OLD BOYS ALL OUT FOR 155.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20447, 27 October 1934, Page 13

OLD BOYS ALL OUT FOR 155.

St Albans’ Bowlers Deadly »>n Fast Pitch. OLIVER A CENTURY FOR SYDENHAM. FINE weather favoured the beginning of the second series of senior cricket matches to-day. ,

At 4 p.m., Old Boys, in their first innings against St Albans, were all out for 155. Fisher made 52 and Cook 30. St Albans started well and quickly had 78 up for one wicket. At (> p.m., St Albans had 144 up for one. Playing against Old Collegians at Rugby Park, Sydenham, after a bad beginning, went on to make a good score. At 0.20 p.m., they had scored 241 runs for seven wickets. C. Oliver batted excellently for 145 runs. At 6 p.m., Sydenham were all out for 284.

\\ ith four wickets down for eleven West Christchurch made a disasstart against Riccarton on Haglev No*. 2. The later batsmen went for the bowling, however, and made the position considerably better, paying vigorous attention particularly to the slow bowling. A. W. Roberts was in good form with the ball, taking three wickets early, but the remainder of the Riccarton bowling was variable. The West Christchurch innings concluded for 165 at 4.55 pm., of which J. Burton made a valuable 51. Roberts took five wickets for 33 runs. At 6 p.m., Riccarton had 53 up for none. Lancaster Park batted solidly in their first innings against East Christchurch and had passed 250 by five o’clock. T. Kennedy and B. R. Hawkings put on 64 for the first wicket, and a fifth wicket partnership between G. Dryden (58) and R. J. Read brought the score past 200. Read carried on and batted confidently for 63, his score including ten fours. Lancaster Park were all out for 296. East at 6 pm. had lost three for 18. Conditions were almost perfect, and, with faster pitches and outfields, players had a real opportunity to show what they could do. Old Boys v. St Albans. Old Boys made an indifferent start in their match against St Albans at Hagley No. 1. Page started off with two boundaries and then gave a catch off Angus to mid-off; Harris was beaten by Park; and when Park claimed M’Ewen’s wicket, three had fallen for 35 runs. Fisher and Hill, both batting well, settled down to stop the rot. Hill offdriving well. At last Park bowled Hill with a beauty. , . Fisher batted soundly for o2 bet ore over-eagerness saw him run out. and Cook made a good 30 before Walter got him lbw. The rest of the side failed and the team was all out for 155. Park, who bowled really well, and Walter shared the bowling honours. St Albans started steadily. Crawford gave two hard chances, but at 4 55 pm. he and Dailey had made 45 without loss. Dailey made 31 before he mis hit one from Escott and was well held by Moffat. Crawford and O’Brien were in good form and carried on steadily, taking the total to 144 by 5.55 pm. Scores:— OLD BOVS, First inning?. M. L. Pag-, c Cummings b Angus .. 8 A. C. Harris, b Park » l2 H. Fisher, run out °' E MEwen, lbw b Park - V. T. Hill, h Park \V. A. Brooks, c Birch b Walter . . * R. F, Cook, lbw b Walter s " M. Graham, b I-indley ~ H. R. Escott, b Walter f W. Moffatt, not out R. C. Burns, b Park * Extras Total 155 Bowling analysis.—A. I>. Park, 0.1 overs, 2 maidens, 33 runs. 4 wickets: D. Angus, 4 overs. 1 maiden, 9 runs* 1 wicket: T. Burtt, 3 overs. 11 runs; F. P. O'Brien, 2 overs, 5 runs; F. W. Walter, 2 3 overs, 59 runs, 3 wickets; L. C. Lmdley. 9 overs, 2 maidens, 23 runs, 1 wicket. ST ALBANS. First Innings. C. G. Crawford, not out £9 W. C. Dailey, c Moffat b Escott .. 31 F. " P. O’Brien, not out 41 Extras' 3 Total for one wicket 114 Riccarton v. West Christchurch. West Christchurch took strike against Riccarton on Hagley No. 2. The wicket was in good order, but West Christchurch made a disastrous start with two down for six. Gregory, who opened with Allen, opened by square-cutting Roberts to the boundary, but the next ball was a fine effort which nipped in from the off and found the stumps. One was down for five and after another run had been added Allen was well caught by Bolton at mid-on in an attempt to hook Roberts. Peake was Roberts’s third victim, knowing nothing about the ball that skittled him. With the total at eight. Roberts had three for five. The tally was four for eleven when Ward played all over a fast one from Andrews. At 3 p.m. the total was 27 for four wickets. Smith batted doggedly in an attempt to retrieve the situation, but the best recovery was that of Burton, who used his feet nicely and compiled 51 before Bull bowled him. The score advanced in more promising fashion with the later batsmen, who were not afraid to go for the bowling. Burton hit five fours and Vincent, in his 23. had four fours." Findlay and Brown were associated in a solid last wicket partnership which ended when Brown was bowled by Roberts for 19. The sidewas out for 165 at 4.55 p.m. C ° Vest christchcrch. First Innings. G. R. Gregory, B. Roberts 5 P F Allen, c Bolton b Roberts . . 0 H J>. ’Smith, not out 1° J. W. Peake, b Roberts I M. C. Ward, b Andrews \ J. Patrick, not out 3 E. A. Vincent, c BoP >n b* Stringer 2-> J Burton, b Bull *»l W. Hayes, b Roberts 13 J. L. Findlay, not out 1 < W. M. Brown, b Roberts 19 Extras 1 - Total 165 Bowling analysis.— S. Andrews, 9 overs, ‘ 3 maidens, IS runs. 1 wicket; A. W. Roberts. 15.3 overs. 4 maidens, -b. runs. 5 wickets; H. Blackwell, S overs. 28 runs. 1 wicket; J. A. Hocper. 4 overs. 2 maidens, 2 runs, 1 wicket; G. H Stringer. 5 overs, 1 maiden. 20 runs, l wicket; G. A. Bull. S overs. 49 runs. 1 wicket: A. Hope. 1 ov. • 3 runs. RICCARTON. . First Innings. J. Jacobs, not out * ! G. H. Stringer, not out -- Extras ~ Total for no wickets 53 j

Sydenham v. Collegians. F. Bellamy and R. Wallburton opened for Sydenham against the bowling of S. G. Lester. Off Lester’s fifth ball Wallburton tipped an easy one up to G. Talbot in the slips. The second ball of Lester’s second over went the same way, Gasson giving Talbot another easy catch. Two wickets were down for 8 runs. Bellamy proceeded along slowly, only hitting the loose balls, while Oliver played more brightly. When the score was 38. Harpur replaced Gibson with the ball. Talbot took a turn with the ball. Oliver punished him severely, knocking sixteen, which included a six, off the over. Both batsmen scored freely off the bowlers, Oliver reaching the half-century in just under an hour’s play. Lester had bad luck when Graham dropped Bellamy. His score was 51. Six runs later Bellamy was caught by Smyth in the slips.. There were ten fours in his total. The partnership had added 121 runs. 129 —3—57. After the tea adjournment Oliver had most of the bowling, and scored all round the wicket. He reached the century by driving Lester for a single to cover. Two sixes and sixteen fours were included in his century. M. Gray filled Bellamy’s place. After scoring eleven runs he was run out. 180 —4—ll. L. Butterfield was bowled leg before by Talbot for three. At 5 p.m. the score was 195 for five wickets. Scores:— SYDENHAM. First Innings. F. Bellamy, c Smyth b Lester .... 57 R. Wallburton, c Talbot b Lester . . 0 E. Gasson, c Talbot b Lester 4 C. Oliver, c Ollivier b Talbot .... 145 51. Gray, run out 21 L. Butterfield, lbw b Talbot 3 H. King, st Jackman b Talbot .... 3 M. Patrick, not out 24 W . Hamilton, c Olliver b Lester . . 7 W. M’Rae, c and b Gibsor 1 W. Spong, c Dunster b Gibson . . 14 Extras 15 Total 254 Bowling analysis.—T. Leater, four for S 6; R. Gibson, two for 43; G. T. Talbot, three for 65. Lancaster Park v. East. Lancaster Park made a confident start against East Christchurch this afternoon, the opening batsmen putting on fifty runs in the first twenty-eight minutes. At 3.30 p.m., the score was 160 for four. Both Cromb and Kerr hit a six, G. Dryden and R. J. Read settled down to a profitable partnership, and runs came steadily. Dryden reached 50 in forty-one minutes by pulling Allfiopp to leg for four on the short boundary. Two hundred came up in 109 minutes. Coupland bowled the last over before the tea adjournment, and his last ball beat Dryden. 202 —5 —58. The partnership had produced 68 runs. After tea A. P. Cobden scored two j singles and was then well caught behind off Marriott. 217—6—2. At five o’clock eight wickets for down for 266 runs. Scores: — LANCASTER PARK. First Innings. T. Kennedy, c Brosnahan b Allsopp 4 2 B. R. Hawkings, c Coupland b S. V. Ellis 23 T. B. Cromb. c A. F. Ellis b Allsopp 21 F. Kerr, c Coupland b Marriott . . 31 G. Drvden, b Coupland R. J. Read, b Allsopp 63 A. P. Cobden, c Mortlock b Marriott 2 D. Stoi«t, c Coupland b Davis H S. J. Yates, not out 1? J. Lee, b Coupland I 5 T. Evans, c and b Coupland 0 Extras 18 Total 296 Bowling analysis.—A. Marriott, 12 overs. 1 maiden, 63 runs. 2 wickets; H. Davis, 15 overs, 2 maidens, 54 runs, 1 wicket; P. Allsopp, 19 overs, 1 maiden, 93 runs. 3 wickets; S. V. Ellis, 8 overs, 33 runs, 1 wicket; R. W. Coupland, 13 overs, 2 maidens. 35 runs, .3 wickets. EAST CHRISTCHURCH. First Innings. E. Brosnahan, b Read 2 A. S. Ellis, c Cobden b Ellis 0 G. Mortlock, not out 7 K. C. Wilson, b Read 2 R. W. Coupland, not out 14 Extras 5 Total for three wickets .... 30