SENIOR CRICKET GAMES

Southland Times, Issue 23990, 4 December 1939, Page 2

SENIOR CRICKET GAMES

MATCHES PLAYED ON SATURDAY Century Scored By Purdue WIN FOR OLD BOYS, BLUFF AND MARIST I. BARNETT MAKES 96 FOR BLUFF Another century was scored in senior cricket in Invercargill on Saturday, J. Purdue making 125 for Appleby against Old Boys. Playing for Bluff against Invercargill I. Barnett made 96. Bluff secured a four-point win against Invercargill at the Appleby ground. On the previous Saturday Bluff in its first innings made 49, and Invercargill made 109 in its first innings and had two wickets down for 69 in the second innings. Continuing the innings Invercargill made 146 and Bluff, with 207 to make for a win, scored 227 for eight wickets. Playing at the High School ground Appleby replied to Old Boys’ huge score of 417 with 263, and in the follow-on made 138 for four, Old Boys thus securing a two-point win on the first innings. Marist beat Union on the Marist ground by six wickets. On the previous Saturday Marist made 100 in its first innings and Union made 97 and had four wickets down for 68 in the second innings. On resuming the innings Union made 156, and Marist replied in its second innings with 160 for four wickets, thus securing a four-point win.

BEST PERFORMANCES Batting J. W. Purdue (Appleby) 125 I. Barnett (Bluff) 96 J. Derbie (Marist) not out 44 J. O’Sullivan (Marist) 44 C. K. Saxton (Invercargill) 40 C. McKenzie (Appleby) 34 R. Calvert (Appleby) not out 32 i R. Anderson (Appleby) 32 R. Williamson (Bluff) 32 R. W. Pollok' (Invercargill) 31 W. Burtenshaw (Bluff) 30 G. Johnston (Bluff) 28 H. Gray (Invercargill) 28 P. Giles (Union) not out 27 S. Ramsay (Appleby) 25

GOOD RECOVERY BY BLUFF . INVERCARGILL BEATEN Both Invercargill and Bluff had completed their first innings when play was resumed on the Appleby ground on Saturday afternoon, Invercargill having made 109 and Bluff 49. Invercargill had also lost two wickets in its second innings for 61 runs, and Saxton and Pollok resumed the batting. With the score at 81 Saxton was dismissed at 40, and Pollok and Gray were left together. This partnership produced 35 runs, Gray going out lbw to I. Barnett ’in his score was 28. Oliver and Robinson were dismissed cheaply, and Pollok was next man out with his score at 31, and the Invercargill total 130. A rot set in after Pollok’s wicket fell, and only 16 more runs wc : added to the total.

Of the Bluff bowlers Kissell achieved a' remarkable success, taking three of the Invercargill wickets at the low cost of five runs.

Bluff did not begin its second innings promisingly, and at one stage had five wickets down for 52, and of these 32 were contributed by R. Williamson. I. Barnett, however, was batting well, scoring steadily all round the wicket and when Burtenshaw joined him a valuable partnership was established, the score being brought from 52 to 121. Burtenshaw fell to Gray at 30, after which West and J. Williamson fell cheaply. Johnston then joined I. Barnett and dug himself in for a while, scoring 28 before he went out leg before wicket to Sharp. During his period at the wicket the score was increased by 78 runs.

It was during the eighth wicket partnership between I. Barnett and Dimond that Bluff secured the required number of runs for a four-point win. By this time it was nearly six o’clock, and I. Barnett was only a :ew runs off his century, and the Invercargill team offered to play on to give him an opportunity to make the 100. At 96, however, Barnett was bowled by T. McKenzie and the game ended, Bluff securing a fourpoint win by two wickets. Dimond. with no issue at stake, set out to make runs and had 18, including one six, when the game ended with his partner’s dismissal. McKenzie bore the brunt of the bowling for Invercargill, and took four wickets for 68 runs. Invercargill was unfortunate in playing one man short, Fraser being absent. Details:

INVERCARGILL First Innings 109 Second Innings C. K. Saxton lbw b Dimond 40 S. Mac Gibbon lbw b L. Barnett 16 W. Lees b Nixey b L. Barnett 5 R. W. Pollok lbw b A. Kissell 31 H. Gray lbw b I. Barnett 28 B. Oliver b Kissell 6 E. L. Robinson b Kissell 0 A. Sharp c Burtenshaw b Williamson 0 H. Joel not out. 8 T. McKenzie c Burtenshaw b I. Barnett 5

H. Fraser absent ® Extras 7 TOTAL 146 Bowling Analysis

BLUFF First Innings 49 Second Innings L. Nixey c Mac Gibbon b McKenzie 2 R. Williamson c Mac Gibbon b Gray 32 L. Barnett b McKenzie 6 I. Barnett b McKenzie 96 W. Burtenshaw b Gray 30 A. West c Oliver b McKenzie 3 J. Williamson c Mac Gibbon b Lees 0 G. Johnston lbw b Sharp 28 M. Dimond not out 18 Extras I 5 TOTAL (for eight wickets) 230 Bowling Analysis

BRIGHT EFFORT BY APPLEBY WIN FOR OLD BOYS ON First innings , Faced with the tremendous task of endeavouring to exceed Old Boys’ total of 417, Appleby put up a splendid fight, making 263 in a little more than three hours. McKenzie and Purdue opened the batting and the former was dismissed when the score had reached 14. His place was taken by Spence, and the two batsmen made a good stand, scoring 60 between them before Spence was dismissed at 22. The middlemen sagged badly, but the rot was arrested with the arrival of Bray, who contributed 19 at the sixth wicket, his partnership with Purdue bringing the total from 96 to 162. Ramsay was next man in, and he and Purdue also dug themselves in for another 49 runs. Purdue’s was the next wicket to fall, and he returned to the pavilion with 125 runs to his credit, having been caught by Richardson off Scandrett. Anderson took his place and he and Ramsay brought the score from 211 to 246 before the latter was held by Gilbertson off Scandrett at 25. Anderson’s contribution was 32, which included a good six and four fours. Scandrett’s bowling troubled the tailenders, the Old Boys captain taking four wickets for 39 runs. With an hour to play, Appleby followed on, and made a good start, all of the batsmen striking fairly good form. The team played out time for 138 runs for four wickets, McKenzie making top score with 34. Calvert carried his bat for 32, scored mainly in well placed singles and pairs. He also hit a good six. Old Boys changed the bowling round a good deal, no fewer than eight men being tried at the bowler’s crease, Gavan was the most successful, taking two wickets for 11. Details:— OLD BOYS First Innings 417 APPLEBY First Innings C. F. McKenzie b Luzmoor 8 W. A. Spence b Gavan 22 J. W. Purdue i c Richardson’ b Scandrett , 125 W. Semmens b Stewart , 0 J. Sievwright b Stewart 0 T. Riddell run out 1 D. Bray c Scandrett b Wesney 19 S. Ramsay c Gilbertson b Scandrett 25 R. Anderson st Gilbertson b Scandrett 32 R. Smith st Gilbertson b Scandrett 7 R. Calvert not out 1 Extras 23 TOTAL 263 Bowling Analysis

Second Innings W. Spence c Gavan b McKenzie 16 J. Purdue b Scandrett 17 C. McKenzie c McCurdy b Gavan 34 R. Calvert not out 32 T. Riddell b Gavan 16 W. Semmens not out 15 Extras 8 TOTAL for eight wickets 138 Bowling Analysis

DECISIVE VICTORY FOR MARIST UNION BEATEN BY SIX WICKETS Playing on the Marist ground Marist defeated Union by six wickets. Union, with four wickets down for 68, continued its second innings. Giles, who had already made nine, saw Hamilton. Paterson, Hinton and Poole go back to the pavilion with fairly low scores, but Marshall in his usual vigorous style, stayed long enough to add 22 runs to the total, his partnership at ninth wicket with Giles producing 32 runs before he was bowled by Derbie. Thompson also made a fair last wicket stand with Marshall before he' was caught by Ryan off Fraser. The innings closed about 3 o’clock for 156, leaving Marist to make 153 for a win. Marist had no difficulty in making the required score, and the game ended soon after five o’clock when four wickets had fallen for 160 runs. J. O’Sullivan, who opened with Ryan, played a sound game, his 44 including a six and six fours. J. Derbie also played a. good game, making 44 not out. Of the bowlers, Hamilton was the most successful, dismissing O’Sullivan and Forde in his first over. O’Sullivan was the most successful Marist bowler, taking four wickets for 47. N. Forde took four for 53. Details:— UNION First Innings 97 Second Innings R. Swinney c Ryan b O’Sullivan 20 C. Shirley c Ryan b O’Sullivan 18 L. McColl b O’Sullivan 6 R. Dunlop c Grace b O’Sullivan 11 P. Giles not out 27 A. J. Hamilton c P. Grace b N. Forde 7 D. F. Paterson b N. Forde 10 F. Hinton c and b N. Forde 1 A. Poole c O’Sullivan b N. Forde 5 G. Marshall b Derbie 22,

J. Thompson c Ryan b Fraser 14 Extras 14 TOTAL 156 Bowling Analysis

, MARIST First Innings 100 Second Innings M. Ryan c Dunlop b Thompson 4 J. O’Sullivan b Hamilton 44 N. Forde c Giles b Hamilton 19 J. Derbie not out 44 P. Grace c Dunlop b Marshall 16 N. McGowan not out 12 Extras % 10 TOTAL for four wickets 160 Bowling Analysis

JUNIOR A GRADE OLD BOYS BEATS APPLEBY Playing at High School, Old Boys, 183 (Clark 48, Halligan 41, Semmens 31, Agnew 26, Sharpe 22) and 107 (Armour 44. Clark 39 not out) defeated Appleby, 133 (Ramsay 35,- Shirley 29, Watson 18, Agnew 17, Calvert 11) and 146 (Watson 32, Ramsay 25, Calvert 23, Shirley 22, Agnew 15) by 11 runs. Bowling for the winner in the first innings Russell took four. for 34 and Halligan two for 37, and in the second innings Armour took three for five, Agnew two for 12 and Halligan three for 45). For the loser in the first innings Purdue took two for 28, Campbell two for 34 and Keast two for 48 and in the second innings Shirley took four for 21 and Campbell three for 24. Old Boys obtained a four-point win. JUNIOR B GRADE WAIKIWI BEATS BLUFF

Waikiwi 132 for five wickets beat Bluff (57 and 61 for two wickets) by 71 rims on the first innings. For the winner the best scorers were L. Jordan 47 not out, Farmer 22, A. Kingsland 20,and for the loser Wixon nine and 42, Sargent eight and 11 and Barton 16 were the best scorers. Patterson took four wickets for 10 for Waikiwi and Jordan took five for 43, and for the loser Fogarty took three for 25. ' GEORGETOWN v. HIGH SCHOOL A Playing at the High School grounds Georgetown, 138 and six for 28 (Morrison 58, Small 27 and 12, Caddie 23, Edwards 16), beat High A 43 and 60 (Fleming 13, Thomson 13, Duncan 12) —an outright win. Bowling for the winner, Caddie took four wickets for 14 and six for .16, and Warburton two for 3. For High School Pittaway took seven for 34 and four for 12. Pittaway also secured the “hat trick.” EASTERN SOUTHLAND . COMPETITIONS HIGH scoring in senior MATCHES Some good form was shown by batsmen in the Eastern Southland cricket competition matches on Saturday afternoon. At Gore in the Gore-Wyndham match, O’Shea scored a century, while Macara and Currie both reached the half-century mark. For Wyndham J. Marshall scored 53. In the MatauraCeltic match at Mataura a century was also scored by Everson. Two centuries were also scored in the junior matches. Playing for Knapdale against High School B Mathieson scored 101, while Orr, a High School A player, scored 112 in a match against Wyndham. In the senior grade Mataura defeated Celtic and Wyndham drew with Gore. Results are ,as follows:— DRAWN GAME AT GORE The Gore-Wyndham match, played on the hostel grounds, resulted in a draw, Wyndham playing out time. Gore batted first and scored 240 runs before declaring with four wickets in hand. O’Shea and Horn were the opening pair and their partnership produced only six runs, Horn being caught out in toe third over of the match. Macara joined O’Shea and this pair settled down to play attractive cricket. The partnership produced 106 runs before Macara was caught out after scoring 59. His total included four fours and two sixes. Currie was next to join O’Shea and the score was taken to 195 runs before Currie was dismissed, being caught and bowled by Pow. He scored a useful 50 and hit five fours and one six. O’Shea continued to bat well and he carried on to score a century before retiring. He gave a particularly sound display and hit eight fours and two sixes. The innings was declared closed with six wickets down for 240 runs, Dey, with 14, being the only other batsman to,, reach double figures. J. Pow was the most successful Wyndham bowler, taking three wickets for 36 runs.

J. Marshall, who scored 53, was the only Wyndham batsman to hit out,' the remainder of the team being content to play out time. Sutherland, with 17. was the only other batsman to reach double figures and when time was up the team had lost six wickets for 98 runs. Although he did not take any wickets, Barron bowled exceptionally well for Gore, and had only four runs scored off his bowling. He bowled 11 overs, eight of which were maidens. Kerr took three wickets for 47 runs. Scores:— GORE O’Shea retired ' 100 Horn c Shepperd b McKay 4 Macara c Marshall b Sutherland 59 Currie c and b Pow 50 Barron c Thompson b Pow 0 Dey b Pow 14 Kerr not out 1 McLean not out 1 Extras H TOTAL (for six wickets, declared) 240 Bowling analysis.—S. McKay took one wicket for 65 runs; J. Pow three for 36; Shepperd none for 30; Sutherland one for 36; Traynor none for 28; Baynes none for 14; Marshall none for 20. , WYNDHAM Thompson b Kerr 4 Sutherland lbw b Dey 17 A. Marshall b Kerr 6 Findlay st Macara b Kerr 0 J. Marshall b O’Shea 53 Pow not out 8Traynor c Adair b Currie 3 McKay not out 0 Extras TOTAL for six wickets 98 Bowling analysis.—Barron took no wickets for four runs; Dey one for 11; Currie one for 11; Kerr three for 47;

Horn none for seven; Walker none for four; O’Shea one for 7. EVERSON’S CENTURY FOR MATAURA MATCH AGAINST CELTIC A TEAM The Mataura and Celtic A teams met at Mataura on Saturday. Mataura I had a comfortable win by 220 runs to 85. ' ] A feature of the match was the bril- ! liant innings of. Everson, who scored ■ll7. Everson played all round the wicket and gave only one chance, at ! 90. His score included 21 fours and two ! sixes. Mataura batted first and with six down for 42 the outlook for it was far from bright. Spooner joined Everson and this pair compiled 140 runs before Everson went out to a good catch by Stephens off Southern’s bowling. Spooner continued and made 33, when he was caught and bowled by Southern. R. Agnew, five wickets for 67 runs, and W. Southern, four for 48 were Celtic’s most successful bowlers. H. McConnell’s spin bowling troubled the batsmen. He was breaking the ball both ways and took eight wickets for 49 runs. Johnston took the other two wickets and Celtic was all out for 85 runs. Details: MATAURA Bogue bD. Agnew ' 4 Anderson played on b J. Taylor 0 Maley b D. Agnew , 0 Townsend b D. Agnew 5 Everson c Stephens bW. Southern 117 Webb c Southern b D. Agnew 1 Johnston played on bD. Agnew' 5 Spooner c and b Southern 33 Barclay not out 14 McConnell b Southern . 9 Coster c Stephens b Southern 4 Extras 28 TOTAL 220 Bowling analysis: Agnew five wickets for 67 runs; J. Taylor one for 42; Gladstone none for 18; A. Logan none for 17; W. Southern four for 48. CELTIC Dunnet b H. McConnell 15 Logan b H. McConnell 11 R. Agnew c Townsend b H. McConnell 12 Boyd played on b Johnston 1 Southern lbw b H. McConnell 2 Gladstone st Everson b H. MeConnell 0 . Taylor b H. McConnell 16 Adam b H. McConnell 4 D. Agnew c Coster bH. McConnell 6 Christie not out 4 Stephens c Townsend b Johnston 12 Extras 2 TOTAL 85 Bowling analysis: Johnston two wickets for 34 runs; McConnell eight for 49. JUNIOR GRADE There was some high scoring in the High School A-Wyndham junior grade match at Wyndham, the High School team, which scored a very easy win, scoring more than 300 runs. The best display was given by Orr, who. retired after scoring 112. Currie, who scored 70, also batted well. Wyndham batted first and was dismissed for 47 runs (D. Findlay 16). Bowling for High School Hunt took four wickets for 13 runs. High School scored 345 runs (Orr 112, Currie 70, Macartney 32, Reynolds 31, White 28). Bowling for Wyndham Findlay took five wickets for 94 runs. CELTIC BEATS MATAURA In a low-scoring match at the hostel grounds Celtic beat Mataura by a margin of 53 runs. Celtic batted first and scored 82 runs (Barton 35). Bowling for Mataura Armitage took five missed for the: small total of 29 runs, wickets for 13 runs Mataura was disnot .one of the visiting batsmen being successful in reaching double figures. Maslin, who scored eight, was topscorer for the side. G. McKinnell and W. Shore shared the bowling honours for Celtic, both securing five wickets for 13 runs. Both of these bowlers bowled 15 overs and five maidens and took the same number of wickets for the same number of runs. v \

KNAPDALE PLAYS HIGH SCHOOL B

The feature of the Knapdale-High School B match at the hostel grounds was a century scored.by MathieSon, a Knapdale player. The match resulted in an easy win for the visiting team. High School batted first and scored 109 runs (K. White 27, Telford 17, Scobie 18. and Thompson 13). Bowling for Knapdale Tutty took five wickets for 25 runs. Knapdale replied with 271 (Mathieson 101 retired, Cross 83, Brash 21). The bowling honours were shared by several High School players. IN OTHER CENTRES DUNEDIN The senior cricket competition was resumed in fine weather on Saturday but rain fell later, causing a stoppage for an hour. Dunedin 129 (Holley 42, Lemin six wickets for 44 runs, Elmes thr ee tor 36) met Grange, 35 for one wicket. Albion 239 for eight wickets (Duncan 69, Ditchfield 67, Leader three for 45) met Old Boys. '. . Carisbrook A, 237 for eight wickete I(T Fraser 90, Caradus not out 66, Begg four for 79) met University. . Carisbrook B, 266 for nine wickets (F. Williams not' out 90) met Kaikorai. CHRISTCHURCH The fourth round of the Canterbury Cricket Association’s competitions concluded on Saturday in fine weather. The wickets were good and a slight shower had no effect on the play oi the leading teams. Lancaster Park and Old Boys were both beaten for the iyrst time this season, but maintain their places at the head of the table of points. LancaVei e Park 22, Old Boys 19, East Christchurch 16, Sydenham 14, West Christchurch 12, St. Albans 10, Old Collegians 7,-Riccarton 4. The following are results of baturWest Christchurch 139 and 232 (Nee 79, Coltman 52, Kerr 33, Cromb seven wickets for 41) beat Lancaster Park 127 and 85 for five wickets (Mapplebeck 28, Burton three for 24) by 12 runs on the first innings. .. Sydenham 156 and 75 for four wickets (Wallburton 61 not out) beat Old Boys 142 (Anderson 55, McEwen 28, Harbidge 26, Butterfield five for 47, Newton three for 32) by 14 runs on the first innings. East Christchurch 20/ (James 53, Davis 40, Lohrey 29 not out, Fairbairn four for 63, Stringer two for 41 Roberts two for 44) beat Riccarton 192 and 96 for three wickets (Stringer 59, not out) by 15 runs on the first innings. . „ , , St. Albans 195 (Batstone 95, Crawford 28, Alpers four for 40, Lester two for 53) beat Old Collegians 162 and 73 for eight wickets (Hamilton 24, Burtt five for 37, Mulcock three for 29) by 33 runs on the first innings.

Bowling J. C. Scandrett (Old Boys) 4 for 39 J. O’Sullivan (Marist) 4 for 47 N. Forde (Marist) - 4 for 53 T McKenzie (Invercargill) 4 for 68 A. Kissell (Bluff) 3 for 5 D. Gavan (Old Boys) 2 for 11 A. J. Hamilton (Union) 2 for 19

0. M. R. W. L. Barnett 8 1 33 2 Dimond 8 49 1 I. Barnett 11 44 2 A. Kissell 5 2 5 3 Williamson 2 - 8 1

0. M. R. W. McKenzie 18 1 68 4 Gray 13 67 2 Lees 3 - 27 1 Shaip 8 41 1 Saxton 2 14 -

0. M. R. W. Gavan 16 5 83 1 Luzmoor 7 3 16 1 Stewart 11 —. 59 2 Wesney 11 1 30 1 Scandrett 5.3 39 4 McCurdy 2 — 13 —

0. M. R. W. Johnson 2.1 — 12 — Scandrett 3 — 28 1 McKenzie 3 — 22 1 Luzmoor , 2 ' 17 — Gavan 4 — 11 2 Wesney 2 —— 17 — Stewart 2 — 18 — McCurdy 1 — 7 1

0. M. R. W. N. Forde , 11— 53 4 O’Sullivan 12 1 47 4 Fraser 3 — 19 1 Derbie 2 — 21 1

0. M. R. W. Marshall 13 2 32 1 Thompson 7 — 36 1 Giles 6 2 16 — Poole 6 —- 37 —■ Hamilton 2.7 — 19 2