WANGANUI CRICKET

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 282, 2 December 1935, Page 9

WANGANUI CRICKET

LOW SCORING NOTICEABLE BETTER BOWLING AVERAGES. MEDIOCRE HONOURS LIST. The fourth series of matches in the Wanganui Cricket Association’s first grade competition were commenced on Saturday. 'Hie batsmen were troubled by a poor light. Wanganui and Technical College and United and Technical College Old Boys played at Cook’s Gardens. Marist and Collegiate played on the Collegiate /school ground. Honours Board. Batting. Warnes (Wanganui) 54 Whiting (Tech. College) 42 Davidson. (Tech. O.B.) 33 Bowling. Wood (United), eight for 64. Davidson (Tech. O.B), three for 3. House (Maris), four for 22. Currie (Collegiate), three for 11. Tidy (Collegiate), three for 14. Warnes (Wanganui), four for 27. WANGANUI V. TECH. COLLEGE.

Wanganui had first use of the wicket against Technical College and hit 183 runs. Orr and Dallard were the opening batsmen but the former was given out l.b.w, off McElwain’s fourth ball before the score had been opened. Stewart joined Dallard and these two batsmen brought the tally up to 21, Stewart being dismissed at 18. Dallard was bowled by Ellison when he had reached 254 nut Warnes struck batting form and was the top scorer with 54. Warnes hit up a catch when he had 21 runs on the telegraph but it was dropped. Warnes was at the crease for an hour and four minutes and hit 10 fours. Gordon (22) ana Kilpatrick (21) were other good scorers, Spurdie, Lowe and Broad failing to break their ducks. Whiting and Dallison opened the batting fop Techmeal College who failed to equalise Wanganui’s first innings score. Whiting was the top scorer with 42 runs. Joyce (17), Grant (14) and Thompson (12) were the only other batsmen to reach double figures. McPhail, Benelield and Moir scored ducks. Details were as follow: Wanganui. Orr, 1.b.w., .Mi'Ehvain 0 Dallard, b Ellison .. - 24 Stewart, 1.b.w., McPhail 18 Warnes, c Balt, b Ellison 34 Spurdie, b Ellison 0 'l'homas, c McElwain, l> Ellison .. 13 Lowe, I) Grant 0 Gordon, b Grant 22 J. Broad, b Grant n Kilpatrick, b fl’hoinj'son, b Grant 21 Thrush, not out .12 Extras 19 Tot.-i I is:*. Fall of Wickets. —One for 0; two for 21; three for <B7; four for 95; live for 121; six for 121; seven for 129; eight for 129; nine for 156; ten-for 183. Bowling analysis.—Ellison, four for 30; Grant, four for 40; AfcElwain, one for 9; McPhail, one for 28; Whiting, nil for 12; Thompson, nil for 36; Joyce, nil for 9. Technical College.

First Innings. Whiting, b Low 42 .’Dallison, 1.b.w., Ejpurdle .. . .. 4 McPhail, 1.b.w., Warnes .. .. .. 0 Balt, run out 4 Ellison, b Lowe 4 Thompson, c Stewart, b Thomas .. 12 Benelield, c Spurdie, b Lowe ... 0 Grant, c Orr. b Warnes 14 Joyce, b Warnes 17 Moir, b Warnes 0 McElwain, not out 7 Extras 1 Totallos Fall of Wickets.—One for 9; two for 16; three for 50; tour for 51; five for 59; six for 59; seven for 67; eight for 98; nine for 98; ten for 105. Bowling analysis.— Lowe, three for 12; "Warnes, four for 27; Thomas, one for 18; Spurdie, one for 47. MARIST V. COLLEGATE. Marist batted first against Collegiate and in a poor scoring innings reached only 70 runs. Carr and House, the two opening batsmen, were both dismissed with ducks and when the third wicket fell there were only IS runs on the telegraph. Harding (16) and Neale (11) were the only batsmen to reach double figures. Tidy and Currie were both responsible for two wickets. •Collegiate commenced its innings late in the afternoon but when stumps were drawn had scored only 68 runs for the loss of nine wickets. FullertonSmith and Bernard, who both hit up 17 runs, were the only players to score double figures. House captured four wickets for 22 runs and bowled nine maiden overs. Details were as follow; —

Marist. First Innings. R. Carr, b Barnard 0 M. House, b Tidy 0 E. Anderson, c Orton, b Currie .. 7 P. Jeffries, b Meuli 7 S. Cottier, 1.b.w., b Currie 3 G. Harding, b Tidy .. J i J. Oliver, b Meuli 2 E. Neale, b Bernard 11 J Hastings, 1.b.w.. b Tidy 2 T. Moran, b Currie 5 B. Dow, not out 8 Extras 9 Total 70 Fall of Wic'cets. —One for C; two for 2; three, for 18; four for 23; five for 24; six for 38; seven for 49; eight for 51; nine f?r 51'; t3n for 70. Bowling analysis.—Currie, three for 11; Tidy, tnree for 14; Bernard, two for 17; Meili, two fo 19.

First Innings. Fullerton-Smith, b House 17 Nilsson, c Moran, b Oliver 3 Orton, 1.b.w., b House 6 Jacr.man, b House 1 Bu-nard, c And'-r cn, b Morin .. 17 .’Cetli, c Dow, 1: Alderson r Green, b House . 4 J-.irie. c Jeffrie- 3 Neale .... .. < -’olds, run out 0 Tidy, not out 3 Extras 3 Total for nine wickets 68 Fall of Wickets.—One for 5; two for 14; three for 16; four for 36; five for 45; six for 53; seven for 62; eight for 63; nine for 65. Bowling analysis.—Neale, one or 4; Anderson, one for 5; Moran, one for five; House, four for 22; Oliver, one for 21; Harding, none for 4.