CRICKET DAWSON MAKES CENTURY

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21576, 12 February 1940, Page 5

CRICKET DAWSON MAKES CENTURY

Higher Scoring General Saturday’s Games On wickets deadened by rain batsmen generally had the better of the South Canterbury senior competition matches on Saturday. F. Dawson, Temuka, who was one of the outstanding batsmen last season, but who has had a poor run of scores this season, showed a return to form with a fine century against High School for whom Scannell took eight wickets for 60 runs. An opening partnership of 151, between T. Neave and R. McLauchlan, gave Timaru an excellent start against West End, McLauchlan making 78 and Neave 64. Temuka’s total score was 211 and High School made a bad start to lose four wickets for 27 runs. Star put Fairview in and dismissed them for 80. Star, losing five wickets for 41. had an uphill fight. Useful stands for the sixth and seventh wickets saved the situation and at the close of play Star had 108 runs on for the loss of seven wickets. Timaru made 240 for nine wickets declared and West End has lost two wickets for 59 runs. In town rain delayed the start of play and a hail shower at 6 o’clock ended play half an hour early. STAR IN THE LEAD EARLY BATSMEN FAiL BADLY Star sent Fairview in to bat and the bowlers were greeted with immediate success, Fairview losing’ the first wicket for no runs, and having six down for 42. R. Stevens was the only one of the earlier batsmen to stay any length of time, and it was not until Rogers and Roper gave life to the tail that a complete collapse was avoided. Hahn was the cause of the downfall of Fairview, taking five wickets for 21 runs off 9.3 overs. At one stage he had taken three wickets for two runs off four overs. He was given good support by R. Taylor who finished with three for 25.

Star made a start that was just as bad as Fairview’s and four good wickets fell for 20 runs. Roddick saved the situation but runs were not easy against the excellent bowling of W. Stevens and C. Rogers. Although Rogers was punished in his last over it is difficult to understand why he was taken off. The arrival of Fawcett at the bowling crease was relished by Seaton who hit 17 off one over to give the score the sharp lift that was necessary at that stage. As a result of his vigorous batting and of Roddick’s fine stand Star gained the lead. Scores:—

FAIRVIEW First Innings. Kent, c Button, b Taylor ...... 0 McNamara, c Boyd, b Hahn .... 2 R. Stevens, c Button, b Taylor .. 22 Mullaly, c sub., b Seaton 9 Purdom, b Hahn 0 Fawcett, c Hahn, b Taylor 4 Rogers, c and b Hahn 12 Ray, lbw, b Hahn 6 Sykes, c Hahn, b Roddick 3 Roper, not out 14 W. Stevens, lbw, b Hahn 3 Extras 5

Total 80 Bowling—R. Taylor took three wickets for 25 runs, V. Hahn five for 21, R. Seaton one for 19, B. Roddick one for 12. STAR First Innings. H. Button, lbw, b W. Stevens .... 3 A. Boyd, b Rogers 2 B. Roddick, c McNamara, b W. Stevens 34 V. Hahn, c Fawcett, b Rogers .. 6 A. Keller, b W. Stevens 0 R. Taylor, c and b Rogers 7 R. Maclean, c Kent, b W. Stevens 12 R. Seaton, not out 32 S. Taylor, not out 9 Extras 3 Total for seven wickets .. 108 Bowling—W. Stevens took four wickets for 45 runs; C. Rogers three for 34. A. Fawcett none for 17, R. Stevens none for nine. TIMARU SCORES WELL FINE OPENING PARTNERSHIP McLauchlan and Neave were quickly at home and steadily pushed the score along with sound but not dull batting in the match between Timaru and West End. The early bowlers tried were too inaccurate to be other than expensive, long hops being frequent and being easily scored off on a dead wicket. Both batsmen gave chances which were not accepted but they gave a fine display of batting to put on 151 runs before Neave was out in Stare’s fourth over. Shortly afterwards McLauchlan went for a hit to be caught on the boundary. Then Smith took a hand, severely punishing loose balls from Cunninghame. Stare was the only really difficult West End bowler and his performance was amazing considering the fact that he had a poisoned bowling arm. Cunninghame owed his success mainly to the impetuosity of the later Timaru batsmen. After Cunninghame had been dismissed in Nicholls’ first over, Koens and Riley defied the bowling. Koens was purely on the defensive but Riley made no mistakes in an attractive display of batting in which he was little troubled by any bowler. G. Fitzgerald shaped well and hit vigorously, one cover drive for six off Smith being the finest stroke of the day. Scores: TIMARU First Innings. R. McLauchlan, c G. Fitzgerald, b Cunninghame 78 T. Neave, c Tubb, b Stare 64, L. Smith, stpd. J. Fitzgerald, b Cunninghame 43 A. Weir, stpd. Fitzgerald, b Cunninghame 5 N. Gould, run out 1 V. Harding, b Stare 10 N. Buxton, b Stare 7 A. Ewart, stpd. Fitzgerald, b Cunninghame 5 K. Parker, not out 1 Extras 22 Total for nine wickets dec. 240 Bowling—J. Fitzgerald took no wickets for 23 runs, N. Davidson none for 44, G. Fitzgerald none for 16, F. Averis none for 20, E. Hunter none for 11, F. Stare three for 37, A. Cunninghame five for 70. WEST END First Innings. Koens. c Parker, b Smith 3 A. Cunninghame, c Harding, b Nicholls 0

N. Riley, not out 26 G. Fitzgerald, not out 17 Extras 13 Total for two wickets .. 59 Bowling—W. Nicholls took one wicI ket for eight runs, L. Smith one for I 32, T. Neave none for six. DAWSON’S CENTURY I TEMUKA v. HIGH SCHOOL At the conclusion of the first day's I play in the game between Temuka | and High School, the country eleven are in a strong position, having compiled 211, while at stumps School had lost four wickets for 27 runs. When play commenced the wicket was easy, and against what is virtually a new eleven for the School, and one which was having its first outing for some | weeks, the big total is understandable, i The attack, apart from occasional | Dawson topped the century by four | good overs by Scannell, was not strong. Dawson topped the century by four runs, contributing nearly half the Temuka score. The early batsmen did not give promise of putting up much opposition, three wickets being down for 40, but when Fear joined Dawson the score mounted steadily to 70, at which stage Fear was beaten by Scannell, who was bowling very well at times. Actually he was the only School bowler who appeared to be causing any concern. M. Reynolds assisted Dawson to take the total to 119 when Hunter accepted a chance off Scannell. The appearance -of Stewart saw the start of a profitable partnership, he and Dawson contributing a very useful 83 before being separated. Dawson scored the faster of the two, playing all the bowling confidently. Rix did not last long, and then Temuka lost Dawson, who had just passed the century. His total of 104 included two sixes and 12 fours. The last three wickets fell without the addition of a run. the innings closing for 211. Scannell who sent down 14 overs, took eight wickets for 60 runs. McKenzie secured the remaining two wickets. High School started disastrously. McKenzie and Mouat opened, Reynolds taking up the attack from the southern end. His first over was a maiden, and then Rix came on at the northern end, and immediately got Mouat, who returned an easy catch. The first ball of Rix’s second over Parsons played back to the bowler, and two were down for eight. Hunter was beaten by a change of pace by Rix, who had now taken three wickets for two runs. A heavy hail shower shortly after 6 o'clock stopped play, School then having four wickets down:— Scores:— TEMUKA First Innings. Hertnon, c Kibblewhite, b Scannei 15 Walker, c Wade, b Scannell .. 6 I Lang, c Wade, b Scannell 14 | Dawson, c Wagner, b Scannell .. 104 Fear, b Scannell 18 :M. Reynolds, c Hunter, b Scannei 8 i Stewart, c Hunter, b Scannell .. 26 : Rix, c Kibblewhite, b McKenzie .. 9 I Warwick, c Hunter, b Scannell .. 2 B. Reynolds, c Hunter, b McKenzie 1 i Taylor, not out o Extras 8 Total 211 1 Bowling—Scannell took eight wic- : kets for 60 runs, McKenzie two for 34 | Kibblewhite nope for 10, McLeod none i for 18, Hunter none for 40.

HIGH SCHOOL First Innings. McKenzie, lbw. b Rix 16 Mouat, c and b Rix o Parsons, c and b Rix 0 Hunter, b Rix i Wagner, not out 9 Pratt, not out 0 Extras ] Total for four wickets .. 27 GERALDINE’S TAIL FAILS OLD BOYS START WELL Geraldine made a good start but a poor finish in the match with Old Boys at Geraldine on Saturday. The visitors won the toss and sent Geraldine in to bat on an easy wicket. F Stack who opened the batting reached 46 before being caught by Reid off Earwaker, and the only other batsmen to reach double figures were Fitzgerald and J. Stack. Old Boys at stumps had four wickets down for 92 runs. Scores:— GERALDINE First Innings. F. Stack, c Reid, b Earwaker .... 46 C. Fitzgerald, b Davies 10 E. E. Scott, c Reid, b Davies .... 3 C. S. Davies, c Gifford, b Earwaker 5 R. Gibson, lbw, b Davies 5 W. S. Parr, b Earwaker 4 E. Pierce, run out 0 J. Stack, c Gifford, b Earwaker .. 11 C. Waters, b Earwaker 0 S. Williams, b Davies 0 E. Ambler, not out 0 Extras 5 Total 89 Bowling—G. Davies took four wickets for 28 runs, Bluett none for 16, Earwaker five for 47. OLD BOYS First Innings. Mahan, b J. Stack 39 Gifford, b F. Stack 1 Earwaker, c and b, J. Stack .... 25 Souter, c Scott, b J. Stack 15 McDonald, not out 6 Thompson, not out 5 Extras 11 Total for • four wickets .. 92 Bowling—F. Stack took one wicket for 34 runs, R. Gibson none for 11. E. Pierce none for 21, J. Stack three for 18. Fitzgerald none for 4. # JUNIORS Playing at School Park, Old Boys defeated Washdyke by 97 runs on the first innings. Batting first, Old Boys made 140 (Fraser 30, Budd 29, Warsaw 29, Marr 23. McAlister 10. Bowling p. James six for 55, G. Moore two for 22); Washdyke made 43 (Hogan 11 McClelland seven for 21, Budd one for 2). Washdyke followed on. and had six wickets down for 47 when rain stopped play.

OTAGO MAKES BETTER SHOWING FRASER TOPS THE CENTURY By Telegraph—Pres® Association DUNEDIN. February 10. Otago staged a splendid recovery on the second day of the final Plunket Shield match against Wellington. With a first innings deficit of 82 and four down for 81 in the second innings, the side recovered finely to score 287 for

eight wickets. The feature of the match so far is the not out score of 105 by T. C. Fraser, whose partnership with Toomey (51) was worth 143 runs for the seventh wicket. A strong wind and occasional showers made playing conditions unpleasant. After being dismissed for the disappointing total of 138 in its first innings, the home side did excellently in the field to get Wellington out for 220. and went on to score 287 for eight wickets in its second innings. As was the case on the first day, conditions were anything but pleasant, there being a continuation of the southerly gale accompanied by frequent squalls of rain. It was not surprising that there was not a big crowd to see one of the finest recovery partnerships staged by Otago batsmen for a number of years. Fraser’s Knock The outstanding player of the day and of the match so far was the young Carisbrook batsman. T. C. Fraser. When he went in No. 6. the board showed 81 for four wickets, and he was still batting when stumps were drawn and the board showed 287 for eight wickets and 105 opposite his name. It was a notable innings in every way. chanceless, sound and yet free and full of well-produced strokes. Fraser was one of the more successful Otago batsmen on the northern tour this year. He has two or three valuable half-centuries to his credit in his two seasons of Plunket Shield cricket, but this innings far surpassed anything he had previously produced. He started cautiously as the circumstances demanded, but at no stage did he allow the bowlers to dominate him. He waited for scorable balls and hit them crisply and hard. His best strokes were played on the off side and it was a tribute both to his stroke play and to his temperament when he weathered a trying time in the nineties and recorded his first century in big cricket. A Valuable Innings Associated with him in Otago's recovery was another young batsman. C. D. Toomey, who was making his first Plunket Shield appearance. Their partnership for the seventh wicket took the score from 120 to 263 and regained for Otago a winning chance. Toomey did not inspire confidence in the early stages of his innings, but later he settled down and scored well in front of the wicket. His last 25 runs were nicely made after he had overcome a temptation to nibble at. dangerous bowling outside his off stump. His 51 was an • extremely valuable innings. The Wellington bowlers were hampered by the greasiness of the ball consequent upon odd showers of rain which caused several brief adjournments, but they stuck to their work well and there was no slackening in the field. It was an interesting day’s play and at the end of it Otago had recovered a chance of redeeming its deplorable display in the first innings. It now has a lead of 205 with two wickets in hand. Although it is by no means a commanding lead, it promises to be at least troublesome. Scores:—

OTAGO First innings 138 Second innings D. A. R. Moloney, lbw, b Wilson 33 G. J. Robertson, c Wrigley, b Ashenden 11 A. S. H. Cutler, b Ashenden .. .. 16 C. J. Elmes, b Pritchard 17 H. R. Cameron, b Pritchard .. .. 18 T. C. Fraser, not out 105 T Chettleburgh, c Wilson, b Whyte 5 C. G. D. Toomey, c Du Chateau, b McLeod 51 V. J. Leader, c Wrigley, b McLeod 9 G. H. Mills, not out 4 Extras 13 Total (for eight wickets) 287 Bowling Analysis O. M. R. W. Pritchard .... 22 1 84 3 Ashenden .... 31 3 66 1 Wilson 12 0 67 1 Whyte 9 0 45 1 McLeod .... 5 1 7 2 WELLINGTON First Innings E. W. Tindill, lbw. b Elmes .. .. 40 O. Wrigley, b Lemin 1 W. G. Rainbird, lbw. b Lemin 13 J. A. Ongley, run out 31 V. H. Du Chateau, b Elmes .. .. 14 D. S. Wilson, c Robertson, b Elmes 15 E. G. McLeod, not out 52 W. F. Airey, c Toomey, b Leader 30 T L. Pritchard, b Leader G. L. Whyte, c Moloney, b Leader 3 J Ashenden, c Mills, b Leader .. □ Extras Total 220 Bowling Analysis O. M. R. W T. G. Lemin .. 20 1 72 2 G. J. Robertson 5 2 17 0 V. J. Leader .. 12 6 1 42 4 C. J. Elmes .. 15 4 35 3 D. A. Moloney .7 1 39 0 T. Chettleburgh 2 1 8 0