CRICKET

Greymouth Evening Star, 9 December 1940, Page 4

CRICKET

WEST COAST MATCHES. Fine weather favoured the continuation of the West Coast Cricket Association’s senior competition, yesterday, and there was a fairly-good attendance at the Recreation Ground, Greymouth, where Marist B secured a two-points win over Marist A, and United notched a three-points win over Runanga. Playing at Camerons, Cob’den secured a three-points win over the home team. MARIST B. v. MARIST A. With five wickets down for 176, Marist A. declared, the principal scorers being Tindale 56, F. Bayley 54, Bellis 23, and N. Bayley 15. Bowling %r Marist 8., O’Callaghan took 2 for 13, Croudis 2 for 61, and Parsonage 1 for 30. Marist B. replied with 202 for 9 (J. Morris 87, W. Clancy, retired, 42, J. Roche 16, Anderson, not out, 10). Bowling for the A. team, Kerridge took 4 for 53, Mathews 1 for 17, J. Wareham 1 for 44, and Greenwood 1 for 53. J. Morris, who batted well for 87, had the unique experience of being given out twice by the umpire, and ueing recalled by the opposing captain. UNITED V. RUNANGA. Batting first, United declared with three wickets down for 152 runs (L. Lindley 48, R. Scott 35, L. Hook 22, H. Westwood 29 not out, and L. Coffey 11 not out). Bowling lor Runanga, J. Timlin took three wickets for 55 runs. Runanga in their first innings made only 26 runs, seven batsmen failing to open their account. Bowling for United, R. H. Scott took six wickets for seven runs, and L. Lindley four for 12. Runanga, following on, made 49 runs (C. Harrison'l6). W. Rapley, bowling for United, took four wickets for 16 runs, L. Hook 2 for 3, T. Taylor 2 for 26, and T. Joseph 1 for 2.

COBDEN V. CAMERONS. Camerons in their first innings made a poor showing for a total of 34 runs, there being five “ducks.” Bowling for Cobden, D. Knapp took eight wickets for 12 runs, R. Barlow 1 for 7, and A. Vaughan 1 for 13. Cobden in their innings made 117 runs (R. Barlow 26, J. Guy 21, Parsonage 19, and D. Knapp 18). Bowling for Camerons, G. Dalkie took 5 wickets for 63 runs, J. Beardsley 2 for 31, A. Wickes .1 for 3, and E. Wickes 1 for 6. Camerons in their second innings made 52 runs, 17 of which were byes. Bowling for Cobden, D. Knapp took 6 wickets for 16 runs, D. Dewar 3 for 6, and R. Barlow 1 for 11. JUNIOR GAME. Playing on Saturday at the Technical School, Marist High School gained an outright win by 1 run and 9 wickets over Technical School. Batting first, Technical made 57 runs (Haglund 20, Jones 13, Fleming 10). Bowling for Marist, O’Callaghan took 5 wickets for 14 runs, Meates 3 for 13, and Mcßride 2 for 14. Marist in their first innings made 115 runs (Meates 48, Silcock 23, O’Callaghan 19). Bowling for .-.■.Technical, Haglund took 2 for 27, Ellery- 5 for 32, Fleming 1 for 29, Wickes 2 for 24. In theii’ second innings, Technical made 85 (Haglund 20, Wickes 12, Pring 11. Parsonage 10). Bowling for Marist, O’Callaghan took 4 for 27, Meates 1 for 11, Mcßride 1 for 15, and Garforth 1 for 15. Requiring 28 runs for an outright win, Marist made 28 for 1 wicket, Meates scoring 19.

IN OTHER CENTRES CHRISTCHURCH CHRISTCHURCH, Dec. 8. The results of the matches played on Saturday were: — Lancaster Park 190 for four wickets (declared) defeated Harewood 73 and 76 by an innings and 41 runs. Old Boys 190 drew with East Christchurch 119 for three wickets. West Old Boys 218 for six wickets (declared) drew with West Christchurch 140 for six wickets. Riccarton 200 for seven wickets (declared) defeated Old Collegians 103 on the first innings. St. Albans 230 for eight wickets (declared) drew with Wigram 203 for five wickets. Army 192 for eight wickets (declared) drew with Sydenham 131 for nine wickets. DUNEDIN

DUNEDIN, December 8. In Saturday’s cricket Kaikprai 225 and 128 for'six wickets beat Old Boys 137 on the first innings, mainly by the extraordinary bowling performance of A. F. W. Allcott, veteran New Zealand left-arm bowler, who took all 10 wickets for 34 runs. Y.M.C.A. scored 316 and dismissed Dunedin for 112 and 95 (Smith, eight for 38 and nine for 53). Grange scored 301 for five wickets, declared (Chettleburgh 61 not out, Donovan 59 not out), and dismissed University for 136 and 155 (Chettleburgh five for 50). Carisbrook A beat Carisbrook B by 63 tuns on the first innings, but it was an extremely close finish. Facing a total of 264 A team still wanted two runs at the tea adjournment. A wicket fell immediately on. resumption, but the last two men got the required runs and went on to score freely. The A team scored a total of 327 (McKay 71 not out, J, Cameron 60).

AUCKLAND AUCKLAND, December 8. The sixth series of games in the Auckland senior cricket championship was concluded yesterday, all matches ending with first innings decisions. North Shore 274 and 93 for four wickets beat Grafton 232 (Martin 52; Cowie four for 49). Eden 448 for eight wickets declared beat Ponson-by-Balmoral 106 (Cleal 49) and 99 for two wickets. , Training College 205 (Boggs 51, Goodsir eight for 55), beat Parnell 181 and 153 for three wickets (Marvin 65). University 311 for eight wickets declared (W. Sneddon 66, Matheson 66) beat Papakura Camp 165 and 146 for three wickets (Whitelaw 97). Middlemore 266 for eight wickets beat Young Men’s Christian Association 95 (Cleverley five for 31) and 58 for three wickets.

WELLINGTON ’ WELLINGTON, December 8. Some sensational play was seen when the fourth series of senior cricket championship games were

completed on Saturday on soft wickets after heavy rain on Friday. Kilbirnie regained its position at the head of the ladder by beating Hutt by one wicket. Kilbirnie scored 120 and 109 for nine (Wilson 33, Russ 24). Hutt scored 123 and 108 (McLeod 38, Irwin 26). For Hutt Champness took five for 31 and Buchan three for 54. For Kilbirnie, J. Ashenden took seven for 33, Wellington 105 and 224 (Thomas 48, Rabone 32, Airey 47, Kerr 28) beat Wellington College Old Boys 240 and 60. For Old Boys, Whyte took three for 60, J. Mamason' three foi’ 80, Boyes two for 21, and Richardson two for 49. Four Wellington, G. Rabone took seven for 25 and Meech two for 34. Midland 117 and 304 for four, declared (Buddle 79, Osborn 78, O’Neill 77 not out, Bush 39, Ongley 21 not out) beat Karori 100 and 106 (Standidge 54). For Karori, Searell took two for 69 and Duffy two for 44. For Midland, O’Neill took three for 31, Fortune three for 42, and Randall two for 18. O’Neill scored his 77 runs in 45 minutes, hitting seven sixes and five fours. Institute Old Boys 259 beat University 74 and 182 (Paetz 47) by an innings and 3 runs.-For Institute, Bartlett took five for 33 and McKeown three for 45. Outright wins were scored in all four matches.

BAIL’S DISTANCE RECORD WANGANUI, December 9. A feat that may be a record for New Zealand was achieved by J. Wilson, the South Taranaki bowler, in a match against Wanganui. Bowling L. Jones, one of Wanganui’s opening batsmen, Wilson, a right hand medium paced bowler, sent the bail more than 60 yards. The ball clipped the top stumps, and the bail flew past the wicket-keeper, who was standing well back, landed on an asphalt track running round the oval, and bounced through the fence on to the embankment. New Zealand figures for long travels by bails are not available, but Wisden’s almanack, the cricketers’ bible, gives the record for any match as 83 yards one foot, nine inches, by A. O. Burrows for Newton against North-west Hobart on November 21, 1935. The first class cricket record is 67 yards six inches, by R. D. Burrows for Worcester, against Lancashire, in Manchester in 1911.