SENSATIONAL PLAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 132, 1 December 1941, Page 10

SENSATIONAL PLAY

BIG SCORES AND COLLAPSES

SENIOR MATCHES

While Karori, with Standidge and Dickinson as the principals, were piling on the runs and Kilbirnie were also batting productively, other teams in the Wellington Cricket Association's senior competition on Saturday were being dismissed cheaply, and -the day's play produced sensational figures. The former Otago and New Zealand representative, Dickinson, made a brilliant century for Karori, and Standidge maintained his run of consistency with the bat. Church, for Kilbirnie, fell a little short of the century mark in his fine innings.

One of the most extraordinary happenings of the eventful afternoon's cricket was the outright win gained by Wellington College Old Boys after having made only 88 runs for sevej* wickets. Their opponents. Petone, experiencefl. a double debacle, making only 49 runs in tbJtJ first innings and being routed for 17 in the j second visit to the batting crease. The player responsible for the Petone collapses was G. L. Whyte, whose bowling performance was phenomenal for senior cricket. He took seven for 9 off eight overs, and followed up with six for 10 off 6.3 overs. Another outstanding bowling performance was that of Blundeil for Wellington. Against the strong Army side, which shares the load with Karorl, this bowler took nine of the ten wickets at just under 7 runs apiece. Burnard also put up an exceptional performance for University and P.- D. Wilson also had a strong hand in that team's win. C. Mulr, too, was well to the fore In the attractive bowling list: in fact, he took all but two of the JohnsonvlUe wickets which fell against Hutt. His eight were at very small cost. RESULTS AND POINTS. Karori (314 for seven, declared) won on the first innings from Midland (69 and 84 for six), at Karori Park. Army (140) won on the first innings from Wellington (96), at the Basin Reserve. University (146) won on the first Innings from Air Force (97 and, 54 for. seven wickets), at the Basin Reserve. Wellington College Old Boys (88 for seven wickets) won outright from Petone (49 and 17), at Petone. Kilbirnie (202 for five wickets) won on the first inning 3 from Institute Old Boys (186), at Kllbirnle. Hutt (122) won on the first innings from Johnsonville (73), at the Hutt Recreation Ground. The championship points are now as follows (Air Force and Institute having a match to replay, if necessary):—Army 20, Karori 20, Kilbirnie 15, University 13, Hutt 10, Petone 10, Wellington College Old Boys 8, Air Force 5, Institute 0.8. 5, Midland 5, Wellington 0, Johnsonville 0. , MAIN PERFORMANCES. Batting.—Dickinson (karori) 125, Church (Kilbirnie) 94, Standidge (Karori) 77, Champness (Hutt) 48, McCarthy (Air Force) 47 not out, Bain (Kilbirnie) 46, Lamason (Wellington College O.B.) 41. Bowling.—Blundeil (Wellington) nine for 62, C. Muir (Hutt) eight for 34, Whyte (Wellington College O.B.) seven for 9 and six for 10, Burnard (University) five for 19 and three I for 7, Rlddolls (Petone) five for 25, Coupland (Karori) five for 27, P. D. Wilson (University) five for 28, E. Wilson (Air Force) five for 49, O'Brien (Army) four for 31, King (Karori) four for 43, Ashenden (Kilbirnie) four for 68.