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Southland Times, Issue 23677, 28 November 1938, Page 13

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COUNTRY WEEK GAME AT DUNEDIN A. H. CUTLER BATS WELL (Special to The Times) DUNEDIN, November 27. The Country Week tournament conducted by the Otago Cricket Association was concluded on Saturday when an eleven representative of Dunedin clubs played a, country eleven at Carisbrook. The weather was fine for most of the day, but was very cold and the wicket did not give any great assistance to the batsmen. Low scoring was the result. , The honours of the day went to the Country side. It batted first and scored 182, mainly as a result of a good innings by A. H. Cutler, a former Manawatu batsman who now plays for Southland. The Dunedin teams response was disappointing and six wickets had fallen for 129 runs at "stumps.” , . . The wicket played occasional tricks, and most of the batsmen seemed to find it difficult to get their shots away. For all that, better form could reasonably have been expected of the Dunedin batsmen. Spence and L. M. Uttley opened for Country and, with the total at 19, Uttley put his leg in front to McDonald and Spence followed him to the pavilion six runs later. Saxton and Cutler settled down to steady batting and the score mounted slowly until Saxton was bowled by Groves with the total at 83. Rain stopped play at 12.35, when the board showed 110 runs. After lunch Cutler and Scandrett continued, but it was not long before the latter was caught by Cameron. Cutler carried on to 70, when an appeal for lbw by Elmes was successful. The remaining batsmen failed and the side was all out for 182. Knight and K. F. M. Uttley opened the Dunedin eleven’s innings a few minutes after 4 o’clock. Uttley was soon out to a smart catch at first slip by Scandrett, and Knight followed him when he hit all over a good length ball. Purdue and McKenzie were swinging the ball a lot, and Holden and H. Cameron did not appear com-' fortable. Cameron was Purdue’s second victim, and Holden popped up a simple catch in the first over of Scandrett’s slow bowling. Elmes and Fraser batted quietly. Neither could get his strokes away cleanly and scoring became very slow. Elmes did not look like, getting out, but he misjudged a straight one from Purdue and was skittled with his. total at 36. Fraser soon afterwards snicked one right into the hands of the second slip, and it was left to Leader and Mills to play out time. The side did not look at any stage like catching the Country team’s total, although there was little that was dangerous in tile bowling, apart from Purdue and McKenzie. Scores: COUNTRY ELEVEN ' First Innings Spence c Cameron b McDonald 9 L. Uttley lbw b McDonald 12 Saxton b Groves 30 Cutler lbw b Elmes 70 Scandrett c Cameron b Silver 19 Kinder b Silver 17 T. Partridge st Miller b Elmes 2 Parker b Silver 0 McKenzie b Silver 1 Purdue not out 12 M. Partridge b McDonald 4 Extras 6 TOTAL 182 Bowling analysis.—Silver took four wickets for 37 runs; McDonald, three for 41; Groves, one for 33; Elmes, two for 48. DUNEDIN ELEVEN Knight lbw b Purdue 13 K. Uttley c Scandrett b McKenzie 6 Holden c Parker b Scandrett 18 H. Cameron b Purdue 10 Elmes b Purdue 36 Fraser c Cutler b Purdue 21 Leader not out 10 Mills not out 6 Extras 9 TOTAL for six wickets 129 Bowling analysis.—Purdue took four wickets for 45 runs; McKenzie, one for 43; Scandrett, one for 16. ALL MATCHES POSTPONED Because of the heavy rain on Saturday morning, coilpled with the fact that many of the senior grade cricketers were in Dunedin for the Country Week fixture, all cricket matches in Invercargill were postponed. IN OTHER CENTRES CHRISTCHURCH The fourth round of the Canterbui-y Cricket Association’s competitions was concluded today in fine weather. The wickets were good and the outfields fast. Old Boys made the highest score of the season in beating Riccarton, the batting of Anderson and Eathome, both young players, being features of the play. Old Boys are the only unbeaten team and hold the lead in the competition. Scores:

Old Boys 407 (Anderson 108, McEwin 86, Eathorne 74, Page 35, Roberts two for 49, Hay three for 60, Stringer three for 103) beat Riccarton, 295, by 112 runs on the first innings. Lancaster Park 300 for seven wickets declared (Dryden 72 not out, Cutler 59, Cromb 57, Mulcock four for 82) and 12 for no wickets beat St. Albans 208 and 127 (Webb 37, Mcßae three for 36, Read three for 46) by 92 runs on the first innings. ' East Christchurch 226 (Burnette 95, Alexander seven for 56, Lester three for 44) beat Old Collegians 120 and 193 (Hamilton 44, Alexander 35, C. M Ollivier 31, Davis four for 42) by 106 runs on the first innings. West Christchurch . 368 for eight wickets declared beat Sydenham 273 (Walsh 81, Butterfield 52, Oliver 51, Densem two for 2, Brown three for 48, Donnelly three for 82) by 95 runs on the first innings. Wellington Wickets were on the soft side for the completion of the third series of the senior championship cricket matches and, with one exception, teams which had batted on the first day won. Wellington 352 beat Kilbirnie 141 (Parsloe 37, Bain 34, Wilson 26, A. Ashenden 20) and 167 for six wickets. For Wellington, Blundell took five for 36 and two for 44, Rabone two for 19 and two for 31, Ell two for 41, and Meech one for 44 and two for 50.

Institute 282 (Lang 61, Scott 57, R. McLean 48, Henderson 46) beat Hutt 199 and 81 for two wickets (Ross 31, Williams 29 not out). For Hutt. Champness took four for 87, Muir one for 71, McLeod one for 23, Ross one for 43, and Williams two for 29. University 366 beat Wellington College Old Boys 182 (Du Chateau 59, Rainbird 50) and 105 for eight wickets. Bowling for University, Stephenson

took four for 31 and three for 10, and Tricklebank four for 63. Midland 313 for six wickets declared and 71 for two wickets beat Karori 298 (M. Browne 83, R. Coupland 61, Cutts 36). Bowling for Midland, O’Neill took five for 98, and L. Henderson four for 71. AUCKLAND The fourth series of games in the Auckland Cricket Association’s senior competition concluded yesterday, leaving Grafton and University in the lead with 13 points each. Centuries were made by A. M. Matheson, a New Zealand representative, who scored 111, and V. Sale, 100 not out. D. Martin went close to getting his century with 99 not out. Results:— University (first innings) 316 (Matheson 111, C. K. Jackman 52, W. H. Cooper 54, V. Butler 42, J. B. Simpson four for 78, D. Webb four for 68), second innings three wickets for 2 runs, beat North Shore 148 and 188 (Sale 100 not out; Garrard six for 64), on the first innings. Grafton 230 and 42 for three wickets, beat outright Ponsonby-Balmoral 83 and 188 (Cotterail 68, F. S. Clark 42, O. S. Cleal 51 not out; C. Burke six for 66, J. Cowie three for 23). Y.M.C.A. 350 and 41 for two wickets, beat Middlemore, first innings 270 (D. L. Martin 99 not out, S. Harrison three for 34, I. W. Cooper three for 83), on the first innings. Eden, first innings 316 for nine declared, drew with Parnell, first innings 243 for eight (W. M. Wallace 80, H. G. Vivian 62; G. L. Weir six for 41). SIR JULIEN CAHN’S TEAM FOR N.Z. C. S. DEMPSTER INCLUDED (United Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, November 26. The New Zealand Cricket Council has received notification by cablegram giving the official list of players who will tour the Dominion under Sir Julien Cahn in February, playing nine matches. They are: Sir Julien Cahn, C. S. Dempster (Leicestershire); C. C. Goodway (Warwickshire); C. Heane and C. R. Maxwell (Notts); V. E. Jackson, J. G. Lush and H. Mudge (New South Wales); J. E. Walsh (New South Wales and Leicestershire); A. H. Dyson (Glamorgan); J. Hardstaff (Notts); N. Oldfield and W. E. Phillipson (Lancashire); P. Smith (Essex); E. Watts (Surrey). Mr George Wolfe will be manager and W. Astill baggage man and scorer. C. Heane, who was not mentioned earlier, is captain of the Nottinghamshire team. QUEENSLAND EIGHT FOR 495 (Received November 27, 6.30 p.m.) BRISBANE, November 27. In a Sheffield Shield cricket match against New South Wales Queensland in its first innings has lost eight wickets for 495 tuns (Baker 157, G. Cook 82). ORANGE FREE~ STATE OUT FOR 128 » MARYLEBONE FIVE FOR 228 (Received November 27, 7.30 p.m.) BLOEMFONTEIN. November 26. Against Marylebone Orange Free State in its first innings made 128 (Coen 29, Kaplan 30; D. V. P. Wright, five for 81, Wilkinson five for 10). Marylebone in its first innings has lost five wickets for 228 runs (W. R. Hammond 48, N. W. D. Yardley 87). Marylebone was playing on turf for the first time on the tour, and Wright found the wicket responsive to spin. Wilkinson, although it was his first match of the tour, proved more baffling than Wright. Hammond and Yardley put on 45 runs in less than half an hour.