CRICKET

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27275, 29 December 1949, Page 3

CRICKET

NORTH OTAGO BEATEN In the first representative senior cricket match of the season, North Otago was defeated by 27 runs on the first innings by South Canterbury at Timaru on Tuesday. South Canterbury batted first to make 181 runs, E. McEwen and A. Cade, the openings batsmen, scoring 38 and 42 respectively. South Canterbury had six wickets 'down for 107, but a seventh wicket stand by J. K. Webber and JLang carried the score to 167. R. McLaren was North Otago’s most successful bowler, capturing five wickets for 44 runs. North Otago’s batting was not very impressive, R. McLaren (64) being almost the only one to make a stand. L. Taylor caused havoc amongst the North Otago batsmen by taking six wickets for 53 runs. The scores were:— South Canterbury First Innings E. McEwan. b Berry 38 A. Cade, c Gededs, b McLaren .. .. 42 E. Earwaker, b McLaren 9 N. Gould, c Kinder, b Berry .. .. 1 R. Harley, lbw, b McLaren 1 S. Askey, c Sandri, b McLaren .. .. 3 R. Biggar, b Berry .. ... .. .. 6 J. K. Webber, run out 33 J. Laing, b McLaren 31 I. Taylor, c Geddes, b Currie .... 1 A. Johnston, not out 0 Extras 12 Total 131 Bowling Analysis.—N. McDiarmid, none for 33; J. Maddigan, none for 29; R. McLaren, five for 44; A. Berry, three for 28; A. Currie, one for 18; S. Dick, none for 16.

North Otago First Innings A. Berry, b Biggar 27 G. Parker, b Taylor 0 J. Maddigan, b Harley 0 S. Dick, b Taylor .... ....... « I. Geddes, c and b Taylor 0 R. McLaren, c and b Taylor .. .. 64 P. Moir, b Johnston J. Kinder, b Taylor 14 A. Currie, run out ° M. Sandrl, b Taylor 2 N. McDiarmid, not out y ! Total ' 154 Bowling Analysis.—Taylor, six for 53; R. Harley, one for 21; R. Biggar, none for 20; A. Johnston, none for 20; N. Gould, none for 10; J. K. Webber, none for 9.