BATSMEN AGAIN ON TOP

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26632, 1 December 1947, Page 6

BATSMEN AGAIN ON TOP

Three Centuries Recorded

BRIGHT DISPLAYS IN CLUB CRICKET

Three centuries were scored in the third series of matches in the Otago Cricket Association’s senior competition which were commenced on Saturday in favourable conditions. Although the wickets were a little tricky at the beginning of the afternoon, they were generally slow and easy, and the batsmen had a field day. H. Cameron and L. Milnes, both former Plunket Shield players, compiled 116 and 110 respectively for Carisbrook against Albion-Y.M.C.A., and I. J. Botting, the well-known Rugby player, put together a well-made 110 not out, for University against Dunedin. In the latter match R. T. Hunt scored 79 for University, and A. W. Roberts, the High School Old Boys’ captain, who made 181, not out, on the previous Saturday failed by only five runs to reach the century against Grange. The best bowling figures were obtained by I. Walsh who took four wickets for 21 runs for NorthEast Valley against Kaikorai, and J. Ferguson (Kaikorai) secured five for 51 in the same match. Two teams, Carisbrook and Old Boys, made scores of over 300, and University declared with six down for 280 against Dunedin. In a Second Grade A match on the North Ground M. O’Brien scored 107 for Grange against Kaikorai.

OLD BOYS’ TALL SCORE

A. W. ROBERTS IN FORM A splendid partnership by their captain, A. W. Roberts, and the young lefthander. J. McConnachie. who added 99 runs in 75 minutes for the sixth wicket, paved the way for the large total of 347 scored by High School Old Boys in the match against Cfrange at the North Ground. All but one of the Old Boys batsmen reached double figures, but, with the wicket a little tricky at the start the first four wickets fell for 76 runs. Roberts and McConnachie got on top of the bowling, however, and the former played a first-class innings for 95. which included 14 4’s and two 6’s. His only chance was a difficult one to long-on when he was 78, off the bowling of G. Lemin. McConnachie hit seven 4’s in scoring 44. Subsequently, two other colts, C. Graham and W. Gough, batted most attractively to put on 82 runs in 44 minutes for the fourth wicket. Gough’s 53 included seven 4’s and a 6. and Graham hit five 4’s in making 37. The Grange attack'was never particularly vicious, and although T. A. Freeman secured five wickets for 96 runs his bowling was somewhat erratic. Grange batted for five minutes and scored two runs without loss. Scores : Old Boys First Innings G. H. Mills, c Elmes, b Lemin .. .. 18 V. J. Leader, st Stephenson, !b Elmes 18 D. St. John, c Berry, b Freeman .. 21 A. W. Roberts, lbw, b Freeman .. .. 95 A. S. Mills, b Lemin ft R. Fastier, b Payne .. 13 J. McConnachie, st Stepehnson, b Elmes 44 C. Graham, b Freeman <37 W. Gough, b Freeman 53 L. J. Groves, c Berry, b Freeman .. 18 R. N. Couper, not out 11 Extras (byes, leg-byes 3) .... 14 Total 347 Bowling Analysis.—T. A. Freeman, 29.1 overs, 5 maidens, 96 runs, 5 wickets; C. J. Elmes, 21, 4, 45, 2; G. Lemin. 21, 2, 85. 2; I. Payne, 6,0, 40, 1; A. Moir, 5,0, 26, 0; J. Drake, 8, 1. 30. 0: W. Haig, 2. 0. 11 0. Grange First Innings R. Blair, not out 2 J. Stephenson, not out 0 Total for no wickets 2 Bowling Analysis.—V. J. Leader, 1 over, 0 maidens, 1 run, 0 wickets: L. J. Groves. 1, 0, 1, 0.

CENTURY TO BOTTING

UNIVERSITY’S GOOD START

University had placed itself in a sound position in its match against Dunedin at Tonga Park when it declared with the score at 280 for the loss of six wickets. A century by I. J. Botting was well served after a stolid display, and his partnership with R. T. Hunt was the greatest factor in the compiling of the students’ comfortable total. Botting’s 110 * included 16 4’s, while Hunt his five 4’s v and a 6 in the course of an attractive 79. The Dunedin attack was generally not well sustained, and there were lapses in fielding. 1 The young fast-medium bowler, S. T. Jones, was hard-worked, bowling 26 overs at a cost of 71 runs and securing four wickets. University declared at 5.30, and at stumps the opening Dunedin batsmen had made 16 runs. Scores:— University First Innings L. C. Baker, b Tobin 12 I. J. Botting, not out 110 R. T. Hunt, c and b S. Jones .. .. 79 D. S. Coombs, b S. Jones .. .. .. 0 * F R. Rennie, b S. Jones 26 A. A. Joel, c Wedlake, bS. Jones ~ 4 . J. H. Heslop, c S. Jones, b Torrance 15 R. W. Orr, not out .; 9 Extras (wide 1, byes 14, leg-byes 8, no-balls 2) 25 Total for six ! wickets, declared .x. 280 Bowling Analysis.—S. T. Jones, 26 overs, 4 maidens' 71 runs, 4 wickets; J. Rodden, 10, 3, 34, 0; G. Tobin, 18, 0. 62, 1; J. O’Sullivan, 9,2, 15, 0; A. Jack, 8,0, 14, 0; D. Young, 4; 1, 19, 0; R. C. Torrance, 24. 0, 14, 1. Dunedin First Innings. D. McDonald, not out 12 L. Graham, not out .. .. 4 Total for no wickets 16 Bowling Analysis.—R. W. Orr, 2 overs. 0 maidens, 5 runs, 0 wickets; F. R. Rennie, 2,1, 2,0; D. G. Morrison, 2,0, 7,0; • V.. A. C. McArley, 2,0, 2, 0. LOWER GRADE RESULTS Intermediate Grange v. Green Island. —Grange 103, (Payne 26, Hossack 25; A. Berry five for 38, Barnes four for 34). Green Island 172 for nine (A. Berry 41, Stuart 24; Ryan two for 45). ; Kaikorai v. North-East Valley.—Kaikorai 335 (Welham 107, Balk,, sen., 69, Balk, jun., 52; T. Hughes three for 58. Sullivan three for 73). North-East Valley, 13 for two wickets (Irvine two fair 8). Second Grade A Mornington v. Port Chalmers.—Mornfngton 148 (Walker 34, Jones 28; Walker four for 12, Mosely two for 27).' Port Chalmers six for 39. Old Boys v. Dunedin.—Dunedin 243 (Wilson 79, Godley 51, Lennox 23)., Old Boys seven for 151 (Hanlin 47, Patterson 23). Second Grade B University v. Green Island—University 119 (Anderson 52), second innings 102 for two (Proctor 50 not out; Dickson Ihree for 27, Arthur two for 9, Samson two for 8). Green Island 82 and 40 ' for seven (Dickson 26, Phillips 15; Davies , four for 6, Cowie two for 5, Proctor four for 26). Albion-TLM.C.A. v. Kaikorai B Albion-Y.M.C.A. 191 (B. Dawson 52, J. H. D. Miller 45, J. Darracott 44). Kaikorai B 154 (Pilling 84; French eight for 41). Carisbrook v. Kaikorai A.—Carisbrook 232 (Hamilton 47, Munro 37; J. Simpson three for 47). Kaikorai A 175 (Andrews 82; Smith four for 45. Hamilton three for 14). WOMEN’S COMPETITION The Otago Women's Cricket Association matches resulted: — Mornington v. Albany—Mornington 130 (M. Scott 35, N. Kelleher 29, B. Donaldson 14, B. Morris 13; M. Whiston four for 33, K. Thomson four for 45). Albany 31 (M. Scott four"for 2, N. Kelleher three . for 8. and B. Morris two for 12). Dunedin v. Koputai—Dunedin 183 for eight (E. Blackie 106 retired, A. Gaffaney 24 retired, E. Hogg 22 retired; B. O'Neill four for 62). Koputai 78 (B. O Neill 29, M. Turnbull 25; A. Gaffaney five for 25, M. O’Sullivan" three for 9). REPRESENTATIVE PRACTICE " Players required for the Otago Women’s Cricket Association team are:—V. Garland, E. Blackie, B. Morris, T. Sew Hoy, M. Strathdee, M. Scott, P. Holly, N. Kelliher, M. Whiston, C. Mcßean, V. Meek, A. Fache, A. Gaffaney, K. Laverty, M, Doull, C. Urquhart. - Practice will commence to-morrow and Thursday at the Oval at 6 p.m. Any players not available are asked to communicate with the secretary. LEAGUE Results of matches played in the League Cricket Competition on Saturday are:— Tainui Rovers A 187 (E. Lee 161, B. Bedford 31, North 23; Henderson five for 38, Orange three -for 66) defeated Seacliff 127 (Conner 30, Wheeler 21; Marr four for 24, Lord three for 55). Union 118 (Grainger 54 not out; Dixon three for 22, Scott three for 25) defeated Tramways 61 (W. Campbell 25; R. Silver seven for 24). , , , Watersiders A three for 69 (Constable 21 not out; Sanson two for 29) defeated United 55 (Sanson 17; McLennan three for 15, O’Brien four for 3, Constable three for 7). „ _ , * Southern 127 (McDonald 33, McCormack 31; Andreassend two for 21, Gillies two for 16) defeated Fletcher’s 53 (A. Stent three for 14, Kelly four for 16). B Section—Telgineers, eight for llfl (Paine 43; Homer three for 34) defeated Speight's 67 (Homer 20; G. Thomas two for-8, C. Thomas three for 7). Donaghy’s eight for 135 (O’Conner 45, D. Hay 29; B. Fox five for 33, W. Walker three for 41) drew with McLeod’s 209 (R Walker 102 not out, W. Walker 39; Muir five for 43, Waller two for 28). Pride of Leith 113 (W. Dillon 25, W. Smith 22; Fletcher six for 44, Robertson three for 29) defeated 2nd N.Z.E.F. 91 (Jarvis 22. Foster 18; W. Smith five for 29, W. Dillon two for 14). Hillside four for 125 (Power 38, Kruskoff 38; J. Baker two for 0) defeated M.C.P. 95 (R. Bell 34; Kruskoff six- for 43, Tobin three for 46). v Manhattan 93 (Connell 32; Pearson four for 36, Smith four for 40) defeated Town Hall 47 (Clapp 22 not out; Ledgerwood three for 9, Walsh three for 6). ' C Section. —Gregg’s three for 128 (Gillan 34, McConnachie 34) defeated Self Help 103 (B. Purvis 39; Gillan three for 27, Rogers two for 12). - Smith and Smith 150 (Chave 52. F. Wilters 38; Berry four for 30, Hambleton four for 45) defeated Roslyn Mills 51 (Chave three for 13, Carstairs two for 7). - W. and R. Stores six for 107 (D. Davidson 42 not out, G. Davidson 26; Williams three for 17) defeated B.T.H. 89 (O Neill 19; D. Davidson five for 28, McGregor two for , 13). . „ _ ... Watersiders B 95 (Lovelock 46; Smithson six for 45, Buckley three for 16) defeated Hospital 90 (Fraser 25; Joyce four for 20, Langley two for 9). Standard 90 (Hurley 54; McLeod two for 1, Wood four for 40, Paterson four t for 46) defeated Glenross 56 (W. Wil- j lers 17; Ede five for 26, Reid three for 12, Quest two for 13). L ' „ ’ D Section—D.F.C. 103 (Kelly 30, Kerr - 20; Fraher four for 7, Veint three for 21) defeated 2nd N.Z.E.F. B 79 (Veint 30, Kelly four for 20). C.B.C. 119 (Morrison 19; Mason three for 11, Wilson three for 28) defeated Crown Mills 112' (Foote 43 not out, Johnston 26,. Mason 22; Finlay six for 39, Graham two for 22). Glendermid 257 (Docherty 87, £urnme*y . 50; McKay two for 42) defeated St John’s 20 (Docherty six for 8, Watson tW preen’s 7 l37 (Bedford 37 Cummings 3^ for a Sat^Co f o°L. I >offin j 96 (Mackay 24, Kitto 21: Bedford five for 7 22, McGrath two for 3) Tainui Rovers 55 (Seekup 16, Davis 10. Montague five for 25, Kilpatrick five for 23) defeated Railmotors 51 (Cleary lb. Poulter 11; Seekup four for 29, Davis five for 13).