CRICKET

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 70, 22 February 1932, Page 10

CRICKET

CHANGED CONDITIONS. MISTAKE IN TACTICS. For the first occasion this season rain threatened on Saturday, to interrupt the local cricket competitions, but conditions improved just prior to the entry upon play and the games were proceeded with without interruption. The day marked the third, and what will no doubt prove the final meeting between Palmerston and United. The rival combinations entered upon the afternoon’s activities on an even footing, but it became early apparent that United’s hopes of annexing the season’s honours were doomed to be shattered. By winning the toss the United skipper promised to hold the- advantage, but he elected to take first strike and the decision proved to be a mistake in tactics. While it was difficult to foresee that the rain would abate, his eleven failed on the wicket and, by the time Palmerston entered, it had dried materially and the conclusion of the day’s play found the old champions in a position which promises to be a winning one. .High School gave Old Boys an afternoon’s leather hunting, but, despite the fact that they batted on what proved to be the drier wicket, the schoolboys took the full afternoon to compile 234 for the loss of six wickets. The total is by no means a “safe” one and presumably High School will carry their total still further on the resumption of play. THE HONOURS BOARD. Batting. Lang (H.S.) 64 Fletcher (H.S.) 64 Penman (U.) ••• 36* Hollier (P.) ... 34* R. Hatch (H.S.) 34* ♦lndicates not out. Bowling. Leet (P.) 4 for 36 Roach (P.) 3 for 26 THE LEADERS MEET.

Although originally set down for the lower wicket, the Palmerston-United game was transferred to the upper pitch which, however, proved to be the softer. Instead of taking advantage of it, the United skipper elected to bat —presumably anticipating a continuation of the rain, but which failed to materialise —and the tactics brought with them disaster. Opening with Spring and Olliver, United had only eight runs on the board when Spring was given out to a doubtful l.b.w. decision. Gallichap joined Olliver and the pair carried the total to 47, but at this stage Olliver was taken by Roach off Hollier. With the score unaltered, Gallichan snicked a ball from Roach into the slips and Hollier returned the compliment to his team mate by taking a smart catch head high. Two further wickets fell for an additional eight runs, but matters momentarily improved with Penman and Millen becoming associated, and the pair had furnished another. 22 runs .when Millen attempted to play a bail wide out on the off 1 and 'he cocked a high catch into the slips where Leet accepted it. The only redeeming feature of the . innings thereafter was the lighting effort of Penman, who, taking the major portion of the bowling, knocked up 36 before the final batsman was for, being unbeaten himself. His figures _ included two fours, one three and eight braoes. While some of the United batsmen did not appear to be .favoured in some respects, their play was cramped throughout and they certainly enjoyed some “lives” in the field.

By returning a total of 116, United appeared to be facing a losing battle and, with the opening pair ; for Palmerston, Hollier' and McVicar, putting up a dogged stand to pass the half century before being separated, the outlook for the championship aspirants became gloomier. Norris and Hollier played out time, the drawing of stumps finding 78 on the telegraph for the loss of only one wicket. Hollier once again proved himself as 'a match winner by being unbeaten with 34 against his name. Following are the detailed scores: UNITED. First Innings. Olliver, c Roach, b Hollier 12 Spring, 1.b.w., b Leet 3 Gallichan, o Hollier, b Roach ... 18 Broughton, c Norris, b McVicar 4 Nettleton, c Berquist, b Roach 4 Penman, not out 36 Milieu, c Leet, b McVicar 11 Marsh, b Leet ... ... ... ... 4 Jamieson, c b Leet 0 Jewett, 1.b.w.,' b Leet ... 0 Burstall, o Berquist, b Roach ... 10 Extras ... 14 Total '..116 Bowling analysis.—McVicar, 2 for 36; Leet, 4 for 36; Roach, 3 for 26; Hollier, 1 for 4. PALMERSTON. First Innings. MoVicar, 1.b.w,, b Gallichan ... 21 Hollier, not out 34 Norris, not out ... 9 Extras 14 Total for one wicket ... ... 78 HIGH SCHOOL v. OLD BOYS. High School and Old Boys, who meantime share the bottom rung on the championship ladder, opposed one another on No. 2 wicket, which proved comparatively dry. However, High School, who took first strike, were not able to take any liberties with the bowling, and the scoring rate was slow in comparison with the returns on the faster wickets of the preceding playing days. Their opening partnership was early broken, but Robertson joined Fletcher to slowly advance the total to 60 before the latecomer was caught out of his crease after contributing 25, his total only including two boundaries. Lang replaced Robertson and another useful partnership resulted, the 120 mark being passed before Fletcher was run out after placing an excellent 64 to his credit, his figures including seven fours. Ongley supplied 18 of the 20 runs registered during his stay, but it was not till another 40 had been added that Lang brought his stay to a cJo&e bv returning a ball difiect to Diederich He had equalled Fletcher’s effort of 64 and he had likewise found tho boundary line on seven occasions. R Hatch and Carter carried on the good work and it was just short of time that ’keeper Cottier lifted Carter’s bails off after the batsman had stepped out to one of Akuira s slow delrrenes. Play ceased for the day with the total standing at 234, R. Hatch being unbeaten with 34= to his credit, his figures including five fours

and two throos. Following are the detailed scores: HIGH SCHOOL. First Innings. K. Hatch, b O’Keefe , 3 Fletcher, run out 64 Robertson, st. Cottier, b Diederich 25 Lang, o and b Diederich 64 Ongley, b McKay 18 R. Hatch, not out 34 Carter, c Cottier, b Akuira 18 Txtras ... ... 8 Total for six-wickets .... 234 JUNIOR GRADE. Y.M.C.A. -sT~OLD BOYS. The 'two leading teams in the junior grade, Y.M.C.A. and Old Boys, met for the third occasion, but a draw again resulted.. As a result the championship is still in the balance. Old Boys had first use of the wicket to return a total of 172, Turner and Stubbs compiling 32, while McGregor made 22, Ormond 2l and Heaphy 19. McMinn trundled exceptionally well for Y.M.C.A., taking seven wickets for 35 runs. In their reply Y.M.C.A. found run getting equally difficult, and they batted till the call of time to lose five wickets for 88 runs, Riddell heading the returns with 20, while G. Griggs and Sandman got 17 and 15 respectively. ANOTHER DRAWN GAME. The improving Palmerston juniors, after losing seven wickets for 130 odd, registered a great stand thereafter against City Council, and they declared their innings closed at the fall of the ninth wicket with the score standing at 209, Madgwick being still unbeaten with 70 to his credit. Childs also proved a free contributor with 47, while Lovell and Dodds made 23 and 16 respectively. Turner with three wickets for 33 runs; Lane, with three for 54, and Waugh, with two for 28, shared the bowling honours for City Council. The' task of dismissing City Council before time proved to be beyond the capabilities of the Palmerston trundlers, and when play ceased the former eleven had reached 135 for the loss of five wickets. Hardie headed an even set of returns with 35, while 26, Gavey 24, Morgan 18 not out, and Turner 17 also furnished useful figures. KIA TOA VICTORIOUS. For the second occasion in the series Kia Toa secured a victory at the expense of High School. Taking first strike, Kia Toa, who were at short strength, ran up 116, of which Hancock was responsible for 41, Topee 25 and Evans 21. Spelman, with three wickets for 48 runs, and Gardner, with two for 46, gained the wickets for High School. In their reply High School failed by the small margin of six runs to attain their opponents’ total, McPherson contributing 30, Greer 26 and Fletcher 15. Bowling for Kia Toa, Morgan took six wickets at the reasonable cost of 51 runs, while Jordan took three for 29.

THIRD GRADE. ALBION BEAT TECHNICAL. Albion further improved their position on the championship table by defeating Technical School in a one innings game. Albion made 143 (Keen 48, Tottman 30, Mardon 27 and Plank 14), to which Technical replied with 110 (Prfpe 34, Leng 26, Levy 15 and Howe 12) Bowling for Albion, Free took seven wickets for 54, while for Technical Bowler took three for 6 runs and four for 49. PHOENIX BEAT GORDON. Phoenix brought off a surprise win against Gordon in a two innings game. Batting first, Phoenix returned a score of 91 (Landers 20) whereas Gordon could only muster 72 (Wilson 22 and Russell 20). Bowling for Gordon Wilson took three wickets for 12 runs, while for Phoenix Broad secured six for. 11 runs. . Phoenix declared in their second innings with seven wickets down for 50 (Burrows 13) and then dismissed their opponents for 61 (Wilson 16) to secure a fourpoint victory. For Gordon, Huse took five wickets for 10 runs, while for Phoenix Burrows secured five for 15 in the second innings. KIA ORA BEAT PRIMARY SCHOOLS Kia Ora, opposing Primary Schools, declared their innings closed after running up 116 for the loss of 7 wickets (Dickson 28 not out, Barnett 24, and Fitzpatrick 16). Hardie took 3 wickets for 17 runs. Primary Schools went cheaply at their visits, returning totals of 39 and 40. Kia Ora thus secured a four-point win by an innings and 37 runs. THE GAME IN FEILDING. FOURTH ROUND STARTED. % 1 Aided by. a chanceless 82 from G. Harding, Feildmg ran up over two centuries against Old Boys in the first game of the fourth round of the cricket competitions which commenced on Saturday. Feilding were at the crease for the greater part of the afternoon and played bright cricket m compiling 206, an. obstacle -which, promises to give Old Boys a hard task to overcome in their first innings. After a poor start, Laing and Donaldson going for singles, Harding and Noel Fitzpatrick settled down to score and on the dismissal of the latter at 16, Hare, an ex-player for Feilding with a good record with the bat to his credit, joined Hardnjg. Although he had not played for over six years, Hare soon became comfortable and partnered Harding admirably.. Runs came quickly off all loose balls and, although the Old Boys bowling was steady, the telegraph mounted to just on 90 before Hare was taken behind the wickets by L. Penney. McElroy next took up the run getting and was going well .until 1 he treated a full toss from Amadio too lightly, his 1 wickets falling. Soon after Dewe joined Harding the latter played forward to a slow ball from Amadio and, failing to connect, was smartly stumped by Penney. Harding’s 82 marked the third consecutive occasion on which He had got within striking distance of the century, his previous scores being 78 and 73,. and all would have been pleased to see him reach the three figure mark on his last appearance in Feildr ing cricket this year. His services over a short period have been of value to the Feilding eleven and his return to the Canterbury University this week will leave a gap in the team. In an hour at the wickets - Old Boys knocked up 85 runs for the loss of two batsmen. The not out men—J, Dewe 45 and S. Bramwell 23—were going well when time wap called. On No. 2 wicket Colyton were short of the services of three of their men when they batted first against Public Service. Before the bowling of Stephenson and Barltrop the country bats fared badly, Telford and Power being the only ones to tackle the bowling with confidence, both sending the leather out of the ground several times. The strike closed for 81, a total which the Servicemen had no trouble in passing in their period at the crease, which yielded 151 runs, for the loss of seven wickets. Wild and Stephenson were together for a long time in. compiling their tallies, but the parting of them was followed by a dull period of batting, Lange brightening it up with McClure, senr., who carried his bat for 15, after facing the bowling for a considerable

time. The following are the detailed scores: FEILDING v. OLD BOYS/ < FEILDING. - First Innings. Laing, bS. Bramwell ... ... 1 Harding, stpd. L. Penny, b Ama- g 3 Donaldson, o and bV. Whitehead 1 N. Fitzpatrick, c V. Whitehead, b S. Bramwell or Hare, o L. Penney, b Dewe ... McElroy, b Amadio M Neilson, b Amadio Dewe, b S. Bramwell G., Fitzpatrick, run out ... ••• " Buist, o Smith, bS. Bramwell 5 Biss, not out Extras . Total ... 206 Bowling analysis.—Bramwell, 4 for 60; Y. Whitehead, 1 for 33; Connell, nono for 28; Dewe, 1 for 14; N. Penney, none for 12; Amadio, 3 for 44. OLD BOYS. First Innings. Amadio, b H. Dewe ••• 10 Connell, l.b.w. b H. Dewe ... ...-5 J. Dewe, not out S. Bramwell, not out ... ... "3 Extras 2 . Total for two wickets 85 COLYTON v. PUBLIC SERVICE. COLYTON. First Innings. L. Whitehead, c and b Barltrop 0 Howell, c McClure, junr., b Barltrop 1 Telford, c McClure, junr., b v Stephenson 23 Fitzherbert, b Barltrop 16 Viles, b Stephenson 4 Fitzherbert, junr., c Lange, b Stephenson j. 3 Power, not out ... 29 Wpalleans b Stephenson 0 Michel, absent 0 Waldin, absent 0 Brown, absent , ... 0 Extras ._ '5 Total 81 Bowling analysis.—Barltrop, 3 for 29; Stephenson, 4 for 41. PUBLIC SERVICE. First Innings. Wild, b Fitzherbert, senr., ... 35 Stevens, stpd., L. Whitehead, b Fitzherbert, senr 0 Stephenson, 1.b.w., b Power 42 McClure, junr., 1.b.w., b Power 0 McClure, senr., not out 15 Plank, c Telford, b Fitzherbert, senr., 4 Nansett, b Telford 9 Lange, c sub. b Fitzherbert ... 17 Mitchell, not out ... 4 Extras 25 Total for seven wickets ... 151