CRICKET

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24772, 24 November 1941, Page 2

CRICKET

GRADE MATCHES FAIR SCORING ON SODDEN GROUNDS Grade cricket was played in Dunedin on Saturday in dull but mild weather, and on grounds that were showing the effects of heavy rain during the week and a steady drizzle on Saturday morning. Fortunately, the weather cleared at midday, and each of the four First Grade matches was begun according to schedule, and produced a definite result. There was s.o high scoring, and all of the matches were won by comfortable margins. The day's results were as follows: Carisbrook B, 187 for seven wickets, beat Old Boys, 104. Grange, 161, beat University, 90. Kaikorai, 160, beat Dunedin, 93. Albion-Y.M.C.A., 153 for eight wickets, beat Carisbrook A, 126 for seven wickejs. Carisbrook B was not seriously extended to beat Old Boys at Carisbrook. The home side took first use of a wicket that was lifeless but true, and the example set by R. O. Talbot, who batted briskly, was so well followed that the 135 minutes of batting time yielded 187 runs for seven wickets. D. W. Monaghan, a former Christ's College left-hand batsman, who is in camp at Forbury Park, confirmed the good impression he had made on the first day of the season by scoring a sound 73 befoie he was out in the last over before the adjournment. Then J. H. Nimmo set about getting rid of the Old Boys' batsmen so effectively that he took the first eight wickets and finished with an analysis of eight for 19 off 15 overs—an excellent performance on a dead wicket. Old Boys scored 104, and the last wicket fell half an hour before the scheduled time for drawing stumps. Considering the soft state of Logan Park No. 2 ground, Grange did well to put on a total of 161. and dismiss University for 90. Grange started badly, and the first two wickets fell before a run had been scored. Knight and Powell then made a good stand, Knight's 74 being a particularly bright effort. Not the least attractive feature of the partnership was the batsmen's smart running between the wickets. Toomey, who was top scorer for University, hit out freely for 32. C. J. Elmes showed some of his old-time form with the ball to finish with the good average of five for 36, three of his wickets being taken In one over.

Kaikorai and Dunedin met at Tonga Park on a wicket which was very slow. Kaikorai secured a well-merited victory, scoring 160 runs, of which R. Jaffray (52) and C. Welham (47) were tho principal scorers. G. J. Robertson earned the best average for Dunedin, securing six wickets for 41 runs. Dunedin was out for 93, F. Wedlake (24) and T. Rodgerson (19) being the only batsmen to make a stand"'against the accurate bowling of G. McGregor, who took five for 41, and E. Rennick, two for 34. During* the day five sixes were scored.

Albion-Y.M.C.A. met Carisbrook A at the Logan Park No. 1 ground, the game resulting in a win for the former. Miller, Allen and Smith gave Albion a good start, and they were Yeally the mainstay of their side. The bowling of the Carisbrook team did not seem to be very dangerous, but this would no doubt be accounted for b\ the dead wicket, which also became badlv cut up as the afternoon wore on. The opening Carisbrook batsmen were not enterprising, and the brightest batting for the side was given during the partnership of the veteran McMullan and Gaylor. who were batting well when time was called. Lankford Smith, Claridge and Lumsden hit sixes, and it requires some strength to secure a six on the Logan Park ground, which is actually larger than Carisbrook. Allen bowled unchanged during the afternoon. Details: CARISBROOK B v. OLD BOYS CARISBROOK B First Innings R. O. Talbot, c Harraway, b McArley 31 A. Jack, b McArley 8 D. W. Monaghan. c G. H. Mills, b McArley J» J Cameron, b Bradley 31 A. T. Anderson, lbw, b Groves .. .. 13 J. H. Nimmo, b Bradley 6 A. C. Procter, b McArley 17 I. W. Gallaway, not out .. 1 H. Hogg, not out 0 Extras (byes 7) ' Total (for seven wickets) .. 187 Bowling Analysis.—Groves, 9 overs, no maidens, 47 runs, 1 wicket; McArley, 12, 0. 65, 4; McCoy, 4,0, 18, 0; Braaley, 8. 0, 50, 2 OLD BOYS First Innings G. H. Mills, b Nimmo .. .. W J. A. Smith, b Nimmo 30 E. Harraway, lbw, b Nimmo 4 A. Manson, c and b Nimmo * L. J. Groves, c Anderson, b Nimmo .. 14 V. McArley, b Nimmo 4 W. R. Brinslev. c Procter, b Nimmo .. 7 R. Mills, b Jack .. .. •• • z - G. H. Bradley, c Milne, b Nimmo .. 0 W Gale, c Milne, b Jack » H. McCoy, not out .. .. .... •• » Extras (leg bye 1) i Total 104 Bowling Analysis.—Nimmo, 15 overs. 3 maidens, 19 runs, 8 wickets; Talbot. 8, 0 37. 0; Cameron. 5, 0. 37, 0; Jack, 1.3, 0, 10. 2. GRANGE v. UNIVERSITY GRANGE First Innings T Freeman, c Blakely, b Anderson .. 0 S. Tomkinson, c Weston, b Clark .. 0 F Powell, c Weston, b Hocken .. .. Jo A. Knight, run out '« 1. Tilbury, run out ■•••■• • • •' , F. Bellamy, c Toomey, b Clark .... i 1 Payne, c Blakely, b Clark J* R Elmes, b Clark « J. Stephenson, b Anderson « C. Elmes, run out *? C. Orr, not out .... •• •• •• •• f. Extras (byes 3. leg byes 3) .. .. & Total 161 Bowling Analysis.—Clark. 10 overs. 2 maidens" 8 44 runs, 4 wickets; Anderson, 9 o 44, 2; Hocken. 5,0, 36, 1; Rennie, 3' o.' 18 0; Baker, 4,0, 16. 0. UNIVERSITY First Innings L. t. Baket c R. Elmes. b Bellamy .. 21 D G. V/atl. run out ..;} C. Too-ney run out .. ••••■• • • °r F Rennie c Tilbury, b C. Elmes .. 0 W J Weston, c Tomkinson, b C. Elmes 16 E.'r: Blakely, c R. Elmes, b C. Elmes 1 A. N. Lawson. c Knight, b C. Elmes .. 0 C. M. Hocken, b C. Elmes .. .... 0 W H Clark, c Freeman, b Bellamy .. j A ' J Joel, c Powell, b Bellamy .. 4 R J. B. Anderson, not out « Extras (six byes) _° Total 90 Bowling Analysis.—C. Elmes, 13 overs, 4 maidens, 36 runs, 5 wickets; Freeman. 8. 2. 30. 0; Bellamy. 5, 3. 1, 18, 3. KAIKORAI v. DUNEDIN KAIKORAI First Innings C. VVelham c J. Wedlake, b Robertson 47 E Rennick. b Robertson .. .. .. 4 R. Jaffray, run out.. =f L. Watt, lbw. b Robertson 1 G. McGregor, b Robertson 8 A. Jenkins, b Ledgerwood •> K. Burke, run out ■ • • ■ i* S. Anderson, c Pepperell, b Robertson 20 R. Fea. b Robertson 8 A. Pringle, not out * C. Allcott, absent .. .. •• •■ •• ■— Extras (byes 3, leg bye 1) .. .. 4 Total 160 Bowling Analysis.—Robertson, 11.5 overs. 1 maiden, 41 runs, 6 wickets; Ledgerwood, 13 1 68. 1; F. Wedlake. .5. 0, 31. 0; I. Stephens. 4. 0. 16. 0. DUNEDIN First Innings G. Robertson st Anderson, b Rennick 9 T. Rodgerson, run out .. • • • • • ■ 1? D McDonald, c Welham, bJMcGregor 5 A. Reid, b McGregor 2 L. Pepperell, b McGregor 12 J. Wedlake. run out j F. Wedlake, c 7?ringle, b McGregor .. 24 I. Stephens, lbw, b McGregor .. .. 0 R. Wedlake. c Anderson, b Rennick .. 10 G. Simons, b Rennick 6 T. Ledgerwood, not out 3 Total 93 Bowling Analysis.—McGregor, 15 overs. 2 maidens, 41 runs, 5 wickets; Rennick, 12.7, 2, 34, 3; Pringle, 3,0, 18, 0, ALBION-Y.M.C.A. v. CARISBROOK A ALBION-Y.M.C.A. First Innings H. Miller, c Claridge, b Harwood .. 40 J. Allan, c McMullan, b Harwood .. 21 L. Smith, c Gavlor, b Gough .. .. 49 E. C. Earwaker, b Wilson 4. W. Ditchfield, c sub., b Wilson .. .. 1 R. Riley, c Buckley, b Harwood .. .. 9 J. Deuchrass, not out 14 S. Duncan, c McMullan, b Harwood .. 0 A. Sinclair, c Wilson, b Gough .. .. 2 J. Frood, not out .. Extras (bye 1. leg-byes 3) .. .. 4 Total (for eight wickets) .. 153 Bowling Analysis.—Gough, 13 overs, 1 maiden, 49 runs, 2 wickets; Harwood, 13, 1, 55, 4; Wilson. 7. 0. 45, 2. . . ss

CARISBROOK A ' First Innings J. Fraser, c Ditchfield, b Frood .. .. 21 I. Buckley, c Deuchrass, b Frood .. 5 H. Claridge, lbw, b Allen 7 R. G. Gough, lbw, b Smith 8 L. Lumsden, b Allen 24 E. Wilson, c and b Allen 3 L. H. Carter, b Smith 10 J. McMullan, not out 2 -> C. Gaylor. not out 11 Extras (byes 11, leg-bye 1) .. .. 12 Total (for seven wickets) .. 128 Bowling Analysis.—Allen, -20 overs, 4 maidens, 55 runs, 3 wickets; Frood, 11, 4, 31, 2; Smith, 9,3, 28, 2. LOWER GRADE RESULTS Intermediate Grade North-East Valley 150 (Peart 45, Millar 32, Wallace 31, Riach 15, Knowles 11, Foster 11; Simpson two for 5, McCarteu two for 17) defeated Air Force 102 (Tobin 43, McCarten 25, Thomson 26; Hughes three for 28, Wallace two for 19). Albion-Y.M.C.A. 183 for 9 (Miller 41, Hale 32, Harley 29 retired, Collie 27, Breese 25; Mercer three for 41, Blair three for 57) defeated Grange 148 (Powell 57, Hossack 32, Reddington 29; Miller three for 20, Holmes two for 18. Wright two for 42). Second Grade A Carisbrook 157 (Chalmers 50, McArthur 41, Steel 23; Trevor two for 10, Smyth two for 14, Craig two for 26 defeated Albion-Y.M.C.A. 96 (Woods 25, Smyths 22; Rayner spven for 34, Fastier one for 13) ' St. Kilda won by default from Air Force. Second Grade B . Mornington 100 and 87 (Stanley 33, Jar vis 28, Huggett 28, Dickson 25; Johnston four for 8, Barnes four for 18, Kenyon two for 0) beat Green Island 51 and 124 (Hopewell 47, Abercrombie 34, Stanlev seven for 19 and five for 44, Jarvis tl c-° for 28 and four for 44. Jarvis one fc- 0). IN NORTHERN CENTRES AUCKLAND.—North Shore 172 for seven wickets, declared (Wheeler 48: Albrecht three for 55) drew With University 157 for two (Winter 49 not out). Army 205 for six (Menzies 87, Strachan 37- J. H Elliott three for 47) beat Training College 197 for nine, declared (P. H. Elliott 67 not out, King 35; McKeown four for 42). Y.M.C.A. 202 for nine, declared (McCarthy 38, Brooke three for 17) beat Parnell 121 (Marvin 36, Capstick 35; Noble four for Cooper four for 23). Grafton 82 for eight (Rowntree four for 29, Wiles three for 23) drew with Ponsonby-Balmoral zw (Johnson 59, Truscott 51; Childs three for 51). ' Eden 161 for six, declared (G Burgess 45) drew with Mlddlemore 134 for six (Pearson 91). WELLINGTON—Some fast scoring was seen in championship games played on Saturday afternoon in foggy weather. So thick.was the mist that play on Karori Park had to be postponed for half an hour, shortly after 3 o'clock. The results were: Midland 242 for nine wickets, declared (Crawford 57, Osborn 64 Douglas 38) drew with Wellington, 215 for eight wickets (Kerr 44, Castle 67, Meech 38 not out, Thomas 33). Bowling for Wellington, Blundell took four wickets for 58 and Cameron three for 63. and for Midland, Crawford took three for 35, O'Neill three for 69, and Fortune two for 52. Army 204 for eight Wickets (Tricklebank 46, Thompson 41, Sutherland 32, O'Brien 26, D. S. Wilson 24 Holden 22) beat Wellington. College Old Boys, 198 for nine wickets, declared (Wiggs 42, G. L. Whyte 39 not out, Alexander 36, Bird 21 not out). Bowling for Army Thompson took three for 57, and for Old Boys Lamason took three for 83. Petone 128 (McKay 36) beat University 86 (P. D. Wilson 30). Bowling for University, P. D. Wilson took six for 40, and for Petone, Riddolls took seven for 31. Institute 263 for eight wickets, declared (Rogers 73, Batlett 40 not out. McCarthy 30, Dalton 29, Morton 25, Bezzant 22) beat Johnsonville 130 (Williams 49, Parsloe 26). Bowling for Johnsonville, Handley took thrae for 77, and for Institute Marton took three for 15. Karori 155 (Beck 56, Standidge 40, Dickinson 21) beat Hutt 137 (Gillies 36, Kemp 37). Bowling for Hutt, Buchan took four for 39 and C. Muir four for 30. For Karori Searell took four for 39. Kilbirnie 198 for three wickets declared (Mooney 67, Rice 53, Bain 40 not out) beat Air Force 73 (McCarthy 33) and 95 for six wickets (Hawthorn 43). Bowling for Kilbirnie, J. Ashenden took four for 17, Allen four for four, and Ealon three for 27. CHRISTCHURCH.—The sixth round of matches in the Canterbury Cricket Association's competitions was played on Saturday in threatening weather. Rain stopped play for 20 minutes early In the afternoon. The results were: Old Boys, 204 for six (Escott 53, F. B. Smith 41, Hadlee 32) beat Old Collegians 196 for six declared (J. C. Saunders 63. C. G. Hamilton 38, Morten 35 not out; Hadlee three for 34) on the first innings. Riccarton 250 for four declared (Way 87. Roberts 62, Bull 32) beat St. Albans 112 (Dalley 40; Andrews four for 37, Roberts three for 35) on the first innings. Lancaster Park 224 for four declared (Cromb 75, Timms 50, Empson 30 not.out) beat East Christchurch 192 (James 73, Kennedy 40, PeacOck 35; Cromb six for 51) on the first innings Army 208 for seven declared (Patrick 46 not out, Daniel 35, Avery 31; Shaw three for 65) drew with Sydenham 144 for eigh* (F. Kerr 34; Burtt four for 27). West Old Boys 190 for seven declared (Phillips 89, Skinner 62; Chapman, five for 52) drew with Air Force 151 for six (Mackay 47 not out; Hickling three for 69).