheM, 24, 3, 85, 2; Payton, 8 4, 21, 0; Murdock, 12, 2, 40, 2; Baker, 12, 4, 38, L CENTRAL DISTRICTS First Innings D. H. Payton, lbw, b McIntyre 1 W. T. Murdock, b Mclntyre 11 P. Bunny, c Stead, b McIntyre 0 M. P. Baker, b Hadlee . 6 B. Reierson, not out ~0 Extras (leg bye 1) ... 1 Total, for 4 wkt». . | .19 Fall of wickets: one for 11, two for 12, three for 19, four for 19. Bowling.—Hadlee. 8,5, 8,1; Gearry, 4,1, 3,0; Mclntyre, 3.1, 1. 7, 3. Other Scarat Auckland 322/7 dec. (J. Kasper 154, G. E. Vivian 50, C. Burke 38, G. Thorne 33; J. G, Gibson 4/81), Northern Districts 52/0. Otago 167 (G. M. Turner 70, A. Andrew 21; R. E. Redmond 0/54, Coney 4/30), Wellington 80/1.