LOCAL CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10782, 31 December 1928, Page 2

LOCAL CRICKET.

ekr game to-day,

WELLINGTON v. POVERTY BAY. BRIGHT PLAY PROMISED. Commencing at 11 a.m. to-day some splendid cricket should be witnessed at the Oval when the Poverty Bay rep. team meet the visiting team of Wellington cricketers, who include some of ' the best talent in the Capital City. They are a young team, all excepting two being under 26 years of age, and. the members have been producing some of tho brightest batting seen in Wellington this season. The party came through to Gisborne by car, arriving here early yesterday morning, when they were ! welcomed by several local enthusiasts. including the president of the Poverty Bay Association, Mr. W. F. Oederwall, and Mr. V. R. C. Mitford. The visitors had'a short'practice, at the Oval and yesterday afternoon most of them enjoyed a bathe at the Waikanae beach. They are staying at the Albion Club Hotel. _ The teams for the match which is to be 12-a-side, are as follows: Wellington: A. E. Donegliue, M. Aitken, F. Whitewell, F. Bryant, K. Robertson, N. V. Rix-Trott, S. Lawton, E. Aitken, 0. Ronberg, C. V. O’Connor, W. F. Airey, and A. W. L. Gibson. Poverty Bay: 'L. Thomson, W. J. Scholium*, J. Scholium, F. Bennett, E. James, G. Lockett, C. Dow, G. Robertson, J. Jennings, G. Winter, W. Blair. Morning and afternoon tea will be available at .the grounds to-day and also to-morrow when the match will be concluded.

CELTIC GOES INTO B SECTION. SECOND ROUND OPENS. FIRST CENTURY SCORE. J. SCHOLLUM MAKES 108 NOT OUT. Ideal conditions greeted local cricketers on Saturday when the opening matches of the second round (two-day games) were commenced. Early in the afternoon,' Celtic and Turanganui completed their- qualifying round game, Turanganui winning and going into- Section A, while Celtic, the holders of the championship for the past two seasons, went into Section B. . The wickets, after the recent , l ain, were inclined to favor the howlers, but some good batting was seen, and the first century of the season recorded, J. Scholium hitting up 108 not out in a wonderful innings fcr. Celtic. From the present indications, Old Boys and Turanganui promise to defeat Civil Service and School in the Barry Cup section, while Celtic and Poverty Bay Club are well-plac-ed against City and Gisborne respectively in the Cranney Cup. games. Civil Service made 126 gainst Old Boys who have lost five for 374, while : School could muster up only 13 against Turanganui who have made 102 for four wickets. City made 85 to which Celtic responded with 158 for six. Gisborne, who were aided by C. Temperton the old Poverty Bay rep. who is at present on a visit here, from Hawke’s Bay, made 42 only against Poverty Bay who were all on*, for 114.

HONORS BOARD. —Batting.— J. Scholium (Celtic) not out ... 108 J. Griffiths (C.S.) 50 G. Winter (Old Bovs) ... ... ... 50 H. Cave (P. 8.) 46 \V. Blair (Tur.) not "out 45 •J. Kay (Old Boys) ... 40 tv. Dow (Old Boys) 36 li. Ellis (Tur.).* 35 W. J. Scholium (City) ...• ... 33 —Bowling.— G. Lockett (Old Bovs) seven for 47 M. Guthrie (Celtic) six for'3o Dr. Turbott (P. 8.) five for 13 ,J. Jennings (Tur.) five for 22 and five for 25 J. Griffiths (C.S.) live for 12 \V. Blair (Tur.) four for 20 W. J. Scholium (City) four for 33 Cl. Temnerton four for 37

QUALIFYING ROUND FTNAL. TURANGANUI BEAT CELTIC. The match . between Celtic and Turanganui. to decide which should be in the. Barry Cnn section, wax concluded prior to the start of the other fixtures for the afternoon. On the previous Saturday, Turanganui had scored 123 and Celtic had lost five men in collecting 53. Joe Scholium (27) and Tasker (4) resumed on Saturday to tlie howling v of Jennings and Blair. The first hall of the afternoon saw the end of 'Scholium, H'olclsworth taking a. good catch off Jennings. Tasker carried his total to. 12, but Carter (7 not out) was the only other to look like making many runs, the innings closing at 80.. Two run-outs hastened the end. Jennings finished up with the good figures of five for 25 off 13 overs. Concluding scores were: — TTTHANGANI. —First Innings 123. CELTIC. —First Innings.— J. Scholium c Holdsworth b Jennings ... 27 McLaughlan c Parker b Ellis ... 5 Bennett b llennings ' 1 Norman b ’Jennings ... . 0 Robinson c Blair b Jennings ... 11 Guthrie c McCalium b Ellis ... 0 Tasker c Lynslcey b Jennings ... 12 Hope c Jennings b Blair 2 ugg run out ,3 Carter not out 7 Vvright run out ... ... 4 •Extras.—b. 6, l.b. 2 ... 8

Total 80 Fall: 10, 12, 12, 26-, 29, 51, 62, 74 ; , 90. . Howling: J. Jennings 13 overs. 2 maidens, 5 wickets. 25 runs: H. Ellis 8. 0,2, 37; W. Blair 4.4, 0,1, 10, CIVIL SERVICEvT OLD BOYS. GREAT WORK BY GRIFFITHS. Despite some splendid all-round work by J. Griffiths, who scored 50 and then took the live opposing wickets which fell, Civil Service are badly situated in their match against Old ’ Boys, the latter being already 48 runs ahead with live wickets still to fall) • Batting first, Civil Service, largely aided by byes, had 25 on before a wicket fell, but then there was a slump and four were.; out for 27. Griffiths found a good partner in Connan and this pair took the total to 43, when Connan, whose. 1,8 contained. three tours, was skittled by Loclcett. Simpson held up his end .well and 33 were added before ho left. Smythe and' Panckhurst each helped in good partnerships, with Griffiths who was .finally. dismissed for a level 'SO. after a splendid .display which included seven . Jours. Lockett showed a return to hik real bowling, form and finished'' pp with the fine analysis of seven for 47. v G. J. Robertson and Winter had a bright opening partnership which realised 54, both men hitting freely all round the wicket- Robertson then departed with 25 on (five fours) arid another-., good stand between Winter and E., L)6w followed, flio total being 95. when Winter was bowled* by Griffith's for, a. fine 50 which included a. sixer off Griffiths an,d half a dozen fours. Kay fob. lowed and hit furiously, sending both Griffiths and Connan for -sixers ' and

collecting four fours besides in his 40 which- was the brightest .of displays. .Dow’s ,36 was a good “hand,” he and Kay putting on 59 while together. Griffiths took the five wic?- ‘ kets which fell, sending down 10 .overs for 42: jam's. Full scores,-Were : CIV£L. '

—First Innings.— Mason b Robertson ... .... ... ,7 Helean b L'dckett ... ... ... ... 6 Griffiths o, Robertson b Lockett .50 Moir b Robertson' ... ... .;. '1 Bignall b'Lockett ... .... ... ... 1 Connan b Lockett 18 Simpson b Loclcett ... ... ... \9 Smythe c Kay b Lockett ... •-... 4 Panckhurst c Winter b Robertson - g Powell npt 'out ... ... ... ... -. 0 . . Extras.—b. 21,„ lib. 1 ... 22:

Total', .... ... . W 126. Fall: 25.'25, 26, ,27, T>l, 84,.T00,, 124, 126, 126,.-' '■ • , 'e . Bowling.:- 'G, Dow. .6 overs,' 0, maidens, -.o wickets, 14 rims / Gv 'J, Robertson 11, 1,3, ,43; G. Lockett 11.2, 1,7, 47. ’ OLD BOYS\ i —First Innings. G. J. Robertson l.b.w. b Griftiths 25 Winter b Griffiths 50 E. Dow c sub. b Griffiths ... .... 36 Kay c and b Griffiths ... ... ... -40 Lockett c Smythe b Griffiths ... 5 C. Dow not out ... 4 Extras—bves ... 14

Total for five wickets ... 174 Fall: 54, 95, 154, 161, 174.

TURANGANUI v. SCHOOL

BLAIR. IN FINE FORM

A fine all-round display by W. Blair was the main factor in Turanganui’ s securing a substantial advantage over a weak School XI. After taking four wickets for 20, Blah went on to score 45. not out.. School batted first and lost Wells with only a single on. James and Heaslfey then scored freely for a time and 40* were added before Heasley was skittled, by Jennings after making 23 brightly. Jennings took another wicket with the next hall, hut Owen saved the ‘hat trick.” James, who had reached 18. was again run out and Badham failed to stay, five wickets being then down for 47. Owen hit confidently to reach 19, but the remainder of the team did little and the total was only 73. Blair and Jennings were the successful trundlers for Turanganui, while Ellis was in fine form behind the sticks, taking one. good catch and stumping another, besides allowing only one bye m the innings.

Turanganui started badly, Gibson and Jennings both leaving in Janies’ first over, while Holdsworth. was out when 20 was. reached. Blair, and Ellis were then associated in a fine stand, the veteran playing sparkling cricket for 35 out of 55 put on by this paid. Besides a couple of fours, “Harry’’ helped himself to a beautiful sixer off Badham. Blair played steadily and bad 45 on at the close, these including two good sixers off Pocock. Ellis’ wicket fell when the School total had been headed by two runs and Olsen assisted Blair to carry the score to 102 without further' loss. James, three for 12, was hy far the most effective of the soeon School trundlers tried. Detailed scores arc:

SCHOOL. —First Innings.— James run out- 18 Wells c Ellis b Blair ... 0 rfeasley b Jennings ... ... ... 23 Turbott l.ff.tv. I> Jennings ... ... ' 0 Owen b Blair ... ... 19 Badham c Blair b Jennings ... 4 Webb l.b.w. -Blair ... ... ... 7 Mace c and ' b Blair 0 Pocock b -Jennings "... 0 Baines hot out I Extra —-bye ... ' : 1 Total ... 73 Fall : 1, 41, 41, 44, 47, 58. 66 69. 70, 73. ; Bowling: W. Blair 9 overs, I maiden, 4 Avickets, 20 nibs; O. R. Olsen 5,0, 0, 20; J. Jennings 7; O, 5, 22: r. McCalium 4,1, O,' TO )

TUUANGAXUI —l f 'irst Innings.— Gibson b James ... ... ... 0 Jennings c Webb b James "... - Blair not but ... 45 - Holclswovth: b James ... ‘ 3 Ellis c and b Ellis ,/.'.. 35 Olsen not out ... 9 Extras—byes 8 Total for four wickets ... 102 Fall: £ 3/20, 70. First, local Cricket. CELTIC v. CITY GREAT INNINGS BY J. SOHOLLTJM Wonderful batting by Joe Scholium, wlio scored 108 not out in the total of. 158 for six wickets, have placed Celtic in a. strong position against City, Only one other man on the Celtic side reached double figures, this being Ogg whose 14 not out was his share in an unfinished . partnership which added 90 runs. City hatted' first and lost the Dow brothers for five runs. Jock Scholium and C. Fraser then added 38 in quick time. Scholium playing very vigorous cricket to notch 33 of that number. His best strokes were three to the boundary. Thereafter the City batsmen d : d little lAit Fraser kept his end up to the finish when he carried his hint for 23, made by very < finci cricket. Ml. Guthrie was responsible for another fine bowling performance, trundling throughout the innings and capturing six for 30 in 15.5 overs _ Celtic’s innings was all Joe Scholium. He opened and wickets fell at tha other end, six being down for 68 of which Scholium had 1 made 40. Ogg came in and played wonderfully patient cricket, keeping his wicket up while his partner did the scoring. When time was called: the pair were still together and the ■ total had increased to 158. Scholium’s' great innings included two sixers (one off W. J„ Scholium and the other off Baker) and' nine fours. W. J.' Scholium 1 howled well, sending down 11 overs for 33 runs and foui wickets. Eraser took the other two wickets for 21 runs. The score book showed: CITY —First : Innings—■ P. Dow, b, Tasker ... 1 A. Dow, e MfcLaiighlan b Guthrie ’* ...... ...... 1 W. J. Scholium, c L. Scholium b Bennett. 1.. 33 Fraser,. not out ... ... 23 Baker, run out . L/; ' 6 Holsohier, c Robinson'jb Guthrie I Matthews, . b Hope '.'/ ... ... 1 Stenner, lbw, It. Giithrie... ... 1 A., Haisman, o and/B Guthrie, 6 E. W. Harvey, b Guthrie... V. . 4 Bell, c. AV right b Guthrie./. .... 2 • Extras—-h .5 j.l .b. 1 .... ... 6 Total' ... , ... 85 Fall : T, Sr 43, 54,. 59; 60, 64. 69, 77, 85. . Bowling: ML Guthrie 15.5 overs, 5 maidens. 8 wickets, ■ 30 runs:; N. Tasker 8, 1,1, 28; F, Bennett 4, 0. 1, 11; S. Hope 3,0, 1, 10. . r • . . CELTIC' - / r - —First I-nningfi—-,T. Scholium, not but/:.. ... ... 108 Bennett,/lbw,/h/AV; Scjtolhuh... '6< Carter; Iv-W.-fJ'. Scholium..., 3. Tasker/o A. Dow b.-Wi J. Schol- . ..iura ■' • ... ... 4 McLaughlan, b Fraaer, ... ... 0

Robinson, ;b W. L Scholium... 0 Guthrie, c Matthews b Fraser 5 •Ogg, not out ... ... ... ... 'l4 , .Extras—b. 15;, Lb. 3;;;' ... 18 Total' for six'wickets ... 158 " . Fall:; 23, 37;,47, 48, 49, .68. POVERTY BAY’ v. GISBORNE DR.' TURBOTT BOWLS WELL Largely through fine bowling- by Dr. Turbott, Gisborne Club,- represented, by a weak team, collapsed in their first innings against Poverty' Bay, the latter then going on to obtain a lead, of 102 on the first “hand's”. U. Gisborne’s innings, was mainly a procession. Duncan hit brightly for a dozen and helped to add, 18 for the seventh wicket, < but the ; rest did little and the total was only 42. Temperton looked like getting runs, but tins first ball he had! from Turbott cocked up and ho returned it gave him three wickets, and. all told, he took five for 13- in his four overs. Poverty Bay’s innings was marked by some bright batting. Cave led the way with a patient 46, but has played better cricket, much loose stuff getting lily him. C'ooke (23), hit a sixer off Forster and 1 played a merry “hand” while Reeves (15), and Turbott (14, including a sixer off Temperton) also laid the wood on. Temperton was the mainstay of the Gisborne attack, bowling _ very well in his 12 overs which yielded: him four victims at a cost of 37 runs. Scores were :—•

GISBORNE CLUB —First Innings—■' Smaill, c Broadhurst b Cooke... 1 Balfour, o Broadhurst b Cooke 5 Forster, b Turbott 6 Temperton, o and b Turbott... 7 Robertson, b Heasley ... ... 10 Jeffreys, b Turbott 1 Jones, c Cave b Turbott 0 Duncan, b Turbott 12 Hampton, not out ... ... ... 0 Extras ... : 0 Total, two men short... 42 Fall: 4, 7. 17, 22, 23, 24, 42, 42. Bowling: Geof. Heasloy 6.5 overs, 1 maideir 1 wicket. 9. runs; A. C. Cooka 4,1, 2,9: Dr. Turbott 4,0, 5, 13; Graham Heasley 2,0, 0. 11. POVERTY BAY —First InningsCave, b Temperton 46 Turbott, lbw, Temperton... ... 14 Reeves, o Jones b Robertson... 15 H. Chrisp, b Robertson ... ... 4 Cooke, c Jeffreys b Robertson 23 Geof. Heasley, lbw Temperton... 3 Stevens, b Temperton 7 Reynolds, b Greig ... ... ... 9 Graham Heasley, b Greig 7 Broadhurst, o Duncan b Jeffreys ... ... I Tolerton, not out 0 Extras—li. 10. l.b. 5... ... 15 Total 114 Fall: 28, 62, 72, 95, 301, 121, 323. 141; 144, 344. Bowling: C. Temperton 12 overs’, 2 maidens, 4 wickets,. 37 runs; B. C. Jeffreys 5,1, 1, la: L. A. Greig 6.1. I*. 2, 18'; .3. 5L Robertson 8,0, 3, 27: H. F. Forster 4 0, 0. 31.