CRICKET IN THE CITY

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 42, 20 February 1939, Page 9

CRICKET IN THE CITY

Batsmen Collapse Frequently Cricket in Palmerston North on Saturday was patchy but taken by and large, batsmen were not in form. One hat trick was recorded. The weather condition was far from ideal, a heavy wind sweeping the grounds. HONOURS BOARD Semior A Batsmen Murchison (Kia Toa) .. 70 Holland (United) 50 Edlin (Kia Toa) .. 54 Ross (United) 54 .Robertson (Palmerston) 42 Senior A Bowlers T. Downes (City) 5 wickets for 49. Millar (Services) 5 for 66. Jennings (Old Boys) 4 for 30. Jewett (United) 3 for 9. Baigent (Kia Toa) 3 for 25. ITearsey (City) 3 for 57. PALMERSTON V. CITY Palmerston had first use of the wicket but wickets fell quickly, T. Downes and Hearsey doing most of the damage. Hoarsey performed a hat trick by getting three wickets in succession. Lang (City) had the misfortune to get struck in the forehead by* a ball when fielding. Pritchard hit Hearsey for a six. At stumps City were making something of a stand and with only two wickets down for 59 appear in a good position'. Scores: — PALMERSTON First Innings Robertson, b Downes 42 Pollitt, b Downes 0 Norris, c 8. McVicar, b Hearsey .. 2 Cutler, b Hearsey 0 Campbell, b Heursey 0 Ongley, b Hardio 15 Pegden, cC. McVicar, b Downes .. 5 Pritchard, c Lang, b Downes .... 37 Broughton, not out .. 6 McNeile, b Downes .. .. -3 Cockery, absent .... 0 Extras 17 Total 147 Wickets fell: 1 for none, 2 for 7, 3 for 7, 4 for 7, 5 for 58, 6 for 97, 7 for 104, 8 for 111, 9 for 147, 10 for 147. Bowling: T. Downes 5 for 49, Hearsey 3 for 57, Hardie 1 for 4, Lang none for 2, Leot none for 17. CITY First Innings C. McVicar, c Campbell, b Pritchard 25 Hearsey, c Pritchard, b Ongley .. 9 Collis, not out 19 Extras 6 Total: Two down for 59 UNITED v. COMBINED SERVICES United have put themselves in a strong position in their game with Combined Services. Three wickets went fairly cheaply but the rest of the side batted strongly. Ross hit Singleton for a six and had eight fours in his tally. Holland had ten fours. United bowlers were getting in amongst Services wickets and had dismissed five of the side before stumps for the mediocre total of 40. Jewett’s three wick s for nine runs is noteworthy. Scores:—

UNITED First Innings Lynch, lbw Millar 7 Hincks, b Millar 4 Holland, c and b Singleton 59 Bannister, b Millar 0 Gallichan, c McKenzie, b Houghton 30 Thompson, c Millar, b Hornibrook 16 Ross, c Armitage, b Millar 54 Billing, run out .. .. 13 Jewett, c Watson, b Millar ...... 23 R. Whitcombe, c and b Downes .. 18 H. Whitcombe, not out 0 Extras 9 Total 233 Wickets fell: 1 for 4,2 for 21, 3 for 21, 4 for 85, 5 for 113, 6 for 122, 7 for 150, 8 for 208, 9 for 233, 10 for 233. Bowling; Millar 5 for 66, Hornibrook 1 for 84, Mitchell none for 13, Houghton 1 for 18, Singleton 1 for 45, G. Downes 1 for none. COMBINED SERVICES First Innings Houghton, c Thompson, b Jewett .. 2 McKenzie, b Jewett 8 Singleton, b Lynch ..••••••.. 11 | Hornibrook, b Jewett ..••••••.. 1 Millar, not out 10 Craig, b Gallichan 4 Watson, not out 2 Extras 2 Total: Five wickets down for 40 Wickets fell: 1 for 6,2 for 13, 3 for 21, 4 for 27, 5 for 36. Bowling: Jewett 3 for 9, Gallichan 1 for none, Lynch 1 for 24. KIA TOA v, OLD BOYS Old Boys with five wickets down for 16 will have their work cut out to account for Kia Toa with 210 on the board. Murchison’s 70 included eight fours while Edlin found the boundary the same number of times. KIA TOA First Innings Broughton, c Lunn, b Jennings .. 0 Edlin, c Spring, b N. Gallichan .. 54 Peck, lbw O’Keefe 9 Murchison, c Danby, b Jennings .. 70 Mullins, c Gallichan, b Jennings .. 4 1 Jolly, b Jeiyiings 0 |Shailcr, c Denby, b Gallichan .... 17 Evans, c Lunn, b Walker 11 Gcrrard, std Lunn, b Galilchan •• 0 Brown, not out 10 Baigent, b O’Keefe .. 24 Extras 11 Total 210 Wickets fell: 1 for none, 2 for 11, 3 for 105, 4 for 122, 5 for 132, 6 for 165, 7 for 169, 8 for 169, 9 for 182, 10 for 210. Bowling: Jennings 4 for 30, O’Keefe 2 for 27, N. Gallichan 3 for 87, Walker 1 for ID, Marriott none for 14, Williams none for 21. OLD BOYS First Innings Spring, c Edlin, b Baigent 13 I Young, lbw Baigent 1 .O’Keefe, c Edlin, b Baigent .... 0 I Lunn, not out 5 j Gallichan, c Edlin, b Murchison .. 9 j Brace, run out 11 fwilli&ins, not out ,3 Extras 4 Total: lYve wickets down for 10

Wickets fell: 1 for 9,2 for 15, 3 for 22, 4 for 30, 5 for 43. Bowling: Baigent 3 for 25, Murchison 1 for 17. SENIOR B Old Boys turned the tables on Combined Services. The formor mado 80 first innings to which Services replied with 210. The Old Boys tried again and ran up the creditable total of 251 (Clifford 81, McSkimming 41, Trow S 3, Gatley 25, Annear 23, McPherson 16). This left Services wanting 121 runs but they were dismissed for 87 (Oman 24, EUey 18, Blummont 18). Trow took 5 wickets for 21 and Gatley 2 for 25. High School secured an eight-point win over Kia Toa. On the opening day. School compiled 330 for the Joss of seven wickets and declared at that total. Kia Toa found the task of passing that figure too much for them and were all out for 257. Tho principal scorers were Wasley (46), Weston (43), McLean (37), Harvey (33), Topee (19). Eight sixes were hit by the Kia Toa batsmen, four by Wasley and three by Weston. School’s most successful bowlers were Pegden (three for 12), Anderson (two for 7) and Cameron (two for 83). JUNIOR A Old Boys secured an outright win over City. The former made 134 first innings, City replying with 153. With 173 on the board for the loss of 7 wickets, Old Boys declared their second strike. This left City 155 behind but they were all out for 16. A valiant effort was made to play out time which would have given City the victory on tho first innings. Best scorers for Old Boys were Northover 30, Siddells 29, McLaclilan 29 not out, Anderson 27. Bowling for Old Boj’s Ryan took 2 wickets for 7 runs, Anderson 5 for three runs and Nansett one for no runs. Combined Services secured an eight point win over Kia Toa who mado 6.3 first innings and 171 second strike (Brown 52, Spelman 39, McCormac 37, Baigent 21). Services made 166 first innings and only needed 79 for a win. They made 81 with the loss of three wickets only (Woodley 30, Coles 24 not out, F. Hart 19). Among Services’ bowlers, Elley took 4 for 32, F. Hart 3 for 41. Y.M.C.A. succeeded in registering an eight-point win over High School. On the opening day Y.M.C.A. mado 180 in their first strike, to which School replied with 138 for nine wickets (declared). In their second innings Y.M.C.A. declared with 163 on for the loss of six wickets (Hicken 59, Gilliand 44, Maxwell 34). Waters took two for 33, and Mason three for 49. School were dismissed in their second innings for 94 (Shadbolt 20, Poananga 15, Waters 13). Bowling for Y.M.C.A., Smith took two for five, Algie two for five, and Burton three for 18. Optimists secured an eight-point win over United, the latter being dismissed in their second innings for 40. Kempson took seven for 12, after hitting up S 7 for Optimists.