OPENING BATSMEN MAKE GOOD SCORES

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18938, 7 December 1929, Page 11

OPENING BATSM EN MAKE GOOD SCORES

Old Boys Put On 233 For Three Against Riccarton,

CROMB GETS A CENTURY, BEING AIDED BY SLACKNESS IN FIELD.

OLD BO\S began in lively fashion against Riccarton, and, with three wickets down, they had 233 on the board. ( romb was then 104 not out. Merritt hit up a brisk 89. Against East, F. Smith made 104 for Linwood in 90 minutes.

OLD BOYS V. RICCARTON. A fairly large gallery of spectators assembled at Hagley Park for the Old Boys-Riccarton match. The wicket was in good order. Cromb and Merritt opened for Old Boys. An hour’s play saw seventy on the board. There was plenty of life in the batting, both men opening their shoulders to loose balls, and also running many smart singles, which put spice into the game. Merritt was conspicuous for clean and vigorous drives, while Cromb contributed many skilfulfyexecuted shots. The century came after an hour and a quarter’s play Powell, Gibbs, Roberts, Evans and Chapness were called on to break up a partnership that was fast piling up the score, but were unsuccessful up to this stage. Merritt had a life after he had made 53, putting Evans up in the air. Riccarton’s throwing in was poor and Old Boys reaped a good harvest of extras and runs from overthrows. Merritt, with 84 to his credit, gavft another chance, but it was not held. A few minutes later he was given out lbw to Rix. His total of 89 included nine fours. Hobbs, who filled the vacancy, was dismissed without scoring. Harris was Cromb's new partner. The total at the tea adjournment was 196. Cromb gave a chance behind the soon after the resumption, but then settled down into his former steady style. Harris was knocking the loose balls away to the boundary with powerful shots. A smart catch by Roberts ended Harris’s career. 222—3—24. M. L. Page joined Cromb, who went> on to pass the century. Scores:— OLD BOYS. First Innings. I. B. Cromb. not out 104 AV. K. Alerritt, lbw b Rix 89 G. H. Hobbs, lbw b Rix 0 C. M. Harris, c and b. Roberts 24 AI. L. Page, not out 2 Extras 14 Total for three wickets . . 233

ST ALBANS V. OLD COLLEGIANS.

St Albans won the toss against Old Collegians on the No. 2 ground at Hagley Park, and C. Crawford and F. Woods opened the batting, to the bowling of Burrough and Talbot . Old Collegians were without the services of I. M. Hamilton, who left this week for Timaru. F. Parsons took Hamilton’s place. Woods snicked to leg the first four of the match, off Burroughs second over, but gave a hard chance in the slips a few minutes later. Twenty was hoisted after as many minutes, but the batsmen were kept quiet against the bowling of Burrough and Parsons. The former bowled three maiden overs in succession. At 33 Woods spooned one from Talbot to the off, and the bowler, making a great dive, caught it in its fall. 33—1 —23. Falloon, the incomer, brought 50 on to the board. Lester and Bean had the bowling, and at 55 Parsons held a hard catch from Crawford at point. 55—2 20. Pengelly did not last long, Lester getting his wicket with a straight one. O’Brien had a “life” in the slips with his first scoring stroke, and was lucky with another rising ball which he blocked into the air back towards Bean. Burroughs took over the leather from _ Lester, whose average was two for nine. G. L. Talbot spelled Bean at the north end. Falloon and O’Brien, the latter scoring more freely than before, brought 80 up after an hour and* a half’s play. Then at 85 R. O. Talbot got OBricn lbw. Falloon, opening out to pull a slow straight one from G. L. Talbot, had his bails scattered. 91—5—28. With the first ball of the next over, from Parson, Fraser was clean-bowled. It was not until after two apd a quarter hours’ play that the centurv was brought up with a single from Saunders, who partnered Cullen in slow scoring. At 5 p.m. the total was 120 for rix wickets. Scores:— ST ALBANS. First Innings. F. Woods, c and b Talbot 28 L'. Crawford, c Parsons b Lester . . 20 C. Falloon, b G. L. Talbot 28 Nr. Pengelly, b Lester 1 F. O’Brien, lbw b R. O. Talbot ... 7 J. Fraser, b Parsons 0 G. Cullen, lbw b Hamilto-n 15 A. Saunders, b Hamilton ! 20 A. W. Thomas, b Parson 1 L. C. Bindley, lbw b Parson 2 X. Dorreen, not out 5 pxtras 15 Total 127

• EAST CHRISTCHURCH V. LINWOOD.

Linwood opened against East at Lancaster Park, with F. Smith and G. 0 ondliffe batting. Both scored freely, the first century coming up in 50 minutes. A minute after the century went tip on the board. Condliffe was cun out for 35, and A. Davis replaced him. Smith, although he had a few lives, batted steadily, bringing up his century in eighty minutes. He was caught by Cunningham off Blank with 104 on, which he made in ninety minutes. M. Boon joined Davis, but made only 2 before he went to a pretty catch by Kennedy in slips off Cunningham. Davis was batting well, scoring slowly but steadily. F. Kerr batted brightly, and he seemed set, when he mishit one off Cunningham, and put it into Kennedy’s hands. He made 20. R. Read joined Davis, who soon after was caught off Blank by Egan for 24. C. Orchard joined Read, who was batting strongly, scoring fours in profusion. He

was caught and bowled by Blank for 37, and J. Prosper went in. Orchard started well, with three fours and a six. Scores:— LINWOOD. First Innings. F. Smith, c Cunningham b Blank . . 104 G. Condliffe, run out 31 H. Davis, c Egan b Blank 24 AL Boon, c Blank b Kennedy 2 F. Kerr, c Kennedy b Cunningham 20 R. Read, c and b Blank 37 C. Orchard, not out 31 J. Prosper, not out 6 Extras 13 ets .... 266 MADE A CENTURY. Playing for Linwood against East Christchurch at Lancaster Park this afternoon, F. Smith made 104. He made his century in 80 minutes, and batted 90 minutes altogether, his score including twenty fours.

SYDENHAM V. WEST CHRISTCHURCH.

Sydenham batted first against West Christchurch in the match at Sydenham Park this afternoon. The wicket was fast and in good order. A diagonal wind across the field aided the bowlers. Of the first eight overs by Jefcoate and Hayes, six were maidens and only eleven runs were scored. Before the scoring opened, Hahn’s bails were skittled by Hayes. Capstick joined Wallburton. Runs began to come more quickly and Hill took over the bowling. Condliffe went on at the other end. The batsmen got on to the bowling and fattlgd up double figures. Another change of bowling was, tried, Moffat .going on at the south' end. Seven bowlers were tried out with little success. Wallburton made 33 before he lifted on off Alexander’s, Hayes, at~mid-off, taking a fine catch. Wallburton batted for an hour and nine minutes. Newman joined Capstick in a slow scoring partnership. He was at the wickets for 40min for the ten he contributed. The hundred was reached after just on two hours’ play. Patrick made his first appearance this season, and joined Capstick. Things were now moving more rapidly and Capstick’s wicket fell a few minutes later after he had batted two hours for 53—the best score up to that time. Young joined Patrick. A good ball b} r Condliffe slipped past the latter, to the off stump in the next over. 115 —s—s. Shackel carried on. Scores:— SYDENHAM. First Innings. V. Hahn, b Hayes 0 R. Wallburton, c Hayes b Alexander 33 F. Capstick, run out 53 J. Newman, run out 10 W. Patrick, b Condliffe 5 J. Young, not out 9 C. Shaokel, not out 1 Extras 16 Total for five wickets .... 127

SUBURBAN GAMES.

At 4.30 Working Men’s Club were all out for 108 in their match against Sunnyside. Beckenham, batting first, made 346 runs (E. Brooks 87, J. Clarkson 58, E. Cummins not out 52, N T . Stokes 37).

NEW ZEALAND TEAM TO PLAY ONE TEST AT LORDS IN 1931.

(United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received December 7, 2.25 p.m.) LONDON, December 6. It has been decided when the New Zealand cricketers visit England in 1931 to play one test, namely at Lords, on June 27.