BOYS’ CRICKET

Evening Star, Issue 19775, 27 January 1928, Page 3

BOYS’ CRICKET

OTAGO V. CANTERBURY YESTERDAY’S PLAY. The Otago boys’ teams failed yesterday to reproduce the form shown by them in Christchurch last season, and both grades were in a losing position when play ceased last evening. The local lads appeared to lack conofidence, and did not go for the bowling as thenopponents did. Following were the scores:— SENIOR MATCH. CANTERBURY. —First Innings.— Wise Ibw b Cusack 1 M'Kernan Ibw b Tobm 5 M'Rae c Cusack b Tobm 17 French Ibw b Cusack 34 Grimmer c Geddes b Bell Bjackaby b M'Carten 39 Cobden b Tobin . o M'Nish c Bell b Tobin 30 M'Menamin run out 7 Hounsell c Pine b Cusack 33 Harris not out ... .•• 10 Extras 8 Total 216 Bowling Analysis.—Cusack, 3 for 37; M'Leod, none for 21; Tobin, 4 for 52; M'Carten, 1 for 40; Bell, 1 for 46. OTAGO. —First Innings.— Cusack b French 24 M'Leod c Hounsell b Cobden ... 4 M'Carten c French b MTlae 3 Bell run out ••• 0 Wilson b M'Rae 1 Tobin b Blackaby ... 0 Knowles c French b M'Nish 7 Rodgerson run out 0 Montgomery b Grimmer 1 Geddes not out 4 Pine c Hounsell b Grimmer 0 Extras 3 Total 47 Bowling Analysis.—Cobden, 1 for 11; M'Rae, 2 for 11; Blackaby, 1 for 2; M'Nish, 1 for 10; French, 1 for 10; Grimmer, 2 for 0. —Second Innings.— M'Carten b M'Kernan 7 Wilson b Wise 0 M'Leod c Cobden b Wise ... ... 0 Cusack c Hounsell b M'Rae 5 Tobin c M'Nish b M'Rae ... ... 8 Bell not out 20 Geddes not out 5 Extras 13 Total for five -wickets ... 53 JUNIOR MATCH. In the junior match Canterbury scored 146 (Anderson three for 18, Hercus three for 30, Howie two for 20, Gwynne one for 22) and two for 111 (Bull not out 55, Grenfell not out 23, Mooar 18); -while Otago’s first innings yielded 69 (Eckhoff 26; Leverette three for 5, Carpenter two for 16, Brown two for 12, Butterfield one for 8, Hooper one for 4).