CRICKET

Kaikoura Star, Volume LXX, Issue 10, 6 February 1950, Page 2

CRICKET

KAIKOURA TEAM BEATEN AT CHRISTCHURCH.

A team from Kaikoura played a match at Stewart’s Gully during the week-end against the Southern Cross team. The Southern Cross team won the match by 294 runs to 147 runs. I). McKay, vho retired after he had made 75, was top-scorer for Southern Cross. Other good scores were made by G. Andeson (49) and C. Ayres (42). A. J. Fitzgerald, who took four wickets for 80 runs, was the most successful bowler for Kaikoura. Nearly half of the Kaikoura total of .147 was made by F. D. Gibson, who scored 67. AV. L. Ferry made 26 and E. 11. Comer 19. Every member of the Southern Cross team had a spell at the bowling crease, and R. Copp, who took one wicket for no run, had the best average. The scores were as follows: Southern Cross. C. Anderson, b Denia 21 D. McKay, retired ... 75 C. Ayres, run out 42 G. Anderson, c, b Scott 49 G. Bull, c, b Fitzgerald 32 P. Copp, c and b Fitzgerald 14 T. Archer, b Fitzgerald ... ... 20 M. Lunt, lbw, b Denia 0 R. Copp, c, b Denia 20 C. Flood, not out ... ... 4 C. Dudley, c, b Fitzgerald ... 9 Extras 5 Total 294 Bowling: Fitzgerald, four for 80; Denia, three for 89; Scott, one for 51. Kaikoura. A. J. Fitzgerald, b McKay 2 AV. L. Ferry, c, b G. Anderson ... 26 G. E. G. Scott, c, *b G. Anderson ... 9 N. L. Miller, run out (■ E. H. Comer, c, b Bull 19 F. D. Gibson, b Lunt ... ... ... 67 L. C. Young, c, bC. Anderson ... .1 D. E. Denia, bC. Anderson ... ... i D. Pallot, run out ... ... ... l G. Duthie, c, b R. Copp .14 G. Eaton, not out ... ... ... i. Extras ... * 7 Total- ... 147 Bowling: .R. Copp, one for 0; Bull, one for 5; C. Anderson, two for 15; C. Anderson, two for 22; McKay, one for 16; Lunt, one for 19. MATCH AT KAIKOURA. A match was played at Takahanga Domain on Saturday between teams representing Messrs Andrews and Beaven Ltd. (Christchurch) and AV. G. G. Cuddon Ltd. (Blenheim). The Christchurch team won the match by 1?4 runs to 132 runs.