SENIOR CRICKET

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18332, 26 February 1934, Page 4

SENIOR CRICKET

SATURDAY’S LOCAL GAMES MODERATE BATTING SCORES Though conditions were excellent on the wickets at the Ova! oil Saturday, the scoring in senior competition cricket matches was only moderate, and the best hatting performance of the day was J. Scholium’s 57, scored for Turangamn against High School. G. J. Robertson, opening for Civil Service against Gisborne Club, ran Scholium close with 54, though he gave a chance when only halfway to that figure, and was a little lucky to be dropped. Some fair bowling performances were made in the course oi the afternoon.

When stumps were drawn, Marist were in the unusual position, so far as their senior record goes, of leading on the first innings, in their match with Old Boys, whose batting was notable for its weakness in the face of a determined and sustained attack. Civil Service liacl made 182 in their first strike, and had disposed of four of the Gisborne Club wickets for 49 runs. Turanganui batted first against High School, and thanks to tlio efforts of Nicholson and Scholium in particular, had set up a good total for the students to aim at.

. Outstanding performances registered during the afternoon were as under : Batting.—B. .Scholium (Turanganui), 57; G. J. Robertson (Civil Service), 54; M. McMahon (Marist), 59; E. James (Civil Service), 36; It Nicholson (Turanganui), 35; B. Mason (Civil Service), 31. Bowling.—-M. Sharp (High School). 5 for 62; H. 11. Turbott (Old Boys), three for 17; C. Parker (Marist), four for 37; N. Lloyd (Marist), four for 31. i MARISTS’ GOOD CHANCE LEAD OLD BOYS ON FIRST The Marist club team made its first really good showing its entry into the senior division when it succeeded in leading Old Boys on the first innings of their match, commenced on Saturday. Hitherto, Marist have always scored moderately in their first innings, and have lacked the bowling talent to keep down their opponents’ runs, but on Saturday tlie usual state of affairs was reversed. With 115 rus on the board as the recruit of their first knock, Marist went on to dispose of Old Boys lor 108, and in their second innings had one wicket down for 49 runs when stumps were drawn. They have quite a substantial chance of registering their first senior win, if they can maintain their form throughout the second day of the match.. Good scorers in the Marist first Innings were M. McMahon, 39, A. McMahon, 26. and N. Lloyd, 20. The side was two men short, and the total of 115 was quite a creditable effort. Turbott was the most successful of the Old Boys’ bowlers, taking three wickets for 17 runs, while his efforts were well seconded by Caldwell, whose tricky slows accounted for three other batsmen for 37 runs. Old Boys opened their innings with a brief partnership between Reeves and G N. Lockett„ Reeves being dismissed at 20 and his partner going on I to top-score with 26. Turbott made 18, Wilson 17, Quayle 12 not out, and Maude and Gaultort 10 each. The destruetvie bowling of Parker and Lloyd, who each took four wickets cheaply, and of Holdsworth, who took the other two, was. the feature of the innings, which closed for 108, Marist having a lead of seven runs at this stage. A. '< McMahon and Holdsworth opened. Marist’s second innings, and put on 36 runs before the firstmentioned was dismissed by Turbott. Lloyd and Holdsworth were at the creases when time was called, and had nine and 21- to their credit. Details: MARIST. Flrwl Innings. Holdsworth, stp Clifton, b Caldwell .. . . ' • . 5 A. McMahon, b Wilson .. .. 26 H; Reid, e Quayle, b Lockett .. 0 N. Lloyd, b Ctddwell .. .. 20 J. Hayes, lbw, b Turbott ... .. 3 M. McMahon, b Caldwell .. .. 39 ‘O'. Turner,,b Turbott .. .. 4 C. Parker, not .out .. 2 •McCallion, b Turbott .. .. 1 Extras •• •• •• •• 15 Total (two men short) .. 115 Bowling.—G. N. Lockett. 8 overs, no maidens, 33 runs, I wicket; Caldwell, 10, 1, 37. 3; Turbott, 5.4, 0, 17, 3; Wilson, 3,0, 13, 1. Second Innings. A. McMahon b Turbott .. .. 15 Holdsworth, nut out .. • • 21 N. Lloyd, not out .. • • ■ • 9 Extras .. .. • • • • 4 Total for one wicket .. .. 49 OLD BOYS. First Innings. S. Reeves, lbw, b Lloyd .. .. 8 Lockett, e Holdsworth, I) Lloyd. . 25 G. C. Clifton, b Lloyd .. .. 10 H. R. Turbott, b Holdsworth . . 1$ Maude, c ami 4> Parker .. JO Wilson, 1) ldoyd .. .. •• 17 Caldwell, b Holdsworth .. .. ’ 0 Jamison, b Parker ... •; : .p , Melvin, b Parker .. M ' 0 Aislabie, ct A.. McMahon, b Parker 1 Quayle, not out .. .. •• 12 Extras .. .... .. 7 • ’ Total .. .. .. 108 Bowling. Parker, 12 overs, 1 maiden, 37 runs. 4 wickets; N, Lloyd, 40.2, 1, 31, 4; Wilkie, 5,0, 12, 0; Holdsworth, 7,1, 21, 2. FEELING THE DRAIN «• HIGH SCHOOL WEAKENED The drain of senior members from tire team, through the lapsing of the olcJ school year, was evident in the performance of High School in their match with' Turanganui on Saturday, several of the player’s in the school team having been

promoted from the second eleven, and more than one of last year’s team taking the field for Turanganui. Turanganui batted first, and made 164, if which .Scholium' contributed 57 and Nicholson 35, other good, scorers being Jennings, 25, and Olsen, 23 not out. -Apart from these'.performances, the hatting was not particularly good, and the ■feature of the innings- was really the howling of Sharp, w.l\osent. dow,n no less than 20 overs'for the' school, 11-of these being maidens. lie took five wickets for 62 rims, the other bowlers wlio had some success being Stephenson, two for 22; and H. Clark, two for 24. There was not timcli time left for High School at the close 'of Turanganui’s innings, but before time was called three School wickets had fallen for the small total of 36 runs. Olsen, who opened the howling with Jennings, had two runs scored off his first over, but six succeeding overs from him were maidens, and when the game was suspended he had howled 11 overs for a total of seven runs Jennings and Wells each had taken one wicket at-this stage, at moderate cost. Details TURANGANUI First Innings R.. Nicholson, c Presland, b Clark ... 35 C. Flavell, b Stephenson 4 Wells, b. Stephenson ... 3 Scholium, c> Presland, b Clark ... 57 Niven, b Sharp... ... . 0 Jennings, )j. Sharp ... 25 McCoy. I) Sharp b Parker, b. Sharp 0 Olsen, not out . . ® Lynskey, c Stephenson, b Sharp ... 5 Ciawfoid-Sinith, run out 0 Extras ••• 12 Total 164 Bowling.—Stephenson, 11 overs, 3 maidens, 22 runs, 2 wickets; Sharp, 30, 11, 62, 5; H. Clark, 11, 1, 24, 2; Cederwall, 3,0, 5,0; C. Frazer, 8,3, 15, 0; Thompson. 5,0, 15. 0; Hockley, 2, 0. 8, C. HIGH SCHOOL First Innings Sharp, not out 15 Cederwgll, run out ... .3 Bright, b Jennings ... 0 C. Frazer, c Flavell, b Wells ... 9 Thompson, not out k Extras 9 Total for three wickets 36 CANTERBURY DO WELL I FIRST INNINGS LEAD WELLINGTON OUT FOE 196 (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, last night. Under perfect weather and ground conditions, Canterbury improved an already favorable position yesterday in Hie cricket match against Wellington, heading Wellington’s total by 44 runs and then dismissing Wellington for 196. There were some very bright patches of batting and a notable bowling performance by Riley. Details; — WELLINGTON First Innings . . • • .. 305 Second Innings. Dustin, e Andrews, b Smith .. _5 Tindill, st. Allen, b Alexander . . 55 Crook, v and b Riley .. .. 24 Ell, st. Allen, b Riley .. ... 0 O’Brien, b Bellamy .. .. 28 Morgan, run out . . • • H* James’ not out .. •• ..41 l’arsloe, <•■ Allen, b Riley .. .. *’» Newman, <■ O’Brien, b Riley .. 1 Blundell, c Bellamy, b Riley .. 8 Griffiths, c Crumb, b Alexander .. 13 Extras . . . . • • • • 5 Total . . 196 Howling: Smith, one for 21; Andrews, none for 21; Oroilib, none for 40; Rilev, five for 57; Alexander, two for 33; Bellamy, one for 91. CANTERBURY FiLst Innings .. , • • , • • .349 Second Innings. Kerr, not out - • ■ • • ■ 8 Bellamy, e and b Newman .. 2 Hadlee, not out .. .. • • 8 Extra .. . • • • • • 1 ; Total for one wicket . . • • 19 N.S.W. COMPILE 332 WEST AUSTEALIA MATCH (Blue. ThJ. Copyright—United Press Assn.) SYDNEY, Feb. 21. In the match tigai ist West AusInilia, New South Wales in the first innings made 332, MeGilvray 29, Brown 20, Bill 47, Marks 110; Bowling: Francis took live for 94; Jones, four for 114; SartOri, one for 40. West Australia in its first innings lias lost one for 33. WON BY EIGHT RUNS M.C.C. AT COLOMBO COLOMBO, Feb. 24. There was a thrilling finish in Hie M.C.C. versus eopibined Ceylon and India niatch. The lattermade .121, Wiizir All scoring .42 and Amarnatli 30. i Clark took four for, 38; -Verity, three for 23. .Marylebone won by eight runs. _ • - . WOMEN’S CRICKET INTERNATIONAL CONTESTS SYDNEY, Feb. 25. The Australian Women’s Cricket Council has invited New Zealand it ml England to send teams to Australia between October and December. - SECOND GRADE MATCH Fair scoring was registered in a secondgrade match between High School A-and B teams on Saturday, on the rectory field, tlie A team winning by a margin of 12 runs on the first innings. Batting first, the A team scored G 9, of which 49 was off Baskin’s hat, 19 off Thompson’s and 10 off Suiythc’s. Short and Long shared the bowling during most | of the Minings, Short taking five wickets for 25 runs. The B team’s total was 87, 1 of which Smith made 29, Mallett 16 not out. and Thompson 14. Bowling honors were shared by B. : Sharp, five for. 27, and R. Bradley, three for 14. I

SERVICE V. GISBORNE MIXED SCORING BAG In the first innings of their match against Gisliorne Club, the Civil Service team registered a total of 188 runs, a feature of the innings being the erratic form of some well-known players. G. J. Robertson top-scored with 54, after being dropped on one occasion, and E. James was next in merit of scoring with 36, Mason, 31j and Carr, 27 not out, also scoring well. Wright, who was tenth man on the batting order, was the only other member of the side to register double 'figures, while extra runs accounted for no less than 19. Of the Gisborne bowlers, V. Caulton was most effective, talcing four wickets for 56 runs, while Blathwayt secured three for 32, and Morton two for 29. No less than four of tho Civil Service batsmen were caught out, and one was run out. Gisborne Club put on 49 runs for four wickets, before time was called, each ot the. four,batsmen dismissed having just reached double figures. Robertson and E. James were bowling well, the first having two wickets to his credit, and James one. Details: — CIVIL SERVICE First Innings G. J. Robertson, c Michael, b Morton 54 E. James, c Morton, b Blathwayt ... 36 M. K. Boon, pld on, b Morton ... 4 W. Mason, c Morton, b Caulton ... 31 Pignall, lbw, b Blathwayt ... . ... 0 W. James, c Forster, b Caulton ... 0 Carr, not out I 27' Stewart, run out ... ... ... 0 Cato, 1) Blathwayt 1 Wright, b Caulton ... 14 J. Forster, b Caulton ... 3 Extras ... 19 Total ... ... 188 Bowling.—Blathwayt, 17 overs, 5 maidens, 32 runs, 3 wckets; V. Caulton, 17.5, 2, 66, 4; H. F. Forster, 9, 3 (2 nohalls), 34, 0; M. R. Maude, 6,2, 11, 0; Moorhead, 5,1, 5. 0; Morton, 10, 0, 29. 2; Kay, 3,0, 11, 0. GISBORNE CLUB i First Innings Michael, b Robertson ... 12 Maude, run out ...’ ... ... 10 Caulton, b Robertson 10 Forster, b James 12 Dwyer, not out 3 Extras 5 Total for four wickets 49 WIN FOR U.W.M. MARIST TEAM BEATEN In a second-grade match between Unemployed and Marist, played at the Oval on Saturday, the firstmentioned team had a first inning’s win, after declaring their second innings closed with the loss cf three wickets, and then failing to get Marist out, by the margin of one wicket. .. Batting first, U.W.M. made 113, F. Green, 36, Hosier, 22, Liddell, 14, and ■Marshall, 12, being the best of the scorers. Patty and Dunn were the most effective of Ihe Marist bowlers, Patty jetting five wickets cheaply, and Dunn two at an average of nine runs apiece. Marist’s first knock realised only 53 runs, and apart from McCallion, 21, and Coutts, 12, the scoring was very weak, against the uninterrupted howling of Smythe and Donnelly, who took five wickets each.

Smythe, 16, Marshall, 24, and Green, 24, gave U.W.M. a fine start in their second innings, which was declared at 77 for three wickets. Dunn had taken two wickets, and one batsman had been run out. Marist did even worse in their second than in their first visit to the creases, none of the players getting double figures. However, they managed to bat out time, and had one wicket in hand when the game concluded. Smythe, Donnelly and Ingram shared the bowling, Ingram getting five wickets for nine runs, three wickets falling in one ovoi* and two in the next; and Donnelly taking three for seven runs. MARRIED V. SINGLE A WEEK-END FIXTURE The annual match between married and single members’ teams, drawn from the ranks of the senior clubs, was commenced during the week-end on the Oval, the fixture attracting much interest. Single men batted first, and made 182. all but 30 of these runs being secured by D. Wells, 77, and 0. Frazer, 75 not out. Theso two got together early in the innings, and made the most of their opportunities, running well between the creases, and neglecting none of the chances given by overthrows. Their exhibition was a really polished one, and redeemed an otherwise poor innings, the married men trying several changes m the effort to break their partnership, before Wells was caught by Boon off G. J. Robertson. Frazer then proceeded to bat out the remainder of the innings, finding little support forthcoming from his successive partners. G. J. Robertson finished up with the good bowling figures of six wickets for 54 runs; Olsen tooa two for 26, and Blathwayt two for 44. Boon was the only member of the married men’s team to make a substantial score, and he contributed 38 of a total of 95 scored in the course of the innings. Bennett, 16, Dwyer, 10, and Robertson, 10, were the next best, the other batsmen failing badly. M. Sharp collected five wickets for 52 runs, and E. James took four for 23. In their second innings, the single men had 111 runs on the book when time was called, E. James and P. Dow having developed a prolific partnership after the loss of the first wicket. Details : SINGLE MEN First Innings P. Dow, b Blathwayt 7 V. Mahoney, b Blathwayt 0 D. Wells, c Boon, b Robertson ... 77 C. Frazer, not out 75 E. James, hit wkt., b Robertson ... 0 M. Michael, stp. Scholium, b Olsen 0 M. Sharp, c Boon, b Olsen ... 0 A. McMahon, b Robertson 5 J. Jennings, c Robinson, b Robertson 8 T. Bright, b Robertson ... ... 0 A. Wilson, b Robertson 2 Extras ' ! 8 Total ... 18 Bowling.—Blathwayt, 18 overs, 2 maidens, 44 runs, 2 wickets; G. J. Robertson, 17.3, 2, 54, 6 ; M. Robinson, 8. 2, 23, 0; O. B. Olsen, 10, 1, 26, 2; F. Bennett, 7,2, 21, 0; M, K. Boon, 3,0, 6, 0. Second Innings Frazer, c Scholium, b Blathwayt ... 8 E. James, c Bennett, b Blathwayt ... 33 P. Dow, not out 58 V. Mahoney, not out -3 Extras 9 Total for two wickets 11l MARRIED MEN First Innings Robertson, c P, DoW, b Sharp ... 10 ■Scholium, c Wells, b James 7 Nicholson, c Mahoney, b Jennings ... 7 Boon, c and b James 38 Bennett, stp. Michael, b Sharp ... 16 Dwyer, b Sharp ... 10 '

Robinson, c Frazer, b James ... 0 Mason, o Wilson, b James .. ... 1 Bignall, c Bright, b Sharp 0 Blathwayt, b Sharp 1 Olsen, not out 1 Extras 4 Total 95 Bowling.—Jennings, 7 overs, 0 maidens, 16 runs, 1 wicket; Sharp, 17. 0, 52, 5; James, 10, 5, 23, 4.