CRICKET LOW SCORING GENERAL

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21558, 22 January 1940, Page 8

CRICKET LOW SCORING GENERAL

Exception Provided By Old Boys Fairview Surprise Timaru Low scoring was general in the South Canterbury Cricket Association's senior competition matches on Saturday, Old Boys with the useful total of 231 runs against Temuka, being the only team that made more than 100 runs in an innings. Temuka lost seven wickets for 71 runs so that Old Boys are in a strong position. Star is certain of a win against Geraldine. The big surprise of the day was sprung by Fairview. After making 66, their bowlers, W. Stevens and C. Rogers came to light and dismissed Timaru for only 55, leaving the newly promoted team 11 runs in the lead on the first Innings. Part of the reason for the success of the bowlers was the excellent fielding of the Fairview slayers. OLD BOYS LEAD TEMUKA STARTS BADLY Old Boys made an exceedingly good etart against Temuka at the Temuka oval on Saturday. After compiling 231

runs, the visitors made use of the remaining hour to collect seven Temuka wickets for 71 runs. Scores:— OLD BOYS First Innings. Davies, b Dawson 20 Bunce, run out 17 Earwaker, c and b Rix 76 Souter, c Lang, b Dawson 6 Gifford, run out 25 Kane, lbw, b Rix 26 McDonald, stpd Lang, b Rix .... 20 Thompson, c Taylor, b Reynolds .. 30 Bluett, b Rix 0 Mahan, not out 4 Morrison, b Reynolds 1 Extras 6 Total 231 Bowling—Rix took four wickets for 53 runs, Raynolds two for 41, Dawson two for 75. TEMUKA First Innings. Dawson, c Mahan, b Davies .... 5 Lang, b Davies 2 Hertnon, c Thompson, b Davies .. 0 Fear, b Bluett 4 Reynolds, not out 25 Rix, c McDonald, b Bluett 16 Warwick, c Morrison, b Kane .... 7 Hunt, b Kane 1 Extras 11 Total for seven wickets .. 71 Bowling—Davies took three wickets for 13 runs, Bluett two for 31, Kane two for 13. DISMAL BATTING TIMARU ROUTED BY FAIRVIEW Dismal batting by both teams and fine bowling performances by W. Stevens and C. Rogers marked the match between Fairview and Timaru at Timaru Park. The wicket played fairly well, but throughout the day the bowlers were on top. Fairview made 66 and as a result of poor batting Timaru finished 11 runs behind on the first innings. J. Donaldson was the only Fairview batsman to make a stand against the bowling of Nicholls, Smith, Wilson and Gould. By watching the ball and taking no chances Donaldson kept the bowling out and gained runs slowly, but his team mates failed to make an Impression. In his first five overs Nicholls took one wicket and gave away only one run, and he finished with three wickets for seven runs. Although neither W. Stevens nor C. Rogers appeared to be particularly dangerous they had the Timaru batsmen in trouble from the start, and wickets fell steadily, the only stand being made by L. Smith and R. Wilson, who added 31 together. The others failed completely. Stevens bowled at a little above medium pace and gained an awward lift from the wicket but he did not turn to any extent. He sent down few loose balls and was always bowling for the wicket. Rogers bowled a number of full tosses and had the batsmen dealt with half of them as they should have done Timaru would not have been behind on the first innings.

The feature of the day's play was the fielding, especially that of the Fairview players. Not a chance was given the batsmen and with the field well placed and on its toes runs were not easy to make. Timaru also fielded well but in Fairview’s second innings chances were not accepted when wickets were badly wanted. It was then that J. Donaldson and R. Stevens made a fine stand for 31 after three wickets had fallen for 11 runs. Scores: FAIRVIEW First Innings. A. Gillett, run out 7 P. Kent, b Smith 0 W. Purdom, b Nicholls 5 W. McNamara, c Gould, b Wilson 6 R. Stevens, b Smith 0 A. Fawcett, c Pateman, b Gould .. 2 J. Donaldson, c and b Gould .... 19 A. Roper, c McLauchlan, b Nicholls 5 C. Rogers, lbw, b Gould 7 G. Ray, b Nicholls 1 W. Stevens, not out 9 Extras 5 Total 66 Bowling—W. Nicholls took three wickets for seven runs, L. Smith two for 31, R. Wilson one for seven, N. Gould three for 16.

Second Innings. A. Gillett, c Smith, b Nicholls .. 0 P. Kent, b Smith 10 W. Purdom, c McLauchlan, b Wilson 1 R. Stevens, not out 19 J. Donaldson, not out 8 Extras ’ 4 Total for three wickets .. 42 Bowling—W. Nicholls took one wicket for six runs, L. Smith one for 17, R. Wilson one for eight. TIMARU First Innings. R. McLauchlan, bW. Stevens .... 0 T. Neave, b C. Rogers 2 L. Smith, c McNamara, b W. Stevens 23 R. Wilson, b W. Stevens 9 N. Gould, run out 2 H. Pateman, c McNamara, b Rogers 1 V. Harding, lbw, b W. Stevens .. 7 N. Buxton, b W. Stevens 1 W. Nicholls, not out 3 K. Parker, b Rogers 0 J. Eddington, bW. Stevens .... 0 Extras .. 7 Total 55 Bowling—W. Stevens took six wickets for 29 runs, C. Rogers three for 19. TAYLOR BOWLS WELL STAR IN WINNING POSITION Mainly because of a brilliant bowling effort by R. Taylor, who during the afternoon took 12 wickets for 33 runs, Star is in a winning position against Geraldine in a match marked by low scoring. The wicket was very tricky and everything was in favour of the bowlers. Geraldine made 42 and 52 for seven wickets and Star made 72. Batting first Geraldine were acutely uncomfortable against Taylor and Seaton, whose pace was difficult on a wicket on which the ball shot and bumped in a bewildering manner. Williams made a good stand for 16 which included two boundaries through the slow outfield. Star fared little better at the beginning of its innings, but Boyd watched the ball closely, hit hard when the opportunity arose and made a valuable 23. Later men added a few and Star gained a lead of 30 which will be invaluable as runs will not be easy on the wicket. F. Stack bowled well during 13 overs to take four wickets for 27 runs and Gibson, who came on late, bowled five overs for eight runs and three wickets. The early Geraldine batsmen gave a better display in the second innings, E. Scott making double figures and F. Stack batting well for 24, which included three fours. R. Gibson gave him valuable support. Taylor again had all the batsmen in trouble while Seaton was always dangerous at the other end. Scores:— GERALDINE First Innings. F. Stack, b Taylor 6 C. Fitzgerald, b Taylor 1 R. Gibson, b Seaton 9 C. Waters, c , b Seaton .... 0 J. Stack, c . b Seaton .... o E. Scott, b Taylor 5 S. Williams, b Taylor 16 C. Davies, b Taylor 1 E. Ambler, not out 0 I. Buchanan, c Howard, b Taylor 2 N. Fitzgerald, b Taylor 0 Extras 2 Total 42 Bowling—R. Taylor took seven wickets for 24 runs, R. Seaton three for 16. Second Innings. C. Davies, c McLean, b Seaton .. 2 E. Scott, c subst 10 J. Stack, c Boyd, b Taylor 0 C. Fitzgerald, b Taylor 3 F. Stack, c Button, b Taylor .... 24 R. Gibson, not out 12 S. Williams, b Taylor 0 C. Waters, c Keller, b Taylor .... 0 Extras 1 Total for seven wickets .. 52 Bowling—B. Roddick took no wickets for 12 runs, R. Seaton two for 30, R. Taylor five for 8. STAR First Innings. H. Button, b F. Stack 6 H. Welford, c Williams, bJ. Stack 4 S. Taylor, b J. Stack 2 A. Boyd, c Davies, b F. Stack .. 23 R. Mac Lean, b J. Stack 6 A. Keller, b F. Stack 9 R. Seaton, b Gibson 4 R. Taylor, b F. Stack 2 J. Cowles, b Gibson 1 B. Roddick, not out 3 R. Howard, lbw, b Gibson 2 Extras io Total 72 Bowling—F. Stack took four wickets for 27 runs, J. Stack three for 17, C. Waters none for eight, R. Gibson three for eight. JUNIOR Playing at Fraser Park Old Boys gained an outright win over Timaru. Timaru batted first making 36. Bowling for Old Boys, Riley took five wickets for 12 runs, Budd three for 17, Cookson two for 13. Old Boys made 51 (Ayres 15, Budd 13). Green took four for 17, Climo three for 15. In their second Innings Timaru made 57 (T. Green 27, Rankin 12). Riley three for 7, Cookson two for 14. Old Boys in their second strike made 57 for seven (Warsaw 29, Ayres 13). Climo four for 4. A CENTURY TO HADLEE By Telegraph—Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, January 20. The seventh round of the Canterbury Cricket Association’s competitions commenced to-day in ideal weather, but scoring generally was low. W. A. Hadlee made 157 for Old Boys against Lancaster Park. He batted almost flawlessly for three and threequarter

hours and hit 11 fours and two sixes. Old Boys 369 (Hadlee 157, Anderson 37, Escott 30 not out, Mappie five for 102, Mcßae three for 73)., met Lancaster Park. Old Collegians 155 (Walter 37, R. C. Saunders 25; Butterfield four for 15, Appleton three for 38), met Sydenham 87 for two (Wise 35 not out, Gasson 30). East Christchurch 149 (James 49, Lohrey 23; Mulcock five for 70, O’Brien two for 23) met St. Albans 85 for eight (Burtt 22 not out, Lohrey three for 4). West Christchurch 86 (Rumbold 22, Kerr 22, Fairbairn six for 35, Roberts three for 25), met Riccarton 93 for six (Hay 42 not out). DUNEDIN RESULTS By Telegraph—Press Association DUNEDIN, January 21. In one day matches played yesterday, Old Boys 195 (Dickinson 44, Otway 34, Moloney 5 for 97, Walsh 3 for 34) drew with Carisbrook A 152 for 9 wickets (Fraser 53, Moloney 51, Dickinson 6 for 72). Grange 211 (Henderson 59, Payne 55, Allen 4 for 56) beat Albion 137 (Duncan 38, Lewin 5 for 41, Elmes 3 for 50). University 167 (Toomey 35, Allcott 6 for 76) beat Kaikorai 109 (Gowland 4 for 22, Morrison 3 for 26). Carisbrook B 250 for 7 wickets declared (H. Cameron 61. Donnelly 4 for 63) drew with Dunedin 200 for 7 wickets (Tobin 91, Robertson 43, Carter 3 for 54). SHEFFIELD SHIELD Victoria’s Good Total United Press Asscciatlon —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received January 21, 6.30 p.m.) BRISBANE, January 20 In the Sheffield Shield cricket match Victoria in the first innings have lost nine wickets for 435 runs (Lee 90, Barnett 92. Beames 55, Sievers not out 55, Ring 45).