TOURING CRICKETERS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 67, 16 February 1939, Page 16

TOURING CRICKETERS

MATCH WITH HAMILTON. SPIN BOWLERS’ SUCCESS. Per Press Association. HAMILTON, Feb. Li. Play in tho cricket match between Sir J alien Calm’s eleven and AYaikato was confined to the afternoon after 3 p.m. because of rain in the morning. The wicket was covered. AYaikato batted when they won the toss. Aitken and McKenzie put on only seven, but Aitken and Bright added 50, Bright playing attractive shots ail round the wicket for 30. Four wickets were down for 70, then Skeet and Badeley added 22 before Skeet played a ball on to the wicket. At stumps AYaikato had scored 128 for the loss of nine wickets. Tho spin bowlers reaped the most success, Walsh taking four wickets for 45, and Smith, three for IG. Details: AYAIKATO. A. J. Aitken, c Dyson, b AYalsli ... 10 O. McKenzie, b Phillipson 4 P. Bright, b AA'alsh 30 A. Lissette, b Lush 7 S. A. R. Badeley, not out 10 R. Skeet, b Smith 8 R. Clough, 1.b.w., b Smith 0 E. Everest, 1.b.w., b AValsli ... 13 P. Jordan, c Reane, b Smith ... 2 It. Going, 1.b.w., b Walsh 2 G. Hampton, not out 8 Extras 10 Total lor nine wickets 128 NOTES ON THE GAME. PALMERSTON STILL LEAD. (By “Point.”) AA’itli another series of matches completed in the Manawatu Cricket Association’s senior A competition, Palmerston continue to lead lor the championship and they can be regarded as a little unlucky that their win on Saturday did not yield eight points. Everything was going in their favour—except the weather. Shortly before 0 o’clock United had lost six wickets lor 67 in their second innings and at that stage it seemed that nothing could stop the rot. However, the sky became heavily overcast and an appeal against the light was upheld. There can be. no suggestion that the appeal was unjustified; a number of other matches were stopped for similar reasons and conditions were such that of the seven matches at the Sportsground only one was in progress when the bell was sounded at 6.30.

City, lying second on the championship ladder, scored over Kia Toa, and Old Bovs, third on the ladder, won from Combined Services, so the positions remained unchanged. The points are now as follow: Palmerston 35 City 31 Old Boys 27 Kia Toa 21 United 13 Combined Services 9 Waikato Comment.

Says a AA'aikato contemporary: “A great deal of interest is taken in the cricket in Palmerston North by enthusiasts ill this area, as it is realised that the Manawatu team lias a better chance than any other association of Jilting the Hawke Cup from AYaikato. There are several well-known cricketers in Palmerston North, the best known being N. Gallichan, and T. L. Pritchard, but another star has been discovered. AA'hen the AA'aikato representatives were last in Palmeiston they were impressed with the capacities of J. Murchison, and so they were not surprised to hear that he now leads in tlio Manawatu batting averages and lias to bis '-rodit the record Manawatu score of 201 not out.” A Chanceless Century. But for tho splendid fifth wicket partnership yielding 152 runs between F. Collis and IT. Lang, , City would have been hard pressed to overtake Kia Toa’s total on Saturday. Collis played a fine, chanceless innings, his 117 including 13 fours. Lang gave only one difficult chance in scoring his 54, and Carlisle, taking advantage of the tired bowling, knocked up 30 in quick time. The McA 7 icar Bros, Cameron and Hardie also contributed useful scores. Of the Kia Toa bowlers Murchison and Baigent were the most dangerous, but after the tea adjournment the fielding was not so good. Shailer and Edlin distinguished themselves in tho field. Bradman’s Record.

Old cricketers will deplore that another famous record has been eonalled -—one, moreover, that had a look of permanence about it, states a London daily in commenting on Bradman’s sixth century in six consecutive innings this season. In 1901 C. B. Fry astonished even AV. G. Grace by the same performance, which in those days encroached considerably on our credulity. But what would AA’. G. Grace say if he were alive now and learned that since 1927 Bradman lias amassed 21 ,- 263 runs at an average of 96.02? The probability is he would wish that lie could go forth again and •‘have a look” at this modern bowling and at these wickets which do not permit shooters.'' Devastating Bowling. Spelman, always a dangerous bowler, distinguished himself on Saturday in the senior B match between Y.M.C.A. and United. In the first innings, when United were dismissed for 75, lie took 5 wickets for 38 runs, and in the second strike he did even better, securing 7 wickets for 31. United could not stand up to tlio attack and the match ended in the one day. Y.M.C.A. scoring an eight-poiut win. High School’s Big Score. It certainly cannot be said that High School were out of form as the result of their long vacation. In their first senior B match since the holidays, on Saturday, they scored 330 for the loss of 7 wickets, Duncalf topping the score with 76 not out. All but one of the dismissed batsmen made double figures and in every respeet the innings was a meritorious one.