CRICKET

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 March 1937, Page 12

CRICKET

WEST COAST WINS EASILY. SOUTH CANTERBURY MATCH. In perfect weather, on Saturday, the West Coast representatives retained •the Canterbury Minor Association s trophy, against, a challenge from South Canterbury, winning decisively, by 9.> runs on the first innings. The wicket had dried out considerably after Friday, but was somewhat tricky at the north end, the slower bowlers popping up disconcertingly. Morrison and Reynolds, who resumed for South Canterbury, added only two runs when Morrison went, and though Reynolds was at the wickets for some time, none of the remaining batsmen settled down. The side was dismissed for 94 runs, by the luncheon adjournment. The West Coast bowling was steady, and, aided by the uncertainty of the pitch, at one end', was never mastered. The home side’s fielding was sound, and few runs were given away. P. Allen came out with the bowling honours, four for 16, off 10 overs, and Vaughan bowled 12 overs, 10 maidens, for 2 runs and 2 wickets. West Coast opened their second innings in the afternoon, and though they lost one wicket without any runs on the board, there was never any danger of a collapse. M. Marshall batted soundly and confidently for 34, completing a fine double. A declara4 tion was made with the score 148 fo{ six wickets, and an hour and a-quarter to play. The South Canterbury bowling was not dangerous, and Purcell, mediumpaced right-hander, was the only one to keep the batsmen quiet. He bowled a splendid length, and his 14 overs, including five maidens, produced two wickets for ten runs. He had most of the batsmen subdued. Set to get 243 runs for an outright win, South Canterbury went for a hit in their second strike, and when stumps were drawn,, had 79 on the board for four wickets. There was a large attendance on Saturday afternoon, and some interesting if not exciting cricket was witnessed. Scores:—.

WEST COAST—First Innings .. 189

WEST COAST—Second Innings.

F. Murray, c Lang b Taylor .. 0 M. Marshall, played on, b Purcell 34 J. Peake, stpd. Lang b Gould... 19 O. Morris, c and b Reynolds .. • - 19 B. Marshall, b Gould 0 A. Vaughan, c Morrison b Purcell 19 D. Knapp, not out 22 W. Vincent,, not out 25 Extras 1°

Total for 6 wickets dec. .. 148

Bowling: Taylor 8 overs, 3 maidens, 13 runs, 1 wicket; Earwaker 10/0/45/0; Purcell 14/5/10/2; Gould 8/0/37/2; Reynolds 5.0/6/1; Morrison 4/1/13/0; Pateman 2/1/8/0. Fall of wickets; 1 for 0,2 for 5, 3 for 57, 4 for 58, 5 for 95, 6 for 97.

S. CANTERBURY—First Innings 94

Bowling: Barlow 16 overs, 7 maidens, 21 runs, 1 wicket; Stapleton 22.5/8/26/2; Knapp 6/2/12/0; Vaughan 12/10/2/2; Vincent 3/0/10/0; Morris 1/0/6/0; Allen 10/2/15/4. Fall of wickets: 1 for 22, 2 < for 56, 3 for 57, 4 for 70, 5 for 75, 6 for 78, 7 for 81, 8 for 81, 9 for 90.

S. CANTERBURY—Second Innings.

Morrison, c Knapp b Murray . • 5 Lang, b Knapp 16 Reynolds, b Allen 15 Earwaker, not out 27 Saxton, b Peake 8 Gould, not out 13

Total for 4 wickets at stumps 79

Bowling: Morris 4 overs, 0 maidens, 9 runs, 0 wickets; Murray 4/1/16/1; Knapp 3/0/11/1; Allen 1/0/6/1; Peake 2/0/13/1; Vincent 1/0/7/0; Stapleton l/O/S/O; Barlow 1/0/8/0. Fall of wickets: 1 for 7,2 for 2G, 3 for 44, 4 for 46. WINGHAM CUP FINAL UNITED DEFEAT WOODSTOCK The final of the Wingham Cup competition, between United (Greymouth section winners) and Woodstock (southern section winners) was played on the Recreation Ground yesterday, in perfect weather. United won by an innings and 74 runs. Batting first, on a good wicket, United scored 246 for eight wickets and declared. M. Marshall, the Technical Old Boys captain, who for some unknown reason, turned out for United, headed the list with 70 runs. Woodstock replied with 114 runs (A. Howat 45 not out, E. Stoop 30, E. Wells 14). Jarvis took five wickets for 40 runs, and P. Allen three for 4. Woodstock were sent to the wickets a second time, and collapsed, being all out for 58 (A. Dale 16, L. Coffey four for 2). Scores: — United —First Innings: Allen, c L. Wells, b J. Griffiths 42; B. Marshall, run out 15; M. Marshall, c Howat, b Towers 70; Rapley, c Griffiths, b Wells 8; Sandman, c A. Towers, b Bannister 27; Swinburn, c Towers, b Growcott 29; Jarvis, b L. Wells 5; Mann, c E. Wells, b Keenan 7; Coffey, not out 25; Nightingale, not out, 22; extras 4. Total for 8 wickets, declared 246.

Bowling: Griffiths one for 71, Towers one for 70, M. Keenan one for 31, L. Wells two for 32, Bannister one for 20, Growcott ohq for 8, D. Keenan none for 4.

Woodstock —First Innings: Howatt, not out 45: M. Keenan, c and 1) Jarvis 3; E. Wells, b Jarvis 11; Dale, b Jarvis 7; Griffiths, run out 3: L. Wells, b Jarvis 1; Stoop, c Sandman, b Jarvis 30; Bannister, b Rapley 0; D. Keenan, b Allen 0; Growcott, b Allen 3: Towers, c Jarvis, b Allen 0; extras 8. Total 114.

Bowling: Jarvis five for 40, Sandman none for 50, Rapley one for 12, Allen three for 4.

Woodstock —Second Innings: Howat, c Mann, b Swinburn 3; Griffiths, c Allen, b Swinburn S: M. Keenan, c Sandman, b Coffey 11; Dale, b Swinburn 16; E. Wells, c M. .Marshall, b Mann 1; Towers, b Coffey 4; Growcott b Malloy 1: 1). Keenan, b Coffey (); L. Wells, b Malloy 3; E. Stoop not out 2; J. Bannister, c Malloy, b Coffey 4; extras 5; total 58. Bowling: Swinburn three for 23, Mann one for 14, Molloy two for 14, Coffey four for 2.