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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20897, 29 November 1937, Page 13

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FURTHER SERIES OF MATCHES - T** - F. S, THOMSON BOWLS WELL Splendid * weather prevailed on Saturday for the commencement of a further series of matches in the South Canterbury Cricket Association’s competitions. School and Temuka met on the Rectory and at the close of the day’s play, School had a good first innings lead, Temuka making 116 and School 166. Star put up the good total of 230 against Old Boys B who, at stumps, had lost six wickets for 43 runs. Playing at Geraldine, Old Boys A dismissed the country eleven for 70, F. S. Thomson taking nine wickets for 33 runs. At stumps Old Boys had 146 on the board for the loss of nine wickets. TEMUKA V. HIGH SCHOOL Temuka and High School commenced their match on the Rectory wicket. Batting first Temuka compiled 116, and at one stage they had nine of the School batsmen out for 92. They had every prospect of a first Innings lead, but they then lost their grip and Tait and Saunders put on 74 runs for the last wicket, giving School a handsome lead. Colville and Deady opened for Temuka, and had 31 on the board when Deady played over one from Saunders and was clean bowled. Lang joined Colville and the two left-handers looked like giving School some trouble until Colville was taken by Tait off Saunders. Runs came slowly for a period, and then three wickets fell for the addition of only five runs. Seven wickets were down for 99, and the remaining three wickets added only 18 runs, the side being out just before 4 o’clock for 116. School opened their Innings disasterously, two wickets being down for eight runs, while three were down for 27. When Williams and Blue became associated, however, the rot was stopped temporarily, the pair taking the total t 54 when Blue was beaten by Johnson. Williams batted very stubbornly, end really saved the side from being dismissed for a small total. The Temuka bowlers were definitely on top when they had nine batsmen out for 92 runs, but when Tait and Saunders became associated for the last wicket, Reynolds changed his tactics, sending up slows. The batsmen went for the bowling properly, and scored all round the wicket, hitting up 74 between them in splendid time. Eventually Saunders was dismissed off Reynolds, who had unfortunately ricked his leg, and the Innings closed for 166. Saunders scored 46 Including five boundaries and Tait 32 not out. Detailed scores:— TEMUKA First Innings Colville, c Tait, b Saunders .... 32 Deady, b Saunders 10 Laing, c Tait, b Blue 23 Rix, b Heasley 3 Reynolds, c and b Saunders .... 13 Johnson, b Saunders 12 Stringer, c Entlng, b Blue .... 9 Gale, b Saunders 0 Clark, b Blue 3 Quinn, b Saunders 0 Fletcher, not out 5 Extras 6 Total 116 Bowling: Saunders took six wickets for 42 runs; Blue, three for 22; Heasley, one for 9; Entlng, none for 17; Tait, none for 20. HIGH SCHOOL First Innings Watt, c Gale, b Reynolds 7 M. McLeod, c Lang, b Johnson .. 1 Heasley, b Reynolds .. .. .. .. 2 Williams, run out 36 Blue, b Johnson 16 I. McLeod, std. Lang, b Johnson .. 0 Entlng, b Reynolds 6 Weir, b Reynolds 2 Saunders, c Lang, b Reynolds .. 46 Whatman, o Johnson, b Reynolds 0 Tait, not out 32 Extras 18 Total 166 Bowling: Reynolds took six wickets for 48 runs; Johnson, three for 58; Stringer, none for 16; Rix, none for 25. STAR v. OLD BOYS B At the conclusion of the day’s play, Star were in a commanding position In the match against Old Boys B which was played at the Park. Star batted first and compiled the respectable total of 230, while at stumps Old Boys B had 1 t six wickets for 43 runs. The wicket and outfield were both very fast. S. D. Mason, who was making his first appearance of the season, opened for Star with Button, and they gave the side a good start, putting on 44 before Button was beaten by Merritt. Keller joined Mason, but with the total at 57, the latter fell a victim to Merritt. Milligan and Keller made a good stand, however, and the board read 117 before Milligan, who had reached 19, was out leg before to Morison. Another good stand ensued between Hahn and Keller, who, with his total at 42, was caught by Jones off Fear. He hit seven boundaries and one six, the latter at the expense of Morison. Hahn remained at the wickets until the board reached 168 when he was out leg before to Fear. Eight wickets were down for 206, but t.i; ninth wicket put on 21 runs. “Mr Extras’ contributed’4o to the total. Old Boys fared very badly, Sunley and Morison alone reaching double figures, and at stumps six were down for 43, Taylor taking three for eight and Welford three for 17. Detailed scores:— STAR First Innings S. Mason, b Merritt 15 Button, b Merritt 23 Keller, c Jones, b Fear 42 Milligan, 1.b.w., b Morison .... 19 Hahn, 1.b.w., b Fear 29 Shillito, c Merritt, b Jones .... 13 Taylor, c and b Riley 15 Smith, c Merritt, b Riley 1 Welford, c Morison, b Fear .... 24 C. Tutty, not out 9 W. Tutty, b Merritt 0 Extras 40 Total 230 Bowling: Fear took three wickets for 39 runs; Merritt, three for 59; Riley, two for 24; Jones, one for 23; Morison, one for 44.

OLD BOYS B. First Innings Sunley, b Welford 16 Riley, c Welford, b Taylor .... 4 Fear, b Taylor 3 Morison, b Welford 11 Merritt, b Taylor .. . 0 Thompson, b Welford 5 Jones, not out 0 Reid, not out 0 Extras 4 Total for six wickets .... 43 OLD BOYS v. GERALDINE F. Thomson had a day out In the first day’s play of the match, Geraldine V. Tlmaru Old Boys, which commenced on the Geraldine Oval on Saturday, when he dismissed nine of the local batsmen for 33 runs, the side being all out for 70. F, Stack and G. Kain opened to the bowling of P. Moore and F. Thomson, the former being caught by Kane off Thomson at 17, while Kain reached nine when he was also caught off Thomson. J. L. Stone-Wigg, the Geraldine captain, was dismissed by Thomson without scoring, but Palmer reached 18 before he went out leg before to the same bowler. Thomson treated the remaining batsmen with scant courtesy, none reaching double figures. Old Boys had put on 146 for nine Wickets when stumps were drawn. The opening pair, Mahan and Thomson, were dismissed by F. Stack without scoring. Earwaker and Saxton compiled 45 between them, but the next three wickets fell cheaply. Souter, not out 50, who hit one six and seven fours, made the stand of the day. Scores: : GERALDINE First Innings F. Stack, c Kane, b Thomson .. 17 G. Kain, c Morrison, bF. Thomson 9 J. L. Stone-Wigg. b F. Thomson .. 0 J. Palmer, 1.b.w., bF. Thomson .. 18 J. Stack, b F. Thomson 0 M. R. C. Miller, std. Morrison, b F. Thomson 1 J. I. Lysaght, bF. Thomson .. 0 E. E. Scott, b F. Thomson o G. Webb, b Kane 9 O. S. Davies, bF. Thomson .... 4 C. L. Kirby, not out 4 Extras 8 Total 70 Bowling: P. Moore took no wickets for 12 rims; F. Thomson took nine Wickets for 33; J. Kane took one for 18. OLD BOYS First Innings Mahan, 1.b.w., b F. Stock 0 F. Thomson, 1.b.w., F. Stock .... 0 Earwaker, 1.b.w., bG. Webb .... 24 Saxton, c J. I. Lysaght, b F. Stack 21 Morrison, played on, b F. Stack 7 McDonald, b F. Stack 2 Davies, played on, bF. Stack .. 9 Souter, not out 50 Kane, hit wkt., b Stone-Wigg .. 9 Moore, b J. Stack 3 Austin, not out 5 Extras 10 Total for nine wickets .. 146 Bowling: F Stack, took six wickets for 54 runs; J. L. Stone-Wigg, one for 52; G. Webb, one for 18; J. Stack, one for nine; M. R. C. Miller, none for two. SECOND GRADE Playing at Pareora, the home side defeated Fairview with eight wickets in hand. Fairview batted first and made 68 (R. Stevens 31 and G. Ray 14). Bowling for Pareora Hurst took 5 wickets for 13 runs, Keons 2 for 12. Thompson 3 for 13. Pareora declared with two wickets down for 162 (L. Baker 77, K. McPhail 67 not out). Fairview lost 6 wickets for 77 in the second innings (Gillett 31 not out, P, Stevens 21). Hurst took 3 wickets 'or 22 runs and Thompson 3 for 51. West End defeated Geraldine by an Innings and 40 runs. Geraldine batting first made 66 (Polhill 16, Rowe 14). Stare took 2 wickets for 10 runs, Langrish 2 for 0 and W. Bradley 6 or 27. West End made 139 for 4 wickets declared (Bradley 24, Langrish 23, A. Cameron 33 and J. Averls 37 not out;. In their second strike Geraldine made 33 (Polhill 18). J. Averis took 4 wickets for 19 runs and W. Bradley 6 for 14.

Star Colts defeated Railway by seven wickets. Railway made 37 runs. McWhirter taking 9 wickets for 12 runs. Star in the first innings made 78 runs (Bracefleld 10, McWhirter 11, Mac Lean 22 not out). White took nine wlcktes for 30 runs. Railway in the second Innings made 57 (Goddard 12). Williams 3 for 3, McWhirter 4 for 25. Star tn the second innings made 29 for three wickets (R. Dicksonl3, Cunningham 2 for 10). Old Boys batted first against High School and made 31 (Moore 13 and Bennett 12). Bowling for School, Knowles took 6 wickets for 6 runs and McKenzie 3 for 16. School replied with 84 (Hunter 25, McKenzie 23, and Keay 11). Bowling for Old Boys, Grant took 4 wickets tor 10 runs, McInnes 3 for 19, and Rolllnson 2 for 9 In their second innings Old Boys declared with 5 wickets down for 105 (Rolllnson 60 and White 10). Hay took 2 wickets for 10 runs and McKenzie 1 for 12. When time was called School had lost three wickets for 24 runs, Mclnnes, Rolllnson and Grant each securing a wicket. THIRD GRADE Playing at Ashbury Park on Saturday Waimataitai avenged their first round defeat by Temuka, accounting for the country side by an Innings and 94 runs. Waimataital batted first and compiled 179 (Christensen 98, Marcellls 18, Eddington 11. McGregor took seven wickets for 19 runs, King two for six and Dawn one for 26. Temuka made 31 (Dwan 12). Christensen secured the good average of eight wickets for 19 runs. Including the “hat trick”, while A. McKenzie took two for 11. In their second attempt the country team could only compile 54 runs (Smith 16, Hunt 16 and Dwan 13). The wickets were again shared by A. McKenzie and Christensen, the former taking five for nine an ’ the latter five for 14. Playing at School Park, Bruce’s defeated School by 67 runs. For School Maciat 30, Tait 13, Bignell 25 not out, were the batsmen to reach double flgu-es, the score making a total of 108. Bowling for Bruce’s, C Fitzgerald took two wickets for 23; Dobler, one for 25; Thin, five for 26 and P> Fitzgerr'-i, one for 11 Bruce's made 175 for seven wickets, the batsmen co register double flgur - being C. Fitzgerald 19, P. Fitzgerald 63. Dobler 37. Thin 11, Rankin, retired, 13. Bowling for School Newman took two wickets for 46 runs; Oldfield, one for 43, Tait,

two for 26, Minogue, one for 2 and Baker, two for 10. VIVIAN ON THE TOUB By reJcßrapfi Press Association AUCKLAND, November 27. Four Auckland members of the New Zealand cricket team—Vivian, Wallace, Weir and Cowie—were welcomed by the cricket officials on arrival this morning. Vivian named Edrich, Hutton, Compton and Washbrook as four of the best younger generation batsmen he met In England. He said Cowie was faster In England than in New Zealand, and got help from the heavier atmosphere. The Aucklanders said the Australian wickets were much faster. They were Impressed by the play of the Australian colts Jackson, Barnes and Hassett and the fast bowling and McCormick.