THREE 8-POINT WINS

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 111, 4 February 1935, Page 11

THREE 8-POINT WINS

Wellington Senior Cricket SIXTH SERIES ENDED Championship Changes The conclusion of the Wellington Cricket Association’s sixth series of senior championship games on Saturday afternoon was responsible for the most sensational play seen this season, no fewer than three matches resulting in outright wins. Through attempting to obtain an 8-point win over University on the Kilbirnie ground, Kilbirnie fell from top place on the ladder. Brilliant batting by J. A. It. Blandford, the University captain, who scored 85 and 7S not out, enabled the students to secure an outright victory by eight wickets. With a burst of good bowling by. I: A. H. Symes, who secured seven wickets for 50 runs, Wellington registered an 8point victory over Hutt on the Basin Reserve by 71 runs, this win placing Wellington at the top of the championship ladder, three points ahead of Kilbirnie. W. A. Baker, who captured five wickets for 22 runs, was responsible for Midland defeating Petone outright on the Hutt Recreation Ground by nine wickets. An exciting finish at the Basin Reserve saw Wellington College Old Boys defeat Institute by 67 runs on the first innings. Interest in play at the Basin Reserve was increased by the match between the Wellington Ladies’ Cricket Association’s representative team, which is to meet the English team to-morrow, and an eleven from the rest of the women players. The weather was perfect, pitches firm and true, and outfields fast. RESULTS AT A GLANCE Wellington,' 168 and 4—154, declared, beat Hutt, 9—87, declared, and 164. University, 195 and 2 —153, beat Kilbirnie, 291 and 3—54, declared. Midland, 221 and 1—33, beat Petone 146 and 96. Wellington College Old Boys, 319, beat Institute, 252. HONOURS BOARD Batting. N. Burnette (Old Boys) 113 J. A. R. Blandford (University) .. 85 J. A. R. Blandford (University) .. t7S G. A. Rotherham (Hutt) J 64 D. A. R. Moloney ( Wellington) .. 62 J. McGuire (Old Boys) 60 H. Foley (Wellington) 752 D. MeCawe (Midland) ,52 t Not out. Bowling. I. A. H. Symes (Wellington), seven for 50. W. A. Baker (Midland), live for 22. C. Parsloe (Kilbirnie), five for 66. W. S. Brice (Petone), five for 84. CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE

A DECISIVE WIN Symes in Good Bowling Form Uutt, who on the opening day had scored 87 for nine wickets, in reply to Wellington’s IBS, declared straight away on Saturday. Whyte and Koley gave Wellington a good start in the second innings by putting on 42 for the first wicket. Here Whyte, who had reached 27, was snapped up by McLeod off Judd. Moloney and Koley put on OS for the third wicket. After reaching 62 in as many minutes, including eight fours, Moloney was bowled by Judd. With the total at 154 for four •wickets, Whyte applied the closure. Koley, who scored 32 singles, was left unbeaten with 52 to his credit. With 236 required to win, Hamilton and McLeod put on 32 for the first wicket for Hutt before the latter fell I. to Symes. Then McKay and Hamilton carried the score to 48, where Hamilton was smartly stumped by Whyte off Moloney. Hutt's chances seemed rosy while McKay and Rotherham added 81 for the fourth wicket. Rotherham was dropped by Moloney after scoring three, but thereafter hit with freedom. With the total at 130, McKay, who had been at the wickets for 64 minutes for 42, was • taken in the slips by Wiren off Symes. ' This was the end of Hutt’s resistance, as Rotherham was the only other batsman who could stand up to the bowling of Symes, and the innings closed for 164, giving Wellington an outright win by 71 runs. Rotherham, who had been at the wickets for 80 minutes, remained unbeaten with 64, which included two sixes and five fours. Symes bowled splendidly in capturing seven wickets for 50 runs •off 16.5 overs. Champness was absent in Hutt’s second innings, having met with an accident to a foot at his work in the railway workshops last week. Following are the scores: — WELLINGTON. First Innings ICB Second Innings. 11. ■ Foley, not out 52 R. A. Whyte, c. McLeod, b. Judd .... 27 J. Ell, 1.b.w., b. Judd 0 D. A. R. Moloney, b. Judd 02 R, Morgan, b. Judd 10 Extras 3 Total for four wickets (declared) 154 Bowling Analysis.—Rotherham took no wickets for 54 runs; Judd, four for 4G; Hamilton, none for 32; Ross, none for 18; McLeod, none for 1. HUTT. First innings, nine for 87, declared .. 87 Second Innings. C. G. Hamilton, st. Whyte, b. Moloney 23 F. McLeod, 1.b.w., b. Symes 18 R. McKay, c. Wiren, b. Symes 42 B. R. Ross, c. Morgan, b. Svmes 1 G. A. Rotherham, not out 64 J. Kemp, c. Whyte, b. Symes 5 E. J. Aim, c. Morgan, b. Symes 7 A. 11. Longton, 1.b.w., b. Morgan 0 E. Judd, b. Symes 0 C. Fowler, b. Symes 2 E. Champness, absent 0 Extras - Total 164 Bowling Analysis.—Cousins took jio wickets for 17 runs; Symes, seven for 56; Foley, none for 15; Moloney, one for 56; Morgan, one for 24. Empires: Messrs. Watts and S. J. Tucker. OLD BOYS BEAT INSTITUTE N. Burnette’s Century Wellington College Old Boys, who had 32 on for one wicket, managed to head Institute's score of 252 at the Basjn Reserve, the innings realising 310. N. Burnette and J. McGuire carried on in great style, and it was not until 121 runs were on the board that McGuire, who had mched 60, fell Lb.w, Henderson.

Burnette, who was going well, reached his century at 4.30 p.m., and, after having been at the wickets for just over three hours, he was caught by Tucker off Duffy for 113, which included 14 boundary strokes. Duffy dismissed both Du Chateau and R. Lamason before they had scored, and seven wickets were down for 231. Some resolute hitting by Barclay, who scored 34, placed the issue beyond doubt. Duffy, who captured four for 46 off 13 overs, was the best of the Institute bowlers. Details are as follow: — INSTITUTE. First innings 252 OLD BOYS.—First Innings. N. Burnette, c. Tucker, b. Duffy 113 It. Wiggs, c. Luchessl, b. Fortune .... 1 J, McGuire, 1.b.w., b. Henderson 00 J. It. Lamason, c. 11. McLean, b. McKeown 17 W. G. Rainbird, b. Duffy 23 C Wareham, st. Luchessl, b. McKeown 23 V. H. Du Chateau, b. Duffy O R. Lamason, c. Stevens, b. Duffy .... 0 J. O’Loughlin, 1.b.w., b. A. McLean .... 18 W. Barclay, st. Luchessl, b. R. McLean 34 A. Stevens, not out* ‘J Extras 21 Total 319 Bowling Analysis.—Fortune took one wicket for 04 runs; A. McLean, one for 53; McKeown, two for 74; Henderson, one for 43; Duffy, four for 40; Scott, none for 2. UNIVERSITY’S TRIUMPH Kilbirnie Bowlers Fail By making 151 ruus in 66 minutes, University snatched a sensational eightpoint victory from Kilbirnie on the Kilbirnie Recreation Ground. University made 195 in their first innings, in reply to the 291 scored by Kilbirnie on the opening day of the match, and Christophersen, the Kilbirnie captain, scenting the possibility of an eightpoint win, declared his second innings closed when three wickets were down for 54 runs, soon after 5 o’clock. The chief item in University’s first innings was a well-compiled 85 by Blandford, who was eventually dismissed by Parsloe. Wilson and Dormer were the only other batsmen to remain long at the crease. Parsloe took five wickets for 66 runs, and Ashenden three for 29. Kilbirnie made 54 runs in less than half an hour in their second innings, and applied the closure when three wickets had fallen for 54 runs.

. University opened their second innings at 5.24 p.m., 150 runs behind the Kilbirnie total, and the first wicket went down for six. Blandford and Connell became associated, and played lively cricket. By six o’clock, 70 runs were on the board. Blandford reached his half-cen-tury soon afterward, and then before any further runs had been scored Connell was bowled by Handscomb, who had been brought on to steady the scoring. Connell had played a bright' innings for 3S. Tricklebank and Blandford became associated, and were soon scoring off five balls of each over. University reached 100 after 53 minutes at the wickets. With eight minutes to go, University had 30 runs to make. Five minutes remained and there were 20 runs to get. Eight runs were scored off that over, and then with three minutes to stumps the fieldsmen changed over for the last time. A messenger went out and told the batsmen what was wanted — 12 runs to make and one over to go. Four runs came off the first two balls, and eight ruus were wanted for the remaining four;. Blandford hit a boundary off Crook’s third ball, and then it came. Crook sent down an express delivery. Blandford's bat failed to connect witn it, and the ball sizzled on, past the wickets, and down through the slips, where there were three fieldsmen, to the boundary. Ten boundaries figured in Blandford's score of 78, and seven fourers were included in Tricklebank’s 31. Detailed scores are as follow: —

UNIVERSITY.—First • Innings. J. A. It. Blandford, b. Parsloe 85 R, S. V. Simpson, c. Ashenden, K Crook 8 R. C. Connell, b. Parsloe 0 D. C. Cooper, run out .. 7 P. D. Wilson, c. Crook, b. Ashenden 41 W. Tricklebank, c. Ashenden, b. Parsloe 7 W. Dormer, c. Christophersen, b, Ash-

enden 22 R. W. Edgley, b. Parsloe 0 D, S. Dean, c. Christophersen, b. Parsloe 0 J. Ryan, c. Handscombe, b. Ashenden 0 R. J. Meek, not out S Extras 1 17 Total 105 Bowling Analysis.—Parsloe took live wickets for 66 runs; Morris, none for 12; Ilaudscomb, none for 12; Crook, one for 20; Griffiths, none for 30; Ashenden, three for 20. Second Innings. It. S. V. Simpson, c. Christophersen, b. Ashenden 2 J. A. R. Blandford, not out 78 11. C. Connell, b. Handscomb 38 W. Tricklebank, not out 31 Extras 4 Total for two wickets 153 Bowling Analysis.—Wilson took no wickets for 16 runs; Ashenden, one for 40; Crook, none for 19; Griffiths, none for 28; Parsloe, none for 14; Handscomb, none for 23. KILJ3IRNIE, First innings .'. 291 Second Innings. W. J. R. Cristophersen, c. Blandford, b. Trlcklebank 0 S. Wilson, c. Dean. b. Edgley 30 M. Bilby, st. Blandford, b. WJlson .... 8 H. Handscomb, not out ~.. 5 B. Griffiths, not out ' ... 10 Extras .... 1 Total for three wickets (dec ... 54 Bowling Analysis.—Trlcklebank took one wicket for 13 runs; Dean, none for 11; Watson, one for 25; Edgley, one for 4. MIDLAND’S EIGHT POINTS Petone Batsmen Routed Midland recorded their second eightpointer on the Hutt Recreation Ground this season when they routed the Petone eleven, who made only 146 in the first knock, and who fared even worse in the second, scoring a lean 06. Midland easily surpassed Petone’s first effort by hitting up 221, to which McCawe contributed 52. When they went to the wicket the second time 23 runs were needed for an eight-pointer, and 23 minutes remained to get them. Hard hitting was the order, and O’Neill rattled oij 13 in quick time before he was stumped by Nicholls, when attempting to lift Hudson out of the ground. Dustin filled the gap, and pasted the bowlers iu great fashion to make 15 in extra quick time, and record the winning hit. While McCawe was the only batsman to reach the half-century mark, the bowlers on the other hand met with singular success. For Petone, Brice captured five for 84, and Baker took the same number of wickets for Midland for 22 runs. Details are as follow :— PETONE. First innings 146 Second Innings. E. Roberts, c. and b. O’Neill It J. McCarthy, c. Judd, b. O’Neill 5 IT. Dunn, c. and b. Bryant 10 S. Drice, 1.b.w., b. Bryant 6 -AT. F, Nicholls, c. O'Neill, b. Bryant .. 2 11. E. Nicholls, c. Jack, b. Baker .. 15 (!. Hudson, st. Tindill. b. Baker 8 W. 11. Smith, c. Tindill, b. Baker .... 3 It. Croft, st. Tindill, b. Baker 10 B. Martin, not out 10 E. Judd, c. Lawton, b. Baker 8 Extras 8 Total 96 Bowllug Analysis.—Baker took five wickets for 22 runs; Bryant, three for 30; O’Neill, two for 27; Randall, none for 9. MIDLAND.—First Inuings. W. A. Baker, b. Brice 21 11. W. Osborn, c. Roberts, b. Brice .. 12 D. McCawe, c. and b. Judd 52 E. W. Tindill, b. Brice 10 W. Jack, b. Smith 9 D. Law, e. Roberts, b. Judd 18 W. Dustin, c. Hudson, b. Brice 19 R. O’Neill, b. Brice 16 I S. Lawton, b. Smith 31 I F Bryant, c. Roberts, b. Hudson .... 13 i M. Randall, not out 8 Extras 12 ! Total 221 ' Bowling Analysis.—Brice took live I wickets for 84 runs; Smith, two for 32{

Hudson, one for 23; Judd, two for GO; Dunn, none for (J.

Second Innings, R. O'Neill, st. Nicholls, b. Hudson .. 13 W. A. Baker, not out o W. Dustin, not out 1“ Extras u

Total for one wicket 33 Bowling Analysis.—Hudson took one wicket for 10 runs; Smith, none for 23. The umpires were Messrs. L. T. Cobcroft and J. Haydon. lower grade results Following are results of lower grade championship matches played under control of the" Wellington Cricket Association on Saturday afternoon:— SECOND GRADE. Kilbirnie, 404, beat Institute, 52, (W s elsh 10) and 233 (Morris 104, Reid 31 not out, Welsh 31, Owen 13), by an innings and 119 runs. Bowling for Kilbirnie, L. Wilson took three for 15 and two for 40, A. Ashenden three for 16 and four for 56, H. F. Rice two for 3, Lubranski ono for 1, and R. Allen three for 57. Hutt, 188 (C. Muir GO not out, Trask 20, L. Muir 19), beat Stop Out, 74 and 98 (Sandholm 35, Macklin 27, Moore 19). Bowling for Hutt, Rooke took live for 39, C. Muir three for 16 and three for 31; for Stop Out, Sandholm secured six tor 65 and Moore four for 80. JUNIOR A. Hutt, 220 (Sissons 64, Warues 30, Phillips 27. Lumbert 27, Dawson 21), beat Old Boys, 70 and 61 (Butler 28). Bowling for Hutt, Wright took five for 24 and Lambert three for 15; for Old Boys, Carter captured five for 53.' An eight-point win for Hutt. Petone, 263 for eight wickets, declared (O'Connor 57, Capstick 52, Govey 47, O’Leary 26, Barber 26, Martin 13, King 12 not out), defeated Technical Old Boys, 27 (McAlian 10) and 234 for nine (Boddy 92, Bonner 34, Churchill 29, Kerwin 21, Hutcheson 21 not out), by an innings and two runs. Bowling for Petone, Johns took four for 12 and two for 56, Holland four for 10, Barber four for 44 and Capstick three for 70; and for Technical Hutcheson captured four for 50 and Bonner one for 17.

Hospital, 227 (H. Trawick 36, E. Jeffrey 127, E. Windley 46), beat Midland, 107 and 119 (Crawford 42, Wyman 28 and 13, Boek 13, Webb la, Broberg 36, Gates 15, Hatch 19), by an innings and one run. Bowling for Hospital, Morgan took two for 34 and three for 24, Windley three for 29 and one for 5, Jeffrey one for 34 and one for 13, Miles two for 24; and for Midland, Broberg secured one for 50 and Gates seven for 56. Institute, 86 (Ormiston 28, Rogers 19, Exton 13) and 102 for three wickets (Marsh 33, Rogers 15, Hardie 15 not out, Ormiston 11 not out), beat South Wellington. 95 and 85 (Hester 18, Petley 14, Perkins 15). Bowling for Institute, Bllby took live for 28 and seven for 35, Rogers three for 22. Douglas two for 13, Ormiston two for 18, McCallum one for 9; for South Wellington, Walker secured two for 16, Nelson six for 29 and one for 10, Gell one for 41 and one for 31. Burgess one for 17. Brooklyn, 257. beat Johnsonville. 112 (Angell 29, Chapman 12. Symonds 11). and 150 (Burns 50. Hardy 27 not out, Halliday 17, Symonds 12, Sinclair 10). Bowling for Brooklyn, Boyes took four for 37 and three for 30, Bentley four for 38 and two fnr 27, Wickstead one for 0 and one for 13, Whyte one for 0 and two for 44. Pragnell ono tor 13. Brooklyn won by an innings and 27 runs. JUNIOR 81. Kilbirnie. 135 (Lawton 41. Coleman 27, Marshall 13. W. Gray 12). and 121 for live wickets (Gray 47, Davison 21 not out. Lawton 21, Scotland 18. Murphy 10). beat Wellington. 125 and 200 for five wickets, declared (I. Rose 65. Arndt 33, Blake 28. Clouston 28, Hatchard 15 not Out, Cameron 13 not out), by 10 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Wellington. Hatchard took five for 18 and one for 24. Clouston three for 37 and two for 33, J. Rose one for 21 and one for 23. Blake one for 29 and one for 31: for Kilbirnie, Murphy enntured four for 52, and Davison one for 38. JUNIOR 82. Railways. 112 and 162 for seven wickets (J. Robson 42 not out and 23 not out, Knapp 38, Dwan 30. Woolley 25), beat Hutt, 179 and 86 (Jarvis 80, Drysdale 3.3, Doig 2.7 and 15, Foster 23, Ryan 17). Bowling for Railways, Klitipp took four for 4.7, Gifford four for 36, and for Hutt. Lynch secured six for 33 and Doig three for 12. JUNIOR C. Kilbirnie. 270, bent Old Bovs 131 and 110 (S. Collie 62 not out. Kelly 11. Dick 10), by an innings and 20 runs. Bowling for Kilbirnie. Knowsley took five for 17. Bryenton three for 14, and W. Phillips two for 39. JUNIOR D. Kilbirnie, 276 (Christie 78, Haylock 41, K. Allen 31, Stearman 26, Middleton 22, Newton 10, Steel 11, Wakeltn 10 not out, Kenner 10), beat Midland, 107 and 202 Douglas 81, Kennedy 42, G. Rlckett 22, Terkin 15, Bradburn 11), by 109 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Midland, Stewart took five for I(K>, A. Rlckett three for 25, G. Riekett one I'or 14, Bradburn one for 54; for Kilbirnie, Haylock secured four for SQ, Newton three for 46, K. Allen two for 42 and Kenner one for 35. Institute, 157 and 149 for two wickets (Newman 53, Barnett 50 not out. Millar 39 and 36 not out), beat Hutt, 135 and 131 (Hughes 40, Rudman 33). Bowling for Hutt, Rees took four for 57; for Institute, Lawson captured six for 33 and Cameron four for 39. SPECIAL GRADE. - Wellington, 202 (Westbrook 60, Rowden 43, Page 21). beat Hutt, 103 and 226 (Neazor 46, Hoare 45, Heap 30, Aildersley 28 not out, Hunt ’27. Jack 22). Bowling for Wellington, Didsbury took three for 24 and three for 43, Hammond three for 23; for Hutt, Neazor captured four for 43 and Hunt four for 53. THIRD GRADE. Kaiwarra, 149 for six wickets, declared (Couohman 44, Glnl 30. Connelly 29), beat Kilbirnie, 52 (M. Townsend 23) and 50 (Hunter 14), by-an innings and 41 runs. Bowling for Kilbirnie, Robinson took two for 41, M. Townsend one for 35; tor Kaiwarra, McKay captured three for 4 and five for 11, Aldridge three for 20 and two for 14, Edlin one for 10 and Dyer one for 8. IN OTHER CENTRES Following are Dress Association reports of Saturday’s club cricket matches in the other 'main centres :— Auckland. — Cricket was played in ideal conditions, with fast wickets and outfields. Results: Parnell, 283 (11. G. Vivian 57, H. Stephenson 45, McCoy 81 not out), met North Shore, 31 for none. Ponsonby, 307 (Townsend 121, Snddden

54, Stallworthy 57, Cowie six for 50), played Grafton, SO for three (Cowie 34). King’s Old Boys. 213 (L. M. Smith 81. Pearson 48), met Eden, 73 for one (G. L. Weir 41). and University scored 318 (Lange 64. Schntiuer 82, R. G. Bush 40, Matheson 36, Ellioft four for 64) against Y.M.G.A., one for 8.

Christchurch.—The eighth round of the championship ■ cricket matches was concluded. The grounds were in splendid order, the weather fine, and the scoring all round was high. Riccarton, the leading team in the Championship, beat Sydenham, the only side challenging for the supremacy, and Riccarton is now iu a strong position. Results: Riccarton, 339 for seven wickets (Jacobs 118, Roberts 49, Powell 86. 81l 41 not out), beat Sydenham, 259. St. Albans, 355 (Findlay four for 81), beat West Christchurch, 173 (Allen 56, Vincent 41, Burtt four for 15). Old Boys, 325 (Page 99, McEwen 67, Harris 54), beat East Christchurch, 320 for seven wickets, declared. Landaster Park, 228 and 257, beat Old Collegians, 215 (Leister 46, Jackman 103; Read five for 75, Cromb three for 37) and 41 for four wickets (Cromb four for 11). Dunedin.—Kaikorai, 2SO (Holden 73, Cherry 61. Constable 55: Howorth five for 75. McKay three for 39), met Carisbrook B, 45 forr two (Cook two for 10). Old Boys, 273 (Dickinson 54, Leader 46), played Christian Bros.. 36 for four (Leader three for 5). Dunedin, 228 (Ditchfield 86, Cavanagh 54, Olaridge 42; Henderson six for 43), met University, 40 for five (Douglas three for 19. Carrington two for 7). Albion, 354 (Shepherd 78. Duncan 62. Allen 57. Dalziel 45; Smith three for 106), met Colts, 14 for two (L. Silver t*<> for 3). Cnrisbrook ‘A, 198 (F. Kerr 59, J. Cameron 39; Lemin five for 25, played 41 for three (Dunning one for 7).

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wickets for 4 runs: Liebert, four for 10; Bnrletson, one for 12. A Practice Match The Wellington Ladies’ Cricket Association's representative eleven, which will play the English team to-morrow, had some useful practice at the Bastn Reserve on Saturday afternoon, when they met an eleven selected from the refit of tho players. The representative team had first use of the wicket and totalled 212 (H. Buck 54 retired, I. Pickering 45 retired, A. LU 40 retired, D. Hatcher 31), to which the Rest replied with 73 (Mrs. Fuller 30, M. Moore 14, M. Smith 10), and 54 for seven wickets (Douglas 20 not out, Mrs. Tasker 15). Bowling for the Rest, Jean Mack took one for 67, M. Rofe two for 41, Mrs. Tasker one for 31, and C. Robertson two for 20; for. the Wellington eleven Ell captured three for 20 and three for one, Simons one for 20, Pickering one for 20 and two for 15, Brogan two for 4 and two for 4.

S pt. 5 pt. Wins. Wins. L. Tied. Pts. Wellington 1 4 . 1 (> Kilbirnie. 0 ;> 1 0 25 University .. 1 •> 3*0 18 Midland 0 4 0 IG Petone .... (1 3 1 14 Hutt 0 3 1 14 Institute 0 — 4 (1 10 Old Boys 0 4 0 10