BOWLERS' DAY

NZ Truth, Issue 1198, 15 November 1928, Page 16

BOWLERS' DAY

Batsmen Subdued In Christchurch (From "N.Z. Truth's" Christchurch Rep.) A few showers of rain and a tricky wind made it all m favor of the bowlers m Christchurch last Saturday, and those sides which batted on the preceding Saturday had. things all their own way. THE .highest individual .score m• .". a- •*• ' first. .''innings, when, things mattered, was Hahn's 39 for Sydenham against Old Boys, but. 73 to Jarrett (West),. 42 not out to Jeffcoate (West), 47 not out to Kennedy (East), and '46 to Weston (East) were all made m second strikes when time precluded the possibility of an outright win and batsmen were inclined- to be a, little more courageous. Riccarton's 269 proved too great a total for Old Collegians, who could only muster up 27 m their first knock. Dunster, W. J. V. Hamilton, Lester and. Bruges made a vain effort, but C. T. Rix and A. W. Roberts' had a field day with -the,. ball. I. M. Hamilton and J. W. Burroughs were extremely unlucky to be included m his bag of "legs." Rix, however, flighted the ball well, and kicked' back at times; that made him always formidable. Sydenham lived up to their reputation for slow cricket, and m taking just on three hours to make 105, m answer to Old Boys' 300, they got the "bird" from the public every time an attempt was made to swipe at anything. Owing to a family bereavement, the Olivers were late m taking their strike, and this affected Sydenham's prospects, but they never at any stage looked like overhauling Old Boys' total. Halm took over two hours to top score with 39, and though he was sound m turning stuff away to fine leg, he showed no enterprise m front of the wicket. Sydenham did better m their second strike, having 72 on for two wickets when they played out time. Bill Merrit. and Jim Burrows, the All Black forward, carried the bulk of the attack, the latter sending down a good length ball which gained pace off the pitch. L. D. Page, the Old Boys' skipper, however, can take the credit for bringing about Sydenham's overthrow so cheaply. ' On an imperfect wicket, East Christchurch seemed to be suffering from a violent inferiority complex m their match . against Linwood, who had scored 307 m their first knock the previous week. Gregory was there, of course, with hia usual solid contribution; but, apart from Weston, the others were merely scratching against the attack of Yates and Read, who had them well subdued. Yates, a ■ useful ■ left-hander, was swinging m and gave the batsmen no rest, while Read, when he settled down to bowl m earnest, troubled the batsmen from 'the other end. . With two men short, West Christchurch failed to reach 100 m their first innings, the bowling of Woods and Thomas, for St. Albans, being more than beyond them. ' ' Jarrett got 23 m the innings, but his 73 m the follow-on' was more than lucky, as; he gave many chances and seemed more there to enjoy himself than anything else.