HUTT'S FINE TOTAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 50, 1 March 1937, Page 15

HUTT'S FINE TOTAL

Hutt's total of 307 runs against Midland at the Hutt Recreation Ground came from a solid all-round perform-, ance with' the bat after Ross had lost his wicket in the first few minutes. Kemp and Cheevers combined in a. partnership which, although having an element of Muck" .about -it,, served m build up the score. - Cheevers made ou i in a little over two hours. At stages the Midland bowlers were heavily punished.1 O'Neill had a 6 scored from the first ball of his opening over, but he "took his revenge later and collected five wickets. , ' . ■ '■■ Kemp, in spite-of the fact that Tindill was very much on the alert behind the stumps, began to step out at the bowling, his aggressiveness meeting with some success until Crawford sent down an inviting one that slipped through into Tindill's hands, a light-ning-like snap into.the stumps dismissing the batsman for 30. Altogether three men were stumped by Tindilt, the spectators, however, disagreeing with one of the decisions. ■The arrival of McCarthy brought about a speeding-up of the rate of scoring. McCarthy ended up with -75 runs, the second highest score. He seized every opportunity to steal singles, but his total included eight 4's. He was in for 126-.minutes. Champness set out to provide the batting fireworks, hitting outsat everything that came his way. He had 8U to his credit, including three 6 s and seven- 4's, when he was caught iiv. the outfield; The remaining wickets fell without any additional score being made. .Hutt were all out at 6.15 p.m. Midland opened with Tindill and Buddie, play continuing until 6.45 p.m. The umpires at. one stage conferred regarding the light, but play was carried on.' Buddie was dismissed without scoring. At stumps Tindill and Osborn. were unbeaten, the total being 11 for one wicket. Details:— HUTT. 1 First Innings; ■• B. R. Ross, b Fortune ....... ■• • • 0 J. J. Cheevers, c O'Neill, b Mcßae 50 J. Kemp, st Tindill, b Crawford ... 30 J. J. McCarthy, c Mcßae, b O Neill 75 J F Wall, st Tindill, b O'Neill .:. lb E. J. Aim, st Tindill, b Mcßae .... 30 B. J. Champness, c sub, b ONeill 80 R. A/Wright, lbw, b O'Neill 0 C. H. Fowler, b O'Neill .-••■■•••• ■ M C. Rudman, c Baker, b Mcßae 0 R O. Gwilliam, not out 1J Extras J^ Total :...■ ' ..••••••• 307 Bowling.—Fortune took one wicket for 25 runs* Hepburn, none for 8: Crawford, one for 67; Osborn, none for 47; O'Neill, five for 46; Mcßae. three f°Fall'of Wickets.-One for 1 two for 47, three for 119, four tor 163, five for 184, six for 287, seven for 305 eight for 306, nine for 306, ten .for 307. MIDLAND. First. Innings. R Buddie, c Fowler, b Champness 0 E' W. Tindill, not out < H W. Osborn, not out - « Extras J; Total for one wicket H