CRICKET

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 10, 12 January 1929, Page 20

CRICKET

' By "NOT OUT" ; SHIELD FORM EFFECT OF TIME LIMIT , ■ THREE DRAWN GAMES.: 6i' the four matches played to aatcin'.this season's Plunket Shield- competition; only one has been completed with a definite result/ A; reason for tins is. 'that -the matches-arc now hunted to four days,,and in'three of the four matches part of .this timo was lost through bad weather. The supremacy of bat over ball has also had something to-do with the drawn games, lho sec - ing in. some cases has been slow, bu| there have been instances of batting : in line with that expected as-a result o± , a time limit, being placed on -the at the'list of bowling performances,will show ;that, although the. averages in the main are not good, ' here has been an' exceptional number o£ maiden overs. Sixteen bowlers are crecSwith more than twenty^five per cent of Maiden overs. In the case of A' S: Player, of Auckland, the tores are exceptional. He has bowled ,70 2 oVers and of these 40 have been.maidens; 'A third of *\. T. ;Badc<,ck's overs L one match were scoreless, and almost a third of M. Henderson's overs so-i.ai. have been maidens. J.A. Newman and. C F. W. Allcbtt also show, similar rothis and other, evidence ol sloV gscbrin g> there has been .an amoun of .brisk batting, ana in this icspect Wellington as a side have shoifn to Vlso had their.periods o± slow^lay- On the first day. of the match with GanteiWv they cave a good illustration of ■S S bg ea a'chieled, the^ WeUingtau representatives putting on 430 luna±oi the loss of eight wickets. - In that •mateti there was thexxtraordinary happening for Plunket Shield cricket or a team declaring in both innings. This ■■action was taken.by Wellington. So, far as" team performances go to, date, Auckland show the best resnits, the northerners having, registered, tte only win of the series. If conditions- are favourable to batting for the AucklandWellington match, which starts vat Auckland next Friday, it will probably be found that speeding-up is necessary in order, to gain. a. decision one way or thlt°wo euid seem from the experience to date in this season's series of Plunket ■ Shield matches that m placing a time limif on the games, the controlling body has not,gone far.enough. It-has been a-practice in .the..past, to follow the linesfadopted in Australia for Sheffield. Shieia.cricket, in which a time limit now. operates. In .the event of a full win not being secured in Sheffield Shield games, the new.order provides for a decision on the first innings. -jThe Plunket Shield matches, -with their time limit, would probably be all the better for ;a, similar;: rule. _ _ Individual l>erformanees in the PJunket Shield matches.account for a wide ranee of averages. In the batting, der partment there have been numerous good efforts, with the following .topping the century..:mark hi /one, of their yjsite to the crease: A. W. Alloo, K. U-^unt, T. C. Lowry, X C, James, G. L. Wen-, and-J. E. Mills. At the top ot^the averages are Weir and. James, both well over the 100 mark. Auckland bowlers are well to the fore in the bowling averages, Player/and Rowley* with really good figures,^being well ahead of other trundlers::...lt.is f Tw6rthy..of note that quite avtiuniper bf^p^ers^ who hayobeen -rated^gh ifellpminion cricket are well dowiiijthe liat-.pf;bowlers, -^he averages are as,follow:-— |- ■

The conclusion.of thdj-;lhstitute-Hutt match playedloiithe.HtitJr -Recreation Ground did not provide nipch . excitement owiifg to the home team's hopeless task-, in-ithe 'second innings. Unfavourable'weather, conditions held up the play for-nearly half an hour, and during.the whole of the afternoon only four . wickets were taken. The rain ■which,f^ell early.in the day rendered.the wicket" 1 easy,, 1 andrthe.. batsmfen freely from ineffective boiwling.^ 5- • ' ' Dempster, who made :the highest'individual score during the afternoon, gave no chances, but scored freely.. Al-' though his total amounted to 85, it did not .include a greai number of fours. This was mainly due'to ,the fact that the grass was wet ; and inclined to -be'; long, thus checking the balls* before they reached tho boundary. In partnership with Dempster, Foley played a quieter game, and when the first wicket fell he,had only produced 36 runs. He continued to : , bat ; steadily when in partnership with Aitken," bflt gave two chances in quick succession just before Institute declared. "THe* opening partnership; for Hutt was not "siiccessfnlj as;6nly three'rims were'

recorded when -the first. wiekefc foil. Biggar and Lees made a good stand for. the second wicket, and succeeded in putting on '75. runs. At this stage, however, the game lost all interest from the spectators' point of view, as Hutt had no, chance of winning, and tho batsmen made no effort towards a spectacular, recovery. When Lees was dismissed, Nunn and Biggar added a further 29 runs before stumps were, drawn. Kilbirnie V. Wellington. True to; ■ the ■ fighting spirit of the g.-.me, Kilbirnie put up a good performance in the .match against Wellington, which was concluded on the Kilbirnie Reserve last Saturday, , and -although beaten the suburban team was by no moans disgraced. When stumps wore drawn tho first day Kilbirnie, in reply to-Wellington's'solid'total of 414, had put.on ;58i'the opening batsmen being unbeaten. To-such good purpose did these two,'- Christophersen and Tucker, continue:.with the good work that the score was" 201 before a' great opening partnership was- broken. . The "Kilbirnio captaiiij W. Christophersen, was'-in great batting form, as his 164 proves. •Christophersen realises that'the'bat was made to hit the ball with, and although, as was to be expected in these circumstances, he gave several chances, his knockwas a bright and interesting- ono. He hit two sixes and 21 /fours, and rattled on the runs in good'stylo.' , . ■■■ Tucker played ; a .characteristically solid innings -for his, 78, and although he was much' more subdued than his captain,, he'played very sound cricket, the manner - in; which he, continually played the straight bat being the outstanding feature of his batting. Besides his -ability with "the bat, Tucker is also a', more 1 than .useful bowler, and altogether, is a valuable member of the team. -r •'• • ' ■•■■ ' ; .."■'•

Ward, 'Monkhouse, and .dime, also made useful contributions to the score, and with 'a little more assistance from the others'it is more than a possibility that Wellington,'s seorewould have been headed. ■'Even "with oidly ten men batting. ' ;■;■'-;■■ ■;-:,,■•: ' From'..Kilbirnie's '-'-point of view-it' was a great-pity that Hayman was. absent, as had he been present and in anything like form, he.would have altered, the whole' complexion *of the game for his side. .--. . The bowling; of O'Connor for Wellington is worthy' of mention, as; with Hyder, be bore the brunt ;of the attack, taking in all six wickets at'a cost of 97 runs. As the figures show, O'Connor bowleii really welly and was twice within an ace of doing the hat trick. University and Petont. .'. - Petone's good\ batting performance of.2o6'runs for the loss of three wickets on the; first day of their match against TTniverstiy;was not repeated on the concluding day. The fourth wicket fell f0r;.224 runs and the ninth and final wieket-j-J. Brice.was absent—for 257. The .second,day- therefore realised only'sl runs, a poor score in comparison with the 'splendid, beginning of H. E.Meholis, ..Eotherliani- and Brice.: Bundle"'and Martin were the only batsmen to'do any good. From 27 and S respectively;they brought their scores to 38 'and 22. . University tried eight bowlers, :o'f whom Bagge—three for 82—• took tlie most.'.wickets. , . Mo're'dull batting was seen jn .University ,'s, second innings, '-.which,'.pro-'----■duced 105—seven runs less than their first effort. Hollings top-scored with 38 before going out l.b.w. to Hope. Leys, Bormer, and Vietmeycr and Baggo wero tho only other- batsmen to reach double figures.'.. '.'; : . „ ■■,".', .: :v, , The students'.^ score ' w.as kept, low by the excelie.n't .b.pwlingiby Eotherham, Hope'and Brice. ' Botherham, who was unsuccessful iv getting wickets on the first day,.took four for 49.: Hopocon- ■ tinned'his good work by taking three for 27 and Brice.also did well. . , Old Boys and-Midland. -.-..■.. . The"''concluding day's' play in the .Midlan'd-Ord'-Bb'ys .'match''at'the; Basin Beservd "provided 'sonic bright cricket, and thero was "quite an: amount, of big hitting.ls Old Boys, well placed on the first day, set ''out for, a full win, but they' were beaten for this in the end by a'fino 1 stand by X Roberts and Baker.''" A'wih' on the-first innings gave \ Old Boys "second -place to ■':' Wellington on the ehainpioiiship'ladder. , : Lambert, 'Badcoekj - James, ajid Patrick all showed up well with the bat for Old .Boys, and 1 Baker took the role of principal bowlei\,for Midland. '.' : in' Midland's second'innings tho bat-■tirig;/orxlor:.:Jv-as'-altßred,. 1- and..Badco.ck was quiek"ti3~get""aniongst ,the;:batsmeii.: Later on, however, whcn;:tf-'.de't.ennine.d;; stand was necessary, in-order :to'save' an innings defeat, Baker', and, lioberts, filled the bill splendidly, -the- latter-: showing his best form of the season. Hawke Cup. i. •' . Efforts are being liiadp to secure another game for thejHawite. Cup by the Hawkes Bay 'Cricket;,'; Association. The: first game between the Bay: arid Maha-f watu last month had tb'.'be'-^bandoiibd; through rain, but sirice then a.letterlias been written, to the' New Zealand Cricket Council --suggesting 'that; the Bay should have the. right., to. play.the game over again. The niatter was. eon--sidered at a meeting of the (.management committee of the association this week, when the suggestion ..that the game should bo re-played found general; support. The suggestion waa.made; that Easter would be a suitable .date on which'jto "pl^y the match (state's/an exchange);- .Ultimately it was decided to wi-ite^to thS New Zealand Council : suggestin^ tliatl^Hawkes Bay , should "play the hold"efs rfor the cup at Easteri ' Notes. ' „.,. -„". . . .."•.-.■; ■■■

Local .cricketers and followers of the: game- .ha'y^;. received a great shock in ■the'!vdeaith^i;his's;iweek under tragic 'cireumstaflc.es" of. 3?.. I. Eton, a member of. the Old Boys' senior eleven. "Hoppy," as he was ..popularly known, showed great profftfse in junior ranks, and has ' done .well^i.tt; .;the senior .grade. He was a cricfeeter jin the true sense of the term,,-,aW'%o...fy;ill- be greatly missed. I His- relative'i':::have the deep sympathy of all cricket enthusiasts in their sad loss. : > ■ ■■•'■ Items in "The ■ Cricketer" dealing with. Cambridge University' cricket include the following:—"E. D." Blundell, now quite acclimatised, was a success as a bowler, and exceeded the promisa he gave in 1927." Before going ,to Cambridge, Blundell represented North Otago and Otago, and played for Old Boys in Wellington, hb homo town. Kefereiiee" vis.jmado in an article on criekeyin . Ceylon^ to the visit, of the New Zealand team" :on its return from England..;^Dealing, with the players in. Ceylbii, tho writer.'(S. P.. JPoenander) states [that. V;. : ''Schokmanj tho wicketkeeper, >vas:>'sjngleii.out by ICC. James, the N'ew'Z'ealander', 'for'the' highest poa-' sifele praiso.j'The New-Zealand, ■'wicketlc'oep'er/s'.jqp'xmon was' that Sc&okman would.tako "a-.Very high place among the besi^ndkot-keepeis in England. L. Clark;"ioi*e -'Midland' wicket-keeper, leaves next T^eek'!:q'n. transfer to Dunedin. He will be playing, for Carisbrook in future, and : it..is anticipated <that he '. will be/a; I'stroitg;;;claimant; for the • position of > <:?ke:eper-.:i'n, the. Otago..eleven..

Batting. ' Inn. >'.O. ir.S. Tl. • Ay. ■111! - H -If I 1,. C.-E«stm a n (0.) 4J. » $ £ fl6 M. -B. Page (C.) .. J - 'S llg 5900 H D. Gillesino (A.) 2 — lh°. 2,VX~ i.. C. Blunf. (0.)- .. 4 - n 17* . 43.00 A W. Alloo (0.) .. 3 —, 101 1" i •"» 0 Zimmerman (0.) . a 1 £ «2 »J-j» V. G. Cavanagli (0.) i — 61 J- *«•»? E. Horspool (A.) .. 1 - •« J» 00 r. E. Whitolaw (A.) 2 1 28 -S -S.uu (J K. Gregory (C.) 1' - $■"» j. Jacobs (C.) .... 3 — ™ *-no A. J. Postlcs (A.) .31 21 M 2^.00 G. A. Kotlierhiim (W.) 3 - ' •!•> ,'U^ H. C. Alloo (0.) .. 4 — 3- "\ -*"'^ X. GalUnd (0.) .. 3 - 41 (.. il.oo i\ 1. Badcoclc (W.) S — 3d U JO.^fl A. K. Knlßht (0.) 4 - ?\ J« Jg-jJ P. Monk (0) .... "' — ;<J ; i }?-°" H. N. Lambert (W.) S 1 W .!; J..jjO W. Cunnliißham (C.) 3 3. ».• li l'-00 J. L. rowoll (C.) .. 1 - H l^M" K. C. Burns (C.) .. 3 — 2.J « 1|).66 B. J. Bead (C.) .. 3 — 28 41 13.8b V Hnnf 1W \ .21 IS IS 13.00 L- JL Hamißon (C.) 4 1. 3S 38 12.06 .M. Henderson (W.) 2 1 10 10 10.00 E. Brosnahan (C.) .. 2■— 14 19 0.00 J. A. Dunning (A.) 11 * -° °'"" A. S. riayor (A.) 1 — S S ■ 8.(10 C. G. Crawford (C.) 2 - 10 11 7.00 V. Leader (C.) .... 1 — 7 7 7.00 A. W. Kohcrts (C.) S — 12 i-> J.OO W. Douglas 10.) .. 2 — I! 5 2.u0 L.V. Browne'(W.) 1 — l> ,') . r~ R. W. Rountre •• (A.) 1 — •0— 0 i — C. E. Evans (C.) .'. 2 — 0 0 — , R. W. Hope OV.)—Bid not bat- * ' *Not out. Bowling. 0. M. B. W. Ay. A. S. Player .(A.) :...,.. 70.2 .40, 63 5 12.60 E. H. Bowley (A.) .. '57.2 10 146 11 13.27, J. R. i 'LamaSon.'nw.) --12 .:.3> 22 1 22;00; J. A." Dunning '.(A.) ./G2.4 11150 1 22.28 H. M.: 'M'Clrr- (W.j ■ . 23.3 4 91 4 22:75M. L. Page (C.I .. 39 10-92 4 23.00 G. h. Weir (A.) .. .48.5 10 127 5 25.40 H. rbley (W.) .... 19 ■' 5 56 2 28.00 W. Cunningham (C.) 73.2 18 169 6 28.16 H. N. Lambert (VV.) 64 15171. 6 28.50 C. Elmes (0.) ...;.. 32 4 124 .4", 31,00' P. Hoar (W.) 78.2 20175 '5. 35.00 1. C. Lowry (W.) .. 37 . 13 -' 71 2 35.50 1 i. C. Eastman (0.) 95.1 24 222 6 37.00 P. Monk (0.) 27 3 76 2 38.00 M. Henderson (W.) .. 88 27 238 6 39.66 C. F. AUcott (A.) .. 93 29 160 4 40.00 A. W. Alloa (0.) .. ,60 12 167 4 41.75 B. W. Hope (W.) ... 28 9 51 1 51.00 B. 3. Read (C.) .... 62 Hi IH6 ii 52.00 .1. A. Newman (C.) ..98 23 1.07 3 55.66 W. E. Mcrrltt (C.) . 91 13 281 5 56.20 F. T. Badcock (W.) . 50k ■ 20 81 1 81.00 R. C. Blunt (6.) ...'. 34 1 131 1 131.00 K. C. JamO3 (W.) .1 10 0 — Ij. V. Browne. (W.) .t 1 — \ 3 0 — V. Leader (0.) ....■3 230 — C. E. Evans (C.) .... 7 % J5 0 — 0. S. Dempster (W.) , 1 — 12 0 — W. Douglas {0 ) .. 7 1 14 0 — H. C. Alloo (0.):■• .. . 5 I 14 0 — A. W. Roberta (G.). ..' 7 '2 J5 0 — • 0. Zimmerman .(0.) .. 25 ■! 70 0 — G. A. Rothcrham (W.) 33 1 S2 0 — ' Institute and • Hutt.