LOCAL CRICKET

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11492, 20 November 1931, Page 3

LOCAL CRICKET

THURSDA Y CO.MBETITION. DEFENCE Awl) CASH STORES u'LN. The Thursday competition was continued at the'Oval yesterday under ideal weather 'conditions. Two matches were played, Defence defeating Nomads by seven runs, on the first innings and Cafcli Stores beating tnfc new team. All-Corners, by 10-5 runs on the first hand. Lc-n. AU-AJahon plaved another fine innings and wa= unbeaten with 53 to lus Credit when stumps were drawn. DEFENCE BEAT NOAIADS. Loth Defence anti Nomads were three men short and in a low scoring game the former side emerged with a win. Nomads batted first and 33 came up beiore a wicket fell, ..fenrevs and Blathwayt making a useful stand. Reed secured both the.>e men in one over and then in his next over captured three more wickets to end the innings at 41. Jeffreys hit briskly for Ins 18 and was the '’My ddubfc-fu'iye scorer, JoCed bowled very well, using ibts wind with sound judgment. Defence also put up a very poor display of batting against some very good bowling by Blathwayt, who was swinging 'in and turning from the off ill almost unplayable style. P. Dow hit-out freely and strung together 22, byfour boundaries. and then King snicked Blatlnvayt to the boundar.v t.o send his team aliead. Carroll played koine nice strokes and the innings realised -18. Blathwayt had a wind which exactly suited him and secured four for 15. Taking their second turn at the crease, Noinad.s wero again quick 1 v in trouble, but foffrevs came to light with a useful 11. Five men wore out tor 32. but Abbott, an Aucklander spending a month or two in the Bay. hit cut very freely to knock up 17. including four fours, of which three were in one over from King. Fox also played well and the total reached 57. Ju the 25 minub-s left for play. Defence scored 37 lor the loss et Dow. who again batted briskly tor 15 (three fours’). Nicholson was 1 7 not out at the end. his innings including some very sweef leg strokes. An outstanding feature of the Nomads' second innings was the accuriife .returns .to the wicket by C. King, this man running two batsmen put bv hitting the stumps from ranges of between 30 and 40 yards. Detailed .scores were as follows: NOMADS. First Innings.— J. \V. Blathwayt, b Reed ... 8 R. C. Jeffreys, b Reed 13 G. C. Clifton, not out 4 Abbott, b Robertson 2 McClintoek, c Nicholson, b Rob orison ... 0 Clements, b Reed 0 Grigg, h Reed O K. C. Fox, b Reed 0 Extras—-byes 9 Total (three men short) ... 41 Fall: 33, 34. 39, 39. 41, 41, 41. Bowling: J. AC Robertson, 5 overs, 1 maiden, 2 wickets, ]1 runs, H. Reed, 3,0, 5, 18. -.-Second Innings.— Blathwayt, e Dow, b Reed ... U Clifton, run out 2 Jeffreys, b Smith L Fox, b Robertson 7 Abbott, b Smith 17 Clements, not out 1 AlcClintoek, Ihw, b King Grigg. run out 2 Extras—byes 13

Total (three men short)

Fall:: 0, 12, 23, 32, 32, 55. 57. Bowling: Reed, 2 overs, 0 rnaij-l eiis, 1 wicket,- 9 runs*; Robertson*' 2.0, l, G: C. King, 3,' 0, 1 23; J. C. Smith, 2.3, 0. 2, 6. DEFENCE. —First Innings.— Jt. Nicholson, b Blathwayt ... 2 Wiggins, b Blathwayt • P. Dow. b Blathwayt 22 •J. Af. Robertson, c aud b Jeffreys ... 3 C. King, not out ... 7' Reed, b Blathwayt ... 0 Graham, b Abbott 1 Carroll, b Abbott 4 Extras.—byes 8 Total (three men .short) ... 4s '• Fall: 2. 15, 23, 33, 38,'44. 48. Bowling: J. W. Blathwayt, 4 overs, 0 maidens, l wickets, to runs; B. C. Jeffreys, 3,0, 1, 21; Abbott, I, 0,2, 4. *; —Second Innings.— Dow, b Blathwayt 15 Nicholson, not out 17 Wiggins, not out 1 Extras—byes 4 Total for one wicket 37 Fall; 30. Bowling: Blathwayt, 3,0, 1, 17; Abbott, 3, 0. 0, 16. CASH STORES BEAT ALLCOMERS riff (of last season’s Y.M.C.A. XI.), the competition, fielded a promising ,ide and ran up a total of 72 in the first innings. R. AJacc and L. Sherriff (of last .season’s Y.M.C.A. VI.), gave the team a splendid start, Lie former hitting half a dozen fours m his 42, and Sherriff finding the boundary four times in making 21. The side then slumped, mainly as the result of good bowling by Newton, Huoston and Stewart. Cash Stores then scored the good total of 177. Ti'cn AlcAtahon playing another sparkling inniugs for 53 not out, which rontained half a dozen tours mainly from beautiful off drives. Carroll batted nice ! ,v -for 24, bitting five fours, Hazell notched IS and Newton 10. Sherriff was the mainstay, of the Allcomers’ attack and secured five wickets. The detailed scores were: ALLCOMERS. —First Innings.— 11. A race, c Houston, b Stewart 42 L. Sherriff, lbw b Newton ... 21 Richards, b Newton ... <* I Douglas, st Carroll, b Newton 0 Mahoney, b Hues tun 2 Post, st Carro". b Ileustmi ... 0 Kuopwood, b AfoLcun 3 Kennedy, c -and b Stewart ... ‘ Som'-rvell, not one (' Extras—byes 1, lb 1 ... 2 Total (two men short) ... 72 Bowling: F\" Newton. 3 overs, 0 maidens. 3 wickets, 21 runs; D. Houston. 3. 0,2. 22: G.- Stewart. 2.1, 0,2, 11 ;•>A. McLean, 2. U, 1, 13. CASH STORES, i - First Innings.— I l ’. Newton. *b Maco 19 I. Carroll, b Sherriff. ... 21 |). Houston,, run [out _2 D. AlcArahon, put out . ... ... ... 53 (1. Stewart, c. aud b Sherriff ... S J. J. AtacdonalJ. c Somervell. !> Sherriff 9 FlecKliart. b Douglas ... 6 A. Alt-Lean,.,lbw b • Sherriff' 5 XX. Hazell. b ADieo. ... .18 Eade, b - Sheri-iff 3 Extras '' ... 39 Total (onj-- liiun- short) ...177 Bowling: No analysis kept.