BRIGHTER BATTING

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 49, 21 November 1932, Page 14

BRIGHTER BATTING

Cricket Competitions 1 1 OLD BOYS PASS 300 c i ! Midland’s Improved Form 1 CENTURY TO W. DUSTIN , Improved batting form was shown on Saturday afternoon when the third series of matches in the Wellington Cricket Association’s senior championship competition was commenced on firm wickets and fast outfields. A blustering northerly wind handicapped bowlers, and caused the ball to cut queer capers 'in the air at times. A sharp shower shortly after 5 o’clock caused players to scurry to the shelter of tlie pavilion for a time. Wellington College Old Boys, thanks to sound innings by V. H. Du Chateau, R. H. Lamason. and K. C. James, totalled 306 against Petone at the Basin Reserve. Midland, on the same ground, held possession of the wickets throughout the afternoon, running up 275 for nine against Institute. The feature of the innings was a finished knock by W, Dustin for 129. University, for whom L. M. Pacey, the captain, scored 64. found the slow spin bowling of B. Griffiths, who took seven for 46, too good for them on the Kilbirnie ground, and were all out for 151. _ Kilbirnie responded with 108 for five wickets. Wellington, for whom H. Foley carried his bat through the innings for 88, totalled 217 against Hutt on the Hiitt Recreation Ground. H. Dunn, a 16-year-old promoted junior A slow bowler, made an auspicious first appearance in the senior ranks for Hutt by capturing five wickets for 76 runs. Hutt made the spirited reply of 128 for three wickets, B. R. Ross being unbeaten with an even half-century to his credit. RESULTS AT A GLANCE Old Boys, 306; v. Petone. Midland, 9—275; v. Institute. University, 151; Kilbirnie, s—loB.5 —108. Wellington, 217; Hutt, 3—128. HONOURS BOARD BATTING. W. Dustin (Midland) 129 11. Foley (Wellington) *BB L. M. Pacey (University) ........ 64 V. 11. Du Chateau (Old Boys) .... 52 B. R. Ross (Hutt) ....... *5O R. H. Lamason (Old Boys) ........ 50, BOWLING. B. Griffiths (Kilbirnie), seven for 46. H. Dunn (Hutt), five for 76. MIDLAND STARTS WELL Institute Bowlers Punished Midland made a good start against Institute at the Basin Reserve, batting all the afternoon, and knocking up 129 runs for, nine wickets. The star performance of the day was that of W. Dustin, one of the opening batsmen, who played steadily for three and a half hours, having made 129 when he fell seventh wicket down. He played a chanceless innings, and raised the century, his first in senior cricket, in just over three hours. His total included the only six of the day, and twelve fours. Tindill, the other opening batsman, lasted three-quarters of an hour, lifting one from Tucker to Calvert, when he had made 23. J. W. Hutchings, second man in, took a long time to settle down, being very uncomfortable facing the bowling of Fortune. He scored very slowly, taking an hour and 50 minutes to knock up 37, at which stage he was clean bowled by Fortune. For a time it seemed as though a rot was going to set in, three wickets falling very cheaply. However, L. G. Clarke got set with Dustin, and 'held the fort while the opening man did most of the scoring. Clarke finished up with a creditable 22. Play was interrupted by rain for about 20 minutes. Fortune was the only bowler who really worried the batsmen, and he had an excellent assistant behind the stumps in Hankins. The detailed: scores are:— MIDLAND.—First Innings. W. Dustin, c. Calvert; b. Aldridge ... 129 E. W. Tindill, c. Tucker, b. Calvert .... 23 J. W. Hutchings, b. Fortune 37 ’ A. Donoghue, c. Hankins, b. Fortune .. 3 A. Robertson, b. Fortune 1 S. Lawton, b. Fortune 13 L. G. Clarke, 1.b.w.. b. Aldridge ’ 22 J. Standi dge, not out .. 14 It. O’Neill, c. and b. Rodgers 24 F. Bryant, run out »..., 6 G. Cleverley, not out 0 Extras 3 Total, for nine wickets 275 Bowling Analysis.—Fortune took four ’’wickets for 60 runs; Tucker, none for 58; Aldridge, two for 57: Bilby, none for 48; Rodgers, one for 31; Ritchie, none for 12. BOY BOWLER’S SUCCESS Wellington v. Hutt Match An outstanding performance was put up by H. Dunn, bowling for Hutt against Wellington at the Hutt Recreation Ground. Only 17 years of age, Dunn was promoted from junior A to senior for the match, and fully justified the honour accorded him by taking five wickets for 76 runs off 12 overs, the best bowling average of the day. For a colt Dunn bowls exceptionally well, keeping a good length, and getting a good deal of turn on. Opening the batting for Wellington, Foley stayed at the wicket for the whole of the innings. Taking no risks, he slowly but surely knocked up 88 runs, and was the only man to pass the half-cen-tury. Morgan, after a hard-hitting spell, lifted one from Warnes into Biggar’s hands. His score of 29 included six boundaries. Whyte followed, and succeeded in placing 34 on the slate before a spectacular catch by Biggar sent him back to the pavilion. He was hitting in great style, and his total included six fours. Hamilton. Wiren, Simpson, and Cousins were quickly clean bowled for small scores. The last man in, Symes, had placed 18 to his credit when a tricky ball from Aldersley got past his bat. and Wellington’s innings closed at 4.53 for 217. At the adjournment Wellington had dismissed three of .Hutt’s men with scores under twenty. Gwilliam and Warn.es, succumbing to l.b.w. decisions from Symes and Blundell respectively. Ross : and Champness were putting up a fruitful partnership at the call of time, the former with a total of 50, and the latter with 38. Symes gained the bowling honours for Wellington with two wickets for 48 runs off 12 overs. Details:— WELLINGTON.—First Innings. H. Foley, not out 88 A. M. Hollings, c. Champness. b. Monk 4 R. J. Morgan, c. Biggar, b. Warnes .. 29 It. A. Wh.vte. c. Biggar, b. Dunn 31 A. I*. Monteath, st. Biggar, b. Dunn . 5 C. G. Hamilton, b. Dunn 8 E. C. Wiren, b. Dunn 0 R. C. Simpson, b. Judd 6 A. M. Cousins, b. Judd 16 E. D. Blundell, c. Lees. b. Dunn 7 H. A. I. Symes, b. Aldersley 18 Extras 2 Total 217 Bowling Analysis.—Monk took one wic-

ket for 32 runs; Judd, two for 64; Warnes, one for 7: Aldersley, one for -6; and Dunn, five for 76. HUTT.—First Innings. A. Gwilliam, 1.b.w., b. Warnes 1B. R. Ross, not out *'o F. Warnes, 1.b.w., b. Blundell IS 'A, Biggar, b. Symes 1 B. Champness, not out ob Extras • “ Total for three wickets 128 Bowling Analysis.—Symes took two wickets for 43 runs: Blundell, one for 31; Simpson, none for 19; Cousins, none for 6; and Hollings, none for 15. OLD BOYS DO WELL Score of 306 Against Petone Old Boys were in good batting form in their match with Petone at the Besin Reserve, and in their first innings netted 306 runs. Rain necessitated a short postponement of play in the late afternoon. Old Boys battled all the afternoon, their last man being disposed of within a minute of time. Du Chateau and Burnette were the opening batsmen. Kuns came slowly at. first, but as play warmed up both players hit out more freely. Burnette was dismissed after scoring 29 runs, and he was replaced by James. Du Chateu. who made 52 runs before being bowled by M. Nicholls, made the best contribution to Old Boys’ scoring sheet. The next highest score was that of R. H. Lamason, a promising colt, who made 50 in confident ■ fashion. James hit freely for 4G. Most of, the bowling was done by Allcott. Grant and Mallard, the first two bowlers each taking three wickets. Detailed scores are as follow: — OLD BOYS.—First Innings. V. IL Du Chateau, b. M. Nicholls 52 N. Burnette, c. Dempster, b. Mallard .. 29 K. C. James, c. and b. Allcott 46 J. R. Lamason. b. Allcott 22 C. Parsloe. c. M. Nicholls, b. Patrick .. 10 A. H. Sadler, b. Allcott 31 It. H. Lamason, c. May, b. Grant 50 M. Browne, run out 1 ,T. Reynolds, c. Patrick, b. Grant .... 21 A. W. Duncan, c. M. Nicholls, b. Grant 8 J. Bartleet, not out 0 Extras ............. 36 Total 306 Bowling Analysis.—Allcott took three wieekts for 87 runs; Riddells, none for 1; Dempster, none for 17; Mallard, one for 55; M. Nicholls, one for 18; Patrick, one for 30; Grant, three for 62. AN EVEN CONTEST University and Kilbirnie With two wickets down for 115 runs it looked as though University would build up a formidable total at the Kilbirnie Reserve, but aided by a boisterous wind, B. Griffiths bowled with such success that the whole "side was dismissed for 151 runs. The opening saw Blandford and Pacey associated in a partnership that made the score mount rapidly. With his score at 44, which included a six, and seven fours, Blandford was dismissed by Christopherson off Crook, severing a partnership which produced 71 runs. Pacey continued forcibly with H. Bailey, but at 64 fell to Crook. , Then came a Series of disasters. Caldwell, Cutler and Harrison went in rapid succession for “ducks,” the remaining batsmen all failing to reach double figures. Chief honours in disposing of the students went to B. Griffiths, who made batsmen play into the fieldsmen’s) hands five times, clean bowled Bailey, and took a wicket through MonkhouSe, who stumper Stevens. Griffiths, who had had 24 runs against him before the Varsity collapse, wound up with seven wickets for 46 runs. Kilbirnie had one hour and forty minutes’ batting, and at the close of rhe day’s play had put on 108 runs with five wickets in hand. Rain fell for about fifteen minutes during the innings, and made the wicket easy. The following are the scores:— UNIVERSITY.—First Innings. J. A. R. Blandford, c. Christopherson, b. Crook \ 44 L. M. Pacey, b. Crook 64 H. C. Bailey, b. Gritffihs 18 P. Caldwell, c. and b. Griffiths 0 A. S. H. Cutler, c. Ashen-den. b. Griffiths 0 C. S. Harrison, c. Hanscombe, b. Griffiths 0 B. A. Paetz, c. Scott, b. Griffiths 9 J. White, e. Scott, b. Griffiths 8 H. Williams, 1.b.w.. b. Crook 1 J. C. Stevens, st. Monkhouse, b. Griffiths 4 A. 0. Francis, not out . 1 Extras 2 Total ....151 '■ Bowling Analysis.—Griffiths took seven wickets for 46 Tuns; Crook, three for 24; Morris, none for 14; Ashenden, none for 26; Christopherson, none for 24; Hanscombe, none for 15. KILBIRNIE.—First Innings. W. Hepburn, run out 7 J. Kershaw, c. Cutler, b. Harrison .... 1 W. J. R. Christopherson, b. William® 32 W. Monlthouse. not out .' 2 M. Bilby, b. Harrison 27 R, Crook, c. Paetz, b. Harrison ....... 27 X. Scott, not out 6 Extras 6 Total, for five wickets 108 Bowling Analysis.—Harrison took three wickets for'3l runs: Williams, one for 20--'Francis, none for 51. JUNIOR CRICKET GAMES Play in Championship Series Some solid scoring was recorded in the lower grade championship matches played under the auspices of the Wellington Cricket Association on Saturday. The following are the results: — Second Grade. University. 253 (McDonald 71, Cooper 38, Robertson 27). met Old Boys, one wicket for 102 (Ronaldson 57 not out). For Old Boys Bird took five wickets for 59. Wellington College, 83 (Saunders 19, O'Loughlin 19, Souhness 15), met Midland, 192 for two wickets (Jack 104, Nicol 20, Law 43 not out). Bowling for Midland, Reyling took six for 49. Karori, 382 (Cox 165. Edwards 62, Nimino 46, English 22, Russell 21), met Institute, 57 for one wicket (Duffy 31 not out). Bowling for Institute, Brabln took fire for 68. Mead two for 40, Algar two for 74, Heard one for 48. Junior A, Johnsonriile, first innings. 287 (Neal 37, Chaney 24, A. W. Moore 16, A. A. Moore 28, Turner 160 not out, Symonds 25). met Hospital, first innings. 117 for two wickets (H. Trewlek 33. T. Trewick 62. Mlles 16 not out). Bowling for Hospital, Morgan took four wickets for 95, T. Trewick one for 19, Clarke five for 61. Wellington, first innings. 362 (Hammond 87, Park 79, J. R. Page 61, Wagstaff 47, Lauchlan 38, Rose 15), mej Midland S.W., first innings, four for 76 (Walker 21, Lye 21). For Wellington Ellerm took three for 44. For Midland Lye took four for 38. Midland, 176 (Devonport 52 not out, Aspen 48, Ferguson 21, Esson 12). met Hutt, one wicket for 90. Bowling for Hutt, Lambert took three wickets for 29, Holstead two wickets for 35. Hooke three wickets for 50. Junior 81. Stop Ont, 247 for three wickets (Mason 123 not out. Green 56 not out. McShce 26. Brown 221, met Petone, 148 (Hunwick 76, Manson 23 not out). Bowling for Stop Out, Brooks took three for 28. Junior 82. Midland. 143 (Gillies 47, SulHran 16. McCauley 14). met Railways, 294 runs for eight wickets (Grey 111 not out, Black 69, Eton 47. Dwan 30). Bowling for Railways. Grey took five wickets for 44 runs, and Butler four for 55. University, eight for 312. declared (Campbell 78. Moore 67. Godfrey 52 not out, Middlebrook 34, Kirkcaldie 21, and Osborn 201, met Duthies, 35 for three wickets. Bowling for University, Williams took three for 7. Unit. 168 (Buckley 44, Bishop 31. Muir 17. Kemp 16). met Kniwarra. 154 for five (Pamplin 50 not out. Simmonds 45 not out, T. Robson 34, A. Robson 16). Bowling for Hutt. Dudley took four for 26. including the bat trick. Bowling for Kaiwarra, Pamplin took four for 34. Junior C. Kilbirnie. 149 (Lloyd 32. Potter 27, Whnrton 14). met Brooklyn, 165 (M. Wright 61. Jeffery 32. Bentley 24. McFarlane 17. A. Wright 14). Bowling for Brooklyn, A. Wright took four for 35, Bentlev three for 32. McFarlane two for 19. S. Brown one for 5: while for Kilbirnie. Brvonton secured six for 34. Old Boys, first innings, 231 (Atkins 192, Bongo 27. Duncan 20. Rose IS), met Mnrist. 90 for three wickets (Watson 25. Wylie 24k Rowling for Jfarist. Gresham took four for 48, Mansfield three for 00. For

Old Boys, Bradley took three f0r.30. Midland, 148 (Davenport 50. Paukhunst 24, Griffin 22), met Johnsonville, 170 for six wickets CM. Kenny 32, S. Neal 31, Douglas 25, H. Kenny. 22 not out). Bowling for Johnsonville, Dougins took live wickets for 59, 11. Kenuy, three for 28. Third Grade. Railways, 200 (Davies 124), beat Brooklyn (St. John’s), 159 (Long 42, Bilby 30, Falconer 30). Brooklyn, 195 (Wbyte 38. Lawton 35), beat Institute B. 103. Bowling for Brooklyn, Whyto took live for 20. Boys’ Association. Brooklyn A. 130 (Hardy 38), beat Marlst, 31. Bowling for Brooklyn, Hardy took six for 14, and Riley, three for 13. I Brooklyn B, 200 for nine wickets (McNally 43.’ Staples 26, Andrews 23 not out), beat Stop Out, 15S (McCarthy 42). Kaiwarra, 544 (Billings 184 not out, Hendry 100, Scorringe 96. Southce 77. Titchens 20), met Old Boys. The ninth wicket fell at 334, but Billings and Scorringe added 210 for the last wieket. MERCANTILE LEAGUE Results of matches played in the Mercantile League are as follow:— A Grade. Smith and Smith, first innings, 2G6 for five wickets, declared (Farrell 91, Dobbs 54, Roberts 54) met Health, first innings, 130 (Wynne 37, Dixon 31). Bowling for Smith and Smith, Roberts took three for 46, Janies one for 1. For Health, Mercer took two for 79, Stephenson two for 69.. Customs, 239 for seven wickets, declared (Laurence 114, Tilyard 75, Orchard 19. Hayman 19 not out), drew with Roseneath, 204 for four wickets (Shiltz 57. E. Martin 49, Miners 37 not out, Jupp 32 not out). Bowling for Customs, O’Connor took two for 38, Laurence one for 30. Bowling for Roseneath Jupp took six for 47, A. Martin one for 46. James Smith, 258 (Noot 100. Stone 81. A. Eindop 11, Murdoch 11), met Cowans, 142 for six (Hassell 52. Russell 23, Kershaw 19, Brooks 11). Bowling for Cowans, Brooks took six for SB. Watson three for 56. For James Smith. R. Lindop took two for 33,' Clarke one for 19, Stone one for 40. B Grade. . Public Trust. 266 for nine wickets (Glover 96, McKenzie 6S, Roberts 23), defeated Pastimes, 210 (Toms 96, Eeles 60). Bowling for Public Trust, Chadwick took five for 50, McKenzie two for 29. For Pastimes, Purdie took four for 64, Fuller three for 51. . Nivens. 216 runs (Melville 70, Barr 66, Sherlan 24), beat State Advances. 178 (Ashton 61,’ Farach 24, Perston 21, Morison 14, McCardell 11, R. Bull not out 10). by 38 runs. Bowling for Nivens, Morris took four for 3, Evan’s four for 86. Bowling for State Advances, R. Bull took three for 39. Turnbull, three for 39; McCardell, two for 42; Perston, ■one for 8; Fowke, one for 13. C Grade. Customs B, 133 for nine wickets (Fisher 39, Clark 27, Burrow 18 not out. Allen 11), beat Milk Department, 117 (Dick 45, Spolsky 21, and Frazer 16). Bowling for Customs, Ward took five for 40, Gunson four for 54. For Milk Department, Frazer took six for 54, and Dick three for 59. Labour Department, 162 for three (Bramwell 75, Hanchard 51 not out. Osborne 15, Tloffbeister 12). defeated Education, 152 (Worthington 19, Cochrane 36, Young 24, Brown 12). . Bowling for Labour, Dare took six for 41, Auld two for 30, Hoffmcister one for none. For Education, Brown took one for 46, Evans one for 43, Lake one for 37.

WAIRARAPA BEATEN Contest for Hawke Cup HAWKE’S BAY’S SUCCESS Dominion Special Service. Napier, Nov. 20. The Hawke Cup cricket match between Wairarapa and Hawke’s Bay, played on Nelson Park, was concluded on Saturday, and i(‘suited in a win for Hawke's Bay by nine wickets and four runs. Wairarapa batted first and knocked up 198 runs (Biamires 45, Wilson 59, Massey 37). Lambert caused the visitors trouble, taking five wickets for 27 runs. Garrod took three for 41. Hawke’s Bay replied strongly, the score touching an even 350 when the last wicket fell. O’Brien and Lambert just failed to secure centuries, the former scoring 95, and the latter 94. Fitzwater scored 46 not out. Massey and Montgomery bore the brunt of the bowling, the former taking six prickets for 115. and the latter three for Wairarapa’s second ininngs brought in 194, which put them only 40 ahead, and Hawke’s May made this margin up with the loss of one wieket, to win the match by nine wickets and four runs.. Sherratt (63), and Massey (45), were the only Wairarapa btasmfn with substantial scores. Chadwick took three wickets for 1 6runs, and Brown three for 60. WAITAKI SCHOOL’S WIN By Telegraph.—Press Association. Oamarn, Nov. 19. At cricket Waitaki High School (248) beat Otago Boys’ High School (136 aiid 86), by an innings and 26 runs. IN OTHER CENTRES Auckland. In Auckland the association’s fourth series began in fine weather. Y.M.C.A. made 162 (McCrae four for 50) and Eden made 9 without the loss of a wicket. Parnell made 389 (H. G. Vivian 144, Whitelaw 110. and Stehr 37. Lewis took three for 32). King’s Old Boys made 4 without losing a wicket. Ponsonby made 130 (Horspool. took six for 43) and Grafton lost four wickets' for 114 (Ratcliffe 44, Burke, not. out, 34). Varsity made 192 • (Garrard 75, and Shepherd three wickets for 15). North Shore made 36 for 4he loss of two wickets. Christchurch .Matches. In Christchurch the senior cricket competition was continued .on Saturday. The weather was fine, hut a gusty northwest wind was blowing. Old Boys made 123 (Hope took six wickets for 44) and West Christehurcl? made 120 for four wickets (Kerr 44). Lancaster Park made 311 (Crorab 105, Smith 60) and St, Albans made 19 for two wickets. Old Collegians made 239 (Talbot 73) and Riccarton one for 96. East Christchurch made 162 (Hamilton five for 52) and Sydenham lost one wicket for 15 runs. Results From Dunedin. In Dunedin the third round of the cricket matches was concluded on Saturday. Dunedin lost eight wickets for 353 and declared, beating Carisbrook, who made 196. (Smith made 41, Coupland took four wickets for 86 and Douglas two wickets for 25.) Albion lost eight wickets for 297 and declared, beating Christian Brothers, who made 105 (Brookes 32, R. Silver four for 27, Shepherd two for 11) and one wicket for 37 (Cusack, not out, 30). Grange made 125 and 154 for seven (Elmes 62; Boyd, not out, 30). beating Kaikorai, 101 (Lemin three for 25, Ehnes four for 41). University. 124 and two for 57. was beaten by Old Boys, eight for 225. declared (Cherry 36, Dickinson 35, Alloo 60, Clark, not out, 43). ' The case for Bradman, the Board, and a summing-up. “Australian Cricketer,” 6d. Box 2370, Melbourne. Sub., 6/-. — Advt.