A GOOD SHOWING

Grey River Argus, 5 April 1943, Page 2

A GOOD SHOWING

WEST COAST CRICKETERS Hold Canterbury to a Draw The match between Canterbury and West Coast on Saturday was drawn. West Coast made 159 and Canterbury 143 for 8 wickets when stumps were drawn. Coast won the toss against a strong Canterbury side and batted first. The ground had been well soaked by overnight rain making the outfield slow, and runs were hard to get. The Coast score of 109 for < 4 at lunch could easily have been credited with an extra 50 had the outfield been as fast as it proved during the afternoon. W. Meates gave Coast a sound start scoring 26 before he mistimed one from Proctor giving wicket-keeper Uttley an easy catch. Morris and Knapp were associated in a useful partnership, and when Knapp was caught behind off Butterfield they had taken the score from 2 for 30 to <3 for 77. Morris continued to bat like the class batsman he has proved himself, being unbeaten at lunch with 29 runs to his credit.

After lunch Coast lost both Westwood and Morris without adding to their scores. Both batsmen lost their wickets trying to force the pace, which was necessary at this stage. T. Mclntosh, the oldesjt member of the team, and A. Knapp, the youngest, made a useful stand and took the Coast total to 159 all out

The Canterbury ' innings opened with K. F. M. Uttley and J. Smith who immediately set about pushing the bowling. Neither of the Coast’s opening bowlers Knapp and O’Callaghan. could handle the new ball, and many loose balls were hit hard to the boundary. The openers took the score to 70 in quick time, when Knapp turned one sharply into Uttley’s pads and to Uttley’s surprise ha found umpire Patterson’s hand up, and he was out lbw for 38. In the next over Smith called for a short run but Newman sent him back and a smart return by Haglund to McIntosh had him run out for 35. By this time the newness was well worn off the ball and Knapp was bowling in deadly form, beating 3 former) ’ international batsmen, O’Brien, Hadlee, and in quick succession. This exceptional spell of bowling turned the tide of the game and Knapp, bowling unchanged throughout the innings, finished up with 5 wickets for 42*Tuns. Credit must also be given O’Callaghan and Russell who had the hard end, having to bowl into a strong direct wind. With plenty of time to get the runs "required for a win, Butterfield and Lohrey attempted to attack the bowling, but when'the latter was bowled by Russell in going for a big hit, Canterbury decided against the win and satisfied themselves with blacking out time for a draw. Stumps were drawn at 4.30 Canterbury’s total being 143 for 8 wickets. WEST COAST First Innings T. Dennehy,\b Butterfield 4 W. Meates, c Uttley b Proctor .... 26 O. Morris, b Roberts 29 D. Knapp, c Uttley b Butterfield .. 28 J. Haglund, c Hadlee b Proctor .. 5 H. Westwood, c O’Brien b Butterfield 12 E. Taylor, lbw b Butterfield 3 R. O’Callaghan, lbw b Roberts .. 9 T. Mclntosh, not out 14 A. Knapp, lbw b Lohrey 8 J. Russell, lbw b Butterfield 3 Extras 18 Total 159 Bowling analysis—Butterfield five for 14; Roberts, two for 26; Proctor, two for 51; Lohrey, one for 26. CANTERBURY First Innings K. F. Uttley, lbw b D. Knapp .... 38 J. Smith, run out 35 L. Newman, c Russell b O’Callaghan ...’ 4 F. P. O’Brien, b Knapp 6 M. Stanley, b Knapp 0 W. A. Hadlee, c Mclntosh b Knapp 2 A. W. Roberts, b Knapp 7 L. Butterfield,' not out 25 M. Lohrey, b Russell 14 I. Proctor, not out 0 Extrasl2 Total for eight wickets .... 143 Bowling—D. Knapp, five for 42; O’Callaghan, one for 66; Russell, one for 33. During the luncheon period, Mr. W. Meates (Pres, of the W.C.C.A.) while welcoming the Canterbury cricketers to Greymouth, made special mention) of the fine sporting attitude of the Canterbury captain, W. A. Hadlee in foregoing his own cricket in Christchurch last week-end to make a place' for our Coast bowler, D. Knapp, to have experience on Christchurch wickets. Mr. Hadlee in reply, assured any Coast cricketers visiting Christchurch that games could be found them in one of the local teams.

PLAYERS ENTERTAINED. After Saturday’s match the Canterbury side, umpires, officials and Coast players were entertained by Mr. a'nd Mrs. F. M. Dennehy at a late afternoon tea party at their residence, Tainui Street. The visitors were troduced by Mr. Dennehy. In welcoming the Canterbury players, Mr. Dennehy, as Patron of the West Coast. Cricket Association, said it was very pleasing to see that Canterbury had selected so many players of international standing to visit Greymouth, as it was only by seeing these proved class cricketers in action that our young cricketers could model their playing. In the old days West Coast had had to look to Nelson for matches. However, since the opening of the tunnel the venue of the games. had shifted to Canterbury, and he trusted that the exchange of visits commencing this season would lead to something bigger. Mr. D. Colville, Manager of the Canterbury side, thanked Mrs. Dennehy; for the entertainment. They had' all heard about West Coast hospitality, he said, but they had never expected anything quite up to what they had received that day. Canterbury) was out to assist Coast cricket, and the players themselves were dager to visit the Coast as could be seen when the side originally selected made the present trip without any withdrawals. He assured 'them that while Mr. Hadlee and himself were on the Canterbury Cricket Association the West Coast would receive attention when representative programmes were arranged. Mr. E. N. Taylor, Secretary of the West Coast Cricket Association, said that he had been asked by the players to thank both the Patron of the Association, ,Mr. Dennehy, and the President, Mr. W. Meates, for the work they. had done during the season. Both holding the highest positions possible in Coast cricket ha'd given active support, and it was due to their efforts ’that Coast cricket had the excellent standing it had today.