CRICKET AT OVAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18036, 13 March 1933, Page 8

CRICKET AT OVAL

SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP final series commenced S. WARD MAKES 120 NOT OUT More than usual interest centred in the play at the Oval on Saturday afternoon, when the concluding series of two-day matches in the Poverty Bay Cricket Association's senior championship competition was commenced. Only two games took place on Saturday, however, the High School v. Turanganui match being postponed until next Saturday owing to the absence of the High School representative team in Napier. The feature of the day's play was S. Ward's century for Gisborne Club against Old Boys. Ward was one of the opening pair, and he carried his bat for 126. C. Fraser’s 96 for j City was another outstanding performance. HONORS BOARD. Following is a list of the best, per- | formances for the day:— , —Batting— S. Ward (Gisborne Club), 126 (not out); C. Fraser (City), 96; ,T. W. Blathwayt (Gisborne Club), 67, P. C. Dwyer (Gisborne Club), 63; E. Dow (City), 30; M. K. Boon (Civil Service), 01 (not out). —Bowling— E. James (Civil Service), six wickets for 47 runs; C. Brew (Old Boys), three for 29; .1. Griffiths (Civil Service), two for 15. CITY MADE 171 FIRST STRIKE V. SERVICE But for 0. Fraser’s 96 City, the competition leaders when Saturday’s matches were commenced, would have fared badly in their first strike against Civil Service. The innings closed for 171, and Civil Service replied with 52 lor the loss of two wickets befoer time was called. Fraser and E. Dow were the opening pair for City, and made a firm stand, the partnership yielding 91 before Dow was cleaned bowled by Robertson for 30. P. Dow jointed Fraser, and the pair carried the score on to 128. Dow being caught off James when he had contributed 20. Thereafter the wickets fell fairly cheaply, hone of the remaining batsmen reaching double figures. Fraser was unfortunate to miss the century, being taken by Simpson off Griffiths when he had scored 96. G. J. Robertson and Boon opened for Civil Service, and Boon and Turbitt were at the wickets when time was called, the former having scored 31. Details: CITY —First Tunings— C. Fraser, c Simpson, 1> Griffiths ... 96 E. Dow, b Robertson ... 30 p. Dow c sub., l> E. James 20 V. Mahoney, run out ... 5 F. Bennett, b E. James I M. Robinson, c sub., bE. James ... 2 A. McMahon, c Turbitt, bE. James 6 It. Ellis, o Boon, bE. Janies ... T R. E. Barton, bE. James ... ... 0 E. Bridge, stp. Turbitt, b Griffiths... 0 G. Stewart, not out 1 Extras— b 8, lbw. 2 10 Total -171 Bowling.—G. J. Robertson, 15 overs, 2 maidens, 1 wicket, 63 runs: James, 33.3, 5. 6. 47; M. K. Boon, 11, 0,0, 36; J. Griffiths, 6,0, 2, 15. emu SERVICE —First Innings— G. J. Robertson, h E. Dow 9 M. K. Boon, not out 31 E. .Ta.rr-s, c Barton, b Bennett ... a T. Turbitt, not cut 4 Extras—b 3, lbw. 1 ... . • Total for two wickets . . £2 GISBORNE’S GOOD START 319 AGAINST OLD BOYS Gisborne Club made an. excellent start in their match with Old Boys,. scoring 319 in their first strike, despite the fact that they were one man short of their full complement. Before the call of time Old Boys had scored six runs without loss. S. Ward’s batting w'as the feature of the match, Ward carrying his bat for 125, thus adding another century to Ids list for this season. He and Dwyer opened for Gisborne Club, and formed a strong partnership, which put 78 on the board before Dwyer was dismissed by Lockett. Thereafter three wickets fell without any outstanding addition to the score, but when Ward was joined by Blathwayt the runs came freely, and the partnership added 117 to the total. Blathwayt batted vigorously for 67, including two sixes and nine fours. Stovall also made a stand with Ward, and together they put on 45. Ward did most of his scoring in singles, but Inis total included 10 fours. Details GISBORNE! CLUB —First Innings— S. Ward, not out 126 P. C. Dwyer, b Lockett 33 M. Michael, b Lockett 0 M. Maude, b Lockett 7 V. Caulton, b Dow 17 J. W. Blathwayt, c Clifton, b Kemp 67 J. M. Kay, b Kemp 0 IT. Stovell, c Norman, b Brew ... 19 W. F. Morton, st. Clifton, b Brew 9 P. Pittar, b Brew 4 Extras—b. 18. l.b. 5, n.b. 14 ... 37 Total, one man short ■. 319 Bowling.—J. C. Dow, 19 overs. 1 maiden, 1 wicket, 09 runs, 2 no halls; G. Lockett, 19, 1,3, 89, 2 no balls; G. Caldwell. 5,0, 0, 32; O, Brew,, 4,5, 0, 3. 29, 3 no balls; V. Norman, 2, 0. 0. 11; W. R. Kemp, 5, 0. 2, 34. OLD BOYS —First Innings—vS. Reeves, hot out 3 G. Clifton, not out 1 Extras —byes 2 ’Topil for no wickets 6 INTERESTING DRA W In a. week-end match between T, Bradley and A. Bignall's teams, the tennis tied on the runs made over a full tvyo-iunings game. Bignall's batted first, and made 78, A. Bignall top-scoring with 25, and O'Connell being the next, with j 7. T. Bradley took three wiclcets for 17 runs, and Barbour three for 29. Bradley's first innings was a weng one, yielding only 40 runs, of which Fanning made 14 not out. A. Carr took six wickets for (nine runs, his bowling accounting for the collapse. Both teams did better at their

second visits to the wickets, Bignnll’s making .112 (Carr 40, Leo .29, Hall 27, not out), and Bradley’s 100 (Me* Lauchlnn 30, Bradley 64, Bead 23). When the last man went in, only a few runs were required to win, and he hit up two boundaries and a single to tie the score, the next ball taking his stumps and leaving the match drawn.