CRICKET

Southland Times, Issue 21605, 18 January 1932, Page 6

CRICKET

SENIOR COMPETITION CONCLUSION OF FIRST ROUND I.C.C. DEFEAT APPLEBY The first round of the senior cricket championship was completed on Saturday afternoon. Weather conditions were again perfect, but owing to the week’s rains, wickets and outfields were on the heavy ride. The surprise of the afternoon was Invercargill’s overwhelming defeat of Appleby. The margin of difference was an innings and 99 runs. The veteran J. Doig was again in form with the ball and added another good performance to his long list of bowling achievements. He played no small part in Appleby’s defeat, by securing wickets in two innings for 73 runs. On Saturday ho bowled over 30 overs. As anticipated, High School succeeded in defeating Bluff, and retained their position at the head of the championship. CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE Following is the position of teams to date in the senior competition:— Wins Losses Points High School 3 2 30 Marist 4 1 26 Invercargill 3 2 24 Appleby 3 2 21 Union 2 3 16 Bluff _ 5 3 INVERCARGILL v. APPLEBY Invercargill creafeil a big surprise by defeating Appleby, last year's champions, by an innings and 99 runs. Invercargill’s 319 of the first day was too big a hurdle and Appleby were dismissed twice for a total of 220 runs. The southend batsmen failed dismally in the first innings and succumbed to the attack of Doig and I'ogo for the small total of 77 runs. None of the batsmen, with the exception of young Beale, shaped like getting runs at all. Esquilant, Doig and Togo proved to be a good combination and accounted for nine wickets between them. Esquilant caught two behind the wickets and stumped one. Appleby followed on, and it was clear that their mission was not the getting of runs. They strove to hold the fort for three hours and adopted a stale of siege, but could not hold out against the [>ersistoney of Invercargill's attack, and at 6 o’clock were all out for 143 runs. Features of the innings were McGowan's solid defence, Doig’s consistent bowlipg and Esquilnnt's excellent wicket keeping. McGowan batted doggedly tor over an hour, and looked like returning unbeaten when he nibbled at an oft ball and was caught behind the wickets. Doig’s howling performance was nothing short of remarkable for a veteran. He kept a consistent length .and battled away when obviously very weary. His guile and length were too much for some of the younger batsmen. Esquilant took four catches behind the wickets, thus giving him seven wickets for the match. His all round work was neat and reliable, and as events turned out a match-winning factor. The game was very keenly contested and appeals for decisions were numerous. Apart, from affirming no fewer than nine decisions in Appleby's two innings, the umpires were called upon to answer more than double that number of appeals/ Messrs 11. Drees and R, Taylor were the umpires. Scores: INVERCARGILL First Innings 319 APPLEBY. First Innings. McGowan c Esquilant b Fogo 8 Lilley lbw b Doig 7 Shirreffs c Esquilant b Doig 5 Carson b Fogo 10 Keast b Fogo 15 J. Purdue c Doig b Fogo 2 Groves c Seddon b Fogo 0 Beale b Southern 19 R. Purdue b Doig 0 Kidd st Esquilant b Doig 0 Shirley not out 9 Extras 2 Total 77 Bowling Analysis. 0. M. R. W. Fogo 15 2 30 5 Doig IS 1 38 4 Southern 51 71 Second Innings. Shirreffs c Esquilant b Scott 18 McGowan c Esquilant b Scott 29 Lilley b Scott 5 Carson b Doig 37 Groves c Tapley b Doig 4 Keast b Doig 10 Beale c Esquilant b Doig 0 J. Purdue c Esquilant b Fogo 20 R. Purdue c Tapley b Doig 13 Kidd lbw b Doig ’ 0 Shirley not out 0 Extras 7 Total 143 .Bowling Analysis. O. M. R. W. Fogo 14 5 41 1 Doig 21 8 35 6 Southern 10 4 21 — Scott 9 4 16 • 3 Gilbertson 4 .1 11 — McKenzie 4 1 12 — HIGH SCHOOL v. BLUFF This game was concluded on the Appleby ground and resulted in a decisive win for the young High School team. Although trailing by six runs on the first innings High School showed much better form with the bat in the second and gave the Port men too big a hurdle to surmount. The wicket was again in a poor .state and batsmen did well to get runs. High School continued their second innings and batted for 21 hours for 150. Under the conditions this was good scoring, the showing of L. Uttley (30), Pickard (29) and Mackrell (22) being particularly pleasing. Pickard and Mackrell put on 40 runs for the eighth wicket. This partnership played a big port in High School’s win. Having a lead of six runs on the first innings Bluff were thus left with 145 to get to win outright and about two hours to do it in. They commenced poorly. The first four wickets fell for 10 runs and except for a good stand by McDonald (31) and Forde (15), the visitor failed to get going. The wicket at the north end crumbled badly, and .Pickard, who struck a splendid length early in the innings, troubled all the batsmen. He finished up with the splendid figures of seven for 25. L. Uttley also trundled well. He took two wickets in the first, over. Bluff were dismissed for 66 before six o’clock and School had a comfortable outright win by 78 runs. Following are the details:— HIGH SCHOOL. First innings 04 Second Innings. Spence c Sylvester b Carter 5 Carswell lbw b Sylvester 8 Strang c I. Parry b Carter 19 L. Uttley c and b D. Parry 30 K. Uttley c Carter b Sylvester 15 Scandrctt b Sylvester 6 Dr Uttley c D. Parry b Sylvester Mackrell not out • 29 Pickard b D. Parry 22 McLauchlan run out 2 Fraser run out 4 Extras 3 Total .150

Bowling Analysis. O. M. R. W. Carter 14 6 15 2 D. Parry 25 9 43 2 McDonald 8 — 15 — Sylvester 14 1 67 4 BLUFF. First Innings 100 Second Innings. I. Parry b Pickard 0 Driscoll lbw b L. Uttley 0 Carter b L. Uttley 2 McDonald c L. Uttley b Pickard 31 Hammerstone b Pickard 2 Forde lbw b Pickard 15 D. Parry b Pickard 1 Allen c Scandrett b Pickard 7 Sylvester lbw b Pickard 2 Phillipson not out 0 Barnett absent — Extras i 0 Total 60 Bowling Analysis. O. M. R. W. Pickard 13 2 23 7 L. Uttley 8 ~ 22 “ K. Uttley 4 — lo — SECOND GRADE A SECTION. OLD BOYS DEFEAT INVERCARGILL. Another round of games in the second grade, A Section, was completed on Saturday afternoon, outright wins being secured by Old Boys and Appleby. . ’The position of teams in this grade is now as follows:— Wins. Losses. Points. Old Boys 4 1 29 Appleby 2 3 Union 2 3 lb Invercargill 2 3 13 OLD BOYS v. INVERCARGILL. Old Boys defeated Invercargill by 82 runs. Following are details: OLD BOYS. First Innings. Smith b B. Agnew 0 Bews b Metcalfe 3 ‘* Henderson c Robinson b Bruce " Mitchell b B. Agnew JJ Hawke b Currie 13 Lynch lbw b Currie 4 Mackie c Clark b B. Agnew 16 Cooper lbw b B. Agnew 6 Anderson not out •’ Mackenzie lbw b B. Agnew Wesney absent ** Extras 4 Total 82 Bowling Analysis: Agnew took five wickets for 41 runs, Bruce one for 23, Currie two for 7, Metcalfe one for 7. Second Innings. Smith c Metcalfe b Timms 8 Bews lbw b Agnew 23 Hawke c Bruce b Agnew 27 Mackie b Agnew 3 Henderson c Metcalfe b Bruce 8 Mitchell c and b Agnew 0 Lynch c Sievwright b Bruce 15 Cooper b Currie 11 Anderson b Metcalfe 1 Mackenzie lbw b Metcalfe 0 Wesney not out 2 Extras 13 Total Hl Bowling analysis: Agnew took four wickets for 47 runs, Bruce two for 18, Timms one for 10, Currie one for 14, Metcalfe two for 5. INVERCARGILL. First Innings. Francis b Mitchell 1 Currie c Smith b Henderson 6 Metcalfe b Mackenzie 7 Sievwright c Hawke b Henderson 12 Bruce b Henderson 0 Richardson lbw b Smith 21 McCallum c Hawke b Henderson 7 Agnew c Mackie b Henderson 4 Robinson not out 4 Timms b Smith 1 Clark b Smith 1 Extras 3 Total 67 Bowling Analysis: Henderson took five wickets for 16 runs, Smith three for 18, Mitchell one for 22, Mackenzie one for 4. Second Innings. Richardson c Wesney b Henderson 1 Currie b Henderson 18 Sievwright 0 Mackie b Smith 1 Francis c Smith b Henderson 1 Bruce b Henderson 4 Metcalfe b Smith 0 Robinson b Henderson 3 McCallum b Mackenzie 4 Agnew b Smith 3 Timms b Henderson 2 Clark not out 2 Extras 5 Total 44 Bowling Analysis: Henderson took six wickets for 10 runs, Smith three for 18, Mackenzie one for 7. APPLEBY v. UNION. Appleby defeated Union by an innings and 15 runs. Details: APPLEBY. First Innings. W. Lilley' b Belsham 28 Agnew b Belsham 18 Watson b Woodward 15 Marchant c Belsham b Woodward 23 Logan b Belsham 13 Poole lbw b Belsham 10 Jordan not out 68 Win. Lilley not out 4 Tansley c Belsham b Tayles 45 Extras 19 Total for seven wickets (declared) 243 Bowling Analysis: Belsham took four wickets for 97 runs; Woodward two for 37, Tayles one for 43. UNION. First Innings. Watson c Jordan b Poole 30 Tayles lbw b Marchant 4 Haberfield o Agnew b Poole 13 Undrill c and b Watson 0 Mattingly c Groves b Logan 28 Belsham run out 1 Giles lbw b Ixigan 14 Conley c Poole b Logan 0 Mclntosh lbw b Logan 2 Woodward absent 0 Carlow not out 0 Extras 9 Total 101 Bowling Analysis: Logan took four wickets for 13 runs, Poole two for 19, Watson one for 12, Marchant one for 16. Second Innings. Watson b Jordan 44 Haberfield b Jordan 22 Tayles c Jordan b Marchant 4 Mattingly c Agnew b Logan 0 Undrill run out 35 Belsham lbw b Jordan 4 Giles not out 3 Carlow lbw b Jordan 0 Conley c Logan b Jordan 0 Mclntosh b Jordan 4 Woodward absent 0 Extras 11 Total 127 Bowling Analysis: Jordan took six wickets for 23 runs, Marchant one for 14, Logan one for 29. B SECTION. BLUFF v. OLD BOYS. Playing at Bluff in perfect weather, Old Boys (104) defeated the local team (86) by 18 runs. The town Jeam’-s success was

largely due to a capital innings of 52 ,by Wilson in which only one chance was given, the catch that brought about his dismissal. McFarlane (11) was the only other batsman to reach double figures for Old Boys. Bowling for Bluff W. Phillipson secured six for 34, Tait two for 11, Nixey one for 11 and Deans one for 22. The two bowlers mentioned first bowled particularly well. No fewer than eight of Tait’s eleven overs were maidens. Batting honours for Bluff went to Johns (28) and Nixey (22) who each played attractive cricket. Johns scored the only six of the match. Bowling for Old Boys Henderson put. up a meritorious performance by taking six for 29, the other bowlers being Boyce (three for 18) and Wilson (one for 37). The fielding generally was good, with Bluff, perhaps, giving slightly the better performance in this important branch of the game. Messrs T. Stewart and H. Shepard were the umpires.

Invercargill defeated Tisbury by 35 runs on the first innings. Invercargill made 92 and 10 for three wickets, and Tisbury 57 and 90 for five wickets. For the winners N. Weir (18), J. Barnhill (17), D. Martin (14), batted well, while for the losers Flynn scored 19 and Mackley 10 not out. Bowling for Invercargill N. Weir took six wickets for 20 runs, Stevens two for 8, Martin one for 8 and S. Pope three for 28. Bowling for Tisbury Ferguson took five wickets for 18, Mclntosh two for 23, McDermott one for 4, and Corkin two for 4.

Collegiate defeated Railway at Uiggar street by four wickets and 20 runs. Railway batted first and scored 152. R. Bell (42 not out), batted well, hitting one 6 and three 4’s. Taylor (20), Shand (18), William (15), and Tarr (15), were the other batsmen to reach double figures. Dunlop (Collegiate) was the only bowler to meet with any success finishing with six for 30. Collegiate were left with 90 minutes to secure 152 runs. This they did with the loss of six wickets. Ray and Dunlop opened the innings. Pay scored freely, batting 35 minutes for 65, including four 6’s and four 4’s; Thom (33), Ferguson (36 not out), Dunne (19) and Collins (11) being the other chief scorers. Bowling for Railway R. Bell took three for 36 and William two for 49. Messrs R. G. Hallamore and Luzmoor were the umpires. THIRD GRADE BORSTAL v. WAIKIWI. Playing on their own ground, Borstal defeated Waikiwi by an innings and 163 runs. Borstal made their highest team cricket score in knocking up 226, two of the eleven retiring when they had scored 55 and 50 runs respectively. Waikiwi replied with 21 for their first innings and 42 for their second. Three bowlers for the winners took two wickets for none, four for 9 and three for 11 respectively in the first innings and two for 3, three for 15 and one for 1 in the second, while Sparrow (four for 55), Shutllebein (one for 25l and Fox (two for 59) bowled well for the losers. Shufflebein (20 and 13) was the best Waikiwi batsman. APPLEBY DEFEAT HERBERT HAYNES. Appleby 193 (Dawson 69, Swan 26, Shirley' 23, Jim Calvert 14, E. Calvert 13, Ix-ary 10) defeated Herbert Haynes 42 (Wesney 13 not out) by an innings and 107 runs. Bowling for Appleby Swan took three wickets for 10 runs and one for 6; Jordan five for 17 and one for 13; Jim Calvert two for 2 and 2 for 10; Childs two for 7; E. Calvert two for 4; Jack Calvert two for 0. Bowling for Herbert Haynes, Brown took six for 37; Tully two for 35; Yates one for 10. MARIST DEFEAT COLLEGIATE A. Marist 113 declared for six wickets (MeSwigan 36, Ford 31, R. Ward 16) defeated Collegiate A 48 (Hopgood 25) and 41 (Anderson 18) by an innings and 24 runs. Bowling for Marist Dawson took three for 11 and two for 15; Shepard three for 20 and four for 3; Ward two for 3 and one for 9; Barry one for 14; Forde one for 14. Bowling for Collegiate Rattray took three for 10; Hopgood one for 8; Mudie one for 19; Anderson one for 29. 3IARIST v. WINTON On Saturday the Marist senior team travelled to Winton and played a match with a Winton team. Perfect, cricket weather prevailed and a very enjoyable game was indulged in, Marist being the winners. Winton put up a very creditable performance and what they lacked in batting was compensated for in their keenness in the field. Members of the Winton Club expressed appreciation at Marist’s action in paying them a visit and stated that they would be very' pleased to arraege a game with a town team on any Saturday afternoon. Marist batted first and compiled 159 (Ryan 49, Milne 27, Hallamore 19 not out, Sheridan 16, Maher 14, Riddell 13, | Nisbet 12) to which Winton replied with 81 (Cosgrove 39, Agnew 16 not out). Bowling for Winton McKenzie took five wickets for 31 runs. IN OTHER. CENTRES DUNEDIN. The fifth round of cricket matches was continued in perfect weather and on good wickets. Carisbrook, 400 (Blunt 140, Smith 93, Napier, not out 43), played Grange, no wickets for 13. Kaikorai, 138 (McKnight 47), met Old Boys’ (two wickets down for 67). Bowling for Old Boys Dickinson took four wickets for 58 runs and Alloo four for 45. University’, 249 (Priest 75, Cameron 42), played Albion (one wicket for 12). Dunedin, 212 (Ditchfield, not out, 75, Cavanagh 49), met Christian Brothers, one wicket down for 74 (Blair 42). .Badcock, bowling for Christian Brothers, took seven wickets for 46 runs. WELLINGTON. Brighter batting was seen on Saturday afternoon when the sixth series of the senior cricket, championship matches began on easy wickets after showers overnight. Institute ran up 407 for eight, wickets (Lambert 147, Calvert 106, Wareham 47, C. Bilby 42 not out, Henderson 37 not out.) against Kilbirnie. Lambert and Calvert put on 151 runs for the fifth wicket in 58 minutes. Henderson and Bilby added 76 for the ninth wicket and were going strongly' when stumps were drawn. Good bowling by Lausloe (four wickets for 48 runs), Lamason, three for 51 and Dempster, two for 19) saw Old Boys dismiss Midland for 167 (O’Neill 48 not out). Old Boys replied with 97 for three wickers (Dempster 51). Hutt totalled 235 (McGirr 66, Aim 46, McLeod 33) against University, three wickets down for 45. Bowling for ’Varsity, Macallan took three wickets for 58 runs, Harrison three for 60 and Bagge three for 84. Hope, the Petone fast bowler, was mainly responsible for Wellington’s downfall for 187 (Whyte 67, Ell 37, A. G. Wiren 28 not out). Hope captured six for 55 finishing off with the hat. trick. Petone scored 55 for the loss of four wickets. SYDNEY MATCHES THREE CENTURIES SCORED. (United Press Assn.—By Telegraph—Copyright.) (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Sydney, January 17. In grade cricket matches Naughan made 145 and Henderson 103 for St. George against Marrickville; and Andrews, the former international, 100 for Petersham against Randwick. Bowling for Gordon against Mosman Sullivan took four for 33.