CRICKET

Southland Times, Issue 22450, 10 December 1934, Page 8

CRICKET

SATURDAY’S GAMES SENIOR COMPETITIONS COMMENCE CENTURY FOR J. C. SCANDRETT (By “Onlooker.”) < Glorious weather and playing conditions prevailed on Saturday afternoon for the opening of the new senior A and B competitions recently adopted by the Southland Cricket Association. In the A section the Appleby-Union game is at a very interesting stage, with perhaps the slightest advantage in Appleby’s favour. The southenders have replied to Union’s 157 with 106 for the loss of four wickets, and should the conditions be favourable again next Saturday they should just about get the 51 runs required to lead on the first innings. Old Boys are in a very good position against Marist, who batting first on a fair wicket, were dismissed in under two hours for 121 runs. '-'ld Boys replied with 195 for the loss of six wickets and with such a good lead and four wickets in hand should force a straightout win next Saturday. The best batting performance of the afternoon was J. C. Scandrett’s century for Old Boys, the first senior century for the season. Scandrett had not shown much of his best form in the earlier matches, but he made amends for this, lapse with a brilliant knock for 100 on this occasion. Going in first with Hawke he batted for an hour and three-quarters and left when the score was 159 for the loss of five wickets. He scored at a fast pace throughout and scored 62 runs in boundaries (14 fours and one six). It was a splendid exhibition of all round batting and was well received by the players and the spectators. In the same match R. Hallamore (Marist), also returned to form with the bat and scored 43 in his best style before being caught. Hallamore’s innings was not altogether without blemish, but it showed that his loss of form earlier was only temporary, and from now on some good scores should come from his bat.

Another good performance was that of Brew, who opened Union’s innings and carried his bat throughout the innings for 56. Brew hatted very patiently, and although surviving more than one life, played an invaluable innings for his side. Only two boundaries were included in his total.

Of the bowlers A. Pickard (Old Boys) came out with the excellent figures of six for 38, while Marchant bowled very steadily for Appleby in securing three Union wickets for 15 runs.

On the whole the cricket was bright and scoring generally maintained at a fair rate. The bigger boundaries at the Appleby ground had the effect of keeping the totals there down to reasonable limits, but on the other hand the boundaries at the showgrounds helped batsmen. ' The Senior B competition created a fair amount of interest. It was disappointing, however, to note in the showgrounds game (Union-Railway) the number of players in ordinary civilian clothes. Properly tagged boots also appeared to be at a premium in this game. It certainly did not look like senior cricket, and from this viewpoint alone the inauguration of the new competition was a disappointment. Low scoring was the order in this game with Railway’s bowlers proving too good for the Union batsmen. The standard of cricket generally was not high, but probably when the teams become more accustomed to playing on turf it will improve. Down at Bluff Invercargill have established themselves in a good position against Bluff. There was no outstanding batting performances in this game, but bowlers on both sides did well. RESULTS OF SENIOR GAMES. A Section. Union, 157; Appleby, 106 for four wickets. Marist, 121; Old Boys, 195 for six wickets. B Section. Railway, 78 and 80 for two wickets; Union 54. Invercargill, 129 and 42 for no wickets; Bluff, 95. BEST PERFORMANCES. A Section. —Batting.— J. C. Scandrett (Old Boys) 100 A. Brew (Union) *56 R. G. Hallamore (Marist) 43 •Not cut. —Bowling.— A. G. Pickard (Old Boys) 6 —38 C. B. Marchant (Appleby) 3—15 W. Spence (Appleby) 4—64 B Section. —Batting.— F. W. Williams (Raffway) *39 J. R. Bell (Railway) *33 •Not out. —Bowling.— F. W. Williams (Railway) 6—28 J. Ingram (Union) 5—41 W. McDonald (Bluff) 5-58 T. Loose (Railway) 4—lB M. O’Grady (Union) 3—15 T. McKenzie (Invercargill) 3—23 J. A. Doig (Invercargill) 3—25. B. Agnew (Invercargill) 2—2 A SECTION UNION v. APPLEBY. This game was played at the Appleby ground where a good wicket was provided. Union took first use of the wicket, but made a bad start, W. Swinney losing his wicket to J. Purdue with eight runs on the board. McColl followed and was batting well when he was smartly run out. 20—2 —9. Hamilton did not stay long with Brew, who was playing the rock game, and with the total 33 Hamilton was bowled by Marchant. V. Poole then joined Brew and the pair assisted by some weak fielding, settled down to the best partnership of the afternoon. Runs came steadily and 90 appeared after 98 minutes’ play. At 92 Poole was out lbw to Purdue with 31 against his name. It was a good stand by Brew and Poole and saved Union from a complete collapse. Marshall was the only tailender to help Brew to add to the total which reached 157 before the last wicket fell. Brew carried his bat for 56. He was at the batting crease for 156 minutes. Spence and Marchant were the most successful of the Appleby bowlers, all of whom received very little assistance from the field. Appleby’s fielding generally was poor. Appleby fared little better than Union in their opening. Spence went at 24 and McGowan at 33, both wickets being gained by the young Union bowler Marshall. Carson and J. Purdue made a minor stand, but it was not until Milne and Riddell became associated that Appleby’s stocks looked at all bright. Riddell and Milne took the score from 68 for four to 106 without further loss, and thus placed Appleby in a good position, Appleby took 85

minutes to get their runs. This match will be concluded next Saturday. Details:— UNION. First Innings, Brew not out 56 Swinney b J. Purdue 3 McColl run out 9 Hamilton b Marchant 5 V. Poole lbw b Purdue 31 Pay st Carson b Spence 13 Ferguson b Spence 7 A. Poole c Carson b-Spence 0 Marshall b Marchant 16 Sparkes b Marchant 0 Yates b Spence 0 ■ Extras / . ■ ■ 11 Total 157 Bowling Analysis. O. M. R; W.

. APPLEBY. First Innings. Spence c McColl b Marshall 1. McGowan b Marshall 8 Carson b Ferguson 14 J. Purdue c Ferguson b A. Poole 17 Milne out out 20 Riddell not out 18 Extras 18 Total for four wickets 106 Bowling for Union Marshall has taken two wickets for 27 runs. OLD BOYS v. MARIST Marist batted first in this game and compiled 121 in good time, the last wicket falling just after 4 o’clock. Marist lost their first two wickets for three runs, but first R. Hallamore and then Duthie helped largely to retrieve a bad position. They succeeded more or less the other nine batsmen aggregating only 33 between them. Hallamore hit five fours and a five in his 43 and Duthie four fours and two sixes in his 33. Old Boys’ out-cricket was exemplary, despite the fact that a couple of chances were dropped. The ground fielding was brilliant at times and Hawke’s wicketkeeping of a high standard. Pickard again demonstrated his worth as a medium pace bowler of merit by securing the excellent figures of six for 38 He was well supported by McKelvey who trundled very well without much success.

Old Boys lost their first wicket (Hawke) at 24, but thereafter the batsmen, particularly Scandrett, took complete charge of the bowling and scored freely. The hundred appeared in 80 minutes and the total at stumps, 195, in 135 minutes. Scandrett was caught by Lock just after he had completed his century. He scored 100 out of the first 159 runs scored. G. Anderson and Mitchell are the not out men with 22 and 11 runs respectively to their credit.

There was not a great deal of sting in the Marist attack. Brittenden, a newcomer, has a nice left-handed action and with a good field, shapes like getting wickets. Duthie was erratic and Campbell failed to get a good length although he completely beat McKelvey with a good ball. Details:—

MARIST. First Innings. Lock c Hawke b McKelvey 1 S. Hallamore b Pickard 1 R. Hallamore c Hawke b Pickard 43 Brittenden c Henderson b Pickard 7 Grace c Henderson b Pickard 2 Halpin c Mitchell b Pickard 0 Duthie c Anderson b Scandrett 33 Reeve run out 10 Forde b McKelvey 4 Campbell not out 2 Derbie b Pickard 6 Extras 12 Total 121 Bowling Analysis.

GLD BOYS. First Innings. Scandrett c Lock b S. Hallamore 100 Hawke c Grace b Brittenden 7 McKelvey b Campbell 9 Wesney b Grace 20 Henderson c R. Hallamore b S. Hallamore 6 Pickard run out 9 Anderson not out 22 Mitchell not out 11 Extras 11 Total for six wickets 195 Bowling for Marist S. Hallamore has taken two wickets for 22. B SECTION RAILWAY v. UNION. Railway were dismissed for the small score of 78 but it proved to be too much for Union whose reply reached only 54. Railway did much better in the second innings and have got 80 on the board for the loss of two wickets. The wicket, at the Showgrounds, was uneven and bumped a lot. Collins (Union) while batting, received a nasty knock on the hand. Details:— RAILWAY. First Innings. Burgess b Ingram 1 Jordan b Morrison 1 Rimmer lbw b Ingram 1 Williams c Morrison b O’Grady 14 Peterson b Ingram 10 Ray Bell not out 33 Martin c Hinton b Ingram 0 Loose b O’Grady 0 Hensley b Ingram 2 Shand c and b O’Grady 7 Taylor run not 1 Extras 8 Total 78 Bowling Analysis.

Second Innings. Burgess b Morrison 1 Jordan not out 24 Rimmer nm out 10 Williams not out 39 Extras 6 Total for two wickets 80

UNION. First Innings. Mudie lbw b Loose 0 Haberfield b Williams 10 Collins b Williams 12 Morrison b Loose 2 Mullen b Williams 3 Thom b Williams 7 Ingram b Loose 1 Hinton b Williams 4 Jones b Loose 7 Aitken not out 0 O’Grady c Hensleigh b Williams 0 Extras 8 Total 54 Bowling Analysis.

INVERCARGILL v. BLUFF Invercargill should secure a win against Bluff at Bluff. They led Bluff by 34 runs on the first innings and have 42 for none in the second. Following are the scores:— INVERCARGILL. First Innings. C. McKenzie c Burtenshaw b Nixey 4 Tapley cL. Barnett b McDonald 23 Hopgood run out 9 Sievwright c Barnett b McDonald 7 Agnew c Barnett b Nixey 22 Carswell run out 8 Robinson c Pickard b McDonald 12 T. McKenzie c Crozier b McDonald 6 Anderson run out 9 Doig c Nixey b McDonald - 9 Giller not out 13 Extras 8 Total 129 Bowling Analysis.

Tapley not out 20 C. McKenzie not out 21 Extras 1 Total for no wickets 42 BLUFF. First Innings. Crozier b C. McKenzie 28 R. Barnett, c Robinson b Doig 23 Sylvester lbw b Doig * 1 Nixey lbw b Doig 3 L. Barnett run out 0 Forde lbw b Agnew 18 McDonald b T. McKenzie 9 Hamilton b Agnew 0 Burtenshaw not out 0 Calder b T. McKenzie 1 Pickard lbw b T. McKenzie 0 Extras 12 Total 95 Bowling Analysis.

JUNIOR A MARIST v. INVERCARGILL. Invercargill batted first and scored 146 (Malloch 58, Smith 17, Alabaster 16, Francis 15, Broad 13) against Marist who replied with 162 (E. Campbell 55 not out, Maher 34, Anderson 21, Forde 18, Tither 10). In Invercargill’s innings no fewer than nine men were dismissed caught, the fielding of the Marist team being exemplary, For Marist Ryan took five wickets for 41 runs and for Invercargill Francis secured four for 25.

JUNIOR B GEORGETOWN v. OLD BOYS. Georgetown 99 (Graham 31, Craig 25) defeated Old Boys 60 (Gutzwitz 31) by 39 runs on the first innings. Bowling for the winners, Graham took four for 9, while for the losers Robinson secured five wickets for 19 runs. APPLEBY v. RAILWAY. Appleby 153 for 8 wickets (C. Shirley 83, McNeilage 21, Groves 12, Tully 13) defeated Railway 72 and 92 for 5 (Nolan 23, Murdoch 57) by 81 runs. Bowling for the winners, L. Jordan took five for 21 rims, A. Jordan three for 23, Groves two for 7; while for the losers White three for 19, Murdoch two for 23, Nolan two for 37. POST AND TELEGRAPH v. TECHNICAL COLLEGE. Post and Telegraph 134 defeated Technical 70 by 64 runs on the first innings. Batting for Post and Telegraph C. S. Shirley scored 65, Smith 14 not out and Lemin 10. For Technical, Crofts scored 17 and Shirely 13. Bowling for Post and Telegraph Gutzewitz took seven wickets for 24, Smith two for 13, Drury one for 4, and for Technical Shirley six for 45, Webb three for 48 and McEwan one for 28. SOUTHLAND BOYS HIGH SCHOOL v. BLUFF. Southland Boys’ High School drew with Bluff. The principal scorers were: For High School, Armour 57 not out, Moore 30, Bamford 20, Jarvis 10. For Bluff, Bradshaw 32, Allen 10, McDermott 12. THIRD GRADE MARIST v. APPLEBY. Marist 134 (Cusack 35, Hoffman 30, Rattray 26, Fraser 21, N. Grace 15) defeated Appleby 52 and 46 by an innings and 36 runs. Bowling for Marist Rattray took four wickets for 19 and three for 10, Fraser six for 19 and two for 12, Currie three for 8 and Hoffman two for 5. INVERCARGILL v. GEORGETOWN. HAT-TRICK PERFORMED. Georgetown scored 66 (Faircloth 29 not out, Morgan 7), and Invercargill replied with 75. (Penny 43, Berryman 8, Williams 15 not out). Georgetown’s second innings was declared with 6 wickets down for 68, (Ferguson 26, Blackie 11, Dark 11 not out). At the close of play Invercargill had three wickets down for 12, the game resulting in a win for Invercargill on the first innings by 9 runs. In this game Dark, of Georgetown performed the hat-trick. LADIES’ MATCH) COLLEGIATE v. HIGH SCHOOL. HAT TRICK TO E. BELL. Playing on Doon street, Collegiate (108 for nine wickets declared), E. Bell 25 retired, B. Ingram 24 retired, I. Dickson 19 retired, defeated High School 26 and 8 (A. Russell 9 and P. Bradshaw 7), by an innings and 74 runs. Bowling for the winners (E. Bell t’qree for 2, E. Ferguson three for 2, I. Dickson two for 3, P. Hannah two for 2, A. Pittaway two for none). Bowling for School (J. Smith took two for 22, A. McLean one for 9, A. Russell one for 15). Miss Bell’s is the first hat trick recorded in ladies’ cricket in Southland. EASTERN SOUTHLAND MATAURA A v. WAIKOIKOI. (From Our Correspondent.) Weather conditions were again ideal on Saturday for the continuance of the Eastern District competitions which were advanced a further stage by Mataura A meeting Waikoikoi at the latter club’s ground. Mataura’s ranks had to be filled by several who had not had much practise during the season, many of the regular side being, unavailable owing to sickness. ’Koi secured a comfortable win after an enjoyable game, Robertson compiling a useful 43 before his wicket fell to Quilter, to whom also fell the honour of dismissing eight batsmen for 62, while several other members of that side assisted with good scores. For the visitors Bogue with 33 and McConnell with 19 were the only batsmen to reach double figures. Following are the scores: MATAURA A. Townsend c McCall b W. Spittle 7 Bogue c McCall b G. McCall 33 Hardie c McDonald b W. Spittle 8

Macartney b Crawford 3 Quilter run out 7 McConnell c W. Spittle b G. McCall 19 Anderson c G. Spittle b P. Crawford 6 Patrick not out 9 Major lbw 0 Philips run out 0 Bottlng b McDonald 0 Extras 3 Total 95 Bowling analysis.—Crawford took two wickets for 35 runs, W. Spittle two for 21, McDonald two for 7, McCall none for 10, G. McCall tw~ for 19. WAIKOIKOI. J. McCall b Quilter 24 A. Crawford c Bogue b Townsend 31 G. McCall c Bogue b Quilter 5 W. Spittle b Quilter 12 J. Crawford b Quilter 2 G. Spittle c Hardie b Quilter 19 B. Robertson b Quilter 43 McDonald c McConnell b Quilter 7 McKenzie not out 34 W. Reid b Quilter 0 S. Bryson b Quilter 2 Extras 23 202 Bowling analysis.—Anderson one for 17, McConnell none for 36, Bogue none for 14, Townsend one for 24, Quilter eight for 62, Patrick none for 14, Major none for 12. CELTIC A v. MATAURA B. Celtic A defeated Mataura B in the Eastern Southland competition on the Mataura grounds on Saturday on the first innings. Mataura batted first and scored 48 (V. Alderson 12, B. Lloyd 20, O. Anderson three wickets for 2 runs, O’Connor four for 21). Celtic scored 119, several batsmen retiring (O’Connor 47 retired and Piper 32). In their second innings Mataura made a better showing, scoring 75 for three wickets. Details are as follows:— MATAURA B. First Innings. J. Martin b Anderson 0 L. Udy b Anderson 0 W. Gilchrist b Anderson 0 V. Alderson c Telfer b Currie 12 J. Hannah b O’Connor 0 B. Mac Gibbon st Fleming b O’Connor 0 B. Lloyd b O’Connor 20 E. Ramage b O’Connor 1 G. Gilchrist c Esplin b Williamson 11 J. Quilter not out 3 O. Cowan c Koch b Williamson 1 Total 48 Bowling analysis.—Anderson took three wickets for 2 runs, O’Connor four for 21, Williamson two for 9, Telfer one for 2. Second Innings. G. Gilchrist b Koch 2 B. Gilchrist retired 23 B. Lloyd c McKenzie b Esplin 32 V. Alderson c Anderson ’b O’Connor 10 Hannah not out 1 J. Martin not out 0 Extras 7 Total for three wickets 75 Bowling analysis.—Esplin took one wicket for 15 runs, Koch one for 16, O’Connor one for 10. CELTIC A. Currie c Quilter b Mac Gibbon 15 Esplin c G. Gilchrist b Lloyd 2 Piper c and b Hannah 32 Telfer c Quilter b Alderson 14 Gentle lbw b Gilchrist 0 O’Connor retired 47 Williamson c G. Gilchrist b Martin 19 Koch retired 13 McKenzie retired 25 Anderson retired 3 Fleming retired 12 Extras Total 199

Bowling analysis.—MacGibbon took one wicket for 27 runs, Lloyd one for 23, Hannah one for 19, Alderson one for 21, Gilchrist one for 13, Martin one for 29. HAWKE CUP MATCH MARLBOROUGH DEFEAT NELSON. (Per United Press Association.) Blenheim, December 8. Marlborough defeated Nelson in a Hawke Cup preliminary game by three wickets. NELSON. First innings 141 Second Innings. Karsten fun out 2 Neale b Goodwin 7 Campbell c Rowe b Gibbs 13 McGirr b Cresswell 26 Newman b Gibbs 64 Ralfe b Gibbs . 0 Browne c Hastleow b Robinson 15 Freeman lbw b Robinson 4 Fowler lbw b Robinson 0 Hawkes lbw b Gibbs 9 Stewart not out 4 Extras 12 Total 156 Bowling analysis: Robinson three for 40, Goodwin one fqr 35, Cresswell one for 41, Gibbs four for 29. MARLBOROUGH First innings 224 Second Innings. Hastelow b Ralfe 3 Neal b Ralfe 10 Fleming c Freeman b McGirr 6 O’Sullivan b Ralfe 13 Stevenson c Karsten b McGirr 20 Robinson b Ralfe 7 Auty not out 2 Gibbs b Browne 0 Cresswell not out 4 Extras 12 Total for seven wickets 77 Bowling: Ralfe 4 for 16, McGirr two for 26; Browne one for 28. IN OTHER CENTRES. DUNEDIN MATCH. Matches were played on good wickets. Against University Grange made 398 (Chettelburgh 147, Elmes 27, Dey 45, Boyd 49, Chadwick 50 and Lemin 33). Kaikorai 94 (Rennick 30; Dickinson eight for 22 off 18 overs) met High School Old Boys 148 (Leader 56, G. Edwards 39; Talbot three for 33). Against Carisbrook B, Colts made 375 for 8 wickets (Saxton 74,' McGregor 65, Knowles 73, Hogg not out 44, Begg 57). Christian Bros, made 207 (Rodgerson 59, C. Toomey 30) against Albion, 24 for 2 (Mowat two for 14). Carisbrook A 280 (Dunning 105, A. Cameron 32, McMullan 41) met Dunedin 26 for one. ENGLISH WOMEN’S TEAM MATCH AGAINST VICTORIA. 8 VISITORS BEHIND ON FIRST INNINGS. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 6.30p.m.) Melbourne, Dec. 9 In the match between the English Women Cricketers and Victoria, the latter gained a first innings lead of 32. Owing to a misunderstanding regarding the Victorian Cricket Association’s requirements in respect to length of dress, most of the Victorian players yesterday wore dresses several inches too long which hampered them. Today they appeared in dresses of the regulation length. Misses Antonio and Palmer were associated in a fine fifth

wicket partnership for Australia. The game possessed all the smartness of male cricket. All the bowling tactics were tried and the batswomen were not afraid to hit out. The scores were: VICTORIA. First Innings. Miss McLarty b Miss MacLagan 12 Miss George hit wicket b Miss MacLagan 9 Miss P. Kettels run out 4 Miss Hills b Miss Turner 4 Miss Palmer b Miss Spear 32 Miss Deane b Miss MacLagan 9 Miss Antonio b Miss MacLagan 43 Miss Haggis lbw b Miss Spear 4 Miss Morsehead lbw b Miss Lichert 2 Miss Tucker b Miss Turner 13 Miss Clements not out 21 Extras ' Total 151 Bowling analysis: Miss Hide took none for 35, Miss MacLagan four for 34, Miss Turner two for 34, Miss Taylor none for 11, Miss Spear two for 23, Miss Lichert one for 7. ENGLAND. First Innings 119. Second Innings. Miss Childs st Miss Hills b Miss Antonio 5 Miss Snowball st Miss Hills b Miss Antonio 20 Miss Hide c Miss Morsehead b Miss Antonio 17 Miss Partridge b Miss Antonio 1 Miss Archdale b Miss Morsehead 0 Miss Richards c Miss Morsehead b Miss Antonio 5 Miss MacLagan not out 20 Miss Turner not out 1 Extras 10 Total (for six wickets) 69 Bowling analysis: Miss Antonio five for 24, Miss Morsehead one for 2. BODYLINE BOWLING P. F. WARNER’S DECLARATION. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) London, December 7. Speaking at a cricket club dinner Mr P. F. Warner said: “I must say the bowling to which the Australians objected was against the spirit of the game. The British public has not been sufficiently educated in this matter and there seems to be an idea that the bodyline and the leg-theory are the same. Never was there a bigger mistake. They are as as night is from day. We lost the Ashes to a better side in ail departments.”

J. Purdue' 14 4 24 2 Shirley 10 — 21 0 Marchant 13 7 15 3 McGowan 5 1 16 0 Spence 13 1 64 4

0. M. B. W. Pickard 18 8 38 6 McKelvey 18 8 39 2 Scandreti 2 — 6 1 Luzmoor 2 — 19 — Mitchell 1 — 7. —

0. M. R. W. Ingram 12 2 41 5 Morrison 7 3 14 1 O’Grady 6 2 15 3

O. M. R. W. Williams 17 8 28 6 Loose 16 6 18 4

O. M R. W. McDonald 11 1 58 5 Crozier 4 — 27 ■ Nixey 15 4 Second Innings. 35 2

0. M. R. W. C. McKenzie 11 1 34 1 T. McKenzie 12 2 23 3 Doig 8 — 25 3 Agnew 2 — 2 2