Cricket.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18640, 18 December 1928, Page 5

Cricket.

SENIOR B PLAYERS START FIFTH ROUND.

Weather conditions were perfect on , 6a tufuay, when the fifth series of matches'" in the senior B grade was commenced. The wickets were dead after the rain and the rate of scoring very slow. G. Mehrtens (Rangiora) gave a nice display against East Christchurch. being one of the opening batsmen and making an unbeaten 99. Rangiora made a total of 158. while East have lost five wickets for 60. The game between St Albans and Sydenham was slow, the former making 219, while 6ydenham have made 22 for no wickets. Old Boys, with 116 on for five wickets, •re in a good position against West Christchurch, who compiled 149. At i New Brighton, Linwood batted first and made 178, while New Brighton have lost three wickets for 108. Riccarton beat Christ’s College by default,, and the other game, Boys’ High School v. Old Collegians, was not played, as the wicket at Straven Road was under water. HONOURS. BATTING. G. Mehrtens (Rangiora) 99* L. Coffey (St Albans) 61 A. Gordon (Linwood) 47 E. Chambers (New Brighton) .... 43* F. Turner (New Brighton) 41* A. R. Blank (West Christchurch) 41 R. H. North (St Albans) 40 J. R. Hawkes (West Christchurch) 39 P. Martin (St Albans) 35* A. Shipley (Old Boys) 34 * Not out. ST ALBANS v. SYDENHAM. At Sydenham Park. St Albans were at the wickets the best part of the afternoon in making 219 against Sydenham. They made a good start, the opening batsmen. Coffey and North, putting on a century before they were separated. Coffey played a good innings and contributed 61 to the total. After the bowlers had been changed several times Walburton .was given a turn with the ball, and in 10 overs he took four wickets. As a result, there were eight wickets down for 152. Martin and Sandman then stopped the rot, the former making an unbeaten 35. Wright, the last man, also held his end up for a while, and the total reached 219. With little time left, Sydenham opened their first innings and made 22 without loss. Following are the scores:— > ST ALBANS. First Innings. Coffey, Ibw b Walburton 61 North, b Bellamy 40 O’Brien, lbw b Walburton 2 Henry, b Walburton 0 Pickup, b.Walburton 12 Butler, b Shackell 8 Allen, run out 1 Martin, not out 35 Mahoney, b Shackell 5 Sandman, c Shackell b Bellamy .. 27 Wright, b Ruston 9 Extras 19 Total 219 Bowling Analysis.—Dawson, 21 overs. 3 maidens, 53 runs; Bellamy, 16 overs, 1 maiden, 71 runs, 1 wicket: Patrick, 6 overs, 3 maidens, 7 runs; Shackell, 15 overs, 4 maidens, 20 runs, 2 wickets; Gordon, 6 overs, 3 maidens, 11 runs; Walburton, 20 overs, 8 maidens, 24 runs, 4 wickets; Ruston, 10.4 overs, 4 maidens, 16 runs, 2 wickets. SYDENHAM. First Innings. Ruston, not out 7 Gordon, not out 11 Extras 4 Total for no wickets 22 LINWOOD v. NEW BRIGHTON. Linwood had first strike against New Brighton and after a slow innings put on 178. Bates and Prosper, who made 27 apiece, played fairly good cricket, but did not seem to like the concrete wicket. At one stage there were eight wickets down for 108. Then Gordon and M’Lennan made a stand which brought the total up considerably. Gordon made top score with 47, but he gave a number of chances. In making 108 for the loss of three wickets New Brighton have placed themselves in agood position. The two not out men. Turner 43 and Chambers 41 are both good bats and should add a fair score before they are dismissed. Following are the scores:— LINWOOD. First Innings. Davis, lbw b Eggleton 19 Rich, c sub b Bugg 2 King, b Bugg 2 Bates, c, b Chambers 27 Prosper, c, b Bugg 27 Clapshaw, c, b Chambers 16 Mapplebeck, run out 0 Boddington, c, b Chambers 1 Gordon, b Chambers 47 M’Lennan, run out 20 Burns, not out Q Extras 11 Total 178 Bowling analysis. Chambers, 22 overs, 5 maidens, 44 runs, 4 wickets. Bugg, 19 overs, 1 maiden, 70 runs, 3 wickets. Turner, 7 overs, 2 maidens, 11 runs. Eggleton, 4 overs, 1 maiden, 13 runs. 1 wicket. Cockle, 5 overs, 20 runs. Jarvis, 3 overs, 13 runs. NEW BRIGHTON. First Innings. Palk, b M’Lennan 8 A. Cockle, b Bums 1 Chambers, not out 41 Bugg, c, b M’Lennan 1 Turner, not out 43 Total for three wickets .. 108 OLD BOYS v. WEST CHRISTCHURCH. At Hagley Park, West Christchurch opened against Old Boys. The first two wickets fell for three runs and then Blank made a stand and the total reached 41 for the next wicket. Later Hawkes and Ramsden sent the total past the century, but the other batsmen failed and the innings closed for 149. So far Old Boys have made 116 ior five wickets. Shipley, one of the opening batsmen, showed good form in making 34. Carl made an unbeaten 28, but gave several chances. Following are the scores:— WEST CHRISTCHURCH. First Innings. Surrley, b Carl 1 Fogarty, lbw b Dixon 2 Galvin, c Shipley b Innes 11 Brown, run out 11 ■ lank, c Harper b Pickles 41 ■aughey, b Pickles ij Eewer. c and b Dixon 8 Hawkes, c Jacobs b Pickles 39 Ramsden, b Dixon 19 Ayres, run out 6 finger, not out 0 Extras 5 Total 149

Bowling analysis.—Dixon, 16 overs, 2 maidens, 36 runs, 3 wickets. Carl, 15 overs, 4 maidens, 27 runs, 1 wicket. Innes, 7 overs, 3 maidens, IS runs. Pickles, 13.1 overs, 5 maidens, 33 runs, 3 wickets. Shipley, 4 overs, 18 runs. Harper, 2 overs, 10 runs.

OLD BOVS. First Innings. Harper, lbw b Brown 2 Shipley, hit wkt, b Brown 34 Innes. lbw b Ramsden 19 Pickles, c Galvin b Ramsden 4 Carl, not out 28 Jacobs, b Fogarty . 13 Moffatt, not out 3 Extras 13 Total for five wickets .. HO NOTES AND VIEWS ON SUBURBAN GAMES. The fourth round of the Suburban Cricket Association's competitions was brought to a conclusion on Saturdav last, when the wickets were dead and the outfield slow on account of the rain during the week. The overhead conditions were, however, ides.!. Curiously enough, all four senior games finished up in victories by over an innings in every match. Beckenham secured a three-pointer over Working Men’s Club by an innings and 280 runs; Shirley beat Technical Old Boys by an innings and 203 runs; Sunnyside beat Green’s by an innings and 76 runs, and Council beat Marist by an innings and 67 runs. Beckenham has now a clear three points lead in the championship, with Working Men’s Club and Council next with nine points each. HONOURS LIST. BATTING. D. Cocks (Sunnyside) 122* M. Noonan (Marist) 51 and 57 W. M’Donnell (Marist) 33 P. Peacock (W.M.C.) 36 * Not out. BOWLING. A. R. Husband (Shirley), 5 wickets for 13 runs. T. Sincock (Sunnyside), 5 for 14. C. Marshall (Shirley), 6 for 19. H. Lilburne (Beckenham), 3 for 11. R. Langford (Sunnyside), 3 for 13. H. Mills (Beckenham), 5 for 31. R. Stammers (Beckenham), 3 for 23. J. Gordon (Council), 3 for 22. :* GREEN’S v. SUNNYSIDE. After their miserable display against Beckenham, the score put up by Green's in their first innings against Sunnyside led their supporters to hope that their lapse of form was but temporary, and their failure in the second innings on Saturday was very disheartening. In reply to Green’s 141 in the first innings, Sunnyside registered 237, due mainly to a splendid batting display by D. Cocks, who knocked up 122 not out. Cocks had not been batting well this season and his score on Saturday came as a pleasant surprise. Commencing slowly, Cocks gave one chance early in his innings, but after he settled down he put plenty of weight into his strokes and sixteen fours appeared in his figures. With the exception of Cocks, Barnes (34) and Hill (29) were the only ones to make much of a stand, and the innings closed for 237. ’Of the five bowlers tried by Green’s, F. Pitt met with the most success, getting four for 57 in ten overs. C. Prebble had only one over and secured one wicket for nine runs. A. Pitt bowled steadily for twenty overs and had 107 runs knocked off him, securing three wickets. Green’s began their second innings at 3.20 p.m. with a deficiency of 96, and at 4.20 p.m. they were all out for 27 runs, batting one man short. J. Peterson and A. Skelton opened and put on 13 runs for the first wicket, but the next four wickets fell for six runs, and five were down for 19. The remaining batsmen gave a very feeble display and only twelve runs were added for the last five wickets. Some of the decisions given by one of the umpires were the subject of adverse comment by both teams. In the case of J. French, the umpire gave him out caught when he was nowhere near „he ball. It is certainly the umpire’s privilege to call “ over,” which he should do when eight balls have been delivered, but in one over Keenan was run out off the twelfth ball of the over. In all there were four decisions bv the same umpire that were, to say the least, open to criticism. # » « SHIRLEY v. TECHNICAL OLD BOYS. The failure of the Technical Old Boys’ team in both innings is very hard to understand as the team is composed of young players who have had a fair amount of experience in grade cricket, and in their first match against Working Men’s Club they compiled 237, and against Sunnyside 175 and 184 for three wickets. Taking these scores into consideration their dismissal for 54 and 64 leads one to think that there is a lack of enthusiasm and that the team is not practising during the week. On the first day, Shirley made 321, and Technical only had three overs. Continuing on Saturday the wickets fell with painful regularity, and 16 by Stokes and the same score by Welch were the only double figures in the very meagre total of 54. Needless to state, the bowlers secured good averages. C. Marshall sent down 12 overs for 19 runs and secured six wickets, while Sweeney had five overs for 11 runs and two wickets. R. Coltart secured the remaining wicket for 20 runs in eight overs. Being 267 runs behind. Technical were compelled to follow on, but fared little better than in their first effort. The first three wickets fell for three runs, and the fourth when the score was eight. C. Teichert and F. French carried the total to 33 and looked as if they were settling down to a good partnership, but then the wickets began to fall quickly again, and eight were down for 40. Booth and T . Phelps made a brief stay and added a score for the ninth wicket, the latter placing 17 and Booth 14 to his name. The last wicket only added one to the total and fell when the score was 64, giving Shirley a win by an innings and 203 runs. A. R. Husband came out with the best bowling figures in the second innings, delivering seven overs for 13 runs and five wipkets. Sweeney had seven overs for IS runs and two wickets, and Howarth and Kington got one for 23 and one for 7 respectively. BECKENHAM v. WORKING MEN’S CLUB. Working Men’s Club suffered their first defeat in their match against Beckenham at Beckenham. The result of the first day’s play saw Beckenham with 433 on the board, and Working Men’s Club set out to compile an equal score on an easy wicket but a slow outfield. J. Gray and J. Trustrum were going well and 18 were on when Gray hit out, and Shand took a smart catch off Stammers. Peacock followed and played confidently for 9 when Mills took a catch lefthanded at mid-off and two v/ere down for 28.

J. Taylor followed, but ten runs later, Trustrum, who was leaving Mills’s leg stuff severely alone, was caught by Mills off his own bowling. Taylor was batting very stylishly, but soon lost Evans, Butcher and Egan, and seven were down for 61.

E. Watt and F. Matthews only added a couple when the latter was run out, and West and Anderson followed for the addition of ten runs. In the total of 73, Taylor 16, Trustrum 13 and Gray 11 were the only double figures. None

of the batsmen were able to negotiate Mills’s slow breaks and he secured four wickets for 31 runs in ten overs. S. Besley got two for 18 and R. Stammers two for 15.

Being 360 behind, W.M.C. followed on. and the first two wickets fell for one run. Anderson was run out before he had scored. Watt was bowled by Stammers for a single. Peacock soon lost Matthews, who was bowled by Lilburne for a single, and Taylor helped Peacock to carry the score to 19 before he played all round a straight one from Stammers. Gray followed and was bowled through trying to cut a straight ball from Mills. Peacock showed a partiality for Mills, and rattled up 36 before Lilburne got him with a beauty. Trustrum ran out to Mills and was stumped by Clarkson.

Six were down for 64 and the tail wagged very feebly, and the last wicket fell when the score was 82. H. Lilburne bowled well and only had twelve runs knocked off seven overs and he secured three wickets. Stammers delivered ten overs for 23 runs and three wickets. COUNCIL v. MARIST. Council secured an easy victory over Marist by an innings and 67 runs. Council made the useful total of 316 on the first day and Marist had lost three for 24. M. Noonan and M. Griffen carried on and the total was 29 when Griffen was bowled for four. A good stand by A. Graham and Noonan carried the total to 100 for the fifth wicket. Noonan played good cricket for his 57 and was very smart between the wickets. Graham hit out at Newton’s slows and hit a couple of sixes. He made his 37 by good batting. With the dismissal of Noonan and Graham, the end cams quickly and the side were all out for 118. J. Gordon secured the best average of the four bowlers tried and took three for 22, all his wickets falling in the one Four wickets fell for two runs in Marist’s second innings, but M. Noonan and M. Griffen stopped the rot, 16 coming off Horwell's second over after he had opened with a maiden. The partnership was marked by lively running between the wickets, and only bad returns by the council fieldsmen allowed the pair to keep their wickets intact. Griffen was finally run out when he obeyed Noonan’s call for a short run. Griffen made 23 by good shots and he played the bowling confidently. Noonan laid the w’ood on well and his 51 included a six and nine fours. Apart from his bad calling, he played a sound knock and was dismissed by a good catch by Quaid in the deep field. W. M’Donnell batted well for 33. He showed some good strokes and was unfortunate to go out to a bad decision. Foster hit out at everything, and finally skied one back to Chinnery. Jones opened lustily’, but was unlucky to succumb to a great catch by Rollands off Newton’s bowling. Newton got three for 45 in eleven overs, and put a lot of turn on the ball. Chinnery came on late and in 4.2 overs got three for 20. JOTTINGS. The approaching Walker Shield tournament is the chief topic of conversation amongst the Auckland officials, but the lack of interest shown by the players generally is a source of dismay. Very’ few of the players are showing any enthusiasm, and the work of preparation is falling on the shoulders of a few officials. The selectors have chosen eighteen players from whom the team will be selected tonight, but on Saturday there were a number who stated that they were not available. Perusing the first list, it is hard to understand why players like F. French, C. Teichert, J. Gray, FI. Mills and J. Taylor are omitted, but it is possible that they were not available. The tournment extends over six days, and many players are averse 1o •sacrificing their whole Christmas holidays. J. NEWMAN GIVES ADVICE TO PLAYERS. Mr J. Newman, the English county player and Canterbury coach, addressed a meeting of cricketers at the Y.M.C.A. last evening. Mr D. Reese, president of the Canterbury Cricket Association, presided and introduced the speaker. What he wished to stress first, said Mr Newman, was the importance of spin in slow bowling. If a cricketer had not the physique to bowl fast then he should concentrate on slow bowling. A slow or medium left-hander was almost indispensible to a team in England or New Zealand. All left-handers were either slow to medium or fast; there was no merit in a compromise. Half the value in slow bowling was in flighting and fingerspin. A faster ball helped the batsman to make his shot, while a slower ball hung a bit, and invited mis-timmg or an easy-’ stumping. A good slow spin bowler often got wickets when the ball would not turn at all. A left-hand leg-break bowler was more valuable than a right-hander because the break was reversed to the flight, while a right-hander's ball deviated from the straight line down the wicket. A right-hand leg-break was very difficult to control and often proved expensive. The speaker said he wished New Zealand cricketers had to play’ more on wet wickets, as this would give more encouragement to bowlers. The googlie bowler did not like wet wickets, but he would benefit from the experience also. No batsman could be sure of himself when meeting a slow spinning ball; and all famous bowlers had depended on this sort of ball, except the very fast bowlers, who relied on speed and body movement. He would advise a man not to try to bowl too many kinds of ball in one over. He should have one stock ball, with an occasional change. An offbreak bowler could sometimes send down one going w’ith the arm.

partner had only to run straight, while if he refused, the caller had. to turn back and recover. There were more ways of playing for your team than by batting and bowling.

At the conclusion of his address. Mr lNewman answered questions, and gave a blackboard dex‘onstratlon of the .lbw theory. He received a hearty ‘vote of thanks. 3 BOYS’ ASSOCIATION. ‘ _ x v . OTAGO TEABIS {ARI-lIVE. Last night the two teams of boys re—presenting the Otago Boys’ Cricket Asisociation arrived in Christchurch by the second express. They were met at the station by a large number of the local boys and also by the majority of the ofl'lclals of the Canterbury Boys' Association. Mr C. S. Johnston, the chairman of the local executive, briefly welcomed the visitors and. after )Ir L. Cameron had responded, the boys dispersed to their billets. Although the lateness of the arrival rather militateii against them doing so. the manager and a number of the Otago boys attended Mr J. A. Newman’s lecture last evening and all expressed themselves as very interested in his remarks. The two games are to commence at the I-lagley Park Oval on \Vednesday afternoon at 2.30 p.m. Stumps will be drawn at 6.30 p.m. and play will be re—sumed on Thursday at 9.30 a.m. The High School Old Boys' Cricket Club have \‘cry kindly offered to provide afternoon tea for the players on both days. Owing to unforeseen circumstances it appears that there will have to be some slight readjustments in connection with the Otago teams. These alterations will probably be announced to—morrow. In connection with the Canterbury teams, E. E. Grenfell has now been defiw nitely aL‘Dointed as captain of the senior eleven. ____.._\,_.____ ELLESMERE ASSOCIATION. ’_—"' l “‘EEDONS v. IRWELL. At Irwell on Saturday Weedons 216 runs for 9 wickets (\Valker 105 not out. Dl'ayton 63. R. Henderson 14. D. Henderson 10)_ met Irwell 124 for 8 wickets when time was called (J. (Joe 28, Doak g 5, Chamberlain 16. J. Hislop 28). Bowl- ‘ mg for Irwell. N. Hislop and P. Cham-l berlam. and for “‘eednns. Drayton and‘ Marshall. secured the wickets. .______.____ WEST CHRISTCHURCH S C H O O L .1 l The annual match between the past‘ and present pupils of the West Christchurch Dlstrict High School was played yesterday at Hospital Corner. and re-i sulted in a win for the past pupils by 74 runs. Batting first. the present pupils fared badly and were all out for 31, J. O. Hattersley with 14 being the only one to make a stand against the bowl. ing‘ of N. P. Wise. who took seven wickets for 14. The past pupils did little better and were all out for 55, J. Patterson 12 and I. Barnes being the only double-figure scorers. N. Burt (two for 8). C. Sturge (two for 12). L. our: (one for 11). and O: Hattersley (one for 8) divided the wickets. In the second innings the school team did better. scoring 136 (R. Nesta 36. S. Andrews 30, and C. Sturge 26). while the past pupils scored 186 (D. Angus H, H. P. Wise 40, R. MTleary 20, R. Lane 19, J. Patterson 19, and R. Infinitely 18). For the past pupils. J. Patterson. A. Stacey and l’. Barnes bowled well in the second innings. as did C. Sturge and S. Andrews for the nresent pupils. NAPIER v. PALMERSTON NORTH. For Press Association. NAPIER. December 17. The first elevens of Napier and Palmerston North High Schools commenced their annual match in Napier to—day. The home team opened, but was dismissed for a cheap 50, Mel-lame taking five for eight in seven and a half overs, two of which were maidens, and Cutler [our for eleven. Palmerston North's innings opened sensationally, the first three wickets falling Without a run being scored and the fourth went down with only one on the board. Then M‘Rafi'le and Henderson stopped the rnt with a partnership that added 136, the former getting 891 and the latter 44. The visitors‘ innings closed for 177. Reaney took seven for“ 48. srAt stumps Napier had lost one for} A). The match will be continued to—mor-‘ row. -——___.—_ 1 l