CRICKET NOTES

Waikato Independent, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3271, 25 February 1937, Page 5

CRICKET NOTES

CAMBRIDGE SUB-ASSOCIATION

INTERESTING MATCHES (By “Twelfth Man.”)

Batting Honours W. Wilson —66. R. Hughes—6s. I. Litchwark —50. E. Chard —47. E. Muller—33 and 40 v. Hamilton. C. Boyce—2B. N. McKinnon—24 v. Hamilton. Bowling Honours N. McKinnon —Six for 24. L. Crawshaw —Five for 21 v. Hamilton. T. Ross—Five for 21. An interesting week-end of cricket was provided last week when, as well as the usual competition games, a representative team met and defeated a Hamilton eleven very easily. The Cambridge team outplayed their opponents in all departments of the game, good performances being put up by several of the local players. Crawshaw proved very troublesome with the ball for Cambridge in each innings and bowled a consistent length to secure the good double of two for 7 and five for 21. Broderson also proved hard to score oiT and his bag was one for 1 in the first innings and three for 6 in the second. Muller 40 and N. McKinnon 24 batted very soundly for the locals, and were not unduly troubled by the bowling. The former hit four boundaries, while McKinnon collected two. A feature of the game was the fine, fielding of the local side, Chard taking a very fine catch in the slips while Muller kept wickets very well. Wanderers’ Surprise In the competition games Wanderers caused a slight surprise by getting ahead of High by eight runs on tF; fast innings. High School sadly missed Morriss, both 11h - iviiii l *-}' 5-j and Boyce 28 came together and saved the side from what looked like a total collapse. They took the score from 11 to 58 for the fifth wicket by sound batting and put a different complexion on the game. N. McKinnon was the bowler who caused most of the damage and he swung very disconcertingly with the new ball. He secured the hat trick by dismissing three good batsmen in Broderson, Ross, and Watt with successive balls. The Wanderers’ scoring was very evenly distributed, D. McKinnon 14 and J. Conder being responsible for placing their team in front with a valuable wicket- stand. Ross coming on, after the School stock bowlers could;, not make much impression on the batsmen, was very successful in taking five for 23. School have made a fair start in their second'inflings and should set Wanderers a bigger hurdle this time.

Good Batting

In the game at the High School, batsmen were in good form and the afternoon produced some good scores. Wilson had the honour of compiling the highest score of the day with 66. His was a well-earned innings, as some of his best shots were pulled up by the poor outfield. E. Chard also got into his stride and knocked up 47 which included 4 fours and a six, while in partnership with Wilson added (50 for the third wicket. Litchwark had a hard day’s bowling for City, but put up a sound performance, his figures reading: 16. overs, 1 maiden, three wickets, 68 runs.' Hughes batted in his*typical style for City and his unbeaten 65 was a fine knock. He used his feet well to the bowling and collected many well run singles. Litchwark, who has been showing greatly improved form of late with the bat, again got going to register an exact halfcentury, that included three lours and two sixes.

Great credit is due to Humphries also, who held up his end well while Hughes did the scoring. City have a fighting chance of passing Colts’ total if the other batsmen can stay with Hughes.