LOCAL CRICKET

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 10 January 1944, Page 2

LOCAL CRICKET

CITY COMPETITION WINS FOR AIR FORCE TEAMS Playing in hot weather at Trafalgar Park on Saturday in the Nelson City Association’s cricket competition both Air Force teams had wins. The B team defeated Athletic-Old Boys by 68 runs on the first innings, and the A team scored a win against Army by 141 runs on the first innings. AIR FORCE A SUCCESSFUL Batting first in the match against Air Force A at Trafalgar Park, Army scored 115, Louis being topscorer with 33. Hoar took five wickets for 15 runs. Thanks largely to a good 93 by Dewar and an unbeaten 66 by Hope-Ede, Air Force finished up with 256. Dewar’s tot ’ included one 6 and twelve 4’s. Air Force won by 141 runs. Scores: ARMY Conway, b Hoar 0 Wadsworth, b Hayman 7 Vass. b Sharrock 23 Gilbert, b Hoar 2 Mead, b Hoar 0 Louis, b Hope-Edc 33 Tarrant, b Hoar 5 Scrimgeour. b Hope-Ede 9 Challies, not out 12 In wood, b Hoar 9 Jenkins, c Sharrock, b Dewar H Extras 22 Total Bowling: Hoar took five wickets for 15, Hayman one for 13, Hope-Ede two for 16. Sharrock one for 21, and Dewar one for 6. /HR FORCE Sharrock. c and b Scrimgeour 44 Mace, b Vass - 32 Dewar, lbw, b Challies 93 Hoar, b Tarrant • 4 Hope-Ede, retired 66 Doidge, b Challies 0 Hayman, not out 1 Meade, lbw, b Louis 1 Extras 15 Total for 7 wickets 256 Bowling: Challies took two for 55, Vass one for 44, Scrimgeour one for 28, Tarrant one for 27, Louis one for 1. FIRST INNINGS WIN FOR AIR FORCE B Air Force defeated Athletic-Old Boys on the first innings by 68 runs. Air Force, batting first, put on 105, to which Ashurst and Pitt each contributed 24. After Vass had made 21 Ath-letic-Old Boys collapsed, the side being all out for 37. Webster collected six wickets at a cost of 12 runs. Going in a second time Air Force declared when the score reached 64, with two wickets down, leaving Ath-letic-Old Boys 133 to make to win. The latter team struck better form in their second strike, Vass being undefeated for 49, but at stumps, with three wickets down for 120, the team was still 12 runs behind Scores air FORCE B (First Innings) Barnett, lbw b R. Vass 11 D'Arcy Irvine, c Hearfield, b R. Vass 0 Stapleton, b R. Vass 7 Dale, b R. Vass 2 Ashurst, not out 24 Sanders, st. Edwards, b Neale 0 Pitt, b R. Vass 24 Kells, c Hearfield, b Vass 4 Gray, c Vass, b Hunter 17 Bashford. b Hunter 1 Extras - Total 105 Bowling: R. Vass six wickets for 42 runs, J. Hearfield one for 14, E. R. Neale one for 14. C. H. Withers none ; for 10, A. Hunter two for 14. (Second Innings) Barnett, not out 11 Ashurst, b Paterson 26 Bashford, c Hunter, b Paterson ... 4 Dale, b Paterson 0 Stapleton, not out 13 Extras 10 Total for two wickets (deed.) 64 Bowling: McGuire took no wickets for 31 runs, Paterson three for 16. ATHLETIC-OLD BOYS (First Innings) R. Vass, c Stapleton, b Barnett ... 21 .1. Hearfield. b Webster 1 E R. Neale, b Ashurst 2 A. Paterson, b Webster 3 A. Hunter, lbw b Webster 1 K. McGuire, lbw, b Webster 0 A. Kelly, b Webster 4 C. Withers, c Dale, b Barnett .... 0 E. M Edwards, lbw b Barnett 0 R. Young, not out. 0 Johnston, b Webster 0 Extras 5 Total 37 Bowling: Webster took six wickets for 12 runs, Ashurst one for 17, Barnett three for 3. ' (Second Innings) Edwards, lbw b Webster 0 Vass, not out 49 Young, lbw b Webster 25 Hearfield. c Ashurst, b Stapleton 32 Hunter, b D’Arcy Irvine 1 Neale, not out 13 Extras 6 Total for three wickets 120 Bowling: Webster took two wickets for 30 runs, Sanders none for 27, Stapleton none for 36, D’Arcy Irvine one for 24. MOTUEKA COMPETITION SATURDAY’S MATCHES Competition matches under the jurisdiction of th e Motueka Cricket Association were continued on Saturday. At Motueka the home team defeated High School by 59 runs, and at Riwaka Brooklyn won from A.T.C. by an innings and 16 runs. The Riwaka team travelled to Upper Moutere and suffered badly at the hands of the local bowlers, being defeated by 163 runs. Particulars of play are as follows: MOTUEKA V. HIGH SCHOOL Motueka, Ist innings.—R. Taylor 11, F. Congdon 21, W. Reynolds 6, E. Ryder 14, A. Inwood 4, A. Kelly 3, R. Holdaway 10, E. Allan 11, H. Smith 4; extras 3. Total 87. Bowling: E. Cederman four for 53, W. Gaudin five for 25. High School, Ist innings.—M. Brownlie 1, G. Brownlie 6, W. Gaudin 14. B. Griffiths 20, K. Congdon 4, P Goodman 4, S. Gaudin 1; extras 5. Total 55. Bowling: E. Bisley five for 18, R. Taylor two for 12, A. Kelly one for 11, A. Inwood one for 9. Motueka, 2nd innings.—H. Smith 22, E. Bisley 2, W. Reynolds 14, H. Inwood 4, E. Ryder 17, R. Taylor 6, A. Kelly 17, A. Inwood 26. E. Allan •4; extras 15. Total 127. Bowling: E. Cederman four for 43; M. Brownlie two for 41; D. Brownlie one for 4. High School, 2nd innings.—W. Gaudin 37. J. Barr 9, E. Cederman 22, D. Brownlie 5, M. Brownlie 4, D. James 1, P. Goodman 6. S. Gaudin 6, Extras 10; total 100. Bowling: E. Bisley three for 15, R. Holdaway six for 29, H. Smith one for 22. BROOKLYN V. A.T.C. A.T.C., Ist innings.—R. Congdon

17, E. Jackson 3, R. Elford 1, L. Congdon 2, N. Dennett 6, R. Mickell not out 2, A. Masters 7, J. Pearson 2; extras 9. Total 49. Bowling: C. Atkins seven for 10; G. Rowling two for 13. Brooklyn, Ist innings.—C. Fauchelle not out 46, C. Atkins 13, N. Holyoake 14, D. Askew 36; extras 4. Total 113. Bowling: R. Elford two for 29, A. Barrow one for 10, R. Congdon two for 40. A.T.C., 2nd innings.—L. Congdon 7, N. Dennett 4, R. Mickell 3, E. Jackson 2, R. Congdon 13, R. Elford 10, P. Bruning 1, J. Pearson 3, A. Barrow 2, R. Masters not out 2; extras 1. Total 48. Bowling: C. Atkins three for 9, G. Rowling three for 19, C. Fauchelle two for 19, A. Fry one for 2.

RIWAKA V. UPPER MOUTERE

Upper Moutere, Ist innings,—O. Eggers 22, W. Sigglekow 4, M. Eggers 33, T. Drogemuller 8, I. Higgins 7, Johnston not out 2; extras 6. Total 82. Bowling: D. Cederman two for 14, M. Soane one for 9, R. Bruning seven for 15. Riwaka, Ist innings.—J. Stevens 1, J. Holyoake 4. P. Cederman 1; extras 3. Total 9. Bowling: I. Higgins seven for 3, O. Eggers three for 3. Upper Moutere, 2nd innings.—O. Eggers 53, Neal 2, W. Sigglekow 2, M. Eggers 38, I. Higgins not out 31, Lusty 8, E Neal not out 3; extras 4. Total 141. Bowling: J. Holyoake two for 13, W. Polden one for 20, Woolf two for 17. M. Soane two for 20. Riwaka. 2nd innings.—D. Cederman 1, P. Cederman not out 22, A. South 5, S. Woolf 1, R. Bruning 1, W. Polden 9, J. Holyoake 2, S. Drummond 4; extras 5. Total 51. Bowling: I. Higgins five for 23, Johnston five for 12.