SECOND SERIES OF MATCHES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20640, 1 February 1937, Page 8

SECOND SERIES OF MATCHES

ALLCOTT’S SPLENDID BOWLING Excellent weather favoured the start of the sixth series of games in the South Canterbury Cricket Association’s senior competition on Saturday. Two matches are set down for decision in Timaru and one in the country. Small scoring and some excellent bowling figures were features of the match between Timaru and Star, which was played on the Park wicket. Star scored 43 in the first innings, but their opponents fared little better, compiling 51. Star, in the second innings, had lost six wickets for 68 runs when stumps were drawn for the day. Playing at Anzac, Geraldine compiled 157, one of the side’s best totals so far this season. Old Boys B, in reply, had lost four wickets for 77 runs at the close of play. Playing at Temuka, Celtic compiled the good score of 193. The home batsmen failed to get going, seven wickets being down for 24 runs at stumps. CELTIC v| TEMUKA Celtic established a commanding lead over Temuka at the latter team’s ground and are in a strong position for a three-point win. Celtic compiled 193 and Temuka had lost seven wickets for 2< runs at stumps. Mason won the toss and put the home side in the field. The captain opened with Hertnon to the bowling of Reynolds and Johnson. The former

bowled a maiden to Mason and Hertnon played over Johnson’s first ball, which was a full toss, and the stumps were spreadeagled, 0-1-0. Kane joined Mason and battled slowly for 11 before being caught close in at short leg by Fox off Johnson. 22-2-11. A_ter three overs of faster bowling Reynolds resorted to slow spinners, and he kept tl batsmen quiet for a while. Purcell scored the first four of the match by cover-driving a full toss from the slow bowler to the fence. Furcell went leg before to Johnson in the latter’s ninth over, scoring 11 by correct cricket. 40-3-11. When he had bowled 11 overs from the northern end Reynolds gave wr.y to Stewart, and Mason clouted his first ball for three. When he was 26, Mason gave a chance off Johnson, pulling the ball hard into Stewart’s hands at fine leg. Reynolds came back after Stewart had bowled four overs and signalised his reappearance by clean bowling G. Sullivan, who played over a leg break. 75-4-14. Johnson, who had bowled 18 overs for 23 runs and three wickets, took himself off a little later and brought on Colville, who is a slow left-hander. In his third over Colville bowled R. Mason with a ball that went straight through. 102-5-8. In his next over he had S. D. Mason dropped behind the wickets by Deady. Johnson went on again at the north end. and Mason sent his 50 up by hooking him to fine leg for four. He was bowled a few minutes later by the same bowler with a ball that kept low. He batted for two and a quarter hours and gave five chances. He hit three boundaries. 114-6-54. The next partnership between Lang and Quinn was worth 53 runs, and the brightest batting of the innings was seen. The pair ran many r" rp singles. Lang hit Reynolds for three fours in two overs. In spite of frequent changes in the bowling, nothing could slacken the rate of scoring. When he had scored 12 Quinn put his leg in front of a straight one from Stringer. 167-7-12. Roper hit hard and scored 10, including two fours. W. Sullivan was stumped by Deady off Colville, the ball dropping out of the ’keeper’s hands on to the stumps while the batsman was still out of his ground. 186-9-0. Williams scored six and pulled Colville on to his stumps. 193-10-6. Lang carried his bat for 47, a total which included six fours. The runs were made in about even time. Celtic’s innings concluded at 5.30 p.m. Johnson was the best bowler for Temuka, taking four wickets for 41 runs 25 cvers, five of which were maidens.

Temuka commenced their innings at 5.40 p.m. with Colville and Salmon opening to Purcell and Kane. Salmon was bowled by the fifth ball of Purcell’s opening over. 1-1-0. Deady gave an easy catch to Quinn in Kane’s second over, but the fieldsman dropped it. Deady and Brookland went at eight, neither batsman opening his account. Colville and Reynolds, who each scored eight, were dismissed at 17, and Haar was bowled by Kane at 22. Stewart and Stringer played out time, the score then being seven wickets for 24 runs. Purcell and Kane each bowled eight overs, the former taking two wickets for 11 runs and Kane five for 13. Scores:— CELTIC First Innings S. D. Mason, b Johnson 54 Hertnon, b Johnson 0 Kane, c Fox, b Johnson 11 Purcell, lbw Johnson U G. Sullivan, b Reynolds 14 R. Mason, b Colville 8 Quinn, lbw Stringer .. 12 Lang, not out 47 Roper, c Stringer, b Colville 10 W. Sullivan, st Deady, b Colville .... 0 Williams, b Colville -• 6 Extras 20 Total 193 | Bowling: Reynolds two wickets

for 70 runs; Johnson four for 41, Stewart none for 11, Colville three for 27, Haar none for 11, and Stringer one for 13. TEMUKA First Innings Colville, b Kane 8 Salmon, b Purcell 9 Deady, b Kane 0 Brookland, b Kane 0 Reynolds, b Purcell 8 Johnson, b Kane 4 Haar, b Kane 4 Stewart, not out .. 1 Stringer, not out 3 Total for seven wickets .... 24 Bowling: Purcell two wickets for 11 runs, Kane five for 13.

GERALDINE v. OLD BOYS B

Geraldine, winning the toss, elected to bat in the match against Old Boys B at Anzac Square. Except for one or two hard patches, the wicket was soft and spongy, but it played much easier than expected. Mackay and Stack opened for Geraldine, but the former did not last long. Stack did not find a batsman to stay with him until Webb arrived at the crease. These two attacked the bowling to some purpose, taking the score along at a fair rate. Webb, who gave several chances early in his strike, scored mainly by pulls to the leg side. Although his innings was not without blemish, Stack for the most part batted soundly, eventually being clean bowled by Auld. Webb, who top scored, was dismissed in similar manner, being clean bowled when trying his favourite pull to leg. Williams and Lysaght both hit out vigorously in scoring 13 and 12 respectively. Jones, Moore and Auld each secured three wickets. Generally, the bowling was accurate and deserved greater success, which undoubtedly would have been attained had not so many chances been missed and had the field been better handled. Sunley and Gaffaney opened for Old Boys B and from the start seemed to have some difficulty in judging the pace of the wicket. Sunley gave a chance to the wicketkeeper in Stack’s third over, and he was clean bowled by the next ball. Morison, evidently finding Schnack’s “slows” and the pace of the wicket to his liking, hit out freely, bringing off some fine shots. Gaffaney, who was commencing to score after a shaky start, was caught behind the wickets. Fear and Morison took the score along at a fair rate until the former, who batted soundly, was clean bowled by S. R. Muff, the veteran Geraldine player. Muff showed that he retained much of his old form after his retirement for a number of years. Marshall joined Morison, but did not last long, being clean bowled in trying to hit a full toss from Davis. Moore and Morison played out time, the latter having 45 to his credit. Stack and Muff were the best of the Geraldine bowlers tried. The former, who seemed to have found a “spot ’ on the wicket, bowled 11 overs, five of which were maidens, for 16 runs. Scores: —

GERALDINE First Innings F. Stack, b Auld 33 Mackay, lbw b Moore 0 Schnack, c Sunley, b Moore .... 1 Muff, c Moore, b Jones 3 Webb, b Jones 66 Vincent, c Gaffney, b Auld 1 Borthwick, lbw, b Moore 5 Williams, run out 13 Wallace, b Auld 6 Lysaght, b Jones 12 Davies, not out 9 Extras 17 Total 151 Bowling: Jones took three wickets for 40 runs; Moore, three for 37; Auld,

three for 22; Morison, none for 21; Marshall, none for 21. OLD BOYS B First Innings Sunley, b Stack 1 Gaffaney, c Vincent, b Stack .... 10 Morison, not out 45 Fear, b Muff 9 Marshall, b Davies 5 Moore, not out 0 Extras 7 Total for four wickets .. 77

STAR v. TIMARU

Star had first use of the Park wicket, Hahn and Seaton opening to Allcott and Charman. Hahn was dismissed by Allcott with the fifth ball of the day before he had scored and Seaton shared a similar fate in the same bowler’s next over, two wickets being down for one run. Button was joined by Welford. but the latter had not scored when he was clean bow’led by Charman, the board then showing three wickets for two runs. Button had a fortunate escape, playing a ball on to his wicket, but the bails were not dislodged. Milligan was next but he lost Button almost immediately, the latter having made six. Styles, the newcomer, was dropped off his first ball, but went on to make 27, top score for his side. Tire tail was easily accounted for by Allcott and Star were out for 43. Allcott took six wickets for four runs and so far this season has collected a total of 50 for 153 runs. When Sara, the Timaru keeper, stumped Milligan, he brought his total of stumpings for the season to 15, in addition to which he has taken two catches behind the wickets. Timaru fared little better at the crease than did their opponents, Allcott being bowled by Rix for a “duck” and Pateman being caught by Cague off Rix when he had made four, leaving two wickets down for six runs. The only batsman to reach double figures was Gould, who made 12 before he was bowled by Seaton, and Timaru were all out for 51, giving them the lead by a narrow margin on the first innings. Of the Star bowlers, Rix took five wickets for 32 and Seaton four for nine runs. In their second essay, Star performed slightly better and at stumps had 68 on the board for the loss of six wickets, five of which Allcott had taken for 22 runs. Scores: — STAR (First Innings) V. Hahn, b Allcott 0 R. Seaton, b Allcott 0 Button, c Walsh, b Charman .... 6 Welford, b Charman 0 Milligan, stpd. Sara, b Allcott .... 5 Styles, b Wilson 27 Rix, b Wilson 0 R. Taylor, b Allcott 0 Shilllto, not out 2 Cague, b Allcott 1 S. Taylor, b Allcott 0 Extras 2 Total 43 Bowling: Allcott took six wickets for four runs; Charman two for 32; Wilson two for five. Second Innings Hahn, c Wilson, b Allcott 5 Seaton, b Allcott 13 Button, c Sara, b Allcott 6 Welford, b Allcott 4 Milliganfi stpd. Sara, b Allcott .. 5 Styles, not out 2 1 Rix, c McLaughlan, b Wilson .. 7 Extras 7 Total for six wickets .... 68

TIMARU (First Innings) C. Allcott, b Rix 0 Manning, bR. Taylor ........ 8 H. Pateman, c Cague, b Rix .... 4 R. McLauchlan, bR. Seaton .... 0 Knowles, std Hahn, b Rix .. .. 2 Wilson, c Cague, b Rix 3 G. B. Sara, std Hahn, b Rix .... 5 Gould, b Seaton 12 Walsh, not out .. .. .. .. .. 8 Baxter, b Seaton .. .. .. .. .. 0 Charman. b Seaton 9 Extras .. •• 0 Total 51 Bowling: R. Taylor took one wicket for eight runs; C. T, Rix five for 32, R. Seaton four for nine.

SECOND GRADE

In a junior cricket match played at Geraldine on Saturday, West End (Timaru) defeated the home side by an innings and 72 runs. Geraldine made 33 (G. Vial 16). R. Raines took eight wickets for 19 runs and F. Stare, two for 15. West End declared when the score was 105 for the loss of 9 wickets. J. Claydon took three wickets for 21 runs, W. Smith one for 32, McNlcol two for 14, G. Vial one for 9 and Crotty one for 8. In their second innings, Geraldine made 38 (Vial 13). R. Raines took two for 8. Stare two for 8, and Garn two for 11. Old Boys batted first and made 50 (Riley 10 and Mclnnes 12 not out). Bowling for Celtic Roper took 4 wickets for 20 runs, Stevens 3 for 17. and Kent 3 for none. Celtic declared with 6 wickets down for 108 (Stevens 34, C. Fitzgerald 23 not out. and J. Fitzgerald 16). Bowling for Old Boys. Langrish took 1 wicket for 31 runs, Smith 2 tor 19, Hattie 1 for 16, and Reid 1 for 8. In their second strike Old Boys lost 3 wickets for 45 (Langrish not out 22 and Hawke not out 13). Roper took I for 11, Stevens 1 for 9. and J. Fitzgerald 1 for 2. Fairview defeated Star by an innings and 64 runs. Star batted first and made 78 (Gribben 30, Cowles 27). Fawcett took 4 wickets for 3 runs, and Stevens took 5 wickets for 35 runs. Fairview replied with 189 (Rogers 45 retired, McKay 30, Stevens 23, Pelvin 22, McCrorie 18. Kernick 17). Tutty took 4 wickets for 20 runs, and Cowles took 3 wickets for 50 runs. Star in their second innings made 47 (Aitchlson 26, Cowles 15). Stevens took 6 wickets for 13 runs, and Fawcett 3 wickets for 23 runs. Pareora gained a three point win by defeating Railway by an innings and 72 runs. Railway made 35 and 40, and Pareora 147 for 5 wickets, declared (W. Hurst 95, L. Munro 27 not out, A. Hurst 15). Bowling for Pareora, W. Hurst took 3 wickets for 9 runs and 3 for 3; McPhail 3 for 10 and 2 for 2; Baker 1 for 2 and 1 for 3; Koens 2 for II and Thompson 3 for 14. For Railway White took 3 for 45.

THIRD GRADE

Playing at Ashbury Park, Washdyke defeated Waimataitai by 32 runs on the first innings. Waimataitai made 62 (L. Loader 22 no tout. A. Eddington 19). Bowling for Washdyke A. Burrell took 5 wickets for 22 runs. R. Moore 3 for 12, S. James 2 for 10. Washdyke made 94 (J. James 25, E. Mackie 23. R. Moore 12. S. James 10). Bowling for Waimataitai, R. Howard took 5 for 27, Glover 2 for 8, Gabltes 1 for 13, Cowles 1 for 24. At stumps Waimataitai had 77 runs on the board for the loss of 9 wickets (Howard 24. A. Eddington 16, J. Dore 10). Bowling for Washdyke Moore took 3 for 18, S. James 1 for 13, and P. James 1 for 23.