KILBIRNIE WIN

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 158, 31 March 1941, Page 3

KILBIRNIE WIN

Champion Team Beats The Rest MARGIN OF 91 RUNS Winners of the Wellington Cricket Association’s senior championship, Kilbirnie team, beat , a team representing the other senior clubs in a one-day match at the Basin Reserve on Saturday by; Vl runs. , , . . Kilbirnie opened the batting at 11 am. and the last wicket of the match fell at 6.10 p.m., when, after a 20-minute partnership with Buchan, Burnette was caught by Wrigley. Though their fielding was good there was little variety in the bowling for the Rest and the medium-paced spin balls proved to the liking of Wrigley and Burton who, as the opening partnership, put on 90 runs. W J IS . OI ? opened his innings slowly, but his total of 67 included six boundaries and a six into the grandstand enclosure. Parry and Pike gave good batting displays to reach 24 and 23, not out, respectively. Effective bowling by Ashenden and D Wilson restricted 1 the combined team’s attempt to score rapidly when they went in to bat at 4 p.m. Seven wickets fell to Ashenden iu six consecutive overs. Details kilbirnie. O. Wrigley, st. Thomas, b. P. Wilson 41 W. Burton, c. Lamason, b. Champness ■ • T. Russ, b. Champness « D. Wilson, c. and b. P. Wilson .. 67 F. Mooney, b. P. Wilson ■ f R. Parry, c. Burnette, b. Lamason 24 W. Pike, not out K. Eaton, b. Lamason -■ • 8 J. Ashenden, b. Lafnason 6 Church, c. Lamason, b. P. Wilson 3 J. Allen, run out 0 Extras ....: 12 Total 249 Bowling Analysis.—Champness, 1.) overs, 2 maidens. 67 runs, 2 wickets; Buchan, 15, 2, 36, 0; Lamason, 13, 1, 65, 3; Morgan, 5,1, 16, 0; P. Wilson, 11, 0 53, 4. THE REST. H. Osborn, b. D. Wilson 30 F. Kerr, b. D. Wilson 0 N. Thomas, 1.b.w., b. Ashenden ... 15 R. Morgan, c. Eaton, b. Ashenden 43 .7. McCarthy, c. Eaton, b. Ashenden 12 N. Burnette, c. 'Wrigley, b. D. Wil-

son 54 B. Bush, b. Ashenden 0 P. Wilson, b. Ashenden 8 .7. Lamason, b. Ashenden 1 B. Champness, b. Ashenden .... 5 R. Buchan, not out 6 Extras 5 Total •■••• 158 Bowling Analysis.—D. Wilson, 12 overs, 2 maidens, 42 runs, 3 wickets; Ashenden, 15, 2, 51, 7-j. Russ, 5,1, 28, 0; Allen, 5,0, 32, 0.