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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23702, 9 January 1939, Page 2

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GRADE MATCHES KAIKORAI SCORE!) HEAVILY PLAY MARRED BY RAIN After a fine, hot morning, the weather on Saturday clouded over soon after mid-day, and rain marred play in the Otago Cricket Association’s grade competitions. A fresh series of matches was begun, but. after several adjournments, play in each game had to be abandoned for the day well before the scheduled time for drawing stumps. Kaikorai was responsible for the biggest scoring of the day. finishing in the good position of 202 for two wickets against Carisbrook B at Bishopscourt. Talbot and Mathias, who made 82 and 77 not out respectively, were mainly responsible for the score'; At Carisbrook, Albion made a bad start against Carisbrook A, losing three wickets for 39 runs. Old Boys, playing University at Tonga Bark, scored 120 for four wickets, and Grange batted first against Dunedin on the North Ground, and scored 91 for three wickets. Conditions on all grounds were much in favour of the batsmen. KAIKORAI SCORES WELL GOOD START AGAINST CARISBROOK B The Carisbrook B bowlers and fieldsmen had ari unenviable afternoon at Bishopscourt. Batting first for the first time this season, Kaikorai had a fine opportunity to score well, and took it. There were two or three stoppages because of rain, but stumps were not drawn until about 5.30 o’clock, by which time Kaikorai had scored 202 for two wickets. Runs came steadily, although not at a sensational rate at any stage. Talbot and Mathias were the run-getters. Talbot did not take chances, but hit loose balls hard and played some splendid hook shots and drives. He hit one six and 11 fours in his 82 not out. Mathias was very fortunate in having some easy catches dropped, one “ sitter ” being in the first over, and he went on to score steadily, mostly on the leg side and with a well-timed square cut. He hit nine fours in his 77 not out. The Carisbrook bowlers were very steady in the circumstances, and Walsh, particularly, deserved another wicket ,or two. Details:— KAIKORAI First Innings Mathias, not out 77 McFadzien. b Walsh 11 McGregor, b Walsh . . 6 Talbot, not out 82 Extras (byes 23, leg byes 3) .. 20 Total for two wickets .. 202 Walsh took two wickets for 67 runs. OLD BOYS ▼. UNIVERSITY *•' PLAY INTERRUPTED

Batting on an easy wicket fit Tonga Park, High School Old Boys lost four wickets for 120 runs when play was slopped by heavy rain shortly after 5 o clock M.lis and Hunt opened Lngbijy. the formei batting well until he was caught by Lawson off Falvey. Hunt was. 26 not out ant; Martin five when a heavy shower caused a postponement, for about an hour. On the resumption of play Martin was caught by Christie of? Falvey with his score at 10, but when Groves joined Hunt the rate of scoring increased. Hunt was clean bowled by Clark after making 37, and Groves knocked up an attractive 35 before he was caught Leader had scored nine, when rain stopped play, the-bther- nbt-out batsman being Payne, who had not opened his account. Falvey bowled steadily to take two wickets for 40 runs. Scores:— ■•OLD’ BOVS .. First .Innirtgs , ... Mills, c Lawson, b Fafvey .. .. 23 Kant, b Clark 37 Martin, c Christie, b Falvey .. .. 10 Groves, c Clark, b Little .. .. 35 Leader, not out ‘ 9 Payne, not out . . .. .. .. 0 Extras ' 6 Total for four wickets .. 120

GRANGE t. DUNEDIN LITTLE PROGRESS MADE Little progress was made in the match between Grange and Dunedin at the North Ground on Saturday afternoon. when heavy rain caused the players to leave the field on three occasions. Making their first appearance in senior cricket after a lapse of two years, Tonkinson and Timms made an auspicious; beginning for the north end team, their' partnership realising 60 odd runs before the former was caught off Douglas. Included in his score of'37 were two fours: but it was Timms who was the more eager to force the pace, and his total of 38 included four fours, It was Robertson who brought about his downfall. Quaid taking a smart catch in the outfield. Play was discontinued shortly after 5 o’clock, when Frew and Elmes were at the wickets. Robertson and Douglas bowled unchanged during the play. Scores:— GRANGE , First Innings Timms, c Quaid. b Robertson .. 38 Tonkinson. c Pepperill, b Douglas 37 Powell, Ibw, b Robertson 0 Frew, not out 2 Elmes, not out 7 Extras 7 Total for three wickets .. 91

ALBION’S POOR START MATCH AGAINST CARISBROOK A Although it was an excellent wicket at Carisbrook on Saturday, the Albion opening batsmen failed badly against Carisbrook A. and neither Duncan nor Sinclair was able to score. Everson played on a ball from Stevenson after scoring seven, but Coding and Paul stopped the rot. When rain caused the game to be abandoned. Albion had lost three wickets for 39 runs. The following are the scores;— ALBION First Innings Duncan, run out 0 Sinclair, b Kerr 0 Everson, b Stevenson 7 Coding, not out 18 Paul, not out 6 Extras .. .. .. 8 Total for three wickets .. 39 Bowling Analysis

INTERMEDIATE GRADE Albion, 77 for four (Caskie 21. Deuchrass 34 not out; Macassey three for 26, Hudson one for 23), played Dunedin. University. 79 (Cook 25, Moller 1G not out, Rennie 14; T. Hughes eight for 27). North-East Valley had scored 48 for no wickets when rain stopped play (R. Peart 26 not out. R. Jones 22 not out). UNOFFICIAL MATCH Thomson, Bridger, 78 for six declared (Watson 40, Carson 12; Williams four for 15. W. Smith two for 13), beat Tomahawk, 52 (Phillips three for 2, Watson two for 10. Carson two for 12, Thomas one for 6, Stokes one for 9). LEAGUE MATCHES The following were the results of the league cricket matches played on the Oval on Saturday afternoon: — A Section E.P. and L.. 43 (Beck 13: Pullar three for 12, Beck six for 16), defeated Hillside, 37 (Symonds 15; Graham two for 4, Symonds three for 20). Roslyn Mills, seven for 160 (B. Berry 75 not out. J. Pearce 28, F. Stanley 21; Pearce two for 17, G. Berry two for 28). drew with Otago Brush Company, four for 69 (Mason 38, E. Ramsay 18; Mowat three for 15). . Inglis, six for 69 (Brooks 15, Agnew 14 not out; Agnew four for 4), drew with Telgineers. 85 (Davis 18. Lament 15; Davis three for 22. Walker three for 31). R. and G.. 102 (A. Turnbull .26, F. Curtis 27; W. Prestin three for 32), drew with Town Hall four for 72 (L. Smith 47 not out; L. Smith three for 19, A. Wilson four for 29, including the “hat trick”). B Section Greggs’ Red G eight for 146 (H. Day 72, Rodgers 18, Riach 18; Rodgers four for 41. H. Day six for 36) defeated Self Help 82 (Wedlake 32, R. Halley 18; M. Stent four for 27. B. Milne two for 42). .

Speights 167 (J. Stokes 40, Downs 30, B. Stokes 23; Knight three for 25, Cullen two for 18) defeated Loco 79 (S. McEwan 33. J. Keen 19. A. Hood 14; A. Hood four for 55. J. Keen three for 23).

M.C.P. 149 (Reidy 50. Kean 24 not out. Ritchie 23; Reidy four for 58) defeated Standard 140 (Pope 68, Quest 32. Dalglish 15; Quest four for 47, Robertson one for seven. Pope two for two). Pride of the Leith A.O.F. 196 (Dillon 62. Croft 52, Lowry 19 retired; Hughes three for four. Dillon ' one for 17, Thomson one for 28) defeated United 57 (Steele 31, Hill 16 not out; Payne four for 53, Steele two for 28). Tramways 127 (Lyons 33, Hollander 31. Bolton 23; Bolton three _ for 21, Dixon two for 16) drew with Post Office six for 57 (Russell 12; Stuart four for 14).

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.Burts 125 (Morrison 88 not out, Brown 13; McDonald three for 15) drew with Tainui Rovers three for 59 (W. Jones 41 not out, V. Jones 13; E Grant two for 11, W, Jones three for 37. O’Neill one for nine).

Dunedin Engineering 124 (Mattingly 150, H, Jones 16, J. Crombie 14 not out: Morgan three for 35) drew with T. and J. five for 110 (McLintock 51, Ruff 21, Winton 16, Clark 14 not out; McLintock six fot 32). Dunedin Hospital two for 82 (Samuel 43 not out, Duncan. 25; Pitts five for 30, Deuchrass two for six, Gordon one for nine) drew with Lands 98 (Sharpe 58, McNoe 21; O’Sullivan one for nine, Ussher one for seven); - ■ ■ WOMEN’S CRICKET

The match Planet v. Albion was abandoned owing to the rain, the scores standing at Albion 63 for one wicket (T. Divers 32 not out, K. Eckhoff 13 not out, A. Fache 10; Mary Freeman one for 19). AUCKLAND CHAMPIONSHIP CENTURIES BY SHIELD PLAYERS (Per United Press Association) AUCKLAND, Jan. 8. Features of the Auckland Cricket! Association’s Senior Championship games yesterday were two centuries made by Plunket Shield players—V, S. Sale, of North Shore, and R. Cleave, captain, of the Ponsonby-Balmoral eleven. Sale’s total was 118. and that of Cleave 123. Scores:—

University, first innings 189 (L. B. Schnauer 49 not out, F. S. Haden o 9; J. B. Stevenson five for 53 and V. J. Scott three for 26) v. Y.M.C.A., 58 for no wickets. . Middlemore, first innings 110 (Cowie three for 23, Burke three fr 33) v. Grafton. 129 for two wickts. Ponsonby-Balmoral, first innings 274 (R. Cleave. 123, G. R. Childs 37, retired hurt; W. N. Carson seven for, 53) v. Eden. North Shore 312 (C. G. Walters 72, V. S. Sale 118, D. Webb 37; M. Mutton five for 146, M. Clark four for 87) v. Parnell. 43 for five wickets, WELLINGTON COMPETITION REAPPEARANCE OF DEMPSTER (Peb United Press association) WELLINGTON, Jan. 8. Some good scoring wt.s seen wnen the Senior Cricket Championship games were resumed on Saturday after the holidays. Interest centred in the match between the leading teams, Wellington and Institute, as C. S. Dempster, captain of the Leicestershire County team, turned out with his old team, Institute. Wellington made 220 (R. Morgan 105 not out, Christmas 28; Bi chan four for 57, McKeon three for 45). Dempster and Crook then put on 176 for Institute’s first wicket, Crook being bowled after reaching 56 Dempster went on to score 127 in 95 minutes, hitting 20 4’s in finished style. He revealed himself as a greatly-improved batiman. Institute, at stumps, had lost four wickets for 227

Karori ran up 328 against University (M, Browne 135, J. Duffy 118) and University lost two wickets for 43. Bowling for University Harpur took seven for 54.

Wellington College Old Boys could total only 212 (L. V. Browne 55, J. Lamason 41). O’Neill took seven wickets for 65 for Midland, who had made 103 for four wickets at stumps (Buddie 35, W, Dustin 22). Bowling for Old Boys, J. Lamason took three fof 17.

Hutt scored 142 (McLeod 47) against Kilbirnie, who lost seven wickets for 102 (Parsloe 32, Wrigley 27 not out) Bowling for Kilbirnie J. Ashenden took four for 43 and Parsloe four for 48. For Hutt. Muir took three for 28 and McLeod two for 16. CHRISTCHURCH MATCHES FINE INNINGS BY DONNELLY (Per United Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 7. The sixth round ol the Canterbury Cricket Association’s Competitions were concluded to-day in excellent weather The wickets and the outfields were fast. The defeat ol Lancaster Park by Sydenham puts Old Boys in the lead in the competition again, with Sydenham two points behind in second place. The outstanding innings of the afternoon was that of M P. Donnelly, who made 174 not out in two hours He hit four sixes and 25 fours, and with J, Burton put on 240 runs for the first wicket in the second innings of the West Christchurch team. For Riccarton, A. W Roberts made 116. Scores: Sydenham, 116 and 76 (Read three for 39, Mcßae four for 13) beat Lancaster Park 68 and IP (Shahd 44 Newton six for 43) by seven runs. Riccarton 280 (Roberts 116; Scott four for 78, Walter two for 21) beat St. Albans 169 and 207 for nine (Nelson 62; Hay four for 73) bv 111 runs on the first innings. Old Bovp 439 for seven, declared, beat Old Collegians 161 (Lester 49; An-

derson two for 17. Booker two for 25; and 97 for three (Waler not out 47) by 278 runs on the first innings. East Christchurch 379 beat West Christchurch 161 (Nee 39; Bird three for 36, Kennedy Iwc for 22, Mullan two for 25) and 240 for one (Donnelly 174 not out, Burton 57) by 218 runs on the first innings.

Bowling Analysis 0. M. R. w. Clark .. 11 — 51 1 FaIvey .. 10 1. 40 2 Little . 3 - 23 1

Bowling Analysis W. 0. M. R. Robertson ..12 — 41 2 Douglas ..11 — 43 1

0. M. R. W. Kerr .. . . 4 1 14 1 Stevenson . . 5 1 14 1 Dougan 2 I K;rr bowled one no-ball. 3 '