LOCAL CRICKET

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11453, 2 March 1931, Page 7

LOCAL CRICKET

SEMI-FINAL ROUND ENDS

OLD- BOYS IN : GOOD POSITION. TWO KEEN FINISHES. Old Pays, holders of the senior grade cup, aro nicely placed to v.'in the honor agafin this season and need only defeat High School outright in the final series to retain the trophy. If Old Boys s.e'(•uro only' a * ‘first innings, win against School and Civil Service register eight poirlt» . against Gisborne Club, then those two sides will bo equal at -the head of tho t able,,- Again, if Old Boys should lose the final game on the first nings and Civil Service take similar points only, then the former again win the eup, by a single pomtCivil Service is the only team which can endanger Old Boys’ position and they must obtain an outright victory to achieve that end. ..High School have put up home unexpectedly good performances this season and possibly they will do so again in this final round, but tho odds appear all in favor of Old Boy S once again carrying off the premiership. With one round to play tno points new stand as- follows: Ukl Boys 46, : Oivil 43, City 3J, Gisborne Club ‘ 37, Turanganui 20 and High School 22. -The draw for tho final series,'to begin next nxday, ?is :h "Old 'Boys V. S# L Civil ISerwilicro v. Gisborne Club, Turanganui v. City, . Saturday’s matches saw _ Gisbor • - Club and' Civil Service remster outright victories against T n ]**l n S a ”{ l -} and School respectively, wTule . Boys won' on the first 'inningagainst Citna This • last-mentioned game was . .particularly .interesting. On the first day' ,Old Boys made < and City collapsed ' for 71. _Battmg again Old Boys made 101 a fo , r wickets. ContiLmiiing on .Saturday Old Boys took their total to leaving GSfty two hours in which to make 246 for an outright jmtory. At stumps nine City widiets werej down for !L72. Had Old B b taken full points they would-have beeii in an unassailable position s far as : the ehampionship .if con " cerned. ...; . 1- 42 -v- V-■

HONORS BOARD, N. 'Barker '(Turanganui) 4S J. M. Blight (Turanganui) 46. J W. Bkithwayt (Gisboyne) 40. E. .-.Tames (City) not .out 66. C. Ji Robertson (City) not ouC 33. - . ' 41 h ’_,-Bowling.— E. -Rabiesf (City)'- for J 3. ._ J 4 Y%mthwayt (Gls.)-,;s-ix W 42 and ifiv<? ffor 58. ■ ■ r . „ Q *W.' F, Horton (Gis.) four for 30 and four for v '44. ' I y ZINGARA,

GISBORNE v. TURANGANtJH; . * Gisborne Club, obtained a fairly easy victory’over Trirarigaririi by a SrfS? iPk -$? T uns after declaring tno tifst innings closed with oight down. J. }V. BHathwayti and W. F. ■ Morton were in ' good IP® for the .winnets arid 'h/S , a '^ so sphtod a usriful 40 G/tsborne’s !,second strike. ' N. 4 arkw showed a return to form by hitting up a merry 48 for Turanganni. ' ‘ the first-day Gisborne sooted -'yf opcl then secured eight Tiirangahurwickrits for 99: ,T. M. Blight v3J) i? n d G. Winter- (4) continued the Turanganui innings on Saturday?. but the latter was out after scoring a further single. He had shown, good /defence and stayed while (33 jivero' added. Grant, hit three fours ' but' then Blight was skittled by Morton and tho innings closed for 125. Blight hit up 46, -•mainly by ton .strokes, and saved tno .side from a bad collapse; sovon Tows were included an his tally. Blathwayt (firio for 58) 'and 3[ortou ,(|pur fop 39) carried off tho bowling honors, tho' latter .being distinctly : unlucky not to enjoy greater suceb.s's; Batting aghin Gisborne lost Hosier (11) and Kay 12, including ft six off the first ball, with only 29 .scored, but Dwyer and Blntliwayt added 48 for the third, wicket. Dwyer was not in his best- form but his 25 included several remarkable pulls and sweet late outs. Morton made 'lO and then Blathwayt was out for 40, mado by patient cricket which, however, was marred by ihroo chances, The closure caino when eight, wickets had fallen for 114. Wells and Smith each took three wfiokets. Requiring 197 to will in about 100 minutes, Turnnganui made only a. moderate start, lour men being out for 38 .and-tho fifth at ' 54, Jennings making a ' dozen. Parker and McCallnm wpre then associated in an enterprising partnership and runs came at a 'fast pace, both men 1 laying (che wood on hard. The stand added 56 before McCollum was dismissed for a, useful 21 which included four fours. Only 20 minutes was left for play at this stage, but Parker was out, soon after. He showed some groat- .on-Mtltiug 'and twice’ sent tho ball oyer the fence, be,'siides notching, another aixe’r a.pd half a dozen fours. It was sparkling cricket and while he stayed there was always a chance of a, win for his side. Lockett made 10 but [the remainder cilcl little and the side was all out within about two minutes from trine. Blathwayt, six for 42, and Morton, four for 44, again bowled excellently, but received little assistance from the field, ahout- half a dozen catches being grassed. Scores were as follow:

GISBORNE First Innings ... 207 ’Second Innings. Hosier, b Jennings 11 Blathwayt, b Smith 40 Kay st. Parker b Olsen 12 Dwyer, o Blight; b Wells ... 25 Balfour c and b Wells 0 Morton, b Smith 10 Robertson, b Smftth 6 Jeffreys, b Wells 8 Oambrill, not out 2 MacGregor, not out 0 Extras " ,0 Total for eight declared ... 114 Bowling: J. Morin,togs, 7 overs, 0 maidens, 1 wicket, 28 runs; O R. Olsen, 6. 0,1, 27; D. Wells 5, O, 3, 29; J. Smith 5 0,3, 30 TTTRANGANUT First, Innings ... 125 Bowling: J. W. Blathwayt 10 overs, 0 ,-maidens, 5 /wickets. 53 runs; W. F. Morton 12, 2.4, 39; J. M. Robertson 2,0, 1, .15. Second Innings. Nicholson, b Morton 4 Smith, b Blathwayt 9 Jennings, <T> B’lathwayc 12 Bih'gh.i, b AfcpSon 1 Wells, b Morton 2 Parker, e Morton b Blathwayt 48 McCallum, b Blathwayt ; 21 Olsen, fh Blathwayt 4 P. Lockett, b Morton 10 Grant, b Blathwayt 7 Winter, pot out 0 Extras. ... Total 1.11 Bowling: J. AY, Blathwayt. 12.1 overs, 2 maidens, 6 wickets, 42 runs; AV. F. Morton 11,. 0, .4, 44; J. M. Robertson. 3,0, 0, 14 ; B. C. Jeffreys 1, 0, 0, 18.

CIVIL SERVICE v, SCHOOL. Civil Service, scored an easy 10 wickets’ victory at the expense ol High School. On the opening day School totalled 100 in the first innings and Civil Service 1 lost eight for 150. When play was resumed the latter innings was immediately declared closed. After one wicket had fallen at 14* Carson and Greaves made a useful -stand iln School’s second innings, this pair putting on 43 by confident cricket but both then being ;dismissed at- the same total, Carson for 26. and Greaves for 20. James struck a good length and •wjekerite" '“fell fast"' fiwm ’then, on, though Mace hit up 17 -briskly, despatching Robertson for a fine sixer. Frazer batted solidly hut could getiio partner 'to sty long and the inhinrrp realised only 111, Frazer boin <7 ont oiit for 22 Jenkins sent Griffiths for a good six m the last Stages James was right on tho ’snot with the hall- and had tho splendid splendid '; analysis of seven for- 23 off 11 overs. Griffiths took two for 17. Requiring 61 to win Civil Service jmado light ot the task Robertson and James scoring 66 off toil overs, exactly dividing the runs and each- hitting a six and four fours. Details were:

HIGH SCHOOL

First Innings

Second Innings.

Carson, o Boon, h' Griffiths ... 26 (Beyliss, b Robertson *> Greaves , lbw., b .Tames - Thomson, b .Lambs - * Frazer, not Qilt’; ..- ••• ••• - Mack ay, b Griffiths ... A Mace b James ••• x ‘ Stewart, c Bignall, b James ... - Flavell, b James -'- ” Martin, lbw., b James 0 Jenkins, st. Boon b James ... 9 Extras ~ i" ••• i - Total 7 - ;• 111

: Bowling: G. J.' . Robertson 13 overs, %: (maidens,. 1 49, runs- M. K. Boon 7,2, 0, .19, E. James Ul, 3 ,7, 23. J. Griffiths 5. 2,2,17; CIVIL SERVICE. First Innings eight for 15Q..*tiecl’d^ ; Boyling: rDreaves ; VLpvt over®; & maidbn;'>3' wicMtC. 29 4nins; Ma&o ’7 0 1, 40: Bayliss. 5,0, Q, dU. Frazer 5, -2/ 7; Carson 4,0, 2, 33 Y "4 4“.'/ i ■ J r s ■ X Sooond -Innings, Jan/b.npt put. ..... ..vvV-. • '33 Rdpertaon, not' VlUt .... ... o>i T Extra. . ” f Totkl for ho tickets ... ,66 Bowling :FAI#e t Y.SF \rO, ~.32: Greaves 2,6, 0, 15; Frazer 2,-0, 0, 14 -, Carson l, 0,0, 5.

OLD BOYS v. CITY. Detailed scores in Old Boys’ match v. City, in which the former won on the first innings, were as follows: — OLD BOYS. Second Innings. S. Reeves, b C. Fraser 27 G. Clifton, c Bridge, b Fraser 48 Lockett, c Guthrie,.!) Fraser ... ~ R. Tvpss, e Cater, b Lowndes 7 O. Dow, c Guthrie, Tv Lowndes 69 E. Dow. b C. Fraser 9 Kemp, b Comber, 1^ Lord;' e ’ Cater, b Owen 9 Norman, c and b Comber 6 Brew, b Fraser 7 JarrfieSon, .-'not font .0 Extras. 1 Total - ... ... Bowling: Guthrie none for 56; Fraser five for 82; -Lowndes two for 38; Owen one for 9; Comber two for 11. CITY. First Innings >'«• ••• 71 Second Innings. Guthrie, c Lockett, bO. Dow 33 Comber, b G. Lockett ... ... 6 Somorvill,!' o b Loclco-tt-C Fraser, b O. Dow ... 33 Owen, b G. Lockett ... 1 20 Tasker, eE. Dow b Brew ... 14 Bridge, st. Clifton b Lockett ... 10 Ijowndes, not out .... ... 6 Cater, b Lockett 4 ( Wilkie, o. Clifton, bE. Dow ... 0 E.'itfllas. •. To.ial for nine wickets ... 172 Bowling: G. Lockett five for 72; E. Dow one for 35; C. Dow two for 12; Brew one for 24.