STEADY GAME BY M. RYAN

Southland Times, Issue 23381, 13 December 1937, Page 16

STEADY GAME BY M. RYAN

BATTING OF MARIST TEAM COLLAPSES McKENZIE BOWLS WELL FOR , APPLEBY Marist had lost three wickets for 68 when stumps were drawn the previous Saturday, and Ryan, who had made_4l, resumed with McGowan, who was dismissed half an hour later for 10 after the Marist score had been increased by 22; Brittenden took his place and was dismissed cheaply. He was soon followed back to the pavilion by Collins and Mahoney, leaving Campbell in partnership with Ryan. Ryan was playing a good steady game, batting freely and scored five more 4’s, adding 39 more runs to his total before he lifted one into the bowler’s hands. Fraser took his place and failed to score and the innings closed with a total of 141, over half of which had been contributed by Ryan. The innings closed at 3.35 o’clock. Purdue had the batsmen troubled with his fast swing bowling and captured four wickets for 40 runs, and McKenzie, the slow bowler, was also on his best form, finding a good length and taking five wickets at a cost of 63 runs. Calvert, although he took only one wicket, kept the runs well down, bowling five maidens out of his 13 overs, with only 24 runs scored against him. Milne played a valuable game behind the wicket, and dismissed one batsman with a good catch. Milne and Sievwright opened for Arnleby and scored 17 between them before the former lifted one to Fraser, off Forde. Semmens took his place and added another nine to the score before he was caught out, leaving Cliff Shirley in partnership with Sievwright. Soon after the latter put his leg in front of one from Mahoney and was dismissed after making an attractive 34, which included five 4’s. Shirley and Calvert were now facing each other and remained together for 38 minutes, during which time they contributed 70 runs to Appleby’s tally, placing the team within a short distance of victory. Shirley was then clean bowled by Forde at 44 and McKenzie took his place, and scored a couple, by which time Appleby was half-a-dozen runs ahead of the required number. The innings closed at 5.10 o’clock with four wickets down for 136. Forde’s bowling, while not as effective as on th” previous Saturday, was not easy to play and the batsmen plainly did not .relish his fast deliveries. Details: MARIST First innings 60 Second Innings M. Ryan c and b Purdue 79 P. Grace c Milne b Purdue 0 J. Derbie c and b Calvert 4 N. Forde c Foster b McKenzie 11 N. McGowan b Purdue 10

G. Brittenden c Milne b McKenzie 7 J. Collins b McKenzie 6 R. G. Mahoney lbw b McKenzie 0 E. Campbell c and b McKenzie 6 H. Fraser b Purdue 0 J. Donaldson not out 4 Extras M Total 141 Bowling Analysis

APPLEBY First innings 71 Second Innings J. Milne c Fraser b Forde 10 J. Sievwright lbw b Mahoney 34 V 7. Semmens c Campbell b McGowan 9 E. Calvert not out 27 Cliff Shirley b Forde 44 C. McKenzie not out 2 Extras 10

Total for four wickets 136 Bowling Analysis

INVERCARGILL WINS AT BALFOUR Invercargill beat a strong Northern District team at Balfour on Saturday by 184 runs to 135. Northern won the toss and opened quietly. The third man, McKay, made the highest score of 32, Calder made 23, Duff 19, Forbes 16, Gibson 15 and Gilkison 10. Bowling for Invercargill, Miller took three for 12, Service three for 31 and Sharp two for 11. For Invercargill Joel made 41, Roberts 23, J. Pollok 18, A. Sharp 17 and R. Pollok 13. Bowling for Northern Duff took two for 22 and McKay two for 58. JUNIOR A MARIST v. INVERCARGILL Playing at Queen’s Park, Invercargill, batting first, compiled 139 (Wilson 36 not out, Farmer 24, Alabaster 18). Bowling for Marist, Colin Campbell took seven wickets for 71 and W. Templeton one for 9. To this total Marist replied with 156 for seven wickets (Colin Campbell 63 not out, Pasco 29, L. Campbell 21). The successful Invercargill bowlers were Alabaster (four wickets for 50) and McCallum (two for 24).

THIRD GRADE APPLEBY v. OLD BOYS Appleby played Old Boys at High School and secured an outright win by an innings and 92 runs. Batting first the Old Boys team was dismissed for 49. Appleby replied with 196. In its second innings Old Boys could make only 55. For the winners D. Calvert (76), R. Calvert (52 not out) and J. Watson (44) batted very well and for the loser Hamilton (14 and 19) and Semmons (13 not out) were the only batsmen to reach double figures. Bowling for Appleby L. Insall (seven for 26, and six for 34) and T. Shirley (three for 21 and four for 21) took the wickets and for Old Boys Hamilton (four for 51) was the most successful. UNION v. MARIST Playing at Queen’s Park, Union 107 and five for 64 (Sammons 50, Hewitt 36, McMillan 11, Watson 11, Graham 10, Storrie 21) beat Marist 83 and 75 (O’Connell 27, Stapleton 16 and 22, Brown 21, McCormack 10) by five wickets and 13 runs. Bowling for the winner Sammons took four wickets for 24 and seven for 24 including the hat trick, McMillan three for 7 and two for 4, and for the loser Brown took five wickets for 58, O’Connell two for 15 and two for 16, and Stapleton two for 6. Sammons batted and bowled well, scoring a chanceless 50. GEORGETOWN v. HIGH SCHOOL A Playing at the High School grounds Georgetown secured a two-point win over High School A by 18 runs on the

first innings. High School made 58 (Cameron 25) and Georgetown compiled 76 (Jenkins 13. Edwards 15, J. Warburton 16, W. Warburton 12). Bowling for High School Cook took five wickets for 26 runs and Mules four for 6, and for Georgetown Dawson took three tor 21 and Wilfred Warburton four for 10, including the “hat trick,’ taking four wickets with four successive balls. COMPETITION MATCHES IN DUNEDIN (United Press Association) DUNEDIN, December 12. Light rain late in the afternoon was partly responsible for some unexpected performances in Dunedin cricket on Saturday. .. Old Boys 269 beat University 77 (Dickinson 6 for 36, Leader 4 for 32) and 53 (Dickinson 4 for 13) by an innings and 139 runs and displaced University from the top of the championship table. , Albion 189 beat Dunedin 74 and 37 (Silver 6 for 18) by an innings and 78 runs. Kaikorai 148 and 154 for two wickets (Holden 73 not out, Talbot 68 not out) beat Carisbrook A 109 and 191 (Stevenson 51) by eight wickets. Grange 147 for five wickets declared (Knight 59 not out) and 77 for one (Chettleburgh 44 not out) beat Carisbrook B 145 and 154 for six wickets declared (Nichol 58, Botting 55).

AUCKLAND PLUNKET SHIELD TEAM

(United Press Association) AUCKLAND, December 12. The Auckland Plunket Shield team has been chosen as follows—Postles (captain), Burke, Carson, Cowie, Jackman, Matheson, Pearson, Sale, G. Wallace, M. Wallace, Weir, Whitelaw. The newcomers are Burke, a slow bowler, Jackman and G. Wallace, a brother of the New Zealand batsman. H. G. Vivian was not available because of a leg injury. ENGLAND’S NEED OF VARIED BOWLING ACCURATE RIGHT-HANDER

WANTED

(Received December 12, 6.30 p.m.)

LONDON, December 10. Sir Pelham Warner, the English cricket selector, in a letter to The Times in a controversy over the value of spin bowling,, says: “Actually our spin bowlers have been our Test teams and have fared very unhappily. J. W. Hearne was a lamentable failure; P. F. Freeman once toured Australia, but was not chosen for a Test match; and R. W. V. Robins, B. Mitchell and J. M. Sims have returned analysis sounding like the batting averages of D. G. Bradman or W. R. Hammond. On the other hand H. Larwood, G. O. B. Allen, K. Fames, W. Voce and W. E. Bowes all have obtained very fair results. “Australian batsmen generally play spin bowling extremely well. Bradman himself simply murders it. The ideal England XI needs a proper variety of bowling—fast and, slow, with fast bowlers who can keep lengths. But above all it needs a medium-paced right-hander who is a good bowler before he pitches—one who possesses flight and change of pace. , “Discover another Lohmann, Barnes, J. T. Hearne or Tate and we may face the Australians confidently; but a spin bowler without length is more or less a gift to Bradman and his colleagues.’

0. M. R. W. Purdue 12 p 40 4 McKenzie 23 1 63 5 Calvert 13 5 24 1

0. M. R. W. Forde 11.6 2. 44 2 Brittenden 9 — 31 —— Mahoney 4 — 11 1 McGowan 4 — 18 1 Fraser 2.2 — 22 —