SENIOR CRICKET GAMES

Southland Times, Issue 25513, 6 November 1944, Page 6

SENIOR CRICKET GAMES

BOWLERS HOLD UPPER HAND

The competitions of the Southland Cricket Association were continued on Saturday in fine, but dull weather. In the senior games the bowlers again had the upper hand and scoring generally was low. There were two exciting finishes. Union failed narrowly in a determined effort to gain a four-point win against Invercargill, and Old Boys scored a two-point win over Appleby by only two runs. Marist had a fairly comfortable two-point win against Bluff. INVERCARGILL’S POOR SHOWING Invercargill collapsed in their first innings against Union, being all out for 41. Union used only two bowlers, G. Marshall and N. O’Grady, who divided the wickets equally. Union made 121 for four wickets and then declared their innings closed. Top score, and incidentally the highest score in the senior competition for the day, was made by A. Storrie, who scored 58 not out. C. Shirley and V. Poole made 20 each. T. McKenzie with four wickets for 58 runs was the most successful bowler for Invercargill. Invercargill had a first innings deficiency of 80 runs and Union went all out for a four-point win. However, thanks to a stand by I. Hall (27) and B. Overton (26 not out), who put on 42 for the sixth wicket, Invercargill did better in their second innings and at stumps had scored 81 for eight wickets. Union thus had to be content with a two-point win by 80 runs on the first innings. In Invercargill’s second innings Marshall took three wickets for 23 runs, making his total for the match eight wickets for 37 runs. Scores:—

INVERCARGILL First Innings R. Pollok b Marshall 15 D. Robinson b O’Grady 2 I. Harris c Poole b O’Grady 2 G. Overton b Marshall 0 I. Hall c Thompson b O’Grady 3 J. A. Russell not out 11 B. Overton lbw b Marshall 0 H. Alabaster b Marshall 0 E. Stevens b Marshall 1 D. Williamson b O'Grady ~ 0 T. McKenzie c Stephens b O’Grady 6 Extras 1

TOTAL . 41 Bowling: G. Marshall five wickets' for 14 runs, N. O’Grady five for 26.

Second Innings Pollok c Sinclair b Marshall 4 Robinson lbw b Marshall ' 2 G. Overton c and b Marshall 4 Harris c and b Stephens 3 Russell b Stephens 2 Hall c Storrie b Sinclair 27 B. Overton not out 26 McKenzie b Sinclair 0 Alabaster b Sinclair 5 Stevens not out 1 Extras ' 7 TOTAL for eight wickets 81

Bowling: G. Marshall three for 23, I. Stephens two for 31, A. Sinclair three for 12, J. Thompson none for three, N. O’Grady none for five, A. Storrie none for none.

UNION First Innings A. Storrie not out 58 G. Elder b McKenzie 4 C. Shirley b McKenzie 20 I. Stephens b McKenzie 6 V. Poole c Pollok b McKenzie 20 C. Dixon not out 6 Extras 7

Total for four wickets (declared) 121 Bowling: T. McKenzie four wickets for 58 runs, G. Overton none for 35, I. Hall none for 21. MARIST v. BLUFF

Marist made a really good start in their first innings against Bluff. When the second wicket fell there were 113 runs on the board, but the remaining wickets went cheaply and the innings closed for 142. N. Forde, W. Sanders and M. Rattray added 120 runs between them, Sanders with 48 being top-scorer of the trio. Of the other batsmen N. McGowan, who was run out, alone reached double figures. Anderson, five for 34', and Mclvor, four for 35, took the wickets for Bluff. .

Marist’s total proved too much for Bluff, who were all out for 111, leaving Marist the. winners by 31 runs on the first innings. Parry (28) and J. Brodie (23) saved Bluff,from what at one stage looked like being a bad collapse. Easily the most successful bowler for Marist was N. McGowan, who took six wickets for 31 runs in 6.4 overs. Scores:—

MARIST First Innings N. Forde c Calvert b Mclvor 30 W. Sanders c Calvert b Anderson 48 M. Rattray lbw b Mclvor 42 J. Haughey lbw b Anderson 1 N. McGowan run out 11 F. Fraser c Barnett b Mclvor 2 J. Boyle lbw b Anderson 4 W. Donaldson c Long b Anderson 0 P. Mallon b Mclvor • . 0 G. Donaldson lbw b Anderson 2 W. Smith, not out. 0 Extras ' 2 TOTAL 142 Bowling: Anderson five wickets for 34 runs, H. Mclvor four for 35, Barnett none for 34, Brodie none for 37. BLUFF First Innings Calvert c Boyle b Rattray 17 Barnett b McGowan 9 O’Brien b Rattray 7 Anderson c and b McGowan 0 H. Mclvor c Forde b McGowan 6 Parry c Rattray b Mallon 28 J. Brodie c and b McGowan 23 Drake b Mallon 0 E. Sparks c Boyle b McGowan 11 Long lbw b McGowan 3 Silvester not out 3 Extras . 4 TOTAL 111 Bowling: N. McGowan six wickets for 32 runs, M. Rattray two for 39, N. Forde none for 13, P. Mallon two for 23. LOW SCORING GAME ■ The game between Old Boys and Appleby was one of low scoring on both sides. J. C. Scandrett came to the rescue of Old Boys and saved their score from being unusually small. He made 33 out of the total of 79. A. Pickard (14) and S. G. Richardson (11) were the only other double figure scorers. D. Morrison did an outstanding spell of bowling for Appleby, taking five wickets for six runs. Of his eight overs, five were maidens.

The total of 79 proved just too much for Appleby and they were all out for 77, giving Old Boys a win by two runs on the first innings. Appleby, like Old Boys, leaned heavily on one batsman, C. Shirley scoring 43 out of the total of 77. W. Timms made 13, but none of the other batsmen got a double figure. It was A. Pickard’s bowling that caused the damage. He took eight wickets for 19 runs in 10 overs, three of which were

maidens. Five of the batsmen he dismissed failed to score. Scores:—

OLD BOYS First Innings A. Pickard b Purdue 14 A. E. Dakin run out 1 J. C. Scandrett b Morrison 33 S. G. Richardson b Morrison 11 E. P. Hawke c Calvert b McKinnel 5 H. Fraser b Morrison 0 A. Redpath b Morrison 5 F. Stewart lbw b Morrison 0 K. McLeod lbw b Ferguson 4 C. Snow not out 6 N. Pittaway run out 0 Extras 0 TOTAL - 79 Bowling: D. Morrison five wickets for six runs, R. Purdue one for 30, G. McKinnel one for 19, W. Ferguson one for one, C. Shirley none for 23. APPLEBY First Innings W. Semmens c and b Pickard 6 H. Peddie c Hawke b Pickard 0 C. Shirley c Stewart b Fraser 43 R. France b Pickard 0 D. Calvert b Pickard 0 G. McKinnell c Pittaway b Pickard 3 W. Ferguson c Redpath b Scandrett 7 D. Morrison stpd Hawke b Pickard 0 W. Timms b Pickard 13 A. Jordan not out 2 R. Purdue lbw b Pickard 0 Extras 3 TOTAL 77 Bowling: A. Pickard eight wickets for 19 runs, H. Fraser one for 17, J. C. Scandrett one for 32, A. Redpath none for six. LOWER GRADE GAMES Junior A.—Marist 168 (R. Forde 65, Mahoney 48, Mulqueen 13) beat Union 76 (Halbert 37, G. Mason 12) by 92 runs on the first innings. For Marist Carroll took five wickets for 34 runs, Mahoney two for 12 and Taylor two for nine, and for Union Halbert took four for 22 and Parkinson three for 17. Borstal 173 beat Old Boys 68 (Whitaker 33, Mill 25) and 26 (McCurdy 13 not out, Mill 10) by an innings and 79 runs. One of the Borstal players made 94. For Old Boys. Whitaker took five wickets for 61 runs. ' Georgetown 119 (Bean 30, Warburton 25, Birse 15, Wohlers 15, Huffadine 12) and nine for four wickets, declared, beat High School 57 and 66 (Noble 19 and 23) by six wickets. Bowling for Georgetown Edwards took seven wickets for 10 runs in the first innings and three for 12 in the second. For School Gilchrist took six wickets for 65 runs in the first innings and three for six in the second, and Walker took two for 19. Junior B. —High School 59 (Beadle 48) beat Old Boys 28 (Craig 10) by 31 runs. For School Russell took five wickets for two runs and for Old Boys Goodson took four for 30. Georgetown 129 (O. Race 45, N. McFadgen 29, E. Sandri 15 retired) beat A.T.C. 4 and 55 (Miller 32) by an innings and 70 runs. Only two A.T.C. batsmen scored in the team’s first innings. D. Burgess was responsible for some outstanding bowling for Georgetown. He took two wickets in his first over, two with the last two balls of his second over and three with the first three balls of his third over. This gave him five wickets with five consecutive balls. His figures for the innings were seven wickets for two runs. Race also bowled well and took three wickets for two runs. Third Grade.—High School C 73 and 42 for five wickets (Payne 30 and 25, A McKenzie 20, Dixon 13) beat Invercargill 36 and 44 (G. McKenzie 14, M. McKenzie 12, Jackson 10, Spence 10) by five wickets. Bowling for School Alabaster took six wickets for 24 runs in the first innings and six for 16 in the second, and Anderson took four for 17 and four for 16. For Invercargill G. McKenzie took eight for 29 and three for 31. High School D 23 and 47 (Robinson 18) beat Intermediate 18 and 45 (Vernon 12) by seven runs.