DISTRICT CRICKET

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 November 1932, Page 3

DISTRICT CRICKET

MARIST—UNITED A DRAW KNAPP AND DEWAR IN FORM The West Coast Cricket Association’s competitions were advanced a further stage over the week end, in delightful weather and with wickets and grounds in excellent Order, The United A. —Marist match proved a draw, Marist scoring 182 for 9 wickets, and United haying six wickets down for 109 at stumps. At the Cobden Domain United B. went down to Cobden 8., who last week defeated Marist. Runanga scored a three-point win over Stars at Runanga.

Playing for Cobden against Runanga on Saturday, G. Knapp scored a chanceless century, while other good scores were: G. Gilbert (United Saturday) 92 and F. Bayley (Old Boys) 75. Bowling for Cobden B against United B. yesterday, C. Dewar secured the rerharkable figures of nine for 22. A. DIVISION MARIST v. UNITED A. Slow batting by the Marist eleven was a feature of the Marist v. United A. match, played on the Recreation Ground yesterday, before a good attendance. Nightingale won the toss and elected to field. N. Bayley and O. Morris opened to the bowling of Mulcock and Restieaux. Neither batsman took the slightest chance, being content to notch occasional singles, and the batting was consequently very slow. On an easy wicket, both the opening bowlers were accurate, without being very dangerous. The first wicket fell with the score at 37, Morris being bowled by Muir for 20. Marshall joined Bayley and these two carried the score to 107, before Bayley went 1.b.w., to Mulcock, after compiling 43. The next four wickets added only 24 tuns, Marshall, F. Bayley, Matthews and J. Morris all going in quick succession. Lord and Cornish made a good stand, Cornish hitting merrily for 15, including the only six of the match, while Lord wasted no time in putting together 25. Lord and O. Anderson were still together when Matthews declared the Marist innings closed with 182 runs on the board for nine wickets. Marist batted for three and a-half hours, leaving United eighty minutes to get the runs; Restieaux secured four Marist wickets for 43 runs, off 29 overs including 11 maidens. Mulcock tool* two for 73 off 27 overs including 8 maidens. Muir secured 2 for 40. Grooby and Spender opened for, United and 38 runs were on the Board, before Cornish bowled Grooby With a good one. The second wicket fell, at 51, Spender being caught by O. Morris off 0. Anderson, who was bowling well for Marist. Nightingale and Bourn put on 31 for the next wicket. Bourn Was bowled round his legs by Morris, and G. Anderson joined his captain. Nightingale went in attempting a lofty drive off Morris, he being well caught in the outfield by Lord. He had played a good innings, which included several powerful drives. Restieaux did not last, being bowled by O. Anderson, and Muir after hitting up 12 in quick time Was smartly stumped in the last over of the match, by N. Bayley oft O. Anderson. G. Anderson was not out with four to his credit. O. Anderson bowled well to secure two -wickets for 26. Scores: Marist, first innings:— O. Morris, b Muir 20; N. Bayley, 1.b.w., b Mulcock 43; Marshall, c Nightingale, b Restieaux 42; F. Bayley, b Restieaux 5; Matthews, 1.b.w., b Restieaux 0; MeDiarmid, run out 4; Lord, not out 2o; J. Morris, c Grooby, b Mulcock 2; Cornish, c Restieaux, b Muir 15; Gritfen, b Restieaux 4; O. Anderson, not out 4;. extras 18; total for nine wickets (declared) 182. . Bowling: Restieaux 29 overs, 11 maidens, 43 runs, 4 wickets; Mulcock 27/8/73/2; Muir 14/2/40/2; G. Anderson 2/0/8/0. . United, first innings—Grooby, I) Cornish 18; Spender, c Morris, b Matthews 25; Nightingale, c Lord, b O. Morris 29; Bourn, b O. Morris 11; G. Anderson not out 4; Restieaux, b O. Anderson 2; Muir, st. Bayley, b O. Anderson 12; extras 8. Total for six wickets 109. [ Bowling: O. Anderson 12 overs, 3 maidens, 26 runs, 2 wickets; Morris 10/2/34/2; Matthews 7/1/25/1; Cornish 5/1/16/1.

'THREE points to runanga Playing at Dunollie yesterday, Runanga scored a three point win over Stars, winning by nine wickets. Star made 83 in their first strike, Bowden 27, being top scorer. Kennedy took three for 16, and Smithson three for 12. Runanga replied with 107, J. Timlin top-scoring with 25. McNabb and Smith each secured three wickets for

Star. Star collapsed for 65 m tneir second innings, Mosley 38 not out, being the only one to reach double figures. Kennedy had all the batsmen thinking and took seven wickets for 20. Runanga hit up the necessary runs for an outright win for the loss of one wicket, J. Timlin and W. Timlin being the not out batsmen, each with 24. Scores: — TZ . „ Star, first innings: Rear, c Kennedy, b Harrison 0; McNabb, run nut 3: Mosley, b Timlin 20; Smith

C Timlin, b Kennedy 3; Dixon, c Greening, b O’Connell 15; Goodall, c. Harrison, b Kennedy 1; Bowden, c Kennedy, b Hall 27; Mills, c Harrison b Smithson 2; Dixon, not out 0, McTaggart, b Smithson 0; Berry, I) Smithson 0; extras 12; total 83 Bowling: Kennedy two tor 16, Harrison one for 9, J. Timlin one for 18, Smithson three for 12, O’Connell one for 2, Hall one for 15. Stars, second innings: Dixon, Harrison 8; Rear, c J .Timlin, b Ken nedy 2; McNabb, b Harrison 5; Mosley, not out 38; Smith, b Kennedy 5; Goodall, b Kennedy 5; Bowden, b Kennedy 0: Mills, b Kennedy_ 0, ,

Dixon, b Kennedy 0; McTaggart, c Timlin, b Kennedy 0; Berry (absent), extras 2; total 65. Bowl’ng: Kennedy seven for 20, Harrison two for 34, Smithson nil for s ’Runanga, first innings:—W. Timlin, c Dixon, b McNabb 7; Harnson, lbw b Dixon 21; J. Timlin, b McNabb 25, Smithson, b Smith 0; Nicholson, c Dixon, b Mosley .4; Kennedy, • c McNabb, b Mosley 1; Richmond, not out 15; O’Connell, c Goodall, b Dixon 2; Hall, c Dixon, b Smith 20; Boddy, b McNabb 0; Greening, c Kear b Smith 2; extras 10; total 107. i Bowling: McNabb three for 22, Mosley two for 34, Smith three for 27, j Dixon two for 14. Runanga, second innings:— Nichol-

son, c Dixon, b McNabb 0; W. Timlin, I not out 24; J. Timlin not out 24; ex’tras 3; total for one wicket 51. Bowling: Dixon nil for 16, McNabb one for 23; Mosley nil for 8. UNITED B BEATEN. Cobden B. sprang a surprise by defeating United B. by 80 runs on the first innings. United B. batted first, but were all out for 66, C. Dewar, who took nine wickets for 22, having matters all his own way. McLaughlin, junr., 22 not out, was the only batsman to make a showing. Cobden B. scored 146, Mcßain not out 40, Walton 31, and Dewar 21, batting most successfully. Baldwin, with his legbreaks, took six wickets for 46 runs. Scores • United B.:— First innings.—Baldwin, c Rose b Dewar 0; Frew, b Dewar 11; Gilbert, c Rose b Dewar 8; Scott, b Dewar 0; H. Grooby, c Smith b Dewar 15; McLaughlan junr., not out 23; Rapley, I.b.w. b Rose 0; De Freatus b Dewar 3; McLaughlan senr., c Rose b Dewar 0; McCrorie, b Dewar 1; Aldridge, b Dewar 0; extras L; total 66. Bowling: C. Dewar nine for 22, Rose one for 28, James none for 11. Cobden B.: —First innings.—H. Anderson, b Rapley 2; Rose, run out 18; Smith, b Rapley 2; Mcßain, not out 40; C. Dewar, c Scott b Gilbert 21; ■Walton, b Baldwin 31; Wilson, b Baldwin 5; Williams, c McLaughlan, b Baldwin 5; James, 1.b.w., b Baldwin 10; Pike, c Gilbert b Baldwin 0; East, c Grooby b Baldwin 5; extras 7; total 146. Bowling: Gilbert one for 41, Rapley two for 40, Frew none for 12, Baldwin six for 46. B DIVISION. In the only B Division match played yesterday, Kamaka defeated Kumara at Kumara by 75 runs on the first innings. Kamaka, batting first, scored 110 (Mclntyre not out 34, Tibbles 25, Mulling 23). A. McLean, S. McLean, and Henham each secured two wickets. The home team could do little with the howling, of Tibbles and Mullins, and were all out for 35. Mullins took four for 9, and Tibbles five for 26. Kumara followed on, and in their second innings scored 135 (S. McLean 43, Cooper 29, McGrath 24). Tibbles took three wickets for 62, Mullins 2 for 22, and McKay 2 for 9. At stumps, Kamaka had scored 50 for four wickets, requiring only 10 runs for an outright win. Cooper took two wickets for 18 runs.

SATURDAY’S MATCHES. OLD BOYS DEFEAT UNITED. Old Boys secured a first innings’ win by 177 runs over United in a Saturday competition match played at the Recreation Ground on Saturday. Old Boys compiled 206 in their innings, F. Bayley top scoring with a well-made 75. United found the slow bowling of Baldwin unplayable in their first innings, and were all out for 29 (inc. 10 extras). Baldwin secured' seven wickets for 16, and Restieaux three for 3. United followed on, and at stumps had scored 192 for six wickets. Gilbert made 92, with powerful shots to all parts of the field, while Muir was unbeaten with 43 to his credit. Scores: — Old Boys, first innings:—Bayley, b Gilbert 75; Restieaux, run out 19: Baldwin, 1.b.w., b Anderson 0; McBain, run out 5; Chalmers, b Mulcock 19; Jacobson, not out 5; Scott, .run out 20; McKnight, c Hopkinson b Anderson 0; O’Donnell, c Hopkinson, b Anderson 19; Lindbom, c Frew, b Anderson 25; Grant, b Mulcock 0; extras 19. Total 206.

Bowling: Anderson 4 for 52; Frew 0 for 47, Gilbert 1 for 40, Muir 0 for 13, Mulcock 2 for 35. United: —First innings.—Gilbert, hit wkt., b Baldwin 0; Frew, c McKnight b Baldwin 0; Anderson, c Baldwin b Restieaux 1; Mulcock, c Restieaux b Baldwin 4; Muir, c Jacobson b Baldwin 2; Hopkinson, b Restieaux 0; McQueen, b Baldwin 5; Roberts, b Baldwin 0; Bunt, b Baldwin 1; Barnhill, c O’Donnell b Restieaux 1; Jones, not out 5; extras 10. Total 29. Bowling: Restieaux 3 for 3, Baldwin 7 for 16.

United: —Second innings.—Jones, c Baldwin b Restieaux 1; Barnhill, c Baldwin b Restieaux 1; Barnhill, c O’Donnell, b Scott 92; Frew, run out 15; Mulcock, b Bayley 4; Muir, not out 43; Bunt c Mcßain b Baldwin 14; extras 12. Total 192 for six wickets.

Bowling: Restieaux 2 for 28, Baldwin 1 for 42; Bayley 1 for 46, Lindbom 0 for 24, Jacobson 0 for 26, Chalniers 0 for 11, Scott 1 for 3. TECHNICAL DEFEAT STAR. Technical School defeated Star at Omoto on Saturday by 20 runs on the first innings. Technical batted first and made 105, Marshall top-scoring with 29. Star were all out for 85 in their innings. Lord 25, was the most successful Star’ batsman. Mathieson took four wickets for 12 runs for Technical.

CENTURY TO KNAPP. Playing at Cobden on Saturday, Cobden secured a two-point win over : Runanga, winning by 188 on the first innings. Cobden hit up 248 for five wickets, a feature of the innings being the fine display of Knapp, who scored 105 not out. Runanga compiled only 60 runs in reply, Sandman taking seven wickets for 33 runs. THIRD GRADE. COBDEN DEFEAT TECHNICAL. Cobden thirds secured a threepoint win over Technical thirds on the Technical School ground on Saturday. Technical were all out for 36 in their first innings, Kerr taking' nine wickets for 13 runs. Cobden hit up 83 (Swinburn and Kerr with 19 each being the highest scorers.) Peek for Tech, secured three wickets for 12 runs. Technical did much better in their second strike and scored 70 (Greenwood 21). Quinn five for 21, and Hearn three for 10,' secured the wickets. Cobden knocked up the reuired runs for the loss of four wickets, Skeats being top-scorer with 23. Sinclair and Greenwood shared the wickets. MARIST BEAT CAMERONS. The newly-formed Camerons thirdgrade team on Saturday proved easy victims for Marist who won by an innings and 71. runs. Marist batted first and scored 144 (Knapp 32, Morel 31). Grant secured six wickets for 36. Camerons made 37 and 36 in their innings. McDiarmid secured five for 15, O’Connell five for 12 and four for 0, and Pollock three for 14. ASSOCIATION MEETING. At a meeting of the West Coast ■fl Cricket Association on Saturday even-

ing there were present: Messrs JPaterson (chairman), H. Ogilvie, W. Barlow, N. Bayley, W. Sandman, H. S Nightingale, and the secretary, Mr N C Bourn. Apologies were received from Messrs D. McKay and L. Hunter. It was decided to ask the Marist Club to endeavour to keep their team in the B. Division competition. The transfer of Maehejefeski from Marist to Kamaka was approved. It was decided to write to Stars informing them that they must fulfil all engagements. The Cobden and United Clubs were thanked: for offers of seating accommodation for the Recreation Ground. It was decided to purchase timber for the making of seats, . ( . It was decided that the Clpb be asked to prepare the Ombto ground and wicket. £ ■ It was decided to ask all clubs to see that their players are dressed in “whites.” . . . , It was decided to give the United Club a donation for the use of their pavilion. UMPIRES’ ASSOCIATION. Mr J. Paterson presided over ah attendance of the following at a meeting of the Umpire’s Association held on Saturday evening:—Messrs- H.

Courtney, J. Stokes, W. Brown, W. Kennedy, J. Tillyshort, and the secretary, Mr N. C. Bourn. Mr L. F. Casey was elected a member. It was decided (a) that no umpires be selected for games unless they be members of the Umpires’ Association; (b) that the selection of umpires for games be drawn and submitted to the Umpires’ meeting a fortnight in advance. . x A x The Secretary was instructed to write to all clubs asking them to arrange with their captains to have a report on the work of each umpire written on the back of each team card'. Members were of the opinion tliat such reports would facilitate the selection of umpires for representative games. W. E. MERRITT. ■ W. E. Merritt, the Canterbury and New Zealand representative cricketer, arrived in Greymouth yesterday and was present, at the Marist-Uni z ted A. match at the Recreation Ground. During the tea adjournment, Mr Merritt was welcomed by Dr. J. W. Mcßrearty, Patron of the W.C.C.A. In reply, Mr Merritt said he had been iinpresseil with what he had seen of the batting and of the fielding, but the bowling was not so good. He said he was much impressed with the Recreation Ground. He stated his intention of bringing a good team over to the West Coast before he leaves again for England. This morning, at the Recreation Ground, Mr Merritt coached a number of the more promising of the West Coast colts, giving a constructive criticism of each man’s play, and showing each how to correct his faults. Merritt also took his turn at the bowling crease.

MINOR ASSOCIATIONS. [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH, November 13. The Hawke Cup report was discussed at the annual meeting of-the Nev/ Zealand Cricket Council last evening, when a definite decision was made on the question of deciding the winning’ side in an unfinished challenge match. An amendment to the rule was carried that, in the event of neither side securing an outright win the side leading on the first innings be deemed the winner. A scheme for a new competition for Minor Associations was detailed by Mr D. E. Wanklyn,' Who suggested that the existing Minor Associations should be grouped in pairs. There were 19 Minor Associations, and he tentatively suggested that combination would reduce them to 16. Each of these eight pairs would play elimination matches and the eight winners would be asked to come to Christchurch or Wellington alternately, to play in four two-day matches. It was proposed if the scheme were adopted, to ask the Management Committee to advance half the cost of travelling to the teams participating in the final games. It was estimated that the cost to the Committee would not exceed £4OO, and prrt of this would be recouped by the gate money. It was decided to recommend the scheme to the Management Committee. The following officers were elected: Patron, His Excellency the GovernorGeneral; President, Mr H. B. Lusk (Napier); Management Committee, Messrs A. T. Donnelly, E. R. Caygill, J Ramsden, P. Dalrymple, Dr. P. S. Foster; Treasurer, Mr D. E. Wanklyn; Secretary, Mr W. H. Winson.