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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18519, 17 March 1930, Page 7

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AUSTRALIA V. TASMANIA. (United Press Association—By Ulectrlo Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received March 16. 5.5 p m.) HOBART, March 16. The cricket match Australia v. Tasmania was continued to-day, in fine weather, with an excellent wicket and a a-ood attendance. Ponsfcrd and Bradman put on 296 during their partnership. Ponsford scored 166. which included thirteen fours in 176 minutes, and Bradman made 139 with sixteen fours in 152 minutes. Off five overs, they scored sixty-two runs. The Australians declared with four wickets down for 419. Tasmania, at stumps, had scored 174 for five wickets. Nash made 93 in 120 minutes, which included fifteen fours. Following are the scores: AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Ponsfcrd, run out 166 McCabe, c Rushforth, b James .. 18 i Bradman, c Rushforth, b Atkinson 139 Kippax, not out 53 Fairfax, c Martin, b Atkinson .... 33 Extras 10

Total (declared) four wickets for 419 Bowling analysis—James took 1 wicket for 109, Atkinson 2 for 35. TASMANIA. First Innings 131 Second Innings. Atkinson, c Walker, b Fairfax .... 19 Rushforth, lbw, b Grimmett .... 11 Nash, c Hornibrook, b Burwood .. 93 Green, b McCabe 18 Burrows, c Walker, b Hornibrook.. 0 Martin, not out 20 Newton, not out H Extras 2 Total for five wickets .. .. 174 Bowling analysis—Harwood took one wicket for 40, Fairfax one for 27, Grimmett one for 20, Hornibrook one for 17, McCabe one for 30.

CHRISTCHURCH CHAMPIONSHIP. OLD BOYS AND RICCARTON TO PLAY OFF. By Telegraph—Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, March 16. The semi-final round of the cricket championship was concluded on Saturday in perfect weather. As a result of the round, Old Boys and Riccarton will play off for the championship. Riccarton put Sydenham out for 205, and then ran up 360 for six wickets (J. L. Powell 128, Roberts 93). Old Boys, on the previous Saturday, had declared with eight wickets down for 375. Linwood were dismissed yesterday for 186 (Smith 60, Yates 43). Bowling for Old Boys, Merritt took seven wickets for 79. Old Collegians, 121 and 117 for six, declared, beat West Christchurch, 80 and 99 for six wickets. East Christchurch, 201 and 112 for seven, beat St. Albans 194.

SATURDAY’S GAMES. Although the South Canterbury Cricket Association's first-grade competition was definitely closed after the last series of matches, the Association decided to play a further series before closing the season. These games were commenced on Saturday in glorious weather. As Fraser Park was in use, the senior games were played on the Timaru Park, Rectory and School Park. Against Old Boys, Zingari compiled 102, Old Boys replying with 146. T aru scored 193 against Star on S.-.00l Park, the latter, at stumps, having lost six wickets for 59 runs. Celtic batted first against School, the last wicket falling when the total stood at 146. School played out time, having 90 runs on the board for the loss of five wickets when stumps were drawn. CELTIC v. HIGH SCHOOL. Celtic and High School met on the Rectory. Celtic batted first, and compiled 146, R. Mason displaying good form in compiling 59. School’s slow break bowlers had the younger members of the Celtic team in difficulties, few of them having had sufficient experience to be able to deal effectively with this particular type of bowling. J. Kane appeared well set when he was obliged to retire owing to an injured leg troubling him. Harding contributed a useful 29 to the total. High School played their full School eleven, Hind, Wilson and Mahan standing down in order to enable the boys to play as a team, prior to the Waitaki match next week. The match was splendid practice for the boys, who faced the Celtic bowling with confidence. Wallis and Chapman opened, but scoring at the start was slow. Wallis managed to reach double figures before being dismissed, and Chapman was at the wickets for approximately 45 minutes for one run. McDougall, who has been showing good form of late, carried his bat for 50, some of his off-shots being splendidly executed. B. Morrison, who has returned to school made 26. At stumps, School had five wickets down for 90.

OLD BOYS V. ZINGARI. The game Old Boys v. Zingari was played on the Park ground. The wicket was inclined to be bumpy. Zingari took first strike and shortly before four o’clock were all dismissed for 102. Old Boys, who were short of some of their usual players, owing to illness, performed creditably and at the close of play reached a total of 146.

Zingari’s innings was opened by Herdman and R. Seaton. Herdman got Davies to the boundary, but he fell a victim to the third ball of Marriott’s first over. Roddick joined Seaton, and the pair played their way in. Roddick then began to hit with some effect, sending Marriott away for six. After a merry 29, Roddick was clean bowled by Cunningham, the pair adding 47 for the second wicket. Seaton went a minute later, being caught by a substitute, off Davies. Smith did not score. After the dismissal of Aitchison for 6 and McDonald for 8, the remainder of the team failed to create much impression, Earl’s being the eighth wicket to fall after he had contributed 24, including three fours. Cunningham, three for 26. was the most successful bowler, while Sherratt, who bowled three overs, including two maidens, secured two wickets in his second over, at a cost of two runs.

Davies and Hamilton opened for Old Boys, Davies taking strike to Smith from the southern end. Runs came very slowly, Hamilton being especially cautious. Alter three nicely-placed fours and three singles, Davies was beaten by a splendid ball from Seaton. Thompson joined Hamilton, who did not appear at all comfortable, and was caught behind the wickets by McDonald from a fast one from Smith. Wells did not open his account, Smith beating him all the way. Ross had six to his credit when he was caught and bowled by Smith. Sherratt joined Thompson and a profitable partnership

ensued, until Thompson was caught by 1 j Earl off Roddick. Sherratt continued jl to be aggressive, and with Cunningham j s at the other end bright cricket was wit- E nessed. Cunningham smacked the bowl- E ing from all angles during his short = stay, hitting Seaton twice for six, and s his total of 23 including also two fours. E The only other batsman to give Sher- 2 rat support was Pateman, who carried = his bat for twelve. Sherratt was dis- E missed by Smith after contributing 45, j E which included seven fours. Old Boys’ « innings closed after ten men had I = batted, Ayres being absent owing to E illness. E Following w r ere the scores:— ZINGARI. E First Innings. 1 E Herdman, c Davies, b Marriott .. 6 I = R. Seaton, c sub., b Davies .. .. 15 E Roddick, b Cunningham 29 i Earl, run out 24 = Smith, c Sherratt, b Davies .... 0 z Aitchison, c sub., b Marriott .... 6 : G. Seaton, b Cunningham 0 2 McDonald, b Sherratt 8 5 Farmer, b Cunningham 0 . : Morrison, c sub., b Sherratt 2 i Taylor, not out 2 = Extras 10 » Total 102 [ Bowling.—Davies 2 wickets for 26 ; runs, Marriott 2 for 38, Cunningham 3 = for 26, Sherratt 2 for 2. : OLD BOYS. First Innings. f Davies, b Seaton 15 : Hamilton, c McDonald, b Smith .. 3 : Thompson, c Earl, b Roddick .... 19 : • Wells, b Smith 0 : Sherratt, c and b Smith 45 ; : Ross, c and b Smith 6 ; * Cunningham, b Smith 23 ! = Marriott, c Smith, b Roddick .... 0! : Pateman, not out 12 ! : Robinson, b Earl 2 \ z Extras 21 , J Total 146 j : Bov/ling.—Smith 5 for 35. Seaton 1 1 ■ for 53, Roddick 2 for 29, Herdman 0 for | ■ 10, Earl 1 for 2. j j

TIMARU V. STAR. j j Timaru played Star on School Park, j ■ Timaru batted first and at 5.30 when j : the last wicket fell, the total stood at I : 193. Hudson and Cockroft opened, ( ■ and made 49 runs for the first wicket. I : Cockroft was first to go. having made | : 14, mostly by singles. With the arrival i of Buchanan, the score mounted ■

rapidly, until, when 47, Hudson was run out in attempting a short one. His total included four fours. Moore made 13, and was then out 1.b.w., to Armstrong. Hamilton was run out without scoring and Burton joined Buchanan. This partnership had added 48 runs when Buchanan potted one back to Powell. Buchanan top scored with j 48, his total including four fours. After j the departure of Burton, who made 36, Brown 11, was the only double-scorer. ! Extras added 18 to the total. Moore and Shillito opened for Star j with an hour left for play. Moore was ! the first to go, being run out after hit- j ting a four and a single. Burns joined j Shillito, who, however, left almost j immediately, having made three. Burns’s next partner, Powell, failed j to score, and L. Holden took his place. ! Then Burns lost his wicket to Cock- ! roft. after having compiled ten. Button on 14 before Button was caught behind the wickets by Brown for 11, including one six. Armstrong joined Provan, and the pair played out time—Provan 10. Armstrong 8. Berry took three wickets for 5 j runs. He bowled seven overs, two of ! which were maidens. Detailed scores were:— TIMARU. First Innings. Hudson, run out 47 j Cockroft, c Provan, b Armstrong .. 14 i Buchanan, c and b Powell 48 Moore, 1.b.w., b Armstrong 13 ' Hamilton, run out 0 Burton, b Armstrong 36 Berry, c Burns, b Powell 0 Morrison, b Powell 8 Brown, c Provan, b Powell 11 Glass, not out 0 Extras 18 Total 193 Bowling.—Powell 4 for 52, Armstrong 3 for 26, Burns 0 for 43, Moore 0 for 24, Shillito 0 for 18, Button 0 for 9, Holden 0 for 3. STAR. Moore, run out 5 Shillito, c Cockroft, b Berry .... 3 Burns, b Cockroft 10 Powell, c Cockroft, b Berry 0 L. Holden, b Berry 3 Button, c Brown, b Hudson .... 11 j Provan, not out 10 i Armstrong, not out 8 Extras 9

Total 59 Bowling.—Berry 3 for 5, Cockroft 1 for 7, Moore 0 for 16. SECOND GRADE. PAREORA v. FAIR VIEW. Pareora defeated Fairview by an innings and eleven runs. Fairview batted first, but the best they could do was 35, no batsman reaching double figures. Bennison secured the exceptionally fine tally of seven wickets for twelve runs off eight overs. In three successive overs he captured two wickets without a run being scored off him. Pareora replied with 134, Barr 36, E. Sinclair 20, R. Munro 29. Fairview did a little better in their second effort, reaching 82, Rodgers 40 and Roper 28 being the most successful batsmen. In this innings, Mcßeath took five wickets for 6 runs.

STAR v. TIMARU. Star succeeded in lowering Timaru’s colours on Anzac Square by 48 runs. Timaru batted first and compiled 124, Henderson playing a fine innings for 63 not out. Wood 17 and Robertson 14 were the only other players to reach double figures. Stevenson took four for 39 and Wall three for 15. Star made 172 for the loss of eight wickets, Bowers 50, Ede 27 and Dickson 22.

THIRD GRADE. TECHNICAL v. WAIMATAITAI. Technical secured a win by ten wickets over Waimataitai on School Park. Batting first, Technical made 144, the chief scorers being Williams 38. Ryan 23, Averis 18, Richardson 15 and Cooke 10. Waimataitai replied with 91, S. Andrews 24 and Robertson 25 not out. Williams took five wickets for 13 runs. Following on, Waimataitai were all out for 60, of which total Winterbourne made 42. He hit no fewer than three “sixes” and five fours, j Averis took three for 2, and Williams ! five for 32. Technical secured the runs necessary to win without loss.

CELTIC v. STAR. Celtic defeated Star on School Park by 59 runs on the first innings. Star batted first and made 92, Halkett 21, Blue 13, Beckingham 13 and Gabites 12. Cox took four for 14, Seaman three for 16 and Mellor two for 18. Celtic replied with 151 for seven wickets (declared), Bowles giving a fine display for 84. He hit sixteen boundaries. J. O’Brien 27, Seaman 11 and Cox 10 also reached double figures. In their second effort, Star, at stumps, had lost seven wickets for 59 runs, Halkett being 24 not out.