LOCAL CRICKET

Southland Times, Issue 19462, 29 January 1925, Page 6

LOCAL CRICKET

YESTERDAY’S MATCHES. INVERCARGILL XI v. EASTERN DISTRICT. GOOD WIN FOR EASTERN. An Invercargill eleven captained by A. Poole visited Gore yesterday, and played Eastern District in the afternoon, the weather being excellent. The match was a single innings game, and resulted in a substantial victory for Eastern District, the margin in their favour when stumps were drawn being 96 runs and five wickets still in hand. The Town side collapsed against the accurate bowling of G. McKay, and were all out for 89. Eastern replied with 185 for five, the two Lynches, of Balfour, getting the majority of the runs by good cricket, while McKay also batted well. Results are as follows: INVERCARGILL. Shirreffs, c Heath b McKay 3 Duthie, c J. Lynch b McKay 15 Geddes, b McKay 4 Oughton, b McKay 5 Goodsir, lbw b McKay 2 Poole, lbw b Hammond 17 Cox, b S. Lynch . 9 Stott, c Lynch b McKay 5 Kidd, run out .. 4 Sparks, not out 7 Nisbet, run out 3 “Extras (1 wide,' 8 byes 6 leg byes) 15 Total 89 Bowling: Scott 6*-2, 0, 18; McKay 9. 1. 6, 43; S. Lynch 5,0, 1, 12; Hammond 1. 0,1, 2. EASTERN DISTRICT. Hammond, b Goodsir 2 McKay, run out 31 Lynch J., b Duthie 67 Perry, c Cox b Poole 0 Lynch S., not out 47 Sutton, c Geddes b Poole 4 Shelton, not out 11 Extras (21 byes, 2 leg byes) .. 23 Total for five wickets 185 Bowling: Goodsir 8,2, 1, 42; Nisbet 6, 1,0, 18; Geddes 4,0, 0, 24; Shirreffs 3 0, 0, 17; Poole 7,0, 2, 30; Duthie 7,0, 1, 30. APPLEBY JUNIORS v OTAUTAU. The Appleby juniors played a single innings match against Otautau at the Invercargill Showgrounds yesterday. The weather was fine, and the wicket good. The local side batted first and knocked up 120 runs, Johnston and Watson being the chief contributors to this total. McGavin, a slow left-hander, captured five for 37, and Ford also bowled well. On going to the wickets, Otautau at one stage had lost seven for 46, but the last three wickets made a good stand, and brought the score up to 105, before the last wicket fell, thus leaving Appleby victorious by 15 runs. Johnston, who took five for 21 for Appleby, bowled particularly well. The detailed figures are as follows: OTAUTAU. Sutherland c Anderson b Watson .. 2 Ottrey c Dunbar b Foster 8 McGavin b Thomas 11 Ford c Frost b Johnston 7 Dixon c Watson b Johnston 4 Renowden c Anderson b Thomas .... 12 Matheson b Dunbar 1 Burns b Ward 15 McGill b Johnston 27 Fisher b Johnston 3 Smythe b Johnston 3 Harrington not out 2 Extras (9 byes) 9 Total 105 Bowling: Watson 8.1, 1,1, 23; Foster 3, 0,1, 16; Johnston 5,0, 5, 21; Thomas 3, 0,2, 13; Dunbar 3,0, 1, 11; N. Poole 4, ,1, 0, 11; Ward 1,0, 1, 1. APPLEBY. Frost b Ford •• •• 6 N. Poole b Ford 9 Watson b Sutherland 23 Johnston c Bums b McGowan .. . • 34 G. Thomas b Fisher 13 Ward b McGavin 0 V. Poole run out •• 2 Dunbar b McGavin .. 0 Anderson b McGavin 4 Thomson b McGavin 5 Marchant not out 7 Extras (17 byes, 1 leg bye) .... 18 Total 120 Bowling: Ford 10 overs, 1 maiden, 2 wickets, 32 runs; McGavin 14, 1,5, 37; B. Dickson 2,0, 1,6; Sutherland 2.0, 1, 6; Fisher 6.5, 1,2, 20. JUNIOR MATCHES. An Invercargill junior eleven cycled out to West Plains yesterday to play the local eleven. The visitors batted first on a matting wicket over grass, and were all out for 53 against the steady bowling of Dyet, who took eight wickets for 21, bowling a good fast ball. For Invercargill, Morrison played an excellent innings of 17, and Fletcher also batted well for 11. West Plains replied with 45 runs, O. Lavelle being the highest scorer with 9. The match thus resulted in a win for Invercargill by 9 runs. SHEFFIELD MATCH. VICTORIA v. NEW SOUTH WALES. SYDNEY, January 28. The Sheffield Shield match was resumed in fine and hot weather on a good wicket. Victoria, in the first innings, made 502, Willis scoring 100 and Blackie 23. Willis batted brilliantly throughout. At bowling, Scott took 5 wickets for 149. New South Wales (which had made 614 in the first strike), in the second innings, made 152, Rock contributing 51 and Kippax 40. At bowling, Hartkopf took 3 wickets for 36 and Hendry 2 for 29. New South Wales collapsed in the second innings, going back to the pavilion in a procession. The batting was very dull and slow throughout, but this may have been due to excessive heat, as the city was sweltering in the throes of a heat wave.