RANFURLY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26078, 15 February 1946, Page 8

RANFURLY

CRICKET Although there was heavy rain on Saturday morning the weather cleared before ’ the afternoon to allow the matches set down in the Maniototo Association to be played. In a low-scoring' match Ranfurly, the competition leaders, suffered defeat from Patearoa A. Ranfurly batted first, and made a d'sastrous opening, the first wicket falling for one run and there being seven down for 25. Before the next wicket fell Lynch (34 not out) and Ashby (28) made a solid stand to carry the score co 78 before the latter was dismissed. They were all out for 89. The Patearoa batsmen batted steadily in their reply and passed Ranfurly's total with two wickets in hand to score a win. The scores:— Ranfurly.—Murray 6, Briggs 0, Macassey 11, Lynch 34 not out, Hanrahan 0, Kearney 2. Mulholland 0, D. Ashby 1, A. Ashby 28, Mitchell 1, McLeod 0; extras 6: total 'B9. Bowling: Mathias four for 24, J. Carr none for 22, McAtamney five for 24, R. Carr one for 13. Patearoa A.—Mathias 11, Hall 16, Beattie 11, Andrews 4, R, Carr 4. McAtamney 12, D. Andrews 8. Greer 19, E. Carr 2. J. Carr 10 not out, Hore 13; extras 18; total 127. Bowling: Mulholland one for 31, Macassey five for 30, Briggs two for 19, Murray one for 2, Hanrahan one for none. Ranfurly still retains the lead in the competition, but Patearoa A still have one match to play against Oturehua. A win in this match for Patearoa will make a play-off necessary. Patearoa B v. Oturehua. —A feature of this game, which was played at Oturehua, was the excellent innings of R. McSkimrning, who made 64 for Patearoa, and the good bowling of F. McSkimming for Oturehua. His figures at the end of the match were five wickets for 10 runs in 10 overs, six of which were maidens. Patearoa batted first and made 136 (McSkimming 64, J. D. Blakely 41. Pearce 10 not out, Rutherford 12). Bowling for Oturehua F„ McSkimming took five for 10, Glover two for 28, McKnight one for 30, Hampton one for 20. Arthur one for 6. Oturehua replied with 111 (McSkimming 30, Arthur 20, Glover 15, Becker 14, Hampton 10). Bowling for Patearoa J. D. Blakely took five for 34, McSkimming two for 35, Duffy one for 7, Pearce one for 19. Naseby v. Becks,—Playing at Naseby the home side scored an easy win by 120 to 65. For Naseby the best scores were R. Duncan 39, W. Duncan 20, I. Inder 23. Bowling for Becks Jones took six for 32, Mee two for 7, Kane one for 19, and Harrex one for 10. Batting for Becks Swinney (10) and Clouston (13) were the best. Their wickets were taken by Smith two for 10, Blackburn six for 22, and Lobb two for 18. COUNTY CRICKET The selectors have announced the following team to represent Maniototo in its match against Vincent at Patearoa next Saturday: Murray, Macassey, Mulholland (Ranfurly), Becker (Oturehua), Blackburn, Klitscher (Naseby), J. W. Blakely, J. D. Blakely, R. McSkimming, Mathias, McAtamney (Patearoa), J. Lynch (Ranfurly) twelfth man. Mr V. Herlihy, of Patearoa has been appointed team manager. LAWN TENNIS Owing to the rain some of the matches in the Maniototo Soutli End competition were postponed. The results of matches that have bsen sent in are as follows: Patearoa B (12 sets, 81 games) defeated Kyeburn (4 sets, 45 games), Kokonga (13 sets, 93 games) beat Hvde (3 sets, 54 games) There will be no further competition matches till Saturday, March 2. Next Saturday and on the following Saturday the handicap and championship tournaments will be played. BOWLING In the bowling competition matches played on Saturday last wins were scored by Ranfurly B over Naseby B and by Orangapai over Ranfurly A. Scores: Ranfurly B v. Naseby B—Meldrum, Kennedy, Graham, Harraway (s.l, 30, Jacobs, Flynn, Tallentyre. W. Anderson (s.) 12; Fowler. Gilchrist, Macdonald, Drake (s.) 17, Udeii. Bremner, Fowler (s.) 21. Totals: Ranfurly 47, Naseby 33. ’ Ranfurly A v. Orangapai: Campbell, Mullins, Kinraid, Bramley (s.) 12, McCoy, Gillum, Tutty, Edmonds' (s.) 20; Mayne, McAuliffe. Hughes. Bell (s.) 13, Watts, Cobger, Butler, Brockie (s.) 16. Totals: Orangapai 36, Ranfurly 25. WEATHER With the exception of a heavy shower on Saturday morning the district has experienced a particularly dry spell with hot winds from the north-west being prevalent. This weather has had the effect of drying and hardening the abundance of feed that is about the district, and also has allowed the small seed crops to ripen. Many headers are working long hours at present taking advantage of the suitable weather. SMOKE HAZE All day Tuesday there was an unusual smoke haze hanging round the hills. At times the surrounding hills were totally obscured. The smoke appeared to be approaching from the north-west, but its origin is not known.