SENIOR CONTESTS

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 147, 19 December 1927, Page 14

SENIOR CONTESTS

INSTITUTE & OLD BOYS LEVEL

LAMBERT A CENTURY

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES.

Batting,

ill. Lambert (Old Boys) 10, |W. J. Christophersen (Kilbirnle) '. h J. R. Laraason (V.M.C.A.) »«. R. Coupland (V.M.C.A.) 70 H. R. White (V.M.C.A.) - '.[ 6 l Bowling. ?" 5; ,Tucker (old Boy 3 6 for 54 A. Flnlayson (Pctone) 5 for 'S A. Flnlayson (Pctone) 5 for 44 H. Prince (Institute) 5 for 47 p. Patrick (Midland) I.:..;;:: 5 for TG W. A. Baker (Midland) 4 for 11 W. S. Brice (Petone) 4 for "5 £. Rogers (Institute) 4 for 29 w. S. Brico (Petoue) 4 for 3S L. Board (Hutt) 4 for 74 Although conditions ou Saturday afternoon were most unpleasant for cricket quite a number of excellent performances were registered, and play in most casea was keen and interesting. Old Boys and Hutt had quite a strenuous tussle at the Basin Reserve, the former scoring a wellmerited win, mainly as the result of an excellent batting effort by Lambert and effective slow-bowling by Tucker. Lambert was in splendid form with the bat, and it was no mean achievement on his part to score a century against the Hutt attack. On the other-wicket at the Basin Reserve V.M.C.A. showed improved batting torm to save an outright defeat. Coupland, White, and Lamason all batted well tor good scores. Rogers and Prince came through with good bowling figures for Institute. Kilbirnie collapsed in their nrst innings against Midland, but, largely through a good .performance on the part 7' J'i™ Chr"stoPher6en, who missed a century by only one run, they held out long enough to nave an outright defeat Baker and Patrick were the most effective" Midland bowlers. Wellington fared badly against University at the Hutt Recreation S?" Dd ,' b, e; nS. beaten by nine wickets. Petone s attack was too much for Thorndon on the Petone Oval, Brice and Finlayson giving no end of trouble to the S win"' Pet°Ue reSiUcied a f°With four series of senior matches completed, the championship position is that Old Boya and Institute are now running level in the lead with 14 points each I omts registered by the other teams are-— i etSS e,A°« Midland 10, University 8, Hutt n'vfcr?!* 0!? 3, Kilbirnie 3, Thorndon 0, V.M.C A. 0. The next series o£ matches is to be commenced on the first Saturday in January. OLD BOYS AND HUTT. The Hutt-Old Boys match on No. 1 wicket at the Basin Reserve was resumed with the state of affairs very interesting, Uld Hoys with four wickets in hand re?o n U'm& runs- t0 reach Hutt's sc °re of "*>-. 1 he. n°t ,out batsmen were Lambert (oO) and Tucker (12), and it was the breaking of this partnership which "me Hutt most trouble. Tucker, playing soundly, kept his end going whilst Lambert went for the runs. The latter was again in splendid form, and, scoring freely he soon placed Old Boys in a leading position Carrying on m fine style Lambert passed the century, and with Tucker also playing a strong hand for his side the partnership realised 104 runs before it was broken Tucker's to that total was 04. .Lambert kept the scoring moving until at 253 he was bowled by Beard. The retiring batsman had compiled 121 in fine style against good bowling, and his bright display included a couple of "sixers" (both off M'Girr) and seventeen fours. Old Boys finished up with a total of 254. Beard and Nunn wore the only bowlers to _ meet success in the second part of Old Boys' innings, each getting two wickets. Hutt's second innings stalled badly, but a change for the better came about when Tattersall and M'Girr were together for the third wicket. The former again served his side well, and M'Girr was also in form. Support for these two batsmen, however, was lacking, and when Hutt were all out for 134 there were good prospects of a four-pointer for Old Boys. Tucker bowled splendidly for Old Boys, his slow deliveries accounting for sis wickets at a cost of nine runs apiece. Lambert also bowled with success. Requiring 71 runs for an outright win, Old Boys found progress far from easy. Four wickets were lost for 45 runs, but just afterwards there was a run of luck for the batting side, three chances of dismissing batsmen being thrown away by Hutt, who up till then had been very keen. The required total was reached without further loss. Old Boys winning the match by six wickets. Details:— HUTT. First Innings jqq Second Inning?. Tatttersall, c Parsloe, b Duncan . . 40 Aldersley, b Tucker 0 Ross, c Dustin, b Tucker v.[. 10 M'Girr, c and b Lambert 36 Warnes, c Duncan, b Tucker 13 Watson, Etmpd. James, b Tucker '..* 0 Nunn, not out 17 Beard, c Duncan, b Lambert '. 7 W. Burke, stmpd. James, b Tucker".". 0 Gibson, c James, b Tucker g P. Burke, b Lambert 2 Extras - 4 Tptal li Fall of wickets.—One for 1, two for 11 three for 71, four for 01, five for 94 six for 111, seven for 119, eight for 119, nine for 12S, ten for 134. Bowling Analysis.—Tucker took six wickets for 54 ruus, Lambert three for 32, Duncan one for 38, Parsloe none for 6. OLD BOYS. First Innings. Jtonaldson, c Tattersall, b Beard U James, c ■ Burke, b M'Girr ', jg Dustin, b Watson ' 13 Parsloe, b Watson '.'.'. 12 Lambert, b Beard ; 121 Duncan, c Nunn, b Watson ..'.'.' "0 Barclay, b Beard 17 Tucker, b Nunn 32 j Patrick, b Beard 0 Burns, c Ross, b Nunn 1 Burt, not out ]. .q Extras 22 Total 254 Fall of Wickets.—One for 40, two for 42, three for 74, four for 79, five for 89, six for 127, seven for 231, eight for 253, nine for 254, ten for 254. Bowling _ Analysis.—Beard took four wickets for 74 runs; M'Girr one for 83, Watson three for 38, Aldersley none for 19, Nunn two for 18. Second Innings. Ronaldson, b Beard 0 James, b Beard 19 Parsloe, c Tattersall, b Aldersley 18 Patrick, lbw, b Aldersley 3 Dustin, not out 15 Duncan, not 6ut 9 Extras 8 Total for four wickets 72 Fall of Wickets.—One for 0, two for 31, three for 40, four for 45. Bowling Analysis.—Beard took two wickets for 29 runs, M'Girr none for 9, Watson none for 1, Aldersley two for 10, Nunn none for 15. UNIVERSITY v. WELLINGTON. Having on the previous Saturday put

themselves in a winning position. University on Saturday, on the Lower Hutfc Recreation Ground, decisively beat Wellington by nine wickets. With five wickets down for 162, University resumed their innings, compiling 234 altogether for their first knock, Mackenzie (30) and R. E. Tripe (38) providing the majority of the runs. This gave University a lead of 116 on the first innings. Going \n for the second time, Wellington fared • badly, 35 by Burton being the'only respectable score made by any of the first nine batsmen. An innings defeat looked certain until Cousins and O'Connor became associated for an heroic last-wicket'stand which produced, thanks to a dropped catch, 39, the total score for the innings bsing 132. Cousins contributed 38, not out, and O'Connor 17. This left University 17 to make, a feat which was accomplished for the loss of one wicket. WELLINGTON. First Inning 6 US Second Innings. W. F. Airey, c Leys, b Nelson 4 H. E. Burton, c Leys, bA. Tripe .... 35 F. Whitwell, run out 0 S. P. Kirkcaldie, c Mackenzie, b Veitmeyer 3 R. S. Park, c and b Veitmeyer 1 J. Robertson, c Veitmeyer, b Nelson 14 R: A. Whyte, hit wicket, bA. Tripe 1 W. Tucker, b Nelson U F. R. Craig, run out 5 A. M. Cousins, not out '... 3S C. V. O'Connor, b R. Tripe 17 Extras 0 Total -.~la> Bowling Analysis.—Nelson took three wickets for 38; Veitmeyer two for 30; A. Tripe 2 for 33; R. Tripe one for 7; Leys none for 20; Greig, none for 4. UNIVERSITY. First Innings. H. W. Osborn, b Craig 8 T. B. Nelson, b O'Connor .......' ~ H. C. Bailey, c Whyte, b Whitweli"!.' 30 E. T. C. Leys, c Craig, b Cousins .... 77 W. Dormer, b Park 12 R. H. C. Mackenzie, b O'Connor 30 R. E. Tripe, c Whyte, b O'Connor .. 3S A. E. Tripe, c Whyte, b Craig 9 J. C. Greig, b O'Connor 5 W. Hall, run out 0 N. A. Veitmeyer, not out !.!.'.'.!!]. 7 Extras .-. " n Total '. ~o^ Bowling Analysis.—Cousins took three for 74; O'Connor 2 for 46; Craig two for 48, Park one for 22, Tucker none for 27, Whitwell one for 6. Second Innings. H. W. Osborn, not but Jo W. Dormer, c Robertson, b Cousins ' 4 E. T. C. Leys, not out 3 Total (one wicket) 19 Bowling Analysis.—Cousins took 1 for 14,O'Connor none for 6.