A MISSED CENTURY

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 133, 2 December 1935, Page 16

A MISSED CENTURY

The ill luck of putting his leg in front of a straight. ball when he was within a run of his century was suffered by H. Foley, opening bat for Wellington against Kilbirnie on Sat-1 urday, but he is entitled to no great sympathy. His cricket might generously be called patient, but at times it was painfully funereal. Fifty-five runs ! were singles, carpet shots patted to deep fieldsmen or through gaps. Healthy drives were almost completely lacking, although, if Foley had not made so many strokes with the weight on his back leg the scoring would have been freer. His opening with R. A. Whyte promised an attractive display, but when the partnership was broken with the score at 63 —of which Whyte had' scored 32—Foley lapsed into the doldrums. His stroking was neat, but lacked sting. His 99 was made in 182 minutes, the half-century having taken 109 minutes.

Wellington's innings closed an hour before stumps for 258, and Kilbimie followed with four wickets for C 6.

The match served to bring to light two young players of more than usual .promise. F. H. McDonald, playing his first senior game, put on 85 for the second wicket with Foley. His 46 was vigorous, and while he has faults that will be corrected with experiencefootwork is his main trouble—he should soon be a valuable unit for Wellington. He was scratchy at the start, but batted with exceptional con,fidence and punished anything ajt all loose. He hit four boundaries and a 6.

N. Ward, another colt, promoted for Kilbimie, had a stylish 29 on the board at stumps, with his wicket still up. He was an excellent straight bat, has a varied and forcetul attack, and keeps the ball low. He is a protege of W. J. R. Christophersen. W. F. Airey rail up a capable 25 lor Wellington. He was particularly strong on the on and occasionally produced a neat leg-glide. . The Kilbimie bowling was mixed,' no fewer than seven men being tried. J. Ashenden, with four wickets for 49, and C. Parsloe, with three tor 45, took the honours, but both D. S. Wilson and S. Ward were dangerous. Wellington batted for 22£ minutes. - _ E D. Blundell began dangerously in Kilbirnie's knock. He was turning occasionally and getting plenty of fire. He was responsible for three wickets falling for 13 runs, his own figures being three for 6. At stumps his analy* sis had dropped to three for 25.

Scores: —

WELLINGTON. First Innings. H. Foley, lbw, b Parsloe 99 K. A. Whyte, c Hepburn, b Wilson 32 F. H. McDonald, c Handscomb, b Turnbull 4j> R. T. Morgan, b Ashenden ....... 9 M. Thomas, c Handscomb, b Ashenden '• H "W. F. Airey, b Parsloe 25 E. C. Wiren, c and b Ashenden .. 12 R. P. Janes, hit wkt, b Ward .. 0 j M. Meech, c Ward, b Ashenden .. 7 I. A. H. Symes, c Marshall, b Parsloe 2 E. D. Blundell, not out 1 Extras (byes 6, leg-byes 8) .. 14 t i + Total 258 Fall of wickets: One for 63, two for 148, three lor 164, four for 176, five for 222, six for 239, seven for 240. eight for 255, nine tor 256. ten lor 258. Bowling: C. Parsloe, 18 overs, 4 maidens, 45..runs, 3 wickets; J. Ashenden, 14, 0, 49, 4; D. Turnbull, 3, 0, 13, 1; H. Handscomb, 11, 0. 45, 0; W. Hepburn;-3, 0, 13, 0; D. S. Wilson, 16, 1. 44. 1; S. Ward, 14. 2, 35. 1. \ w . ' ' KILBIRNIE. j First Innings. W Hepburn, c Morgan, b Blundell 5 D. Turnbull, c and b Blundell ... 3 H. F. Rice, not 'out : 16 W J. R. Christophersen, b Blundell 3 D. S. Wilson, lbw, b Morgan ..... Jo N. Ward, not out ■ • • 29 Extras 0 Total for lour wickets 66 Fall of wickets: One for 6, two for 9 three for 13, four for 30. 1 Bowling: E. D. Blundell three for 25, I. A. H. Symes none for 21, R. T. ! Morgan one for 20. The umpires were Messrs. Rust and 1 Baker. ■_. . . • i • •