CRICKET

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 6, 7 December 1931, Page 4

CRICKET

PERFECT PLAYING CONDITIONS. OPENING POUND CONCLUDED. Perfect placing conditions were offering on Saturday for the completion of the cricket series which had been entered upon the week previously, and the day brought with it victories to the two leading senior clubs, Palmerston and United, who emerge from the opening round on even terms. At an early stage in the Palmerston-Old Boys game the outcome did not appear to be at all promising for last year’s champions, but Palmerston improved as they advanced and, from three wickets down for 30 runs, a splendid partnership between Hollier and Norris added 100, • which altered the complexion of the game. The example set was emulated by the succeeding batsmen and the total was advanced to 297 before the final wicket fell, , which gave to the winners a comfortable margin. Opposing High School, United gained the ascendancy before the fifth wicket went and when the final wicket fell the latter eleven were enjoying a lead of 89 runs. - They made a bid to force a four-point win, but the task proved to be impossible. THE HONOURS BOARD. BATTING. Olliver (U.) 98 Berquist OP.) 88 Hollier <T.) 59 Norris (P.) 59 BOWLING.

R. Hatch (H.S.) 3 for 47 McKay (O.B.) 4 for 61 PALMERSTON v. OLD BOYS. The opening day had found Old Boys return a total” of 176 and Palmerston brad lost two wickets very cheaply. However, Hollier and Norris got going on Saturday to put up a stubborn defence and gradually wear the bowling down, the pair declining to attempt short singles save for the purpose of drawing the fieldsmen in. From three wickets for 30. the pair carried the total to 131 before being separated, Norris being the first to return to the pavilion from a snick behind the wickets off Holtz after having contributed 11 fours. Ongley joined Hollier and the latter was commencing to open up when Holtz had him caught by ’keeper Cottier in similar fashion to Norris. Peculiarly enough, the coincidence was carried further in that

Hollier had likewise reached 59 at the time, his total, however, including 10 fours and one six. Each succeeding batsman carried on the good work and a free hitting display by Berquist. who entered sixth wicket down, enabled him to top the returns with 88. For a long period practically all his scoring resulted from boundaries, but he slowed up towards the close to swell his account with singles and his total comprised four sixes, 12 fours and 11 singles. Kells with 22 and Nash with 28 rendered useful assistance and when the final wicket fell the total was standing at 319. Play was not proceeded with further and Palmerston annexed a three points win by a margin of 143 runs on the first innings. Following are the detailed scores: OLD BOYS.

First innings 176 PALMERSTON.—First Innings. Hollier, c Cottier, b Holtz ... 59 Pegden, b McKay 3 Leet, c and b Diedericb 1 Carlisle, c O’Keefe, b McKay ... 10 Norris, c Cottier, b Holtz ... 59 Ongley, c Diederich, b McKay. ...• 18 KeUs, stp. Cottier, b McKay ... 22 O’Keefe, b Holtz ... 88 Nash, cand b Akuira ... 28 Miller, run out 3 Gendall, not out 8 Extras 20 Total 319 Bowling analysis.—McKay, 4 for 61; Holtz, 3 for 103; Diederich, 1 for 68; M'alrbgrave, none for 25; Akuira, 1 for 42.

UNITED v. HIGH SCHOOL.

Although High School had returned the very fair total of 208 on. the opening day, United, after losing their first wicket at 28, advanced the telegraph to 95 on Saturday before the second wicket fell. . Of the 67 forthcoming from the Olliver-Penman partnership, the latter had been responsible for 46. An even slightly more profitable partnership, followed with Millen joining Olliver, the newcomer stepping out to the bowling in enterprising fashion. Of the 77 which had been added, Millen had contributed a vigorous 51, which included one six and eight fours, when he was finally caught out of his ground by the keeper to give K. Hatch a wicket. Gallichan failed to get going, but Stephenson improved on his earlier efforts to furnish 34, High School’s total being exceeded during his partnership with Olliver. Broughton added 18 before mishitting a long-hop from R. Hatch high into the slips, while two sensational thrown-outs followed. . When 98 Olliver was a little casual in essaying a run and Roach threw at the wnckets from well out to rob the batsman of his century. In the closing stages the batsman had reverted to his stonewall tactics and he took just too long to add his final 10 runs. A dozen boundaries were included in his 98. Jewett’s stay was brief, a return to the bowler’s end enabling R. Hatch to throw down the wicket from an acute angle. When the innings closed United’s total of 297 gave them an advantage of 89 runs and they sent High School in again. However, while the first wicket fell at 14, a series of double figures saw the schoolboys with 108 on the board for the loss of four wickets at

the drawing of stumps. Following are the detailed scores: UNITED.—First Innings. Cutler, c Hatch, b Spelman 19 Olliver, run out 98 Penman, c Lang, b R. Hatch ... 46; Millen, st. Miller, b K. Hatch ... 51 j ■ Gallichan, c Miller, b Lang 9 j Stephenson, c Roach, b Lang ... 341 Broughton, c Robertson, b R. Hatch 18 I Spring, not out 31 Jewett, run out 0 Edwards, c Wareham, bR. Hatch 0 Extras .’ 19 Total 297 Bowling analysis.—R. Hatch, three for 47; Lang, two for 122; Spelman, one for 42; McVicar, none for 26; Onglev, none for 17: K. Hatch, one for 10: Roach, none for 11. HIGH SCHOOL. First Innings 208 Second Innings. Fletcher, e Penman, b Gallichan 4 Roach, c Edwards, b Cutler 19 Robertson, 1.b.w., b Penman 28 Wareham, not out 14 Ongley, b Olliver 22 Lang, not out 9 Extras 12 Total for four wickets 108 Bowling analysis.—Jewett, none for , 12; Gallichan, one for 9; Tarrant, , none for 14: Cutler, one for 10; 1

Broughton, none for 15; Stephenson, none for 6; Penman, one for 16; Olliver, one for 18. , THE JUNIOR GRADE. OLD BOYS v. HIGH SCHOOL. Similarly to the opening round, Old Boys had to be content with a draw against High School, although the fortunes of war were once again favouring the competition leaders. Old Boys de-

dared their innings at 199 for the loss j of three wickets, Spring having contril buted 115 without being beaten, while ; Eglinton furnished 45 (retired) and I Johansen 10. In their reply High, School I had 162 on the board and the last man in when time was called to enable them to share the points. Carter compiled an excellent 54, while Cutler made 40, Fletcher 15, Higginson 14 and McSkimming 13. Bowling for Old Boys, Eglintor took 5 wickets at a cost of 42 runs. CITY COUNCIL v. KIA TOA. Batting first against City Council Kia Toa knocked up 115 in a set n r even scorers. Hancock making 18, CroF 17, "Wass 15 and Evans 13 not out. Cit-> Council replied with 142, Burgess con-

tributing 50, Lane 26, May 23 and Hands 12. Bowling for the winners, E. Morgan took 3 wickets for 27 runs, Tur- ! ner 2 for 13 and Lane 2 for 16, while j for Kia Toa P. Morgan proved himself to be the desrtuctive agent with 7 wickets for 34 runs. Y.M.C.A. v. PALMERSTON. __ A drawn game resulted when Y.M.C.A. and Palmerston met on the Terrace End Park. Y.M.C.A. had first strike and compiled 232 runs (McLaren 54, Griggs 50, McMinn 21, Birnie 14). Bowling for Palmerston, Dans took 3 wickets for 30 runs and Madgwick 1 for ! 12. Palmerston, when time was up, had ; scored 170 for the loss of 8 wickets. Childs (77), R. Ormond (32) and Mabey (20) made the best showing with the bat. THIRD GRADE. j Technical School forced a four-point j win over Primary Schools right on ’ the call of time. Batting first, Technical compiled 295 for the loss of five wickets and declared, Bradley compiling 102, Russell 93, Dredge 33, Kilgour 26 not out, and Gardner 23. At their first visit Primary Schools could only muster 64, of which Cockbum contributed 27. while at their Beoond they reached 132. Collis making 50, Hocking and McVicar 17 each, Hardie 11 and Cockburn 10. Bowling for Technical, Russell took seven wickets for 27 runs and four for 15, while 1 Dredge took three for 34 in the first innings and Gardner three for 11 in • the second. i

Occupying the pitch on the High School ground, Phoenix, 136 (O’Kane 78, Simmonds 29, not out) secured a three-point win over Kia Ora, 40 (Smidt 12, Colpman 10, not out). - Bowling for Kia Ora, Christensen took two wickets for five runs.

Albion scored a three-point win over Gordon at Terrace End. Albion mado 178 (Lyne 53 retired, Phillips 50 retired, Smith 20. __Arnott 15) and Gordon compiled 107 (Davidson 57. Russell 14, Wilson 13). Following on, they scored 37 runs (Russell 19). Bowling for Gordon, King took four wickets for 59 runs, while for Albion Rees took three for 26 and Phillips four for 49. FEILDING MATCHES. PUBLIC SERVICE LEAD FEILDING. OLD BOYS v. COLYTON. Due chiefly to the efforts of L. J. Wild and McClure, Public Service placed themselves well ahead of Feilding in their first innings on Saturday, the first-named knocking up one short of the half century, while the latter was still unbeaten with 38 to his credit when play ceased for the day. Feilding made 93 in their innings,

Laing, Harding and Neilson being the only ones to reach double figures. The wicket was very bumpy and trying for both batsmen and bowlers, but, nevertheless, Nanset- and Barltrop ,came out with fair averages. With six wickets still in hand for 155, Public Service would seem to have a rood chance of reaching their second century next Saturday. Tjld Boys batted first against Colyton and knocked up 136, N. Bramwell and V. Whitehead both getting above two-score runs, while “extras” contributed that figure. Colyton started well, L. Whitehead and Howell appearing set for a good, score until the Former got his leg in front of a delivery from Bramwell, his partner being dismissed shortly after. Thurston 1 played careful cricket for 25 runs, while Telford knocked up 19 in merry ■ style. Power, the last man in, took i

the crease a few minutes before time vith the score reading nine for 97, | Power'sending the'ball over the boundary just a.s stumps were drawn f or the day, olay ceasing with the last two men holding the wicket for 101 -tins. The following are the detailed scores : FEILDING v. PUBLIC SERVICE. FEILDING.—First Innings. , T ling, c Ferguson, b McLeod ... 27 V Fitzpatrick, c Nansett, b Barl-

trop 0 'Warding, c Lange, h Stevens ... 22 Xeilson, c Lange, b Barltrop ... 18

l Donaldson, c Lange by Stevens ... 1 Overend, st. Mitchell, b Stevens ... 7 ! H. Dewe, run out 6 5 Fitpatrick, c and b Nansett ... 1 f Buist, c McLeod, b Nansett .... 1 r McElroy, b Nansett 2 Gollan, not out 5 Extras 3 1 Total 93 1 Bowling analysis: McLeod one for 27, ; Barltrop two for 22, Stevens three for i 23, Nansett threee for 19. PUBLIC SERVICE—First Innings. ! Wild, c McElroy, b Harding ... 49 Lange, c Overend, b Laing ... 0 McClure, not out 38 Stevens, c Overend, b Harding ... 0 Mitchell, c G. Fitzpatrick, b Donaldson 8 Nansett, b Donaldson 16 I Barltrop, not out g | Extras 39 i Total for five wickets 155 OLD BOYS v. COLYTON. OLD BOYS.—First Innings. Amadio, b Telford 15 Connell, b Walden ... ... ... 8 J. Dewe, st. L. Whitehead, b Brown 17 S. Bramewll, b Walden 2 Hoffmeister, 1.b.w., b Brown ... 14 L. Penney, b Power Q N. Bramwell, c Fitzherbert, b i Walden 21 V. Whitehead, c Howell, b Telford 29 , Pearse, c Power, b Walden ... 1 ! N. Penney, not out 1 ' Smith, b Roberts ... ... ... 0 Extras 22 Total 136 Bowling analysis:—Fitzherbert none for 9, Walden four for 29, Telford two for 24, Michel none for 13, Brown two for 18, Power one for 23, Roberts one for 1. COLYTON. —First Innings. L. Whitehead, 1.b.w., b S. Bramwell H Howell, c Pearse, b S. Bramwell 13 Walden, 1.b.w., bN. Bramwell ... 5 Michel, b N. Bramwell 3 Thurston, b Hoffmeister 25 Telford, run out 19 Fitzherbert, b Hoffmeister 4 Spelman, c V. Whitehead, b S. Bramwell 3 Roberts, not out 6 Brown, b Hoffmeister 1 Power, not out 4 Extras 7 Total for nine wickets 101 B GRADE GAMES. High School B played Feilding B. Feilding batted first and made 80 1 (Simmondson 18, Gilchrist 30). Farmer took seven wickets for School. School were dismissed for 97 (Malcolm 45, Allen mi. 19). F. Dewe took six wickets. In a second innings the Feilding batsmen failed, being all out for 23, Beazer and Farmer dividing the bowling honours. Old Boys B and High School A had a close game. Old Boys batted first and scored 90 (Wild 12, Row 25, Thornley 13, P. Eade not out 19). Absolom took six wickets. High School scored 91 (Prebble 19, Absolom 19, Herbert not out 12).

HAWKE CUP ELIMINATION

WIN FOR WANGANUI

Per Press Association. WANGANUI, Deo. 6. Wanganui (266 and 224) defeated Taranaki (269 and 210) by eleven runs in the Hawke Cup elimination match, which concluded on Saturday. An exciting finish was provided! Taranakrequired 222-runs to win and had one wicket down when play was resumed yesterday. At the luncheon adjourn ment they had lost two wickets fo; 116; The wickets then fell three 129, four for 153. five for 180, six fo 182, seven for 203. eight for 205. and nine for 208. Giddy batted all day ii a magnificent attempt for 70 not out Betts (30). W. Baker (49 run out) ar Nasmith (26) were the other leadi: scorers. INTER-STATE TOURNEY. MELBOURNE, Dec. 6. New South Wales beat Victoria in

the inter-State tennis tournament by 15 rubbers to 6. Hopman brilliantly beat Crawford. 6 —3, 6—2. South Australia beat Victoria by 14 rubbers to 7. In the women’s games, Victoria beat New South Wales by 7 rubbers io 5. Victoria also beat South Australia by 8 rubbers to 4.

RAIN IN SYDNEY

SYDNEY, Dec. 5.

Persistent heavy showers prevented play in the return cricket match South Africa versus New South Wales on Saturday.