CRICKET IN CITY

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 61, 14 March 1938, Page 5

CRICKET IN CITY

New Games Started On Saturday new games were starter in the Manawatu Cricket Association': competitions, the weather again beinj ideal. OLD BOYS v. CITY With first use of the wicket, 01< Boys made 173, N. Gallichan and Brae* being the only batsmen to meet th bowling successfully. The former ni eleven fours. City commenced thei innings about half an hour befor stumps were down for the da} Details: — OLD BOYS First Innings Waters, c Nairn, b Hearsey .. .. Thompson, b Nairn O’Keefe, c S. McVicar, b Nairn .. 1 Spring, b Nairn N. Gallichan, b Nairn 5 Lunn, b Hearsey 1 Gatlev, b C. McVicar Williams, stp. Weir, b C. McVicar 1 Brace, stp. Weir, b Ward 3 Marriott, run out Denby, not out Extras 2 Total 17 Wickets fell: 1 for 12, 2 for 22, 3 fc 32, 4 for 37, 5 for 82, 6 for 91, 7 for 10' S for 14S, 9 for 169, 10 for 173. Bowling: Hearsey 2 for 46, Nair 4 for 46, C. McVicar 2 for 34, Leet nor for 15, Ward 1 for 13. CITY' } First Innings i Wheatley, not out S C. McVicar, not out ] Extras Total A Y.M.C.A. v. PALMERSTON Y.M.C.A. went in first but failed 1 stand up to the bowling, especially ( ; Pritchard who, at one stage of tl game had captured six wickets for runs. His final average of 6 wicke for 15 runs must be something of record in inter-club cricket in Palme ston North. Palmerston lost their la: wicket just before time was calle their total being a considerable it provement on Y.M.C.A. ’s. Robcrtsc and Sherwood each sent Spelman ov< the fence once and Pegden treated tl same bowler with equal disdain twic Pritchard’s 42 included 8 to the boun ary and one over the fence. Detai were:— Y.M.C.A. First Innings. G. Cameron, b Pritchard Edlin, stp. Norris, b Robertson .. W. Cameron, b Pritchard .. .. .. Hatch, b Pritchard Hastelow, b Pritchard .. .Spelman, b Pritchard Eabone, b Pritchard Holland, c Norris, b M. Ongley .. 1 Allan, b Robertson 11

[Griggs, not out 19 Extras 19 j Total 101 I Wickets fell: 1 for 16, 2 for 16, 3 for j 16, 4 for 28, 5 for 44, 6 for 46, 7 for 78, ' S for 78, 9 for 104, 10 for 104. * Bowling: Pritchard 6 for 15, Robertson 2 for 46, Robinson none for 13, Hollier none for 11, M. Ongley 1 for none. PALMERSTON First Innings. Robertson, c Allan, b Rabone .. 21 M. Ongley, c Hastelow, b Hatch .. 11 Norris, run out 9 J. Ongley, stp. Allan, b Spelman 25 Pegden, stp. Allan, b Spelman .... 45 ! Pritchard, c Hatch, b Rabone .... 42 . Robinson, b Rabone 0 Sherwood, b Spelman 7 Ormond, not out 16 Hollier, lbw, b Rabone 0 > A. M. Ongley, absent 0 » Extras 9 I L Total 175 J ’ Wickets fell: 1 for 24, 2 for 42, 3 for l 55, 4 for 111, 5 for 132, 6 for 134, 7 for [ 145, 8 for 175, 9 for 175. Bowling: Hatch 1 for 20, Spelman 3 $ for 110, Rabone 4 for 36. 1 L UNITED LEAD BY 81. RUNS i MATCH WITH HIGH $ UIOOL The match between Unite' l an.' Tiigli 1 School was comma 'red on the School ’ ground, and dur’.sg cue afternoon United, with an 81-run j.u.d on the lir§t 3 innings, had establLhod themselves in ' a commanding posit**m. IJnited’s recond innings started shortly after six o’clock and stu nos were drawn after OJ,- wicket had fal'o !. f United batted first and Cutler, assist ed by Ross and t!i *.n L'olJitt, gave the side a good start, the Hundred mark being passed with only one wic.vct down. Then Downes found the right mixture and, except for Rabone and Anderson, the batsmen followed each other back to the pavilion at fairly short intervals, L) and the innings closed for 174. Cutler batted well and his total of 63 was a c very useful contribution. 7 Downes secured seven wickets for 73 s and he bowled well. x Abraham and Langley gave School a . good start but Jowett aud Anderson t broke the partnership and secured three I quick wickets. Downes, Brougham, L . Murphy and Adcock made good efforts c to get among the runs but the total was r SI runs short when the tenth wicket e fell. .. On their second innings United had i- lost one wicket when it was decided s that the light was too tricky and that stumps should be drawn. Detailed scores are as under:— UNITED. 1 First Innings. 5 Cutler, c Downes, b Brougham .. 63 0 Ross, b Abraham 5 5 Pollitt. c Brougham, b Downes .. 24 0 Cockory, c Abraham, b Downes .. 4 1 Rabone, not out -4 0 J. Gallichan, c Edwards, b Downes 5 6 Lynch, b Downes 0 Anderson, c Davies, b Downes .. 17

Anderson, c Dawies, b Downes .. 17 Davis, c Northover, b Brougham .. 4 Jewett, b Downes 1 Extras 27 Total 17-1 Fall of the wickets: 1/44, 2/105, 3/113, 4/1 IS), 5/135, G/139, 7/139, 8/164. 9/173, 10/174. Bowling analysis: Downes, 7 for 73; Abraham, 1 for 2S; Brougham, 2 for 46. Second Innings. Cutler, c Duncalf, b Downes .... 0 Fitzlierbert, not out 0 Boss, not out .. 0 Total for one wicket .... • • 0 Bowling analysis: Downes, 1 for 0. HIGH SCHOOL. First Innings. Abraham, b Jewett 10 Langley, c Anderson, b Jewett . . 11 Davies, b Anderson 1 Downes, st Pollitt. b Galliclian .. 14 Brougham, st Pollitt, b Galliclian 13 Duncalf, c Fitzlierbert, b Galliclian 1 Cameron, c and b Galliclian .... 7 Northover, b Davis 3 Murphy, bJewett 15 Edwards, Ibw, b Davis .. .. .. .. 0 Adcock, not out 12 Extras 6 Total 93 Fall of the wickets: 1/22, 2/23, 3/24, 4/46, 5/48, 6/56, 7/63, 8/73. 9/74, 10/93. Bowling analysis: Anderson 1 for 24; Jewett, 3 for 18, Davis, 2 for 28, Gallichan, 4 for 17. JUNIOR A* GRADE Kia Toa Prove Too Strong For H. L. Young’s. There were two junior A games at Terrace End Park where the wickets and outlieids were fast. 11. L. Young’s batted lirst against Kia Toa and were dismissed for the comparatively small total of 76. Houghton (33) and Bramwell (16 not out) were* the principal contributors, and the wickets were taken by Fletcher (3 for 22), Gerrard (4 for 41) and Bolt (2 for f). In reply, Kia Toa knocked up 223, Topee (51), Harvey (35), Gerrard (24), Brown (IS), Stanley (16 not out) and Bolt (16) all getting amongst the runs. The most successful bowlers were Hassell (4 for 47), Houghton (3 for 86) and Aitken (2 for 16). A few minutes before time for drawing stumps, H. L. Young’s had lost eight wickets for 118 and they still required 29 runs to save the innings defeat. At that stage Houghton had passed the half-century. Gardner had made 22 and Hassell 16.

11. L. Young’s were all out for 127, Houghton being beaten when he had

leached 51, and Kia Toa won by an innings and 20 runs. Massey College Lead United. The other game was between United and Massey College, and the Collegians secured a lead of 43 runs and then declared their first innings closed with nine wickets down. United knocked up 160, the run-get-ters being Wright (42), MoSweeney (29), Fisher (29) and Blenkinsop (21). The best bowlers were Campbell (5 for 51), Elley (2 for 20) and Kelly (2 for 57). The Collegians replied with 203 for nine, the best batsmen on the day being Kelly (59), Campbell (58), Davis. (17), Richards (16), Twigg (12) and Hopwell (11). Wright look four wickets for 17. SENIOR B Y.M.C.A. made 236 (Gendall 66, Bettle 34 not out, Laurenson 30, Edwards 29) in the match with United who had lost six wickets for 107 at stumps (Stewart 47, Howard 24). Combined Services hit up 147 (W. Millar 42, Wilson 30, Donovan 30) against Kia Toa who replied with 89 (Mullins 45). At stumps Services had lost 5 wickets for 64 runs (Wilson 37 not out) in their second strike. Among the bowlers G. Wasley (Kia Toa) took 6 wickets for 46 runs and Ilornibrook (Services) 5 for 32, W. Millar (Services) 2 for S and Ryan (Services) 2 for 12. Old Boys secured an S-point win over City, making 361 (Turnbull 103 including two 6’s', McNeile 82 including live 6’s, McCormick 54, Stubbs 34, Trow 20) to which City could only reply with 57 first innings and 61 for 6 wickets down in the second innings. Bowling for Old Boys Barraud took 5 wickets for 20 runs and Trow 2 for 1-4. Bowling for City, Burgess captured 4 wickets for 82 and Weston 3 for 63. \ JUNIOR A. High School first innings made 87 (Fletcher 32) against Combined Services who knocked up 207 (Gray 58 not out, Morgan 38, Wills 36, Oman 23). At stumps School had lost 4 wickets for 31 runs in their second innings. Bowling for Services Wills took 3 for 15 / , Morgan 2 for 18 and 2 for 1, Blummont 2 for 7. Bowling for School G. Anderson took 2 for 41 and Pegden 2 for 35.

Old Boys could only raise 77 (Clifford 28) against Optimists 210 (L. Zaloum 46, R. Zaloum 36, Kempson 36, Somerville 27). Second innings Old Boys had 49 runs on the board without loss (Cousins 34 not out). Bowling for Optimists, L. Zaloum took 3 for 41, Kempson 5 for 31, McNoble 2 for 1. Bowling for Old Boys, Walker took 3 for 43 and Mitchell 3 for 40.