EAST DISMISSED FOR 49.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20234, 19 February 1934, Page 11

EAST DISMISSED FOR 49.

Read and Cromb Take Wickets in Match at Rugby Park.

O’BRIEN HAMMERS OLD BOYS’ BOWLING.

WITH the wicket giving bowlers help there were plenty of thrills in Saturday's senior cricket. Read and Cromb went through the East Christchurch team for the insignificant total of 49, Read bagging six wickets for 31 runs, and at Haglev Park Rilev, of Sydenham, took six Riccarton wickets for 38.

Only a dogged stand by Dunster, who made a most creditable /9. saved Old Collegians from complete eclipse at the hands of West. O'Brien made a bright century for St Albans, the only team on the afternoon to make a good showing with the bat.

RIUEY’S AFTERNOON OUT. Riley had a great day out when bowling for Sydenham against Riccarton, and it was mainly owing to his accurate left-hand spinners that Riccarton could not register more than an indifferent 178. Rvley kept them on the spot and the sticky pitch let him get any amount of spin. It is not often that a lefthander using his natural leg spin curls them right round a batsman's legs to get the wicket, but that is what Riley did to J. L. Powell. Riley also took a couple of good catches, one off his own bowling. The rest of the Sydenham attack was indifferent, but it had enough steadiness to keep the batsmen reasonably quiet, and with the first few men out for a small total, the remaining Riccarton men were most cautious. The Sydenham fielding was better than it was in the match against West Christchurch, but there were some weak patches still apparent. Stringer took a long time to make his 47, but with wickets falling rapidly at the other end he was bound to be cautious. His on-side play and a few good square cuts were the best feature of his innings. Jacobs showed some delightful shots in his 41, but he made some rash strokes as well, and was dropped off an easy chance when only 15. Andrews, Henwood, Rix and Bull all shaped well, but none of them remained long enough to be dangerous. King gave a solid display behind the stumps for Sydenham. He is improving in this department of the game and might be in line for representative honours in the future. Sydenham will be without Bellamy, Rile} r and Gasson next Saturday, and those t hree -made what runs-they could in a bad light and limited time before stumps were drawn. Andrews bowled Bellamy for 21. after that batsman had shown some flashing off-drives. Riley tried to force the pace and fell when 11, but Gasson, being presented with one life by a missed catch, was still batting with 35 to his credit. He showed that he really can hit when he likes. :: :: A BOWLER’S WICKET. It was a bowlers’ field day at Rugby Park on Saturday, and some exceptional averages were run up. The position of the game so far is that East have 49 runs on for their first innings, and 77 at a cost of two wickets in their second Innings, and Lancaster Park have 157 up their sleeves for their first innings. This puts Lancaster Park in a strong position and an eight-point wou *d appear to be indicated. R - J. Read was again to the fore bowling for Lancaster Park, collecting six for 21 runs. He made the ball perform various sorts of tricks. The wicket was true enough, but lent itself particularly to spin. At times the ball turned more than six inches. It was more noticeable earlier in the afternoon. I. B. Cromb bowled from the other end, and 17 overs sufficed to see East ail out in the record time of 51 minutes, after compiling the lowest score of the season for a senior team. The honours of the day, however, go to A. D. Park, the medium-fast East trundler, who took five wickets for 12 runs, three of them lbw’s. In one case he was fortunate to have his appeal upheld. He made plenty of pace off the pitch and got right in amongst the batsmen after the tea adjournment, w hen he was first brought on bv skipper Mortlock. These are Parks best figures to date. Cromb also gave a bright performance with the bat, knocking up 51 in round about 30 minutes. Two sixes went his way, and a whole string of tours, the short boundaries of Rugby Park being a decided assistance in that direction A. P. Cobden, T. Kennedy and O-. Dryden all managed to reach the early twenties. Cobden enlivened things for a time and threw his wicket away when he went to swipe C'otipland o\w the boundary, a performance he achieved with the previous ball s dreary innings. Old Collegians introduced an atmosphere °f Test cricket at its worst into their first innings against West Christchurch. Nothing could have been more rlrearv than the way in which the first fx batsmen took nearly two hours and a half to score little more than one hundred runs. Alterations in the batting order might have produced better results, for the regaining batsmen showed that th e bowling was not worthy of the respect which it had been accorded before. Four batsmen added more than seventy runs in less than half the time taken to hoist the first hundred. The innings closed for 183, a comparatively poor :otal, when the calibre of the batsmen md the quality of the bowling were taken into consideration. It was left to a batsman who should lave-opened the innings to redeem the position L R. Ounrter, whose forreru! style would have proved invaluable the innings, came in when four wickets had fallen, and remained prac:icafly to the finish to score 79 His bating was of the soundest possible description, and everv scoring shot was Forceful and well timed, with a lot of

power behind it. B. S. Smyth, who scored 24, also showed that the bowling could be treated aggressivel}', while A. I. Cottrell helped the score along with a solid 19. Old Collegians were not the only ones to make mistakes. The West Christchurch bowling could have been handled better. R. W. Hope’s policy of making rapid changes prpved successful in the early part of the innings, but later he kept his slow bowlers on too long. He captained the side in the absence of J. L. Kerr, and bowled well, taking three wickets for 42 runs. D. Smith, who took one wicket for 16 runs, could have been bowled more to advantage. E. A. Vincent and J. L. Findlay took two wickets apiece rather cheaply, but they were kept on much too long against Dunster and the other batsmen who were not afraid to use their feet to slow bowling. Spurred on by the fact that both Kerr and Smith will be absent next week, West Christchurch went for the runs in the short time that remained when they began their innings. Their tactics provided an effective contrast to th lack of entenprise displayed by Old Collegians. They were in a good position at stumps, having scored 74 runs for the loss of two wicket*. Unfortunately, Smith, who was then 37 not out, will be unable to continue his innings. !•: ST ALBANS BAT WELL. St Albans again proved that from a batting point of view, they are equal to any other team in the competition. Their score of 334 on Saturday was a good knock, and could easily have been larger, but the tail batsmen did not trouble very much. They went out only for a hit. F. P. O’Brien, who again registered a century, gave a flawless innings, without a chance. He stood up to the bowling, placing the ball with welldirected shots all round the wicket. His straight drive is a firm one, and he lays on the wood unmercifully. Four boundaries in succession came his way in this direction. A good six was also included in his score of 191. and fours totalled fifteen. C. G. Crawford, although not so sparkling a batsman as O’Brien, knocked up 61 in a steady manner. Cobden held a smart catch that sent him away from the crease. G. M. Condliffe was not as happy a? usual in scoring his 44. He was dropped twice by Hobbs behind the wickets easy,. but. the tsman then .„we?ot on to make his runs from nice strokes. M. E. Cummings, with 47 to hi* credit, punished the bowling severely, but k good ball from .Escott beat him all the Hobbs, behind the wickets, took Burns’s place, and except for the two chances he missed, performed well, there being only eleven extras. The bowling was not very formidable, Burrows being the only one who gave it any sting. M’Ewen came to light at the finish, getting three wickets for 18 runs. The Lower Grades. SECOND. At Hagley Park, Old Boys 245 (V. 05. Hill 13S, W. Brooks 59 and H. V. Thorne 22), met Riccarton, 4 3 for three wickets (Haines 22 not out.) At Sydenham Park, Old Collegians. 135 (Harding 63, Scott 37 and Saunders 22), met Sydenham, 154 for six wickets (D. M’Rae 66 and B. Vines 56). At Lancaster Park, St Albans. 228 (Ashby 42, Mayo 39, Burtt 29, .Tefcoate 19, Truscott 19 and Armstrong 19), met Lancaster Park, 37 for two wickets. At Rugby Park. West Christchurch. 193. met East Christchurch, 95 for five wickets. Third. A Section. West Christchurch, 246 (Caygill 87, r.uttrell S 3 and Douglas 19), met Sydenham A, seven for one wicket. Lancaster Park A, 175, met Old Boys, | 75 for five wickets. B Section. St Albans, 169, met Lancaster Park, 82 for seven wick els. West Christchurch, 186 for eight wickets, met Boys’ High School. Yourth. A Section. Sydenham, 275 (Walsh 9S), met St Albans. Old Collegians, 191, met Old Bovs, 55 for three wickets. L'rlwins, 147, met East Christchurch, 114. B Section. St Andrews, 294 (Dougall 136 not out), met West Christchurch. Technical College, 154, met Christ’s College, 51 for three wickets. Boys’ High School, 197 for four wickets (declared), met St Albans, 14, Pifth. St Albans, 66, met Boys’ High School B, 63. Technical College, 138, met Boys’ High School A, 107 for four wickets. West Christchurch beat Riccarton by default. Sixth. Sydenham A, 198, beat Boys’ High School A, 60, by 138 runs on the first innings. St Albans, 168 for eight wickets (declared). beat Boys’ High School B, 72, by 96 runs on the first innings. M.C.C. in Ceyl m. COLOMBO, February 17. A team representing All Ceylon is playing the touring Marylebone Cricket Club’s team. A section of the crowd barracked Marriott’s bowling, whereupon Jardine objected and the police escorted the offenders from the ground shouting “What about bodyline!” Scores: Ceylon—First innings, 106: Clark took six for 24 and Nichols four for 39. Second innings. 156 for eight wickets (N. S. Joseph not out 62, including ten fours). M.C.C.—First innings, 272 (Barnett 116): W. T. Brindley took five wickets for 40 runs. Friendly Match. The Westport Con] Company team played a match with the Church of Christ at Bariington Street Park on Saturday. The game resulted in a win for the Westport Company bv 62 runs. Following are the scores:—W.C.C. 85 (Monroe 16. Lester 12. Bourne 11. Herron 10. Chappie 10): Church of Christ 23 (R. Moses 11). Rowling for W.C.C.. L ester look three wickets for 3 runs. Monroe two fo r 6. For Church of Christ. Barrett took three for 26, Foster three for 20 and Atkinson three for 19.

HONOURS LIST. Batting. F\ P. O’Brien (St A.) 101 R. R. Dunster (O.C.) 79 C. G. Crawford (St A.) 61 I. B. Cromb <L,.P.) 51 G. H. Stringer (R.l 4 7 M. E. Cummings <St A.) ...... 47 G. M. Condliffe (St A.) 44 J. Jacobs (R.) 41 E. Brosnahan (E.) 41 I). Smith (W.) 27* E. Gasson (S.) 35* Bowling. A. D. Park (E.) 5 for 12 R. J. Read (R.P.) 6 for 31 1a. E. Riley 03.) 6 for 38 I. B. Cromb (L.P.) 3 for 13 E. M’Ewen (O.B.) 3 for 18 R. W. Hope (W.) 3 for 42