CRICKET IN THE CITY

Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 289, 7 December 1936, Page 10

CRICKET IN THE CITY

Saturday’s Games

New games were commenced in the Manawatu Cricket competitions on Saturday. The senior division witnessed some tall scoring, the batsmen being on top for the occasion. UNITED EXCEL THEMSELVES. A feature of the United-Y.M.C.A. game was the line initial stand by the opening batsmen for United with the lower ranks successfully emulating them. Ulliver and Spiers opened, thelormer to just miss his century. He played a lively innings especially with leg balls giving one chance only into slips when 71. Spiers gave a chance into covers at 15 and on the wnole scored slowly. He hit 5 boundaries compared with 14 by Oilivcr. Ouuer was also very ambitious and slathered the bowling to heap up runs quickly. Fiften went to the boundary and one over tho fence. Penman seemed set at stumps. Details were: • UNITED. First Innings. Olliver, c Weir, b Spelman .. .. 92 Spiers, b Downes * ib Cutler, played on, b Spelman .. 98 Pollitt, b Spelman 9 J, Gallickan, stp. Allen, b Edwards 28 Penman, not out .. .. 42 Ross, not out .. Extras •• •• •• 44 Total for five wickets 33G Wickets fell: 1/13S, 2/138, 3/15S, 4/229. Bowling: Hatch 0 for 643, Spelman 8 for 115, Downes 1 for 37, Edwards 1 for 81, Eabone 0 for 25, Edlin 0 for SO, Griggs 0 for 15. OLD BOYS HAVE FAIR STRIKE. Playing against City, Old Boys set up a fair total of 245 with first use of the wicket. The opening batsmen attacked the bowling from the start, Hearsay hitting one over the fence oil M. Wheatley. White's 51 included 9 fours. Gallichan was in great iorm and was set for a century. He sent C. Me Vicar twice for sixes and also lifted one off Wheatley over the fence. His 8(1 not out included 8 fours. OLD BOYS. First Innings. Waters, b C. McVicar 31 Hearsey, b 0. McVicar 23 Anderson, lbw, C. McVicar .... 2 j White, c G. Wheatley, b Cockery 51 | N. Gallichan, not out 8(1 | Brace, cS. McVicar, b Cockery .. o .Lumsden, cS. McVicar, b Nairn .. 1 Spring, b Nairn 23 Marriott, lbw, G. McVicar 2 Sutton, b C. McVicar 0 Hallamore, bC. McVicar ...... 5 Extras 19 Total -19 Wickets fell: 1/46, 2/60, 3/65, 4/1-12, 5/147, 6/151, 7/215, 8/226, 9/235, 10/245.

Dowling: Cookery 2 for 55, Nairn 2 for 47, A. Me Vicar 0 for 19, C. Me Vicar 0 for OS, M. Wheatley 0 for 45. CITY first Innings. S. McVicar, lbw, N. Callichan .. U Collis, not out 9 Weir, not out •• o Extras . 0 Total, for one wicket 5 PALMERSTON’S BIG DAY. Palmerston enjoyed a big day against High School whose bowling mev ruthlessly battered to draw stumps with 391 runs for 5 wickets (.declared;. Scarcely a batsman failed; the first wicket realised 04, the second 05, the third 85. Robertson and Maloney opened aggressively and the latte*.' included 4 lours in his 23 before he was caught oft' Downes. Robertson ana Norris made their association a lively one, clapping on the runs freely. Robertson passed his half century without mishap. At 56 Robertson was clean bowled by Downes with 5 fours to his credit. Monty Ongley joined his skipper, and the score mounted quicker than ever. Norris bettered Robertson’s tally, although he reached the boundary only 5 times, lie hit one happy sixer. Leet joined Ongley who quickly gave way to J. A. Ongley. The latter was no stayer, and Leet and i’egden then joined forces in the most prolific partnership of the day. They went on and j on like Tennyson’s brook, and between [ them put on 171 runs. Leet included 15 fours and Pegden 9. Downes put up> a staunch bowling record which would take some bettering in city cricket. «lie bowled unchanged throughout the afternoon, sending down •IS overs for 99 runs. He captured all five wickets. Detailed scores follow: PALMERSTON, first Innings. Robertson, b Downes 50

Moloney, e Cameron, b Downes .. 23 Norris, c Gatley, b Downes .. .. 71 M. A. Ongley, c Cameron, b Downes 27 Leet, not out 87

J. A. Ongley, b Downes ...... 3 Pegden, not out 04 Extras .. 00

Total for 5 wickets (declared) 391

Bowling: Gunn 0 for 27, Downes 5 for 99, Cameron 0 for 21, Rabone 0 for 55, Hunt 0 for 03, Miller 0 for 4, Gatley 0 for 7, -Hatch 0 for 15. Fall of Wickets: 1/64, 2/125, 3/210, 4/211, 5/220.

SENIOR B. Combined Services set Young’s the task of passing 179 to which W. H. Wilson contributed 77 (two sizes), and Hancock 27. Wilson had the unique experience of bringing his bat down hard on tho top of one of the wickets to take a chip out of his bat and yet not displace the bails. Hart took two wickets for 12. Stumps were drawn when tho rain set in with Young*s 34 up for the loss of two wickets. Old Boys mado 108 (Jennings 53 including four sixes, and Swindell 18) in their game with Ilia Toa who replied with 215 (Brown 59, G. Wasley 30, Heatlcy 26, Fiercy 21). In their second strike Old Boys had 25 up for flie loss of no wickets. Bowling for Kia Toa G. Wasley took 4 for 36 and Piercy 6 for 32. For Old Boys Thompson took 4 for 17. City made 218 (Lang 70, Baigent 57) against YtM.C.A. who had hit up 116 at stumps for the loss of 4’ wickets (Hornibroolc 53 not out, Shaw 34). JUNIOR A. Services scored 99 (Woodley 25, Blummont 21) against High School who. had 99 on the board when the game was called off for tho day on account of tho rain. Bobbie contributed 44. Bowling for Services Wills took 4 for 22, Coates 3 for 24 and Morgan 2 for 23. For School Lucas took 3 for 18, liowland 4 for 26 and Bose 2 for 2. Massey College knocked up 173 in the face of a medium attack by Old Boys, thanks largely to Ball who treated tho bowling with no great respect and compiled SO. Others to do well were Pierce 19, Begg 18, Bowie 10. Waldegrave had signal success us a bowler, taking 8 wickets for 63 runs. Nansett and O'Keefe took one each. Old Boys in reply wore half way through their first strike when the rain again overtook them. Cutler, who has been specialising as top scorer for United in recent weeks, was again in the high numbers of Saturday, making 74 against Optimists. United’s total was 146, other useful contributors being Ward 17 and McGregoi 16. Bowling honours were shared by L, Zalourn (4 for 21), Bice (4 for 49), McNabb (1 for 27). Optimists made a good beginning but the ruin at 4.2il p.m. discomforted them a little ana at stumps had S wickets down for 127 (McNabb 40, Bice 37, Phillips 13).

JUNIOR B. Y.M.C.A. 100 (Gaskin 25, Holland 22, Allen 21) met City who Were only able to knock up 71 (Wiggins 31 not out). Bowling for City McDonald took 4 for 33, Blackwell 4 for 38 and Goldfinch 2 for 24. Bowling for Y. M.C.A. Houghton captured 5 for 16 and Holland 2 for 35. Y.M.C.A. started a second innings but rain interrupted play when one wicket was down for 50 (Gaskin 34 not out).