OLD BOYS AND KILBIRNIE

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 110, 6 November 1933, Page 13

OLD BOYS AND KILBIRNIE

On a bumpy wicket that had not fully recovered from the pounding it received the previous Saturday, the Old Boys' bowlers easily disposed of Kilbirnie's bats7nen at the Kilbirnie Park and scored a comfortable first innings win.

When play commenced at 2.5 p.m. Old Boys were batting with the score at 187 for eight wickets. The not out batsmen were R. Lamason, with 15 to his credit, and Duncan, who had^not previously had a strike. The former was not dismissed until the cud of the innings and made 26, while Duncan and Prince, who followed him, bagged 17 and 3 respectively before being sent back to the pavilion by Crook's fast bowling. The innings closed at dboufc 2.35 p.m. for a total of 220 runs.

Crook was by far the most successful of Kilbirnie's bowlers, taking six for 84.

In reply, to Old Boys' 220, Kilbirnie could score only 143, their batsmen failing miserably to collect the runs. The innings started ominously. Hepburn and Wrigley were the opening pair, and the former returned Parsloe's first ball to the bowler and was caught out without having opened his account. In contrast to the scoring methods of Wrigley, who took 70 minutes to snatch a bare dozen ruus, the following pair, Ward and Bilby, continued in a hard-hitting partnership that was the most profitable of the innings, the two scoring 28 and 33 respectively. Bilby's 33 was top score. Keen fielding and bowling sent batsman after batsman back to the pavilion while the score crept very slowly up, and it was left to Wilson, the tenth man in, to make a gallant stand for 23 runs. The innings began at 2.46 "p.m. and ended at 5.3 p.m.

James was an absentee from the Old Boys' eleven, but his place behind the wickets was successfully taken by Prince.

Old Boys employed only four bowlers to rout the Kilbirnie eleven. They were Browne,.Duncan, J. Lamason, and Parsloe, and all except Parsloe met with considerable success. The best figures were recorded by the youthful Browne, with four wickets for 48. He also was conspicuous for good fielding. ' In the hour before gtumps were drawn Old Boys took a second strike, and in carefree fashion knocked up 104 for the loss of two wickets. Details:— OLD BOYS. First" Innings. Dv Chateau,-b Morris '..- '. 53 Wareham, c Crook, b Morris 0 Burnette, b Crook 49 Parsloe, c Ward, b Crook 20 J. Lamason, b Hepburn *.. 20 McGuire, b Crook 12 R. Lamason, not out ......; 26 R. Sadler, Ibw, b Crook .' 1 M. Browne, b Hepburn ..,>. 1 DuncaU, b Crook -,i L... 17 Prince, b Crook ~.....:. 3 Extras 0 Total .'.'■ 220 Fall of .wickets: One for 24-;. two for 113; three for 123; iour'for 154; five for Io8; six for 184; seven for 186; eight for 187;-nine for 197; ten for 214. Bowling Analysis.—Crook took six wickets for 84 runs; Morris, two" for 49; Hepburn, two for 44; Ward, none for 13; Griffiths, none for 21. , Second Innings. ' Dv Chateau, c Crook, b Wilson 40 Wareham,' not out '.....'. 43 Burnette, c Wrigley, b Boneghue .... 15 Extras 6 Total for two wickets '...... 104 Fall of wickets: One for 78;. two for 104. Bowling Analysis.—Wilson took one, wicket for 10 runs; Doneghue, one for 11; Ward, none for 6^ Griffiths, none for 21; Hepburn, none for 22; Crook, none for 28. -. ■ KILBIRNIE. First Innings. Hepburn, c and b Parsloe 0 Wrigley, st Prince, b Browne 12 Ward, c Prince, b Duncan 28 Bilby, b J. Lamason 33 Doneghue, cE. Lamason, b Browne .. 5 i Christophersen, Ibw, bJ. Lamason .. 5 | Crook, b Browne 14 Morris, c Wareham, b Duncan 7 Aitken, b Duncan : 1 Wilson, st Prince, b Browne ........ 23 Griffiths, not out .. 8 Extras ' 7 Total ' ~..,'...... 143 Fall of wickets: One for 0; two for 37; three for 73; four for 81; five for So; six for S9; seven for 107; eight for 107; nine for 120; ten for 143. Bowling Analysis.—Browne took four wickets for 48 runs; Duncan, three for 25; J. Lamason, two for 24; Parsloe, one for 39. The umpires were Messrs. W. Tucker and C. Webb.