Athletic News.

Southland Times, Issue 19501, 16 March 1925, Page 4

Athletic News.

BOWLING. HARR AWAY SHIELD. SOUTHLAND MEN SECURE TROPHY. VISITORS’ GOOD UPHILL FIGHT. (Our Special Reporter.) DUNEDIN, March 15. The annual tournament between Otago and Southland instituted in 1921, took place on Saturday on the Caledonian green and resulted in a win for Southland by 195 to 189. 'Die Southland players were met on the arrival of the first express from the south by officials of the Dunedin Centre and a large number of bowlers, who had brought motors in which the visitors were taken to the Exhibition site and where they spent an interesting.' time in a tour of the buildings being erected on Logan Park. The extensive character of the coming Exhibition and the progress that has already been made was impressed on the visitors, who were able to form a good idea of what will finally represent Dunedin’s effort, when it materialises within the next six months. After being shown over the buildings and having the different sections fully explained, as well as the lay out of the grounds, the ■visitors were taken to the Leviathan Hotel where they lunched with the Centre officials and local bowlers. At the conclusion of lunch they were conveyed by motor, to the Caledonian green where the match took place. Prior to the commencement of the game the teams were photographed and the President of the Dunedin Centre, Mr J. Campbell, extended a hearty welcome to the southern players and expressed the hope that a keen and enjoyable game would result during the afternoon. Mr Donaldson replied on behalf of Southland. THE SHIELD. The presentation of the Shield for annual competition, which has been donated by Mr Ernest Harraway was made by the donor and he received the thanks of both provinces expressed by the Presidents of the respective Centres. The Shield is a large and handsome piece of workmanship, attractively designed and is certainly a very beautiful example of the type of trophy associated with sporting competitions and it is questionable if so fine a trophy is offered for any other similar contest, at least in this part of the Dominion. The ornamentation is simple but artistic, the absence of over elaboration enhancing the general effect and it was greatly admired when on view at the green on Saturday. The base of the Shield is of solid oak decorated with gold and silver, the name “Harraway Chillenge Shield” being attached in boldly raised silver letters above and below the centre piece. This is a silver plate on which is the raised figure in gold of a bowler standing on a gold mat in the act of delivering a bowl. On either side a silver band is wound for inscription purposes and at the foot is a small plate in replica of the shape of the Shield, bearing the inscription “Presented by Ernest Harraway for annual competition between Otago and Southland.” The Southland players were naturally proud that they should be the first holders of the attractive trophy, for though the contest commenced in 1921, this is the first year a Shield has been presented to be held by the winners. The previous winners of this annual contest are as follows:—1921, Southland, 190 by 184; 1922, Otago, 191 by 184; 1923, Otago, 198 by 165; 1924, tie, 183 each. The contest consists of 25 heads and a tie will be avoided in the future, by playing an extra head if required. THE PLAY. Rain fell in the morning and the green was therefore a trifle heavy, but nevertheless it presented a good playing surface but the wind, however, interfered somewhat with the players and being a cold southwest one, it at times made matters unpleasant. When play commenced at one o’clock threatening clouds gathered and a rough afternoon appeared imminent, but the sun, however, broke through shortly afterwards and conditions were pleasant for an hour or so, when it again became overcast and a biting wind blew across the green. Just before the conclusion of the game a light shower come on but did not stop play. EVEN PLAY. The play between the rinks, with the exception of three, was of an even character throughout and the final scores in each represent with small variation the prevailing condition throughout the afternoon. From the sixth head to the fifteenth Southland went down badly but the falling off was due to a couple of rinks, the others generally maintaining their positions consistently. The outstanding rinks yere those skipped by Kingsland and Murphy. Kingsland early established a lead and maintained it with a varation of a few points, finally drawing slowly ahead to win by the margin indicated. Murphy’s rink, however, was nine down at the ninth head but gradually worked off this deficiency to win by a margin of twelve. At the sixth head the scores stood: Otago 46, Southland 47, but from then on Otago assumed the lead and successive scores seemed to indicate that Southland would be easily defeated, the scores at the eleventh head being Otago 100, Southland 73 and a further lead was assumed by the local men to the fifteenth head, when the points were: Otago 133, Southland 99.

The cause of Southland’s disaster was Thorn’s rink, against whom that skipped by Mr E. Harraway commenced with outstanding play and maintained it to the seventeenth head. At the ninth head the score stood against Thorn 16— and at the seventeenth head 33 —2, but from the seventeenth head, however, Thom’s men in company with all the rinks commenced to retrieve their lost ground and to make a slight increase at each head, until at the 25th head the score stood at Southland 194, Otago 187 and one rink (Thom’s) to finish. The result, however, was not affected by this, Otago reducing the lead by one and the game ended with Southland 195. Otago 189. Thom’s rink, though in the early stages of the game proving a severe handicap to Southland, ended by redeeming themselves completely and by checking the onward march of their opponents. They did a large share in building up Southland’s margin though they struck a particularly “hot” rink in Harraways. The skip himself is an ex-New Zealand champion and he had for lead, Best, the present Dominion champion. The second and third men while not in the class of two champions rose to championship form to-day and played magnificent games. The rink admitted that their day out was experienced and with two such men as Best and Harraway at the top of their form, backed by their other men, a rink opposing them was in for a bad spin. Up to the seventeenth head Thorn had no chance but in the eighteenth he put on three and in the next three heads a two in each and so helped to bring matters to a more hopeful condition for his side. PRESENTATION OF SHIELD. At the conclusion of the games Mr Campbell presented the Shield to the winners with congratulations from Otago. He humourously informed Southland. that they could hold the Shield till Otago went down for it next year. Mr Donaldson in returning thanks, said they were delighted to take the Shield home and Otago would find that now it had become located in Southland, the removal of it would not prove an easy task. On their native heath they would show Otago that a tough proposition awaited them. His team had been considered a weak one but the Shield was a sufficient answer to their critics. He concluded by thanking the Otago officials for making their brief stay a pleasant one and con-

gratulated the green keeper on having prepared a .good green in the face of the adverse weather lately prevailing. SCORES. The following are the scores of the various rinks, Southland names being first:— S. O. George, Stevenson, Smith, S. Kingsland 28 Silver, Shortt, F. Smith, Hutchinson : • ” 14 Mcßobie, Gilbertson, J. Smith, Strang 22 Campbell, Smellie, Shepherd, Smellie 21 Cunningham, Batchelor, Waugh, Donaldson 25 Fergusson, Nisbet, Connor, Wright 20 Ure, Rouse, Instone, Beer .. .. 25 Rigby, J. Allen, W. Allen, Stewart 28 Smith, A. Marshall, Bishop, Harvey 28 Anderson, Mullinger, Hinchcliffe, G. Tretheway 20 Walsh, Bell, Calder, Thorn .... 12 Best, Nicholson, Nelson, E. Harraway 40 Lindsay, Campbell, MacDonald, Murphy . 27 Latham, Heneghan, D. Abbott, Scott . 15 Donaldson, R. Ayling, Wesney, Thomson 28 Wood, Adess, Falconer, Payne .. 31 Totals 195 189 CRICKET. LOCAL FIXTURES. SATURDAY’S MATCHES POSTPONED. All matches under the control of the Southland Cricket Association set down for Saturday afternoon were postponed on account of the unfavourable weather. VICTORIA V. AUCKLAND. SECOND DAY’S MATCH. MATCH A DRAW. AUCKLAND, March 13. The cricket match, Victoria v. Auckland was a draw. There was an attendance of 8,000, the spectators including the Governor General and party. The day’s play saw Auckland’s first innings close for 415, and at the aljournment Victoria had scored 257 for six wickets. Dacre 24 and Smith 10 resumed the Auckland innings and brought the total from 268 to 324 before Smith was clean bowled by Wallace, 324-5-28. W. Garrard was the new-comer, and he played steadily, being content to let Dacre do the more vigorous "work. Several boundaries were hit in quick succession by Dacre, who reached his century after being 140 minutes at the wickets without giving a chance. Garrard was then caught at the wicket off a high rising ball, 3936—20. J. Garrard before scoring was bowled by Ebeling 396—7—0. Allcott was the next, but was soon bowled by Miller 3998 —2. Dacre hit a dozen off Ebeling and looked able to go on for ever but he lost Cooper at 414, and Rowntree the last man at 415. VICTORIA’S INNINGS. Victoria made a disastrous start against the bowling of Allcott and Snedden. Mayne and Woodfull were the opening pair and they started confidently and had 19 runs on when Allcott bowled Woodfull off his pads. Willis the nekt man was trapped by Allcott at silly mid-on before he had scored, and the next over Mayne miss-hit Snedden to be caught behind the wicket. Three down for 19. Austen and Liddicutt stopped the rot, the latter playing a free bat, while Austen played very cautiously. Liddicuttt, once he had settled down drove Snedden freely but was not able to do much with Allcott. After an hour’s play, 45 were on the board, Liddicutt having scored 14 off one over by Snedden. A change was then made in the bowling, Cooper relieving Allcott, but twelve were scored in the first over, and Smith relieved Snedden but bowled only one over, and then put Allcott on. The score was now 75, and Smith then took over again from Allcott. The batsman scored freely, the century appearing after 97 minutes’ play. Garrard was then brought on and Liddicutt was run out as he drove just clear of the pitch and called, but Austen hesitated and before Liddicutt could get back, Garrard had returned the ball to Rowntree, who whipped off bails 111—4—66. Austin joined Austen and hit out freely, his partner playing more quietly but very soundly. Despite the frequent bowling changes the score rapidly mounted and the second century was soon on the board, but finally the partnership was terminated through Austen being caught at the wicket off Horspool, 254—5—82. Ransford joined Austin (86), and after an over appealed against the light, but the umpires decided to play on. In the following over Ransford tried to steal a very short run and a smart return by Garrard saw Austin run out with the score at 257. He had put up his 87 in as many minutes. When Ellis went out to join Ransford, the umpires decided to draw stumps on account of the failing light. THE SCORES. The following is the score:— AUCKLAND. —First Innings— Horspool cH. Austin b Ebeling .. U 43 Gillespie c Liddicutt b Wallace .... 0 Snedden c Mayne b Liddicutt .. .. 77 Postles b Liddicutt .. 3 Dacre not out 127 Smith b Wallace .. .. 28 W. Garrard c Ellis b Miller 20 J. P Gerrard b Ebeling ........ 0 Allcott b Miller .. .. 2 Cooper c Ellis b Miller 1 Rowntree c Woodfull b Ebeling .... 1 Extras ... .. .. 13 Total .. .. 415 BOWLING. Wallace 2 for 103, Liddicutt 2 for 65, Ebeling 3 for 83, Austin 0 for 33, Ransford 0 for 30, Millar 3 for 47. VICTORIA. —First Innings.— Mayne c Allcott, b Snedden 8 Woodfull b Allcott .. 4 Willis c Smith, b Allcott ~ 0 Liddicutt run out 66 E. Austen c Rowntree, b Horspool .. 82 H. Austin run out 87 Ransford not out 1 Extras 9 Total for 6 wickets .. 257 BOWLING. Allcott 2 for 69, Snedden 1 for 57, Horspoql 1 for 19, Garrard 0 for 15, Dacre 0 for 7, Smith 0 for 42, Cooper 0 for 30. IN OTHER CENTRES. CHRISTCHURCH. The final round of senior matches and the play off for the championship was continued yesterday, and will be concluded next Saturday. Sydenham v. East Christchurch. Sydenham carried their first innings score to 372, Cockroft making 27, Cunningham 30, Gray 30, Bowling, Gregory 2 for 53, Weston 1 for 78, Bugg 1 for 59, Armiger 1 for 67, Flood 1 for 42, Brosnahan 1 for 13, Egan 1 for 7, Mullan 1 for 22. East Christchurch in their first innings have lost 8 wickets for 107, Weston 22, Mullan 18, Bugg (in) 2D. Sydenham are now practically assured of the championship.

West Christchurch v. St. Albans. St. Albans won by ten wickets. West Christchurch who in the first innings made 297, made 137 in the second strike, Blunt making 28 and Jarrett 39. Boiding. EL£L

66, Allard 2 for 48. St. Albans in their first innings made 337, Crawford not out making 159, Alloo 33, Allard 24, Hickmott 29, and Thompson 35. Howling Findlay 4 for 81, Blunt 4 for 104. In the second innings St. Albans knocked up the 98 required without loss, Woods in 49 and Crawford (in) 37 being the scorers. WELLINGTON. The Wellington Senior Grade Cricket Competition concluded on Saturday, when Institute with 22 points won the championship. The points for the others were, Hutt 15, Y.M.C.A. 15, Petone 10, Old Boys 10, Midland 8, Wellington 6, Thorndon 3. Institute v. Petone. Institute with 333 for three wickets declared, Badcock 148, Dempster not out 162. Petone made 108, Capstick 28. Y.M.C.A. v. Hutt. YM.C.A. made 315, Westbrook 131, White 58. Hutt made 226, McGirr 102, Watson 39, Midland v. Old Boys. Midland made 383, Baker 140, Patrick not out 100. Old Boys made 136, Duncan 43, James 39. Thorndon v. Wellington. Thorndon made 151 and Wellington 136, Wilson 35, Aitken 23. DUNEDIN. In the First Grade Cricket Competition on Saturday, Grange defeated Dunedin on the first innings and are now two points ahead of Albion, with one match to go. For Grange, Jackson made 56 McMullan 60 and Alloo 39. Bowling for Dunedin, Torrance took 6 for 70. Albion (Blamires 71 not out, Shepherd 59), gained a three point win over Carisbrook (Dickinson 50 not out and Worker 39). ENGLISHMEN AT ADELAIDE. HOME TEAM’S BRIGHT DISPLAY. A GOOD TOTAL COMPILED. ADELAIDE, March 14. (Received March 15, 5.5 pm.) South Australia to-day pushed home to the full the advantage gained yesterday, when the Englishmen made only 179. It was a day of great batting individually and cpllectively, smart fielding and poor bowling. Ry mill played a wonderful innings, making his 146. On this occasion he started cautiously, but once he had secured the measure of the bowling he made the bowlers appear novices. Rymill hit them to every part of the field he desired. He showed a partiality for a pull and drive. He was unfortunate in being run out for an impossible run. Pritchard likewise made the bowling appear childish. He hit 18 off one over from Tyldesley and 15 from one of Tate’s. Rundell was a batting machine, reeling off perfect shots by the score. The only fault with the fieldifig was the throwing in, several run-outs being missed through faulty judgment in this direction. The Englishmen started their second innings just before stumps were drawn. THE SCORES: Detailed scores are as follows: SOUTH AUSTRALIA. —First Innings—■ A. Richardson, b Gilligan 0 Gunn, c Tyldesley, b Tate 3 Pritchard, st. Whysall, b Freeman . . 87 V. Richardson, c Whysall, b Gilligan . 43 Rundell, c Tyldesley, b Tate 90 Rymill, run out 146 Murray, b Tate 2 Grimmett, c Whysall, b Tate .... 39 Wall, run out 9 Ambler, c Tate, b Howell 6 Palmer, not out 1 Extras 17 Total . . 443 ENGLAND. First Innings ...... 179 —Second Innings— Sandham, not out 6 Whysall, not out 9 No wickets for 15