MODERATE SCORING

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

MODERATE SCORING

A gusty northerly was the only unpleasant feature for the Midland and Wellington College Old Boys game on No, 1 wicket on the Basin Reserve on Saturday. Old Boys won the toss'and put Midland in to bat, but the latter did not make much use of the first chance on a sound pitch and in brilliant sunshine. Tindill and Dustin, the usual openers, had some luck to begin with as both gave simple chances in the slips which were not accepted. Neither batsman made the best use of his good fortune, and both were out with the score at 32.

Crawford and McCawe looked as if they might hold the bowlers off long enough for a tidy score to be made, but McCawe was badly run out at 42, and Crawford was caught rather smartly by Boyes at silly mid-on at 69. The bowlers held the upper hand until eight wickets were down for 112. Some brisk hitting by O'Neill, Buddie, and Randall carried the score along, but the total of 157 was disappointing to Midland supporters. Boyes made a fine catch to dismiss Crawford, and Browne brought off a brilliant effort in disposing of Dustin. Apart from the early misses in the slips, the Old Boys fielding was quite sound, and Duncan, four for 41, and J. Lamason, four for 60, bore the brunt of the attack. Old Boys did not begin very well when du Chateau and Wareham set out for the runs, as the latter was run out at 4, and his partner followed at 6. Lamason partnered Rainbird, and j a good display of batting added 72 runs for the third wicket. Rainbird was missed off a very easy chance 'n the slips when 4, but, apart from this, no other chances were given. Not many hits reached the boundary owing to the long grass, but Rainbird hit eight 4's, mostly on the legside, during the course of his very valuable 72. Lamason batted in better form than he has shown of late, but he was somewhat troubled lay Crawford s slows, and eventually fell to a good catch at long-on. The Midland score 0f'157 was not passed until after seven

wickets had fallen, ancl the innings closed for a total of 193. Crawford bowled very well, and was unlucky not to even better figures than i'our for 66. . Details:— MIDLAND. First Innings. W. Dustin, c Browne, b Duncan .. 7 E. Tindill, lbw, b Boves 1" D. McCawe, run out R. Crawford, c Boyes, b Lamason *.6 E. Bezzant, c Burnett©, b Lamason 15 W. Hepburn, c J. Lamason, b Duncan H. \V. Osborn, b Lamason » R, Gapes, c and b Lamason 7 R. Buddie, not out 15 R. O'Neill, b Duncan 20 C. Randall, b Duncan 10 Extras ® Total 157 Fall of Wickets.—One for 21, two for 32. three for 42, four for 69, five for 90, six for 92, seven for 101, eight for 112, nine for 141, ten for 157. Bowling.—Duncan took four wickets for 41 runs, J. Lamason four for 00, Boyes one for 2ti, Griffiths none for 24. WELLINGTON COLLEGE OLD BOYS First Innings. C. Wareham, run out . • • • • ■ • V. H. du Chateau, c Dustin, bONeill 3 J. Lamason, c McCawe, b Crawford 36 W. Rainbird, c Ranctall« b Crawford 72 L. V. Browne, c Hepburn, b O Neill 10 N. Burnette, c Randall, b O'Neill 8 G. Whyte, c Buddie, b Crawford 1 R. Lamason, c Hepburn, b O Npul 13 A. Duncan, c Randall, b Crawford 8 B. Griffiths, b Gapes 20 R. Boyes, not out J Extras ■ ■ • Total 193 Fall of Wickets—One for 4, two for 6, three for 78, four for 118, Ave for 142 six for 152, seven for 154, eight for 168, nine for 186, ten for 193. Bowling—O'Neill took four wickets for 87 runs, Randall none for 22, Crawford four for 66, Hepburn none for 5, Gapes one for 1. A DRAWN" GAME

The game between University and £ Institute at Kilbirnie resulted in a draw, each side obtaining two points. ' Although winning the toss. Institute sent University in to bat first, the innings being declared with six wickets £ down for 160 runs. When Institute} went in to bat they were faced with the difficult problem of scoririg 167 in an hour and a half for a win. They set out to do it, and University were ° equally determined to stop them, the tussle resolving itself into a fine exhibition of cricket. The batsmen took ' risks that were not foolhardy, and even £ Tricklebank's bowling was punished. JJ. Scott provided most of the fireworks on the Institute side, his forceful cover drives gaining him many „ boundaries. The other batsmen on whom most of the burden fell were h ißilby (38), Lang (28), and Crook (21). 2 Within a half-hour of the hmsh the £ wickets commenced to fall freely, j Stevens's bowling proving difficult to j handle, and so to save themselves from defeat Institute took matters quietly and at 6.30 were within 20 runs of the total required. Both sides fully de- g served the applause accorded them at £ the end of the contest. j University opened with Blandtord g and McMillan, who took sixty; minutes t to knock up 42, McMillan being clean ( bowled by Crook. Blandford was the , best of the University batsmen, obtaining 39 runs before; he was caught' in j the slips by the vigilant Crook, Crook s ■, bowling was not, up to standard, but j he gave a fine display of fielding in the slips. University declared at 4.45 with six wickets down for 166. The rate ( of scoring had been rather slow, j Harpur was the next . best bat to , Blandford with a score of 37, which ( he took many risks to obtain. i Institute went in to bat at 4.52 p.m., their first sixty being scored in 45 minutes. At one stage it looked as if they would win, but their rate of scoring was not quite good enough to , enable the side to catch up to Univer- , sity's total. t • • , At 6 pjn. Institute had half an hour . to score 60, and Bilby and .Lang set out in an effort to do this. Bilby scored 28 runs off two overs, and Lang kept smacking them to the : boundary. Eventually Bilby was caught by McMillan at mid-off. . . 'Ten minutes before the finish Institute had 30 runs, to get for a win, but two of their wickets went cheaply and they slowed up the pace to stave off a five-point defeat. This they succeeded in doing and the game was drawn. A feature of the game was Bland- , ford's fine wicket-keeping. Details: — | UNIVERSITY. 1 First Innings. I N. McMillan, b Crook 16 : J. Blandford, c Crook, b Montgomery 39 . P. Wilson, run out " ' A. Harding, c and b McLean ...... IB T. Harpur, c Crook, b OKeefe .. .*7 ;W. Tricklebank, c and b McLean . 7 • A. Wiren, not. out Ijj i Extras •• • • 10 ' Total for six wickets (declared) 166 : Bowling.—K. Montgomery took one ' wicket for 42 ruiis, A. McLean two for 36, M. Henderson none for 21, K. Crook one for 26, C. Burke none for 11, M. O'Keefe one for 11. institute. ' First Innings. ! A. McLean, run out 0 5 R. Crook, run out : J. Scott, b.Harpur 1 M. O'Keefe, b Tricklebank 2 2 M Bilby, c McMillan, b Stevens . 38; 3A. Lang, b Tricklebank ......... M iR. McLean, lbw, b Tricklebank ... I ) K. Montgomery, b Stevens f 3 C. Burke, c Wiren, b Stevens .... 11 -R. Marsh, not out • «, 1 M. Henderson, not out « 3 Leg-bye * ? Total for nine wickets 146 e Bowling.—Tricklebank took three 8 wickets for 57 runs, McMillan none for l « 23, Harpur one for 41, Edgley none for 12,-Stevens three for 12.