KILBIRNIE V. HUTT

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 20, 25 January 1937, Page 17

KILBIRNIE V. HUTT

t With C. parsloe setting a good ex- c ample, Kilbirnie produced some enter- < taining batting in its match against j Hutt, and it thoroughly earned its win i by lour wickets on the first innings Each of Kilbirnie's seven batsmen managed to reach double figures against bowling that lacked variety , tut had occasional stinfe. i workmanlike innings and D. fa. WU ] son's enterprising knock were the high- j lights of the day's play. Parsloe started , on in a hurry, his first three scoring strokes being 4's, and after that .set- . tied down to a finely-judged innings in which lie never gave.a , illustrate his steadiness, it raight be 1 pointed: out that it took Klibjrme 38 , minutes to raise its first 50, and it took , Parsloe only 45 minutes to raise his 1 own 50. He scored all round the wicket with an almost effortless style, his most' productive strokes being the ondrive and the hook. Some of his drives were perfect shots. His 76 included seven 4's and two 6s, and he was at the crease for 82 minutes. Wilson started o3 at an easy pace, and measured the bowling very carefully for a while.,. The field was pretty well strung, out for him, and he capitalised this by patting the ball, for short singles. ' Changes-in the bowling loosened him up a little, and he proceeded to put in some hefty, work. with the bat. The result, was that he had 50 against his name in 35 minutes. His score was made mostly in front of the wicket, nice timing and good footwork characterising most of. his scoring strokes. His total, included two 6's and seven 4's—the same as Parsloe. , , Just before the tea adjournment at 4 o'clock, Kilbirnie had hoisted the very useful score of 231 for six wickets, and decided to declare and give Hutt a chance. Hutt made a disappointing showing, even though it had to face up to some good Bowling. B. R. Ross and J. J. Cheevers gave the side a useful start, and R. J. Kemp made a helpful substitute when Ross retired hurt for a while, after getting a knock from a rising ball from Wilson. The first wicket fell when the total was 79, and the remaining wickets were disposed of with the addition of only 53 runsThis was largely due to the fact that R. Allen, bowling well-flighted slows that turned a bit, tempted the later batsmen, some of whom just could not resist the opportunity to "have a go." He finished up with six wickets for 25, thanks to some smart stumping by W. J. Christophersen and two fine catches by Parsloe. Ross, who retired when he was 32, came on later and took his score to 47 before being smartly taken by Sj Ward at silly mid-on off Parsloe. He batted well. He favoured the on side, but he put some of the fastish stuff nicely down the gully, and at no 6tage did he give the impression that be lacked confidence. B. Champness and R. A. Wright were Hutt's stock bowlers, and each finished up with two wickets, the former's being rather costly. Ross came on as last change and collected two for 22. Bowling for Kilbirnie, Parsloe and Wilson commanded a good deal of respect, but J. Ashenden had an off-day. Scores:— KILBIRNIE. First Innings. Parsloe, b Ross 76 Rice, c Wright, b Champness .... 10 Ward, b Wright 25 Bain, c and b Ross 23 Christophersen. b Wright 25 Wilson, not out 52 A. Ashenden, b Champness 16 Extras 4 Total for six wickets (declared) 23] Bowling.—Champness, two for 78; Wright, two for 49; McLeod, none foi 23, Capstick, none for 30, Kemp, none for 35, Ross two for 22. Fall of Wickets.—One for 23, two foi 89, three for 129, four for 140, five foi 202, six for 231. HUTT. First Innings. Ross, c Ward, b Parsloe 4 1 ; Cheevers, c Ward, b Wilson 2( Kemp, st Christophersen, b Allen . 2' Stehr, b Wilson j Capstick, C Wilson, b Parsloe .... 1< McCarthy, st Christophersen, b Allen ' Gwilllam, c Parsloe, b Allen ... I McLeod, c Bain, b Allen J Champness, c Parsloe, b Allen ... ! Fowler, b Allen 1 R. A. Wright, not out Extras ; Total 13 Bowling.—Parsloe, two for 19; J Ashenden, none for 44; Wilson, two 10 21; A. Ashenden, none for 15; Aller «ix for 25. . „ . . Fall of Wickets.—One for 79, two fo ire, three for 93, four for 115, five fo J2O, s ix for 120, seven for 122, eigh fbr 126, nine for 127, ten for 132. Kilbirnie win by four wickets o ptSlbstkufags-

WELLINGTON HEAD KARQRI ; Entertaining cricket was turned on in the match between Wellington and . Karori at Karori. A feature ol the play was the ■ rout of the early Karori batsmen by Smith and Mallard, Smith's bowling was the more impressive and his first spell at the bowling crease _ wrought havoc, ten overs resulting in tour wickets at a cost of only four runs though Smith's perform- ! ance was, the highlight of the play 1 was the performance of M. Browne, the Karori batsman. Immediately after his advent to the wickets the seventh Karori wicket fell, the total being 36 runs. Despite the disheartening circumstances, the young Karon all-rounder displayed such ability with the bat that his was the last wicket to fall and his individual score was one short of the half-century. The attacking power in his shots is illustrated by the fact that forty of his runs came from boundary hits, it was M. Browne's partnership with the Karori captain, Standidge, who deputised in the temporary absence of Hollings, that saved a batting debacle. On Standidge joining only ' 36 runs were showing on the board, ! and when Standidge was beautifully caught by Meech in the outfield after scoring a valuable twenty-three, 54 > runs had been ,ad<Jed for an eignthr wicket partnership, which was mainly responsible for the Karon total of

Faced with such a moderate task, Wellington appeared well set for a first-innings win and the sound batting of Foley, Whyte, and Ell put the city eleven on the right way to suecess, the second wicket falling at bo. The tall left-hander Foley was still there when the Karori score had been passed, and with Smith batting equally well at the other end it appeared only a matter of Wellington batting on till stumps for a tame ending But . such was not the case, for as soon as the necessary runs -had been obtained the batsmen threw discretion to the winds and in the remaining hour of play turned on an exhilarating exhibition, there being several lofty bits for six. . . , Smith, Morgan, and Mason treated the bowling in cavalier fashion. ■ Standidge, not to be outdone by the careful methods ot the batsmen, entered fully into the spirit of the game and no fewer than ten Karori bowlers displayed their prowess with the ball. The final honours were shared by the Browne brothers. Details:—

KARORI. First Innings. | F. Browne, lbw, b Smith 10 McGavin, b Smith f Rowe, b Smith i Cooper, c Whyte, b Smith Cutts, c Foley, b Mallard ........ 6 M, Browne, c Mallard, b Blundell 49 Margitich, p Mallard ............ 6 K. Macdonald, e Thomas, b Mai]ar(j o Standidge, c Meech, b Mallard • . 23 R. McDonald, run out » King, not out - " Extras ' Total 114 Bowling.—Smith took four wickets for 30 runs: Mallard, four for 30: Blundell one for 27; Meech, none for 13; Morgan, none for 6. Fall of Wickets.—One for 16, two for 18, three for 20, four for 27, five for 27, six for 35, seven for 36, eight for 90, nine for 97, ten for 114. WELLINGTON. First Innings.

Whyte, c Margitich, b K. Macdonaid 18 Foley, c K. Macdonald, b M. _ Browne 42 Ell, bF. Browne.. ................ 16 Smith, c K. Macdonald, b M. , Browne 42 Morgan, st Margitich, b McGavin 22 Thomas, lbw, b Cutts 3 Mason, c King, b F. Browne ... 43 Kuhn, not out 10 Extras 18 Total for seven wickets 214 Bowling.—F. Browne took two wickets for 27 runs; M. Browne, two for 29; R. McDonald, none for 27; King, none for 29; K. Macdonald, one for 20; Rowe, none for 12; Cutts, one for 9; Cooper, none for 30; McGavin, one for 15; Standidge, none for 18. Fall of Wickets.—One for 39, two for 63, three for 130, four for 135, five for 155, six for 173, seven for 214.