Mid-week Cricket

Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 72, 26 March 1936, Page 12

Mid-week Cricket

WINS FOR UNITED AND COMBINED SERVICES. CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS MUST BE UNITED. With two more games completed yesterday, the Wednesday cricket competition is nearing the finish, and United, with a 3-point win against P.D.C. have made tho championship safe for themselves. The conditions yesterday were not favourable, a bleak wind making things most unpleasant for tho players and for the few spectators wdio braved tho elements. United Beat P.D.C. In a game decided on the first innings United beat P.D.C. by 100 runs. On tho opening day of tho game P.D.C. knocked up 88 and in reply United had 167 on for the loss of six wickets —this being the position at stumps. At that stage Hansen was G2 not out. Continuing the innings United knocked up 188, giving them a first-innings lead «o£ 100 runs. Hansen, who batted very well, carried his bat for 71. P.D.C. proved a tougher proposition in their second innings and, batting 10 men, the3 r scored 101 despite the fact that two men retired undefeated. Detailed scores are as under:— P.D.C. First innings 88 Second Innings. Ellery, c Hansen, b Jewett .. .. 21 iThorburn, b Jewett 13 Brace, retired 32 Quigg, Ibw, b Lynch 17 Rodgers, b Greer 7 Creed, Ibw, b O’Connell 11 Ward, c Galliehnn, b Greer .... 0 Watts, retired .. 42 Rees, b Phillips ............ 1 Kinsella, not out .. 5 Extras 42 Total 194 Bowling analysis: Jewett, 2 for 22; Lynch, 1 for 27; Greer, 2 for 2; O’Connoll, 1 for 26; Phillips, 1 for IS. UNITED. First Innings. Greer, b Rodgers 14 Stewart, b Rodgers .......... 0 Cockery, b Rodgers 6 Gallichan, c Watts, b Rodgers .. 40 Lynch, c Rodgers, b Creed 9 Hansen, not out .. .. 71 Jewett, b Rodgers .. .. .. 4 Hincks, b Rodgers .. 12 O’Connell, c and b Creed .. .. .. 0 Phillips, c Rose, b Rodgers 0 O’Brien, c Ellery, b Creed 4 Extras 28 Total .. •..• .. .. .. .. .. ISS Bowling analysis: Rodgers, 7 for SS; Creed, 3 for 43. Combined Services Beat Optimists. Combined Services, with the help of a good first innings lead, had no real trouble in beating Optimists by a decisive margin. When stumps were drawn on tho first day Optimists, who, in their first venture at the wickets made only SS, had 112 runs on for four wickets, Services having made 103. Rico (32) was one of the not out batsmen for Optimists. Continuing, Optimists knocked up the respectablo total of 16S, Rico increasing his individual contribution to 56. Requiring 124 for the outright win, Services scored tho required number with the loss of six wickets, winning by the decisive margin of four ■wickets. Following arc the detailed scores: — OPTIMISTS. First innings . .. .. 58 Second Innings. Elliott, b Ross 21 Sutherland, c Hassell, b Ross .... 35 Rice, b Hassell 56 J. O’Connell, c Weir, b Millar .. 2 Cockburn, b Woodley .. 12 Olliver, c Wheatley, b Ross .... 4 D. O ’Connell, Ibw, b Hassell .... 4 W. Somerville, 1 bw, b Woodley .. 4 Zaloum, c Weir, b Hassell .... a A. Ward, not out • 7 R. Zaloum, c Hassell, b Woodley .. 0 Extras 1$ Total •• '•«' •• 368 Bowling analysis: Wilson, none for 36; Hassell, 3 for 31; Ross, 3 for 19; Woodley, 3 for 25; Wheatley, none fot 29; Millar, 1 for 10. COMBINED SERVICES. First innings 103 Second Innings. Wheatley, Ibw, b Rice b Weir, Ibw, b Zaloum .. .. .. .. 1 W. Wilson, b Zaloum 3cS Millar, c O’Connell, b Cockburn .. 38 Woodley, b Rico 1 Ross, Ibw, b Zaloum .. 23 Hassell, c Oliver, b Zaloum .. .. 9 D. Wilson, c Cockburn, b O ’Connell 29 Bambery, not out 4 Chesham, bJ. O’Connell ...... 1 Extras 10 Total for 9 wickets ........ 106 Bowling analysis: Rice, 2 for 51; L. Zaloum, 4 for 42; Oliver, none for 23; Cockburn, 1 for 11; Somerville, none for 14; J. O’Connell, 2 for 7; D. O'Connell, none for. 3.