COLLEGIATE TOO STRONG FOR KING’S COLLEGE IN INTER-SCHOOL CRICKET

Wanganui Chronicle, 8 November 1950, Page 8

COLLEGIATE TOO STRONG FOR KING’S COLLEGE IN INTER-SCHOOL CRICKET

Fielding a team stronger in most departments of play, Wanganui Collegiate School defeated King’s College, Auckland, by 91 runs on the first innings in a cricket match played at the school yesterday. Batting first, Collegiate put on 153 in about three hours, leaving the visitors an equal time to reply. In their first innings King’s made 62 runs and followed on for a further 45 for three wickets at stumps.

In a leasurely innings, B. G. Hamilton and Beattie sent Collegiate away to a good start with an opening partnership of 55. Beattie was bowled at that juncture, but Hamilton remained to push his score on to 36 and with strong support from Giesen (25), the score was 71 when the second wicket fell. For a time scoring was lean, but Young and Glenn stayed the rot to take the score from 97 for the seventh wicket to 149 for the eighth. Glenn scored 23 not out, and Young put together a quicker 28. Graham, with four wickets for 39, and Spencer, three for 24, were the most successful of the six King's bowlers. King's opened their first innings shakily, the openers, Clarke and Brown, being parted at 15. First Norris and then Seabrook tried to steady the collapse, but their efforts were vain against the steady Collegiate bowling attack. Norris made 16 runs to be top scorer, and Seabrook, with 14, was the only other batsman to reach double figures in the first innings. The tail-enders could not stem the tide and the side was out for 62 runs. Four Collegiate trundiers shared the wickets. Tidswell took three of them for 15 runs off 7.4 overs, Young two for six runs off nine overs, Beattie three for 21 —again off nine overs, and Giesen two for 11 off eight overs. In King's short second innings, the opener Ciarke, made 17 before being caught off J. Hare. Norris scored 11. With three wickets down, King’s score stood at 45 when stumps were drawn,. Details:— COLLEGIATE SCHOOL.

Fall of wickets: 5, 71, 73, 89, 99, 99, 149, 150, 153. Bowling: Tanner, none for 3; Larner, none for 21; Graham, four for 39; Norris, three for 36; Spencer, three for 24; Neek, none for 22. KING’S COLLEGE. First Innings.

Bowling: (Tidswell, three for 15; Young, two for 6; Beattie, three for 21; Giesen, two for 11; D. Hamliton, none for 1. Second Innings.

Bowling: D. Hamilton, none for 3; Tidswell, none for 2; Young, one for 16; B. Hamilton, none for 2; J. Hare, one for 4; Russell, none for 7; Glenn none for 6.

B. G. Hamilton, c Seabrook, b Graham 36 Beattie, b Spencer 23 Giesen, c Clarke, b Norris 24 D. G. Hamilton, b Graham .... 0 G. L. Hare, b Graham 2 Russell, b Graham 8 Glenn, not out 23 J. H. Hare, c Seabrook, b Norris .... 0 Young, lbw., b Spender . 28 Tidswell, b Norris 0 Cameron, b Spender 1 Extras ..... 8 Total .... 153

Clarke, b Tidswell 5 Brown, c Russell, b Young 4 G. B. Norris, c Hare, b Beattie . .. 16 Spencer, b Young 3 Seabrook, c and b Beattie 14 Woolley, b Giesen 6 Parish, c Young, b Giesen . 0 Tanner, b Beattie , 4 Larner, c Cameron, b Tidswell 1 Neek, c Russell, b Tidswell ..... 1 Graham, not out 0 Extras 8 Total 62 Fall of wickets: 15, 17, 25 50, 59, 60, 61, 62. 37. 50,

Clarke, c Cameron, b Hare Brown, st. Cameron, b Young .... Norris, run out ..... 17 5 11 Spencer, not out 3 Seabrook, not out 5 Extras 4 Total for three wickets 45