CRICKET.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18475, 9 February 1922, Page 5

CRICKET.

OTAGO v. SOUTHLAND. HOME TEAM OPENS WELL. The weather was perfect for the opening of the Otago and Southland cricket matches at Cariabrook yesterday morning. Both senior and junior games were played, but neither province was represented at anything tike ite full strength. The absence of many well-known names from both senior teams took away considerably from the interest of the match, but nevertheless a fair number of spectators gathered round the railings in the afternoon. Otago batted Hist, and remained at the wickets for the greater part ,of the day. Largely owing to the good work of Keast, whose 61 was the top score, of Higgins, who patiently compiled 46 in the opening stsges of the frame, and of Catto, who knocked up a smart 41, the Otago innings yielded 276. The veteran Doig was undoubtedly the mainstay of the Southland attack, though the averages do nob show that! He bowled with great accuracy and consistency, and had hard luck in having four catches dropped off him. Pool, with four for 37, came out with the best average. Iri the matter of catches the Southland team was weak, and at least seven chances were dropped, but their BTound fielding as a whole was distinctly good. Hamilton at point was particularly notioeable for many smart saves,"and Bogue, who stumped two, gave a very good display behind the wickets. The length of the grass in the outfield tended considerably to slow down the scoring. Southland went to the wickets at 5 o'clock and made a disastrous start, Hamilton and Kavanagh being both clean bowled by the time 11 was scored. Walsh and Abercrombio made a useful stand until the latter was dismissed lbw, and at the call of time the visitors had somewhat recovered, and had 41 runs in hand for the loss of three wickets. Play will be continued at C&risbrook at 11 a.m. to-day. Messrs Hamel and M'Connochie officiated as umpires in the morning, Mr Mackersy taking Mr M'Connochie s place in the afternoon. The teams were as follows: Southland: T. Bogue, J. Doig, T. Abererombie, H. Gloeson. T. Groves, J. Hamilton, E. Kavanagh, A. Poole, V. Raines, A. Walsh, and A. Wish, Otago: G. Sansom. A. R. Knight, A. Keast, W. Strong, I. T. Catto, H. Shadwell. G. R. Dickinson, H. E. Harraway, T. Carlton, W. Higgins, and R. Cherry. THE PLAY. Carlton, the Otago skipper, won the toss, and elected to bat. Play commenced at 11.25 a.m. Cherry and Higgins were the opening batsmen. Higgins at the paviliofa end taking strike to Groves. Ho got a 2 to leg off the fifth ball, and another was added for a bye before the close of the over. Doing took the ball at the other end, and Higgins added a single off his second. Cherry got 2 behind the wicket In the next ov«r Higgins cut Grove's last for a single. Play continued very quiet, while the batsmen sought to play themselves in. Doig's second over, which was to Higgins, was a maiden. Groves followed with a maiden to Cherry, a hot shot well fielded at point. Higgins drove Doig for a single in the next over. Higgins brought 12 up after 25 minutes' play by chopping Groves's last ball past cover to the boundary for 4. Cherry had a narrow escape of being caught in the next over, Doig falling f 8 f e got to it. Kavanagh replaced Groves, and Higgins on drove Trim, for a couple. Cherry added a single off Doig, who was keeping an excellent length, and another off Kavanagh. Higgins brought 20 up by pulling Kavanagh to the leg boundary. The score mounted slowly by singles, and then Higgins drove Kavanagh for a 2 and a 4, and hooked him to leg for 2. Thirty up. Higgins continued to be more aggressive, and drove Doig over the bowler's head for a single. He lifted him again high into Aberorombie s hands at deep mid-on but the ohance was dropped. In the next over ho pulled Kavanagh nicely for 3. Doig sent down a. maiden to Cherry, and then Wish took the ball, at the end opposite the pavilion. Higgins square-cut his first to (be boundary, 40 up, and followed with a leg hit for 2. In Doig's next over he added a couple and two singles, and 50 appeared on the board. After an hour's play Cherry brought his score to 15 by getting Wish to the leg boundary. The total was 55 with no wiokets down. Higgina went for a big hit off Doig, but it f t U - J ?» , ? ort ?£ a & Cherry pulled a short ball from Wish to leg for 4!l)Sva next over was another maiden to Higgins. Poole was the next bowler tried, andCherrv dismissed his first » full toss, to the lei .boundary. A single to Cherry later in the over brought the total to 70. Higgins out Doig sweetly for a couple. Cherry was 11 -when Kavanagh at mid-off dropped a hot low one from him off Poole. In Poole's next over Cherry attempted to pull a o= rai §S fc on _° and ' was olean bowled. 75—1— 25. Play had then been in progress for an hour and 25 minutes. Knight followed, and notched a single off his first ball. Two balls late L.-C°?, oloan bowled Higgins, who had contributed a most valuable 46. 76—2—46 Dickinson was the incomer, and Knight got the bowling from Doig. He scored a single, and then Dickinson brought 80 up with a carpet drive to the boundary. Poole "a next over produced 3. Knight got a full toss of Doig's away to leg for 2, cat him for a couple, and brought 90 up with another couple to leg, off the last of the over- Dickinson drove Doig for 2, and added a closerun single off a short one. In Doig's next over Dickinson drove him three times to the boundary. The second hit brought the cen- ' tury up, and provided a good ohance to Gleeson at long-on, but it was rather close !"'•« »?t. fenoe te S 6 * back to - Dickinson lifted the next low into Walsh's hands, also in the long-field, but he coirld not hold it. The batsman did almost exactly the same with the next, and this time Walsh made no mistake. 109—3—24. At this stage the luncheon adjournment was taken. Carlton went to the crease with Knight after the interval, and Poole and Doig took up the bowling. Before any addition had been made to the score Poole's seventh ball proved fatal to Knight. 109—4—10. Keast followed. Higgins brought 110 up with a angle off Doig, and Keast added another. Each batsman got a single off Poole's next over. Keast got a brace off Doig, and then hit him to leg for 4. Carlton square out Poole almost to the boundary, but a short rim was called, and only one resulted. A number of singles were added, and Keast off drove Poole to the boundary—l3o up. At this stage Doig, who had bowled continuously 20 overs from the commencement of the match, was replaced by Groves at the pavilion end. Carlton bit his -first to leg for 2, and another went to the boundary for byes. Keast pulled Poole for 4 and for a single, and m the next over he got a 3 from Groves including two for an overthrow. He got the same bowler past cover point for a brace, and brought 150 up. Kavanagh, bowling a slow break, replaced Poole, and Carlton put him up dangerously in the slips. The over produced four singles and a pair to Carlton. Keast cut Groves to the boundary, and brought 160 up. A couple of balls later what appeared to be a chance off Keast was not accepted by the wicketkeeper. Then Keast sent one • hard back to Groves, who missed a difficult one-handed enance. In the following over Carlton swept a full toss from Kavanagh hard to tho boundary. A few balls later Carlton chopped one of Groves' up into Doig's hands at second slip, and the veteran made sure of it. 174—5-22. Sansom was next man and he opened his account with a single from an overthrow and another off Kavanagh. Keast lifted Kavanagh over point e head to the boundary. He cut troves strongly for 2, but "one short" was again called. The batsmen, who now seemed fairly comfortable, continued to add singles. Keast brought up his own halffcentury and became top scorer by driving Groves to the off boundary. Ho followed this up by lifting the ball over Groves' head for 4 and cutting him for another 4 this last stroke bringing 200 on the board! In the next over Sansom missed in attempting a big hit off Kavanagh and was smartly stumped by Bogue. 200-6-6. Catto followed, and sent his first ball to the boundary. He did the same with the last ball of Kavanagh s over, and then pulled Groves for a third 4. Keast got the bowling in the next over, and pulled Kavanagh for a 2 and a 4. Two for an overthrow brought up 220. The first ball of Kavanagh's next over Keast Bkird, and Raines ran round* and held it safely. 223—7—61. The outgoing batsman got a good round of applause. Strang filled the gap. Catto got Groves to the leg boundary, and drove him for a single. Ihe first ball of Kavanagh's next over he also srnoto cleanly to leg for 4. Strang had only made two singles when be went for a hit off Kavanagh, and was stumped. 235—8—2. The afternoon tea adjournment was then taken. Shadwell filled Strang's place and opened his account with a single off Groves. Shadwell snicked a boundary through the slips in the. same over and brought 240 up. Both batsmen continued to score off Groves and 250 was soon run up. Catto drove Kavanagh for 3 to the off, Shadwell drove him straight back for 3, and Catto got him to leg for 3 off successive balls. The over produced 11.' Poole came on bowling at the pavilion end and Catto tunned tott to Jbj* Jtor 2,

His third ball Catto skied up in the slips where' it was held by Wish. 263—9—41. Harraway was the last man. Doig came on at the opposite end and Shadwell drove him straight back for a single. A 2, a 3, and a boundary to Shadwell brought the total to 270. Haraway drove Poole for a single, the only run scored in that over. He pulled Doig for a single in the next and then Shadwell hit him to leg into Walsh’s hands. The innings closed for 276 at a quarter to five. The Otago men had been at the wickets for four hours and one minute, and had given a sound though by no means showy or brilliant display. When Southland commenced their innings, Abercrombie took strike to the bowling of Dickinson with Hamilton ns his partner. Abercrombie scored a single and then Hamilton scooped him to leg for three. Abercrombie got another single and then Dickinson with his seventh ball shattered Hamilton’s off stump, s^-I—3. Gleeson was the newcomer and Carlton took the ball nt the pavilion end. Gleeson gave a chance in the slips, but Cherry failed to hold it. The over was a maiden. Abercombie got Dickinson to leg for a single and drove Carlton for 1. Gleeson added another single. Two for leg-byes brought 10 up, after 14 minutes’ play. Gleeson got a smack on the wrist from and went off in favour of Kavanagh. Dickinson’s first ball to him was a low fast yorker which upset his middle stump, 11—2—0. Walsh followed to the wickets and played out the over. Abercrombie played one of Carlton’s to leg for a single. Dickinson beat the wickets and the wicketkeeper for two byes, and Abercrombie ran a close one off the next. Carlton had Walsh in difficulties but a couple of singles were scored off his next over and 20 appeared on the board. Both batsmen got singles from Dickinson. Abercrombie got Carlton to leg for 2, and then Walsh out Dickinson to the fence for the first 4 of the innings. 30 up. The next ball was a chance which Higgins, behind the wickets, dropped. With the score at 32 Keast went on in place of Carlton, Abercrombie securing a pair and a single off his over. Haraway came on bowling at the other end and each batsman got a single from him. Keast sent down a maiden over to Walsh, and Harraway bowled a maiden to Abercrombie. Kcast’s next was the third successive maiden and then Abercrombie pulled Harraway to square leg for a couple. _ He got another couple in a similar direction, and was then given out 1.b.w., 41—3—19. Groves was the next batsman. Keasf s last over of the day was another maiden. Stumps were drawn at 6 o’clock. The following are the scores;— b Poole 25 Higgins,- b- Poole Knight, b Poole ... 10 Carlton,, o Doig, b Groves 22 Keast, o Raines, b Kavanagh 61 Dickinson, o Walsh, b Doig 24 Sansom, st Bougue, b Kavanagh ... 5 Catto, o Wish, b Poole ••• 41 Sansom, st Bogue, b Kavanagh ... ... 6 Shadwell, o Walsh, b Doig 26 Harraway, not out 2 Extras ... 11 Total ... ... - 276 Bowling Analysis.—Groves, 120 'balls, one maiden, 65 runs, one wicket; Doig, 179 balls, four maidens, 70 runs, two wickets; Kavanagh, 112 balls, 78 runs, three wickets, one no ball; Wish, 24 balls, 15 runs; Poole, 112 balls, three maidens, 37 runs, four wickets. Southland. —First Innings. Hamilton, b Dickinson 3 Abercrombie, Ibw, b Harraway 19 Gleeson, retired ... 1 Kavanagh, b Dickinson 0 Walsh, not out 10 Groves, not out 0 Extras ... '... 8 Total for three wickets ... ... .41 Bowling Analysis.—Dickinson, 48 balls, one maiden, two wiokets, 16 runs; Carlton, 45 balls, one maiden, eight runs; Keast, 32 balls, three maidens, three runs; Hiarxaway, 24 balls, one maiden, six runs, one wicket. JUNIOR MATCH. The junior representative teams were as follows: —Southland—Taylor, Dykes, Kingston, Crozier, Kilby, Cleland, H. Lilley, Cheyne, Dyer, Pope, Mackenzie. Otago— Baker, Elliott, Grant, Ingram, . Thomas, Perry, Shadwell, Hitchcock, Crewes, M‘Gregor, Collett. Southland batted first and Dykes was the only one to make a serious stand against the bowling of Collett and M'Gregor, who were unchanged throughout the innings. They went through the Southland boys in quick time, and just before ' tho luncheon adjournment at 12.30 the last wicket had fallen for a total of 64. M‘Gregor took six for 35 and Collett four for 26. 'The Otago boys responded by knocking up 154, to which Baker (35) and Shadwell (35 not out) were the cirief contributors. Dykes and Kingston took four wiokes each. The visitors failed badly in their second venture, Cheyne with seven being top scorer, and the total reaching only 27. Collett got five wickets for 10, and M'Gregor two for four. Tho looal team thus won by an innings and 63 runs. As the match was finished before 5 o’clock the teams went on to play a friendly game which will he continued to-day. Messrs Perritt and E. S, Wilson acted as umpires. The following are the scores: Southland. —First Innings. Taylor) b M'Gregor 1 Dykes, o Thomas, b M'Gregor ... 19 Kingston, b M'Gregor ... 4 Crozier, b Collett 0 Kilby, b M'Gregor 0 Oleland, b Collett 8 A. Lilley, b Collett 6 Cheyne, b Collett 0 Dyer, b M'Gregor .„ 5 Pope, b M'Gregbr '3 Mackenize, not out 7 Extras _ _ 5 Total ... 64 Bowling Analysis.—M'Gregor, 72 balls, 35 runs, 6 wiokets; Collett, 67 balls, 26 runs, 4 wickets. Second Innings. Taylor, b Collett Dykes, run out ... 1 Crozier, b Collett 0 Kingston, o Baker, b M'Gregor 1 Mackenzie, b Collett 1 0 Cleland, b Collett -2 Lilley, b M'Gregor 0 Dyer, b Collett ... 2 Pope, b Elliott _. 4 Kilby, not out _. ... 3 Cheyne, c Hitchcock, b Crewes ... ... 7 Extras ... 2 Total 27 Bowling Analysis.—'Collett, 48 balls, 10 runs. 5 wickets; M'Gregor, 40 balls, 3 maidens, 4 runs, 2 wickets; Elliott, 8 balls, 7 runs, 1 wicket) Crowes, 3 balls, 4 runs, 1 wicket. Otago.—First Innings, Baker, o Crozier, b Dykes 35 Elliott, b Kingston 1 Grant, Ibw. b Dykes ' 13 Ingram, c Kingston, b Dykes 12 Thomas, o Mackenzie, b Kingston 4 Perry, b Kingston 6 Shadwell, not out : 35 Hitchcock, c Pope, b Dykes 19 Crewes, o Kingston, b Crozier 15 M'Gregor, c and b Kingston ... 7 Collett, run out 2 Extras 5 Total ... 154 Bowling Analysis.—Crozier. 112 balls, I maiden, 30_ runs, 1 wicket; Kingston, 156 balls, 3 maidens, 67 runs, 4 wickets; Dykes. 88 balls, 37 runs, 4 wickets; Cleland, 16 balls, 15 runs.