BIG SCORING ON SATURDAY

Southland Times, Issue 25549, 18 December 1944, Page 3

BIG SCORING ON SATURDAY

START OF TWO-DAY CRICKET MATCHES Two-day cricket matches —the first played since the 1939-40 season-—were begun on Saturday afternoon with the ; opening of the second round of the i Southland Cricket Association’s senior : competition. Rain fell during the afternoon and play was held up for about < half an hour. Wickets were dead and conditions were not of the best. However, some big scores were recorded during the afternoon. Marist compiled 315 runs against Invercargill. Of this total N. Forde scored 92, M. Rattray 54 and J. Donaldson 49 not out. In the Old Boys- 1 Union match, E. J. Hawke (Old Boys) scored 53 and J. C. Scandrett Old Boys) scored 40. Conditions favoured the bowlers in the Appleby-Bluff match and the scoring was 1 small. Good bowling averages were secured by D. Morrison (Appleby) and I. Barnett (Bluff). MARIST’S BIG SCORE Marist had first use of the wicket in its match against Invercargill. The side batted for the greater part of the atternoon and compiled the big total of 315 runs. Invercargill batted for about 25 minutes before play ended for the day and scored six runs without the loss of a wicket. The wicket was dead and gave no assistance to the bowlers. N. Forde, the Marist captain, played a forceful innings. He scored , 92 runs. Although he gave some chances, they were hard chances, and he was unlucky not to get his century. G. Donaldson, 49 not out, played well, and M. Rattray, 54, did some big hitting. Sanders, who scored 30, also batted well. Invercargill missed the services of G. Overton. Of the bowlers tried, A. Sharp was the most successful. He took four wickets for 55 runs. Details:— MARIST First innings T. N. Forde c McKenzie b Sharp »2 W. Sahders lbw b McKenzie 30 F. Fraser b Alabaster 5 N. McGowan lbw b McKenzie 14 K. Forde run out *9 J. Boyle c F. Lee b Sharp 4 J. Haughey c Hall b E. Lee 14 J. Donaldson not out 49 M. Rattray b Sharp M. Grace c Hall b Alabaster 9 P. Mallon c Pollok b Sharp 0 Extras 20 TOTAL , x 31 , 5 Bowling analysis: T. H. McKenzie took two wickets for 67 runs; A. Sharp four for 55; H. Alabaster two ior 90; I. Hall none for 32; E. Lee two for 10; R. W. Pollok none for 32. INVERCARGILL First Innings R. W. Pollok not out 4 I. Hall not out ~ Extras s TOTAL (for no wickets) 6 Bowling analysis: K. Ford took no wickets for no runs; M. Rattray none for one; J. Boyle none for none. OLD BOYS SCORE 144 J. C. Scandrett and E. J. Hawke were responsible for a big proportion of Old Boys total of 144 runs against Union. Scandrett scored 40 and Hawkes 53. Of the remaining batsmen only Snow, who scored 11. and Dunn, 14 not out, reached double figures. O'Grady was the most successful Union bowler. He took four wickets for 32 runs. Union batted for only a few minutes, but during that time they lost a wicket. G. Elder, who opened with J. Hamilton, was bowled by Fraser with the second ball of the innings. When play ended for the day Union had lost one wicket for no runs. Details;— OLD BOYS First Innings A. Pickard c Sinclair b O’Grady 8 K. McLeod b Marshall ft* J. C. Scandrett c Marshall b Stephens 40 R. Campbell b O’Grady 3 E. J. Hawke c Stephens b O’Grady 53 I. Wilson c and b Sinclair 4 H. Fraser lbw b O’Grady 4 S. Pittaway b Marshall 4 C. Snow lbw b Hamilton 11 A. Dunn not (jut 44 A. Redpath run out 4 Extras 44 TOTAL , * , 444 Bowling analysis: G. Marshall took two wickets for 44 runs; N. O’Grady four for 32, I. Stephens one for 30; A. Storrie none for 12; A. Sinclair one for 12; A. Hamilton one for 3. UNION First Innings G. Elder b Fraser 3 J. Hamilton not out ” C. Dixon not out J* Extras u TOTAL (for one wicket) 0 Bowling analysis—H. Fraser took one wicket for no runs; A. Pickard none for 0. SMALL SCORING MATCH The wicket at the Appleby ground proved difficult after the rain and the scoring in the Appleby-Bluflf match was low. Appleby scored 68 and when play ended for the day, Bluff had scored 51 runs for the loss of eight wickets. ... Semmens (14), Morrison (14) and McKinnel (10) were the only Appleby batsmen to reach double figures. I. Barnett took five wickets for 15 runs for Bluff. The Bluff batsmen did not fare any better on the tricky wicket. Barnett (14) and Campbell (10) secured the best scores. Morrison took five wickets for 16 runs for Appleby. Details: — APPLEBY First Innings W. Semmens c Sparks b Campbell 9 H. Peddie b Barnett 44 C. Shirley lbw b Mclvor 0 G. McKinnell b Barnett 10 , W. Timms b Mclvor 0 J D. Morrison b Barnett 44 G. McLean lbw b Hickford *> R. France c Drake b Hickford 3 T. Shirley lbw b Barnett 0 K. Purdue not out 3 A. Jordan b Barnett 3 Extras *> TOTAL 68 Bowling analysis: I. Barnett took five wickets for 15 runs; H. Mclvor two for 30; R. Campbell one for 10; Hickford two for 7. BLUFF First Innings Barnett b Morrison I 4 Parry b Morrison u Mclvor c France b Morrison 5 Burtenshaw hit wkt b Shirley 6 O’Brien c Morrison b Shirley 0 Campbell b Morrison 10 Sparks b Morrison ‘ p Brodie run out 3 Anderson not out 4 Drake not out 5 Extras 4 TOTAL (for eight wickets) 51 Bowling analysis: D. Morrison took five wickets for 16 runh; C. V. Shirley two for 15; R. Purdue none for 16. LOWER GRADE RESULTS JUNIOR A—Union 97 and 40 for 41 for four wickets (E. Sly 28 and J. Thompson 25) beat Borstal 93 on the first innings. One Borstal player scored 33 runs and another scored 28. Bowling for Union, J. Thompson took six wickets for 33 runs and Halbert took three for 12. Georgetown 128 (Whelan 38 not out, W. J. Warburton 26, Bean 23, Hillstcad 21) beat Marist 65 (Taylor 17, N. Forde 16) by 63 runs. Bowling for Georgetown, Edwards took five wickets for 33 runs and A. Warburton four for 13. Bowling for Marist. R. Forde took five wickets for 29 runs and T. Carroll three for 39. High School 175 for six wickets declared (Gilbertson 45, Gill 31, Agnew 25, Richardson 24, Halligan 20 not out) defeated Old Boys 19 and 30 for four wickets (Murray 11) on the first innings. Bowling for School, Noble took seven wickets for 10 runs and Gilchrist two for 7. For Old Boys, M. Murray took two wickets for 14 runs. JUNIOR B—Old Boys 124 (Bell 46, Rewcastle 26 not out, McCrostie 22) beat A.T.C. 118 (Montgomery 46, Miller 17, Tuffrey 17) on the first innings. Bowling for Old Boys, Rewcastle took five wickets for 26 runs. For : A.T.C. R. Dick took four for 29 and Jones four for 18.

TWELFTH MAN CHOSEN

If he is available, H. Mclvor (Bluff) will be the twelfth man in the Southland team to play Otago in the return match at Dunedin next month.

WELLINGTON TEAM

Match Against Auckland (P A ) WELLINGTON, December 17. The Wellington cricket selectors have chosen the following team to represent Wellington against Auckland in a match to be played at the Basin Reserve, Wellington, on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday next: r. L. H, Mooney (Institute-St. Patrick s) captain, S. A. McVicar (Petone). J. Duffy (Karori). W. Bain (Kilbirnie), J. Ell (Mid-land-Wellington), G. Rowe (Karori), J. G. Ashenden (Kilbirnie), R. Allen (Kilbirnie), H. Chapman (Hutt), A. M. Matheson (Taranaki), N. Hoar (Manawatu), D. Knapp (Jn-stitute-St. Patrick’s), twelfth man. McVicar will be unable to accompany the team on its southern tour. D. Brian (University) will take his place.

CANTERBURY TEAM TO PLAY OTAGO

(P.A.) CHRISTCHURCH, December 17. The Canterbury cricket team to play here at Christmas is:—Cromb, Mcßae. 1. Waine, T. B. Burtt, O’Brien, Butterfield, Hadlee (captain), Anderson, Dunnett. Scott, K F. M. Uttley and J. G. Leggat (twelfth). The same players will travel to Auckland, except that J. Smith replaces O’Brien.