CRICKET

Greymouth Evening Star, 5 April 1943, Page 2

CRICKET

COAST—CANTERBURY DRAW

The West Coast representatives added to their impressive record of recent years when on Saturday at the Recreation Ground, Greymouth, they played a drawn match with the strongest Canterbury side that has visited the province for some years. West Coast scored 159 and Canterbury had eight wickets down for 14a at stumps after two of their batsmen had adopted defensive tactics for practically the last half hour. After the heavy rain of the previous day and night the wicket and the outfield were slow and were not conducive to fast or high scoring. Hadlee won the toss for Canterbury and sent the home team to the wickets. At lunch West Coast had looked set for a good total. However, two wickets were lost quickly aftei the resumption, and the side was all out for 159. T. Mclntosh and A. Knapp were associated in a proht.able partnership among the later batsmen. Morris 29, D. Knapp 28 and W. Meates 26 all bated well against accurate bowling and a well-placed field. , _ ~ Of the Canterbury bowlers Butterfield gave the most trouble. He kept a steady length and swung and spun the ball deceptively to finish with the excellent figures of five wickets for 14 runs off 20 overs, 11 of which were maidens. Canterbury were left with a httl'over two hours in which to get the runs for victory. Uttley and Smith batted freely at the outset and put on over 70 for the first wicket before Uttley was given out 1.b.w., to D. Knapp. From then on, however, West Coast were in the ascendant. Smith was run out, Newman went to a splendid catch by Russell, and Knapp accounted for O’Brien, Stanley, Hadlee and Roberts within a few particularly hostile overs. Butterfield and Lohrey set out to restore the position, with careful batting, but the West Coast fielding backed up the good bowling and they found runs difficult to get. With Lohrey’s dismissal the visitors decided to play out time, which they did without further loss, their total at stumps being 143, 16 runs behind, for eight wickets. Butterfield showed good defence, but gave one chance. D. Knapp bowled throughout the innings and his 20 overs cost only 42 runs for five wickets. It was a splendid performance against a strong batting side and again emphasised Knapp’s class as a bowler. O Callaghan was not up to his usual form, but both he and Russell bowled manfully into the strong wind. The Coast fielding was good, and the display ol Mclntosh, behind the wickets, left nothing to be desired. Scores: —

WEST COAST —First Innings

T. Dennehy, b Butterfield .. .. 4 W. Meates, c Uttley b Proctor .. 26 O. Morris, b Roberts 29 D. Knapp, c Uttley b Butterfield 28 J. Haglund, c Hadlee b Proctor 5 H. Westwood, c O’Brien b Buttterfleld 12 E. Taylor, 1.b.w., b Butterfield . . 3 R. O’Callaghan, 1.b.w., b Roberts J T. Mclntosh, not out 14 A. Knapp, 1.b.w., b Lohrey .. « J. Russell, 1.b.w., b Butterfield .. 3 Extras 18

Total 159 Bowling: Roberts 12 overs, 2 maidens, 26 runs, 2 wickets; Dema 10/4/24/0; Proctor 16/2/51/2; Butterfield 20/11/14/5; Lohrey 8/0/26/1.

CANTERBURY—First Innings

K. F. M. Uttley, l.b.w. Knapp .. 38 J. Smith, run out • • 35 L. Newman, c Russell b O'Calla-

ghan 4 F. P. O’Brien, b Knapp .. .. o M. Stanley, b Knapp 0 W. A. Hadlee, c Mclntosh b Knapp 2 A. W. Roberts, b Knapp . . . . 7 L. A. Butterfield, not out .. .. 25 M. Lohrey, b Russell 14 I. Proctor, not out 0 Extras 12

Total for eight wickets .. 143 Bowling: D. Knapp 20 overs, 3 maidens, 42 runs, 5 wickets; O’Callaghan 14/1/66/1; Russell 5/0/23/1. During the luncheon adjournment Mr W. Meates (President of the West Coast Association) welcomed the visitors and thanked the Canterbury Association for bringing such a strong team to the West Coast. He made reference to the sporting action of W. A. Hadlee (the Canterbury captain and selector) in standing down for D. Knapp in a club match in Christchurch recently. After the match both teams and officials were entertained at afternoon tea at the residence of Mr and Mrs F. M. Dennehy. Mr Dennehy (Patron of the W.C.C.A.) welcomed the visitors and thanked the Canterbury Association for its assistance to the game on the West Coast. Mr D. Colville (manager of the visiting team) returned thanks on behalf of the Canterbury Association and the team and added that as long as he and Mr Hadlee were on the Association the West Coast would receive attention when representative matches were being arranged. He thanked the West Coast Association, and Mr and Mrs Dennehy for the hospitality given, the team. Mr E. N. Taylor, Secretary of the W.C.C.A., thanked Mr and Mrs Dennehy for their assistance in entertaining the visitors, and also expressed the thanks of the players and the members of the management committee to Mr Dennehy and to Mr Meates for their work during the season.

ARMY v. AIR FORCE.

CHRISTCHURCH, April 4

The New Zealand Air Force team found the Army side too strong for them in the match played at Lancaster Park, when the Army eleven won by 203 runs. Scores: — ARMY. First innings 294 Second innings (for seven wic.) 315 AIR FORCE. First innings 128 Second Innings. B. Bezzant, c Kerr, b Pritchard 78 C. Kerr, c Kerr, b Pritchard . . 0 W. Dustin, c Cromb, b Anderson 12 R. Crawford, st. Dunnett, b Cromb 7 O. L. Wrigley, c and b Cromb . . 52 K. Parkin, c Cromb, b Pritchard 0 G. Churchill, b Pritchard . . .. 0 N. It. Hoar, c Dunnett, b Anderson . . . . ' 67 C. J. Oliver, not out 17 K. Bird, c Partridge, b Pritchard 14 G. Lemin, run out 0 Extras 30 Total 2Ti Bowling: Pritchard, five ’ for 50; Weii 1 , none for 7; Partridge, none for 35; Anderson, two for 30; Cromb, two for 77; Page, none for 48.