CRICKET.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20874, 14 November 1929, Page 4

CRICKET.

By Sup, DUNEDIN v. CARISBROOK, The match between Dunedin and Cariabrook on Saturday did not provide much tba(- was spectacular, the bowling of Blunt and Cameron proving' too - strong for -the Dunedin side, which could compile only 146 in its first innings. Monk, who made top score, batted much more quietly than he did last season, but there were occasions’ when he opened bis ■boulders, and once he hit' Cameron - for six. Last season he played mapv uppish shots, but this fault was not apparent in his innings on Saturday. The fa.ct that he batted so'quietly showed that the -bowling was accurate. Strang started well and looked like making a lengthy stay, his shots being clean and well timed, but ho had. reached only 21 when Blunt beat; him with a good ball. , Cavanagh showed excellent form in knocking up 18, but-he was beaten by a, ball from .Cameron- which came ia from , the off, and which he rdid;'-not (-attempt -to - play. Ritchie’s display , sedrihg. 23;-gaye further evidence 6t the improvement which he hag made, and the catch -with which Dunning dismissed him,'was a very, low one. Dunning, by. the way, has a very sure pair of hands,'and batsmen can take no risks when : he is handy, ; Ditchficld, who has served os opening batsman for the-Institute team in Wellington, shaped well in making-nine,, and'he can be expected to make much - bigger totals. Blunt and Cameron Shaded the bowling honours, Cameron- securing .■'The average with four for - 28.'v.„,'Ife' ; was the sixth bowler tried. varied ■•his deliveries well and kept an' ’excellent length. He is rapidly proving himself pne of the most useful bowlers in the competition. Getting, some assistance from the wicket, Blunt had the batsmen playing him carefully, and he .richly, deserved" his five wickets ; for 53( runs. Dunning howled well, but could not secure a wicket. Jacobs and ■ Cameron quickly settled down when they opened Carisbrook’s innings,. and gave .the side an excellent start. Jacobs-wag not dismissed.until .he hadi-scored 43. playing sound cricket. Hia square cut is a good shot with, which he collects a lot of runs, and on Saturday he ■coped a fair '" proportion of his runs behind the wicket; Cameron batted very solidly for a not out score of 22. and did not’.-look like going out, ALBION v. GRANGE. Matches between Albion and Grange Usually provide plenty of interesting cricket, and as the rivalry between the teams is keen the game is improved by the enthusiasm which, the players showAlbion won the toss no Saturday and compiled a score of 219, and Grange’s task*, in view of the fact that one wicket has (already been lost for-six runs, can by. no 'ffieans be termed an easy one.It.is - pleasing to see brilliant “Jim” Shepherd once more showing consistency in; his scoring. His recovery last season was one of the features of the competition.: His score of, ,44 on Saturday.was another bright effort, and it is to be hoped,., in view of the form he is showing, that he will be available for Otago’s representative engagements, both in and out of Dunedin. He stated last season that he was keen to accompany the team on : its tour this season, and it is to be hoped. that his wishes will be fulfilled. Vorrath has not -yet got into bis stride, his score on Saturday being 14. A pleasing feature‘of the innings was the success of ■ M'Haffie, who, after a slow start, knocked' up a score of 31, M'Haffie gives promise of wcoming a very , useful all-round player.- Silver has previously knocked up useful scores, and has become known as a 'hard-hitting batsman. He attacked the bowling on'Saturday to some purpose, and was rewarded with a total of 34. Hamilton was another young player who showed improved form, making a contribution of 26. Allen’s score of 33 was, another, good , effort, though he was lucky .-more than once after he passed 30. Blmes and : Lerain were again the outstanding bowlers. They did not meet ■with the-same success as thev did against Old Boys, Lerain taking three for 57 and Ehnes four for 86. Knight disposed of two of the ‘best batsmen—M'Haffie apd Allen—3l,runs being knocked off his bowling. The ' Grange team is in fhe peculiar, position of having only .four bowlers, and. it would - not be surprising if another were included before the end of the season. . - HIGH SCHOOL OLD BOYS v, CHRISTIAN BROTHERS.

Christian Brothers did well to dispose of. High School Old Boys, who are regarded as a strong batting side, for a total of 194 runs, though the score was worth more on any other wicket than the Oval. Leader and Gale gave the side a good start, the former scoring 27 in nis usual solid style before he wae run out. Gale" was responsible ■ for another food effort, mating a score of 33, but lickinson again failed to get into his stride, going out Ibw. Moloney again made a useful score,. his . contribution being 21, but he probably has not yet given of his best in senior cricket. 11 one may judge from his showings as a nigh school player he is capable of much better performances. A. W, Alloo is batting very- solidly this season, and has made a good score on each of his visits to the wicket. On Saturday he reached 44, his runs being made in excellent style. Harraway was the only other batsman to pass the century, scoring 25, and Smith showed improvement in making 16. It would- probably have been wise to place Ibbotson, who is a slow batsman, further up the list. Toomey varied the attack by using ■even bowlers, of whom M'Cartcn, who secured the fine average of five for 31, was the most successful. Gale, Dickinson. Maloney, and.,Alloo being among his victims, Collett was ueed a good deal, but he did not meet with success until the tail-end batsmen came in. Blair, who bowled 15 overs, failed to secure a wicket. Christian Brothers have lost two of their batsmen, and have only two runs on the board. Both of the defeated batsmen—Blair and Sullivan—were Dickinson’s victims, and .no runs were scored off his two overs. NOTES. The following fielding points were awarded for the opening senior matches: Grange 6, Old Boys 3; Albion s,'Carisnrook 4j‘ Christian Brothers 3, Dmicdip Two members of the Grange Third Grade team have put m .excellent bowling performances iri their last two matches. They are Rowland, a son d{ the secretary p£ the club, and Beil. On November 2. in the match against Cansbrook, Rowland took eight, for seven in the first innings, including the “ hat trick. - ’ and four for 14 in the second—a total of 12 for 21. Beil took two for nine- and five for 12 —a total of seven for 21. Playing against Knox Church Bon Saturday, Bell took five for two and scored 70. and Rowland took four for five. Another member of the team— Knowles—was unfortunate in missing the century, his score being 93. The list of 24 players chosen for representative practice shows that the selectors will have excellent material to choose from this - season. It is difficult, however. to see how Cameron, of Carisbrook, could have been overlooked, and Coupland, the Invercargill and former Wanganui player, is another who could have been included in- the list. L. C. Eastman, of Essex, who was coach to the Otago Cricket, Association last season, is now coaching in South Africa. Congratulations to Moloney, of the High School Third Grade team, on making a score of 107 (retired) last Saturday. He is a brother of the High School Old Boys player. C. G. Macartney will acompany the next Australian team to tour England as correspondent of the Sydney Evening News. Last Saturday the Musselburgh Methodists met the Musselburgh Presbyterians at Culling Park in a Sunday schools’ competition match. The Methodists, batting first, eigtt wickets for six runs- The Presbyterians replied with 18, Ciark bowling well, and securing six wickets. The Methodists, in their second innings, scored 47 (Clark 14. L. Evans 9). M’Culloch (five for nine) and Wilson (three for bowling well. The Presbyterians

scored 50 runs in their second innings, thus winning the match by five runs. Ferguson (10) and Elliffe (0) batted attractively, and Clark and Little again et r> f° r the Methodists. F. R. Lumsden, a Hanmer player, scored 101 retired at Hanmer in a re* cent match, of which 98 came from shots to the boundary! _ Hia score consisted of 14 fours and 7 sizes, Lumsden, a left* hander % who is several inches over six feet, with a reach and power in proper* cion, was the crack batsman in the Christs College first eleven last season. The performance of taking 10 wickets ■in an innings is a very meritorious one indeed, and congratulations are extended to Carroll, of Mariat seconds,, on achiev>ng this rare feat against Waikiwi (states the Southland Times). Carroll’s 10 wickets cost only 33 runs. Thus the average itself is a splendid one. The majority of his victims were clean bowled. “ I thought that the New Zealand team which- toured this country in 1927 was a fine side, and deserved to meet with .more .success than, it .did. .I. am sure that 'we shall have all our work cut out to win,.-those - - three test matches.” That, is an : extract from remarks made by A.' H. n.-Gilligan. captain of the M.C.C, 'team as .the- team was leaving’ England.'. ■ . R.de'-R. Worker,, the former. New Zealand representative ■ cricketer, -is playing again in Napier this season. Worker, who/wa? educated at the Auckland Grammar School, and who has represented Otago, Wellington, and Canterbury in Plunkef Shield cricket, is on the staff of the Napier High School, and captains the Old Boys’ team in club cricket; Opening the . season he made ■3O runs on a fearful wicket..and there is every indication that he will he on top form this year. . If so. he will no doubt be called on to assist Wellington in the shield games, and he will regain his position os- opening batsman- in the New Zealand; team, for the tests against the touring'Englishmen. The members of. the next Australian team for _ England " will be the most liberally rewarded amateurs on record, if we except J, C.. White, of Somerset, and his. £IOOO testimonial. • Each player r wU) get. £SO bn going aboard, £4OO during his stay .in England, and £l5O on return, in addition to 30s a week expenses. He will, however, have to contract not to return to England as a player for two years. This will put a'stopper on the league clubs in.'thc North of England, who have of late years shown a strong fancy for . “colonial ” players. Tom’ Lowry, captain of the New Zealand cricket team that made the pioneering trip to England in 1923, is playing club' cricket in Hawke’s Bay this year. Last season he made only fitful appearances in Napier, as he now farms a property in Taihape and has to motor in four score miles every week-end to play. This year, in view of the tour of the' visiting English team, Lowry intends to take the game very seriously, even though that will mean a long and tiring car journey every week-end. In his first appearance for the year he compiled 25 runs not oiit' on a wicket, that was like a gluepot. , The action of H. Duncan in deliberately knocking his wickets in order to bring Parnell's innings to a close created a good deal of discussion among old cricketers at Eden Park recently (says .the New Zealand Herald), But there was justification for hia action. There was some.herd thinking going on between the rival captains, and Duncan won. With the wicket in such bad condition Duncan was anxious ter get his -opponents in as soon as Whitclaw had passed hia century. The captain then issued instructions to all his men ‘to hit 1 ’out irrespective of whether they were dismissed or not. All the ■ later-batsmen* .pwd even Whitelaw, sacrificed their wickets. Duncan himself went in.last.' ■ He 'went out to hit the first ball ’ that was- bowled to him, but missed it; Wetherill. the United Suburbs captain, who was keeping wickets, refused to stump' his rival. Goodsii- scored a -single .in the nest over, .and then Duncan stepped back and purposely hit his wickets.

Victorian cricket," as far as Melbourne is concerned, takes on a hew feature this season, a special team of colts being included in the pennant competition, following the example set by South Australia a couple of years ago. The youngsters are skippered hy Edgar Mayne. while Liddicut and Blackie. the other two official coaches, also pay them special attention. As the competition now includes 14 teams,-the colts, all-of whom-are below the age.of 22 years, will play each wee'l- - team which formerly had th 4 bye. ,A. E. Liddicut. who was a member of the Australian cricket' team which toured New ■ Zealand, in 1921. and also of the Victorian team in the Dominion in 1925, took 14 wickets in one-afternoon—six for 23 and.eight for 20—for Fitzroy against Prahranvjn;Melbourne First Grade cricket recently. , The feat of taking 14 wickets in a match is rare enough! but the accomplishment of it in one.afternoon is indeed remarkable. As Liddicut also scored 77 runs' - in the one innings which was necessary for Prahran in this match he had a great ” double." Liddicut, now 37 years .of age. is Showing such good form all round that he has a fine chance of getting into the Victorian representative team again. He is a medium-paced goodlength bowle.r. Ten members of the M.C.G. team which is now coming through Australia on its way to New Zealand gained batting averages over ■2O in first-class cricket in England in the 1930 season. In some instances the.players’ averages for all firstclass matches are better than they gained in county matches alone. The appended averages are taken from a final list which, however, does not give the batting ’averages below 20:—

BATTING. Inn.N.O.H.S. Apr. Av'fje. Woolley . 55 5 176 2804 56.08 Duleepsinjhi 51 3 246 2545 .53.02 Bowler . 57 3 280' 2360 43.70 Turnbull . . 43 5 167* 1374 36.71 Dawson . 62 1 140 15)09 31.29 Nichols 1 49 4 138 1301 28,91 Lee'ge ' .. . 38 1 113 929 25.10 Gilligan-. . 51 2 143 1161 23.69 Worth ragton 47 3 72 1031 23.43 Barratt .. • 43 4 94 8G0 22.05 ' •Not out. BOWLING. Runs. Wkts. Av'ge. Bariatt 2740 129 21.24 Allom ... 1845 82 22.50 Woolley 1133 50 22.66 Worthington 2093 89 23.51 Nichols ■n-™T„„ 2662 . • IQrtfi 104 TO 25.59 MM