CRICKET WIN FOR SOUTH CANTERBURY

Timaru Herald, Volume CLIII, Issue 22470, 4 January 1943, Page 3

CRICKET WIN FOR SOUTH CANTERBURY

Ashburton Beaten On

First Innings

Sound Bowling And Fielding

South Canterbury beat Ashburton at Ashburton on Saturday by 108 runs on the first innings. Batting first, South Canterbury made 193 to which Ashburton replied with 85 and, following on, had lost six wickets for 135 runs when stumps were drawn. D. Monaghan 41 (including three fours), and G. Fitzgerald who carried his bat for 50, including eight fours, batted well for South Canterbury, as did A. Brooker and G. Annear. Saunders and Jaffray bowled well for Ashburton and the fielding was good. Ashburton began badly and sound bowling and fielding was a contributing factor to South Canterbury’s win. After the first few overs. Brooker and Fitzgerald bowled unchanged through the innings. Ashburton did better in its second strike but “the fat was already in the fire.” Scores:

Total 193 Bowling: Saunders took five wickets for 73 runs, Jaffray four for 37, Eggleton one for nine, Kerr none for 46, Gilbertson none for 22. ASHBURTON First Innings W. Owen, c McLeod, b Brooker .. 1 Milne, lbw b Fitzgerald 5 Jaffray. lbw b Brooker 6 Gilbertson, c Monaghan, b Brooker 16 Toomey, c McLeod, b Brooker .. 10 G. Eggleton. b Fitzgerald 18 E. K. Phillips, run out 0 Hope, b Fitzgerald 9 Overton, b Brooker 4 F. Saunders, stpd. Harley, b Brooker 4 S. Kerr, not out 0 Extras 12 Total 85 Bowling: Brooker took six wickets for 42 runs, Fitzgerald three for 20, Powell none for 10. Second Innings Saunders, b McLeod 8 Owen, lbw b Monaghan 24 Phillips, c Fitzgerald, b Monaghan 39 Jaffray, c Fitzgerald, b Fawcett .. 19 Eggleton, c Monaghan, b Fawcett 13 Milne, run out 2 Overton, not out 12 Toomey, not out 11 Extras 7 Total for six wickets .. .. 135 Bowling: Fawcett took two wickets for 36 runs, Monaghan two for 49, McLeod one for 36, Annear none for eight.

SOUTH CANTERBURY First Innings W. McNamara, c Overton, b Saunci e r s 0 A. Brooker, c Eggleton, b Jaffray 29 D. Monaghan, pld. on, b Jaffray 41 G. Annear, c Eggleton, b Saunders 23 S. Argus, c Kerr, b Eggleton .. .. 12 D. McLeod, c and b Saunders .. 4 50 R. Harley, lbw b Jaffray 12 L. Walker, b Saunders 9 J. Powell, c Kerr, b Saunders .. 4 A. Fawcett, c Kerr, b Jaffray .. 3 Extras .. 13