CRICKET

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 306, 28 November 1927, Page 2

CRICKET

FINAL MATCHES OF ROUND.

OLD BOYS’ INDIFFERENT SHOWING. HIGH SCHOOL’S BIG INNINGS. Bright, pleasant conditions prevailed on Saturday when the final matches of the first round of the senior cricket competition were entered upon, the two leading teams, Palmerston and Old Boys, trying conclusions .on No. 2 area, while High School and R.S.A. both of whom still possess blaiik scoring accounts on the championship table, met bn the upper wicket. While Palmenston did not 'open at all promisingly in tlieir first innings, they having two wickets being down for 13 runs, the succeeding batsmen proved to bo free contributors and when the final wicket fell the total had been carried to 259. Old Boys in turn opened disastrously, but their misfortune was carried further and, with six wickets down for 46 runs, their prospects of upsetting the winning careea of their oppoenst ap'pearto be very remote. High School did not find any hidden terrors in the R.S.A. attack and, following upon a splendid opening partnership by Do Vantier and Birch, who compiled 136 before being separated, free scoring continued and the close of play for the day found the schoolboys with 380 runs up for the loss of eight wickets and their prospects of securing a victory and accordingly avoiding the bottom rung of the ladder are particularly bright. PALMERSON v. OLD BOYS. On winning the toss, Palmerston elected to take first strike, sending [McVicar and Mullins to the wickets. 'Hope carried the attack from the south end and he effected an early separation by clean bowling McVicar, 'incidentally snapping the bail in two by the force of his delivery. In his 'fourth over the same trundler sent Mullins back to the pavilion and a>o that stage two wickets were down for ‘l3 runs, nine of which lipd been compiled off the fast bowler. With Galliphan and Norris associated, matters Itook on a brighter complexion for Palmerston and it was not till 77 had appeared that Cameron got the former Ib.w. when he had placed 37 to his credit. I. N. Leet stayed long enough to assist his partner to carry the score beyond the century mark before being unlucky enough to drag a ball from Cameron on to the wifcket with his foot. Two wickets then fell comparatively cheaply, while Norris’s hillings came to a closo when Hope pentrated his defence with his personal total at 47, his score including '£l singles—eight of which were successive in the opening portion of his strike—and five fours. The tail confounded their critics by wagging Strongly, Kells running up 37, while Trevena displayed his best form for a long time past by registering 53, !he being still unbeaten when the in|nings concluded with the total standing at 259. Hope emerged with six uvickets for 84 runs, which was an excellent effort in view of the fact that lie had a strenuous afternoon by sending down no less than 33 overs which included four maidens.

Old Boys opened with Young and Eglinton and, following the former playing a maiden over from McVicar, ‘Gallichan clean bowled Eglinton with a .medium paced ball, which came.in from •leg, and then followed it up by similarly treating Diederich with his next delivery. Hope was promising to stop the rot, when, in endeavouring to open his shoulders to a delivery from McVicar, he snicked the ball into the slips, where Gallichan brought off a smart catch. Black came only to fall a victim to the same bowler, 1.b.w., and four wickets were down for 23. The fifth went at 31, Cutler playing round .one from Gallichan, while ins successor |also fell to a break ball from the same |trundler. J. Gallichan and Young were Ibatting confidently, if quietly, when stumps were drawn for the day with the telegraph standing at 46 runs for the loss of six wickets.

Following are the detailed scores:— PALMERSTON—First Innings. [McVicar, b Hope 3 jMullins, b Hope 8 Gallichan, lbw, b Cameron • 37

Norris, b Hope 47 Leet, I. N., b Cameron ... :... ’ ... 14 Ongley, st Cutler, bJ. Gallichan 6 Ingham, b Hope 6 Trevena, not out 53 •Kells, b Hope ... .7. 37 Leet, M., b Hope ... .: 15 Smillie, b Cameron I Extras 32 Total 259 Bowling analysis: Hope 6 for 84, Black 0 for 20, Diederich 0 for 22, Spring 0 for 27, Cameron 3 for 42, J. Gallichan 1 for 35. OLD BOYS.—First Innings. Young, not out 14 Eglinton, b Gallichan 0 Diederich, b Gallichan ... 0 Hope, c Gallichan, b McVicar ... 9 Black, lbw, b McVicar 2 Cutler, b Gallichan 5 Cameron, b Gallichan 0 Gallichan, J., not out .’ ... 9 Extras 7 Total for 6 wickets 46 ' HIGH SCHOOL v. R.S.A.

R.S.A. took the field against High School with three of their old_ time players to assist them, but their reentry was not fated to be auspicious for the side, for the opening batsmen for the school boys, De Vantier and Birch, early took command of the bowling and rattled up 136 before Birch returned a ball from Bee with his score at nine runs beyond the half century. Pacey joined De Vantier and, if the batting was not altogether enterprising, it was at least fruitful, the 180 mark having been attained when De Vantier was a shade slow in essaying a second run and was run out by a smart return to the bowler. Rose succeeded him and a merry knock which opened with two fours, followed by a six, saw him rapidly place 30 to his credit before returning a ball to Mansford. Mackenzie entered only to lose Pacey nine runs later, the outgoer having likewise entered the thirties. Mackenzie received excellent support from McHaffie, the partnership adding just short of a century before McHaffie was caught short of his crease by a smart return. McKenzie was taken at the wickets finally by ’keeper Day after he had run up 81 off the tired bowling. O’Keefe was batting away steadily with 32 against his name and the total at 380 for the loss of eight wickets when stumps were drawn for the day, R.S.A. having filled the role of fieldsmen throughout the course of the afternoon. Following are the detailed scores:— HIGH SCHOOL.—First Innings. De Vantier, run out 86 Birch, c and b Bee 59 Pacey, b Mansford 33 Rose, c Mansford, b Mansford ... 30 Mackenzie, c Day, b Duffield ... 81 McHaffie, run out. ... 29 Fletcher, b Ross ... 2

O’Keefe, not out 32 D. Spring, run out ... ... 2 O’Brien, not out 11 Extras ... ' 15 Total for eight wickets ... ... 380 JUNIOR MATCHES. At the Terraco End Park All Saints and R.S.A. played an even game, stumps being drawn before any decision could bo reached. The ex-soldiers’ eleven batted first and reached a total of 228 (S. Gallichan 63, Wakelyn 54, ltutherfurd 29), Pettit and Sandman getting four wickets each. All Saints responded with 180 for six wickets (Sandham 75, Pickering 55, Scorgie 24 not out), the game thus ending in a draw.

A four-point win was placed to the credit of Old Boys in the game versus P. and T. at Terrace End. The Public Service players ran up 111 with the first strike (Bennett 38), Saunders two for 37, Eglinton one for 32, von Sturmer 5 for 31 and Seeker one for 12, taking; good toll with the ball. Old Boys then took a turn with the willow and gaining 113 for eight wickets they declared (Dawick 22, Eglinton 28 not out), Hemi (two for 20), Henderson (two for 18) and McLaren (two for 27) being the best trundlers for the opposition. P. and T.’s second visit to the crease was disappointing as only 54 runs resulted, Old Boys getting 59 for six wickets to win comfortably. THIRD .GRADE. Playing against Albion, on the High School ground, Gordon suffered defeat by 91 runs. The winners compiled the creditable total of 202 (Sorensen 136 not out, Woodley 24), while Gordon could only respond with 111 (Leydon 38, Duncan 47 not out) Bowling for Gordon, Skoglund took six wickets for 116 and Leydon four for 50, the Albion trundlers, Webster and Sorensen, capturing; two for 37 and two for 16 respectively. Post and Telegraph enjoyed a comfortable three-point win over Kia Ora, although they were unable to force the contest to an actual conclusion. Batting first, P. and T. compiled the substantial total of 257, Blandford registering an excellent strike for 103, ho being still unbeaten at the close. Harvey (42), Findlay (27), Robb (19), Hirtzei (16) and Mardon (16) also contributed useful figures. Despite the heavy scoring Barnett did good service for Kia Ora with the ball by accounting for seven wickets at the reasonable cost of 52 runs. Kia Ora in their reply could only muster 33, Shaw heading the returns with nine, while in their follow-on they had lost six wickets for 48 runs when play concluded, Barnett having made 18 and Mitz 13. Bowling for P. and T., Findlay took four wickets for nine runs, Robb three for eight and Blandford two for five in the first innings, while Findlay took three, for 30 and Blandford two for five in the second strike by Kia Ora. Opposing Technical, Phoenix compiled 182,j of which Harrowfield was responsible for 100, Mudford 14 and Trewby 12. Technical replied with 108, Dyer making 37 and Smith 25. Bowling for Technical, McLean took four wickets at a cost of 31 runs, while for Phoenix Simpson took five for 21. The game was not carried further, a threepoint win being thus credited Phoenix.

FEILDING CRICKET. WINS FOR PUBLIC SERVICE AND OLD BOYS. (Special to “Standard.”) FEILDING, Nov. 28. The uncertainties of cricket were in evidence at Kowhai Park on Saturday, when the Feilding and district cricket competitions were continued. The bowling was in complete mastery of the situation and the trickiness of the wicket had the batsmen puzzled. It is not often in A grade cricket that a team’s aggregate in both innings fails to reach a century, but with one exception out of the four teams engaged on Saturday this proved to be the case. Public Service batted first in their engagement with Feilding. and the first surprise of the day was shown when they were dismissed for 39. The telegraph, however, registered even lower when Feilding; were all out, their tally standing at 34. Occupying the crease for the second occasion Public Service found their feet, and this time registered 95 before the last wicket was shattered, four of the batsmen getting into double figures. Requiring 101 runs to win the Feilding batsmen set about their task in a more convincing fashion, but failed to gain their obiective, being dismissed for 58, leaving Public Service, who were playing a team two men short, victorious by 41 runs.

On No. 2 wickelj another low scoring but exciting game between . Coly ton and Old Boys was fought out. In their first strike the country eleven knocked up 47 and matters looked serious for the Colts, who were one man short, when they were dismissed for 35. Cclyton, however, failed to consolidate thetir position in their second iunpigs, the last man leaving the wickets with the score at 29. Requiring 42 runs to win Old Boys dug themselves in as much as an erratic wicket would e-low and a close and exciting innings finished with the Colts the victors with two wickets in hand. Details of the games are as follow: — PUBLIC SERVICE v. FEILDING. Public Service. First innings: Lange, c Jefferies, b Donaldson, 3; Wild, b Carter, 1; Amadio, b Donaldson, 9; McDonald, b Donaldson, 9; Hay, not out. 11; McLeod, lbw, b Carter, 0; Whitehead, b Carter, 0; Jewell, b Donaldson, 0; Sauer, b Donaldson, 5; two absent; extra, 1. Total 39. Bowling Analysis.—Carter, 3 for lo 5 Donaldson, 5 for 23. Second Innings—Lange, c Donaldson, b Carter 16; Hay, 1.b.w., b L. Sindford 19; Wild, b Pike, 18; Amadio, b Maxwell, 9; McDonald, 1.b.w., b Carter, 1; McLean, c Donaldson, b Maxwell, 1; Whitehead, b Carter, Oj Jewell, b L. Sandford, 20; Sauer, b Carter, 2; Irvine, not out, 4; Smith, c Laing, b Sandford, 0; extras, 5; total .95. _ 0 Bowling Analysis.—Garter, 4 for 22; Donaldson, 0 for 17: L. Sandford 3 for 10; A. Sandford, 0 for 2; Maxwell, 2 for 24: Pike, 1 for 16. Feilding—First Innings: Laing, b McDonald, 7; A. Sandford, b McDonold 0; Donaldson, c McLeod, b McDonald, 12; Carter, c and b Amadio, 7: Maxwell, b McLeod, 0; L. Sandford, b McDonald, 0; Pike, b McDonald 7; Buist, b Amadio, 0; Jefferies, not out, 0; Fitzpatrick, b McDonald, 1; Salmond, absent, 0; total Bowling Analysis.—McDonald, 6 for 10; McLeod, 1 for 22; Amadio, 2 for 2. Second Innings.—Jefferies, c McLeod, b Amadio, 8; Laing, b Whitehead, 5; Donaldson, c McDonald, b Whitehead, 12; Salmond, b McDonald, 2; Carter c Wild, b McDonald, 15; Pike, b McDonald, 1; A. Sandford, 1.b.w., b McLeod. 2; L. Sandford, b McDonald, 0; Fitzpatrick, run out, 0; Buist, not out, 9; Maxwell, b McLeod, 0; extras, 4; total, 58. Bowling Analysis.—McDonald, 4 for. 11; McLeod, 2 for 25; Whitehead, 2 for 6; Amadio, 1 for 12. Public Service won by 41 runs. COLYTON v. OLD BOYS.

Colyton.—First innings: Reid, not out, 2; Hessoltine, b Telford, 3; M. Waldin, c' and b Telford, 0;. McLeod, 1.b.w., b Telford, 2; Bussell, b Tel-

ford, 0; A. Raisin, c Cochrane, b Amadio, 14; Q. Raisin, b Telford, 0; Thurston, c and b Whitehead, 6; J. Waldin, b Whitehead, 16; Wilson, b Whitehead, 0; Power, not out, 4; total, 47. Bowling analysis.—Telford 4 for 24; Amadio two for 2; Wluteliead 3 for 8; Dewe 0 for 7. Second innings.—Reid, c Barltrop, b Telford, 8; C .Raisin, b Telford, 1; J. Waldin, c and b Telford, 0; Hesseltine, run out, 0; Bussell, b Dewe, 2; A. Raisin, b Telford, 0; Wilson, c Whitehead, b Telford, 0; M. Waldin, b Telford, 5; McLeod, run out, 2; Thurston, not out, 1; Power, b Dewe, 8; extras, 2; total, 29. Bowling analysis.—Telford 7 for 6; Amadio 0 for 5; Dewe 2 for 16. Old Boys.— First innings: Amadio, b M. Waldin, 0; Connell, c Raisin, b M. Waldin, 0; C. Whitehead, b M. Waldin, 9; Dewe, b Thurston, 1; Telford, c'Wilson b Thurston, 12; V. Whitehead, b Thurston, 5; Cochrane, b M. Waldin, 2: Barltrop, not out, 4; Carthew, c Wilson, b Thurston, 0; Bailey, 1.b.w., b M. Waldin, 1; extras, 1; total, 35. Bowling analysis.—M. Waldin 5 for 14: Thurston, 4 for 20. Second Innings.—Cochrane, c Reid, b M. Waldin, 12; Connell, run out, 0; C. Whitehead, 1.b.w., b J. Waldin, 10; Amadio, b J. Waldin, 2; Dewe, b J. Waldin, 4; Telford, c Thurston, b Hesseltine, 4; V. Whitehead, c Waldin, b Thurston, 6; Barltrop, not out, 4; Carthew, b Thurston, 1; Bailey, not out, 1; extras, 1; total, 45. Bowling analysis.—J. Waldin 3 for 19; M. Waldin, 1 for 11; Power 0 for 8; Hesseltine 1 for 1; Thurston 2 for 5. Old Boys won by two wickets. HAWKE’S BAY DEFEAT WAIROA. NAPIER, Nov. 27. The Hawke Cup challenge elimination match concluded yesterday, Hawke’s Bay defeating Wairoa by an innings and 181 runs. Wairoa followed on, being 470 behind on the first innings, and made 289. Some bright batting was shown by Peni (56), Wahl (55), Thomas (48), and fieslop (47). T. C. Lowry, captain of the New Zealand team that toured England, was welcomed home by cricketers on Saturday afternoon, and a silver cigarette and cigar case was presented to him. RESULTS IN OTHER CENTRES. Wellington.—Midland 264 (Donaghue 74, Bruce 61) v. Wellington 36 for one wicket. For Wellington Cousins took six wickets , for 72. University seven wickets for 229 runs (Hollings 108, Leys 77) v. Y.M.C.A. Ivilbirnie 159 (Armstrong 61) v. Institute 65 for one wicket. For Institute Massey took four for 35 and Prince five for 26. Old Boys 185 (Duncan not out 42) v. Petone 18 for four wickets. For Petone Brice took five wickets for 54. Thorndon 147 (Monldiouse 55 not out) v. Hutt. For Hutt McGirr took five wickets for 68. Auckland.—North Shore, playing against Ponsonby, made 319 (Dacre 103). Ponsonby made 78 for three wickets. Y.M.C.A.. against Eden, made 296 (Bowley, 110). Grafton, playing against University, made 135. University made 221-(Garrard) 75). Parnell, in their game against United Suburbs, made 130. United Suburbs made 88, Parnell, in the second innings, made 57 for the loss of two wickets. Christchurch. Riccarton 438 (Powell, not out 100) v. Old Collegians one wicket for 25. High School Old Boys 248 v. West Christchurch 103. St. Albans 186 v. Linwood five wickets for 154. East Christchurch 232 v.. Sydenham seven wickets for 94. Dunedin.—Grange 178 v. Dunedin 49. Carisbrook 113 v. Albion 146. OVERSEAS’ CRICKET. SHEFFIELD SHIELD. BRISBANE, Nov. 27. The first Sheffield Shield match of the season against New South Wales ham 63, Gough 38, Rowe 96 not out, has commenced. Queensland has lost eight wickets for 354 (R. OxenNothling 46, Benrtead 44). The weather was hot, and the wicket good. The Queenslanders put up an excellent fight, and handled the bowling confidently. The fielding was somewhat below the New South Wales standard. Oxenham. and Nothling played dashing, cricket. Rowe played a fine innings. —Press Association. M.C.C. v. ORANGE FREE STATE. CAPETOWN, Nov. 26. Against ithe Free State at Bloemfortein, the Marylebone team lost seven wickets for 592, and declared (Legge 120, Holmes .279 not out). Boiling Coen took three wickets for 80 ,and Travers two for 67. The Free State had loot two wickets for 69 when stumps were drawn.—Australian Press Association and Sun. The Free State scored 192 in the first innings. CENTURIES IN MELBOURNE. MELBOURNE, Nov. 27. For North Melbourne against Hawthorn, Drerof made 124. For Melbourne against Collingwood, Armstrong made 147. For South Melbourne against University, Park made 144. Pres Association.