HAMILTON CRICKET

Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19766, 23 December 1935, Page 11

HAMILTON CRICKET

COMPETITIONS CONTINUE. SECOND ROUND IN SENIOR A. RESULTS OF SATURDAY’S PLAY. Further progress was made on Sat- ► urday in the Hamilton cricket competitions, when the first series o games in the second round of the senior A competition was played at Seadon Park. The senior B and junior series were also advanced a further stage. At Seddon Park the outfield was heavy, after the recent heavy rain, and the wickets favoured the bowlers, with the result that some good bowling averages were recorded. In the senior A division Hamilton East are in a good position against Claudelands, while tlie issue between Hamilton and Claudelands is an open one. Details of all matches appear below:

SLOW SCORING

WINGER’S SOLID STAND. OLD BOYS AND HAMILTON. ' * Playing on the Not 1 wicket in their match with Old Boys, Hamilton won the toss and elected to bat. Winger and McKenzie opened to the. bowling of Clarke, McKenzie scoring two singles in the first over. Runs continued to come slowly, but McKenzie sent a hard one from Clarke through the slips for two. R. Clough took up the bowling at the other end, but good fielding resulted in a maiden over, Winger being given little opportunity. , , ~ . McKenzie snicked the first ball of Clarke’s third, over through the slips for one, this being the only run o the over. McKenzie square-opt Clough for two in the next over, but the bowlers were keeping the batsmen quiet on a tricky wicket. Both batsmen were content to block, taking no liberty with the bowling. 'Winger was responsible for the first” boundary when he hit Clarke nicely to leg, bringing the total up to 10 for the first half-hour. McKenzie later square cut Clarke past point for two and Winger drove the last ball of the over past Hay at mid-on for two, putting 18 on the score board. Fraser took up the bowling and with his first’ ball puzzled McKenzie who skied an easy ball to Clarke in the slips, the score board now reading one wicket down for 18 runs. J. Everest replaced McKenzie at the crease, scoring two off the first ball from Fraser. Fairburn was put on to bowl at the southern end and, maintaining a good length, kept the batsmen quiet in his first over, only two being added to the total. The features of the opening Innings of Hamilton In their match with Old Boys was the cheap dismissal of the majority of the batsmen and the solid stand by N. Winger, who carried his bat-through to within a half-hour of the close of the Innings. Clough was the most successful bowler for Old Boys, taking four wickets for a total of 1G runs.

' Hamilton were dismissed for a total of 108 runs apd Old Boys, at the end of the day’s play were one wicket down for 67. !

Everest brought the total up to 34 when he cut a good hall from Fairburn down t'o West, fielding as third man. The same batsman opened ids shoulders to the bowling of Fraser, but did not connect cleanly, flic ball going to Fairburn at fine leg, only a single being added. West was the next bowler lo be given an opportunity, replacing Fairburn, a maklen over resulting from the change-over, Everest Dismissed. Everest's stand at the crease was terminated when he sent a high one from Aitken to Fraser, who made a

good catch 'at deep mid-on. After a little over an hour’s play the score was 4 2 for two wickets. Lissettc joined Winger at the wickets and was cautious for the first three overs.

The frequent changing of bowlers was not troubling Winger unduly, who continued to add iSigles steadily. Lissette opened his scoring when he hit Clarke past square-leg for two to put 45 on the score-board. Lissette, lynveVer, did not survive long at the crease, being caught behind by Senior off a hard ball from Aitken "after a contribution of three. His place at the crease was taken by S. Dabb. The half-century was reached when Winger drove Clark powerfully to the boundary, the compiling of the 50 runs tafdng almost an hour and ahalf. Winger, who had maintained his stand at the crease during this period was unbeaten with 30 at this juncture. He was later responsible for the first six of the day when he hit Aitken high to the boundary, making his total 41. Dabb brought his score to six when he drove a low ball past West at midon for two. Clough obtained early results when Dabb was caught at silly mid-on by Hay, this being the first ball of Clough’s initial over after a spell at fielding. The score was now 69 with four wickets down.

Pomeroy was the new batsman to face the bowling and he opened cautiously to the bowling of Clough. He failed to open his account, snicking a high ball from Somers into the safe hands of Clark at second slip. The scoring stood at 72 at the time of his dismissal, five wickets being down.

Cheap Dismissals. After surviving a “life" N Innes was dismissed with the next ball from Clough, sending an. easy catch to Aitken at mid-off. Four batsmen had been dismissed with a contribution of only 10 runs, their prompt dismissal being due to the keen fielding of Old Boys. At the afternoon tea adjournment six wickets were down for 75. At the resumption Avery was associated with Winger, facing the bowling of Clough. Avery was lucky when he hit a high one to Fraser at mid-off who, however, failed to hold the ball. Avery’.s wicket fell however, when Somers skittled his off stump with a sharp rising ball. In the next; over Somers repeated his success, dismissing E. Everest in an identical manner. Eight wickets were now,down for 81, Winger being the only batsman to withstand the bowling. He was taking no chances, however, scoring mainly with singles with an occasional two off the slower balls.

Fall of Winger’s Wicket

Hamilton lost their best batsman when Clough took the bails off Winger’s wicket with a fast ball. Winger had been at the crease three hours for his total of 57. Watson was now associated with Harding at the wickets and the runs came steadily in singles, Clough’s balls keeping down the scoring. Harding pul the century up when he hit a ball from Somers for six, nine wickets being down for 105. Clough, however, took Harding’s middle stump with a fast ball when the last-wicket partnership had yielded 11 runs. Hamilton were now all out for a total of 108, after three and a-half hours’ batting. Details of scoring:

HAMILTON—First Innings. >

Total .. *• • i • • 108 Bowling: 'Clough took four wickets for 1(1 runs, Clark none for 110, Fraser one for IG, Fairburn none for 3, West none for 0 (Iwo maidens), Ailken two for Jo, Somers three for 19. Old Boys Open. Old Boys opened their innings with an hour’s play lert, Senior and Hay being the opening batsmen. Senior opened Old Boys’ score with a smart single off a ball from E. Everest. In the next over Senior sent Winger away to the boundary, hut in the same over had a “life" when Everest missed a catch'in the slips. The same player continued an aggressive' strike by | square-cutting the next ball from I Everest for four. Another four was I foiled by the smart fielding of LisI sette air square-leg. j Senior was dismissed, however, I when a(tempting a hard hit off a ball j from Everest, the ball glancing off his I bat into the hands of Innes in_ the I slips. 'One wicket was now down for J 14 runs after 20 minutes’ play. Hay ! was joined at the wickets by Clough. Hay was batting confidently and scored freely off the bowling of Everest arid Winger, bringing his total to j 11 with a series of singles. Lissette i now relieved Winger at the bowling I end, Clough hitting bis first ball for { three. Hay also added .three when he hit Eisselte hard through the slips. I- Hay cut Everest prettily to leg for four, repeating this success off a ball from Lissette, bringing his total to i 24. After three-quarters of an hour • one wicket was down for 53. Innes was put on to howl, but the change did not threaten to Interrupt the useful partnership of Hay and Clough, which had already yielded 45 runs. The day’s play was closed with (lid Boys’ total standing at G 7 with the loss of one wicket. Details of scoring:— j Hay, in .. . . . . 30 S. if. Senior, c Innes, b Everest J I R. Clough, in . . .. .. 22 i Extras .. .. . . 4 I Total . . . . . ; 07 Everest look one wicket for 21 runs, Winger none for IS, McKenzie none for 2. HAMILTON EAST AHEAD. \ FIRST INNINGS ADVANTAGE. G. CLOUGH'S GOOD DISPLAY. The meeting of Hamilton East and Cl.mdelands on No. 2 wicket at Seridun Park produced interesting cricket, in which the outstanding batting performance was that of G. Clough l East), who carried his bat for 70 runs, contributing largely lo East’s useful first innings total of 198 runs. Mainly owing to Going’s deadly bowling, the Glaurielanris batsmen fared badly, and finished the day with four wickets down for 31 runs. East, who

batted first, played a man short, while Claudelands were also unable to field a full team.

W. Cassidy and C. lanes were the opening batsmen, Cassidy facing Ewan for first strike, and opening iris account with a single off the first ball. Inn'es also scored a single off Ewan s final ball of llm first over. Hetni look up the attack at the other end, only one run coming off his first over. The scoring rose slowly by singles, neither batsmen taking any chances with the bowling. Aider 20 minutes’ play only eight runs had been scored, hut Cassidy, who had been playing a careful game, had setlled down, and from this stage, began to play with greater confidence, scoring a.four-und a two from successive balls, innes also improved ids score with a well-placed boundary. Cassidy continued in aggressive style, displaying a nice variety of strokes. Macklow replaced Ewan with the hall, one run coming off his first over, whil6 Hampton relieved Item! at the oilier end. Innes wat playing a confident hat, although ho was inclined to take chances, and on several occasions narrowly escaped being run out. At one stage he opened his shoulders for a big hit, and was dropped on the boundary by Bennett. Good fielding by Claudelands kept the extras down. Cassidy Dismissed. The first wicket fell when Cassidy was well caught by off his own ball. Cassidy had played a colourful innings for 27. 11. Going then went in to partner Innes, facing Hemi for his first strike. Going opened his acoount in characteristic fashion, with a two and a series of singles. Casey took a turn with the ball, and Bennett went on at the other end, the latter capturing Going’s wicket with his fifth ball, when Buckland caught him behind the stumps. At this stage the scoreboard showed 84 runs for the loss of two wickets. Going’s contribution was, 15 runs. Innes was then partnered by P. Jordan, but they were not together for long, Innes being dismissed by Casey after a successful lbw appeal, when he had scored 32 runs. His was a bright knock, in which he revealed a useful array of strokes.

The next man in was R. Skeet, who opened his strike very confidently with a three off Bennett and a brace from Ewan, who took Bennett’s place at the close of the latter’s over. At the afternoon tea adjournment East had 93 runs up for the loss of 'two wickets.

Wickets Fall Cheaply.

Play had been in progress only, a few minutes after the resumption when Jordan was clean bowled by Hemi after he had scored three runs. G. Clough then went in and faced Ewan, scoring two off his sixth hall to put 100 runs on the board. In the next over Sheet’s wicket fell to a fast hall from Hemi, Skeet having eight runs to his credit. The next man in, Comer, also succumbed to Hemi before he had opened his account, and Lee went out t-o be associated wil-h Clough at the crease.

A nice lale cut by Lee, following a brilliant boundary by CJougli, brought the score to 111. Some of llio brightest batting of the afternoon followed, boili men scoring freely with well-placed drives. Hemi and Hampton took up the attack, but failed lo s.ubdue the batsmen, although Lee ultimately fell a victim to Heml’s fast bowling. Lee’s contribution of 18 runs came from a bright and wellplayed innings. Clough continued his strike with T Skeet as his partner and Bennett taking the ball from Hampton. Skeet had a narrow escape when Hampton failed by inches to get under a late cut when Skeet had two runs to his credit. Ewan was brought on again to rest Hemi, who had borne the brunt of the attack. At the change-over Clough opened his shoulders to a rising bail from Bennett and hit a great six, lo bring ills total to the half century. He repeated this performance shortly alter, off ..Ewan, and followed it up with a four and a two. The Closing Stages. Hapid howling changes were made, Macklow relieving Bennett and Casey taking Ewan's place. Skeet was dismissed by Casey’s first ball, Wilson taking a good catch in (lie slips. The innings closed shortly after when Hubbard, last man in, was smartly caught by Buckland off Casey. Clough, the not-out man, had scored the useful total of 70 runs, while the East innings had yielded 198 runs.

Ewan and Hampton were the opening Claudelands hatting partnership, the innings commencing at 5.30 p.m., alter the pitch, which was showing signs of cutting up, had been rolled. Going opened the howling to Ewan, his first over being a maiden. Comer took up tlie attack at the other end, Hampton scoring a single from ids first ball. Neither batsman could do much with Hie bowling, and only 14 runs were on [he board when Hampton was clean howled by Going after he had scored 11 runs. Maclclow was next m;jn in, hut iris partnership with Ewan was soon dissolved when Ewan went out to a successful Ibw appeal.

The scoreboard at this, stage read two wickets down for 19 runs, Ewan having contributed five. McKean went in willi Macklow shortly before stumps were drawn, Skeel taking a turn with the hall in place of Comer. About two minutes before stumps McKean was dean howled by Going, and as the hell sounded Buckland was caught by Comer off Gqing. The scoreboard at stumps read four wickets down for 31 runs. Going had taken four wickets for S runs. Details — HAMILTON EAST—First Innings.

SENIOR B GAMES

OLD BOYS BATTING. LEAD OVER DAIRY. A series of good individual batting performances placed Old Boys in a iuseful position over the first day’s play of their match with Dairy Company at Seddon Park. Batting first, Old Boys, after a shaky start, compiled 188, Manson top-scoring with an aggressive 42. He was instrumental in raising the score from 41 at the loss of the fourth wicket to 115 at the fall of the fifth, when Pearson stepped Into the gap. The last few batsmen struck out bravely, and the innings closed with 188 runs up. Dairy failed to strike form with the hat and at stumps nine wickets were down with the scorehoard reading only 41. Details —- OLD BOYS—First Innings.

DAIRY' —First Innings.

Total for nine wickets .. 41 HAMILTON ON TOP. BOWLERS IN FORM. With the howlers in form there was little bright batting in the Senior B match between Hamilton and East Old Boys on Saturday at Seddon Park. Hamilton balled first, and with five wickets down l'or a total of 38 runs their prospects were not bright. J. Taylor made a good stand, however, and his 23 runs proved useful to the side. The total score for the innings was 105. Pomeroy (22) and A. Taylor (19) were the only other batsmen to deal with the bowling effectively. Owsley was the most_ successful bowler for East Old Boys, taking four wickets for 26 runs.

East Old Boys were all dismissed for a total of 78, of which 37 were scored by Owsley, who was undefeated when the Innings closed. Livingstone (11) and Bath (14) were the only other batsmen lo make double figures, white the remaining eight batsmen contributing a total of only 15. A. Taylor took six wickets for 28. At stumps Hamilton had scored 32 for the loss of one wicket in their second effort. Details —

FRANKTON FAIL. HIGH SCHOOL'S ADVANTAGE. High School opend in their match against Frankton United in the Senior B grade on Saturday at Hie High School ground. School made a poor •start, Hie first four wickets falling for 24 runs. J. McKenzie and Clark, however, made a stand. Clark was dismissed at 18, leaving the total at 43 for the loss of five wickets. Partnered by Christie, McKenzie piled on I lie runs, lie made a total of 41, including five fours and a six. Christie contributed a useful 33. When his wicket fell School had made 111 runs for I lie loss of six wickets. Harding also hatted well. He was undefeated with a total of 17. A. Davies was in form. lie look seven wickets for 45 runs. At stumps Frankton had lost eight wickets for a total of Cl runs. Mundy (20) and A.’Davies (10) were the only batsmen to make double figures. Iligginson took three wickets for 13 runs. Details — HIGH SCHOOL.—First innings. Bennett, b Davies . . . ■ 2 Kingston, b Davies . . .. 3 Milcluril, 1) Davies .. .. 0 lligginsoii, Ibw, 1) Mundy . . i Clark, Ibw, b Davies .. .. 13 .1, McKenzie, b Davies .. .. 4 1 Christie, h Davies . . . . 33 Harding, not out . . . . • . 0 \V. McKenzie, c and b Mundy . . 2 Bentley, b Mundy .. .. I Ex Iras 13 Total 130

Total for eight wickets .. 61 Bowling—Higginson took three wickets for 13 runs, Mitchell one for 5, Harding one for 12, J. McKenzie one for 29.

HAMILTON EAST’S LEAD. ADVANTAGE OVER OLAUDELANDS. Hamilton East established a good lead over Glaudelands in the Senior B competition at Steele Park on Saturday. Batting first, Hamilton East compiled a total of 116. Mcßae, who opened with Sklenars, played a sound innings, his score being 33, including four fours. Sklenars was clean bowled when he had made nine, and Dowling joined Mcßae and contributed a handy 39. None of the other batsmen made a good stand. McKinnon was the most effective Glaudelands bowler, taking live wickets for 23 runs.

Claudelands, who played two men short, were all dismissed for 41, Acres (12) being the only member of the side to make double figures. Sklenars, a junior, was most successful as a bowler. He took five wickets for 10 runs.

At stumps Hamilton East had lost three wickets for 34 runs. Details —■

HAMILTON EAST—First Innings,

Total .. .. .. i .. 41 Bowling—Sklenars took five wickets for 10 nuns, Dowling one for 9.

JUNIOR GAMES, NAWTON WIN. f The match between Nawton and Baptist at Steele Park oil Saturday resulted in a three-point win for Nawton. Had they declared when their score was 120 Nawton could have wain a four-pointer. In their first innings Nawton scored 201 (Ghilcott 73, it. Craig 39, C. Craig 28, Parker 22). Woodw’ard took seven wickets for 32 runs. Baptist were dismissed for 26 in their first innings, R. Graig taking six wickets for 14 runs. In their second effort Baptist had lost eight wickets for a total of 44 (Molloy 32). Holmes took five wickets for 7 runs.

AUCKLAND CRICKET.

BIXTH SERIES CONOLUDED. BUSH SCORES A CENTURY. ' AUCKLAND, Saturday. The sixth series of matclies in the Auckland Cricket Association senior championship were concluded this afternoon in fine weather, when the delay caused by rain last week restricted the teams to playing a ilrstinnings win or draw. University quickly left Parnell in arrears on the first innings, Bush scoring a century. King’s Old Boys piled up 254 runs, leaving Y.M.C.A. playing to make a draw on time. Eden’s effort ended at 177 runs, and Grafton made an exciting but unsuccessful bid to down the leaders in the time available. In reply to Ponsonby’s 525 of last week North Shore made a spirited reply, the last wicket falling at 311, a narrow ilrst-innings win for Ponsonby.

0: McKenzie, c Clark, 1; Fraser 10 N. Winger, b 'Clough . . 57 J. Everest, o Fraser, b Altken 9 A. Llssette, o Senior, b Altken 3 S. Dabb, o Hay, b Clough G J, Pomeroy, c Clark, b Somers 0 N. Innes, c Aitken, b Clough 1 E. Avery, b Somers 1 E. Everest, b Somers . . 0 D. Harding, b Clough .. 10 A. Watson, not out 1 Extras 10

W. Cassidy, c and b Hampton . . 27' C. Hines, lbw v b Casey , . ;i2 II. Going, e Buekland, b Bennett 15 1’. Jordan, b Ilemt ;j It. Sheet, b Jlemi 8 G. Clough, not out 70 '1'. Comer, 1) Jlemi 0 G. Lee, b Hemi .. 18 T. Sheet, e Wilson, b Casey :> A. Hubbard, e Buekland, b Casey' 0 extras . . 20 Total IDS Bowling—Ifemi took four wic cels for 51 runs, Casey three for b, Bennett one for lb, Hampton one for 2D, Kwan none for 51, Alacklow none i p CLAUDLLAXDS—First Innings for '1'. Kwan, Ibw, b Going . . 5 G. Hampton, b Going 11 B. Marklow, not out 7 X. .McKean, 1) Going . . S. Buekland, c Comer, b Going 0 Hxiras . . 3 Total for four wickets 31

Dimmock, c Parkes, b Shaw 1 Gilling, c Roper, b Shaw 2 Manson, lbw, b Jonkers . 42 Cann, lbw, b Jonkers . .. . . 13 Graney, o Woolven, b Jonkers . . IS Pearson, c Darrall, b Jonkers . . 36 Hallen, b Shaw 4 Johnston, run out 7 Scott, c Parkes, b Darrall . . 26 Barber;' not out . . . 14 Graney, b Shaw 6 Extras . . .. •. t. Total . 188 Bowling—Shaw took four wickets for 47 runs, Jonkers four for G2, Roper none for 2G, Darrall ono for 30, Daysh none for 7.

Jonkers, c Barber, b Graney .. S Shaw, e Manson, b Graney 4 Roper, b Graney 5 Darrall, e Pearson, b Gann 8 Lepine, b Graney 0 Woolven, c and b Graney 1 Linkman, lbw, b Cann 0 Daysh, run‘out .. .. ... 0 B.ush, not out 4 Thompson, b Graney 2 Extras .. 9

HAMILTON —First Innings. ' Innes-Jones, c Sliatlock, b Owsley 0 Sharrock, b Dutton 2 Hunt, c sub, b St. George 0 Poineroy, run out 22 Alexander, b Owsley 0 A. Taylor, e sub, b Livingstone 111 Church, run out 3 Winger, b Dutton 4 J. Taylor, b Owsley 23 Grillilhs, b Owsley 8 Gielc, not out 1 Extras .. 11 Total 105 Bowling—Owsley look four wickets for 20 runs, Dutton three for 35, St. George one for 0. Livingstone one for 23. Second Innings. Sharrock, c and b Kemp 12 Alexander, not out , . . 10 Extras .. 10 Total for one wicket 32 EAST OLD BOYS —First Innings. Ousley, not out 37 N, Dutton, lbw, b Taylor 7 St. George, c Taylor, b Pomeroy 1 Giles, run out 1 Livingstone, c Pomeroy, b Taylor 11 Lambeth, run out ‘ 1 Sliatlock, b Taylor 0 L. Bath, run out 1 Kemp, c Forster, b Pomeroy . . 4 1>. Bath, c Winger, b Taylor .. 14 R. Dutton, b Taylor 0 Extras 2 Total .. 78 Bowling—Taylor took five wickets for 28 runs, Pomeroy four for 44.

Bowling—Davies took seven wickets for 45 runs, Mundy three for 18. FBANKTON UNITED.—First Innings. J. Davies, c Clark, b J. McKenzie 2 Mundy, b Hlgginson 20 Kemp, b Ilisfginson G A. Davies, 1j Higginson . . 10 Gobble, lbw, b Harding . . 4 J. Tiller, run out S .N'odder, c J. McKenzie, b Mitchell 1 Absolum, b Mitchell 1 Smith, not out 5 Extras . . a

McRae, b McKinnon > .1 33 Sklenars, b Glennie 9 Dowling, b McKinnon 39 Keat, b McKinnon 2 Hoolc, b McKinnon 11 Badcock, b McKinnon 2 Grapper, b Fraser . .1 ,1 McDonald, b Fraser 0 Osborne, not out 0 Extras .. 19 Total .. 11(3 Bowling—McKinnon took five wickets for 23 runs, Fraser two Glennie one for 49. Second Innings. for 14, McRae, c Acres, b Glennie 17 Sklenars, b Snowling 9 Dowling, c Fraser, b Glennie 0 Osborne, not out !. . 8 Hook, not out 0 Total for three wickets 34 CLAUDELANDS—First Innings. McKinnon, run out 2 Acres, c Sklenars, b Dowling 12 Dickey, b Sklenars 4 Snowling, lbw, b Sklenars 4 Glennie, c Hook, b Sklenars 2 Pearce, b Sklenars 5 Wright, b Sklenars t Frazer, not out 2 Dc la Mare, run out ■> Extras .. ., * , 7