CRICKET IN CITY

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 49, 28 February 1938, Page 8

CRICKET IN CITY

Saturday’s Competition Games TU Manawatu Cricket Competition games were resumed on Saturday on hard pitches. City ▼. Palmerston City collapsed in their first innings mainly as the result of the bowling of Pritchard who secured the fine average of 6 wickets for 24 runs. Palmerston are set for a win, having 183 on the board at stumps for the loss of 4 wickets. Pritchard contributed 75 including three 6’s off C. McVicar and another three off Hardie. CITY First Innings. C. McVicar, c Pegden, b Robertson 23 S. McVicar, b Pritchard 0 Wheatley, b Pritchard 9 Hearsey, c Pegden, b Robinson .. 0 Hardie, b Pritchard 26 Gavey, b Pritchard 12 Eyre, c M. Ongley, b Robertson .. 8 Weston, b Pritchard .. .. 2 Nairn, b Pritchard •• 0 Weir, not out 8 Extras 1 j Total 89 Wickets fell: 1 for 1,2 for 21, 3 for 22, 4 for 39, 5 for 66, 6 for 75, 7 for 81, 8 for 81, 9 for 89. Bowling: Pritchard 6 for 24, Robinson 1 for 19, Robertson 2 for 27, M. Ongley none for 18. PALMERSTON First Innings Robertson, run out .. .. 42 M. Ongley, run out 10 J. Ongley, b Hearsey 48 Pritchard, b Hearsey 75 Norris, not out .. 3 Extras 5 Total for 4 wickets IS3 Wickets fell: 1 for 20, 2 for 80, 3 for 160, 4 for 183. Old Boys had first use of the wicket and their batsmen found the bowling p fairly easy. N. Gallichan’s 66 included three sixes off J. Gallichan. Water’s 59 included four to the boundary. United, at stumps, had lost four wickets cheaply but the not out batsmen were making up some of the leeway. OLD BOYS First Innings. Waters, b J. Gallichan 59 Denby, b Cockery 2 O’Keefe, stp. Olliver, b Gallichan 20 Spring, c Olliver, b Gallichan .... 23 N. Gallichan, c S. Cutler, b Gallichan 66 Williams, b Gallichan 6 Gatley, b Boss 30 McCormick, b Davis 16 Brace, not oat 0 Thompson, lbw b Ross 1 innings, stp. Olliver, b Davis .. 6 Extras 12 Total 241 Wickets fell: 1 for 20, 2 for 71, 3 for 92, 4 for 127, 5 for 161, 6 for 198, 7 for 233, 8 for 240, 9 for 240. Bowling: Cockery 1 for 72, Jewett none for 32, Fitzherbert none for 16, J. Gallichan 5 for 72, Rabone none for 11, Davis 2 for 18, Ross 2 for 8. UNITED S. Cutler, c Denby, b Jennings .. 0 Ross, not out 30 Cockery, not out 22 Rabone, b Waters 2 Olliver, b Gallichan 0 '‘ollitt, lbw b Gallichan 3 Extras .. .. 9 Total, four wickets for .... 6G Wickets fell: 1 for 1,2 for 54, 3 for 57, 4 for 66. Y.M.C.A. LEAD HIGH SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP OF 203 A first wicket partnership of 203 by Y.M.CA. was the feature of the senior match between High School and Y.M.C.A. commenced at the High School ground on Saturday afternoon. Batting first High School compiled 124, the top scorer being Baigent who reached 30 before he was bowled by Murchison. Only three of the other batsmen reached double figures, Davies 22, Cameron 17 and Downes 13. The most successful Y.M.C.A. bowler was Spelman, who dismissed four of the school side for 30 runs, while Murchison was instrumental in returning three school bats to the pavilion at the expense of 44 runs. After one of Y.M.C.A. ’s opening pair, Edlin, had been dismissed without scoring, G. Cameron and Murchison were associated in a very useful partnership, which carried the score to 203 before it was severed, the latter passing the century by 28 runs and Cameron adding 75. Y.M.C.A. at that stage ap peared to be in an excellent position to run up a really first-class total, but as it turned out “extras” was the only one to make a satisfactory quota with 40, although Hatch stayed long enough to get 17 and Allan carried his bat for 13. Of the remainder three failed to v make a run, the innings being declared closed at the end of day’s play with eight wickets down for 278. Scores were:— HIGH SCHOOL First Innings. Baigent, b Murchison 30 Murphy, run out .. o' Gunn, b Hatch .. .. .. 4 Downes, c W. Cameron, b McMinn 13 Abraham, b Spelman $ Davies, c G. Cameron, b Spelman 22 Langley, b Spelman .. 8 Nothover, stpd. Allan, b Spelman . 0 Cameron, stpd. Allan, b Murchison 17 Brougham, b Murchison 0 Edwards, not out 4 Extras 20 Total ", 124 Bowling: Hatch, one for 14; Murchison, three for 44; McMinn, one for 10; Spelman, four for 30; Rabone, none for four. Y.M.C.A. First Innings. Edlin, e and b Downes 0 G. Cameron, c Langley, b Baigent 75 Murchison, stpd. Davies, b Downes 0

W. Cameron, c Baigent, b Downe3 0 Hatch, c Northover, b Abraham .. 17 Rabone, c Edwards, b Abraham .. 5 Allan, not out 13 Lyon, c Brougham, b Downes .... 0 McMinn, b Abraham 0 Griggs, not out 3 Extras 40 Total for eight wekts (dcld.) 278 Bowling: Downey four for 76; Abraham, three for 65; Baigent, one for 19; Gunn, none for 14; Cameron, none for 14; Northover, none for nine; Langley, none for 13. SENIOR B. Kia Toa have set Old Boys a uimci.lt task, scoring 343 (Mullins 82, Shailer G 6 not out, Robbie 50, Peck 40, I. Wasley 33). At stumps Old Boys had lost six wickets for 54 (McSkimming 23). Y.M.C.A. 216 (Struthers 69) are facing Combined Services who have 87 up for the loss of 4 wickets (Elley 37). Bowling for Services, Hornibrook took 3 wickets for 48, Singleton 2 for 18 and Wilson 2 for 17. United beat City who only had 8 batsmen, by an innings and 15 runs. United made 135 (McGregor 20, Gibson 19 not out) to which City replied with 23 (Dilks 18). Second strike City made 90 (Lang 30, Osborne 20). Bowling for City Lang took 3 wickets for 15 runs and Hearsey 2 for 20. Bowling for United McGregor took 4 wickets for 5 runs and 4 for 10, Duffield 1 for none and Fitzherbert 3for 16. JUNIOR A. Massey College beat H. L. Youngs by an innings and 66 runs. Coliege made 217 (Campbell 101 retired, Zinzan 41, Kelly 29) and Youngs 99 (Houghton 42) first innings and 54 second innings. Bowling for Youngs Houghton took 5 for 58. Bowling for College Zinzan took 5 for 29, Kelly 4 for 35, Elley 2 for 24 and 6 for 12. United made 123 (Wright 43, Blenhinsop 30, A. Raisin 28) and Kia Toa replied with 126 (Fletcher 64, Pearson 19). At stumps Uniter had 56 on the board, second strike, for the loss of 3 wickets. Bowling for Kia Toa Rush took 2 for 25, FTetcher 2 for- 22 and Seivert 2 for 23. Bowling for United McSweeney took 4 for 12 and W. Francis .2 for 29. Meeting Combined Services in the junior A competition, Old Boys compiled 62 (Winter 19). Among the bowlers Morgan took seven for 15. Combined Services replied with. 144, to which Coates 40, Gray 23 and Meech 26, contributed, while Harkness secured four

wickets at the expense of 41 and Clifford captured three for 45. With 129 High School appeared to be in a handy position against Optimists, but the latter staged a good last-wicket stand of 48 to bring their total to no. For High School Fletcher batted well for 51, Murray made 36 and Adcock 13 against the bowling of L. Zaloum, who took five for 35 and Rice three for 13. Contributors to Optimists ’ tally were Wysoeki 37, O’Connell 24 and MeNabb 15 not out. Anderson was the best High School trundler with seven for 37.