CRICKET FINAL

Evening Star, Issue 25750, 25 March 1946, Page 8

CRICKET FINAL

CARISBROOK AND OLD BOYS

L. MILLER'S GREAT SOLO EFFORT DEAS A CENTUrTfOR GRANGE Foggy conditions following a fine, bright morning did not interfere much with cricket on Saturday afternoon, when keen interest was manifested m the meeting of Carisbrook A and High School Old Boys at Carisbrook in a match, the result of which wiQ decide the premiership for this season. This proved to be a low-scoring match, a long series. of cheap dismissals being relieved by only one very fine innings by L. Miller, whose 75 not out for Carisbrook was one of the best displays of batsmanship seen in club cricket this season. The other 14 batsmen who went to the wickets scored 67 between them. 11 of them being responsible foi just 20 runs. In, the other two matches the position was just' the reverse, each of the batting sides knocking up well over 200 -runs, awhile in neither case was the innings completed. Grange-University, which has shownbbelated return to form lately, made 257 for five wickete, Deas getting a nicely-made 136 not out. Kaikorai, in a match against DunedinCarisbrook B. which might be termed the deciding factor in the struggle, to avoid the "wooden spoon" position, scored 233; for eight wickets, Burke getting 57 and Boock 50 not out. Wiekets Fall.

•There were shocks and sensations galore during the afternoon at Carisbrook, when the two leading teams, Carisbrook A and High School Old Boys, met to begin a match ™ch will decide the premiership for 1945-40. ■ The A's, who will be without the services of Hadlee next Saturday when that player,will be absent in Wellington captaining the New Zealand team, won the toss, and, of-course; batted. But the start of the innings was disastrous. First Uttley was .out on a peculiar decision, one umpire. giving him not out and the other reversing this decision on appeal from the field. It was Hunt,' who, apparently, had caught Uttley at square leg. Then Hadlee, when he had scored only 5 runs, was out lbw to Roberts. Two down for 5, but worse to follow, for Milnes went at 7 and Caradus at 9. None of the dismissed batsmen except Hadlee had ever looked like staying, being very uneasy to both Roberts and Graham. With Fraser and McDougall at the wickets, things improved, both these men batting in confident style and causing the first change in the bowling, St. John relieving Graham. McDougall. however, in going forward to Roberts, was smartly stumped by Mills and five were out for 30. Fraser was batting well, with Harwood as partner, when, hesitating in taking a 6econd run, , he was run out. 47 6 a poor score, but when Miller came in the tide -turned, the lefthander showing sound form, while Harwood carried on rather streakily, being extremely lucky in having two escapes in one over from Groves, Mills failing to" stump him and Stanley dropping an easy catch at cover. When Harwood was eventually out lbw to Graham for 21, the total had been raised to 87 for seven. Meantime, Miller was batting in splendid-style, driving hard, placing balls for runs down the slips, and hooking strongly. He had Proctor with him for a while, and at the Carisbrook captain's departure the score was 112 for eight. Then Galloway played the rock while Miller continued to score almost at will from all the bowers. He hit Roberts for three 4's in one over. Galloway held the fort for a long time while scoring . only one run, but he enabled Miller to add over 30 runs. Groves at last bowled Galloway and then Carter, the innings concluding at 5.6 p.m. for 146. Miller's 75 not out was a great knock, one which sayed his side from disgrace. * He batted for just about two hours and hit eight 4's. Groves came out with the best bowling figures, but his three victims, claimed at the cost of 29 runs, were the tail-enders. Roberts (three for 46) and Graham (three for 35) bowled extremely well. There were more thrills when Old Boys began their innings, for Mills, after scoring 2, was well caught by Hadlee off McDougall at mid-off, and Leader, previously dropped in the slips off Hadlee, was caught by Uttley. at cover off that bowler. Appeals against the light were at length successful at 5145, when stumps were drawn with the scores as follows: CARISBROOK A. First Innings. L. M. Uttley c Hunt b Graham ... 0 W. A. Hadlee lbw b Roberts ... 5 J. Caradus c Mills b Graham ... 2 L. A. Milnes c Hunt b Roberts ... 2 T. Fraser run out ... 14 A. W. McDougall st Mills b Roberts ... ... 12 L. Miller not out ... 75 R. Harwood lbw b Graham 21 A; C. Proctor st Mills b Groves ... 5 I. Gallaway b Groves ... 1 R. Carter b Groves ... . 0 Extras 9 Total 146 Bowling Analysis. Roberts, 24 overs, 8 maidens, 46 runs, 3 wickets; Graham, 15, 7, &5, 3; St. John, 4,1, 11. 0; Leader, 4,0, 16, 0; Groves, 13.5, 4, 29. 3. OLD BOYS. First Innings. G. H. Mills c Hadlee b McDougall 2 R. T.Hunt not out 2 V. J. Leader c Uttley b Hadlee ... 1 A. W. Roberts not out 0 Total for two wickets 5 • Bowling Analysis. McDougall, 5 overs, 3 maidens, 5 runs, 1 wicket; -. Hadlee, 4.5, 4.5, 0, 1. Century to Deas. , The feature of the day's play at the North Ground in the match between Grange - University and AlbionY.M.C.A. - North-east Valley was a hard-hitting century by L. Deas, whose 136 not out constituted more than half the total.of 257 for five wickets which the side amassed before stumps were drawn. Deas hit 12 4's and three 6's; he batted for 192 minutes and gave only one chance. I. Wyatt, who made 38 and was with Deas' while 6 was added for the fourth wicket, also played.a valuable innings before being run out. S. Duncan bowled steadily to take three wickets for 33 runs. £, D. Smith, who was rather freely hit, took only one wicket for 70. Details: — GRANGE-UNIVERSITY. First Innings. T. Freeman b Duncan 18 C C. Donovan lbw b Duncan ... 19 L. W. Deas not out ...... ... 136 C. D. G. Toomey c and b Duncan 18 I. E. Watt run out 38 I. Payne b Smith ■. 1 L. Baker not out 9 Extras Total for five wickets ... 257

Bowling Analysis.—Smith, 14 overs, 1 maiden, 70 runs, 1 wicket; Allen, 22, 2, 55, 0; Miller, 15, 1, 43, 0; Duncan, 17, 5, 33, 3; E. Watson, 8,1, 26 0;, L. Watson, 3,0, 12, 0. Kaikorai's Good Score. The wicket at Bishopscourt was in good order and the Kaikorai batsmen took advantage of the conditions to put up the highly satisfactory score of 233 for the loss of eight wickets against Dunedin-Carisbrook B. K. Burke and W. Bbock each played attractively and made 59 and 50 not out respectively. Each had seven 4's and a 6 to his credit. G. G. Irvine with 31, G. G. McGregor with 28, and R. W. Jaffray with 18, were the best of the other Kaikorai batsmen. Qf the DunedinCarisbrook B bowlers, A. Knight was the most successful with four wickets for 45 runs off 21 overs. J. G. Robertson also put up a good performance to bowl 37 overs, 11 of which were maidens, to take four wickets for 104 runs. Scores:— KAIKORAI. First Innings. E. J. Rennick c Graham b Robertson 0 A. N. Lawson lbw b Robertson ... 14 G. G. Irvine lbw b Robertson ... 31 L. A. Watt c Jack b Knight 1 R. W. Jaffray b Knight 18 G. G. McGregor b Robertson ... 28 K. Burke b Knight ... ... 59 G. McFadzien c Hercus b Knight 6 W. Boock not out ... ... 50 C. Welham not out 12 Extras 14 Total for eight wickets ... 233 Bowling Analysis.—Robertson, 37 overs, 11 maidens, 104 runs, four wickets; O'Sullivan, 9,1, 25, 0; Young, 1,0, 10, 0; Knight, 21, 4, 45, 4; Tobin, 8,1, 34, 0; Jack, 1,0, 1, 0. Intermediate Grade. Green Island 151 (Gore 55, W. Berry 48. A. Berry 14, Winn 14; G. Butler four for 29, J. Mattingly five for 75) played North-east Valley no wickets 32 A. Breen 28 not out). Albion-Y.M.C.A. 67 and one for none (Norwood six for 19, Fraser one for none) played Carisbrook 159 (Skinner 44, Jones 28, Harwood 26; Wright five for 51, Chisholm three for 6). Dunedin 103 (Beatson 34, Lennox 18, J, Wedlake 18 not out; F. Powell three for 37, J. Stephenson five for 16, E. Powell two for 11) played Grange 135 (Duncan 45, Hannan 12, Heslin 12; Beighton five for 42, McDonald two for 17, Torrance two for 32). Kaikorai 117 (Purton 32, Hollebon 18, Hanna 18; Cameron three for 18, Gunh three for 26, Carnegie two for 21) played University 100 for four wickets (McCaig 17, Seator 25 not out, Cameron 18 not out: Stewart four for 32). Second Grade A. Carisbrook 299 (Coombs 108, Carter 54, Gallon 36, Spackman 36.n0t out; Clark four for 62, Anderson two for 70) played North-east Valley two for 6 (Procter one for none, Angel one for 3). Second Grade B. Grange 187 (Shallish 37, Redparth 42, Langley 25; Russell three for 10, Fogie three for 32) played Port Chalmers 154 for five wickets (Peagram 32, Russell 22; South two for 44, Benfell one for 3). League Matches. The following are the results of the Otago Cricket League matches: — , A Section. Glenross, 217 (Ledgerwood 57, M. Blackwood 51, O. McConnachie 35, D. Collins 26; J. Haig three for 23) beat United,- 216 (J. Haig 100, J. Greig 43, T. Smith 24; Gensik three for 40). Southern, 135 for three (M. Stent 56, A. Stent 36, R. McCormack 23, Nicols 16 not out) beat Hillside, 115 for six declared (Boomer 56, Hayden 15, Laurence 14, Tobin 10). Watersiders 8., 84 for three (Langley 50 not out, Carstable 20; Jones two for 19, McDonald one for -28) beat M.C.P., 72 (R. Bell 38, Faull 11; Agnew five for 18, Rumble four for 22). Telegineers, 110 (King 28, Ewing 15 not out, Lauren 15, Bray 15; Carmichael five for 36, Walker two for 20), beat Smith and Smith, 71 (Templeton 37 not out; Snook nine for 25. Garner one for 11). , —B Section. — Self Help 169 (Daniels 27, Potter 37; D. Lowe three for 21) beat 2ndN.Z.E.F. 70 (D. Lowe 28; Daniels three for 4, Purvis two for 11). Pride of Leith 111 (S. Gaudin, jun., 36, W. Smith 29, C. Gaudin 20; Oliver two for 0, B. Stokes three for 15, G. Stokes four for 14) beat Speights 89 (Romeril 19, Oliver 14, Nicholson 14, Downes 12; W. Smith seven for 51, Harraway two for 10). Tainui Rovers defeated Hospital by default. Donaghys.l7o (Walker 34, Miller 29, O'Connor 27, Waller 25; Lee three for 16, Pope three for 17) beat Standard 146 (Reed 36, Munro 27, Lee 18, Allan 16; o'Rourke four for 23, Napper five for 57). —O Section.— Roslyn Mills 111 (Stanley 37, McKenzie 40; Lovelock three for 38, Jovce three for 59) beat Watersiders C 64 (Frost 24; Muir seven for 27, Manly three for 20). Burts 175 (Schmeltz 77, Kydd 53, Peareon 17; Roy six for 15, Brookes three for 8) drew with John Mills 124 for six (Roy 51, Anthony 23 not out, W. Harris 18, Tims 15; Frost two for 19). Dunedin Engineers 155 (G. Walker 43, Foster 32. D. Hurly 20, Griffin 19; McCormack five for 68) beat Crown Mills 75 (Foote 23, Stronach 13, Scott 10; L. Walsh seven for 18, W. Hurly two for 12). Hospitals Match. The annual cricket 'match between the staffs of the Dunedin and Southland Hospitals was played at Logan Park on Saturday afternoon. The local team had first use of the wicket, and compiled the useful total of 158, to which Southland replied with 119. Dunedin, therefore, scored a win on the first innings by 39 runs. The best of the Dunedin batsmen were R. Woolford (44), L. Duncan (37), A. Pitts (19), A. Woolford (12), and R. Smithson (12). Bowling for the visitors, the best figures were secured by R. Gordon (four for 36), E. Mulqueen (three for 14), W. Soper (two for 35), and Carter (one for 36). Out of Southland's total of 119 the top scores were those of W. Carter (35) and M. Mulqueen (33), the only other batsman to reach double figures being L. Challis (10). R. Woolford (four for 20) was the most successful of the Dunedin bowlers, and the remainder of the wickets were shared by R. Smithson (two for 6). D. Porter (two for 29), A. Woolford (one for 5), and A. Pitts (one for 19). The visiting cricketers were the guests of the Dunedin Hospital staff yesterday at a picnic.