OLD BOYS’ ELEVEN PUT UP POOR SCORE

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19258, 20 December 1930, Page 10

OLD BOYS’ ELEVEN PUT UP POOR SCORE

READ BOWLS IN FINE FORM AND TAKES MANY WICKETS.

Old Collegians Bat In Dashing Style Against West Christchurch.

OLD BOA S in their first innings against Lancaster Park were all out for 194 at 5 o’clock. R. Read took eight wickets for 60 runs. C. M. Harris compiled 40 and G. H. Hobbs 35. Read’s bowling completely nonplussed many of the batsmen. At the tea adjournment Old Collegians, playing against West, bad lost four wickets for 120 runs (R. O. Talbot 58, not out). Against East, Sydenham made 126. Playing St Albans, Riccarton bad lost seven wickets for 187 at 5 p.m.

LANCASTER PARK V. OLD BOYS.

Cricket interest this afternoon centred on No. 1 Ground at Hagley Park, where the competition leaders, Lancaster Park, met the strong Old Boys’ eleven. The spin of the coin favoured Old Boys, and Innes and Grose took their place at the batting crease, opening quietly against that redoubtable pair, Read ai\d Cromb. The score rose slowly,, Grose doing most of the work. He was showing restraint but, after being missed at mid on off Cromb, he got his leg in front of one of Read’s straight ones. 41—1—28. Hobbs, the newcomer, brought the half century up with a neat leg-glide off Cromb. Next over, Innes was beautifully bowled by Read for 19. The veteran was keeping an exact length, and flighting them well. Merritt went irif and the field spread cut, but Read completely beat him with the first ball. 54—3—0. Read had three wickets for 21 runs. That was the last ball of the over, and Read had to wait for his chance of a hat trick. Carl faced him next time, and the ball beat both bat and wicket, spoiling the hat trick chance. Hobbs collected runs off short balls with a quick hook shot. At 70, Yates took ever from Cromb. Carl was missed in slips off his third ball, but the next one shattered the stumps. Carl made three.

Hobbs kept on steadily, dealing •temly with the loose ones, and the score began to creep up. Harris showed a glimpse of his best form, bringing the century up with an off-drive which flashed to the boundary past mid-off. Hobbs tipped one from Read, and Hawkins at second slip took a marvellous catch, flingiqg himself full length to get the ball a bare inch from the ground. Hobbs’ was a steady and useful innings. 104—5—35. Burns joined Harris, who was scratchy but lucky. Harris put Yates up for a catch in the outfield, but Armitage mistimed it badly. An over later Harris again just escaped being caught. Read and Yates were losing some of their sting, and Harris helped himself with the long handle, till he took a chance with Read and went lbw. 138—6—40. Moffat, the newcomer, fell a victim to a shooter from the same bowler. 154—7—4. Read had bowled 19 overs for 54 runs and six wickets. After the adjournment runs came but slowly, Vincent and A. C. Harris according the bowling much respect. Vincent and Mulcock went the one after the other, and the side was out for 194. Read bowled 27.5 overs and 7 maidens for 60 runs and 8 wickets. Scores:—

OLD BOYS. First Innings. G. B. Grose, lbw b Read 2S G. D. Innes, b Read 19 W. E. Merritt, b Read 0 D. Carl.-b Yates 3 G. H. Hobbs, c Hawkins b Read . . 35 C. M. Harris, lbw b Read 40 J. Moffat, b Read 4 R. C. Burns, run. out 22 W. H. Vincent, c Williams b Read 7 A. C. Harris, not out 13 E. Mulcock, b Read 2 Extras 20 Total 194 Bowling analysis.—R. Read, 27.5 cvers, 7 maidens. 60 runs, 8 wickets; L B. Cromb, 17 overs, 68 runs; S. Yates, 10 overs, 1 maiden, 47 runs, 1 wicket. LANCASTER PARK. First Innings. S. Yates, c Burns b Merritt 4 T. B. Cromb, not out 10 F. Armitage, not out 0 Total for one wicket 14 RICCARTON V. ST ALBANS. J. Jacobs and G. Stringer opened for Riccarton, and runs began to come at once. Stringer was more restrained, but Jacobs did not let an opportunity slip. Runs came up rapidly, 70 going on in three-quarters of an hour. When Stringer was 24 he was neatly caught bs’ Dorreen off Thomas. A. W. Roberts went in. Jacobs began very well and put on his half-century in just under an hour. After passing his half century, Jacobs slowed down, Roberts making more of the bowling. Jacobs went to a pretty catch by Cullen at mid-on off Thomas. He made his 53 in 62 minutes, and did not give a chance. J. Powell joined Roberts, who continued to bat briskly. Cullen brought off another fine catch when he got Powell off Lindley for 2. E. Haines went in. The last two wickets had fallen for only three runs, but Riccarton’s position, with 102 on for three, was satisfactory. Haines was caught by Frazer off Thomas for 3. Scoring had now slowed up considerably. After tea, Riccarton settled down, Roberts going particularly well. Thomas and Lindley, who were doing most of the bowling, were keeping the batsmen quiet, but Roberts scored off everything possible. He went after seventy minutes' batting, with his score at 63. Cox, who was scoring slowly, was joined by J. Patterson. Patterson did not last long, making

only four before he went to Fraser. J. Powell replaced him, but went in Fraser’s next over without scoring. When C. T. Rix came in, seven wickets were down for 178. Scores:— RICCARTON. First Innings. G. Stringer, c Dorreen b Thomas . . 24 J. Jacobs, c Cullen b Thomas .... 53 A. W. Roberts, b Frazer /. 63 J. Powell, c Cullen b Lindley 2 G. Haines, c Frazer b Thomas . . 3 J. Patterson, c Dorreen b Frazer . . 4 F. Powell, c Crawford b Frazer . . 0 A. Cox, c Dorreen b Fraser 24 C. T. Rix, not out 17 C. E. Evans, not out 3 Extras 11 Total for eight wickets . . 204 OLD COLLEGIANS V. WEST. Old Collegians went to the wickets against West Christchurch at Elmwood Park, G. L. Talbot and Dunster opening. Facing bowling that was assisted by the pitch and a strong wind, the batsmen were cautious. Two wickets fell for 37 runs. Lester and Dunster then became associated. Dunster, after taking a long time to get going, opened out, and scored freely, his off driving being effective against Bean. Gibbs at this stage was bowling right on top of his form. Thus far he had bowled five maidens out of ten overs and taken two wickets for eleven runs. He trapped Lester into lifting one to Douglas, and the representatives batsman was dismissed for four runs. Gibbs, however, met his Waterloo when R. O. Talbot joined Dunster. Talbot showed little regard for the bowler, off whom he scored freely, lifting him for six in the early stages of their duel. It was lively cricket now, but a smart catch by Alexander off Douglas was the means of breaking up the partnership, Dunster having to return to the pavilion. His knock of 43 included five fours. Four wickets were down for 84 runs when Chrystall joined Talbot. The new-comer kept his wicket up while Talbot, with dashing brilliance, kept the fieldsmen busy hunting the leather. Two sixers he hit off Beany the second taking the score to 102. The century was scored in ninety minutes, and Old Collegians’ position was now much improved. Approaching his century, Talbot stepped out to Douglas and was clean bowled. His knock of 90 was one of the brightest feats of the season. It included three sixes and thirteen fours. Chrystall scored 15 during his association with Talbot. The partnership carried the score on to 175. Scores:— OLD COLLEGIANS. First Innings. L. G. Talbot, c Peake b Bean .... 8 O. A. Y. Johnston, b Gibbs 5 L. R. Dunster, c Alexander b DougG. L. Talbot, c Peake b Bean .... 8' O. A. Y. Johnston, b Gibbs 5 S. G. Lester, c Douglas b Gibbs .... 4 R. O. Talbot, b Douglas 90 H. M. Chrystall, not out . .... 25 J. Bruges, b Douglas 7 J. D. Lawrence, not out .......... 2 Extras 11 Total for six wickets .... 193 EAST V. SYDENHAM. With one down for eleven runs and two for 31, Sydenham did not make a very premising start against East Christchurch at Lancaster Park. Then C. J. Oliver, who tried to pull his side out of the fire in their last game, went in to improve things. H. Davis and W. Cunningham, who opened the bowling, both required watching, the former bumping awkwardly at times. V. Hahn had only six on when he played Davis on. R. Wallburton, the other opening batsman, was batting soundly, showing some pretty cover drives, when he went to a brilliant catch, low down, by P. Davis at deep point, off Cunningham. E. Gasson opened with a brace of fours and then sobered down, while Oliver was content to present a straight bat to most of the bowling. With one wicket for seven in six overs, four of them maidens, Davis was taken off in favour of J. Mills. Mills sent down a medium-paced good length ball that did not invite liberties. The batsmen let a lot of the off stuff go by and there was little in the play to arouse enthusiasm among the spectators, scoring being slow. After fifty minutes’ play the score at 3 p.m. was 37 for two wickets. After batting thirty-nine minutes for 10, Gasson gave Mills an easy return catch. Further disaster overtook Sydenham when Oliver hit Mills to H. Davis at deep mid-off. Davis tore up the pitch, but M’Ewin did not budge from the bowler’s end, and a good throw-in the stumps. Oliver was out for 12, and four were down for 46. F. Bellamy enlivened proceedings by hitting Mills for six, and was bowled off pads next ball. After a spell in junior cricket, A. Jones returned to senior cricket, but his first over yielded 13 runs. M’Ewin lifted him over the east stand for six, and W. Spong repeated the performance on the other side of the wicket, and the score began to mount at a useful rate. One hundred came up after ninety minutes’ play, although the second fifty took just over twenty-five minutes. The. East Christchurch skipper tried some bowling changes, and Kennedy got M’Ewin lbw for 16. The partnership added a useful 48. With neither Vesey Hamilton nor M. Harper available, Sydenham brought up a junior, M. Gray, who joined Spong. Gray played a useful knock for 17, made up of four fours and a single, and then Kennedy took a neat one-handed catch high up off his own bowling. Two wickets fell for 4 after tea, Spong being caught at 37 after a good knock, and, as a place was being kept for J. Young next Saturday, the innings closed for 126. The East Christchurch innings began at 4.20 p.m., J. Mills and F. Woods facing Bellamy and Patrick. The pair batted steadily, and M’Ewin was

brought on. He struck a good length, and had the batsmen thinking hard. At 5 p.m. the score was 47 for no wickets. Scores: SYDENHAM. First Innings. R. Wallburton, c P. Davis b Cunningham 7 V. Hahn, b H. Davis 6 E. Gasson, c and b Mills 10 C. J. Oliver, run out 12 J. M’Ewin, lbw, b Kennedy 16 F. Bellamy, b Mills 6 w. Spong, c Allsopp b Cunningham 37 M. Gray, c and b Kennedy 17 M. Patrick, not out 0 D. Smith, c and b Cunningham .... 0 J. Young, absent 0 Extras 15 Total . 126 Bowling Analysis.—ll. Davis, 6 overs, 3 maidens, 7 runs, 1 wicket; W. Cunningham, 14.4 overs, 3 maidens, 37 runs, 3 wickets; J. Mills, 9 overs, 5 maidens. 18 runs, 2 wickets; T. Kennedy, 5 overs, 1 maiden, 19 runs, 2 wickets; A. Jones, 2 overs, 17 runs; P. Allsopp, 4 overs. 1 maiden, 13 runs. EAST CHRISTCHURCH. First Innings. J. Mills, lbw b M’Ewin IS F. Woods, not out 46 E. Brosnahan, b Oliver 10 P. Davis, not out 2 Extras 7 Total for two wickets .... S 3

SUBURBAN GAMES.

SUNNYSD3E V. WORKING MEN’S CLUB. SUNNYSIDE. First Innings 272 WORKING MEN’S CLUB. First Innings. H. Mills, c sub b Sincock 9 J. Clarkson, run out 10 H. King, c Gordon b Sincock 5 F. Harris, c and b Roberts 9 J. Gray, b Roberts 0 H. Watson, not out 37 P. Peacock, not out 1 Extras 5 Total for five wickets .... 77 CANTERBURY YOUTH TAKES SIX FOR THREE. (Special to the “ Star.”) HOKITIKA. December 20. The Canterbury boys’ teams commenced their first matches in Hokitika this morning. In the senior game Hokitika batted first, and were dismissed rather cheaply for 20 runs. Fullwood, who took six wickets at the small cost of 3 runs, showed great form with the ball, whilst Brown, three for 11, and Hay, two for three, also bowled well. At the luncheon adjournment Canterbury had lost three wickets for 19 runs. Canterbury are batting in the junior match, and at luncheon had lost four wickets for 37. The weather at present is brilliantly sunny.