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Hutt News, Volume 7, Issue 29, 9 January 1935, Page 5

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HONOURS BOARD. Batting. . Seuior. —E. G. McLeod 100. Jucior B2.—Jarvia 56, Nash 49. Junior D.—Rudman 42. Bowling. A'cond Grado. —Lamlbert 4 for 39. Junior A.—Wright 5 for 43. 'Special Grade. —Styles 0 for 58. SENIOR. t HUTT v. KILBIRNIE. ANOTHER CENTURY TO McLEOD. A century partnership between Ross and McLeod saved the day ifor Hutt against the championship leaders at the Basin Reserve. With two exceptions a more innocuous exhibition of butting has not been given by a Hutt eleven for some seasons past. Two players, McKay and Wall, appeared to be .bowled :by particularly good deliveries from Crook, but the remaining batsmen got themselves out through poor strokes and faulty footwork. McLeod was tho only batsman to make any headway against Griffith's leg breaks. The others appeared to bo afraid to get out far enough to tho slow bowler to deal with his deliveries properly. Crook was the destroying agent in the early part of Hutt's innings, claiming Jour out of the iirst five wickets which fell for 27 runs. Griffiths claimed four of tho remaining wickets. The rate of scoring was dreadfully slow, 27 runs appearing after an hour's play, 50 after 83 minutes, and/100 in 13'2 minutes. The partnership between Ross and McLeod for the sixth wicket put on 107 runs in just under two hours. Ross contributed 37 of this total. Ho had no difficulty with the fast or medium paced ibowlers but as usual was always in trou'ble to tho slow stulf. His innings however was a very valuaible one to the side when one considers tliat live wickets had fallen for -7 runs when he went in. This partnership should have paved the way for some runs 'by the later batsmen but 15 iuns was all they could muster between them, one run more than the lirst live players claimed as their portion. After the dismissal of Ross there was some doulbt a'bout McLeod being abie to get his century as there did not appcafr to be anyone capable of staying iwHfr him. However, ho managed to get sufficient o ffone over from Gii±iith 3 to give him an even 100, after which'he went for a "grand slam" off tho same bowler and was skittled. Kilibirnio ; batted for half an hour having -11 on without loss at stumps. Details are as follows: —■ HUTT—First Innings. McLeod, b. Griffiths 100 Hamilton, b. Crook u Aim, c. Haudsconvbe, b. Crook .... <3 Kemp, b. Crook - Champiess, c. Wrigley, b Morris .. 5 MjcKay, :b. Crook 1 Ross, b. Griffiths 7 Hughes, lb Griffiths 8 Fowler, b. Griffiths 0 Wall, b. Crook ? Judd, not out 0 Extras 7 Hotal n3 Bowling Analysis.—Crook took live iwickots for 51 runs; Griffiths four for 40; Morris, one for 200; Handscomb, none for 18 j Ashenden, none foi 37. KELBIR NlE—Firat innings. • ■Christophcrson, not out 20 Wrigley, not out I- 1 n Extras * u Total for no wickets 41 OTHER RESULTS. Second Grade. —Old Boys 158. Hutt 7 for 73. Pegler 3D not out. Bowling i for Hutt Lambert 4 for 30, C. Muir T;i for 49, Aldersley 2 for 18. Junior A. —Marist 184. Hutt 1 foi 51, Warnes 22 not out , Faiber 17 not out. Bowling for Hutt Wright 5 for 43. • : 1 ' Junior B2. —Hutt 199, Jarvis s(i, Na v h 49, Burton 38, McMahou 18. Karori .1 for 80. ' • Junior D.—Johnsonville 4 for 108. Hutt ti(3 and 90. Rudman 42 and 25, Rees 21. Special Grade.— Wellington College 144 and 4 for 113. Styles 0 for 58, Hutt -94. Gostelow 38, Aldersley 18. NOTES. Tho necessity for practise against slow bowling was again exemplified in the senior match on Saturday last. When is tho local club going to do something about it? Admittedly the I practise iwickets are rough, 'but they good enough for this purpose. Hutt should go all out to dismiss Kilibirnio cheaply next week. Quite a steady attack can be set up with Judd, iChampness, Ross, Hamilton, McKay, McLeod, Wall. Kilibirnio's attack was not nearly as dangerous as it looked but skipper Christophcrson was always changing his iicld and doing something to cramp the batsmen'# style. To batsmen who are not hard hitters there is nothing so disconcerting as a close in Held, which makes them afraid to take a chance with many a loose ball, Kemp threw his wicket away by trying to hook a straight ball from fast bowler iCrook. This shot is always a risky oue but is sheer suicide against a fast bowler. In. tho Second Grade Old Boys were dismissed comparatively cheaply for 158 runs. Every ibatsman was clean bowled- Lambert had bis first success this season in Ibagging 4 for 3s. O. j. Mllir sent down 20 overs to take 3 for %9, Butt's batting was feeble, 7 wic-

kcts falling for 7u of which total l'egler has scored oO not out. In tho Junior'A's the consistent Wright tuok for W. Two colts, Jarvis and Nash, batted well in the Junior B2 grade. The former added to his long li;-t of success and signalised his promotion to this grade by collecting ,>i>. He was foolishly run out through no fault of his own'. Nash is a new member from »St. Pat's College and a very promising bat. Kudman again showed the way in the D grade iby scoring I- and 2D. lie is overdue for promotion. MeLeod's Second century as an opening -bats was a very solid effort. Owing to the state of the game he, could not take many risks but would occasionally jump out and send one flashing to the boundary, giving the fieldsmen no chance of stopping it. Fourteen fours liyured in his scoro sheet. (Skipper Aim started off brightly and looked like making a few but had a go at a rising 'ball from Crook and paid the penalty iby being caught at backward point.