BATSMEN ON TOP

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21548, 30 October 1944, Page 5

BATSMEN ON TOP

CRICKET SEASON OPENS MARIST LOSE TO R.S.A. HIGH SCHOOL A BEST B Surprisingly jcood form for thv oponioj: fCdinos of the season was displayed by tie .C7iior wrade teams on Saturday when th-.* cricket, competition for the curreuL sea.-o 1 started well. It is usual at: the hetfinn;* *. of the season for bowlers to be on top, i. u this; position was i.-vvrs.d on SaUnd.. \\}i« n some » ; iH)d iotiividual sr«*res ; up. INVv« rthrh ss, ;i iVu bin- Poe. line.' av. nj-ves WH'r iv.vistvivd. The weather favoured the '-came and 1 a j.cround was in pood condition, but t’-* wickets, due to the prevailing westerly wii >l. had dried out badly With careful and (•' i* rtant watering rind rollin.tr they should i ! - prove for succeeding matches. The o"‘field was in fairly icood order, althmir-’i with the thick sole of j-crass boundries \vr ;■ ditlicult to tret. Consistiny; of returned servicemen, most • them from the Pacific, and a sprinkling of former Poverty Bay representative playc ' • the newly-fonned R.S.A. team found diHicnlty in defeat injr Mari.'.t, which clu'). for the past few years, has been in rcc- • owintc to the loss of players to tlio servicer.. The decision went to R.S.A. on the first if buys. The second name was between Hi .h School A and B and resulted in a first in”in.vrs win for the A side hy .">3 runs. Tie 1 was some particularly pood straight batli ■ in this game. To open the game against R.S.A. and a' » the 1044-4f> cricket season, Marist sent H. McMahon and A. Campbell to the wick -i first. Both hatted cautiously and the kc' war* slow to mount. r rhey failed to In • the ball down and at. the fifteenth run bo h were dismissed through catches. The i’ ! lowing batsmen experienced difficulty in co ■■ ing with the bowling of McLean and B - hour. At the fall of the eighth wiC Marist had 65 runs on the board and f • remained unchanged wlien the last, wic’ ‘ fell. The R.S.A. batsmen struck better fo ' and had 90 runs registered before the tin man was dismissed. An opening batsnr Livingston, contributed 20 of these runs ’• slow and careful hatting. Barbour, « Poverty Bay representative, was in pnrtp larly fine nick, knocking up 62 runs quick time. His total included only singles, the rest being fours and twos. A ’ other batsman to share the hatting hono” was McKenzie, who compiled 26 in sle order. At the end of their innings R.S had 132 runs on the hoard and secured : win on the first innings. Bowling for Marist, R. Scholium quick!; got his hand in amt secured an average " six by dismissing five men for 29. (• ''• lespie, a newcomer, was next, best wi h. three wickets for 33 runs. A player who i expected to prove otic of Marist’s mainsta a during the season is R. Connie, a Hawk Bay representative who, prior fo his trail .- |V»r fo GDborno. was regarded as one .of Hawke's Bay's rnosl promising players. Good High School Batting \ notable feature of High School crick- t this year promises to be its batting laic and if Saturday’s showing can Vie acceptas a foretaste of the type of batting wlii.-a will be continued throughout the then some .strong batsmen should devoid . Admittedly, there were no high totals, \nt several of the boys showed marked sig- 4 of good batting ability and an indication n* the sound material throughout the sides v* •- given by the fact that only one batsman failed to open a score in the B side and a h save two, in the A team attained cioub figures. High School B won the toss and going to the wicket quickly ran up 104. The feuscorer was E. Bilham with 27. M. Chr and F. Tombleson were next with 14 and 12 runs respec.ti/ely. For High School A both Loo and Whitton howled well. Fifty-six runs were on the board at 1 ! * fall of the third wicket in High School A’ innings, and this was quickly added to un; 159 runs were registered. R. McKee, 26 runs, headed the batting' totals. J. Stewart 25. and R. Cook, 20, were next in lin*. Seven of their wickets were taken by .1 Warner for the loss of 57 runs. Analysis of Play R.S.A. v. Marist.—Marist, first innings 65 (R. Scholium 11, Barbour three wickets fm 25): R.S.A., first innings 132 (Barbour 62. McKenzie 26, Livingston 20, R. Scholium five wick As for 29 runs, Gillespie three for 33, C Scholium two for 21). High School A v. High School IL—High School B, first- innings Ml (K. Bilham 27, M. Chris.) 1 J, V. Tombleson 12. G. Bull «L H. Lee four wickets for 26 runs. WhiHo" three for 13. Burns two for if). High School A, first innings 157 (R. McKee* 26, .1. Stewart 25, R. Cook 20, 11. Robertson 15, i 3. Lee 14. B. Whitton 13, B. Bull 11 not out. W. Bignell 10, H. Thompson 10. .!. Warner seven wickets for 57 runs, Duuphy three lor 15). Afternoon tea was provided for cricketers and visitors by the wife of the president of flu* cricket association, Mrs. P. C. Dwyer, and Mrs. W. Hamilton Irvine and Miss June Irvine.