SATURDAY’S CRICKET

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 147, 19 March 1934, Page 4

SATURDAY’S CRICKET

United Make Good Stand Against Palmerston PLAY IN MANAWATU Dominion Special Service. Palmerston North, March 17. Glorious weather prevailed this after--loon for the commencement of the final matches in .the Manawatu Cricket Association’s club championship. The feature of to-day’s play was the excellent stand made by United, who played the Palmerston eleven, the present leaders.. Old Boys, who are next to Palmerston, commenced their match againstiHigh School, but as School batted all afternoon,, Old Boys’ chances of securing a four-point win. and thereby replacing Palmerston as the season’s champions, are very small. The stubborn defence offered by United against Palmerston was in no little measure due to A. Cutler,- who batted three and’ a half hours for 79 runs. Crammond, a new recruit from Horowhenua. was the next best contributor with 23, Cookery (20) and Sandman (I'3) being the other leading batsmen." 'R. Hatch bowled effectively, and secured five wickets for 49, M, Ongley two for 29, Leet two for 22, and A. M. Ongley one for 30 being responsible for the dismissal - of the other batsmen. Palmerston commenced their innings with half an hour’s play, and at stumps they had 16 runs on without loss of wickets. High School also kept their opponents 1 in the field all afternoon, the tenth wicket falling "ist on time. The innings realised 213 runs, the highest contributors being K. Hatch (46), Spelman (29), C. McVicar (24). Stuckey (22), S. McVicar (22), and Hearsey (20). N. Gallichan took three wickets for 40, Waldegrave two for 39, and Miller two for 42. Junior Gaines. County Council, 283, secured a fourpoint win over Kia Toa, who ' carried their over-week score from two for 14 to 105 (Morgan 35, Gavey five wickets for 31, Lovejoy three for 27). In the second innings Kia Toa made 119. (Weston 30, Wasley 22, Morgan three for 27, Waugh two for 5). County Council won by an innings and 59 runs. Y.M.C.A. just failed to defeat ’Massey College, having three wjekets ip hand, and only 12 more runs to get. These teams are equal leaders in the championship. and will have to play off.- Massey College batted first and made 113 (Campbell 51, Walker 27, McNeil five wickets for 22). Y.M.C.A., 102 for seven wickets (Marshall 25, Rees 20, Johnson four wickets for 21). The match was drawn. High School. 247 for six -wickets (O’Kane 105, Gilbert 50. Fletcher 36), defeated Old. Boys B, 83, by 164 runs on the first innings. U.-S.C. A, 239 (Matson 117. Barling 46. Polglase three wickets for 69), secured a four-point win over U.S.C. B, 33 (Miller eight wickets for 6, Bailey two for-22), and 34 (Orr 10, Polglase 10, Miller five for 1), by 172 runs. WAIRARAPA RESULTS Lansdowne, Win Competition Masterton, March 17. Consistent form throughout the season won for Lansdowne the Wairarapa . Cricket Association’s senior grade championship, which Was finalised in beautiful weather this afternoon. Only formed last.. season, Lansdowne did remarkably well- to annex championship honours in its second season, with a total of 15 points. The High School eleven was runner-up with 7 points, Old Boys next with 5 points, and Red Star filled last place with 4 points. ■ Chief features of to-day's play were several good batting performances, the best being by McSweeney (Lansdowne), who rattled up a tally three short of the century,, aud E. Perry (Red Star), who scored, 79 after- a good display. . The junior .championship honours were taken by Oddfellows with a total of points, Red Star b.eing runner-up four points behind, . Lansdowne v. Old Boys. ( Lansdowne concluded a successful sea-' son by scoring a comfortable win over "Old Boys on the Park' Oval. Old Boys hit'.up 169 runs last week, and when play was resumed to-day Lansdowne carried its first 'innings tally from 75 runs for the loss of one wicket to 303 runs before the final wicket fell. This gave Lansdowne a win on the first innings by a margin of 134 runs. McSweeney played a sound innings, knocking up 97 runs in fairly quick time. Groves, who at the close of play on the first day had 43 runs to his credit, added a further eight before being sent back to the pavilion. He- gave a sound display, scoring well in all parts of. the field. Other batsmen who lent material .'support were W. Whiteman (39), A. Whiteman (26), and A. Hedley (21). Montgomery bore the brunt of the bowling, and secured three wickets at the expense of 111 runs. Fortune, McLeod, Denby, Judd, McWhinnie, and Miller each secured a. wicket. In their second strike Old Boys had knocked up 91 for the loss of four wickets at stumps. Denby was not out with 34 to his credit. Others to do well were" Greig (21) and Miller (18). High School-v. Red Star. . Faced with a total of 187 runs to overhaul the Red Star elevencommenced badly in the first innings of its match against High School, and'at the close of play last week-had lost three wickets for'3B. runs. On resumption to-day Stars made a bold bid, but failed'by 12 runs, their innings coming to a close with 175 runs on the board. Perry (79) and James (24) were the only batdmen to make anything like a real stand. The former’s strike was a good one, and Included 12 boundary shots. Of the School truhdlers, Massey captured four wickets for 67 runs, Hatton three for 39, and Friend two for 29. High School in its second innings had compiled 171 runs for the loss of seven wickets at stumps. Peterson playeel a sound innings for 53 runs, and was well supported by Freeman (45) and Mexted (42). Junior Games. M.C.C., 134 (Weir 64 not out), defeated High School, 98 (Alexander 37). In the third grade, High School A, 186 ruhs 83, Denbee 53), drew with Technical Sdhool, 154 runs for six wickets (Ralph 79). High School B, 168 runs (Beetham 63 not out, Donncll-y 54), beat Oddfellows. 156 runs (Andrews 71, Patrick 40). COMPETITION DECIDED Feilding Club Winners Feilding, March 17. To-day's games gave this season’s championship definitely to the Feilding club, which established an unassailable position. Feilding concluded the game against Old Boys and secured a three-point win. Feilding had declared with four wickets down for 316. Old Boys in their first innings scored 70, and to-day followed on. being dismissed for 07. Dewe scored 43 of this total. Myers with three for 24 and Biss with two for 12 were the best

Feilding bowlers. Feilding thus won by an innings and 149 runs. Colyton v. Public Service. The game between Colyton and Public Service provided an exciting finish. Colyton in the first innings scored 156, and Public Service replied with 83. In their second innings Colyton declared with six wickets down for 89 runs, giving Public Service two hours in which to make 163 runs to take victory away, At stumps Public. Service had lost six wickets for 156, being only seven runs short of the required number. L. J. Wild scored 34 not out, O. Fade 39, Large 30, and Burgess 23. Colyton thus won the game on the first innings. The season has been a most successful one, the batsmen, thanks to the good wickets provided, having the ascendancy over the bowlers. The Feilding club also wins the Bartholomew Cup, which goes to the team securing the best average batting figures as a team. ‘HAT TRICK’ AT WANGANUI Best Score of Day to Orton Wanganui, March 17. The final round for the season of the senior cricket competitions was entered upon to-day at Cook’s Gardens and on the Collegiate School grounds. The weather was brilliantly fine, which fact makes it somewhat surprising that the matches played, particularly on Cooks Gardens, were not as 'attractive as is usually the .case at the end of the season. The best score of. the day was made by Orton, playing for Collegiate School against Wanganui. Beaton, bowling for Technical College against Marist, brought off the hat-trick—one feature of the games in Cook’s Gardens. . United s position in the competition honours ladder seems impregnable. Old Boys v. United. Playing two men short, Technical Old Boys only managed to produce a total of 45. Of this total, C. Smith made the highest score—l 7. The batsmew went down completely- to the bowling of Holland and Lyon, both of whom were in excellent shape. Holland secured three of the Old Boys wickets for a mere 17 runs, while Lyon’s four wickets for 24 represented a good sample of pace, judgment, and length. , Wood and Gee put on 80 for. United s second wicket in their initial strike. Both batsmen commenced indifferently ana pottered about the . wicket until the score reached the thirtiep. Wood then took a lively interest in the bowling or C.'Smith and Thomas, registering, a succession of boundaries. After a rather bright innings for 76 he was run out. The next best score was made by Holland. He had just settled down to thrash the bowling of C. Smith and Davidson when the first-named brought a sprightly iunings of 25 to a close with a welltimed yorker. Jacobs, always a bright bat, retired when he had made 27, twentyfour of which represented boundary shots. Smallwood’s 39 was a good exhibition of shots all round the wicket Gee, who made 21, and Lyon, 13, were the other main contributors to the total score of 265. C. Smith took five wickets for 91 for Old Boys, and Connor two for 24Marist v. Technical. Marist’s total of 65 for their first innings represented their worst batting display this season. Of this total onlj eight boundaries were registered, a fact that aptly illustrates their general standard of batting to-day, Gregory aud List were the only members of the team to hoist double fißures. Beaton, bowling for Technical College, showed considerable enterprise with the ball, succeeding with the hat trick, taking Moran. Bigham, and Hastings in succession. Thakombon, for Technical College, also was in splendid bowling form, capturing three wickets for 7. Thakombon and Mainwaring opened Technical College’s first innings, and immediately tackled the bowling of Olliver and Holtz, each distributing a variety of strokes from all points of the wicket. These two put on 76 for the first wicket before Thakombon put his leg in front to Gregory. Mainwaring went on to score 53 before he was caught and bowled by Gregory. He played a confident bat and put on his highest score for the season. Technical completed their innings with a total of 148. Olliver, who took three wickets for 25, Bigham two for 18. and Moran three for 22, were Marist’s best bowlers. Marist commenced their second innings twenty minutes before stumps, and finished the day with the score at 14 without loss. Collegiate v. Wanganui. Collegiate School compiled 174 in their first innings, of which Orton iii. scored 71. Orton played a delightful innings, aud seemed well set for his century when he was badly beaten by Lowe, who bagged four wickets for 14 runs. F. Smith and Hallwright contributed bandy innings, scoring 21 and 36 respectively. The other double figure scorers were Harding (15) and Meuli i (15). Evans took one wicket for 27 and Lowe four for 14 for Wanganui. Wanganui at the call of time had lost one wickets for 64 runs, Bullock. Douglas 33. Williams 24 (not out), and Wild 7 (not out).