NELSON CRICKET

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 24 December 1945, Page 2

NELSON CRICKET

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES OLD BOYS GAIN OUTRIGHT WIN WAKATU DEFEAT ATHLETIC Wicket and ground conditions on Saturday were good for the resumption of the Nelson City Cricket Association’s championship games, but the strong south-west wind was unpleasant although it was of considerable help to bowlers. At Trafalgar Park Wakatu secured a first innings win over Athletic, although at one stage Athletic seemed to have a good chance of overhauling Wakatu’s big score. In the other senior game, Old Boys Colts, who have had a very lean time, were strengthened by Challies and Hill and with Cull showing better form with the ball, they made a brave showing against the championship leaders, although they faded badly at the finish and suffered an outright defeat. No championship games will be played next Saturday.

OLD BOYS BEAT COLTS

T. RALFE SCORES 77 Old Boys’ Colts were beaten outright by Old Boys in a match completed at th 3 Park on Saturday. Resuming on the second day Botting went early and the position for Old Boys was not good as two batsmen were absent but Ralfe and A. Newman then treated the bowling very severely and added 102 in not much more than 40 minutes before Newman was out, well caught, in partly trying to guard his head from a full pitch. Ralfe went on to 77 which included 2 sixes and 10 fours. Stevens also batted freely his 35 including 2 sixes and 4 fours. Cull who had met with no success previously this season secured four for 74, making 4 for the match. Challies met with little success on the second day. Colts started very badly in the second innings, one down for 6 at tea reading three for 6 after the first over on resumption and then five for 11. Challies and Vaughan added 31 before the former was splendidly caught but the innings totalled only 73. Gray was again the most successful bowler, getting seven for 33 for the match. A feature of this match was the very fine out cricket and it is not too much to say that the- catching and fielding on both sides has not been excelled in a club match for a long time. Botting’s stumping of Cull was a most brilliant effort and Karsten’s running out of Vaughan a very bright one while the catches by Stevens, A. Newman, G. Hill, Challies and Griffin were all out of the ordinary among a lot of good ones. The ’keepers between them also, allowed only one ball past in the two innings. Scores:— OLD BOYS First innings 161 (Second Innings) R. K. Karsten, cH. Hill, b Cull .... 3 G. S. Botting, b Cull 7 A. Newman, c G. Hill, b Cull 44 T. G. Ralfe, c Leggat, b Challies .... 77 J. R. Stevens, c and b Challies 35 J. Newman, b Cull 4 E. R. Neale, c and b Griffin 16 A. J. Gray, not out 0 C. Scott, b Griffin 0 Extras 4 Total eight wickets for 189 Bowling: Cull (12, overs) four for 74; Challies (19) two for 85; G. Hill, none for 22; Griffin (1) two for 0. OLD BOYS’ COLTS First innings 122 (Second Innings) H. W. Hill, c and b Stevens 0 T. B. Vaughan, run out 16 N. F. Campen, c A. Newman, b J. Newman q B. Price, b J. Newman 0 J. R. Leggat, b Stevens 4 B. F. Cull, st Botting, b Stevens .... 0 R. S. Challies, c Stevens, b J. Newman 29 J. W. Griffin, not out 12 G. Hill, c Stevens, b Gray 4 D. Craighead, c Botting, b Gray .... 4 J. Stevens, cA. Newman, b Gray .. 4 Total *72 Bowling: J. R. Stevens Ts overs) three for 26; J. Newman (8), three for 23: A. Newman (3), none for 7; Gray (4), three for 13; Karsten (1), none for 4.

FIRST INNINGS WIN

WAKATU DEFEAT ATHLETIC J. HALL TAKES SIX WICKETS When the second day’s play in the match between Athletic and Wakatu commenced at Trafalga. Park on Saturday, Athletic had two wickets down for 38 runs in reply to their opponents’ first innings total of 327. R. Vass made 71 and five other batsmen reached double figures, but the side was all out for 231, leaving Wakatu the winners by 96 runs on the first innings. J. Hall took six wickets for 74 runs. Details:— WAKATU First Innings 327 ATHLETIC First Innings Two wickets for 38 Hunter, c Avery, b Hall 15 Hearfield, c Avery, b Glover 34 Edwards, b Hall 19 R. Vass, played on, by Hall .* 71 T Vass, st Herrick, b Glover 10 Paterson, c Hall, b McMurray 22 Mayo, c Glover, b McMurray 7 P. Edwards, not out 1 Leggat, b Hall 7 Extras 37 Total 231 Bowling: Hall (29 overs), six for 74; Glover (18 overs), two for 57: Avery (11 overs), none for 25; McMurray (six overs), two for 21; Tarrant (four overs) none for 14. MATCH ON BOXING DAY To give players a game and keep the representative team in action a game

will be played on No. 3 wicket on Boxing Day (Wednesday) afternoon. Several players are not available, but a riood match should result. The teams will be as follows: Representative team (with Smith and Avery away): Botting, T. Vass, R. Vass, Hall, Campen, Challies, Birch, A. Newman, Davies, Savage and Watson. The Rest: Paterson (captain), Edwards, Hunter, A. Smith, Tarrant, Langbein, Veysey, Stevens, Gully, Karsten, Mace, Sharrock, J. Du Feu, O. Du Feu, H. Hill, G. Hill. WELLINGTON TEAM TO PLAY NELSON The following Wellington cricket team has been selected to play Nelson on the Basin Reserve at the New Year: G. Whyte (capt), S. Wilde, Jones, Parkin, D. S. Wilson, Brian, Colquhoun, Russ, Parry, Tindill, Buckham, and Little (12th man).