WIN TO SCHOOL

Taranaki Daily News, 21 December 1932, Page 5

WIN TO SCHOOL

AN INNINGS AND. 4 RUNS HOME ELEVEN SUPERIOR NELSON BOY SCORES 104 £”?- •’ ' fl 1 ' « .Tb ~ t f./; CHRISTENSEN EIGHT r FOR 42 In spite of a splendid century by Ralfe in .College’s first innings, New Plymouth Boys’ High School won the annual match •gainst Nelson College by an innings •nd four runs. The match was played at Sthe High School ground on Monday •nd yesterday. - Monday’s play ended with School’s first innings score standing at 307 for nine wickets declared and Nelson with 93 pn for five wickets. Meredith had played an’ innings that had given School the necessary confidence, Larkin had made • century and had participated in two partnerships of over 100. Then, in. Nelson’s innings five wickets were down for 20 before Karsten and Ralfe stayed at the wickets till the drawing of stumps to add 73. When play began yesterday morning the two not out men carried on with steady. cricket and added 111 for < the sixth wicket—the third partnership of over 100 in the match. . Karsten fell a victim to Larkin with his score at 36, Ralfe, partnered by Stace, went on to score all round the wicket and wap 94 when he lost Stace after .the pair ..had added another 46. ? > A v ’ Ralfe was playing a magnificent fighting, innings and when two superb drives gave him his century he was greeted with applause. Two centuries in one match at the ground was an unprecedented'feat. With Ralfe’s dismissal with his score at 104 the team lasted only a short time, the innings closing jat 193. Nelson were 114 behind and followed on.

TRIUMPH FOR CHRISTENSEN. ■ Nelson’s second innings was a triumph for Christensen, School’s fast bowler, and the occasion of an admirable stand by Karsten, the Nelson captain. The side was out for 110, four short of -the number required to avert the innings defeat Christensen bowled almost unchanged throughout the. innings and always kept the batsmen subdued with good length medium-paced deliveries of deadly accuracy." Two men defied him for a while—Freeman and Karsten. Karsten played a “back-to-the-wall” innings, compiling 29 in an hour and threequarters, before he fell to Christensen’s leg-trap. Freeman made 25 befote he was caught at mid-off. Ralfe made a short stand but he too succumbed to Christensen, whose average was eight’ wickets for 42. He bowled 22 overs, eight being maidens. Donnelly and Uarkiii were : tke only other bowlers used to any extent, Donnelly capturing the other two wickets while Larkin, conceded only 11 runs from nine overs. ?£ \ The weather was again blazing-hot—-almost too hot for good cricket. The wicket played well. School’s fielding drew frequent applause and was generally better than the previous' day’s. Speaking generally, it seemed that School were definitely superior, although Nelson did not play up to what one would gauge as their usual standard. The New Plymouth side was a wellbalanced team, equally strong in batting and; bowling. ‘ ; ■.

PROGRESS OF -THE MATCH. Karsten and Ralfe, 24 not out and 45 not out respectively, resumed yesterday morning for Nelson against the bowling of Christensen and Donnelly. Scoring was-: Slow at first, both bowlers keeping the batsmen quiet . Larkin replaced Christensen and Christensen took Donnelly’s end. The hundred came up . and a little later the third partnership of 100 in the match was signalled with Nelson s 120. Ralfe was scoring more freely than Karsten, who lost his off stump to Larkin at 131. Karsten had proved himself ;a trine captain. His cricket had; been; a sound effort .at a time when every run was; worth two. —131-6-36., : , Stace joined Ralfe and the two continued to bat attractively. Ralfe ran into the eighties and-the score reached 160, with boundaries to both players. Donnelly replaced Christensen and Birch put Meredith on in place of Larkin. The change worked immediately. Stace hit Meredith to the boundary , and 'was yorked last ball of the over.—l77-7-2Q. Ralfe was 94 and was . joined by Tredray. In Meredith’s next over Ralfe on-drove him for a four and scored a single—99. Tredray scored a single tod from the last ball of the over Ralfe hit a flashing drive over the bowler’s head for a four and a brilliant century. -His feat ■drew cheers, and applause. RALFE PLAYS GREAT INNINGS. The board, showed 191 and then Ralfe spooned one'from Donnelly to Larkin, who held it safely at square leg. He had topped his hundred by four runs and had , lessened the advantage School had gained. There were 15 fours in his total. —l9l-8-104; Fuller replaced Ralfe and was yorked by Meredith before he had scored.—l 92-9-0. Shand came in but only an over later Meredith-tempted him to hit and took the off stump.—l 93-10-5. < ’ As the match was only a two-day. one and School were ahead by 110 runs on the first innings Nelson were sent in to follow on at 12.15. Drew and Mac Lean opened to Christensen and Donnelly. In Donnelly’s second over Drew snicked one to slips but. the ball was t*o low for Christensen to hold. In the next over, however, Donnelly uprooted Mac Lean’s middle Buddle replaced Mac Lean but a ball from Christensen nipped back from the leg and took his off stump when he had made one. The score was seven for two wickets off-seven overs.- Drew ran into double figures with two fours off Donnelly, and 20 was shown after 30 minutes’ play- .. Freeman was at the wickets a quarter of an hour before scoring, but then two forceful drives for two each and an overthrow which gave him a five gave him ten in an over. Then Drew made a mistake with a good length ball from Christensen, which removed the bails. — 30-3-14.

FREEMAN PARTNERS KARSTEN. • Freeman and Karsten were together now and much was expected of the partnership. Freeman was scoring more easily than Karsten and had 20 to his credit of the 46 scored at the luncheon adjournment. The same bowlers continued after lunch. Freeman scored a single off Donnelly and a four pulled to square leg off Christensen, and then Larkin caught him at mid-off.—sl-4-25. Ralfe, the century-maker of the first innings, joined Karsten and ran into double figures, bringing 60 up. He played forward to one of Christensen’s best breaks and the ball just removed the off bail—6l-5-10. Karsten had not added to his before-lunch score. For the left-hander Mason Christensen had six men behind the wickets, setting two slips and a man in the “gully.” Next over Donnelly, after bowling 13 overs, one a maiden, for 35 runs and one wicket, was spelled, Larkin being given a turn. After three maiden avers Karsten glided

Larkin to leg for * four to break the monotony. Four byes, the first Birch had conceded, brought 80 up, ’ Buckenhun took Christensen’s end and Mason, who had been at' the crease 25 minutes without scoring, hit the bowler twice and scored four. The scoring pace was almost stationary—U runs ,in tan overs. Christensen resumed at the northern end and a moment later Karsten reaped another four off Larkin. . CHRISTENSEN INFORM. ’ At 3 o’clock an hour’s play had produced 44 runs, Karsten being 24 and Mason seven. Christensen’s next over broke the stubborn partnership by uprooting Mason’s middle stump.—9o-6-7. Two balls later Christensen had Stace, the newcomer, caught by Simpson at square leg.—9o-7-0. To avoid an innings defeat 24 was required and there were three wickets left Tredray lifted Christensen just over Buckenham’s head at mid-on and opened his account. Karsten was playing a fighting innings now and had scored 20 in 80 minutes’ play since lunch. - j ; A double bowling change was effected with Donnelly and Meredith in place- of Christensen and Larkin respectively. One hundred came up shortly for 130 minutes’ play. Meredith was not persevered with and Christensen was brought on again at the school end. ; ■: ' ; Christensen’s leg trap claimed a valuable victim immediately, KarStep, who had defied the bowling for an hour and three-quarters, raised one an inch or two from the ground to fine leg and was finely caught by Waters.—lo 2-8-29. Karsten’s 29 was a great effort when School so plainly held the upper, hand. ’ : ‘ . The team required another; 12 to avoid an- innings’ defeat and it was questionable whether the last two could raise the runs before Christensen added their scalps-to his belt. Tredray added a four to his total and then. Christensen laid his off stump flat with a full pitcher.— 107-9-9. - ’ • Donnelly took the ball for the last over and conceded a single to Shand. On the fifth ball Fuller tried to pull Donnelly and his stumps were scattered. —iio-io-o.; < . , , Details are:— . HIGH SCHOOL... First Innings (for nine wicket dec.) 307 NELSON COLLEGE.

First Innings. MacLean, b Christensen ..’.i.. .. 5 Drew, ,b Donnelly .................. .. 5 Buddle, b Christensen .. 2 Mason, run out .. 1 Freeman, st. Birch, Donnelly ...... .. 6 Karsten, b Larkin .. 36 T. G. Ralfe, c Larkin, b Donnelly .. 104 L O. -Stace, b Meredith ... 20 J. P. Tredray, b Meredith .. 5 J. E. Fuller, b,Meredith .......... .. 0 M. M.. Shand, not out ........... 0 Extras ........................ .. 9 Total': ....... J. 193 Fall of the wickets:. 1 for 5, 2 for 11, 3 for 12, 4 for 20, 5 for 20, 6-for 131,. 7 for 177, 8 for 191, 9 for 192, 10 for 193. BOWLING, ANALYSIS.*; • , • O. if. R. W. Christensen ■ 23.. 6 57 2 Donnelly ■ ’ 21 ~ 5 '47 3 Larkin •' 132 • , 52 1 Buckenham ..... 5 1 12 0 Meredith 3.1 \ 1 .16; 3 . Second Innings. Drew, b Christensen .;.... .. 14 MacLean, b Donnelly .............. 4 Buddle, b Christensen .. 1 Freeman, c Larkin, c Christensen .. 25 Karsten, c Waters, b Christensen .. .. 29 Ralfe, b Christensen .. 10 Mason, b Christensen .. 7 Stace, c Simpson, b Christensen ... 0 Tredray, c Christensen .. 9 Shand, not out .. 2 Fuller, b Donnelly .» .. 0 Extras ..... •• 9 .. 110 Fall of the wickets: 1 for' 6, 2 for 7, 3 for 30, 4 for 51, 5- for 61, 6 for 90,'7 for 90, 8 for 102, 9 for 107, 10 for 110. BOWLING ANALYSIS/. 6; m.j r. W. Christensen ..... 22 8 42 8 Donnelly 17 2 41 * 2 Larkin .... 9 5 11 0 Buckenham ...... 2 14 0, Meredith 2 1.1 o..