CRICKET

Southland Times, Issue 21652, 14 March 1932, Page 6

CRICKET

SATURDAY’S GAMES IDEAL CONDITIONS MATCHES AT INTERESTING STAGES CENTURY TO SCANDRETT ' With the closing of the cricket season now well in sight, interest in the senior competition is quickening, and there was a good attendance of spectators present at all the matches on Saturday afternoon. The heavy rain in the early morning had not affected the wickets at all (unless for their betterment) and conditions were almost ideal when the games commenced. The keenest interest was taken in the match between the I.C.C. and the Marist elevens, which arc at present lying first and third in the respective placings in the competition. The bowling of the Marist trundlers commanded respect practically throughout and none of the Invercargill batsmen made a very long stand, the innings closing for 141, which included 26 extras. Tapley (19) was the most aggressive batsman but succumbed to a good bowl from Nisbet just when runs were commencing to come more freely. When stumps were drawn, Marist were three wickets down for 76, so the game is now at an interesting stage and should provide a good finish. Thanks to an excellent, though by no means a chancelcss, innings by Scandrett, who netted 132 not out at the close of the day’s play, High School have compiled a good total of 260 for eight wickets in their match against Appleby played at the High School grounds. Bluff (30) collapsed altogether in their first strike against Union, who have replied with 206 runs. In addition to Scandrett, good batting totals were registered by Anderson (66) and Poole (38), while several reached the twenties. The bowling, too, was of an improved standard, and some good averages were obtained by the trundlers. MARIST v. LC.C. Southern, the I.C.C. captain won the toss in the match with Marist at the Showgrounds. and elected to bat on an easy wicket. Pollock and Southern opened to the bowling of McMillan and Ryan but runs came slowly, both treating the trundlers with respect and the scoring was mostly in singles. With his score at four, Pollock was badly missed by Nisbet. When the total stood at 35, Southern (12) let one from Nisbet past him. Esquilant joined Pollock but the latter was dismissed shortly afterwards by a god ball for Nisbet. 46— 2 —17. Gilbertson was the incomer. Esquilant, after adding two singles to his score, was smartly caught by Hallamore off Broad. 58 —3 —12. Tapley joined Gilbert son and the game brightened a little, but the batsmen were still taking no risks against accurate bowling. When 17, Tapley, who was batting fairly aggressively was badly missed by McEwan at point but, two balls later, was clean bowled by Nisbet. His score of 19 included two sixes. Gilbertson and Sievwright became associated and the scoring slackened. The former, when 11, put his leg in front to McMillan. 92— s—ll. Scott joined Sievwright but the batsmen were kept quiet by good bowling by McMillan and Duthie till the latter striker was clean bowled by McMillan, who had sent down three maidens in succession. 93— Scott went a moment afterwards for a duck. Smith and McKenzie were together but Smith was dismissed by a catch by Broad off Ryan’s first ball. Pogo joined McKenzie and runs came more freely. When 13, however, McKenzie was well caught by Milne behind the stumps off Broad. 139—9—13. The innings closed for 141 shortly afterwards when Doigi skied one which Beadle accepted. At 4.55 p.m. Marist opened with Milne and Duthie to the bowling of Fogo and Southern, Duthie being cleaned bowled by the latter before opening his account. Hallamore joined Milne and the pair batted attractively, the board showing 44 when Milne cocked a rising ball to Scott off Fogo. Riddell replaced Milne and Gilbertson, who came one at the north end, got one past Hallamore in his first over. 44—3—29. Hallamore’s score included four fours and a six. Broad joined Riddell and, at stumps, the pair were together, the score reading 77 for three, Riddell not out four, Broad not out 28. This game is now in an interesting stage. Messrs A. V. Poole and H. Drees were the umpires. The details are as follows: — I.C.C.

First Innings. Pollock b Nisbet 17 Southern b Nisbet 12 Esquilant c Hallamore b Broad 12 Tapley b Nisbet 19 Sievwright b McMillan 4 Gilbertson lbw b McMillan 11 Scott b McMillan 0 Smith c Broad b Ryan 8 McKenzie c Milne b Broad 13 Doig c Beadle b Broad 1 Fogo not out 18 Extras 26 Total 141 Bowling Analysis.

• MARIST. First Innings. Milne c Scott b Fogo 9 Duthift b Southern 0 Hallamore b Gilbertson 29 Riddell not out 4 Broad not out 28 Extras 6 Total for three wickets 76 UNION v. BLUFF Bluff batted first in their match with Union at the Showgrounds but their strike proved a debacle, six batsmen 'being each dismissed without adding to the total. Carter (10) and West (10) were the only ones to make anything like a stand at all against the deadly bowling of Sinclair and Woodward. The former’s average, seven wickets for 17, was a splendid performance. Hamilton and Poole opened for Union but runs came fairly slowly. The former hit one up from Mclvor and Nixey accepted the chance, as did the same fieldsman shortly afterwards in the case of Poole. Anderson played a sound innings for his 66, while Hinton, also, was going in good style with two, sixes in his score of 13 when he was caught by Vincent off Mclvor. The innings finally closed for 206. Messrs A. Anderson and R. Hallamore were the umpires. Following are the detailed scores: — BLUFF. First Innings. Carter c Lilley b Woodward 10 J. Parry c and b Sinclair 3 Driscoll b Sinclair 0 McDonald b Woodward 0 Mclvor st b Sinclair 0 Hutchinson b Sinclair 0 Nixey run out . 0 D. Parry c Anderson b Sinclair 1 Pickard b Sinclair 0 West c Poole b Sinclair 10 Vincent not out 3 Extras .3 ' Total 30

Bowling Analysis.

UNION. First Innings. Hamilton c Nixey b Mclvor 31 Poole c Nixey b D. Parry 38 Anderson b Carter 96 McColl run out 1 Wilson c Hutchinson b Parry 0 Hinton c Vincent b Mclvor 13 Sinclair c Mclvor b Parry 9 Carlow c and b Parry 14 Lilley lbw b Carter 4 Woodward b McDonald 10 Conley not out 0 Extras 20 . • Total 206 Bowling Analysis.

APPLEBY v. HIGH SCHOOL The game between High School and Appleby was commenced at the School ground on a wet wicket. L. Uttley opened for School with Carswell and they knocked up 30 runs between them but the next two wickets fell cheaply. Scandrett, however, stopped the rot and scored in good style while his mates managed to stand up to the bowling of the Appleby trundlers to give him his opportunity. When stumps were drawn for the day, he was still unbeaten and School’s total was 260 for eight wickets. Several changes of bowlers were made but the most successfid were Johnson and McGowan. Messrs A. Glozier and R. Taylor umpired the game. Following are the details: HIGH SCHOOL. First Innings. L. Uttley b Groves • 20 Carswell c McGowan b Johnson 10 Spence c McGowan b Johnson 4 Allen c McGowan b. Johnson 4 Scandrett not out 132 Mackie lbw b Johnson 16 Dr. Uttley c Kidd b Johnson 3 Mackrell c Johnson b McGowan 14 Reid stumped Carson b McGowan 13 Lee not out 26 Extras 18 Total for eight wickets 260

SECOND GRADE A SECTION. UNION v. I.C.C. The match between Union and I.C.C. was commenced at Queen’s Park, the latter eleven batting first. Stevens and Francis were the opening batsmen but Francis was run out when he had added only two to the score. Stevens (21) and Metcalfe (24) made a stand though the remaining men with the exception of , Agnew and McCallum, failed badly, the innings closing for 109. Belsham and Tayles bowled well for Union, who, when stumps were drawn, had lost five wickets for 155. Watson batted agressively for his 69 while Mattingly (52) was also in good form. Following are the details: — I.C.C. First Innings. Stevens b Belsham 21 Francis run out 2 Metcalfe b Tayles 24 Robinson run out 0 R. Agnew b Belsham 0 Timms b Belsham 0 McCallum b Tayles 10 Duff lbw b Belsham 0 Agnew b Tayles 15 Clark not out 7 Bruce c Undrill b Mattingly 16 Extras 14 Total 109 Bowling analysis: Mattingly took one wicket for 23, Belsham four for 45, Tayles three for 18, Alabaster none for 8. UNION. , First Innings. Watson c Metcalfe b Agnew 69 Haberfield b Agnew 4 Mclntosh c and b Agnew 14 Mattingly b Agnew 52 Tayles c Duff b Agnew 1 Undrill not out 5 Craig not out 2 Extras 8 Total for five wickets 155 APPLEBY v. OLD BOYS. In contrast to their long list of successes Old Boys seem to be up against it in their match with Appleby at Queen’s Park. The suburban men quickly realized that Old Boys’ attack was not up to its reputed standard and belted everything served up to them. It was not until Hawke discarded the pads and shouldered the burden of the attack that Old Boys looked like getting wickets. In the interim Appleby had rattled on over eighty runs, the innings closing for a total of 149. Old Boys batting was even worse than their attach and at “stumps” had lost five wickets for 37 runs. Following are details: — APPLEBY. First Innings. Agnew b Henderson O’ Logan lbw b Mitchell 7 Watson c Anderson b Hawke 49 Marchant c and b Mitchell 6 Calvert c Anderson b Hawke 10 Jordan b Hawke 0 Poole b Hawke 12 Tansley c Wilson b Hawke 0 Boivin c Anderson b Hawke _ 14 Groves not out 11 W. Lilley run out 11 Extras 29 Total 149

Bowling Analysis. Hawke took six wickets for 40 runs; Mitchell two for 15, Henderson one for 28. OLD BOYS. First Innings. Mitchell b Marchant 1 Hawke c Lilley b Logan 4 Wilson c Calvert b Logan 4 Henderson c Jordan b Logan 8 Wesney not out 18 Cooper lbw b Marchant 0 Lynch not out 1 Extras 1 Total for five wickets 37 SECTION B. I.C.C. v. OLD BOYS. Playing at Biggar street east, I.C.C. 133 defeated Old Boys 79 by 54 runs. Batting for 1.C.C., D. Martin 41, J. Barnhill 26, Harris 21, Lee 10 and Weir 10 scored well, as for Old Boys, did D. Carswell 18, Canning 15, Smith 15, H. Carswell 13, and Aitchison 10 not out. Bowling for the winners, Lee took four wickets for 29, Weir three for 18, Barnhill one for 8 and Harris one for 18, while, for the losers, Coakley six for 54 and Canning three for 47 bowled well. RAILWAY v. TISBURY. Tisbury, playing Railway on the Biggar street west ground, defeated their opponents by 27 runs on the first innings. Railway batted first and compiled 80 runs (Taylor 16, Shand not out 17) to which Tisbury replied with 53 (Corkin 16). In their second strike, Railway knocked up

113 (Jamieson 35, Nolan 21). For Railway, Williams took six wickets for 26 and Ramage three for 5 while, in the first innings, Morrison took four Railway wickets for 36 and Corkin six for 36. MARIST DEFAULT TO BLUFF. Marist defaulted to Bluff. THIRD GRADE BORSTAL v. OLD BOYS. Borstal scored an eight point win over Old Boys at the Showgrounds. Borstal won the toss and put in their opponents, who, however, collapsed for 14. Borstal's first strike netted 216 but Old Boys’ replied with only 43, Borstal thus winning by an innings and 159 runs. For the winners, the highest individual scores were 50, 47 and 34 respectively while Grace 23 batted well for the losers. Three of the Borstal bowlers took five wickets for 7, four for 21 and four for 15 while, for Old Boys, Cunningham took two wickets for 6, Smyth one for 5, Luzmoor three for 49 and Paterson three for 55. WAIKIWI DEFEAT APPLEBY. Playing at the Showgrounds, Waikiwi scoreci an eight point win over Appleby. Waikiwi’s first innings produced 91 (Broad 53, Fulton 13) and their second strike 43. Appleby replied with 68 (Jack Calvert 24, Shirley 15) and 35 respectively, Waikiwi thus gaining a victory by 31 runs. COLLEGIATE v. MARIST. Marist, playing Collegiate on the Showgrounds, won an eight point victory over their opponents quite comfortably. Marist, batting first, knocked up 96 (Forde 22, Chisholm not out 18, Murphy 16) to which Collegiate replied with 31 (Sutherland 10 not out) and Good 11 being the only two batsmen to make a stand. Bowling for Collegiate, Hopgood took two wickets for 14 while, for Marist, Dawson four for 7. Forde three for 7 and Shepard two for 5 trundled well. Marist, when 33 for six wickets, declared their second innings closed but Collegiate scored only 53 (Sutherland 14), Marist thus winning by 45 runs.

FRIENDLY MATCH NAVAL MEN AT PLAY. COLLEGIATE v. H.M.S. LABURNUM ELEVEN. Considerable interest was taken in a friendly match between a Collegiate eleven and a team from the H.M.S. Laburnum, which game was played at Queen’s Park under excellent weather conditions. The naval men, despite their limited means for practice, are a good team and several officers and midshipmen comprise their eleven. The Laburnum men batted first and knocked up 45. Lieut. Burdon played soundly for his score of 22. Collegiate declared when 98 for three wickets, Dunlop, who scored 47 in fast time,' and Pay (21), both.- retiring. The naval eleven made a more determined stand, however, in their second innings, Bronfield (24), Pike (13) and Kenton (13) being the top scorers in a total of 73 for seven wickets, Collegiate thus being confined to a win on the first innings. The Collegiate bowling honours were shared by Thom, Cunningham and Jones. After the match a dinner, in honour of visitors, was held at the Federal Tearooms, the proceedings throughout being of a most cordial nature. IN OTHER CENTRES DUNEDIN. The final cricket matches of the season w r ere begun in good weather. In the match between Grange and Caris-bl-ook, the two leading teams, Grange batted all afternoon, scoring 380 for six wickets (Knight not out 157, Chettlcburgh 85, Galland 44, Tomkinson 38). Christian Brothers made 187 (Lynch 37, Badcock 30, Brooks 41) and Alloo 7 for 64 and Leader 3 for 37 against Old Boys who have lost 4 for 145 (Gale 52). University made 134 (Sinclair 49 and Henderson 5 for 33) against Albion who have lost 5 for 69 (L. Smith not out 30). Dunedin made 194 (Ditchfield 50, Coupland 33, Cavanagh 32 and McKnight 3 for 13) against Kaikorai who have lost 6 for 49. Coupland took 3 for 16 and Claridge 2 for 16. CHRISTCHURCH. The semi-final matches in the cricket championship were concluded on Saturday. Old Boys beat St. Albans by four wickets. St. Albans scored 106 and 140 runs. Bowling for Old Boys McDonald took four wickets for 50 and Burrows four for 44. Old Bovs compiled 173 and lost six for 74. Svdenham (272) beat Old Collegians (183) on the first innings. For Old Collegians Chrystall scored 52 and R. O. Talbot 32. Bowling for Sydenham, Bellamy took four for 28. WELLINGTON. The eighth series of the senior cricket championship concluded on Saturday resulted in Hutt meeting with their first defeat of the season. Hutt could only respond with 169 and 88 for two wickets to Kilbirnie’s 301. University (383) got rid of Petone for 169 and, following on, Petone lost seven wickets for 112. Old Boys 209 (Lamason 71, Moore 38) beat Institute 170 and 284 for seven wickets (Lambert 100, Banks 52 not out and Bilby 32). Wellington 286 beat Midland 152 (J. W. Hutchings 38 and Law 37) and 108 for six wickets (Clark 31 and Dustin 28). Bowling for Wellington Cousins in the first innings captured seven for 58 runs. Hutt are leading for the premiership with 35 points, with Kilbirnie and Institute next with 30 each.- Old Boys are close up with 28.

SHEFFIELD SHIELD SOUTH AUSTRALIA’S GOOD SCORE. (United Press Assn.—By Telegraph—Copyright.) (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Brisbane, March 12. In the Sheffield Shield match, South Australia in the first innings lost eight wickets for 383 (Richardson 121, Lonergan 95, Catchlove 90 not out). LORD TENNYSON’S TEAM MATCH AGAINST JAMAICA. HOME SIDE IN GOOD POSITION. (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Kingston, March 11. Signs point to the defeat of Lord Tennyson’s cricketers on the second day of the match with the Colony of Jamaica. The Englishmen were all out in the first innings for 333, whereas the Jamaicans scored 393 for five wickets (Headley 140, Barrow not out 151). Play resumes on Saturday. WISDEN’S FIVE C. S. DEMPSTER INCLUDED. London, March 11. Wisden’s five cricketers for the year in England are as follows: Nawab of Pataudi (Oxford), Jim Langridge (Sussex), H. Verity (Yorkshire), W. E. Bowes (Yorkshire), C. S. Dempster (New Zealand), who' is described as the best batsman New Zealand has ever produced.

0. M. R. W. McMillan 15 8 12 3 Ryan 10 3 24 1 Duthie 10 4 13 0 Nisbet 17 6 41 3 Broad 10 3 25 3

O. M. R. W. Sinclair 9 3 17 7 Woodward 8 3 10 2

O. M. R. W. D. Parry 13 1 60 4 Mclvor 12 2 36 2 McDonald 7 1 34 1 Carter 8 2 17 2 Hutchinson 4 1 25 0 West 2 0 19 0