Kelly Scores Century: W. Wilson Misses By 8

Northern Advocate, 19 December 1949, Page 3

Kelly Scores Century: W. Wilson Misses By 8

WHANGAREI CRICKET

A CHANCE LESS century by Ashton Kelly and an enterprising 92 by Woodrow Wilson enabled Old Boys to register the record score of 266 for '■’> wickets against City at Kensington Park on Sat urday.

These two batting feats stood out in the all-dav senior championship matches which wound up play till January 17. Old Boys scored a first-innings win by 106 runs with only seven minutes to spare.

High School beat Onerahi in a one-innings game to retain a half-share in the championship lead with Old Boys. Central secured a four-pointer from Albion.

Kelly batted just over four hours Rogers, consolidating the good work for his century and carried his bat of Massey earlier and the tail-enders

with 10S t.o his credit The remarkable feature of Die innings was that it included only two boundary shots. The first scoring stroke was a tour. From (lie outset he was absolutely

doing their bit. Drake took 4 for 37 off 21 overs and McCoy 3 for 35 off 18 overs. Bull and Burch put on 29 in the opening stand for Onerahi before Bull went and the next three wickets fell for the addition of only 19 runs.

at home. He scored his runs mostly on the off side.

Houghton batted brilliantly however and he and J. Drake placed their side well on the way to victory by putting on 44 for the fifth wicket. Rough ton had a let-off rather early but then brought his wide range of scoring shots into play. He hit six fours in his 37 before falling to a good catch off a hard hook shot.

Wilson came to the wicket when Kelly was 39 and was only one behind the opener when he was dismissed.

PARTNERSHIP WORTH 150 Possessing a superior stroke reporI toire and the ability to punish the | loose ball, Wilson scored freely all j round the wicketI His last three innings have yielded j 40, 40 and 92. ! He hit eight fours. | City tried eight trundlers in an eifort to break the Kelly-WiJson partnership which produced 150 runs. N. Wilson bowled 31 overs and finished with 1 for 79. Louden had 1 for 62 off 20 overs and Jenyns 1 tor 22 off 5 overs. City had just under three hours to bat and played for the draw. Both openers were out with 30 on the board and N. Wilson was a little unlucky to hit a ball on to the toe of his boot to give the keeper an easy catch. McG. Miller, however, was completely at ease and, although exercising care, was delightful to watch. His fluent foot-work and strokemaking enabled him to steer the ba 1 ( 1 through the field and it appeared that City needed only one or two to stay with him to save the game. Jenyns went for a big hit and was easily caught. VITAL BLOW Morgan then stayed and he and McG. Miller put on 45 before Morgan was skittled after making 19 Dunn did not appear to relish the patient batting role, but he and McG. Miller looked like saving the game for their side. The vital blow however, was the dismissal of McG Miller. He went lbw, playing forward to a ball from Wilson. His 63 was one of the most attractive innings seen this season. i Coincidentally, the partnership between Miller and Dunn also added 45 runs. Chard became the third lbw victim and seven were down for 145 Dunn went immediately after, attempting an aggressive shot. Wilton hit a six and was bowled next ball. The last man, Louden, joined McPherson with 20 minutes playing time remaining. McPherson nursed the bowling but lost his wicket trying to score off the last ball of an over. Troup finished with 6 for 45 off 16 overs. He varied his pace, kept a good lengtn and was the most impressive Old Boys bowler. ONERAHI COLLAPSE The feature of the High Schooi-One-rahi match was the dismissal of the las five Onerahi batsmen for only sev-

When he went Onerahi had 92 for 5. Joass and Hay then routed the remaining batsmen and the side was all out for 99. Joass finished with 5 for 37 off 11 overs and Hay took 3 for 4 off seven overs. ALIUON OUT FOR 45 After scoring 99 in its first innings Central got rid of Aibion for only 45. Macnay’s good-length left-arm deliveries yielded 3 for 17 off 9 overs and played a big part in pinning down the batsmen. Central was more aggressive in its second knock and declared with 96 for 7. Albion had three wickets in hand at stumps, having scored 111 for 7. Hill and Snooks put on 56 for the first wicket. In the one junior game, Combined Services and Old Boys played an even draw. Australia 118 For None, Chasing 329 j CAPETOWN, Mon. (9.10 a.m.).- j Australia has scored 118 for no wickets in reply to the first innings total of 329 by the South African XI in the match at Durban. The South Africans score was the ! highest yet made against the tourists. Stumps were drawn at 5.16 p.m. following an appeal against the light. \ The outstanding South African bats- ’ man was Wynne, who made 138, including ten fours, oefore being clean- j bowled by W. Johnston. His runs came mostly from stylish stiokes behind the wicket, although he drove fairly strongly at times. He found a well-placed field hard to penetrate Loxton was the oest Australian bowler, nangley starred as a wicket keeper. He was responsible for five dismissals and some brilliant saves. A. L. Hasseft, tire Australian cap tain was indisposed after lunch following an injection in a leg and K R Miller led the team. Australia’s innings opened with j burst ui five no-balls, one of which shattered Moroney's wicket as he lashed out. Moroney and Archer added 118 in 114 minutes and placed Australia in a comfortable position Scores:— Soutii African Xl.—First innings: 329 (Wynne 138. Waite 37, Payn 30, Waddington 39, Johnston 2 for 81, Miller 2 for 83, McCool 1 for 69. Loxton 4 for 32, Harvey 1 for 9). Australia.—First innings: None for 113 (Archer not out 52, Moroney not out 53).

en runs. f School’s innings closed at 134, the

middle batsmen, Ingham, Joass and