CRICKET

Greymouth Evening Star, 16 February 1942, Page 7

CRICKET

GREYMOUTH MATCHES \ Perfect weather prevailed for the continuation of the West Coast Cricket Association’s competitions during the week-end. In the Saturday competition. Cobden and United were successful, while yesterday, United secured a three-point win, and Marist Old Boys and Runanga played a draw. There was some excellent cricket at the Recreation Ground on Saturday when Cobden defeated Marist High School on the first innings. School batted first and scored 174 (R. O Callaghan 92, Morris 25, C. Mcßride 20. Knapp lour for 34, Dewar two for four, and Guy two for 11. Cobden were left with an hour and a-half to get the runs, and they played forceful cricket to win the match in a few minutes over the hour, while they had 213 runs on the board when stumps were drawn. Good contributions were made by Pope 65 retired, Knapp 53, Lee 38, D. Dewar.not out 31, and De Freatus 10. Kelly one for none, and Beban one for eight were the most successful of the Marist bowlers. In the other Saturday match on the Technical School ground, United defeated Technical by seven runs on the first innings. United made 112 (Taylor 40, Crase 15. George five for 30, Spender two for 10). Technical scored 105 (Haglund 40, Stevens 16, Smith 13). YESTERDAY’S GAMES On the Recreation Ground yesterday afternoon, United secured a three point win over Marist High School by 10 wickets. School batted first, but made a poor showing, beingall out for 40 runs. I. Thompson, 23 was the only one of the boys to show confidence against the bowling ol Rapley seven for six, and Taylor three for 32. United made 105 (Taylor 33, Westwood 14, Coffey 12, O’Callaghan six for 38, Garforth four for 27) Marist batted a second time, but did little better than earlier in the game being dismissed for 65 runs (Mcßride 23, Hamilton 13. Taylor five for 30, Rapley four for 24, and Haglund one for four). United made the one run necessary for an outright win without the loss of a wicket. At Runanga, Marist Old Boys and Runanga played a draw. The wicket was perfect, but the grass was too long for fast scoring from ground shots. Marist batted first and scored 204 runs (Morris 65, Sansom 60, Clancy 24, Leitch 16, Kerridge 11, Timlin three for 60, Soster three for 34, McTigue three for 44, McKenzie one for 18). Runanga played for a draw in the hour and a-half left for play, and had lost four wickets for 54 runs at stumps. Timlin making 22 not out, and McKenzie 14. Kerridge tooh three wickets for seven runs and Butler one for nine.