KILBIRNIE'S EASY WIN

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 60, 12 March 1934, Page 12

KILBIRNIE'S EASY WIN

Outplaying the leading team (Wellington) to the extent of an-outright win by a ten-wicket margin,': Kilbirnie moved to the top of the senior championship ladder and incidentally secured the maximum points for a match for the first time in their nine seasons in the top grade. For the match-winning runs in a low-scoring match Kilbirnie had largely to thank Bilby and Ward, who were associated in a century partnership for the second wicket and contributed more than half the team's total. Griffiths came into prominence by dismissing five batsmen very cheaply.' Wellington's performance was very disappointing, and was wholly due to the failure of the batsmen. Once Bilby and Ward had been disposed of on Saturday Blundell and Symes made quick work of the Kilbirnie batsmen, collecting five wickets apiece, but Wellington's second innings was in the nature of a procession, the whole team being disposed of in ten minutes under two hours for only 96 runs. Kilbirnie scored the 21 runs required without losing a wicket, but it was decided to continue for another over, with the first ball of which Blundell secured a leg-before'decision against Ward. After being' commenced on the No. 2 wicket at the Basin Reserve, the match was concluded- on the Kilbirnie ground, where- several hundreds of spectators followed the play and warmly applauded Kilbirnie's success. . The position at the resumption of play was that Kilbirnie had scored 84 runs for the loss of one wicket in replying to Wellington's first innings total of 166. Bilby (33) and Ward (27) continued their unfinished partnership, batting as soundly as on the previous Saturday, with Ward the more aggressive of the two. Ward reached his 50 in 46 minutes, Bilby taking half an hour~ longer to reach the same figure. They were not separated until thdy had carried the score to 152, having added 115 runs. Bilby, who batted for an hour and a half, hit ten 4's and Ward, during his 70 minutes' at the' creases, reached the boundary seven times. Wickets then fell fairly rapidly, although good progress was made in the matter of getting runs. When the last wicket fell at 3.50 p.m., Kilbirnie had a first innings lead of 76 runs, 242 runs having been scored in the good time of a little over two and a half hours. ■ Practically all the bowling was done by Blundell and Symes, both of whom finished with creditable figures. Wellington's second visit to the wickets was little short of disastrous, the most successful partnership producing only 26 runs. The bowlers were on top all the way, and the only batsman to withstand them for any length of time was Ell, who had the misfortune to be run out as the result of a change of mind on the part of Caldwell when he appeared to be well set. Details: — WELLINGTON. First innings 166 Second Innings. Hollings, c Ashenden, b Crook 3 A. Wiren, b Crook 3 Ell, run out ..........' 32 Morgan, b Morris 5 Monteath, b Griffiths 5 Whyte, c Morris, b Griffiths 2 Caldwell, b Hanscombe 18 E. Wiren, not out 18 Cousins, c Hanscombe, b Griffiths 8 Blundell, b Griffiths 0 Symes, b Griffiths ; 0 Extras 2 Total- 96 Fall o£ the wickets: One for 6, two for 15, three for 24, four for 40, five for 42, six for 68, seven for 83, eight for 92, nine for 96, ten for 96. Bowling.—Crook took two wickets for 38 runs; Morris, one for 12; Ashenden, none for 16; Hanscombe, one for 7; Griffiths, five for 21. KILBIRNIE. First Innings. Hepburn, b Symes 19 Bilby,' c Hollings, b Symes .. 68 Ward, c and b Blundell ;... 66 Crook, c Morgan, b Blundell 16 Harris, c Ell, b Symes 0 Wilson, b Symes 8 Christopherseh, b Blundell 4 Morris, not out 13 Hanscombe, b Symes 12 Griffiths, c Hollings, b Blundell ...! 4 Ashenden, b Blundell 19 Extras 13 Total ~2_ Fall of the wickets: One for 37, two for 152, three for 174, four for 175, five for 185, six for 185, seven for 194, eight for 200, nine for 216, ten for 242. Bowling.—Blundell took five wjckets for 90 runs; Symes, five for 108; Cousins, none for 16; Caldwell, none for 15. Second Innings. Hepburn, not out 5 Ward, lbw, b Blundell ...'!!" 17 ' Christophersen, not out .; 10 Total for one wicket 39 Fall of the wicket: One for 21. Bowling.—Blundell took one wicket for 27 runs; Symes, none for 5. The umpires were Messrs. T). Burns and !». T. Lambert.