LEAGUE CRICKET

Evening Star, Issue 23130, 2 December 1938, Page 4

LEAGUE CRICKET

[By J.V.C.W.]

NOTES AND COMMENTS

HONOURS LIST. Batting.—W. Jones (Tainui Rovers) 91, R. Wcdlake (Self Help) 74, A. Stent (Self Help) 68 notout, S. Knight (Speights) 62, D. Templeton (Post Office) 55 not out, L. Quest (Standard) 55 not out, A. Mason (Otago Brush) 55, H. Day (Gregg's Red G) 52, B. Berry (Roslyn Mills) 60, J. Gordon (T. and P.) 48 not out, J. Byers (R- and G.) 34 not out, J. Lyons (Tramways) 31. Bowling.—Robertson (Sargoods), two for none; W. Jones (Tainui Rovers), four for 3; Symmonds (Hillside), one for none; Gensik (Inglis), two for 3i Stokes (Speights), four for 6; Short(Otago Brush), seven for 14, Didham (Town Hall), one for 2; Daly (M.C.P.), five for 11; Anderson (Lands), seven for 21; Walker (Smith and Smith), six for 18; Knight (Speights), six for 19; B. Milne (Self Help), three for 10; Rufi (T. and J.), seven for 23; Howards (Burts), six for 20; Watt (Inglis), five for 17; Campbell (Tramways), four for 15; Thorne (Dunedin Engineering), six for 23; Clarke (Smith and Smith), three for 12; R. Smith (Sargoods), seven for 29. The majority of the 14 wickets on. the Oval last week-end favoured the bowlers, and many of these finished with good averages. One of the new teams to the League C section competition— I Tainui Rovers—compiled a good tally of 177 on No. 2 wicket. Ninetyone of this total was neatly compiled by one batsman. Two Self Help batsmen quickly adapted themselves to the condition of No. 3 widket, and, despite many changes in the opposition’s bowling/ only one wicket had fallen when Self Help declared at 164. Only one team in A section compiled a total exceeding 109 runs. • * * • Hillside fielded only nine players against Inglis. No. 10 wicket was very difficult for the batfemen. The Ihghs bowlers—Gensik and Watt—in a few balls in excess of five overs apiece, had disposed of Hillside for the very small total of 20 runs. The wickets fell one for 1, two for 12, three for 17, four, five, six, and seven for 19. and eight for 20. Gensik, three for 2. and Watt, five for 17, were greatly helped by the Inglis fieldsmen, who held seven catches. For Hillside, Eckhoff (four for 23) and Graham (five for 35) were the mam attack, and at one stage had four good batsmen out for 14 runs. Of Inglis s total of 61, J. Boucher (15) headed the batting list. Witchall again earned his bat for 13, giving him an average of 131. The fielding of both teams was_ ’excellent. : f ' r: The game between.Town,Hall antLT. and P. was interesting'. Town Hi batted first, only one of the team being able to keep his wicket intact against the bowling of Walker and Skinner, both of whom had excellent bowling averages. Seven Town Hall batsmen made a “duck,” six being clean howled. Les Smith, who went in second wicket doWn carried his bat for 24. It looked as if T. and P. would he hard pressed to reach the small total of 49 made bv their opponents, when five nf their ‘best bate were out for 14. The Town Hall fielding was weak and allowed far too many chances go fcbsgglng. Douglas (48 n. 0.) and Clark (28) stuck together long enough to win the match. Gould and Stevens bore the major portion of the attack. T. and P. won by 47 runs. * * * * R. and G. won their match against Roslyn Mills by four wickets and 12 runs. (Roslyn Mills was another team that suffered as the result of the, races being held at Forbury, only eight play-

era being present at the Oval. Bert Berry, who has’ been most consistent, was the mainstay of the Mills team, scoring 50 in even time, and taking four for 24.- He was the only player of his side to reach double figures. Adcock, Rennie, and Fay divided the seven wickets between them. J. Byers was the stumbling, block for the Roslyn Mills’ bowlers—Berry brothers. Byers carried his bat for .34. Bert Berry trundled seven overs and George five. • • • * - After a lean period in ‘ previous matches Otago Brush came to light with a total of 119, most of which was compiled by Mason (55) and Langley (24). Five Telgineers bowlers were tried, Davis taking seven for 33. The Telgineer players, when it came their turn to use the wicket, found the bowling of Reid and hard to score from. The latter, especially, was keeping a good length, and in 7.3 overs (four of which were maidens) took seven wickets for 14 runs.. . Short accepted two catches also. Otago Brush won their first match this'season by 5S runs. • * • * Glenross and E.P. and L. were evenly matched. Winning the toss, Glenross took first use of No. 13 wicket. Beck and Puilar secured wickets early, three batsmen being back at the pavilion for a total of 6. Curran made top score. (Beck and Puilar secured the 10 wickets for 65. The E.P. and L. batsmen also found the wicket tricky, and the opening pair went cheaply. Walker, However, stayed long enough to make 24, top score, and the remaining players carried their team to victory by eight runs. Ledgerwood and Bedford made the ball play tricks. The former took four for 20 and the latter five for 32. • • • • No. 4 pitch, on which Red G batted first in their match against Tramways, was in better condition than most of those on the Oval. Greggs team made 120, H. Day heading the batting list with 52. Rodgers lost his wicket; Ibw when 17. Campbell was brought on after four other Tramways bowlers had been tried and took four wickets in two overs at a cost of 3.75 per wicket. Rodger got Hollander’s wicket first ball. Dixon and Lyons batted well for 27 and 31 respectively. Three Red G bowlers finished with two wickets apiece, and Riach took three for 21* Greggs Red G won by 12 runs. • • • ' The Self-Help v. Pride of the Leith,A.0.F., match was a lop-sided affair. Try as they did the lodge bowlers could not break the opening Self-Help- partnership between A. Stent and R. Wedlake. When the score was 144, J. Hellyer took Wedlake’s bails off when, the latter was 74. ‘When- another 20 runs had been added, Self-Help declared, A. Stent carrying his bat for 68. W. Thomson bowled seven oyers, took no wickets, hut had five scored off him. Milne and A. Stent went through the lodge team like a whirlwind. The fall of wickets was: One for none, two for 6, three for 6. four and five for 7, six and seven for 11, eight and nine for 33, and 10 for 34. A. Stent bowled nine overs and B. Milne seven. Bowling averages: A. Stent seven for 18, B. Milne three for 10. • • * • Only two of the M.C.P. combination reached double figures against . the steady attack of (Russell and Templeton. Both these bowlers were keeping the runs down and getting wickets, so there was no necessity for any change in the attack. In 9.4 overs, five of which were maidens, (Russell secured seven wickets for 20 runs—exceptionally good bowling! Templeton had one more run scored off his eight overs for three wickets. M.C.P. made 46. Templeton was the star bat for Post Office, and was undefeated with 55 to his credit. Post' Office doubled their opponents’ total. • * * The last two matches be has played in, Stan Knight has come into top form with the hat. Against good trundling bv the United attack, he made 62 of Speights’ total of 118. When it/came to bowling Knight was well to the fore. In his seven overs he took six for 19. Stokes bowled three overs and took four for 6. Speights won by 69 runs. , « . . ' Loco suffered their first defeat dhis season at the bands of Standard. Wining the toss, Loco batted first and made 69 runs. Quest had a “day.on - 'with both bat and ball. He disposed of five good players for 13 runs, J h< ;* it came his turn to hat smacked up 55 runs and then retired. M Ewan, Kruskopf, and Hood had three wickets apiece to their credit, but the latter two were less than M Ewen. Standard’s total was 168. • - • ’• ■ • ' • Templeton, one of the opening pair for Smith and Smith, played.a good innings for his side, bejnw the only batsman who could master the. bowling on a tricky widket. His contribution to his side’s total of 65 was 57 not out. Ruff was the most successful i; ana o . bowler—-seven overs, one maiden, seven wickets for 23. T. and J. were la runs short of their opponents, tally when their last wicket fell. Walker was the destructive agent, taking six for 18. It is interesting to note this bowler’s figures for the three games he has played in. He wickets for 50 runs—less than 3 run« a wicket, which will take a lot of beating- * * • There was only 1 run difference in the scores registered by Lands y. Burts and the match. Smiths and Smith v. i. and J. Lauds won by 64 to 50. The inclusion of Doug. Anderson in the Lands team made a vast improvement to the bowling strength. In nine overs (three maidens) he bowled six of the Burts batsmen and caught and bowled the seventh for an average of 3 runs ■per wicket—a very good effort-for the first match he has played in this season ! Sharpe was top scorer for Lands and Howard for (Burts. < Howard (six for 20) was the best Burts bowler. Tainui Rovers proved themselves the better side against Dunedin Hospital. To W. Jones must go the honours fop both batting and bowling. His 91 included five 6’s and nine 4’s. Four of his team mates made doubte-figlire tallies, and a total of 177 was well in excess of Hospital’s total. •- • " Batting first on No. 9 widket, Sapgoods made 78 runs, Small knocking 27 of these before losing his wicket Ibw, H. Thorn dismissed six Sargoods.. players for 23; Mattingly four for 39. Smith was the most impressive of the Sargpods trundlers. In five overs he took seven for 29. Robertson came in for the “ rabbits ” —two for 0.