CRICKET.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 17874, 6 February 1928, Page 4

CRICKET.

SOUTH CANTERBURY COMPETITIONS. FINAL SERIES OF ROUND COMMENCED. Tho --final series of games in the first round of the South Canterbury Cricket Association’s Competition was commenced on Saturday in splendid weather. Old Boys and Zingari met at the Park, the former giving a good display, putting on 197, before the side was dismissed. Zingari opened disastrously, but recovered later, the innings finally closing for 126. Timaru and Star met on Anaao Square. Tho latter batted first, compiling 147 ( and at call of time, Timaru had' six wickets down for 171, Monaghan being unbeaten with 60 to his credit. Celtic, playing against Geraldine at. Geraldine, put up the biggest score of the afternoon, the total being 206. Geraldine’s response was very poor, the side being all out for 59.

TIMARU v. STAR. Timaru and Star met on Anzac Square, the latter having first strike. Reese and Graham opened to the bowling of Berry and Hudson, and when 16 runs had been scored, Graham was caught by Swinton off Hudson. Burns also had a short life, being also caught by Swinton, off Hudson. Reese continued to. score freely, but the other batsmen could make little headway against the bowling. Monaghan sent down three overs for 13 runs, an in his fourth got K. McKnight caught by Hudson in the slips. In Moßeath’s fourth over he completely beat Reese, who had scored 63. His total included seven boundaries. Holden was at the wiokets for a considerable period, and played a very safe innings for 32 before an appeal for l.b.w. by Mcßeath was upheld. The remaining wickets foil cheaply, the innings closing for 147. Moßeath took five for 28 and Hudson three for 37. At one stage, Timaru had six down for 69, but when Monaghan and Moßeath became associated, runs came very freely, and when time was' called, the pair were not separated, Monaghan having 60 to his credit and Mcßeath 49. Eaton 36 and Hudson 11 also reached double figures. The scores are as follows: —

STAR. First Innings. Reese, b Mcßeath ... ...■ 53 Graham, c Swinton, b Hudson ... 3 Burns, c b Hudson 5 K.' McKnight, o Hudson, b

Monaghan ... 5 Moore, c Brown, b Berry 4 Holden, 1.b.w., b Mcßeath 32 E. McKnight, b Mcßeath 0 Taylor, b Hudson 5 Powell, c Eaton, b Mcßeath 9 Lewis, not out 9 Gibbons, b Mcßeath 2 Byes 14, leg-byes 6 ... ... 20 Total , ... ... 147 Bowling.—Mcßeath, five wickets for 28 runs; Hudson, three for 37; Monaghan, one for 28; Berry, one for 34. TIMARU. First Innings. Hudson, c Burns, b Powell ... ..: IF Eaton, b Burns ... ... ... 36! Tweedy, c McKnight, h Powell ... 0 Berry, b Burns ... ... .:. 2 Wood, c McKnight, b Powell ... 0 Monaghan, not out ... 60 Swinton, played on, b Bums ... 10 Mcßeath, not out .49 Byes 2, leg byes 1 3 Total for six wickets 171

OLD BOYS v. ZINGARI. Quite a fair number of spectaetors assembled at the Park to witness the game between Old Boys and Zingari. Old Boys had first strike on a good wicket, and they put up 197 before the last wicket fell. Davies and Cunningham were the opening pair, but the latter had only scored ten when he was bowled by Smith, When 0. Thomson joined Davies, runs came very freely off both Smith and Seaton. Ditchfield was also brought on, but lie proved fairly expensive, 28 being scored off him in three overs. When the score stood at 69, Thomson was caught by Ditchfield off his own howling. The next few wickets fell very quickly, Ayres, Sherratt, Wilson and Shillito all being disposed of before they had reached double figures. T. Thomson partnered Davies, who had been scoring freely, and who did not look like being beaten. When A. Earl was brought on, he brought about the dismissal of Davies, who was stumped by Menzies. Scott, who hit out freely, played one on from Earl, and the. innings closed. Smith, Herdman and Earl secured three wickets each, the latter’s wickets being secured at a cost of 27 runs. . Zingari opened disastrously, Menzies chopped a ball from Cunningham on to his wickets in the first over. Herdman did not remain long, a full toss from Cunningham gliding off the pads on to the stumps. Ditchfield and S. Earl carried the total a little further, but Earl had two lives before lie had scored. Old Boys missed an easy run out through a bad return, and Davies dropped a catcli in the slips. With, his score at 12, Earl placed a. catch into Mclnnes’a hands. Seaton was clean howled by Ayres after scoring two singles, and A. Earl was run out before he had scored. Smith hit out in characteristic fashion, and scored 28, including one 6, before being bowled bv Scott. Ditchfield, at 30, was thrown out. Sebraeder, whos total of 17 included a 6, was the only other batsman to roach, double nguics. Following are the scores:

OLD BOYS. First Innings. Davies, std. Monzies, bA. Earl ... /2 Cunningham, b Smith ... ... ... ... lb O Thomson, c and b Ditchfield ... 10 Ayres, c S. Earl, hi Herdman 5 Sherratt, b Hardman ... 2 Wilson, c Sebraeder, b Herdman ... 8 Shillito, 1.b.w., bA. Earl 5 T. Thomson, b Smith... ... 1« Scott, played on, b A. Earl Leslie, c Menzies, b Smith t Mclnnes. not out ... IS Byes 11, leg byes 1 1Total I^7 Bowling.—A. Earl, three wickets for 97 runs; Smith, three for 43; Herdman, three for 48: Ditchfield, one for 28; Seaton, none for 39'. ZING AIII. First Innings. Herdman, b Cunningham 9 Menzies, played on, b Cunningham 4 Ditchfield, thrown out ... ... ... 30 S. Earl, c Mclnnes, b Cunningham 12 Seaton, b Ayres 2 A. Earl, run out u Smith, b Scott ... ... ••• 28 Shanks, c Sherratt, b Scott o Sebraeder, 'std. Sherratt, b Thomson E Boal, b Cunningham ... 1 Bell, not out ... ... ' ••• ° .13yes 8, no-balls 1 Total 120 Bowling. —Cunningham, four wickets I'or 31 runs: Scott, two for 23; Thomson, one for 19: Ayres, one for 21; Davies, none for 24.

CELTIC, v. GERALDINE. Celtic, who journeyed to Geraldine, found the bowling of the country players to their- liking, and compiled the good total. of 206. Angland and Mason opened up against Stone-Wigg and Grieve. When the'total was 14, Angland put his leg in front to StoneWigg. Kane joined Mason, and a good partnership resulted, the board showing 85 before Mason was caught off Houlihan. Harding did not get a chance to get set before he was dismissed by Houlihan. Annear also was early dismissed, but Sullivan and Kane, when they became associated, scored at a merry pace. Kane had just passed the half century, when he was beaten by a good ball from Turner. Rogers, who had previously shown little form, batted well, scoring 24 before he was caught off Peter. Sullivan could not get any of the remaining batsmen to stay with him, and he' carried his bat for 59. The extras, which were all byes, totalled 17. Geraldine once again failed as a batting side, being all out for 69. Stone-Wigg and Turner opened up to the bowling of Kane and Harding. Tho fii’st two wickets fell cheaply, the board showing only 15. Grieve made a fair stand, however, and rattled up 21 before being beaten by Sullivan. He was the only batsman to reach double figures, the remainder of the side being unable to stand up to Harding’s bowling. He took six wickets at a cost of 21 runs. Following are the scores:—

• CELTIC. - First Innings. Angland, 1.b.w., b Stone-Wigg ... 5 S. Mason, o sub., b Houlihan ... 23 Kane, b Turner ... 52 Hardmg, 1.b.w., b Houlihan 8 Annear, c Grieve, b Houlihan 1 Sullivan, not out 59 R. Mason, h Houlihan ...... 4 Rodgers, o Stone-Wigg, b Peter ... 24 Cutlibertson, b Stone-Wigg 0 Mullally, b Peter ... 4 Fountain, b Stone-Wigg 9 Byes ■*■7 Total ••• ••• 206

Bowling. —Houlihan, four wickets for 48 runs; Stone-Wigg, three for 37; Peter, two for 51; Turner,, one for 10; Grieve, none for 36; Scott, none for 7.

GERALDINE. First Innings. Stone-Wigg, c Sullivan, b Harding 8 Turner, c Fountain, b Kane 5' Grieve, b Sullivan 21 Callanan, c Rodgers, b Harding ... 3 Peter, o Sullivan, b Harding 0 Houlihan, cR. Mason, b Kane ... 0 Wordsworth, o Fountain, b Harding . 6 Williamson, b Harding ...' 0 Inglis, b Harding 1 Scott,''l.b.w., b S. Mason 4 S. Callanan, not out ... ..j ... 2 Byes 4, leg-byes 2, no-balls 3 ... 9

Total :.. ... ... ... ... ... ... 59 Bowling.—Harding, six wickets for 21 runs; Kane, two for 23; Sullivan, one for none; S. Mason* ■ one for-5. •, SECOND GRADE. Playing on the Caledonian Grounds, South End compiled 123 against Celtic, Stevens 24 and Styles 21. Celtic replied with 55 (Mellor 14 and McAuliffe 10.) South End gave a good display in their second effort, scoring 229 for eight wickets. The chief scorers were:—Wall 80, Styles 38, Roddick 28, Ti’ott 22. Hughes 21 not out, Gillespie 21 and Stevens 16. . ' SHEFFIELD. SHIELD MATCHBr 0»bl« —Prin Association —CopyrUlH. Australian and N.X. Cnbla Association. (Received February 5,, 5.5 p.m.) BRISBANE, Feb. 5. In the Sheffield Shield match, Victoria in the first innings made. 300 (Ponsford 63, Ryder 84, A. Beckett 47, Scaife 39, Hendry 32, Morton 23 not out). Oxenham took 6 wickets for 79. . „ . . Queensland, in the first innings, have lost two wickets for 180. The weather was fine and the wicket good. Oxenham, who was in fine form, always had the batsmen in difficulties. Queensland made a good start, and batting carefully in the opening stages of the innings, wore down the Victorian attack.

GRADE MATCHES IN AUSTRALIA. By Cabla—Press Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received February 5, 5.5 p.m.) SYDNEY,. Feb. 5. Grade cricket was continued in fine weather, on pood wickets. Playing for St. George against North Sydney, Louden made 175. ‘For University against Manly, Hogg made 93. • ' For Mosman against Petersham, Salmon scored 80. -For Northern Districts against Glebe, Boder scored 86. 1 Bowling for Marrickville against Cumberland, Roberts took 7 for 20, Russell 3 for 13. ■ For Petersham against Mosman, Kennett took 7 for 124.

THE GAME IN AUCKLAND

By Telegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND, Feb. 5. The first round matches in the Auckland senior ctricket championship concluded on Saturday in very hot weather. Eden, the leading team, suffered a second defeat at the hands of United Suburbs. Eden had made an error in not leaving places for Mills, Weir brothers, arid Cooper, and consequently the bowling was weak. Ponsonby and North Shore are now abend for tlio championship, with 19 points each, Eden and Parnell following closely with 18. Results" of Saturday’s matches:— United Suburbs, 322 (Martin 62, Kerr 58, Leila's 58, Busliill 46), beat Eden 224, and 44 for one. Parnell 267, heat University 162, and 210 for four (Tee 49 not out, Bannister 40). In University’s first innings, Aitlcen took five for 31. Ponsonby 388, heat Grafton 177 (Sloman 50, Horspool 47) , and 212 for five (Horspool 109 not out, Pope 54). Jn ■ Grafton’s first innings, Langridgc took five for 63. Smith four for 55. North Shore 214, and 34 for none, beat Y.M.C.A. 43. and 204 (Elliott 83). For North Shore, Wells took 6 for 47.

| lington) 67, D. Whyte ("Wellington); 04, D. Burt (Institute) 68, F. Cap- } stick (Petone) 58, A. Wilson (Petone) ( 56, A. W. Gibson (Thorndoin) 50, W. ! Croolr (Institute) 50. Bowling. —E. McLeod .(University) 6 for 96, H. M. Lambert (Old Boys) 5 for 47.

PLAY IN CHRISTCHURCH. By TdegTapb—Prei» Auoelitloa. CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 5. The first round of the second series of matches in championship cricket commenced on Saturday. Wickets and outfields were in fast order. St. Albans batted against Sydenham, and were all out for 243 (N. Doreen 81, N.. E. England 34). Bowling: Cunningham took 5 for 101. Sydehham no wickets for 56. West Christchurch, playing Riccarton, scored 164 (Newman 33, W. Hayes 56). Bowling: C. E. Evans took 4 for 60. Riecarton lost 4 wickets for 121: runs (A. W. Roberts 61, C. S. Gibbs not out 3(4). Old Boys, batting against East Christchurch, scored 218 (Nixon 81, Cromb 41). Bowling: J. McEwin took 7 for 70. East Christchurch were all out for 74. Bowling: Merritt.took o for 42, Cromb 3 for 16. Old Collegians, playing Linwood, scored 252 (Hamilton 61, Lester 56). Bowling: Upton took 6 for 31. Linwood lost 2 wickets for 93 (Yates not out 32). J. Newman, professional, was no balled by the umpire for using the finger grip to aid him in spinning the ball.

MATCHES IN DUNEDIN. By Telegraph—Press Association. DUNEDIN, Feb. 5. The fourth round of the cricket matches concluded under ideal weather conditions —bright sunshine and no wind. Albion established for themselves a lead of four in the championship points, by defeating Grange, on the first innings. Albion’s first innings closed for 327 (Mclvor not out 45). Grange, in reply, made 110 (Galland 65, Brown 39, Knight 32), and were sent in again. An innings defeat was avoided, however, four wickets being down for 162 when stumps were drawn (McMullan 69 not out, Eames 30). Carisbrook secured their first win by defeating Dunedin on the first innings. Carisbrook, who had lost three for 290 on. the first day, declared, and Dunedin were dismissed for 149 (Torrance 33). They were sent in again’; and made 160 (R. R. Cherry 44). BowlingDickinson ,4 for 3§, ..Cameron 3 'for B.‘ \ ■'■3c'.' '-7’ ’

DACRE’S PLANS. ‘ , ■ By Telegraph—Pre»» AitocUtlon. • AUCKLAND, Feb. 5. Dacre will not be available-to play against the Australian cricketers, as he sails on February 14 for England, and cannot change his plans.