LOCAL CRICKET

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11405, 5 January 1931, Page 7

LOCAL CRICKET

FIRST . ROUND COMPLETED

POSITIONS VERY EVEN

Finality in the first complete round of the local senior competition. was reached on Saturday, .when the. series commenced a fortnight before aaas completed. Civil Service and Old Boys each secured eight-point wins at the expense of Gisborne Club and High School respectively, while City obtained. a five-point victory over Turanganui. The competition points noAV stand as. follows: Civil Service 24, Turangamui 24, City 23, Old. Boys 22, Gisborne Club 16, High School IT.

As the result of the borough water shortage, the • wickets Avere hardly of the best, the groundsman having had no opportunity of giving them the soaking required before a good surface can he attained. The consequence was that the teams batting on Saturday were placed ,at a decided disadvantage, the .’wicket being all in favor of the boAvlors, an advantage AA’hich Avas intensified by a* strong cross wind. HONORS BOARD. Batting. R. Nicholson (Turanganui) 83. • M. Guthrie (City) 50. 11. F. Forster (Gisborne) 35. H. Ellis (Turanganui) .32. BoAvling. ,T. C. Dow (Old Boys') seven for 36. AV. J. AVilkie (City) four for 30. CITY v. TURANGANUI. Greatest interest on Saturday attached to the continuation .of. the match between City and Turanganui. On. the. first, day City made 242 and Turanganui 6S for. tho loss of AVclls’ wicket. • • Nicholson (27) and MoCallum' (4) continued tho Turanganui innings, but Avhcn McCallum had . hit two fours he aaus.. out for a dozen. Ellis joined Nicholson and these two made a'fine stand, .both hatting freely and pAitting on the runs at a good rate. With the total 160, however, . the partership ended after adding 72, Nicholson being hoAvled _by Owen when only 17 short of his century. His 83 AA-as a fine display of hatting, anything at-all loose being soundly punished. He hit 13 fours in all. Ellis left 13 runs later aftor making a sound 32 (four fours) just when the runs were needed urgently. The side then collapsed and from taa'o for 160 the tally moved to eight for 183. Turanganui had tAvo men available to hat but- they Avore n'rtregisterod players and City refused to. allow them to participate, the innings then- closing. A. Owen, Avit-h three for 31, was the most successful howler for City. City batted again and their eight available men made 103, Mi Guthrie shoAving some of his best in;.hitting up a- level 50. (seven fours) and adding Avith Comber (24) 70 for the second Avicket. Fraser made 13 not out and Loaviklcs’ 11. Requiring 163 to Avin Turanganui had a hopeless task, hut they attempted tho impossible and at stumps had made 74 for five in the course of eight overs. Jennings hit sixers off 2 successi\ r o halls in making 26, while AVoodfield (16) and McCallum (15) also made useful contributions. AA’ilkie came to light as. a boAvler, obtaining four for 30 in four overs. Scores Avere: — CITY.

First Innings ... 242 Second Innings. Comber, o Nicholson, b Ellis ... 24 B. Scholium, b Jennings 0 Guthrie, st. Parker, i> Ellis ... 50 Fraser, not out ... 1-3 Owen, run out 0 Ilridge, b Ellis ... , ... 1 Lowndes, c MeOnllum, b Olsen 11 Wilkie, e Ellis, b Olsen 0 Extras. 4 Total (throe men short) ... 10.5 Bowling; Jennings 3,0, 1, 21; O. R. Olsen 7.5, 0,2, 34; D. Wells 2, 0,0, 7; H. Ellis 6,0, 3, 20;. S?. Nicholson 5,1, 0,8; A. McCallum 1, 0,0, 9. TURANGANUT. First Tunings. Nicholson, b Owen .... 83 D. Wells, o B. Scholium, b Bridge v-,., 25 McCallum, lr Guthrie • 12 Ellis, c Bridge, b Owen 32 Jennings, b Fraser ... ... ... 9 Olsen; not out ... .... ... 8 Parker, b Owen ... ... ... 0 Wdodfield, c P. Dow, b Fraser' 2 Blight, c P. Dow, 1) Fraser ... 0 ! Extras. ... ..... ... 12 Total {two men short) 383 Bowling: O. Eraser 15.2 overs, 1 maiden, 3 wickets, 78 runs; A. Owen 11, 3,3, 31; M. Guthrie 4 ',9, I, 1, 43; S. Hope 3,0/ 0,6; E. . Bridge 3,0; 1, 13. . Second. Innings. Jennings, b . Wilkie 26 Parker, b Wilkie ... ... ... 5 Woodfiold, st. Fraser, b Lowndes 16 MqCallum c. sub., b Wilkie ... 15 Wells; Inot jout... .... 6. Nicholsonand b Wilkie ... 2 Blight mot out- 0 Extras ... , 4Total for five wickets ... 74 Bowling: W. J., Wilkie; 4 overs,. 0 maidens, 4 wickets 30 runs; D. Comber 2, 'O, 0, 29; C. Lowndes 2,0,. 1; 11.. :.. •* - .’ •*; • 2.. • OLD BOYS v. HIGH SCHOOL. Old Boys had a very easy, win over. High . School who made 91 on the) , first-, day. and then dismissed ~ Old Boys. : for. 234., Taking their second innings,•, • School ~ -Were (quickly : in trouble to j! C. Dow’s'? trundling): ■this' man securing four wickets in Ins first fiye oyefs. .The, total) was then only 18, but .Carson and Bayliss made a good stand and -brought 52 up. by steady batting, Carson then iuiying the bud luck to be fun ..oxft for a nicely-compiled , 28; . ? Baylism made 10 jin: .the course.- of, a, good-.defensiye imiings while . Mace liit up . 14,. • but Martin (9) was the only ...other -to tfouhlo the scorers, much and- the innings' closed for 92 leaving Old BoyS thp . winners bv an , innings; and 51 runs. Dow kept an., end going

•throughout, thoslimings -Beuding-dowh--15 overs and securing the fine analysis of seven, for: 36. Scores were as follows: ; OLD BOYS. First Innings ... ... ... ... 234 ; ' HIGH SCHOOL. First Innings', ....... ... ... 91 Second Innings. Greaves, e Norman, b Doav .... 1 Somervell, b Dow ... 6 Thomsori, b Doav ... 3 C’ars<>n,. run .out ... ... 28 Grant b Dow ... ... 3 Bayliss, lbw. b Doav ... 10 Mace, b Dow ... ... 14 SfeAvart, b Do.av ... • ... ... 0 Flavell, c Loid, b leckett ... 5 Martin, b Lockett ... 9 James, not out ... ... ... 4 Extras. 9 Total ... ... ... ... 92 BoAvling: J. C. Dow 15 overs, 2 maidens, 7 Aviekets, 36 runs; G. Lockett 13, 0,2, 39: ,1. Haisman 2, 0,0, 8. CIVIL SERVICE v. GISBORNE. On the first day Civil Service had secured a-.first innings lead ,of 174. Batting again, Gishorne Chili, three men short, managed only 98 runs and were thus defeated by. an innings and. 76 runs..) Forster played nicely (for 35, ,hitting /five, fours, and. others to (reach double figures were J. L. 8m a ill (13. not out), W. F. Mort-on (11) and J. M. Robertson (11). Tlie wicket Avas in very had order, especially at one end. Detailed scores Avere: CITY First Innings ... 4 Second Innings. Dwyer, 1> Robertson 4 Lofiler, b James 5 Forster, o Helean, b Griffiths 35 Balfour Rav.; b. James ..-.7 Morton, c Rohei v tson, b Griffiths 11 Robertson st. Turbitt h Robertson 11 Smaill, riot ...out ■ ... ... ... 13 Sunderland st. Turbitt, b Helean -2 Extras. ... 10 Total (three men short) ... 98 Bowling: G. J. Robertson 10 overs, 1 maiden, 2 -wickets, 43 runs; E. James 6,0, 23; J. Griffiths 3, 9. 2, 15* A. Bignall 1,0, 0,2; P. Helean .4 0,1, 5. CIVIL SERVICE. First Innings ..; ... 203