LOCAL CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10753, 26 November 1928, Page 3

LOCAL CRICKET.

SENIOR GRADE COMl^fpriON,

CELTIC WIN - NARROWLY,

POVERTY; BAY’S StJRPRm

SCHOOL JtM\Mm

' Glorious- Weather iffiVorecl the continuation /of the qualifying round, in the sfett’itetv gYade coiiipetition at the. Ovftl/'oh Saturday. All wickets _W6fe in. excellent order, but the mltiield-ivas 'heavily" coated ; .gross, this accounting for thk- ; '6my 'moderate scoring in most gUYhes. 1 ( V Bennett, of Celtic, was the only batsman to exceed ;5D.;: Poverty Bay gave Celtic- a hard struggle, the championship ladders (with' tvfp men absent) winning by only six runs, scoring 158 against to/. Old Boys won easily ' against Uity, notching Up. against totals of 51 and 58/ for eight wickets, Yuranganui registered two points at the expense of Gisborne Club, '.Sewing 114 and dismissing their opponents for 83 just on time. Civil 'Service and School fought out .uh exciting draw, the latter, .with seven out for 111, requiring four runs to via at stumps. " l HONORS BOARD!. —Butting.— F. Bennett (Celtic) ... --gy ,H. Cave (P. 8.). 42 B. Scholium (Celtic) 39 G. Brown (C.S.) ■ an M. F. Forster (Gisborne) ... ..,112 J. Griffiths (C.S.) ... J. Jennings (Tur.) , (jl. G. Lockett (Old -Boys) .... (50 G. Winter (Old- Boys) .... ~, ... 30 —Bowling.— G. J, Robertson.(O.B.) e : gl_it for 22 and live for 27.

W, F, Morton (P. 8.) five for 45, R. McKinley (C.S.) five for 48. F. Bennett (Celtic) five for VO. W. Blair (.Tur.) four for 22. L. Greig (Gisborne) four for 22. A. Baker (City) lour for 31)

CELTIC v. POVERTY BAY

GREAT INNINGS BY BENNETT

- Celtic had their closest struggle of the season to date when they met Poverty Bay and it was only a brilliant innings by Bennett which’ saved the side and gave them victory by six runs. Tor Poverty Bay, Gave batted very well and Morton was in splendid form with the ball.

Poverty Bay . took, first strike and lost three good men, all to Bennett’s bowling, in bringing 28 up. Cave und Cooke then made a useful stand, adding 40 before the latter left. Henderson followed ;,nd the total was raised to 95 when Cave had the hard luck to) be run out at 42, made by very enterprising cricket, following on a quiet-opening; he hit five fours. Henderson’s 14 included a sixer off Bennett. H. C. Williams played a' free innings for 27, helping himself to 6, 4,’4, and 2 off iivo balls from Bennett, who, however, ]iad his turn with the first hull of the following over, ■ skittling the batsman. Williams’ 27 comprised a six, four fours, a two and three sii gles. Dr Turbott batted steadily to reach 13, while Morton had another sixer off Bennett in a similar total. The innings closed at 152, "Wright taking the last two wickets with successive balls. Bennett carried off the bowling honors tor Celtic, capturing five for 70 off 12 overs, one of which yielded 20 runs.

There- were sensations, when Celtic went to the wickets. Morton bowled to Joe Scholium, who tipped the uiird ball of the first over to Cave behind the stumps. A bye was run and then Morton, with a -siverver, clean-bowled McLaughlin, . two good men' being then out for one run. Norman left at 23, caught by Dr Turbott off his own bowling, but then Bennett and B. Scholium had a most prolific partnership. Scholium played steadily, but Bennett went after the runs hard, hitting freely at all the trundlers and sending tho total along at a fast clip. Three times he lifted the ball for six, once off Dr. Turbott and twice of Henderson. With his own total at 89 and when the partnership had added 117, Bennett was very unlucky in be’ng thrown out in going for a second run. By the irony of fate, it was by a team-mate, Wright, fielding substitute, who hit the stumps with a fine Throw from out in the longfiekl. Bennett’s was a really great innings and, besides the sixers, contained nine fours—with 'the grass shorter, lie would have been, a long way into three figures. Celtic then slumped badly, the next two wickets falling before the . Poverty Bay total was passed and " .the seventh one run after. The team being one short and Tasker being absent, the innings closed when the eighth. wicket fell- at lob. Scholium took his total to 39, made very §pund!y. Morton finished up with the' splendid analysis of five for 45 off 12.2 overs and deserved every bit- of that success. Over the final stages, in the last 26 balls he sent down, this man took three wickets for one run. Detailed scores are:

POVERTY BAY. —First Innings.— E. T. Chrisp, b Bennett 7 H. D. Chrisp, c B. Scholium b Bennett - ... 10 Reeves, b Bennett ... .. ~ 4 Cave, -run out 42 Cooke, b Bennett li Henderson, cB. Scholium b Guthrie ... 14 H. C. Williams, b Bennett ... 27 Turbott, st B. Scholium b Wright 13 iflorton, run out 13 .oroadhurst, not out 2 Tolerton, b Wright O Kxtras—b. 8, l.b. 1 9

Toal 152 Fall: 13, 27, 28, 68, 95, 96, 126, 146, 152, 162. Bowling: M. Guthrie 6 overs, O maidens, 1 wicket, 34 runs; F. Bennett 12, 1,5, 70; N. Tasker 3, O. O, 10; J. Scholium 2, O. 0, 18: McLaughiri 2,0, 0, 10; H. Wright .4, 0,2, 1. CELTIC.

—First Innings.— J. Scholium, c Cave b Morton ... 9 McLaughlin, b Morton ... ... 0 Bennett, run out ... 89 JNorman, c and b Turbott 9 B. Scholium, b Morton ... ... 39 Guthrie, v Henderson • b Morton 2 ivobinson,. e sub. ,b Reeves- ... 2 Ugg, not out " ... ; 1 Wtight, b Morton... ... ... ; ... 7 Extras—b. 7, l.b. 1, n.b. 1 9

Total two men - short .. 158 Fall: 0,1, 23,. 140, 142, 148, 15# ioB. ,/v, V . -

Bowling: W, F.;Morton 12.2 overs, 3 inaidens, 5 wickets) .45 "ruiis; Dr. Turbott' 6,0, 1, 39, Tno ball; K. A. Henderson 4,0, 0, 42; S. 1 Reeves 7. 0, l, 23. ;

OLD BOYS v. CITY.

FINE BOWLING BY G. J ROBERTSON.

Mora excellent bowling by G. J. Robertson, who promise's to sot up a. personal'record thisf season, ‘•gave Old Boys an easy victory over City. City -batted ’ ' first and Robertson skittled; A. Haismari; first ball ancF treated j lPraser . likewise with the third, . two wickets being down‘ for one ran. .“Jock” Scholium ; opened brightly,; with' a four and two off Robertson, a few singles were gathered in,"but,;in'his, second .prer, Robertson ; bowled 1 Baker and. Harvey, with successive s balls,' four’beihg 'down, for, f-1. ' ’ Scholium 'and ’Stehner ' " carried the total' to when' again Robert-

Rwet With success, btiwlirig jittWi Wlh'o had hit lip T 5 bri&ntiy, fin'd JihisteA; In- Hife pyteb. Stbn r nter Xt&i • Vptefl (fiaWi ; i’A the longiield bY WilYtfcS- (at $2, all. Sevieh. .wickfem standing to YlPbcrtsdn’s 'efcediy fit fi cost of 1-2 fuhfi: ;■ nit .Put ch’nlid'entlj, fearrymjt. hi's hat at , tlje /dhsft for while Wilson fin'd R. WftlM'nan each notched a boundary, but the total was only 51. Rqbertson’s analysis was eight for SSj. mken in six overs~=a gYbat piece of work.

Old did not start too well, Kbftip gmd C. Dow both being out at 14,. but Lockett and Winter then carned the total to 76/ both " playing sound forcing •cricket. Each notched 3d,: Lockett hitting five fours and Winter three. From three for 76 the score, went to ! nine for 92, Baker and Scholium doing the damage in four" overs aniefce/ W; F .ThoffVaS and .Kv 3D©w had a . Useful gtapd fbr 23 far the last. wibkfet, the. fufmej' running tb ‘ 1-7 (iilUludi.ng & kixgb bff Schtelluhi) olid, D'dw heiiig, Uhdefeated with bight singles .to his n.Hihtf. .ivhen the iiihin'gs fended-..at i 1.5. Bakfer, four for 30, and Sell 6,Hum, 'three ’'fhi ©2, bowled very sten'dlty for City. Batting again, City lost eight wickets for 58Tierore time was called. Erasei- played a valuable innings for Yi not out and clearly saved his side Horn an outright defeat, he batting throughout except for the first ball wherewith Robertson disposed of an opening batsman in Stenncl*. Arthur Haisman hit hard i'OY tfeh, blit then gave RoburtSOn Uii easy “h. find .b.d’ while It. Hfiishlah defended solidly fur eight in the lfit'ter stages. Robertson secured live more wickets for 27,. making his record for the day 13 for 49. , Scores were— CITY. - —First Innings.— A. Haisman, b Robertson M . ... 0

eraser, b Robertaon 0 Baker, b Robertson 5 o . J. Scholium, b Robertson ... 15 Harvey, b Robertson ... 0

Stenner e "Winter b Robertson ... 7 •lensen, b Robertson .... ... ’... 2 A. Dow, not out 10 A. Wilson, b Ivemp ... ... 5 It. Haisman, b "Robertson ... . 6 Illingworth, c Lowndes bE. Dow 0 Extra—bye ... ... ... ... 1

Total ... ... ... 51 Fall: 0,1, 14, 14, 23, 25, 32, 38, !6. 61.. .

Bowling: G. J. Robertson 6 overs, 0 maidens, 8 wickets. 22 runs; G. Rockett 3,0, 0. 19; W. Kemp 3,0, j., 9; E. Dow .2,0, 1, 0.

—Second Innings— Stenner, b Robertson 0 A: Haisman, c and b Robertson 10 Eraser, not/out ... 24 ■'alter, b Lockett 1 Scholium b Robertson ... 4 A., Dow, c Ivess bE. Dow ... 1 A. Wilson, b Robertson 4 .Jensen, b. Robertson 4 a. Haisman, b C. Dow 8 Illingworth, not out 0 Extras—byes 2

Total for* 8 wickets

Fall: 0, 15, 19, 27, 28, 33, 37, 52.

Bowling: G. J. Robertson 9 overs, 0 maidens, 5 wickets, 27 runs; G. Lockett 8, 1. 1, 18; E. Dow 2,0, 1, 6; C. Dow 2,1, 1, 5.

, OLD BOYS. —First Innings— C. Dow, b A. Haisman H Kemp, run out . ... 3 Winter, b Scholium 3U Lockett, b Baker ’3O Kay, b Baker 0 Robertson, run out/ 2 Edwards, c Wilson b Baker ... 3 Ivess, b Scholium 5 E. Dow, not out 8 Lowndes, b Scholium 2 Thomas, c Wilson b Baker ... 17 .Extras—b. 3, l.b. 1 ... ... 4

Total 110 Fall: 9, 14, 76, 78, 80, 80, 87, 89, 92, 116. , Bowling: W. J. Scholium 11 overs, L maiden, 3 wickets, 32 runs; A. Haisman 4,1, 1, 16; C. Fraser 2,0, 0. 15; T. Jensen 3,0, 0, 18; A. ilaker 7.4, 0,4, 30.

SCHOOL v. CIVIL SERVICE

AN EXCITING FINISH

Patient batting over the greater part of the afternoon, but an exciting finish quite the reverse, resulted from the meeting of High School and Civil Service. With one over to go, School required 19 to win; hitting at everything, Lockett and Wells narrowly failed, Civil Service still being three ahead at the close. . Visiting the wickets first, Civil Service made a very moderate start, the fourth wicket falling at 35. Giiffiths and Brown, however, then made a useful stand, which exactly doubled the total before the former was run out for a brightly-compiled 32 (three fours). Brown carried on to 36, he and Simpson adding 25 for the seventh wicket, but then suffered a similar tate to Griffiths, after a neat display. G'tfie innings ultimately c’osed for 114. Wickets were we 1. divided among the School bowiers, but Owen had the outstanding record, sending down ten overs, four of them maidens, at the remarkably low'cost of 13 runs. He kept a line length and had the batsmen playing him carefully throughout; three wickets fell to" him. ’ ■ School made a moderate start in their innings also, three men being out at 28. Heasley joined JameS and made things merry, notching 28 out of 33 added for the fourth wie--ket. Four fours and a sixer (off McKinley) were his best hits. James (19) left at the same total and half the wickets were down for 61. Lockett and Owen brought 77 up, before the latter left for 14 —five twos and a four. Wellg joined Lockett with 27 wanted to win' and two overs to play. Eight came off the first of these and McKinley trundled for the last. Runs came freely, but six were still needed with one ball to go. Lockett made a valiant effort to lift it out of the ground, but only a brace resulted and the game was a draw. Lockett’s 20 contained threo fours. McKinley was in line form with the ball and, until the final over, had a record of five for 33 off 14 overs. He finished up with five ror 48—very good figures indeed. Griffiths was also steady. Complete scores are—

CIVIL SERVICE. —First Innings.— Mason, e James b Eocock ... ... 7 Bignall, b Pocock ... ' ... 3 Connan, b; Owen ... .... ... ...' 6 Helean, b Owen ... ... ... ...■ 3 Griffiths, run out ... J...V 3^ Brown/ run out ... ... ... ... 30 Moir, c Morrison b James ... ... 0 E. Simpson, lbw Owen ... ... .'7 Powell; -b Heasley ... ... ... . 6 ranckhurst, b Heasley ... ... 8 McKinley/ not out .... , ... - 6 7 . Extras—-b. 1, l.b. 1, ... ... . 2 Total .... ••• 114 .Fall 8,-19, 21, 35,-70, 70, 95, 104, 114, .114. s •-•' - Bowling: G. Pocock 13 overs, 1 maiden, 2 wickets, 53« run.£;,/> A. Owen 10, ,4, ; 3, J-8 ;R. MorrisOn/l, 6,0, 1; E. James 3, 1,1, .5; J. Heasley 4.1, 0,2" 21; H. Hei 5/0, 0, 19.

: ; SCHOOL.. * . V —First Innings.— , Pocock,, b McKinley ... ... 3 Hei,- b - Griffiths'.' : ..... .., "3 James, b McKinley ... 19 Turbitt, b McKinley ... ... ... 4 Heasley, c Panekhiirst b Griffiths 28 A. Lockett, not out ... .20 Owen, • b -McKinley ... .... ... . 14 Aislabio, b McKinley, : ... ... 6 Wells, not out ... ... ,7 E /Extras —b. I,' 1.b./ ; ,2 Total i’er seven wickets..'. 11l

, Fall: U, 11, 28, 01, 01, 77, 88; ' Bowfliigi J; Griffiths 11 Overs, 2 'maidens, 2 wickdts, 37, runs ; R. Me* KinlCy. 18, 5, 48; Ws, Sdnnfin 5,1, 8. Mvn 1)0, 0,0:

TURANGINti y. QiSBORNE; SU-ME VStiY' Siw BATTIN§

1 Some painfhUy slow batting waS witnessed in the. match between Turahganui and Gisborne’ Club, the for,mer, taking over 1 2$ hours to knock up 114. This slow,, pace nearly deprived them of a win, the Gisborne innings only closing in what would • probably have been the last over of the day." 'i'nranganni took first . strike', and tost Gibson at six, Olsen uhd Blair dilg- tlieinSdlvhs ih -M Uii hblll' .Wliffi tide Ifittieb departed fob Is, with the total fit 27. . Dlair ■ odcaSibhally put the wpbtl On, 'but tbOk hfi risks;, lib narrOwiV Escaped 'stumping",. Before jbflfeiiirlg iiib accOiint, But ..the Bail cdiii© tllrdUgil liigh fitjd Glii’tGii BBiild nOi father it in in tiihß: Jbhflingsi livened matters up and hit Out. free* ly, blit was lucky early ■in being dropped off an ea’sy chance. On several othei occasions he mishit into the air, f*rr the ball to fall clear of tb© held, but his 31, made out of 15, was ah enterprising display which included . .three fours and a six - toff Hosier); Two, more wickets, fell Huicltly find five wfere abwn fbr 83, but U'lsOn, found, a iisefdl hafthfif in Worthington, who notched 14 find assisted to carry the total to 104. Gisen {err a run later when he lash* ea out at Greig and skied the leather to McGregor fit cover. He had given a remarkable display of defensive cricket, holding up his wicket for over two hours but scoring only 27, of which 31 were singles: it was fi valuable innings to his side, but hardly exciting. The infiiiigS closed shortly after for 'll4. Greig, Ties'er arid Jeffrevs shared the wickets, the lirst-nnmed being , particularlv steady «fn capturing four for 22 off 14 overs. All told, 344 balls were sent down in the innings.

With a little more than all hour left for play, Gisborne had small chance of making the runs and even this disappeared When half the side fell for 19. Greig then joined Forster, who was showing a welcome return to form, and 40 runs were added in quick time before Greig left after knocking up 20 (three fours) brightly. F’orster carried his own score to 32 and was then out to a brilliant catch hv Jennings right on the boundary—if would have been a 'sixer had the fieldsman missed it. Forster hit- three fours and, particularly ’over the latter part Of his innings, batted right up to his real torm. Had he stayed, Gisborne might have won. Jeffreys and .Tones batted stubbornly in an effort to play out time, but Blair’s bowling brought the innings to a close at. 88. Blair. Jennings and Olsen shared the wickets, the first-naided finishing with four for 22. Olsen was remarkably steady over his first five overs wherein he took three for six, Tout Forster and Greig scored freely off him later. Jennings sent down seme good balls, but was erratic. A feature of this game was the wicket-keeping on both sides. Ellis showed himself right back to form and took two good catches, cne a particularly ifine one. Clifton also performed well, not giving away a single extra, but missed a chance of stumping and also two hard chances. . Full scores were:

TT) It AN GAN UI

—First Innings.—

J. Gibson, ibw Hosier.. 4 Olsen, o Smaill, !> Greig 27 Blair, lbw Hosier 18 Jennings, c McGregor T> Greig... 31 Ellis, b Jeffreys 6 Holdsworth, b Greig 3 TVorthington, b Jeffrevs 14 MoOrannachnn. b Hosier 5 McCallum, b Jeffreys 6 Lynex, b Greig 1 Morrison, not out 3 Extras—no bails 2

Total -H4 Fall: 6, 27, 72, 80, 83, 104, 100, 105. 106, 114. Bowling: L. A. Greig 14 overs. 2 maidens,‘4 wickets, 22 runs; D. Hosier 11.6, 0. 3) 49; H. F. Forster 6, 2,0, 13, 2no balls; J. M. Robertson 4,1, 0,8; B. C. Jeffreys 7,1, 3, 20.

GISBORNE. —First Innings.— Balfour, c Gibson b Jennings ... 2 Hosier, c Ellis b Olsen 6 yorster, c Jennings b Blair ••• 3^ itoiiertson, b Olsen 0 Ulitfon, c Ellis b Jennings ... 1 McGregor; lbw Olsen ... ••• ••• 2 iireig) c Olsen b Blair 20 .Jeffreys, c Lynex b Jennings ... 9 irwm, lbw Blair 4 Jones, not out ® bmail 1, b Blair ... 1 Extras—b. 1, n.b. 2 3

Total 33 Fail: 7,9, 11, 12, 19, 59, 66, 71, 86, 88. . tSoWjing: J. Jennings ( overs, U maidens, 3 Wickets, 23 runs; O. R. Olsen 7,3, 3, 24; W. Blair 5.6 1, ■i 22, 2 no balls; Worthington 3,0, o, 16. .

JUNIOR MATCH

CELTIC -BEAT TUR ANGANUI

Playing in a junior game at. tlie Domain on Saturday, Celtic scored an easy victory over Turanganui, runningi up 122 for four wickets against 62. For Celtic Good was undefeated with *77 to hie credit, hitting three sixes, and six fours. T, Scholium (19 not out), and Hume (13 including a six and a four), did best of the others. Hume, six for nine, was the strength of the winners’ attack. For Turanganui, Parker played almost a solo part, hitting up 33 (including two sixers and a four), before playing a ball on to the stumps.