CRICKET.

Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19462, 29 December 1934, Page 17 (Supplement)

CRICKET.

HAMILTON COMPETITIONS.

LAST SATURDAY’S GAMES. NOTES AND COMMENTS. (By “ Long Stop.”) HONOURS BOARDBatting.—N. Winger (Hamilton) ©2, K. L. Sandford (Hamilton) 70, A. J. Altken (Old Boys) 60, E. Avery (Hamilton) 48, E.W. Anderson (Claudelands) 39, S. A. R. Badeley (Hamilton East) 32, A. Crabb (Hamilton East) 152, O. Harding (High School) 68, L. Hook (Hamilton East) 66, T. Elrlok (Hamilton) 43.

Bowling.—E. Everest (Hamilton) five for 16, S. A. R. Badeley (Hamilton East) five for 55, A. Lissette (Hamilton) three for 7, J. Altken (Old Boys) two for ® 2, M. Clark (Old Boys) three for 14, E. Anderson (Olaud'elands) four for 79, L. Dowling (Marist) six for 17, Harding (High School) four for 60, Pomeroy (High School) two for 13.

•Despite the 'fact that the wickets were in splendid order and the 'outfields were fast generally speaking the howlers had more success than the batsmen in the Hamilton cricket competitions last Saturday. These matches were the. last to be played before the annual break for the holiday period. The senior A and B competitions will be resumed on Saturday, January 1~, while the junior competition will not be continued until February 2. Hamilton cricketers have been more fortunate this year than previously as so far this season not one Saturday has been missed owing to rain. Conditions were rather unpleasant for the first few Saturdays, but no 'gafnes have been been interrupted. The bowlers in both grades kept a steady length and helped by keen 'fielding they had the batsmen on the 'defensive most of the day. The .fielding in •Hamilton cricket has shown a big improvement this year. Altk«n Strikes Form.

Old Boys put up a much better showing against Hamilton East when their team was considerably strengthened by the re-inolusion of Aitken and Clark. 'On the first day Old Boys bowlers could not get rid of East's ■final two batsmen who had made quite a stand, but Alkten, who with Clark, was playing representative cricket in Auckland the first day, dismissed the final two batsmen for only two runs. Senior and Somers, the opening batsmen were away on the second day and the team did not fare too well at the start. Aitken, however, showed" his best form this year to score an even 60. Although he had one or two let offs he batted very well and shaped up confidently to all bowlers. 'Clough was also sound but the others were not as comfort- | able have been. '■ Badeley Again.

The bowling 'honours again went to Badeley who caused all the batsmen a lot of trouble. He did not reap the success he gained in the first innings but bowled nearly as well. Going was very hard to score off and bowled better than he has done before in club cricket this year. G. Clough kept the batsmen very subdued and given more opportunities would develop into a very fine bowler. Comer also cotild be used more but they un-. fortunately for. themselves arq in a team that has several class bowlers. Two Quick Wickets.

Old Boys could not liang on long enough to give East any serious ■trouble In gaining the required number of runs. Only 34 were required in over three-quarters of an hour but when one run had been scored H. ■Johnstone held a catch behind the sticks from Comer off Clark while the incoming batsman 'G. Clough was splendidly caught at square leg by ■Fraser off the same bowler. The rate■of scoring slackened with Old Boys ■fieldsmen on their toes, but Goiing and Innes made the position secure (before Going was caught in attempting a hit with the'score, at 24. Clark (bowled well and it was clear that the services of Altken and Clark op the first day would have made a big difference to the match. A Huge Score. Hamilton rattled up a big score ■against Claudelands over 300 being on the board before the last wicket fell. Winger who was dropped several times the first day when he was undefeated at 65 played much ■sounder cricket though be had another let off or two before be was finally caught behind at 92. lie was unlucky in not gaining ills second century. K. U. Sand ford lias played some classy and useful innings in club cricket but his best display to date was on Saturday. Using bis feet well lo all bowlers and .placing Ihe ball well lie scored at a good rate and had reached a well made 70 before lie was out. leg lie fore to (Macklow. E. Avery entertained the crowd to some big lulling. 'Phis style of play suits him heller than any oilier and lie quickly rallied on 48 before ■he missed a swing at Anderson and was bowled. Claudelands • bowlers had an unenviable task. They were without Ewan and Bennell, and Anderson, Hampton and Macklow had nil the work In do. Anderson was easily the most impressive bowler. Successful Hard Hitting. It appeared that Hamilton had left the closure 100 late lo gain a four point win when, with only a little over an hour lo go, Anderson and iPaice, Cla'i delands’ opening pair were still together. Anderson immediately ■opened out and hit three sixes in one over from Winger. He continued to bit merrily and with BurMaiid also getting into" his stride quickly a tight with time was expected. However, hard hitlers cannot slay 100 long ami

without Bennell, and Ewan. Ilie nine batsmen were quickly dismissed. Anderson readied 39 before he was caught, and howled which shows that hard hitting docs pay, for Anderson does not profess lo he a balsman. ' Everest and Hisselle were Ihe de- ' slroying agencies bolh bowling par- { ticularly well. i Interesting Game. The reprosenlalive match between ' South Auckland and a reprosenlalive AJ'CKiana leant produced play of a high standard while Ihe game was bright and interesting. The good gallery of speefalors were delighted at. the standard of the play and many j were surprised at South Auckland's i

dominence. It is undoubted that the local team was vastly superior to the one cannot help thinking that the same, local team would be a match for the Auckland Plunket Sheild team. The Auckland team included S. C. Hay, F. Goodsir, A. W. McCov, 11. Stephenson, F. Andrews, D. Hawke and W. S. Smith, all wellknown Auckland cricketers but they did not impress as much as many of the local team. Batting Sucoesses. One of the features of the representative match over Christmas was the batting successes of some of the members of the South Auckland team, notably R. Clough, S. A. R. Badeley, •p. Jordon and A. J. Aitken. Winger was extremely unlucky in getting such a good ball from Hawke for the first ball he bowled. McKenzie was dismissed by a brilliant left-handed catch by Hawke in the slips while Lissette failed to get going. Badeley, •however, played steadily and he and Skeet placed 30 odd runs on the board. Jordan played very correct cricket, giving the full face of the bat every time and only picking up runs now and again. Badeley eventually lifted one from McCoy after he had played an invaluable innings. Clough’s Bright Knock.

South Auckland were by no means in a very strong position when Clough went in, but the batsman, settled down quickly and gathered runs steadily. He was a promising batsman when he left Hamilton for Taumarunui, but •since his return he has not done as well as expected. However, on Tuesday he batted very well to top score for South Auckland with 77. Punishing the loose balls' he hit two sixes off slow bowler Andrews in one over. Aitken played very confidently, but was dismissed by a brilliant catch in the outfield. Good Bowlers. The Auckland bowlers were good and several times were on top, but they were not good enough to dismiss South Auckland for a small score. The local bowlers, however, were on top throughout both innings, and the Auckland team struggled for runs throughout the match. In the first innings Badeley and Going bowled unchanged for a long spell, the latter gaining most success though ißadeley was very unlucky. Winger had remarkable success at the end of •the innings, taking three wickets for seven runs. In Aucklartl’s second innings Everest and'Badeley opened the bowling and again the visitors were scratching for runs. 'Going was not as effective as in the first innings though Aitken and 'Clough bowled with success. A Good performance.

One of the best performances in the match was the display of wicketkeeping by R. Skeet. In the first innings he allowed only one bye, while in the second Innings there were seven byes, but he took three fine catches and sihartly stumped another batsman. x The fielding throughout the game was clean and smart while Aitken’s admirable, placing of his field was the subject of comment. ‘ ■

Stylish Batsmen.

Some of the’ ; iAuo'kl : ahd bafsmeri displayed a nice style, Cleave,' Hay and Hawke being particularly attractive. The crowd were sorry to see Cleave go in the second innings, as. he was foolishly run out in the first strike, but showed some delightful strokes in his second knock. Hawke played a particularly good knock first time and scored over half of his side’s runs. Stephenson, who played for Manawatu in a Hawke Cup match some time ago, made a useful score in the visitors second innings and Flyger also displayed a variety of good shots once he was set. The Auckland team was undoubtedly a .good one, and South Auckland’s performance was very pleasing in view of their challenge for the Hawke Cup this season. CAMBRIDGE SUB-ASSOCIATION. The first series of matches in the second round of the 'Cambridge subAssociation’s competition were concluded on Saturday. There was an exciting conclusion to the game with City and Leamington, the match ending in a tie, each team thus securing two points. The game between High School and United Services ended in a fairly easy victory for the former by seven wickets. High School acquiring four points for an outright win. City v. Leamington.

In this game, which was played on Victoria Square, City In their first innings had compiled 100 runs to Leamington’s 52. In their second Innings City had lost 6 wickets for 11 runs. City continued their Innings on Saturday,'and were dismissed for the paltry score of 27. Abel was the only balsman to reach double figures, scoring 11 runs in a very subdued manner. Dick Hughes was the victim of an unfortunate mistake by the umpire, he was giveh out, caught at the wicket, from a ball which he played with his pads. Crawshaw was foolishly run out through being unprepared and not "backing up.” The McKinnon brothers, Les and Neil, secured splendid howling figures: the former captured five wickets for 14 runs, and the latter four wickets for '7 runs. Leamington required 76 runs for an outright victory and over 3 hours to do it in'. They failed in their object by a single run, and the match ended in a tie. The excitement at Hie end was a bit 100 much for the young lail-cnders. Unfortunately Leamington only halted 9 men, two of their team being unable lo leave their work.

In the batting, as in the bowling, the McKinnon brothers bore the brunt of the work, this time with the assistance of brother Don. - Neil scored a steady '27. Les a painstaking 25 and Hon 14. Towards Hie end, Les 'McKinnon being anxious lo keep the howling, ran out McDonncl. i his catastrophe could have been avoided Ijv McDonncl by keener anticipation. * Diek Hughes, willi Ihe aid of a cross wind, was in great form with the ball, and at times was unplayable, q’lio ball with which lie bowled Neil' McKinnon was a beauty. His figures fur the ■afternoon were 5 wickets for •2 j runs, whilst Lilrhwark seei.reii two wickets for 31 runs. Woolley saved several runs by his keen fielding and held a good catch in Hie slips. High School v. United Sorvlcos. in this game played at the High School ground. Services in their llrsl innings made ltd runs. High School I 'LL Services in their second innitws were dismissed for 60 runs, of which McDonald secured 30 in good si vie. The next highest scorers

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were Wallace 8 and Barnes 9. ill. Watt was in splendid form willi the ball for llie School boys, capturing 7 wickets for 20 runs in the course of 7 overs, five of his virlims were bowled. MKiniion secured two wickets for t I runs.

High School were left to obtain 28 runs for victory, which they secured for ihe loss of three wickels. Muller was the top scorer for his side willi 15 runs.

'Carter secured Iwo School wickels for 10 runs, and Chant Ihe oilier wicket for 8 runs. City remain at Hie head of he competition with 13 points, Leamington have. It) points. High School 9 points, and United Services nil. Uniled Services arc having an unenviable season, and are -unable lo finish off 111olr work properly. They are unfortunate in being unable lo play llie same, team on successive Saturdays on account of Hie duties of some of their players. This is a great niisforluuo for them.