LOCAL CRICKET

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 7 February 1944, Page 3

LOCAL CRICKET

SENIOR COMPETITION

SATURDAY’S GAMES MACE AND HOAR SCORE CENTURIES The Nelson City Cricket Association’s senior competition was continued on Saturday afternoon when Air Force A had an easy win over Army by an innings and 131 runs. Athletic-Old Boys beat Air Force B by 26 runs on the first innings. For Air Force A Mace and Hoar each scored centuries before retiring. Mace hit twelve fours in his 103. Hoar scored his runs very quickly, his 102 including sixteen fours and four sixers. For Air Force A Waddington’s bowling performance in taking eight Army wickets for 21 runs, off five overs, was outstanding. In Army’s second innings Hope-Ede took six wickets for 28 runs. AIR FORCE A BEAT ARMY Air Force A batted first against Army, compiling 266 runs for three wickets—Mace 103 retired, N. Hoar 102 retired. Army replied with only 39, Vass (19) and Wadsworth (12) being the only double figure scorers. Waddington took a wicket with his first ball and another with his seventh, giving him two for 7 in his first over. He took another in his third over, two in the fourth, two in the fifth and one with the first ball of his sixth over. In the fifth he took two with consecutive balls. He had an average of 2.6 per wicket. Army followed on to make 96, T. Vass scoring half the total with 48. Hope-Ede took the bowling honours with six for 28. Scores:— AIR FORCE A Sharrock. c—, b Tarrant 31 Mace, retired 103 Hoar, retired ? 102 Hope-Ede, not out 13 Waddington, not out 10 Extras 7 Total, three wickets for 266 Bowling: T. Vass, none for 41; Scrimgeour, none for 58; Tarrant, one for 59; Walker, none for 29; Inwood, none for 24; Mead, none for 26: Conway, none for 19. ARMY (First Innings) Conway, b Waddington 0 Tarrant, st Doidge, b Waddington .. 0 Vass, c Hope-Ede, b Waddington .... 19 Wadsworth, lbw, b Waddington .... 12 Walker, b Hoar 1 Griffith, b Waddington .. 0 Inwood, b Waddington 0 Scrimgeour. b Waddington 4 Mead, b Waddington 0 Jenkins, b Hoar 1 Holmes, not out 0 Extras 2 Total 39 Bowling: Waddington. eight for 21 (5 overs), Hoar, two for 16 (5 overs). (Second Innings) Scrimgeour. b Waddington 1 Holmes, b Hoar 0 Vass, c Sharrock, b Hope-Ede 48 Wadsworth, b Hope-Ede 7 Walker, b Hope-Ede 0 Conway, c Holt, b Waddington .... 2 Tarrant, lbw. b Hope-Ede 4 Mead, c Waddington, b Hoar 1 Inwood, b Hope-Ede 2 Jenkins, not out 7 Griffith, b Hope-Ede 12 Extras 11 Total 96 Bowling: Hoar, two for 21: Waddington. two for 34; Hope-Ede. six for 28 ATHLETIC-OLD BOYS V. AIR FORCE B Athletic-Old Boys beat Air Force B by 26 runs on the first innings. Air Force made 118, Drogemuller (44) and Sanders (37) being the highest sebrers. J. Newman took five for 33. The highest contributions to Athletic-Old Boys tfttal of 144 for ten wickets were made by A. Hunter (25), E. R. Neale (27 retired), and A. J. Gray (33). Scores: — AIR FORCE Drogemuller. c Hill, b J'. Newman 44 McKellar, c A. Newman, b Vass .... 0 Sanders, b J. Newman 37 Curgenven, cA. Newman, b Gray .... 5 Bernasconi, b J. Newman 0 Clements, run out 0 Dale, run out 0 D’Arcy Irvine, b J. Newman 2 Carter, b J. Newman 0 Marsh, not out 4 McKenzie, b Gray 1 Extras 18 Total 118 Bowling: R. Vass one tor 25 (6 overs), E. R. Neale none for 22 (2), J. Newman five for 33 (9), A. J. Gray two for 17 (6). ATHLETIC-OLD BOYS U Hill, b Sanders 1 K. McGuire, lbw, b Carter 1 A. Paterson, b Sanders 6 M. Guy, b Sanders 4 A. Newman, lbw, b Sanders 12 A. Hunter, b Clements 25 R. Vass, c Drogemuller, b D’Arcy Irvine 2 A. J. Gray, not out 33 C. H. Withers, c Clements, b Drogemuller 2 J. Newman, b Bernasconi 8 Extras : 21 Total for 10 wickets 144 Bowling: Carter one for 16 (8), Sanders four for 29 (10), Rl*Kenzie none f or 25 (4), D’Arcy Irvine one for 20 i 5). Clements one for 11 (2), Drogemuller one for 11 (3), Bernasconi one for 4 (1.5). COLLEGE B V. K CRICKET CLUI! A very interesting game was played between College B and the K Club at Trafalgar Park. The College team Played good cricket considering it was their first game this year. K won by 91 runs. J nft C ?! leg ?’ baltin * fi rst, made 96—Ching 36, Mottle 21, Haycock 14. Bowling for tv Thompson took three for 13, Sunborn two for 14, Archer two for 18, Thomason three lor 21. K replied with a total of 187—Sunborn83. Thompson 41, Brown 26. Bowling for College, Watson took four “• Haycock two for 68, Mottle one for 9 Raleigh one for 2 ' Hollaway two K V. TRANSPORT ,„ A * nn ings game was played between Transport and K on Pioneer Park transport winning for 152 runs, jqi ra o s P 0 rt, in their first innings, made m-Connoßy 66, Eden 39, A. Chapman 18. Crayford 12. Bowling for K Thompson took five for for fo. n ° ne for 52, Burrows four K replied with 128—Archer 69, W Conn r n Sunborn H. Higginson 10. two i k four for 34 > Chapman for 12° r 29 ’ Eden tW ° f ° r 7 ’ Small two mfde t l h a e 7 ir ® eeond tunings Transport Sna 16 87—C0nn ° lly 93, Eden 35 ’ Chap_ ,or B r‘i ng . for K Thompson took five tor bl Archer two for 37, Thomason one tor 51, Burrows two for 27. K K r ?S lied with 96—Archer 26, SunBruneU 'li Th ° mPSOn 15 ’ Higginson 12 > Bowling for Transport, Small took tnree lor 49 Eden six for 43, Connolly °ne for 0.