TWO DRAWN GAMES

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 127, 25 November 1929, Page 15

TWO DRAWN GAMES

CONSISTENT BATTING FORM HUTT STILL LEAD OUTSTANDING - PERFORMANCES. Batting. Lamason (Old' Boys) 89 Baker (Midland) 7r,» Nelson (University) „ 72 TindiU (Midland) 00 Biggar (Hutt) 07 Leys (University) 62 Lambert (Old Boys 63 M'Leod (University) 57* Hayman (Kilbirnie) fi7 ' M. Nicholls (Petone) 51 Ross (Hutt) 47 •Not out. Bowling. Robertson (Midland) ... 5 for 51 Henderson (Institute) .. i> «or fl4 Badcock (Old Boys) .. 4 for 08 Cricketing conditions were of the right Brder for local batsmen on Saturday afternoon, and some tidy scores were registered in.the senior grade, in which the third iseries of championship matches was concluded. The tall scoring by Institute and Wellington on the previous Saturday gave Hutt and University respectively a hard task, but these teams faced it confidently, iand by playing out time without losing all their wickets they succeeded in finishing up on terms with their opponents bo far as championship points were concerned. Biggar and Ross gave Hutt a good start, and most of the other batsmen made determined stands. Henderson was the most successful bowler for Institute, who had declared their innings closed. Wellington were also prepared to take tne neld after having made a big score for seven wickets on the previous Saturday, but University were not to be easily dismissed. Nelson, Leys, and M'Leod were mainly instrumental in preventing a loss on the first innings, and this trio had good support. Over 300 runs had been compiled for the loss of seven wickets when play ended, the game thus ending Jn a draw. Petone succeeded in passing score, M. Nicholls doing best. Midland subsequently indulged in solid batting, Tindill and Baker being associated in a. fine partnership. •* Robertson performed well with the ball for Midland. Kilbirnie.-well placed on' the previous Saturday for. success, scored a comfortttXZ m*hvef*? ld- 80- ys on the first rnningß, the latter giving a much better Oisplay in their • second visit to the Prease with. Lamason and Lambert in fcood form. ..-...-.,. The scores were:— Wel'ington,. 407 for six wickets (defets V' Umversity> 312 for seven wick- _ Institute 383 for two wickets (declared), *V*utt 263 for seven wickets. 16 ' m and 61 for three wickets, !(dedared) OKS' 220 for. five wickets Saf^fe v" Midland' m and :181 fOT The leading position in the championOLD BOYS AND KILBIRNIE. «JCil^5 ieT>BUCCeeded' in fining a victory over Old Boys at the Basin Reserve by 118 runs on the first innings. Having obtained a.total of 129 for the loss of. five wickets on the previous Saturday, it Was evident that Kilbirnie would gain a \Vf °*er ™ Boys, who were all out for Ail. Virtue, and Hayman, who were not out when stumps-were drawn at the close Of the first day's play, resumed their innings. Virtue remained at the crease for tome time, but was only able to make an additional three runs before he was clean bowled by Duncan.. The next batsman, flicker, made only two runs before he Jiras caught. A similar fate was in 'store a sarris< v^° '■•sent up a catch to James toB Barclay, afte*. he.; had. registered four runs.- When Bramley joined Hayman, however, the batting became more interesting. Both, players attacked the bowling Tvith determination, and Kilbirnie's total had increased to 244 before Hayman was caught and bowled by Badeock, after scoring a valuable 61. Soon after the last Kilbirnie batsman, Griffitha, had relieved Hayman, Bramley was well caught at midbfi by Parslde "off Badcock, with a total of 38. Old Boys sent in Reynolds and Parsloe Jo open their second innings, and 27 runs went on the boardTbefore Reybolds was bowled by Crook... A bright partnership, was witnessed;between Lamason and Parsloe, and when the latter was dismissed .Ibw,. Old Boys had 74 runs to their credit. Badcock was not in his usual form, and only accounted for six runs, liambert then joined Lamason, and hit out freely, scoring well with drives to the boundary. Lambert, who was finally bowled by Ward, contributed 62, including three sixes and seven fours. Robinson,, who just managed to' break his "duck," lost, the fifth wicket, and at 5.40 p.m. Old Boys declared their innings closed ."with a total of 220. Lamason was still at the crease, with 89 runs to his credit— the highest individual score of the day— while Duncan carried his bat with 13. Kilbirnie registered _61 for the loss of three wickets in their second innings, the highest scorers being Ward and Virtue, •who were 25 not out and 17 respectively. Details follow:— OLD BOYS. Krst innings 131 Second Innings. Reynolds, b Crook <■' ".!.;.. 7 Parsloe, lbw, b Ward 32 Lamason, not out 89 Badcock, c Brambley, b Ward 6 Lambert, b Ward 62 Robinson, b Crook 1 Duncan, not out 13 Extras 10 Total for five wickets (declared) 220 Fall of Wickets: One for 27, two for 74. three for 85, four for 184, five for 187. Bowling Analysis:—Crook, two for 64; Tucker, none for 30; Bramley, none for 41; Ward, three for 43; Griffiths,: none for 32. KILBIRNIE. First Innings. Gjreig, c James, b Parsloe 1 Hepburn, b Duncan 21 .Ward, lbw, b Robinson 22 Crook, c Parsloe, b Badcock 19 Christopherson, c James, b Parsloe 30 Hayman, c and b Badcock 61 iVrrtue, ( b Duncan no o Lambert, b Badcock 2 Harris, c James, b Barclay 4 Bramley, c Parsloe, b Badcock 38 jGfriffiths, not out ,' i Extras , 39 f Total 240 Fall of Wickets: One for 2, two for 53, Ihree for 58, four for 115,, five for 116, &sven for 147, eight for 158, nine for 187, Jen for 244. Bowling Analysis:—Parsloe, one for 36Badcock, four for 68; Duncan, two for 58; liambert, none for 19; Robinson; one for 8; Barclay, one for 21. ' KILBIRNIE. Second Innings. Christopherson, lbw, b Duncan .... 12 Crook, 0 James, b Badcock 0 Ward, not out ,25 Virtue, b Parsloe .'!."..!"!!""! 17 Hayman, not out 1 " ,4 Extras !.!"" 3 Total for three wickets 61 tf»N or Wickets: One for 0, two for J3, three for 47. Bowling Analysis:—Duncan, one for 10; Badcock, one for 20; Lambert, none for 14; Browne, none for 12; Parsloe, one PETONE AND MIDLAND. A second innings recovery by Midland Served to carry them well clear of an outright Joss, but it could not alter the issue M decided on the first innings, and Petone came out of the match with a fivepoint win by a margin of 67 runs*. In reply to Midland's total of 131, Petone had Jeplied with 74 for.three wickets on the first day, and Nicholls (27) and Glover (0) resumed their innings at the Petone Oval on Saturday afternoon. They succeeded in passing the hundred, but Glover Sfas then dismissed, and was soon joined itt the pavilion by Rotherham. Tatter-

sail assisted Nicholls to bring the scores level, but the latter was then run out. He had played, a valuable innings, doggedness when it was required being replaced by free scoring when the side was in a safer position. The, Petone men then commenced to open out on the bowling, and some lusty hits, as well as some narrow escapes, resulted. Tattersall reached 23, but his display was not impressive. Spence made a hard-hittipg 20, finishing off with two sixes off Baker, being stumped off the following ball. G. Nicholls also collected a sis. The innings closed soon after 4 o'clock for 198. The beet of the Midland bowlers was the youthful left-hander Robertson, who dismissed five batsmen at an average cost of just over ten runs. Tindill was well up to the mark behind the stumps. Midland commenced their second innings at 4.20, Doneghue and Baker opening to Hope and Rotherbam. Doneghue was well beaten by Hope before he had opened his account, and a smart catch by bmallwood at square-leg off the same bowler disposed of Standidge. Baker and J.indiU, however, were not so easy to shift, and before long they were well on top of the bowling, putting on the runs at a fast rate. As his stock bowlers were mastered, Brice was obliged to call on others, but none of the changes had much effect on the rat* of scoring. Three bad mistakes in the field did not help matters, lindill was unfortunate in falling lbw to Rotherham just on time. Both he and Baker had given an entertaining display of sound but free hitting, during which they added 169 for the third wicket. Details:— MIDLAND. First Inning* ..:..,... 131 . Second Innings. Doneghue; b Hope 0 Baker, not out , „'. 75 Standidge, c Smallwood, b Hope .... 2 Tindill, lbw, b Rotherham 69 Extras , is Total for three wickets 181 Fall of the Wickets.—Onerfor 2, two for 12, three for 181, Bowling.—Hope took two wickets for 49 runs, Rotherham one for 34, Smallwood none for 2, M. Nicholls none for 12, Spence none for 15, Glover none for 17, Brice none for 17. PETONE. . First Innings. Hamilton, b Baker 6 Ritchie, b Bryant 0 Smallwood, b Bryant 31 M. F. Nicholls, run out .-..' 51 Glover, st Tindill, b Robertson 11 Rotherham, b Robertson 2 Tatteraall, 0 Roberts, b Robertson ..23 Brice, c Morgan, b Robertson 12 Spence, st Tindill, b Baker 20 G. Nicholls, not out 12 Hope, b Robertson 12 Extras 18 198 Fall of the Wickets.—One for 1, two for 13, three for 70, four for 106, five for 108, six for 131, seven for 148, eight for 154, nine for 175. Bowling.—Bryant took two wickets for 55 runs, Baker two for 64, Morgan none for 4, Whitwell none for 6, Robertson five for 51.