CRICKET.

Wairarapa Age, 20 March 1929, Page 7

CRICKET.

NOTES G.i PLAY AND PL. YERS.

(BY

“SPECTATOR.”)

last Saturday's cricket produced no, surprises. As expected, High School’s first innings score of 351 proved t(K>| much for United, the boys securing a! first innings win by 99 runs, while ! Carterton’s favourable position at the - close of th© first day’s play against : Old Boys was further improved, the > southern team securing an outright win by an innings ana 13 runs. With two wickets down for 46, United continued their first innings against High School. They again started badly, Blamires only ajhding 4 to iiis not 1 out score of 23, before he had the illluck to be bowled off his pads by Farnsworth, while the following batsman, 1\ Hoar, was clean bowled by the same bowler without scoring. Patrick, playing much more eonfidenr,ly and forcefully than usual, gave a good exhibition fox his score of 52. Crisp driving and well-timed pulls comprised the bulk of his scoring strokes, his tally including seven boundaries. He looked set for the afternoon, but a splendid ball from Farnsworth brought about his downfall. Torrance (10). E. Jenkins (23) and Voyce (19) made/ useful contributions, but at the fail of the ninth wicwhen the score-board showed a total of only 178 runs, a follow-on 1 seemed a foregone conclusion.

United were not fated to submit so tamely, however, for the last wicket partnership of Smith and Madsen put on 74 runs in little more than half an hour, and averted a follow-on by one run. Boh batsmen were on top of th© bowling righit from the start, treating it in a free-and-easy manner which was in marked contrast to the rather over cautious style of play of most of the preceding batsmen. Madsen was especially aggressive, scoring four boundaries and. a single off one of Groves’s overs and in all found the boundary on eight occasions; His score stood at 47 when his partner’s wicket fell. Smith also lost few chances to score, ind had four boundaries to his credit in a score cf 32. He lost his wicket in attempting a big hit off a good-length ball—the only mistake of a really good innings.

Neither batsman gave a chance and cn this occasion at least the tail-end-ers gave those above them a practical object lesson in the ant of getting runs, Farnsworth (4 ,for 74), though he did not secure the best figures, was the most consistent bowler for ■School, hi. 'victims comprising practically the pick |if the basket. Groves (4 for 72) also jsent down some good bowling, but in ithe main was enatie, and his loose stuff was freely scored from. Jenkins (1 for 46) and. Logan (1 for 11) divided the remaining wickets, but neither were impressive.

School opened their second innings with Jenkins and Groves. The former scored 7, and was then magnificently held in the slips by. Blamires off F. Hoar. Faulknor, without scoring, was run out, ais the result of bad judgment on the part of Groves, who shortly afterwards nearly led Dr. Uttley into the samp fate. It was perhaps only fitting that he should later run himself out. Apart from his poor judgment between the wickets, Groves gave a fair display for his runs (29), being more aggressive than in the first innings.

Dr. Uttley, who scored a century in the first innings, went out io a splendid eatch behind the wickets by Voyce off Smith’s bowling, with only 6 on, . Uttley exploded the idea that he is purely a -Intensive batsman by spiritly attacking the bowling.. He put great power into many of his drives, some of . U f l £ ail ’ 1 J r sizzled along the ground to the boundary, and one fieldsman ’ at ■east had occasion to regret the changed tactics of the batsman when die stopped a hot shot with his shin.. Exploiting every other variety of .stroke ent a^ g /’ Uttley ran UP « ufn t B, at whioh total ho u-as well by A. Hoar from a hot ondrive off Torrance’s, bowling. Logan playecT another nice innings ’« WWle also secund double figures, High School’s second innings score standing at 139 for 7 at the drawing of stumps. and’T^mn < . Smith ’ I ? lamir ? s > Reimer and Torrance secured a wicket apiece it a cosu ot 20 odd runs each. United’s W? C t^ earS t 0 betow "tandafl of 13 ? rob ? bI y duo to neglect Invi « w «f the mfeh Cartertpn next Saturday, which mil possibly decide- the championship, they will be well advised to put to some solid practice at the nets during the present week. ’ 8

Carterton, in reply to Old Boys’ first mnings score of 144, pnt together the fine batting from, top-seored again for a well ™ad e 63, while Smart (50) and helps (32) also batted Old Boys’ second innings only P ro3 ’ ith (29) and IS l b.T" s w2, , 4 ”?“r 3 "gS 01a ' «i™

pototo oTrt n now within ti’ree ‘ r °,, of thl - leadens, United. With b t p,ay ’ liow -- r liariw Wlth t,hlo frawiieaip of but also to s°eeu^e t nn l,ea, t iT rivals ’ order tn n ‘ outright win, in recent Xrterto™a‘ but now that J? te of thin & s > thing J the Dfl rt y + ? ht a Prove to bn 1 uue Wl ll pobably rides and sT- Bot * of ”J? ex P eeted collapse on the part t-e ms4'h de °\ th ' e ° theT wiU allow of htaitofi' r rf;ac iu.ng a conclusion in the tomtetr time now left for play.

FIXTURES FOR SATURDAY Senior. Bark rtert ° n V Unitoa - at Memorial Schwl B ° rS V High Bchoo1 ’ at Junior. Part? V B1 " itod ’ at Memorial Bark (postponed match). Darvill Illingsworth Shield: High

School (holders) v Featherston at Trip* School. ° Third Grade. United v High School A, at High School. s