CRICKET

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20670, 8 March 1937, Page 6

CRICKET

ONE DAY MATCHES START BRIGHT EXHIBITION One day matches were ushered in by the South Canterbury Cricket Association on Saturday following the completion of the competition, under happy auspices several bright exhibitions being given. The weather was favourable and the wickets generally were in good order. Four matche were played and the first of the series was completed. UMARU v. SCHOOL Timaru secured a win against High School at the Rectory by 29 runs, after several bright exhibitions had been given with the bat. School batted first and made 120, the first three batsmen,

Williams, Blue and Watt showing good form. With seven wickets down for 53 Timaru's chances did not appear bright, but Knowles and Allcott registered fine performances and contributed largely towards the win. Scores:— SCHOOL First Innings. Williams, c and b Baxter 39 Blue, b Gould 27 Watt, b Knowles 21 Heasley, b Knowles 4 Unwin, c Gould, b Knowles .... 8 G. Williams, c and b Walsh 5 Tait, b Walsh 4 McKenzie, b Walsh 0 Sanders, c Baxter, b McLachlan .. 3 Balfour, c Walsh, b McLachlan .. 0 Whatman, not out 0 Extras 9 Total t .. ..120 Bowling: Charman took no wickets for 21 runs; Gould, one for 17; Knowles two for 45; Wilson, none for 10; Baxter, one for seven; Walsh, three for five, McLachlan, three for six.

TIMARU First Innings. Charman, b Blue 16 Donald, b Tait 5 Walsh, c Williams, b Blue 16 Jones, b Blue 0 Baxter, c Williams, b Blue 0 Pateman, c Blue, b G. Williams .. 11 Knowles, run out 32 Gould, c Tait, b Blue 4 Allcott, c Whatman, b Blue 47 Wilson, c Heasley, b Whatman .. 9 McLachlan, not out 0 Extras 9 Total 149 Bowling: Heasley took no wickets fo'15 runs; Tait, one for 30; Blue, six for 45; G. Williams, one for 17; Unwin, one for nine; McKenzie, none for nine; F. Williams, none for 15; and Whatman, cue for none. CELTIC v. STAR Celtic and Star each batted nine men at Anzac Square. Celtic had first strike and secured the handy total of 138, S. D. Mason and Kane each giving

attractive displays to retire unbeaten. Star replied with 71, Welford giving a good exhibition for 28. Scores:— CELTIC First Innings. S. Mason, retired 25 Lang, b Rix 12 Purcell, c Milligan, b Button .... 21 Sullivan, std Hahn, b Milligan .. 1 Kane, retired 32 R. Mason, c and b Hahn 17 Roper, c sub., b Shillito 15 W. Sullivan, not out 0 Butler, b Hahn g Extras g Total for eight wickets .. 133 Bowling: R. Taylor took no wickets for 13 runs. Rix one for 18. Wc ’ord none for nine. Milligan one for 17, S. Tcylc none for 14, Button one for’ 11, Shillito one for 25, Hahn two for 25. STAR First Innings Rix. c W. Sullivan, b R. Mason .. 1 S. Taylor, b R. Mason 0 Milligan, b R. Mason " 3 Welford, c Sullivan, b Kane ..." 28 R. Taylor, c s. Mason, b Butler . . 5 Shillito. c Roper, b Sullivan .. 3 Button, not out g Hahn, b Kane " ' g S’.yles, c Lang, b Purcell ........ 11 Extras . '. .. 3 Total for 8 wickets .... 71 Bowling: S. Mason took no wickets Im eight runs. R M»snn three for two.

i Sullivan one for eight, Butler one for 20, Roper none for eight, Kane two for six, and Purcell one for 16. OLD BOYS A v. TEMUKA At the Temuka oval on Saturday under ideal conditions and on a good wicket Old Boys A defeated the home side by 241 runs to 85. Three players scored more than 40 these being Morrison and Thomson for Old Boys and Salmon for Temuka the latter carrying his bat through Temuka’s innings. Scores:— OLD BOYS A Lee, c Johnson, b Reynolds .... 23 Morrison, b Johnson 49 Earwaker, c Reynolds, b Colville 13 Thomson, b Colville 44 Davies, b Stringer 1 Heasley, b Reynolds 11 Saxton, c Salmon, b Reynolds .. 7 Lawson, b Colville 17 Sunley, not out 36 McDonald, c Fox. b Reynolds .... 16 Riley, lbw., b Reynolds 2 Extras 22 Total 241 Bowling.—Reynolds took five wickets for 107 runs, Johnson one for 60, Colville three for 35, Stringer one for 10, Haar none for seven. TEMUKA Colville, b Heasley 6 Salmon, not out 45 Deady, c Earwaker, b Heasley .. 5 Johnson, b McDonald 3 Reynolds, b Davies 10 Clark, b Davies 0 Stringer, c Saxton, b Earwaker .. 6 Haar, c Thomson, b Morrison .. 0 Fox, c Heasley, b Lawson 1 W. Gale, b Lee 2 B. Gale, c Davies 0 Extras 6 Total 85 Bowling —Saxton took no wickets for 26 runs, Heasley two for 13, McDonald one for 14. Davies two for nine, Earwaker one for one, Morrison one for seven, Lawson one for three, Riley none for five, Thomson one for none, Lee one for none. OLD BOYS v. GERALDINE Old Boys B defeated Geraldine by 59 runs in the match played on the Geraldine Oval on Saturday. Old Boys went in first, M. Morrison and Gaffaney facing the bowling of F. Stack and E. E. Scott. Gaffaney was caught at four, and his successor, Merrett, met a similar fate. He was replaced by Fear, the score at the fall of the second wicket being 24. Morrison and Fear then carried on in a most useful partnership, compiling 78 between them. Morrison hit two fours, one three, and eight twos, while Fear hit two beautiful boundaries and three fours. Fear was dismissed by Stone-Wigg, while Morrison was caught by Scott from Campbell. Moore, whose wicket fell to Stone-Wigg, hit a six and a four. Auld also found the boundary. With the exception of Reid, not out 10, the remaining batsmen went cheaply. Stone-Wigg and Scott opened for Geraldine, the latter being caught at 10, while the former reached 17 when his wicket fell to Morrison. F. Stack had 11 up when he was caught, and G. Webb had the misfortune to be run out at 20, the score at the fall of the fourth wicket being 46. A rot then set in, the side being dismissed for 75. Scores:— OLD BOYS’ B M. Morrison, c E. E. Scott, b Campbell 42 Gaffaney, c F. Stack, b E. E. Scott 4 Merrett, c Vincent, b E. E. Scott .. 4 Fear, b Stone-Wigg 36 Moore, b F. Stack 14 Mahan, b F. Stack 3 Jones, c Mackay, b Stone-Wigg .. 2 Auld, c Webb, b Stone-Wigg .... 8 Averts, c and b Stone-Wigg .... 5 Reid, not out ' 10 McWherter, b Stack 6 Total 134 Bowling: F. Stack took three wickets for 23 runs; E. E. Scott took two for 43; A. T. Campbell took one for 41 and J. L. Stone-Wigg took four for 24. GERALDINE J. L. Stone-Wigg, b Morrison .... 17 E. E. Scott, c McWherter, b Jones 10 F. Stack, c Morrison, b Averts .... 11 G. Webb, run out 20 A. T. Campbell, c Auld, b Averts .. 3 Wordsworth, c Reid, b Averts .... 0 D. Mackay, c Mahan, b Auld .... 0 C. Williams, b Auld 6 Vial, c and b McWherter 0 Vincent, not out 4 Payne, lbw b Averts 0 Extras 4 Total 75 Bowling: Jones took one wicket for 14 runs; Moore took none for 22; A veils took four for eight; Morrison took one for 16; Auld took two for four; McWherter took one for seven. JUNIOR GRADE Pareora gained a three-point win by defeating Celtic by 29 runs. Celtic made four for no wickets (declared) and 85 (O’Brian 28, Sullivan 11, Kent 10). Pareora made four for no wickets (declared) and 114 (McPhail 33 retired. Gillespie 32, Bennison 11). For Celtic, Harding took two wickets for no runs, C. Fitzgerald one for none, Cox two for three. Fountain one for four, Stevens three for 43. For Pareora, Pugh took one for none, Thompson two for eight, Baker four for 25, W. Hurst two for 36.

Railway batted first against Star, scoring 159 (Cunningham 35 not out, Machen 32, White 21, Goddard 18, McKee 10)). Star’s best bowlers were J. Cowles five wickets for 61 runs, D. Gribben three for 37 ahd D. McLean, one for 16. Star made 52 (A. Boyd 17, D. Gribben 12, A. Mitchell 11) and 106 for five wickets (p. Gribben 23, McLean 13, Boyd 22 not out). White took seven wickets for 33 runs and three for 12, Stack one for one, Davey one for 14 and Machen two for eight. West End A defeated Fairview by 62 runs on the first innings. Batting first West End made 123 (Bradley 46. Stare 18 retired, A. Cameron 18. J. L. Garr 10). Stevens took three wickets for 41 runs, Fawcett two for 28. McCrorie two for 18, Rogers one for 17 and Pelvin one for three. Fairview replied with 61 (McKay 16, Pelvin 12 not out). A. Ross took four wickets for eight runs, F. Stare two for five, A. Lee one for six. W. Bradley two for 22 and R. Raines one for 14.

THIRD GRADE Washdyke defeated Bruce’s by two wickets. Bruce’s made 34 (Rankin 14, P. James five for 12. R. Moore five for 19) and Washdyke 55 <R. Moore 16, Rankin five for 11. Cooke two for 10, Allen two for 13). In their second innings Bruce’s made 67 for nine wickets (Allen 22. Dobier 21, Cooke 17, Moore five for 16, S. James, three for 27, P. James one for" 21). Requiring 47 to win. Washdyke made 48 for the loss of eight wickets. Cooke took three wickets for 14 runs, Rankin one for none. Dobier one for seven, Allen one for 17. OLD BOYS v. GOLF CLUB TEAM In a match played during the weekend Old Boys seniors defeated a Timaru Golf Club team by five runs. The Golf Club scored 165 (G. Ussher 45, W. Sullivan 21. G. P. Lawson 42 not out). F. S. Thomson took two wickets for three runs. J. G. Heasley two for 16, and R. M. Sunley two for 11. Old Boys scored 170 (C. K. Saxton 47. J. B. Morrison 44. E. W. Lee 23, E. C. Earwaker 26 >. D. J. Beath took two wickets for 19 and A. J. Allport two for 18. IN OTHER PLACES By Asuorlntlnn CHRISTCHURCH. March 7. The final round of matches in the senior cricket competition began yesterday. West Christchurch 76 and 11 for none met St. Albans 180 (O’Brien 38). Old Boys 325 for four, declared (Page 101, Eathome 82 not out) met Riccarton 25 for three. Old Collegians 142 met Sydenham 87 for six. East Christchurch 207 (Mullan 75) met Lancaster Park 104 for three. DUNEDIN, March 6. Cricket matches were played in dull weather with occasional light showers, and stumps were drawn early. Kaikorai, 274 (Mathias 32, Talbot 60, Rennick 43, Constable 87) met Grange. Carisbrook A. 208 for eight wickets (Cavanagh 62, McMullan 36 not out, Silver five for 48) met Albion. Old Boys, 153 (Mills 49, Leader 44. Edwards not out 31, Jolly five foi- 35) met University, 33 for one. Dunedin, 95 (Robertson 36, Lambert three for 35), met Carisbrook B, 161 for five (Botting 82 not out).