CRICKET

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20054, 11 March 1935, Page 5

CRICKET

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SATURDAY’S MATCHES Beautiful weather prevailed on Saturday when a further series of matches in the South Canterbury Cricket Association’s competitions was commenced. For the most part the wickets favoured the batsmen, and as a result some good scores were registered. Playing against Celtic at the Rectory, Old Boys put on 216 runs, and at stumps Celtic had 51 runs on the board without loss. Scoring was a little slower in the Timaru—Star game, which was played on Anzac Square. Timaru were dismissed for 190, and at stumps Star had lost two wickets for 29 runs. High School and Geraldine met at Geraldine, and at the end of the day's play, School we,re in a winning position. OLD BOYS v. CELTIC Old Boys won the toss and took first strike on a wicket which favoured the batsmen, Morrison and Lee opening against Williams and Hertnon. Morrison settled down at once to give a pretty display of batting, and scored with neatly placed shots all round the wicket. Lee was scratching for singles, but his defence was sound. After an hour’s play, 80 runs appeared on the board, Morrison having done most of the scoring. Williams was keeping an excellent length, and he succeeded in keeping the runs down. With the total at 106 the first wicket fell, Morrison going lbw.. to Williams after a splendid exhibition. He hit five fours and three threes. Sunley was the newcomer, but six runs later he skied one from Kane and was taken in the slips. Souter joined Lee, but did not last long, being well beaten by Williams. G. Davies went for the runs immediately, and pulled Kane to the on boundary for a nice six. In attempting a similar shot he mishit, and was taken by Harding with his total at 22. Lee was now playing good cricket, and reached 60 with a three past mid-off. With six down for 181, Lawson partnered Lee, who carried his total to 82 when he was stumped by Lang. His innings, which included six fours, was a patient but valuable one for the side. Lawson hit up 20 in short time, and then gave a catch to R. Mason, who had been giving a brilliant exhibition of fielding. S. Mason was then given a turn with the ball, and he dismissed the last two batsmen with consecutive deliveries, the innings closing at 5.30 for 216. Kane was the most successful bowler, taking five wickets for 76 runs in 19 overs.

S. Mason and G. Gifford were Celtic’s opening pair, Gifford getting Thompson’s third ball away to the leg boundary. Davies took the ball at the other end, a brace coming off the second delivery. After Thompson had sent down four overs he was replaced by Lee, Gifford collecting 10 off the over with well-placed shots. Mason was not taking any risks, being content to let his partner do the scoring Stumps were drawn’ at 6.30 with the total at 51. Scores: — OLD BOYS. First Innings. Morrison, lbw, Williams 62 Lee, stpd. Lang, b Kane 82 Sunley, c Williams, b Kane 1 Marriott, c R. Mason, b Kane .... 8 Souter, b Williams 1 G. Davies, c Harding, b Williams .. 22 Taylor, c and b Kane 2 Lawson, c R. Mason, b Kane .... 20 Marshall, not out 8 Thompson, b S. Mason 0 P. Davies, b S. Mason 0 Extras 10 Total 216 Bowling—Kane took five wickets for 76 runs; S. Mason, two for one; Williams, three for 57; Sullivan, none for 7; Purcell, none for 17; R. Mason, none for 12; Gifford, none for 8; Hertnon, none for 18. CELTIC First Inning's. S. Mason, not out 9 Gifford, not out 39 Extras 3 Total for no wickets .... 51

TIMARU v. STAR Timaru and Star tried conclusions on the Anzac wicket, which was soft when play commenced, but improved later. Timaru batted first and compiled 190, due largely to good knocks by Allcott, McLauchlan and Wilson, who accounted for 135 of a total of 190, Allcott and Murchison opened to Seaton and Hahn. Allcott got the first delivery from Seaton away for four, and then notched a brace and a single, bringing Murchison to play the last ball of the over, which beat him. McLauchlan joined Allcott, and the pair settled down to steady scoring, the century being hoisted without the partnership being broken. Six runs later, however, McLauchlan was taken by Taylor off Hahn. Wilson joined Allcott, who reached 60 when he had the misfortune to hit his wicket. His innings had been a bright one, he having collected eight boundaries. Moore opened steadily, but after reaching eight he was taken by Allen off Taylor, who had been keeping a splendid length. Hudson did not get going, being caught by Allen off Taylor when he had made four. At this stage Taylor had taken three wickets for 39 runs in 17 overs. Berry was bowled by Owen after he had made a single, but Courtis opened more confidently. He had made seven when he gave Owen a catch off Seaton, McCarten went for the runs, hitting four braces off Seaton. He got two more singles, and then failed to play a straight one from Hahn, an appeal for lbw., being successful. Wilson gave a good display hitting up 38 before he turned one from Taylor on to his wickets. The innings closed for 190. Taylor was the most successful of the Star bowlers,, taking four wickets for 42 runs.

Star opened disastrously, losing Shillito before he had scored. Button and Allen then became associated, and they took the total to 29 when Allcott beat Button, who had made 12. Stumps were then drawn. Scores:—

TIMARU, First Innings. Allcott, b Smith 00 Murchison, b Seaton 0 McLaughlan, c Taylor b Hahn ~ 37 Wilson, b Taylor 38 Moore, £ Allen, b Taylor 8 Hudson, c Allen, b Taylor 4 Berry, b Owen 1 Courtis, c Owen, b Seaton 7 McCarten, lbw. b Hahn 11 Hunter, - Owen, b Taylor 1 St, John, not out 0 Extras 23 • Total 190 Bowling—Taylor took four wickets for 42 runs; Seaton two for 36; Hahn two for 34; Smith one for 34; Owen one for 18.

STAR First Innings. Shillito, c Murchison, b Allcott .. 0 Button, b Allcott 12 Allen, not out 17

Total for two wickets .... 29 HIGH SCHOOL v. GERALDINE. In the match High School v. Geraldine, played on the Geraldine Oval on Saturday, the home team fell an easy victim to the bowling of Blue, Sara and Mottram, and were dismissed for 79. The Callanan Bros., the opening pair, compiled 26 between them, while Stone-Wigg carried the total to 39, when his wicket also fell to Blue, the remaining batsmen being dismissed cheaply. School replied with 163 for nine wickets, McLeod and Earwaker, the opening pair, each having 35 to his credit. Baillie and Blue fell to Miller, but McDonald, who hit four fours in succession, stopped the rot. Pateman, not out 18, was the remaining batsman to reach double figures. Scores: — OERALDINE. First Innings. S. Callanan, lbw, b Blue 10 P. Callanan, b Blue 16 Stone-Wigg, b Blue 13 Stack, lbw. b Sara 5 Scott, c McDonald, b Sara .... 5 McNamara, c Bailey, b Blue .... 4 Hayes, b McDonald 9 Ellis, c B. Sara, b Blue 1 Miller, r. Welsh, b Blue 1 Anderson, not out 0 Parr, b Blue 0 Extras H Total 79 Bowling.—Blue took seven wickets for 16 runs, Earwaker none for 17, Pateman none for none, Sara two for 23, Mottram none for 8, McDonald one for one. SCHOOL. First Innings. McLeod, lbw, b Stack 35 Earwaker, c Stone-Wigg, b Ellis 35 Baillie, b Miller 3 Blue, b Miller 0 Ritchie, not out 2 Sara, cS. Callanan, b Miller .... 9 McDonald, lbw., by Stack 32 Walsh, b Stack 3 Pateman, not out 18 Sara 11., c S. Callanan. b Stack .. 0 Mottram, c S. Callanan, b Stack 0 Extras 26 Total for nine wickets .. .. 163 Bowling.—McNamara took no wickets for 8 runs, Callanan none for 17, Scott none for 39, J. Stack five for 35, Miller two for 17. Ellis one for 13, Anderson none for 12. SECOND GRADE Star batted first against Celtic and compiled 160 (Riley 66 not out, Holden 30, Dickel 20, Grant 14). Bowling for Celtic Roper took four wickets for 34 runs and Rae 2 for 25. Celtic made 225 (Mullaly 110 not out, Annear. 30, Kent 22 retired, Fitzgerald 15, Roper 11). Bowling for Star Judge took four wickets for 62 runs and Taylor one for 23. THIRD GRADE School A batted first against Pareora and declared with 9 wickets down for 190 (Lawry 43, Gardiner 42, Lovelock 24, Grant 17 retired, Lawrence 12 not out). Bowling for Pareora Baker took five wickets for 49, and Vartha three f 61. Pareora made 100 (Vartha 19, Barr 17, Coote 17, Baker 13). Bowling for School Gardiner took three wickets for 16 runs, Townsend two for 21, and Ayres two for 21. Playing at School Park, Star defeated School B by 163 runs. Star made 205 runs (Fitzgerald 59, Langrich 48, Cowles 44, Tutty 34 retired). Bowling for School Drennan took three wickets for 34 runs, Saunders two for 50, Unwin two for 29, Chapman one for 38. School B replied with 42 (Chapman 14). Bowling for Star, Dobier took seven wickets for 10 runs and Langrish three for 23.

OLD COLLEGIANS MATCH At the invitation of the South Canterbury branch of the Christ’s College Old Boys’ Association, two teams from the Old Collegians’ Cricket Club, Christchurch, visited Timaru during the week-end to play matches against South Canterbury sides. Christchurch won the first match by 52 runs and the second game by 19 runs.Scores: — TIMARU Unwin, c Walter, b Livingstone .. 10 Finch, b Livingstone 8 H. Johnstone, c Walter, b Graham 36 Buchanan, lbw. b Graham 12 C. L. Orbell, c Jackman, b Graham 6 E. S. Johnstone, b Jackman .... 22 G. P. Chapman, c Saunders, b Graham 6 C. B. Marshall, retired 37 T. W. O. Fox. not out 10 Raymond, c Talbot, b Graham .. 4 Temple, b Jackman 0 Extras 19 Total 170 CHRISTCHURCH Jackman, c and b H. Johnstone .. 42 Hobbs, b Marshall 22 R. C. Saunders, lbw. b H. Johnstone 2 C. V. Walter, c arc! k H. Johnstone 27 J. M. Monteath. c and b H. Johnstone 5 K. Graham, b H. Johnstone .... 10 Talbot, run out 49 Buchanan, b H. Johnstone .... 1 J. C. Saunders, retired 24 Livingstone, b Unwin 11 O’Brien, not out 7 Extras 22 Total 222 Second Match Scores in the second match were:—

CHRISTCHURCH Stewart, retired 25 Ollivier, b Fisher 6 Mitchell, b Fisher 5 Nicholl, c , b McDonald .... 12 Meredith-Kaye, retired 22 Barwick, c . b Fisher 0 Pidgen, retired 20 Woodhouse, b Hargreaves 13 Bloxam, t —, b Fisher 0 Clarkson, not out .. .. 0 Donovan, c , b Hargreaves .. 0 Extras 9 Total H2 TIMARU J. Fisher, c and b Meredith-Kaye 7 J. M. Kerr, c . b Donovan .. 0 J. Hargreaves, retired 24 H. Wigley, b Meredith-Kaye ... 6 J. Ballantyne. c , b Stewart .. 3 Murchison, c Ollivier. b Nicholls .. 4 McDonald, b Nicholls 0 E. W. Kerr, c and b Meredith-Kaye 3 W. H. Orbell. b Stewart 0 T. R. Rhodes, not out 22 S. Drew, lbw, b Meredith-Kaye .. 1 Extras 23 Total 93

FRIENDLY GAMES The “Herald” had first use of the wicket against Police and Court, and compiled 117 (Allport 31, Harding 27, Callaghan 13). Mottram took six wickets for 22 runs, Wilson two for 3, Wishart two for 23 and Grqsham one for 31. Police and Court were dismissed for 89 (Moore 33). Bowling for the “Herald” W. Jack took three wickets for 9 runs, Harding two for 7, Griffiths one for 6 and Anderson one for none. The “Herald” won by 28 runs.

Googlies defeated J. R. Bruce’s by 66 runs. Batting first Googlies made 149 (Guy 56 retired, Harte 27, Murray 11 and Heasley 18). Cooke took three wickets for 11 runs, Rankin one for 4, Allen one for 21, Stead one for 23 and Mitchell one for 16). J. R. Bruce’s compiled 85 (Aitcheson 26, Cooke 18). Guy took five wickets for 8 runs, Gilkishen two for 15, Uosken one for 12, Harte one for 16 and Wilson one for 27. IN OTHER CENTRES By Telegraph-Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, March 10. The defeat of Riccarton on Saturday and Sydenham’s victory over Lancaster Park revives a little interest in the cricket championship. Riccarton is now leading Sydenham by two j oints. Old Boys, 315, beat Riccarton 191 (Stringer run out 45, Graham 3 for 54, Moffat 4 for 56) and two wickets for 81. Old Collegians, 285, beat West Christchurch, 174 (J. L. Kerr 48, P. F. Allen 41, Lester 5 for 57) and 133 for five wickets (Gregory 51). St. Albans. 327 for five wickets declared (C. G. . Crawford 147. O’Brien 41. Birch not out 48), beat East Christchurch, 194 and 200 for four wickets (Mortlock not out 76). Sydenham, 236 and 129 for six wickets, beat Lancaster , 231 (F. J. Kerr 46). DUNEDIN, March 9. Cricket matches were played to-day under ideal conditions. Christian Brothers 98 and 143 (Blair 45. Galland three for 4) lost to Grange 161 for 8 (declared) and 81 for 2 (Galland 44. Blair 2 for 15). Kaikorai 232 and 49 for 2 beat Dunedin 192 (Cavanagh 38. Ditchfield 49. Cook 6 for 65.) High School Old Boys 259 and 0 for 4 defeated Carisbrook B 143 (Charman 46. Giles 2 for 6, Dickinson 3 for 17) and 119 (Hercus 36, Dickinson 2 for 25. Groves 7 for 60). University 156 and 175 (K. Uttley 49, L. Uttley 60. Badcock 7 for 39) beat Colts 113 and 99 (Henderson 4 for 34, Golly 2 for 16. Farrell 3 for 30). Albion 258 and 182 for 6 (Barron 81. Dalziel not out 41) beat Carisbrook A 209 (McMullan 44, H. Cameron 33, Napier not out 37).