CRICKET

Southland Times, Issue 24055, 20 February 1940, Page 9

CRICKET

NORTHERN BEATEN AT WINTON CENTRAL-WESTERN WINS BY 36 RUNS In a representative cricket match played at Winton on Saturday, CentralWestern beat Northern by 36 runs on the first innings. The weather was ideal. For Northern A. Buckham and L, Sparks were the chief scorers and for Central-Western J. Wood and A. Cutler batted well. The Northern batsmen were dismissed for a moderate score in the first innings and CentralWestern wickets fell cheaply in the second innings. A. Buckham was the most prominent bowler for Northern, taking six wickets for 26 runs in the first innings and three for 19 in the second. G. Overton was the most successful bowler for Central-Western. Details were: — NORTHERN First Innings J. McLean b G. Overton 4 J. Kelly b G. Overton 2 L. Sparks c Fisher b Cutler 13 A. Buckham c Nicholson b Cutler 6 R. Orr b Wood 0 P. Dwyer c Fisher - b Wood 0 P. Mulqueen c Overton b Hammond 5 R. Gillespie b G. Overton 10 P. Gilkinson run out 2 D. Mathieson not out 0 A. Fletcher b G. Overton 0 Extras 10 TOTAL 52 Bowling analysis: G. Overton took four wickets for 14 runs; Wood, two for 14; Cutler, two for 15; Hammond, one for 2. Second Innings J. Kelly c Cutler b Wood 8 J. McLean c N. Overton b G. Overton 3 L. Sparks b Southern 11 A. Buckham b Miller 43 R. Orr c Hammond b Cutler 7 P. Dwyer b G. Overton 1 P. Mulqueen not out 1 Extras ■ 13 TOTAL, for six wickets declared 87 Bowling analysis: G. Overton took two wickets for 12 runs; Cutler, one for - 32; Wood, one for 13; Southern, one for none; Thomson, none for four; Hammond, none for 10; Fisher, none for 6; Miller, one for 3. CENTRAL-WESTERN First Innings A. Cutler c Orr b Buckham 1 N. Overton c Buckham b Dwyer 3 J Wood run out 22 G. Overton b Dwyer 1 H. Hammond b Buckham 0 K. McDonald b Buckham 10 L. Nicholson b Buckham 4 A. Fisher c Orr b Buckham 3 J. Miller b Kelly 18 H. Southern not out 17 j R. Thomson b Buckham 6 Extras 3 j TOTAL 881 Bowling analysis: Buckham took six wickets for 26 runs; Dwyer, two for 20; Orr, none for 20; McLean, none for 11; Kelly, one for 11. Second Innings A. Cutler c Mulqueen b McLean 22 J Wood st Sparks b Dwyer 11 H. Southern run out 1 K. McDonald not out 8 H. Hammond c Orr b Buckham 0 J. Miller c Buckham b McLean 0 R. Thomson b Buckham 1 A. Fisher lbw b Buckham 0 ! : N. Overton run out 0 | G. Overton not out 2 |

| Extras 6 | ] TOTAL for eight wickets 51 | Bowling analysis: Buckham took I three wickets for 19 runs; Dwyer, one | for 1; McLean, two for 16. EASTERN SOUTHLAND ' FIXTURES RESULTS OF JUNIOR . MATCHES In an Eastern Southland junior cric- 1 ket match played at Wyndham, High School B beat the home side by a margin of two runs. Wyndham batted first < and scored 62 (Findlay 18. Pettersen 17). Bowling for High School Telford took six wickets for 27 runs. High School scored 64 (Baynes 19, Reynolds 1 9, Campbell 8). Findlay took six wickets for 31 runs for Wyndham and « I Pettersen took two for 19. This was the first win the High School B team had had since it entered the competition < two years ago. k At the hostel grounds Celtic beat High School A by a fair margin of runs. Celtic batted first and scored 149 (Shore 40, Shields 22, Jones 16, McDowall 16 not out and Duncan 11). I Bowling for High School Hunt took I four wickets for 47 runs, and Macartney took three for 54. High School 2 scored 70 (Macartney 21, Ayson 14). For I Celtic Shields took three wickets for 10 runs, Shore two for 10, and Me- I Kinnell two for 15. a CROQUET I E GAMES IN CENTENNIAL a TOURNAMENT r OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP WON BY MRS J. T. WILSON ] Games in the Southland centennial croquet tournament were continued on J the Northend green yesterday. Playing conditions werte good. The open championship was won by Mrs J. T. Wilson who beat Mrs Corbet in the final of the second life by 26 points to 12. Mrs Wilson, who was playing her r twentieth game of the tournament i made a good beginning and took her 1 first ball to Rover. After Mrs Corbet 0 hit in a wonderful long shot, she had i bad luck in three turns giving her op- n ponent two baulk shots and in the third stymieing herself in a roquet. Mrs J Wilson took the second ball to Rover but missed the return roquet. Mrs

Corbet hit another long shot but had bad luck again, not getting far enough through the hoop to hit. Mrs Wilson made her Rover hoop and retired to the line. Mrs Corbet again missed and Mrs Wilson won 26-12. A GRADE HANDICAP SINGLES In the semi-final of the A grade handicap singles Mrs Gerrard (Tauranga) beat Mrs F. G. Stone (Southend) 26-22. Mrs Gerrard had three bisques against Mrs Stone. After in and out play and with two bisques gone, Mrs Gerrard had reached No 4 and 1 back, and Mrs Stone No 2 and 1 back. After that Mrs Stone had the best of the play and reached stick with one and Rover with the other ball. Unfortunately a stymie prevented a peel and peg and Mrs Stone made a good scatter shot to the line. Mrs Gerrard used her last bisque but failed at 5. Mrs

Stone got in to finish a well-played game 26-10. SINGLES FINAL AT SOUTH CANTERBURY (United Press Association) ASHBURTON, February 19. The final of the A grade women's singles at the South Canterbury croquet tournament resulted: First life, Mrs W. H. Kirk (Geraldine) beat Mrs H. Patchett (Timaru) 26-10. Mrs Kirk won the second life on Saturday and thus wins the title.