CRICKET TIMARU AGAIN DEFEATED

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21896, 24 February 1941, Page 7

CRICKET TIMARU AGAIN DEFEATED

Temuka Spring Surprise Star Join Leaders The second successive defeat of Tlmaru and a win for Star place these teams level in the South Canterbury Cricket Association’s senior championship. Tlmaru went down to Temuka on Saturday, while Star secured a comfortable win over Old Boys B. Old Boys A and Fairview also registered wins. The positions of the teams now are: Tlmaru 22, Star 22, Old Boys A 16, West End 16, Old Boys B 15, Temuka 14, Fairview 12, High School 8. FAIRVIEW BEAT SCHOOL Playing at the Rectory, Fairview secured a win on the first innings over High School. Fairview batted first and compiled 159. The School attack was steady but not dangerous. McNamara batted solidly for 44, and Rogers compiled 40 by forceful tactics. School gave a disappointing display In their first effort, the side being out for 55. McLeod (19) was the only batsman who looked like making runs. Rogers caused most trouble, taking five wickets for 12 runs. School improved in their second innings, having 70 on the board for the loss of three wickets when time was called. Scores:— FAIRVIEW First Innings McNamara, b Toynbee 44 Purdom, c Nicholas, b Hart .... 1 R. Stevens, b McLeod 14 Rogers, b Thompson 40 Sullivan, lbw, b Toynbee 8 Fawcett, b Toynbee 3 Fisher, not out 15 Ray, b Thompson 0 James, b Toynbee 7 W. Stevens, c and b Toynbee .... 18 Sykes, c Nicholas, b Toynbee .... 0 Extras 10 Total 159 Bowling—Toynbee took six wickets for 37 runs, Thompson two for 27, McLeod one for 29, Hart one for 31, Fisher none for 30. HIGH SCHOOL First innings McLeod, c James, b Rogers .... 19 Hart, b W. Stevens 9 Annear, b W. Stevens 7 Pratt, c and b W. Stevens .... .. 4 Davie, b Rogers 1 Nicholas, lbw, bW. Stevens .... 4 Fisher, b Rogers 0 Thompson, not out 1 Bracefield b Rogers 0 MacKenzle, b Rogers 0 Toynbee, run out 9 Extras .. .. 1 Total 55 Bowling—Rogers took five wickets for 12 runs, W. Stevens four for 31, R. Stevens none for 11. Second Innings McLeod, run out 18 Hart, c Fisher, b Fawcett, ...... 1 Annear, lbw, b Ray 27 Davie, not out 8 Pratt, not out . ■ • ■■ 4 Extras 12 Total for three wickets .. 70 Bowling—Fawcett took one wicket for 17 runs, Ray one for 4, Rogers none for 6, R. Stevens none for 9, Purdom none for 13, McNamara none for 9. WIN FOR OLD BOYS A A first innings win was secured by Old Boys A over West End in a game in which more than 300 runs were scored in the afternoon. Old Boys had first strike, but lost King and Davies for 19 runs. M. Morrison and Earwaker made a stand, and the third wicket fell at 65. The next pair added 23 and the fifth wicket 16. Then B. Morrison and Hind became associated, and put on 64 for the sixth wicket before Hind was dismissed for 36. Morrison’s useful Innings closed for 45 when he was bowled by Averts. The remaining batsmen carried the score to 200, which set West End a very difficult task. They made a bold showing, and compiled 131. C. Fitzgerald was responsible for 41, including two sixes, while G. Fitzgerald made 30, his total also including two sixes. Kane and Earwaker shared eight wickets, Mclnnes taking the remainder. Scores:— OLD BOYS A First innings Davies, b G. Fitzgerald 6 King, cC. Fitzgerald, b Averts .. 8 M. Morrison, lbw, b Langrish .... 47 Earwaker, c Fitzgerald, b, Langrish 13 B. Morrison, b Averts 45 Kane, b Langrish 4 Hind, c Langrish b Averts 36 Reid, b Cunnlnghame 1 Mclnnes, c ounninghame, b Averts 9 Roberts, b Langrish 5 McClatchy, not out 8 Extras 18 Total 200 Bowling—Langrish took four wickets for 46 runs, Averts four for 62, Cunninghame one for 21, G. Fitzgerald one for 55, Bradley none for 2. WEST END First Innings Cunnlnghame, b Mclnnes 18 C. Fitzgerald, c Kane, b Mclnnes 41 Bradley, c Earwaker, b Kane .... 10 Weir, b Earwaker 18 Langrish, c and b Kane 0 G. Fitzgerald, b Earwaker 30 Cameron, c Reid, b Earwaker .... 12 Averts, cM. Morrison, b Kane .. 3 Tubb, b Earwaker 1 Stevenson, not out 0 Ellis, b Kane 0 Extras 1 Total 131 Bowling—Kane took four wickets for 12 runs, Earwaker four for 48, Mclnnes two for 38, Davies none for 32. TEMUKA DEFEAT TIMARU By 19 runs, Temuka defeated Tlmaru at the Temuka Oval on Saturday. Good knocks by Lang, Rix and Stewart consolidated Temuka’s position. Parker who scored 20 runs was top scorer for Timaru. Scores:— TIMARU First Innings Monaghan, c Walker, b Stewart .. 14 Weir, b Fletcher 0 Neave, b Stewart 1 Gould, b Fletcher 7 Buxton, b Fletcher 3 Hudson, lbw, b Stewart 4 Pateman, c Rix; b Stewart ...... 5 Climo, b Rix 12 Green, stpd. Taylor, b Rix .. .. 12 Parker, c Lang, b Rix 20 Watson, not out 8 Extras .. .. .. 6 Total 92 Bowling—L. Fletcher took three wickets for 35 runs, Stewart four for 16, Rix three for 19. TEMUKA First Innings J. Hunt, run out 1 J. Lang, c Hudson, b Pateman .. 30 G. Walker, c Buxton, b Gould .. 14 C. Rix, c Gould, b Pateman .... 23 F. Stack, b Pateman 3 D. Stewart, c Watson, b Monaghan 25 L. Fletcher, b Monaghan 2 R. Taylor, c Climo, b Monaghan 0 C. Smith, b Monaghan 3 D. Eddington, not out 2 B. Gibb, b Monaghan 0 Extras 8 Total 11l Bowling—Gould took one wicket for 27 runs, Pateman three for 22, Monaghan five for 24.