DRAWN CRICKET MATCH

Southland Times, Issue 23772, 21 March 1939, Page 11

DRAWN CRICKET MATCH

Sir Julien Cahn’s Team In Auckland HOME SIDE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW-ON WALLACE AND SCOTT BAT OUT TIME (United Press Association) AUCKLAND, March 20. The final match of the tour of Sir Julien Cahn’s cricket team, against Auckland, was concluded at Eden Park today in fine weather, the game resulting in a draw. The visitors scored 456 runs in their first innings and Auckland replied with 270. Required to follow on, the home side made 305 for three wickets. Conditions were again excellent and there was an attendance of 1200. The takings for the match totalled £526. With its score at 175 for eight wickets, Auckland continued its first innings this morning, A. M. Matheson and H. T. Pearson, the not out batsmen, being responsible for the best partnership of the innings. Sir Julien persisted with his slow attack, but although both batsmen were beaten several times by the spin trundlers they carried on stubbornly and occasionally brightened the play with some vigorous hitting. Eighty-eight runs had been added before Matheson fell in attempting a big hit off T. P. Smith. He had made a valuable contribution of 44. The Auckland innings closed, soon afterwards for 270. Pearson, who watched the bowling intently from start to finish, was dismissed at 76 by Smith. He showed excellent judgment in choosing the right ball to hit and played attractive shots all round the wicket. SUCCESSFUL BOWLER J. E. Walsh proved the most successful bowler, with five for 91. ' ~ Follpwing on, Auckland made a more Eimpressive showing, although the opening partnership between A. J. Postles and P. E. Whitelaw, which yielded 120 runs, produced dreary batting Neither was prepared to take a risk in spite of the fact that the visitors’ star bowler strained his back and was unable to assist in the attack. Whitelaw, except for several bright patches in the closing stages, batted sedately for his century. During the last hour G. L. Weir hit aggressively and seemed certain to reach three figures, but he was too eager and succumbed to a delivery from Sir Julien Cahn when four short of the century. W. M. Wallace and V. J. Scott batted out time, the former being far from confident. The score at stumps was 305 for three wickets, Wallace being 34 and Scott 7. HONOURS WITH VISITORS Although the Aucklanders made a much better showing today, more in keeping with the batting ability of the side, the honours of the match still remained with Sir Julien Cahn’s team. Thanks to the solid opening partnership by Postles and Whitelaw, the way was paved for a good second innings score, but in all fairness to the Englishmen it must be stated that their bowling was sorely depleted by the inability of Walsh to continue after the luncheon adjournment and also to the fact that a stock bowler in H. Mudge was off the field through injury to a finger. The sporting spirit in which the visitors played the game in the last hour was greatly appreciated by the spectators. When Sir Julien Cahn obtained Weir’s wicket there was loud applause. There was also recognition of his changes of bowling in favour of Hardstaff and Oldfield. The partnership before lunch between Pearson and Matheson demonstrated that the Englishmen’s bowling • was not so venomous as the batting of the Auckland players made it appear to be on Saturday. The pair added 88 runs in quite a good display in 70 minutes. Both were patient in waiting for the right ball to score off. They showed splendid judgment in running for short singles. They were batting so confidently that they appeared likely to save a follow-on. Matheson, however, made a wild lash at a ball from Smith and was clean bowled. Just previously he had received the benefit of a runout decision. The dismissal of Pearson by an excellent ball from Smith was the beginning of the end. Pearson had played a very sound innings for his 75, which occupied 133 minutes. He hit nine boundaries. Smith took all three remaining wickets at a cost of only 12 runs. This demonstrated that he was unfortunate in not meeting with success on Saturday. Walsh was not nearly so effective as on Saturday, being unable to obtain the same amount of spin. Postles and Whitelaw undoubtedly were anxious to redeem themselves for the first innings failure. Postles was out to a weak leg shot after making only 34 out of 120. Whitelaw and Weir added another 82, the former just reaching his century before being bowled. He was at 99 for some time. It was only smart backing up by Weir that gave him the single necessary to obtain three figures. Whitelaw and J. L. Kerr (Canterbury) were the only two to score centuries against the visitors. With the edge well off the bowling Weir played aggressively and almost reached the century. He attacked the bowling at every opportunity and was dismissed by a brilliant catch. Scores: — SIR JULIEN CAHN’S TEAM First Innings 456

AUCKLAND First Innings P. E. Whitelaw c Heane b Watts 14 A. J. Postles c Mudge b Phillipson 4 W. M. Wallace c Walsh b Watts 6 G. L. Weir b Walsh 41 V. J. Scott c Jackson b Walsh 27 W. E. Carson st Maxwell b Walsh 0 V. S. Sale st Maxwell b Walsh 6 H. G. Vivian b Walsh . 37 T. H. Pearson b Smith 76 A. M. Matheson b Smith 42 C. Burke not out 2 J. Cowie lbw b Smith 0 Extras 15 TOTAL 270 Bowling analysis.—Walsh took five wickets for 91 runs; Smith three for 56; W. E. Phillipson one for 36; E. A. Watts two for 65; V. E. Jackson none for 7. ’ Second Innings P. E. Whitelaw b Smith 100 A. J. Postles c Walsh b Smith 34 G. L. Weir c Watts b Sir J. Cahn 96 W. M. Wallace not out 34 V. J. Scott not out 7 Extras . 34 TOTAL for three wickets 305 Bowling analysis.—Smith took two wickets for 72 runs; Sir Julien Cahn one for 31; Watts none for 16; Phillipson none for 51; Walsh none for 5; Jackson none for 49; G. F. H. Heane none for 19; J. Hardstaff none for 19; N. Oldfield none for 9. CENTRAL-WESTERN COMPETITION OTAUTAU BEATS NIGHTCAPS Playing at Nightcaps in the CentralWestern cricket competition Otautau secured a two-point win. Details:— OTAUTAU First Innings A. S. H. Cutler lbw b M. Grant 1 W- H. Owen b Baird 0 A. Chisholm lbw b Baird 12 W. Millar c O. Grant b Baird 5 A. Fisher c Pope b Grant 16 W.’Melton c Pope b Baird 4 M. Millar not out 6 J. Millar not out 24 Extras 4 TOTAL for six wickets (declared) 72 Bowling analysis.—Baird took four wickets for 22 runs; M. Grant two for 33; Mosely none for seven; Fordyce none for eight „ Second Innings A. S. H. Cutler b Baird 20 A. Chisholm c and b Grant 6 J. Millar thrown out 10 M. Millar c Mosely b Grant 0 A. Fisher c Mclnerney b Grant 0 W. H. Owen c Baird b Mosley 1 W. Millar not out 2 R. Pettitt not out 2 Extras 5 TOTAL 47 NIGHTCAPS First Innings Baird b Melton 5 M. Grant b Owen 44 G. Excell b Melton 0 G. Pope b Melton 0 N. J. Grant b Cutler 8 W. Fordyce b Cutler 0 G. Cappie b Cutler 2 M. Mclnerney c Millar b Cutler 0 E. Mosely b Cutler 0 N. Bates not out 5 O. Grant c Chilton b Melton 2 Extras 3 TOTAL 69 Bowling analysis.—Cutler took six wickets for 28 runs; Melton three for 26; Owen one for two; Fisher none for 10. Second Innings Baird c Chisholm b Melton 13 G. Cappel c Melton b Cutler 7 O. Grant c and b Cutler 0 G. Pope b Melton 1 N. J. Grant c Millar b Melton 8 G. Excell not out 13 M. Mclnerney b Melton 0 W. Fordyce c Millar b Melton 9 N. Bates c Chisholm b Melton 3 E. Mosely b Cutler 0 M. Grant run out 3 Extras 2 TOTAL 59 Bowling analysis.—Cutler took three wickets for 27 runs; Melton six for 27. WINTON BEATS ORETI Bowling for Winton against Oreti in a Central-Western cricket competition match, J. Wood took four wickets in succession. His bowling average for the innings was seven wickets for 30 runs. The match was played at Oreti and Winton won by 79 runs. Southern, for Oreti, also bowled well and took four wickets for 22 runs. The top scorers for Oreti were Southern 24, Jack Barker 13 and Young 16. Simmers was top scorer for Winton with 35 runs and Wood with 30 runs and Rawle with 22 were next. Details were:— WINTON Lilico b Young 2 McKenzie c and b Southern 2 Wood c J. Barker b Southern 30 Lindsay c Southern b Young 16 Rawle b Woods < 22 Scully c Barker b H. Clarke 17 Simmers b Southern 35 Mathias c J. Barker b Miller 7 Dalgety b Southern 0 Blyth c J. Barker b Young 1 Dixon not out 7 Extras 10 TOTAL "149 Bowling analysis: Southern took four wickets for 22 runs; Young, three for 58; Clarke, one for 17; Miller, one for 18. ORETI Southern b Wood 24 J Barker c McKenzie b Rawle 13 H. Clarke c Lindsay b Wood 0 Brown b Wood 0 Cowan b Rawle 0 Young c Wood b Rawle 16 Miller b Wood 8 Woods b Wood 1 R. Clarke, b Wood 0 Baldwin b Wood 0

James Barker not out 3 Extras 5 TOTAL 70 Bowling analysis: Wood took seven wickets for 30 runs; Rawle, three for 35. SOUTHLAND BOYS’ TEAM TO PLAY OTAGO The following players have been selected for the Southland boys’ team to play the Otago boys’ team at the High School ground on Thursday and Friday. The hours of play are:— 10.30 a.m. to 6 p.m.; luncheon, 12.30 p.m. till 1.30 p.m.—J. Wood (Winton) captain, L. Ramsay (Appleby) wicketkeeper, T. Shirley (Appleby). I. Gilbertson (High School), J. McLean (Garston), D. McGee (Balfour), J. Mulqueen (Balfour), K. Forde (Marist), A. Storrie (Union), A. Edwards (Georgetown), S. Semmens (Old Boys), J. Millar (Otautau), 12th man.