CRICKET JOTTINGS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 279, 25 November 1936, Page 4

CRICKET JOTTINGS

PLAY IN WANGANUI MATCHED NOTES AND COMMENTS By “Batsman.”) Some Interesting cricket was played in Wanganui on Saturday in weather far more congenial to the game than has favoured the players so far this season. ♦ ♦ • » H. Whiting’s 49 contributed to Technical College's total of 138 against Marist represented a useful and creditable knock. It included seven fours. * * ♦ » K. Grant (27), G. Dalli.son (25) and G. Ellison (18) were the main supporting batsmen. Grant’s 27 included two fours and live twos. In Dallison's 25 there were four fours and one two. Ellison’s contribution of 18 was made up of three fours, a two and four singles. * * * « H. Cumming distinguished himself on the day for Marist with both bat and ball. He represented the danger in the Marist attack, taking five wickets for 27 runs. Of his 12.2 overs three were maidens. When Marist baited in their first innings Cumming came to light and contributed 60 to a total of 185. He appeared to have the measure of the bowling and batted conlidenly, his total including 10 fours and one six. It was one of the best batting performances of the season. J. Oliver (Marist) showed form with the ball and is shaping to reach his position of last year. He came through with a bag of two for 37. E. Neale's capture was one for 32. Neale also shaped well with the hat and contributed a handy 28 to the Marist first innings total. Oliver was h's effort totalling 23. Thus with Cumming, Neale, and Oliver showing up as batsmen, Marist can write the day down as one definitely in which the side's bowlers came into their own. Not only did Cumming, Oliver and Neale do the attacking, but they carried the honours in batting. This match is shaping favourablv for Marist, who have a lead of 47 runs on the first innings. The greens will look to their bowling strength when play is resumed on Saturday in an effort to dispose of the College second innings quickly. It will ther be a ease of score freely to head th. college grand total and play for at outright win. United, batting one man short, hi up 1.36 runs against Collegia) School. Cottier was top scorer with handy 37. Gee (29), and Holland an Jacobs (each with 22) were next in order. Reynolds howled well for School, taking six for 30. • » * . School's reply was 88 for the loss of seven wickets. The innings began disastrously, the first three batsmen going for a meagre nine runs, two of them failing to score. Jackman (32) and Green (23) saved the face of things, but the United bowling again got under the defence and the batting was weaken ng towards the last. This match is moving along well for United, which is the much stronger team, both from a batting point of view and in bowling. School, however, is capable of making a commendable stand and it will be interesting to see how the boys shape when play is resumed. A Davidson made a meritorious reappearance in club cricket on Saturday. Bowling for Technical Old Boys, when the Wanganui score was .17. he got a good one past G. Thrush. Griffin was dismissed by the same bowler at 32. C. Stewart was run out through not hacking up and Byers was bowled first ball, the score board reading four for 41. Davidson had Orr caught in the slips, but Spurdie and Warnes became associated in a dangerous partnership. At 94 Thomas bowled Warnes with a leg break, while Spurdie soon followed when he tried to hit Barton for six. The tail wagged. Thrush W. (21) and Sherri ff (17), and the score was carried to 150. Davidson bowled excellently, his figures were : 18 overs, six wickets for 42 runs. On this form he should have very little trouble gett ng in the representative team against Taranaki. Falconer was not up to his usual form. It appeared as though he was trying to bowl too fast. Barton, the slow bowler, was unlucky in only getting 1 wicket. Considering he had had no practice and this was his first match, he bowled very well. Technical Old Boys opened disas trously. Dark after banging Spurdla for a boundary was out l.b.w. Connor, Barton, and Hinton went quickly and four were down for 27. Five more batsmen, showing very little enterprise. did not last long and the score was 9 for 64. Twelve runs were still needed to save the follow on. However, Glover and Spooner held the fort and carried the score to 90, before the first-named was caught off Warnes. Glover made a very useful 3T including a six off Warnes. The brightest, batting of the innings was seen while these two batsmen were at the crease. Some of the ex-students batsmen are right out of form and need to be placed further down the batting order. Spurdle and Warnes shared the bowling, each taking five wickets. Warnes had all the batsmen tied up with his slows. With an hour to play Thrush and Griffin opened the second innings for Wanganui. Falconer and Davidson were right on the job and had three wickets down for 10, Spurdle being the other batsman out! Orr and Warnes poked around until 6.30 p.m. The game promises to be a very interesting one when continued next Saturday as several players will be fighting for a place in the representatives.