CRICKET.

Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19457, 22 December 1934, Page 20 (Supplement)

CRICKET.

HAMILTON CRICKET. CLUB MATCHES RESUMED. SECOND ROUND BEGUN. GRABB'S BIG SCORE. (By Long Stop.) HONOURS BOARD. Batting.—N. Winger (Hamilton), 65 not out; S. A. R. Badeley (East), 32; A. Crabb (East B), . 145 not out; A. St. George (East Old Boys), 66 not out; L. Hook (East B), 55; A. Mundy (Frankton United), 54; D. Ellis (High School), 51; J. Dempsey (Frank-ton-United), 47; V. Gllllng (Old Boys), 33; B. Pomeroy (High School), 30; Wright (Railway), 57; L. Murray (Marlst), 29. Bowling.—S. A. R. Badeley (East), six for 25; A. Hubbard (East B), five for 47; E. Craig (High School), five for 52. There were very few individual big scores in the A grade on Saturday, most of the bowling being accurate, •though generally it was the batsman who hit out who proved most successful. The wickets were good • order and gave no 'assistance to the ordinary boavler, but those who could / put a bit of fire into their deliveries found some spots that played tricks. A good deal of the balling is very drab and. most players would probably find that they would do better if they adopted more of their practice batting style and went for the howling. Particularly is this so when wickets start to fall quickly while 'the batsmen are playing carefully; a hitter, in such circumstances, “comes off" more often than not and even* a-short spell of .success frequently proves enough to enable the later batsmen to make some sort of a showing. Badeley on Top. Early in the innings Badeley’s bowling did not promise to be as destructive as it later became: his length was rather erratic, and many chances of scoring, especially off leg balls, were lost. Once he settled' down, however, he sent in some sizzling halls that swung away and turn back right in to the leg wicket. Several of his ■bowls kicked nastily and this kept the batsmen rather on tenterhooks. Going also had them watchful as every now and then he managed to get. them to shobt in very low. Apart from this ■his bowling was steady only; be appears 1.0 be concentrating far more on the leg side than formerly, the majority of. balls that the batsmen do riel play passing outside their legs. Few of our bats are really good on the leg and ■consequently lie doe n.ot get hit, as he might, but on the other hand , lie does not secure as many wickets as when bowling on the off. No Assistance. There have been several wli'en the last four batsmen have added i, little to the score in most, of the teams, fPtr&t Old 'Boys’ 'tail'made the worst showing so far. Six batsmen contributed 'two runs between them and the '.seventh five, so that the last seven wickets produced only as many runs. With two of their .regular team away in a .representative match, their ordinary weakness was increased to that extent, but the failure of so many was inexplicable. -Clough was batting nicely and fell to 'an exceptionally ■smart slip catch: he has a bad fault in his running as he is never prepared for quite easy singles and loses many runs in this way. Sterling was in better form than he 'has shown this season, despite bis spell without a game, and Fraser showed improvement in his defence. Hitting Pays. Once Did Boys’ small score was passed the East batsmen opened out and showed how much more successful aggressive batting was. Comer was the only one who .could be described as reckless, most of the batting being quite good) with its freedom. Up to a certain stags, the Old Boys’ bowlers did quite well, but after the fall of the sixth wicket they rather played into the batsmen’s hands by pitching ■them up and allowing them to be driven. This was largely due to the fact that they were not the regular Block bowlers. Clark an'dl Aitken do the major part of the bowling, the others having a few overs only, and they are out of the way of keeping their length for protracted periods. Tall Improves. While Claudelands missed a big score from any of their leading batsmen, they had a pleasant surprise in the way the lower half of the team all helped things along a bit. Andrews batted in his .usual patient way and was unfortunate, for the shot that brought about his dismissal was quite a pretty square cut, but it went low into point's hands. Buckland produced some of the fireworks he enjoyed egainst Hunlly and was doing well as long as. he put all his power into the shot. Frazer also collected a useful tally; his run out was similar to that of Sterling in the other match; a cut into the slips was misflelded and the striker started to run, but was sent back. Paice made his first appearance for a few seasons and executed some gobd' strokes.

Winger AgainAs in their first meeting, Winger dominated the howling and took pretty heavy toll of all the trundlers. Anderson and Ewan required some playing, but the left-hander proved too good and went through undefeated. He had his measure of luck', but the Claude--1 and s’ fielding, has never been up to ithe mark' and usually allows a batsman a couple of possible lives. It is not so much the certain catches that are missed, but the possible ones that go begging that prove so expensive for them. Pomeroy 'found the faster balls harder to get on to, though when he conected he made the ball travel. McKenzie was in fair form, but he does not seem able yet to maintain bis defence for any length of time. Although Claudelands have only two of their opponents out, they bowled well and had they managed to get rid of Winger, they might well have given Hamilton a surprise with Lissette away. SENIOR B, A Lot of Runs. Nearly 400 runs were knocked up in the afternoon during (he match between Hamilton and East, the latter’s innings being particularly breezy. Tho Hamilton batsmen struck a bad patch, El rick and Taylor being the only pair to offer much resistance: the latter of Ihcsc Iwo has done well lately and is becoming a consistent scorer. Extras topped the fist with 29 'for their innings. All the East batsmen went for runs and. aided by rather appalling fielding, sent the s:core bounding up

by leaps. Crabb 'laid the wood on to practically everything and soon had the fieldsmen quite demoralised. Going for Points. The early batsmen for Frankton United put on a 'lot of runs and relieved the rest of the team of any anxiety about making a score. As so often happens in this grade such a position leads to very poor batting, the teams seem so keen on getting fourpointers that .everything else- is ignored, and ' the players simply throw their wickets away in their haste to get at.the other side. Old Boys could not get near their opponent’s .total, hut their innings was not without its bright spots. V. Gilling played another good knock and W. Johnston was very neat in a quiet way. Railway Inconsistent. Only two of the Railway team were able to make runs, nine of them compiling but 18. Wright saved the side ■from a very small total, his score of 57 looming very large in a string of single figures. Dowling and L. Murray arc bowling particularly well just now for Marist and are likely to cause the best teams trouble. Unfortunately there are not many others on the side who are likely to do much, but for their first season in this grade the team has shown great possibilities and has performed remarkably well. Fairly Even Scoring. High School compiled 'its total of just on 200 by useful tallies from most of its boys. Ellis played a really good knock that took him to the half-cen-tury; he has some pretty shots and once he gets started scores rapidly. East Old Buys were short-handed and had to thank St George for an invaluable contribution of over 00 that saved them from having to follow on. Again the School fielding was not all that it should be and lost them a number of chances as well as costing runs. CAMBRIDGE SUB-ASSOCIATION. The second round games were commenced last Saturday, when small scores prevailed. City met Leamington at Victoria Square, on a very slow wicket. The City team were dismissed for 100 runs in Iheir first innings, the principal scorers were Low 00. Wilson 20 and Lilchwark 19. Low played a very lively innings, including tsvu sixes. Les McKinnon was the most successful bowler for Leamington, taking four wickets for 35, whilst McDonnell

had two wickets for 19. Lynds was successful as wicket-keeper, In takthree good catches during the afternoon. The fielding lacked crispness, both teams being slaclj. Leamington collapsed in Itheir first innings, being dismissed for the low score of 52. Neil 'McKinnon batted soundly for 18. Morse, with 10, being the only other double figure artist. Litchwark had a successful afternoon with the ball, capturing six Leamington wickets for 16 runs; he is bowling very well alt present and his deliveries are difficult to play. Grawshaw bowled very steadily without much luck, failing to hit the wicket, on several occasians, by a narrow margin. Young Woolley ■brought off a great single-handed catch in.the long field. 'He is one of the best fielders in Cambridge cricket. 'City considerably changed their batting order in the second innings, giving Iheir tailenders a chance of going in early. The experiment failed, with the result that 'City lost six wickets for 11 runs, and will have to fight hard next Salturday to avoid defeat. Neil McKinnon bowled very well in 'City’s second innings, and did most of the damage. There will be a great finish to this match, with the odds in favour of Leamington. 'They are not likely to collapse a second time in .their batting. United Services v. High School. In this match at the High School ground, Services batted first and compiled the fair score of 110 runs. E. Chard with 24 was the top scorer, the other principal batsmen being Nodder 22 and Harris IS. Chard is playing very well for his team and is a good all-rounder, liSifcc his failure at Hamilton is inexplicable, unless tho occasion was too big for him. For School .McKinnon was most successful with the hall, taking five wickels for 40 runs, whilst Watt took three wickeds for 23 runs. The fielding by the School team was quite good, as Services discovered to Iheir cost, when they lost two wickels through “run-out” decisions. High School topped Services score in Iheir first innings, compiling Hie useful total of I 13 runs. Brodcrson was the principal scorer with 40, McKinnon 26, .Muller 22 and Boyce 17 ■offering most assistance. , This is the first lime Brodcrson has troubled the scorers; he lias been successful willi the hall. His all round abilities should he very useful to the School

boys. 'McKinnon Is having a good season with both bat and ball. Muller came into his own again on Saturday. It is surprising- that he has not been more successful with the bat -this season. 'Services are having an unenviable time this season, and will have to fight hard next Saturday if they hope to gain their, first competition points. Representative Fixtures. The 'Cambridge sub-Assoclation have four fixtures on their card; the principal game is against Paeroa on ■January 19 for the Soulth Auckland Shield. 'Cambridge will have to take their strongest team and put in plenty of practice if they hope to wrest the shield from the holders. Two fixtures are down for Boxing Day: Rotorua Association team and a Hamilton junior team are expected to visit Cambridge on that day. On Anniversary Day Cambridge have arranged to send a team to play at Tauranga.