CRICKET

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24261, 1 April 1940, Page 4

CRICKET

GRANGE'S SUCCESS PREMIERSHIP WON SEASON ENDS IN STEADY RAIN It was unfortunate that rain should set in about the middle afternoon and so cause a certain amount of confusion In the final' day’s play of the Otago Cricket Association’s grade championship for the 1939-40 season. Fortunately, it had no material bearing on the outcome of the championship. The finalists were Grange and-Carisbrook A, and it was necessary for the- Carlsbrook team to beat Grange outright to depose it from the top of the list. The first day’s play was so overwhelmingly in. favour of Grange that Carlsbrook A really had no chance of winning outright, and the result, a firstinnings win for Grange, merely increased Grange’s fnargin of points. .... The final state of the championship is •s follows; Pts. Grange • • • • 30 •Carlsbrook A 44 Dunedin «7 Kaikoral • • • • 32 Old Boys .. ... •• •• 28 University 28 Carlsbrook B .. .. .. 24 Albion .. .. 21 Grange was definitely the superior side in the final. On the first day.it scored 288 and it proceeded to dismiss Carisbrook for 1143. The latter side was required to follow on, but had lost no wickets for 35 ruris when rain put an end to play. H. Cameron, who scored 54 and 27 not out, was the only Carisbrook batsman to produce true form. Dunedin was unlucky in its match againgst Kaikorai that it did not have time to overhaul the hill side’s total of 264. It had scored 167 for only one wicket, Macassey being unbeaten with 77, when the game ended, so that the result was a draw University had not made a good start towards catching Old Boys’ first innings score, of 172, but the middle batsmen came to the- rescue and the- board showed 215 ■- for five wickets (Baker 49 not out, Rennie 65 not out) when play was stopped. The Carisbrook B-Alblon match was a low-scoring one, and Carisbrook B won on the first innings. It scored 105 and 122 (Silver six wickets for 44 runs), and Albion’s scoring was 73 and 83 for one wicket. When play stopped finally at Carisbrook, the i Grange team was congratulated on its successful season by Mr Crosby Morris, president of the Carisbrook Club. The congratulations were acknowledged by the captain of the Grange side. N. Henderson!

CARISBROOK DEFEATED GRANGE WINS ON FIRST INNINGS At the conclusion of play last Saturday fortnight Grange had scored 288 runs and Carisbrook A had lost three Wickets for 54 (H. Cameron not out 35 and McKay not out 5). Cameron carried his score to 54, and the wickets fell rapidly till the last man in, Walsh, joined Hercus. At that stage Carisbrook had lost nine wickets for 105. but the last-named pair

raised the score to 143 before Hercus was well caught by Frew. Carisbrook were sent In again at 10 minutes past 3, but rain commenced to fall shortly afterwards, and as at 25 minutes to 5 the weather showed no signs of Improvement stumps were drawn. Grange won on the first innings. Details - GRANGE

DUNEDIN UNFORTUNATE DRAW WITH KAIKORAi Had rain which commenced to fall shortly before 4 o’clock not prevented further' play, Dunedin had better than an even chance of winding up the season with a five-point win over Kaikorai. Kaikorai’s first, innings total was 264. and at the close of the first day's play Dunedin had 47 on without the loss of a wicket. Robertson, one of the not-out batsmen, notified that he would be late in arriving on Saturday, but the Kaikorai skipper, McGregor, consented to his batting further down the list, and his place was taken by Tobin. With the wicket at Tonga Park in perfect order, Macassey, whose overnight score was 16, and Tobin soon got going, and runs came quickly Tobin had 18 to his credit v/hen he was clean bowled by Boock, but McDonald Joined Macassey, and this pair collared the bowling, so thoroughly that Dunedin, with nine wickets still in hand, wanted only 97 runs to win when stumps were drawn Macassey’s score of 77 was a bright effort, but he gave two chances, and McDonald batted aggressively for his 32. Details:— KAIKORAI First innings .. .’ •• 264 DUNEDIN First Innings Robertson, absent 35 Macassey, not out .. .. 77 Tobin, b Boock McDonald, not out »• Extras 15

WIN FOR UNIVERSITY FINE SIXTH WICKET STAND The game at Logan Park between University and Old Boys, before it was stopped by the rain, resulted in a flrstinnings win by University by a substantial margin. In spite of a rather inauspicious start to University’s innings. On the first day Old Boys made 172, and on Saturday University, with five wickets down for 108, looked like having a hard struggle to reach the,required acore. When Rennie joined Baker at me wickets, however, the whole complexion of the game was changed; and, although

these (wo did not play altogether chancelessly, their vigorous batting added another 107 runs to University’s total before rain brought the game to a close. Leader was the most successful bowler, taking two wickets for 34. Details;— OLD BOYS First innings ..172 UNIVERSITY First Innings Lawson, b Leader If* Blakely, Ibw, b Leader 2 Toomey Ibw, b Dickinson 84 Christie, c Mills, b Dickinson .. .. 33 Baker, not out Dunn, si Mills, b Groves 35 Rennie, not out Extras .. • • • • Total for five wickets .. .. 215

CARISBROOK B WINS LOW-SCORING MATCH The second day of the Carisbrook BAlbion match at Logan Park was comparatively uneventful. Carisbrook B continued its second innings with a total lead of 80 runs and all of its wickets intact, but once again the batsmen of the side failed. Talbot scored a breezy 39, but the last wicket fell at 122. Albion had plenty of time to score 165 runs for an outright win. Silver and Allan had bowled steadily and most of the Carisbrook batsmen got themselves out. It began to rain when Albion commenced its second innings, and loose bowling gave Sinclair and Miller a flying start. Every attempt was made to play out the afternoon, but, after several adjournments, stumps were drawn with the score 83 for one wicket. Carisbrook B thus won on the first innings. - Details;— CARISBROOK B 1 First innings 105 Second Innings Cavanagh, b Allan .. • • 3j Carter, b Silver ~ ...•••■ •• . Anderson, c McSkimming. b Silver .. o Talbot, c Anderson, b Allan 89 Valentine, c Chisholm, b Silver .... 8 Stanley, b Silver ° Fraser, not out x Williams, c.—, b Allan :. ... .. •• £ Milnes. c Allan, b Silver ■ " Nimmo, c and b Silver * Rennie, absent X , Extras Total .. 122

INTERMEDIATE GRADE / Grange 129 and 72 for four wickets (Hogg 28 not out, Knowles 27; Bell three for seven) beat Albion, 135 and 61 (Hale 23, Miller 13; Ogier three for three, Mercer four for 28, Burgess two for 26). Carisbrook ' 364 (Thomson 72, E. W. Procter 62, . Clhridge 42, Jack 42, A. C. Procter 40, Wilson 35; Pepperlll two for 22); Dunedin 256 (Dunbar 76, J. Wedlake 60. Smith 34; Wilson three for 36). SECOND GRADE A Y.M.C.A. 72 and 132 (Carter 23. D. Miller 24; Rodden four for 23. Ledgdrwood three for 37): Dunedin 73 and 19 for two wickets (D. Miller two for eight). Mornington 178 beat Port Chalmers 93 and 29 (Chirnside four for 10, Anderson two for 13). -Carisbrook 196 (Dr Moore 48. Finder 46. Stewart 26, Wilson. 21; Michael three for 16, Ferguson four for 84) and 35 for three wickets (Finder 14 not out, Turley 11); Kaikoral 125 (Davie 29, Shanks 21;, Baird two for five, Carter four, for 58, Stewart two for 25) and 100 (Davie 37 not out; Murray three for seven, Moore two for 18. Turley two for six).' •Grange 286 for five wickets (Tilbury 104, Hossaek 65 not. out, Atkinson 58, Larkins 19) beat Taieri 251. SECOND GRADE B I Carisbrook 222 (Oaten 58, Hay 26, Thompson 27, Trevathan 24; Jenkins four for 44, Harraway two for 44) beat Kaikorai 30 (Purvis five for 16. Rayner four for 14). 1 ... 08.H.5. 230 for nine wickets declared (Collins 52, Rowley 42, Overton 21, Vercoe 24 not out; Shanndon two for 50, Samdon three for 52. Harwood two for 65) v. Grange., ■ SECOND GRADE B2 Mornington 84 (Fraher four f0r,17, Pockson two for 2, White two for 26) beat Dunedin B 58 (Dennison three for 14, Paris five for 30, B. Richmond two for 2). ' THIRD GRADE Green Island 206 (McPhee 87, Broadbent 32, McFelln 20 not out; Dodds six for 36, Cameron two for 59) beat NorthEast Valley 106 (Roberts 28, Cameron 25; Barnes five for 36. Boomer four for 18, Harkness one for 44). SECONDARY SCHOOLS McGlashan 173 (Wilson 57. McCalg 53 not out, Irvine 26; Galland three for 15, McArley three for 54) met 0.8.H.5. 184 (McArley 79, Grayson 47, Galland 23; W. Wilson three for 10, J. Wilson four for 62. Macdonald two for 21). WOMEN’S CRICKET Planet 86 for one wicket (J. Little 33, H Hodges 25 not out; M. Roy one for 17) beat K.E.F. 6 (J. Little four for 2. Mary Freeman three for 4). Mornington 70 (M. Fisher 35, B. Campbell 16, J. Sew Hoy 10 not out) beat Y.W.C.A. 35 (M. Strathdee 26; M. Fisher five for 23, B. Campbell two for 12).

HIGH SCHOOL v. OLD COLLEGIANS RAIN STOPS PLAY The annual cricket match between High School Old Boys and Old Collegians was played on Saturday afternoon but, owing to rain, the game had to be abandoned at an Inconclusive stage. The occasion was, however, largely of a social nature and the afternoon was a pleasant one. Old Boys batted, first and compiled 101 runs. College had one wicket down for 10 runs when rain interrupted play, but a resumption was made later and there were four wickets down for 70 when the match was abandoned. Among the Collegians team was Mr I. A. Borton. who had played for the school in 1887. For Old Boys, C. M. Greenslade was top scorer with 24, others to reach double figures being D. E. Murray (18), C. Gourley (12), I. A. Penrose (11) and R. W. S. Sotting (10). Nevlll, with three wickets for eight runs, was the most successful bowler Weston, for Collegians, made the highest score of the day, making 26 before he retired Matheson (14), Earnshaw (13) and Fitchett (12) were the other scorers to reach double figures. Reid, Botting and Greenslade each/took one wicket.

AUCKLAND COMPETITION (Per United Press Association) AUCKLAND. Mar. 31. Bright cricket, with good scores, characterised the first day’s play in the final series of the Auckland Cricket Associa tion’s championships. Centuries were scored by H. T. Pearson, Middlemore (116), and A. V. Wiles, Ponsonby-Bal-morai (110 not out). Details:— Middlemore 417 for nine iH. T. Pearson 116 N. McMahon 81, J. A. R. Blandford 69, C. M. Smith 74; D. Richards five for 135) 'v. Parnelli. University 310 (G. B. Shnauer 73. A. M. Matheson 47, W, Snedden 46; McDevitt five for 73) v. North Shore. Ponsonby-Balmoral 224 (A. Wiles 110 not out; I. W. Cooper four for 47) v. Y.M.C.A. none for 13. Grafton 259 (D. Waters 69, C. Burke 55, N. Ellis 44; C. A. Snedden three lor 47) v.-Eden one for six.

Bowling Analysis O. M. R. W. Dickinson .. 20 1 61 2 Leader .. 16 2 34 2 Groves .. 9 — 40 1 Payne .. .. 7 1 26 — Edwards 2 — Mills .. 2 — 9 •— Campbell .. 1 — 9 — Otway .. 1

First Innings •• .. 288 CARISBROOK A First Innings . H. Cameron, c Lemln, b Knight .. 54 Milnes, b Elmes Caradus, c Knight, b Elmes .. Fraser, c Donovan, b Elmes .. McKay, b Lemln Vv J. Cameron, b Lemln .* 11 Dougan, c Donovan, b Knight • • . .. 30 Kerf, b Lemln .. .. .. .. Coombs, b Lemln .. .... Walsh,- not out ,. .. .. ... Extras .> •• .. .. 6 Total .. 143 Bowling Analysis O. M. R. W. Lemln .. .. . • 17 3 48 4 Elmes 7 1 30 3 Chettleburgh .... 6 l 35 • Knight 8-7 3 24 3 Second Innings H. Cameron, not out .. .. .. 27 Hercus, not out Total (for no wickets) . Bowling Analysis .. 35 O. M. R. W. Henderson 3 — 19 Elmes .. 2 1 16 —

Total (for one wicket) Bowling Analysis , 167 O. M. R. W Rennick -. .. ..25 5 57 — Boock .. .. ..16 4 39 1 McGregor . - .. ..7 — 30 — Constable .. . .. 5 — 26

Bowling Analysis . O. M. R. W. Duncan ' .. 7 — 19 — Allan .... .. 17 3 33 3 Frood . 3 — U Coding .... 2 — 13 — Silver .... 9.3 1 44 6 ALBION 73 First innings Second Innings Sinclair, Ibw, b Nimmo Miller, not out . . 35 27 Chisholm, not out 5 , Total (for one wicket) .. .. Bowling Analysis O. M. R. W. Nimmo .. .. 4 — 27 1 Talbot .... S.5 — 31 — Carter .... 3 — 9 — 83