CRICKET AT THE OVAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16839, 31 December 1928, Page 4

CRICKET AT THE OVAL

QUALIFYING CONTEST TURANGANUI BEAT CELTIC TWO-DAY MATCHES BEGUN The two-day matches in the A and B sections for the Barry and Cranney Cups respectively commenced at the Oval cm Saturday afternoon, and in addition the match between Turanganui and Celtic to determine which team would he included in the A section was finalised. In this contest, which was commenced a week ago, Turanganui scored 123 for the first innings, and Celtic were dismissed on Saturday for 80, giving Turanganui a victory and placing them m the A section, one innings only being played. In the A section, which will bo completed next Saturday, Old Boys, having lost five wickets for 174 runs, look like securing a victory over Civil Service, whose first innings produced 126, while Turanganui are in a similarly happy position, having compiled 102 for- the loss of four wickets, against High School’s total for the innings of 73. Celtic have every prospect of defeating City in the B section: City made 85> in their first innings, and when time was called Celtic had six wickets down for 158, J. Scholium with 108, not out, being mainly responsible for the score. Gisborne Club were two men short, and their first innings produced only 42, against Poverty Bay Club’s first inning* total of 144. best perform ant es Batting J. Scholium (Celtic) 108, not out, Griffiths (Civil Service) 50, Winter (Old Boys) 50, Cave (Poverty Bay) 46, Blair (Turanganui) 45, not out, Kay (O.B.) 40, F,. Dow (O.B.) 36, Ellis (Turanganui) 35, ■\V. J. Scholium (City) 33. Robertson (O.B.) 25. Bowling Turbott (Poverty Bay), five for 13; Jennings (Turanganui) five for 22; Blaii (Turanganui), four lor 20; Guthrie (Celtic) six for 30; Lockett (Old Boys), seven for 47. QUALIFYING MATCH - The qualifying match between Turanganui and Celtic gave the former team, who batted first, a victory by a margin of 43 runs. A week ago Turanganui went to the wickets and knocked up 123 before the last man was dismissed, Blair, with 41, and 05sen,„with 32, being the principal scorers. Last Saturday Celtic failed to reach the century mark, J. Scholium, who in another match made 108 not out, was dismissed for 27, and lie and lasker (12), and Robinson (11), were the only men to reach double figures, the total for; the innings being 80. Jennings put up; a good bowling average, taking five wickets for 25 runs. Scores : TURANGANUI, First Innings ... 123 CELTIC First Innings J. Scholium, c Holdsworth, i> Jennings MeLaughlan, c Parker, b Ellis ... 5 Bennett, b Jennings 1 Norman, b Jennings ... . y Robinson, c Blair, b Jennings 11 Guthrie, c McCallum, b Ellis O Tasker, c Lynskey, b Jennings ... 12 Hope, c Jennings, b Blair ... 2 Ogg, run out 3 Carter, not out 1 Wright, run out ... :• Extras. —b. 6, l b. 2'... ° Total Fall: 10, 12, 12, 26, 29. 51. 62, 74 , 90. Bowling: J. Jennings 13 overs, 2 maidens, 5 wickets, 25 runs; H. Ellis 8, 02,37 ;W. Blair 4.4, 0,1, 10.

SECTION A TURANGANUI v. SCHOOL Having defeated Celtic in the qualifying round for the A section, Turanganui proceeded to make almost certain their victory over High School in that section. School batted first and compiled 73 to which total Heasley contributed 23, Owen 19, and James 18. For Turanganui, Jennings took five wickets for 22 runs, and Blair four for 20. With only fourwickets down, Turanganui left the. held when time was called with a total of 102, Blair’s score at 45, not out! and Ellis having made 35. Scores: • SCHOOL First Innings James, run out ••• R* Wells, c Ellis, b Blair y Heaslev, b Jennings ... ... - Turbott, lbw, b Jennings 0 Owen, b Blair Badham, e Blair, b Jennings ... ... Webb, lbw, b Blair ‘ Mace, c and b Blair ••• ~ Pocock, b Jennings ... y Baines, not out ... ... ••• r Extra —bye 1 Total 73 Fall: 1, 41, 41, 44, 47, 58, 66, 69, 70,' : W. Blair 9 overs, 1 maiden, 4 wickets, 20 runs; O. R. Olsen 5 0, 0, 20; J. Jennings 7,0, 5, 22; F. McCalluin 4,1, 0, 10. TURANGANUI First Innings J Gibson, b James Jennings, c Webb, b James 2 Blair, not out T>' Holdsworth, b James u - Ellis, c and b Heasley ... ... ••• 6a, Olsen, not out ••• Extras—byes Total for four wickets 102 Fall: 2,3, 20, 75. CIVIL SERVICE V. OLD BOYS. In the other match in the A section Old Boys left the field at the .call of time with a total of 174 for the loss of five wickets, which gave them a conn fortable margin over the total of 126 compiled by Civil Service in their first strike. Griffiths, with 50, and Connan, with 18, were the only Civil Service men to reach double figures, while 21 secured from extras helped the total along. Lockett, for Old Boys, proved effective with the ball, taking seven wickets for 47. The first four Old Boys to go to the crease seemed to have a day out as far as the batting was concerned, Winter making 50, Kay 40,

E. Dow 36, and Robertson 25. Scores: CIVIL SERVICE. First Innings. Mason, b Robertson , 7 Hclean, b Lockfctt 6 Griffiths, c Robertson, b Lockett ... 50 Muir, b Robertson 1 Bignall, b Lockett 1 Connan, b Lockett 18 Simpson, b Lockett 0 Smytlie, c Kay, b Lockett 4 Pariekliurst, c Winter, b Robertson 8 Powell, not out 0 McKinley, c and b Lockett ... ... 0 Extras 22 Total 126 Fall: 25, 25, 26. 27, 51. 84, 100, 124, 126, 126, Bowling: 0. Dow 6 overs, 0 maidens, 0 wickets. 14 runs; G. J. Robertson 11, 1,3, 43: Lockett 11.2, 1,7, 47. OLD BOYS. First Innings. G. J. Robertson, lbw, b Griffiths ... 25 Winter, b Griffiths 50 E. Dow, c sub, b Griffiths 36 Kay, c and b Griffiths 40 Lockett, e Smytlie, b Griffiths ... 5 O. Dow, not out 4 Extras 14 Total for five wickets 174 Fall; 54, 95, 154, 161, 174. SECTION B. CITY v. CELTIC. Celtic, who'as the result of their match with Turanganui earlier in the afternoon qualified for section B, appeared to have every chance of defeating City, whose first innings total was 85, while Celtic compiled 158, and have still four wickets to fall. The feature of the match was the Kitting of J. Scholium, who was not dismissed before time was called, and who lias 108 to his credit. Due almost entirely to his forceful hitting the score was carried on (o 158. Ogg, with 14 not out, being the only other player to reach double figures. In the bowling. Guthrie, for Celtic, took six wickets for 30. City’s only double-figure scorers were W. .J. Scholium (33) and C. Fraser' (23). Scores

CITY. First Innings. P. Dow, b Tasker 1 A. Dow. e MeLaughlan, b Guthrie 1 W. J. Scholium, e L. Scholium, b Bennett 33 Fraser, not out 23 Baker, run out 6 Holschier, c Robinson, b Guthrie 1 Matthews, b Hope 1 Stenner, lbw, 'b Guthrie 1 A. Haismari, c and b Guthrie ... 6 T. W. Harvey, b Guthrie 4 Bell, c Wright, b Guthrie 2 Extras —b. 5. l.b. 1 6 Total 85 Fall: 1. 5, 43. 54 . 59, 60 , 64 , 69 . 77, 85. Bowling: M. Gullirie, 15.5 overs, 5 maidens, 6 wickets, 30 runs; N. Tasker, 8,1, 1. 28; F. Bennett 4, 0. 1, 11 ; S. Hope. 3. 0. 1, 10. CELTIC. First Innings. J. Scholium, not out 108 Bennett, lbw, bW. .Scholium ... 6 Carter, b W. J. Scholium 3 Tasker, e A. Dow, b W. J. Scholium ... 4 MeLaughlan, b Fraser 0 Robinson, b W. J. Scholium 0 Guthrie, c Matthews, b Fraser ... 5 Ogg, not out 14 Extras—b. 15, l.b. 3 18 Total for six wickets ... 158 Fall: 23. 37 , 47, 48. 49 . 68. GISBORNE v. POVERTY BAY.

Gisborne Club, being able fo field only nine men, made a rather poor showing against Poverty Bay Club, the first innings producing only 42, against their opponents total of 144. Gisborne batted 1 first, and Duncan (12) and Robertson (10), were the only men to do anything at all with the bowling of Turbott and Cooke. Hie former taking five for 13, and the latter two for 9. At the commencement of their innings Poverty Bay did well, but the fail of the field failed rather badly. Cave was the top scorer with 46, and Cooke made 23, Reeves 15, and Turbott 14. Scores: — GISBORNE, CLUB. First Innings. Smaill, c Broadhurst, b Cooke ... 1 Balfour, e Broadhurst, b Cooke ... 5 Forster, b Turbott ... 6 Temperton, c and b Turbott 7 Robertson, b Heasley 10 Jeffreys, b Turbott 1 Jones, c Cave, b Turbott 0 Duncan, b Turbott 12 Hampton, not out 0 Extras 0 Total, two men short 42 • Fall: 4,7, 17. 22. 23. 24 , 42, 42. Bowling: Geof. Hesley, 6.5 overs, 1 maiden, 1 wicket, 9 runs; A. C. Cooke 4,1, 2,9; Dr. Turbott 4,0, 5, 13; Graham Heasley 2,0, 0, 11. POVERTY BAY. First Innings. Cave, 1> Temperton 46 Turbott, lbw, b Temperton 14 Reeves, c. Jones, b Robertson 15 IT. Chrisp, b Robertson 4 Cooke, c Jeffreys, b Robertson ... 23 Geof. Heaslev, lbw, 1> Temperton ... 3 Stevens, b Temperton 7 Reynolds, b Greig ... 9 Graham Heasley, b Greig ••• -7 Broadhurst, c Duncan, b Jeffreys 1 Tolorton, not out b Extras —b. 10, l.b. 5 15 Total 144 Fall: 28 . 62 , 72, 95, 101, 121, 123, 141, 144, 144. Bowling: G. Temperton 12 overs. 2 maidens, 4 wickets, 37 runs; B. 0. Jeffreys 5, 1. 1. 15: L. A. Greig 6.1, 1. 2, 18,'; J. M. Robertson 8. 0,3, 28 :H. F. Forster 4,0, 0, 31.