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district matches. UNITED IMPROVE LEAD Conditions were ideal for the continuation'of the West Coast Cricket Association’s competitions during the week-end, and several interesting contests took place. United strengthened their position as leaders in the competition, by collecting three points at the expense of Camerons. Cobden teams shared honours in their match, while both Marist teams advanced three points along the ladder, and Runanga added two points. The position now is, United 15 points, Marist A., Cobden A. 12, Runanga, Cobden 8., Marist B. 10, Brunner, Star 3, Kumara 2, Camerons 0. UNITED DEFEAT CAMERONS. United scored an easy three-point win over Camerons at Camerons yesterday, by an innings and 4'l runs. Camerons were dismissed for 69 in their first innings (Lapworth 18, Russ 15) and 36 in their second. United scoTed 149 in' their; innings'. (Vincent 40). In Camerons first Innings Simmonds took 6 for 23, and in the second innings Rapley, .Simmonds, and Vincent secured wickets cheaply. Scores: Camerons—first innings: Russ hit wicket b Rapley?ls; Hibbs c Mann b Simmonds 0; Scott c. Brooks b Simmonds 0; G. Robinson c Jacobson b Simmonds 0; McConnon b Restieaux 1; Lapworth c Nightingale b Rapley 18; Davis b Simmonds 2; R. Robinson b Restieaux b Rapley 8; Hearn b Simmonds 1; Kelly c Nightingale b Simmonds 4; J. Robinson not out 0; extras 20. Total 69. Bowling: Restieaux 1 for 10, Simmonds 6 for 23, Rapley 3 for 17. Camerons —second innings: Russ b Mann 7; Hibbs b Simmonds 2; Lapworth c and b Restieaux 6; Scott b Vincent 3; G. Robison c Heasley b Rapley 6: R. Robinson c Mann b Simmonds 0; McConnon b Rapley 1, Davis not out 3; Hearn l.b.w. b Rapley 0; Kelly stpd. Brooks b Vincent 2; J. Robinson c Jacobson b Rapley o.’ Extras 6. Total 36. Bowling: Mann 1 for 10, Heasley 0 for 5, Simmonds 2 for 4, Restieaux 1 for 3, Vincent 2 for 5, Rapley 4 for 3. United—first irinings: Nightingale b Lap worth 20; Vincent b Lapworth 40; Heasley b McConnon 17; Simmonds not out 4; Mann l.b.w. .Lanworth 11; Brooks b Hearn 14; Malloy not out 5; Jacobson l.b.w. Hearn 7; Restieaux b Lapworth 14. Extras 17. Total for 8 wickets declared, 149. Bowling: Lapworth 5 for 36, Hearn 2 for 45, McConnon 1 for 48, Davis 0 for 3.
THREE POINTS TO MARIST A. Marist A secured a rhree-point win over Kumara on the No. 1 wicket at the Recreation ground. The wicket and ground were .hard and fast. Kumara wop the toss and batted, but were all out for 86 (Rooney 28). Mathews bowled well, to take b wickets for 44. Marist found the Kumars bowling to their liking, and declared with 211 on the board for only 2 wickets. Kumara were dismissed in their second strike, for 71, Greatbatch scoring half this total. Mathews completed a splendid double, taking 6 wickets for 17, a total of 12 for the match. Scores: . . r ,.,. . „ Kumara —first innings: Gilbert c Williams b Mathews 2; Dalkie b Mathews 10; Greatbatch c Marshall b Mathews 0; Wilkes run out 1; Rooney c N Bayley b F. Bayley 28; McGrath run out 11; Wallace c Williams b Mathews 0; Cooper not out 16; Sinclair b F. Bayley 0; Keating b Mathews 3; Becker c N. Bayley b Mathews 8; extras 7. Total 86. Bowling: Debenham 0 for 18, MatheWs 6 for 44, F. Bayley 2 .for 17. Marist—first innings: Marshall b Dalkie 34; N. Bayley c Greatbatch b McGrath 49; O. Morris not out 78; F. Baylay not out 45- Extras 5. Total for 2 wickets declared, 211. Bowling: Greatbatch 0 for 39, Dalkie 1 for 55, McGrath 1 for 68, Wallace 0 for 11, Sinclair 0 for 14, Gilbert 0 for 19. Kumara —second innings: Gilbert c N. Bayley b Mathews 0; Greatbatch, stpd. N. Bayley b Morris 31; Dalkie c A. Bavlev b Mathews 0; Rooney b Mathews’l3; Wilkes c A. Bayley b Mathews 0; McGrath b Mathews 0; Wallace c R. Pollock b Morris 7; Cooper not out 8; Sinclair stpd. Bayley b Morris 0; Keating absent 0; Becker c Williams b Mathews 1. Extras 11. Total 71. Bowling: Mathews 6 for 17, Debenham 0 for 2, F. Bayley 0 for 19, Morris 3 for 22.
MARIST B DEFEAT* BRUNNER. Marist B and Brunner played anexciting game at Taylorville yesterday, the former taking a three-point win, with only seven minutes to go. and with Brunner requiring only nine runs for an outright win. Marist put on 138 in their first strike (L. Casey 60, J. Morris 36). Hoggarth was the most successful Brunner bowler, taking four wickets for 33. Brunner were all out for 72, Greenwood 6 for 31, and Cornish 4 for 27, bowling unchanged. Marist declared wuth 42 for 3 wickets in their second innings, and Brunner chased the runs. Splendid bowling by Greenwood., who secured 5 for 25 (including the iiat trick), and L. Casey 2 for 10, saved the game for Marist, who looked like going under. H. Hunt 30, McNeish 27 and Anderson 18, did well for Brunner. Scores: — Marist B—first innings: E. Casey l.b.w. Hoggarth 3; J. Morris b L. Hunt 36; P. Pollock l.b.w. H. Hunt 7; Tindale b H. Hunt 3; Wilde b Anderson 7; L. Casey stpd. McNeish b L. Hunt 60; Cullen b L. Hunt 3; Clancy b Hoggarth 2; Greenwood not out 3; O’Donnell l.b.w. Hoggarth 1; Cornish c McNeish b Hoggarth 5. Extras 8. Total 138. Bowling: Hoggarth 4 for 33, H. Hunt 2 for 38, Lee 0 for 31, Anderson 1 for 7, L. Hunt 3 for 25. Marist B—second innings: Cornish b Lee 3; O’Donnell c Lee b Eder 20; Wilde, b Hunt 19. Total for 3 wickets declared, 42. Bowling: Lee i for 12, Hoggarth 0 for 15, H. Hunt 1 for 8, Eder 1 for 4Z. Brunner—first innings: Hoggarth b Cornish 2; Collins l.b.w. b Greenwood 2: Rothera b Cornish 4; Eder b Cornish 0; McNeish c Cornish b Greenviood 7; Leo l.b.w. Cornish 1; L. Hunt c Clancy b Greenwood 1; H Hunt b Greenwood 1; Fletcher b Grenwood 7; Mills b Greenwood 4; Anderson not out 29. Extras 14. Total 72. Bowling: Greenwood 6 for 31, Cornish 4 for 27. Brunner —second innings: McNeish c Pollock b L. Casey 27; Hoggarth c
Greenwood b Cornish 0; Anderson c Clancy b Cornish 18; H. Hunt b Greenwood 30; Rothera b Greenwood 0; Collins b Greenwood 0; L. Hunt c Morris b Greenwood 3; Lee run out 1; Eder c Cullen b L. Casey 7; Mills not out 0; Fletcher c O’Donnell b Greenwood 0. Extras 14. Total 100. Bowling: Cornish 2 for 37, Greenwood 5 for 25, Cullen 2 for 19, L. Casey 2 for 10. . .
RUNANGA BEAT STAR. At the Recreation Ground, Runanga defeated Star, in the first innings. Star batted first to make 90 runs, Glen (27) and Kerr (not out) 32 doing best. Runanga commenced weakly, and suffered a collapse to the fall of the sixth wicket, at which stage only 14 runs had been scored. Smithson (26), Kennedy (13) and Williams (not out 61) then made a stand, the score going to 139 before the side was dismissed. Star batted again, and had 86 runs on for the loss of five wickets, at stumps. Scores: — Star—first innings—B. Spaan b Smithson 0, Nelson b Kennedy 5, Iggo b Smithson 7, R. Spaan b Kennedy 1, J*. G. Smith run out 0, Goodall b Kennedy 7, Glen c Greening b Harrison 27, Spark c Greening b Kennedy 7, Kerr not out 32, Watkins l.b.w. b Harrison 1, Caldwell b Smithson 0; extras 3. Total 90. Bowling: Smithson 3 for 29, Kennedy 4 for 27, Bannister 0 for 5, Williams 0 for 13, Harrison 2 for 13. Second innings—Spark c Hall b Harrison 0, Kerr not out 35, Goodall c Timlin b Kennedy 17, Glen c Hall b Kennedy 0, B. Spaan b Williams 13, Iggo not out 3, Nelson not out 12; extras 6 Total for 5 wickets 86. Bowling: Harrison 1 for 17, Kennedy 2 for 23, Smithson 0 for 18, Williams 2 for 17, Timlin 0 for 5. Runanga.—Bannister played on b. Spaan 4, J. Timlin b R. Spaan 1, Greening b B. Spaan 6, Harrison b R. Spaan 3, Sharpe c Kerr b R. Spaan 0, Hall b R. Spaan 0, Smithson b R. Spaan 26, Kennedy c B. Spaan b R. Spaan 13, W. Timlin run out 5, Nicholson c B. Spaan b R. Spaan 8, Williams not out 61; extras 12. Total 139. Bowling: R. Spaan 7 for 43, R. Spaan 2 for 56, Iggo 0 for 28. COBDEN TEAMS DRAW At Cobden Domain yesterday, the Cobden teams played a drawn match. Cobden A. made 213 for four wickets, before declaring the innings closed. Mclntosh (42), D. Knapp (retired 62), and Vaughan (87), pasted the opposing bowling. Cobden B. narrowly averted defeat, stumps being drawn with the score at eight wickets for 144 runs. Walton (not out 43), and Dewar (39), played attractively. Scores * ~ - • Cobden A. —Mclntosh, c Pentecost b Coom 42, Grey b Dewar 4, D. Knapp retired 62, Vaughan b Dewar 87, Baldwin not out 4, extras 13, total for 4 wickets declared 213.
In bowling, Dewar took 2 for 49, and Coom 1 for 30. Cobden B.—Clarke c Barlow b Guy 16, Wilson b R. Barlow 4, Blake b R. Barlow 0, Adams run out 9, Wallon not out 43, Coom c Higgins b Davis 19, Dewar l.b.w. b Guy 30, Mcßain b Guy 5, East stp. Mclntosh b W. Barlow 3; extras 6; total for 8 wickets 144.
In bowling, R. Barlow took 2 for 27, Guy'3 for 30, Davis 1 for 12, W. Barlow 1 for 10. SATURDAY MATCHES COBDEN BEAT UNITED At Cobden on Saturday, Cobden Saturday team scored a two-point win over United. In their first innings Cobden compiled the useful total of 185, due to the batting of N. Adams (58), J. Kerr (43) and J. Guy (20). J. Heasley took 5 for 52, Woods 2 for 2 and Jarvis 2 for 22. United replied with the modest total of 68 the highest scorers being Heasley (18), Louisson (10) and Jamieson (9). J. Guy took 4 wickets for 30, L. East 3 for 24, Adams 1 for 2 and Skeats 1 for 5. TECH. OLD BOYS BEAT MARIST The Technical Old Boys’ eleven on Saturday defeated Marist in a oneinnings match by 82 runs. Old Boys batted first and compiled 230 runs, A. Lindbom making a smart 89 in doublequick time, four of which total were sixes and ten fours. Others to secure double figures were: Tindale (21), Restieaux (11), Rose (12), Morgan (20), Forman (11), and W. Pring (not out 13). F. Bayley (3 for 40), McSorily (3 for 35) and Morris (2 for 63), bowled best for Marist. Marist replied with 148, F. Bayley top-scoring with 41. J. Cullen (33), A. Bayley (10), W. Clancy (10), -R. Pollock (10), and P. Grogan (13), also made useful scores. M. Forman (3 for 6), A. Baldwin (3 for 39), and Vincent (2 for 30) bowled best for Old Boys. SCHOOLBOY TEAMS The Greymouth teams to play Canterbury bbys’ teams at the Recreation Ground on Thursday and Friday next will be selected from the following: — A. team: Archer, Malone, Prescott, Skeats, Kerr, McLaughlin, Knapp, Vaughan, Davie, Baddeley, Crearer, Lee, East, Clancy, Bayley, Cullen and Gilbert. B. team: Groufsky, McLean, Bellis, Haglund, Airns, Dewar, Roberts, Thompson, Tyson, Newton, Page, Gifkins, Jensinson, Guy, Skeats.
INANGAHUA MATCHES The Inangahua Sub-Association’s competition was advanced a further stage in fine weather. At Nelson Creek, the home team defeated Waratahs by 22 runs. Nelson Creek 75 (Gosling 33, Aitken 10, C. Ogilvie 13), and 86 (Gosling 10, Blackmore not out 27, Dalzeil 14). Waratahs 106 (Blom 55, Malcolm 20), and 32 (Blom 9). Bowling for Nelson Creek, Aitken took 13 wickets for 54 runs, Tibbles 4 for 14. For Waratahs Blom 10 for 73, McKenzie 7 for 45, Fowler 1 for 0. Reef ton 84 (Hunt 10, Grogan 21, Collins 25), defeated Ikamatua 79 (Green 13, Malley 26, Lee 10), by 5 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Reefton, Scott 5 for 29, Hunt 4 for 4, Yellowlees 1 for 11, For Ikamatua, Green 3 for 25, Fitzgerald 6 for 48, Sub 1 for 4. SHEFFIELD SHIELD. SOUTH AUSTRALIA V. N.S. WALES [BY CABLE —PBESS ASSN. —COPYBIGHT.] ADELAIDE, December 16. In the Sheffield Shield match against South Australia yesterday, New South Wales in the first innings made 400. Kippax scored 139, and C. Hill 30. Collins took 3 for 101 and Grimmett 4 for 140. South Australia, in their first innings scored 249 (Badcock 15, V. Rich-
ardson 57, Lonergan 40, Grimmett 35). Chilvers took 5 for 58. New South Wales, in Ihe second, lost none for 6. VICTORIA V. QUEENSLAND. MELBOURNE, December 16. In the Sheffield Shield cricket match against Queensland yesterday, Victoria in the first innings made 374. (Barnett 36, McCormick, not out 77 Fleetwood-Smith 63). Oxenham took. 4 for 135 and O’Connor 2 for 72. Queensland in the first innings made 155. (Levy 31 and Hansen, not out, 56). Ebeling took 4 for 33 and Fleet Wood-Smith 5 for 57. Queensland followed on. Tn their second innings they lost one for four. ENGLISHWOMEN’S TOUR. SYDNEY, December 16. In the women cricket, New South Wales in the first innings scored 102 in replv to the English team’s score of 221/ Miss H. Pritchard scored 27, Miss R. Monaghan 25, and Miss F. Blade (not out) 17. The remainder of the home team did not reach double figures. Miss M. Spear took 4 for 10. , New South Wales followed on. In their second innings they lost 7 for 175 and then declared. Miss Monaghan scored 45, and Miss Pritchard 75. Miss M. Hide took 3 for 22. England, in their second innings made the 57 required for three wickets. England thus won by seven wickets. , Commenting on the women s cricket match, the “Sun’s” cricket writer, Mr A. C. Moyes, pays a tribute to the English players. He says: “They play real cricket, worth going a long -way to see. Even their fielding is expert in character.” Mr Moyes also praised Miss Pritchard’s fine score of 75 runs for New South Wales, made in 130 minutes yesterday, saying her outside glancing shots and cover drives were all beautifully timed.
BRADMAN’S RETURN. LONDON, December 16. Don Bradman and his wife have left for Paris. They are paying a brief visit to Switzerland and will spend Christmas in the Riviera. They are embarking on the Otranto at Toulon for Australia on December 28. Bradman said he would not be playing cricket, even in the mildest foim, until next season.
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