Bowlers On Top In Trial Game
Skilful left-arm off-spin bowling by B. Bhana, a pupil at Linwood High School, just failed to enable B. J. Patchett’s XI to score an outright win over I. M. Walter’s XI on the final day of the Brabin Shield (under-20) trial at Hagley Oval yesterday.
Forced to follow-on after being all out in its first innings for 138, Walter’s XI was 222 for nine at the close, still 23 short of Patchett’s XI first innings score of 383 for seven declared.
The only batsman to take • the initiative away from the 1 bowlers for any period was J D. Riley, who had an excellent double of 101 and 47. A left-hander, he was particularly severe on anything near leg stump but scored well all round the wicket, including some delightful square cutting and off-driving. He hit 10 fours in his hundred. Two Good Stands He was involved in two splendid second wicket partnerships, the first of 70 with P. A. Hern (44) and the second of 75 with R. E. Gearry (35). Bhana, with a match analysis of 10 for 82, bowled extremely accurately. Although slow through the air he turned the ball sharply enough to pin the batsmen down. He varied his flight and bowled the occasional wrong-’un. v Scores: B. J. PATCHETT’S XI First Innings 383/7 dec. I. M. WALTER’S XI First Innings I M. Walter b Galwey .. 2 P. A. Hern c Gaunson b Bhana 44 J. D. Riley c Bell b Bhana 47 R. E. Gearry, st Jackson b Bhana 1 D. A. Pickering c Doig b Bhana .. 2 D W. Mcßae c Jackson b Bhana .2 B. Murray st Jackson b Higginson 4 D. R. Hadlee c and b Higginson 19 A. Sutherland c Patchett b Higginson 0; P. G. D'Auvergne not out 101 B Borman c Jackson b Bhana 5 Extras (byes 2, leg-byes 1) 3 Total 138 Bowling.— C. de B. Galwey, 7, 3, 9. 1; I. Gaunson. 10, 1. 32, 0: W. Bell. 10, 1, 37, 0; B. Bhana. 22.2, 8. 35, 6; J. A. Higginson, 9. 0, 23. 3. Second Innings Walter c and b Bhana .. 21 Riley st Jackson b Bhana .. 103 Gearry, c Phillips b Bell .. 35 Pickering c Gaunson b
Bhana 0 Mcßae c and b Higginson 26
Murray c Doig b Bhana .. 7 Hadlee c Patchett b Higgin-
son 20 Sutherland c Doig b Higginson io D’Auvergne hit wicket b Galwey g Borman not out 3 Hern not out 0 Extras (wides 3, byes 4, leg-byes 2) 9
Total (for 9 wickets) 222 Bowling.—Galwey, 17, 5, 53, 1; Gaunson, 6. 1. 16. 0; Bhana, 27. 9. 47, 4; Bell. 17. 5. 58, 1; Higginson. 10. 1. 36. 3.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19671130.2.174
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31540, 30 November 1967, Page 17
Word Count
457Bowlers On Top In Trial Game Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31540, 30 November 1967, Page 17
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in