MATCHES DESCRIBED

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 48, 26 February 1934, Page 15

MATCHES DESCRIBED

BATSMAN'S PARADISE

'j?rom tb-bauttig point of view, tho going y^ii goo^"jiti "Kilbirme, so good, in fact, that^ia^lLa^Atere o sepr^d. Jojr^the^kjbS _of only'eigfit'wickets. Uhe^match wasihat| beWi een'Kilbirnie and Wellington College Old Boys,-and the match was-of some importance in that tho winners would still be in the firing line for the championship. Neither side was at full strength, ChristopWsen, Crook, and Griffiths (of Kil-, birme),l-'and1 James an.d ?4sloe (of Old Boys)'being with the representative team in the* south. On the"fusM»aay Kilbirnie had d.one well to for the loss oi two wickets m.repfy.to the Bcore 0fi215 nude1 by Old Boys^attd on Satur-, day they continued to pile on' the runs. Their contribution to .the afternoon's tally of i 451 wa§ 239 for three«mole wickets, ~and that of Old Boys '(called, upon to .bat a second time) was 212 for five wrckets. It was"good going,.and no' mistake! A. Doneghue, the forjneri^lidland player and Wellington representative, came right into his own again .after Having shown but little of Tiis best form for borne seasons Alwnjs a foicing bat, ho worked the blade to,great purpose on Saturdiy, and from 38 not out (at which ho staited the day v 's play) he went on to make the exceptionally fine score of 164. It was a leal rrtatch■winning effoit, and, though the tuning of strokes was not alvvajs perfect, tho ball was foiced from the bat 111 great styleapart from other scoring strokes Doneghue's tally included twenty one 4's and four 6's. With Dorieghue aud Hams together, it was mostly a case of iapid fne Eatly in the day Hepburn (who had re suVried'•fiom the provioun week with 67 not out) had fallen to an lbw appeal when his score was 78 (ten 4's and a 6), and it was then tha,fc Doneghue and Hams became associated,in.a.piolihc fourth-wicket partnership, the yield for which was 200. Harris, like Doneghue, jumped light into it,'and'm throe quarters of an hour the pair knocked np 100 runs That was fast enough, but the pace quickened, and when finally the trying task o£ breaking the partnership succeeded the 209 run 3 had been made fn little more -than an hour and twenty minutes As a furthei illustration of the rapid run getting, Kilbirnie's score~Tvent from 200 to 300 m thuty-fiv^ mjnutes.. # I}oneghue plajed one of his greatest innings, his 164 being made m 142 minutes. too, was splendid, and :n his 98 there were thirteen 4's and a 6 Kilbirnie declared with the scoio at 372 fo" fne wickets. • ' After then? busy, time in tho field, Old Bojs were equal to making runs, ' dv Chate.iu and Wareham giving them an excellent siart in putting on 101 in fiftytour mmuW.' R. Lamasou and others helped to 1 keep the=, batting brisk until stumps were drawn, when the scoie was 212 for five wickets, Kilbirnif winning on the first innings. For dv Chateau it was a g6od match, his formidable first inninga score being followed' up with an e^ccl j Icntly-played 65, in which there were five 4's and a ( 6. Waieham batted well and ioi'cefully in making 58 (foui 4's and a 6), It tv as a tough afternoon tor the bow lei s of ■-both ,sides

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KILBIRNIE

lirst Inmnys Tlepbuin, lbw, b Bud 78 Wngley, lbw, b J Lamason 1"> Ward, run out ~ 0 Doneghue, 0 Wareham, b Bumette 164 Han is, c Bird, b Wareham . 8S Wilson, not out 7 TMras . 20

'loldl for five tuckets .. 372 (Innings declaied closed ) , Fall of wickets:. One for 51, two for 51, three for 151, four for 360, five tor 372. Bowlingi—Bird took, one wicket for 80 runs; Duncap, none for 70; Bumette, one for 17; J, Lamaeon, one for 74; Wareham, one' for 4; F. Browne, none for 46, M. Browne, none for 61.

OLD BOYS

First innings

y Second Innings Wareham, lbw, b Wilson dv Chateau, b Ward - Burnetts, c Turnbull, b Ashenden "M Br,owne, o and b Ward R. Lamason, c Ashenden, b Wilson F. Browne, not out r Souness, not out '. Extras

53 03 3 12 •a 10 23 0

Total for five wickets 212 Tall of -wickets- One for 101 two foi 112, three for 137. four fot 150, five for 184 Bowling—Wilton took two wickets for 39 runs, Ashendf-n, one foi 48, Hans<ombp nonp for 41 TCcpbmn, none 'for 31 Waul, Iroo foi ,6 Mic umpnt> wcrp \lps«i« Tngiison and pmm, '