MID-WEEK CRICKET

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 62, 9 February 1933, Page 10

MID-WEEK CRICKET

MIXED FORTUNES EXPERIENCED CENTURY TO HOOKER. The mid-week cricket competitions reached a further stage yesterday afternoon, when good weather made the matches enjoyable. Mixed fortune was the lot of the batsmen, who in some instances were most successful, and in others failed to reproduce their usual form. Hooker (P.D.C.) was the leader for the day in this department, distinguishing himself by reaching 101 when he retired. The successful teams were E.D.C., Optimists and Unemployed A. P.D.C. BEAT UNEMPLOYED B. P.D.C. secured a comfortable first innings win over the Unemployed Club’s B team. They compiled 238 in their visit to the crease, Hooker retiring after reaching 101 in fine style as an opening batsman. Other good scores were those of Blumont (28), Clayton (25), Findlay (23) and Oliver (22 retired). Unemployed compiled only 60 in their first innings, Orr (18 not out) being the only double figure scorer. They fared better in their second innings, when they made 58 for the loss of tour wickets, Findlay (22 not out) and Redward (13) reaching double figures. The following are the scores:— P.D.C. Hooker, retired 101 AJeGonigal, b Robb 6 Harris, lbw, b Findlay 23 Blumont, c Hansen, b Burstall ... 28 Rodgers, c Burstall, b Hansen ... 13 Clayton, c Burstall, b Paine ... 25 Oliver, retired 22 Allan, c McClelland, b Burstall ... 0 Gilmour, not out 1 Dixon, c McClelland, b Burstall ... 0 Extras 19 Total 238 Bowling analysis: Burstall 3 for 29, Robb 1 for 45, Paine 1 for 24, Findlay 1 for 30, Hansen 1 for 22. UNEMPLOYED CLUB B. First Innings. Paine, run out 0 Findlay, b Rodgers 5 Hansen, c Dixon, b Hooker 9 Leng, c Blumont, b Rodgers ... 9 McClelland, b Hooker 0 Burstall, b Hooker 0 Nelson, b Rodgers 0 Redward, b Hooker 4 Robb, b Rodgers 9 Orr, not out 18 Richardson, c Clayton, b Hooker 0 Extras 6 Total 60 Bowling analysis: Hooker 5 for 30, Rodgers 4 for 23, Clayton 0 for 1. Second Innings. Redward, b Blumont ... 13 McClelland, b Oliver 8 Paine, c Harris, b Blumont 0 Leng, b Rodgers '. 0 Findlay, not out 22 Hansen, not out 9 Extras 6 Total for 4 wickets 58 Bowling analysis: Blumont 2 for 14, Oliver 1 for 3, Rodgers 1 for 12, Hooker 0 for 17, "Clayton 0 for 8. OPTIMISTS BEAT SERVICES B. An easy 3-point win was secured by Optimists over the Combined Services B team. Optimists declared their innings closed with only six wickets down for 211 after a period of bright batting which wrecked Services’ bowling averages. Edlin, who opened with Goodjohn, retired when he reached 51. Oliver (48) was unlucky in missing the half-century mark. A series of “ducks” was responsible for Services replying with only 56 runs. Gray (16), Elliott (14) and Kempson (12) were the only men to reach double figures, erstwhile good batsmen failing to shine. The detailed scores are as follow: OPTIMISTS. Somerville, c Andrews, b Goodjohn 4 : Edlin, retired 51 Thompson, c Elliott, b Goodjohn 25 Oliver, b Roberts 48 Rice, b Gray 29 Cockburn, not out 0 McNab, c Roberts, b Downes ... 28 Extras ' 26 Total for 6 wickets (declared) 211 Bowling analysis.—Goodjohn two for 42, Downes one for 16, Gray one for 33, Roberts one for 35, Andrews none £or 12, Woodley none for 38. COMBINED SERVICES B. Elliott, b Rice 14 Woodley, b Rico ... 0 Andrews, c Edlin, b Rice 0 Wilde, c Cockburn, b Rice 0 Downes, b Rice ... 0 Gray, c Cockburn, b Rice 16 Goodjohn, run out 2 Kempson, b Somerville 12 O’Neil, b Somerville 0 Tilson, not out 9 Roberts, b Somerville 0 Extras 3 Total ••• 56 Bowling analysis.—Rice six for 22, Somerville three for 19, McGregor none for 12. I UNEMPLOYED A BEAT SERVICES A. Unemployed A left no doubt as to their superiority over Combined Services A, winning the match by 152 *uns on the first innings. Unemploy-

ed had the first strike and compiled 230 by dint of strong batting. Holden, who opened with Lenjr, reached 42 before Wnsley bowled lum, other good scorers being Ormond (48), Weston (30), Webby (27 not out) and Brown (20), and the innings as a whole was characterised by good batting, there being only two men dismissed for a “duck.” Services could only muster 78 in reply, their innings failing to reproduce tile form shown by the winners. Quigan (22) was top scorer, M. Hart (13), Childs (10) and Wnsley (10) being the only other double-figure scorers. The details are as follow : UNEMPLOYED CLUB A. Holden, b Wasley ... 42

Leng, b Heaphy 15 Cox, b Heaphy 6 Ormond, st, b McGavin 48 Mayo, b Wasley 14 Brown, b Wasley 20 Hancock, lbw, b Quigan 0 Weston, c Hart, b McGavin ... 30 Webby, not out 27 Ford, b McGavin 0 Bailey, b Angus 13 Extras 15 Total 230 Bowling analysis.—Wasley three for 52, Heaphy two for 49, McGavin three for 49, Angus one for 13, Quigan one for 27, Childs none for 34. COMBINED SERVICES A. Childs, b Ormond 10 M. Hart, lbw, b Holden 13 McGavin, c and b Ormond 0 L. Hart, b Holden 6 Heaphy, c Weston, b Holden ... 2 Wasley, b Holden 10 Angus, b Holdfen 3 Quigan, c Mayo, b Holden 22 Pledger, c Weston, b Holden ... I Green, not out 1 Dawe, b Weston 5 Extras o Total 78 Bowling analysis.—Holden, 7 for 39; Ormond, 2 for 23; Weston, 1 for none.