UNIVERSITY AND KILBIRNIE.

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 28, 3 February 1930, Page 17

UNIVERSITY AND KILBIRNIE.

Right on the call of time, University obtained a first innings win against Kilbirnie on the Basin Reserve on. Saturday afternoon. >. On the first day University had put on 333 for the loss of eight wickets, and on Saturday their innings ■was' declared closed at this point, leaving Kilbirnie the afternoon to get the runß. Batting one man short; on account of Christophersonl being in ', Dunedin, Kilbirnie never really looked like winning, and when three wickets were down for 63 matters looked decidedly bad for them. Hepburn and Crook, in a fine fourthwicket partnership, altered the complexion of the game, however, but when these two were separated University agaip gradually assumed the upper hand. The remaining wickets fell steadily until the last batsmen were together with only one over to go. Macallan, who took the ball from Leys, proved equal to the occasion, and with his first ball clean bowled Tucker, giving University a win on the first innings. Kilbirnie made an inauspicious start, three wickets falling with only 63 on the 'board. Hepburn and Crook then became associated, and the pair presented a solid defence to the bowling. The scoring, however, was very slow, the board only showing 350 after three-hours' play. 'Hepburn passed the cenfury.mark short-' ly afterwards, and continued steadily onwards. The rate of "scoring increased slightly after this, but it was still slow, although the runs came steadily. At 238 Hepburn lost Crook, who, after making 63, was caught by Osborn off Macallan. Between them, Hepb,urn and Crook had put on 175 for the fourth wicket by sound, solid batting. Crook's 'score' 'included ' seven 4's. As is usually the case, Hepburn did not last much longer, for with only two more added to the score he was caught by Blandford: behind the wickets. His total of 142 included eighteen 4's, and the spectators did not fail to show their appreciation of his sterling effort. Morris signalised his arrival at the crease by hitting the first six of ffie day, and soon ran to double figures. After playing quietly for a time, Kershaw was caught close in on the. leg side. At 288 Morris put his leg in front ■of a straight one from M'Leod, the same bowler clean bowling Bramley shortly . afterwards. With Griffiths the last man in, Macallan took the ball for the last over, and with his first ball clean bowled Tucker. Details:— ' : , UNIVERSITY. I'irst innings, total for eight wickets (declared) 333 KILBIRNIE. First Innings. Hepburn, c Blandford, b .Aim ,142 Harris, c and b Macallan ...... 11 Virtue, b M'Leod 3 Hayman, c and b M'Leod -4 Crook, c Osborn, b Macallan ...... 63 Morris, Ibw, b M'Leod 17 Kershaw, c M'Leod, b Macallan — 4 Bramley, b M'Leod 15 Tucker, b Macallan 1 Griffiths, not out 0 Christopherson, absent Extras 17 Total for nine wickets —:'..'.'." 277 Fall of Wickets.—One for 36, two for . 40, three for 63, four for 238, five for 240, six for 260, seven for 268, eight for 277, nine for 277. '' -.'■'■'. ":' Bowling Analysis.—Leys took no wickets for 64 runs, Begge none for 36, Macallan four for 07, M'Leod four for 37, Aim one for 29, Caldwell none for 27. ,

1 INSTITUTE DEFEAT OLD BOYS. The concluding stages of the Institute-, Old Boys match hold little of. interest, and apart from a bright knock for au even hundred by Bilby, .the day's play : generally was of an> unentertaining description. Institute, -with 68 on thfe board for the loss of One wicket from thp ' first day of the match, had little difficulty in passing their opponents' score, particularly as the absence of Badcock 'fertatly weakened the. Old' Boys' attack./ Proceedings might have been enlivened by Dempster's decision to declare.' the innings closed with a lead of 94 runs and a little' over an hour left for play, -but this was •' not the case, and it was probably a, relief . for moat of those concerned when , the time arrived for the drawing, of. stumps. Dempster (28) and Banks (19) ■. Avere, tho not out men for Institute^ but only nine ; runs had been added when a misunderstanding resulted in Banks being run out. ■ MaSßey joined Dempster and the pair carried the total past the century before Dempster, who had beeh batting briskly, , mis-timed one of Duncan's deliveries and •was caught. He had made ten boundary tils. Wareham, brought up from the junior ranks, was next, and found that the 'senior bowling opposing him presented rio great difficulties, and another productive "partnership resulted. Massey's place was ' taken by Bilby with the score at 160. .With Wareham he added nearly a hund- " red runs for the fifth wicket. When 'partnered both by Wareham and by ./Prince, Bilby practically monopolised the _scoring, putting on the runs at a fast rate. He was at the wickets oriVy 80 minutes for his century, which' included fourteen 4's and one 6. He was run out at 5.10 p.m., nnd Dempster applied the . closure. The two colts, Stephensou and Stevens opened Old Boys' second innings to the bowling of Fortune and Massey. Massey bowled so well that three wickets were soon down for 28, .the three being taken at the small cost of 12 runs. Brcll and .Reynold* were harder to shift, hoyrever,

and successfully played out time, Reynolds giving "a? convincing display. Details:— ; OLD BOYS. First Innings — '212 Second Innings. ' ■ ' Stephonson, b Massey '.'• 16 Stevens, c and b Massey 3 Parsloe, c Prince, b Massey 5 Bull, not out '• 21 Reynolds, not ant —••• 50 Extras 6 Total,for three wickets 101 Fall of the Wickets.—One for 0. two for 17, three for 28. Bowling Analysis.—Massey ; took three wickets for 87 runs, Fortune, none for 17> Prince none for 7, Rogers none for 10, Bilby none for 13, Dempster none for 10, Banks none for 1. INSXITUIK,.:. . First Innings.' ' Dempster, c Parsloe, b Duncan ....15 Heudcrson, Ihw, h Parsloe '-.......... 2 Banks, rnn out ...'•. .;.:;{ 23 Massey, Ibw, b Bull .•..-.-.....■ 34 VVareham, c Stephenson. b James .: 3S Bilby, run out 100 Prince, not out 13 Extras 21 Total for six wickets (innings declared closed) 306 Fall of the Wickets'.—One for 18, two for 75, three for-126, four for 100, five for 255, six for 306. Bowling Analysis.—Badcock took ho wickets for 20 runs, Mac Donald none for 14, Parslpe one for 56. Duncan one for 102, Stevens none for 57, Bull one for 7, Stephenson none for 13. James: one for 16. -.".,. ' -■-..:■■•

WELLINGTON AND PETONE. After losing five wickets for 13 runs on the opening day of tHe-match against Wellington, Petone made a great recovery on Saturday, and carried their total for the first innings to 255 as compared with Wellington's ?98. M. Nicholls, who batted practically all the afternoon, was the hero o£ the day, contributing .over a. century, and Glover, the next best man, contributed 62. G. Nicholls partnered SI. Nicholls, who was.:not out at the end of the'first day, and' the pair faced the deliveries of Cousins and Blundell. Neither of the bowlers proved effective, and when 11 rims had beeri^ registered G. Nicholls was unfortunately .hit on rthe: leg/ just above the knee, and had.to.retire. The following man, Glover, opened confidently, and M. Nicholls continued to increase his score steadily. After a time Blundell and Cousins were taken'off the bowling, and Goodwin, and Sforgan'were given charge of the attack.* Ellerm and Hamilton also had a few ovcrs,-but Petone's total still continued to mount up. When Glover lost the sixth wicket at 4.30 p.m. Petone had 167 showing on the board, Glover's individual total of 62 including 9 fours. Q. Nicholls, who was not seriously hurt, then resumed his innings, but was clean bowled by Cousins without having added to his score. Cousins took his third wicket for the afternoon with a fast delivery which sent Chudleigh. to the pavilion after he had made only one run. Playing steadily and carefully M. Nicholls had by this time reachthe seventies. Hope, who replaced Chudleigh, was dropped^ behind the wickets by Whyte, first,ball, and a few seconds later he was again dropped in the same position. Nichojls faced most of the bowling and was batting: well, but when his total was 86 he skied^'a ball from Morgan and was very nearly caught by Wiren. The pair carried the; total to the 200 mark at 5.10" p.m., and ten minutes afterwards Nicholls made his century with a single off Goodwin, receiving an enthusiastic ovation for his fine performance against dif-' fieult oMs: When he had added two more runs ta bis score, he was caught in the slips by Hamilton' off '■".. Cousins, leaving Spence to partner Hope for the last wicket. Both batsmen played cautiously for a start, but,after Spence had hit Blundell twice to the boundaiy they opened out and hcored welt for 35 minutes. Hope was finally dismissed Jbw with a score of 2j, Spence cairying his b,it for 22, the game resulting in a ihe-point win for Wellington on the first innings by 43 runs. Details follow:— WELLINGTON. . First Innings ' 2SS „,. _ ■.-PETONU. -•• ■*■■ ' Fir.st Innings. Hamilton, c Ellcrm, b Cousins 3 H. B. Nicholls, c Whyte, b Cousins .. 7 Ritchie, c Vvivcii, b Cousins 0 Smallwood, c Whyte, b Blundell ... 0 M. Nicholls, c Hamilton, b Cousins . 102 Rotherham, b Blundell ...-. j> G. Nicholls, b Cousins 8 Glover, b Cousins... 62 Chudleigh, c Whyte. b Cousins 1 Hope, Ibw, b Blundell , 2o Spence, not out *- Extras _2P ■'■ Total '.'.' 255 Pall of Wickets.—One for 7, two for 7, three for 10, four for 10, five for 15, six for 107, seven for 169, eight for 171, nine for 213. . ■ • Bowling Analysis.—Cousins seven for 67, Blundell three for 81, Goodwin none for 49, Ellerm none for 0, Morgan none tor 28,-Hamilton none for 3." ' '