HAMILTON CRICKET

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20125, 22 February 1937, Page 11

HAMILTON CRICKET

BOWLERS IN FORM. WIN FOR OLD BOYS. CLAUDELANDS DEFEAT EAST. The wickets at Seddon Park on /Saturday were definitely in the bowlers’ favour and most batsmen were strictly on the defensive. The ball was rising quickly and now and then passed the batsman shoulderhigh. In the match between Old Boys and Hamilton on No. 2 wicket the former secured a lead of 49 runs on the first innings. Confident batting by J. Everest in their second innings helped materially in Hamilton’s total of 135 runs, but Old Boys played good cricket to win by six wickets.

Claudelands defeated Hamilton East by ten wickets, the latter narrowly averting an inninge defeat. Cassidy, who scored 38, was the chief agent in preventing it.

EXCITING CRICKET,

OLD BOYS VICTORIOUS. Excitement ran high during the concluding stages of the match between Old Boys and Hamilton, on No. 2 wicket, on Saturday. Requiring 88 runs for an outright win and an hour to play when they commenced their second innings, Old Boys were victorious by six wickets. The match showed that the Old Boys players were capable of hitting when they were required to do so, and the last hour saw a splendid exhibition of fast run-making. Cann was unconquered at the end of the day, and he won the match for the team with a brilliant six.. Senior and Cann, who scored 16 and 32 not out respectively on the first day, continued their innings confidently and the first four came when Cann hit Lissette to the long-on boundary. Lissette and Clough were coming off the wicket fast, the ball bumping considerably. Cann brought his score to 40 with a four to square leg off Lissette and this was followed by another off T. Everest in the next over. The batsman tried to drive the bowler hard to the off but the ball caught the bottom of the bat and travelled through the slips to the boundary. However, the next ball saw Cann out l.b.w. for 45. This was undoubtedly Cann's best knock thi£ season. Storey joined Senior and both were fighting for runs against balls rising shoulder high but one from Skeet which kept lower than Ihe rest took Storey’s leg stump. The batsman stepped back and th§. ball beat him completely. Two runs were required to equal Hamilton’s total of 133 when Aitken took his stand at the wicket. A single oame off his first ball off Everest. A four through the slips by Senior took Old Boys past their opponents’ aggregate. Altken Goes. When the. score stood at 157 for six wickets Aitken, who was partnering Senior, sent a catch to Winger at point. He had batted well, his score of 21 including three good boundary shots. Senior’s score was mounting slowly and when Aitken went he was 25, the runs coming mainly from singles’ but he brought 30 up with a good boundary shot through the slips. Eight wickets were down for 178 when Senior played forward to a ball from J. Everest, the leather snicking the side of the bat. Avery took a sure catch behind the wickets. Senior had played the most confident and valuable innings of the day. Carroll was caught for 10 in the outfield and Seccombe and Hansen followed in the next over and the innings closed for 182.

Hamilton’s Second Knock. Winger and Sandford opened Hampton's second innings and the latter

/ began In the sonfldent style he dis- ' played on the first day. Winger did i not appear as comfortable as his partner, especially when facing Hansen, who was coming off the wioket particularly fast. However, Sandford drew away from a fast straight ball from Hansen and was clean bowled for nothing. cm® wicket was down for 8 runs. Winger followed Sandford when he was easily caught by Higginson in the slips after scoring three. Avery and J. Everest were then together. The rot was stopped when J. Everest and Avery were together. Neither forced the bowling but took runs whenever they offered, Everest I especially displaying some brilliant driving. They carried the score from eight to 53. I The partnership was broken wnen Avery missed a ball from Cann, the ball taking the off stump. At this s f age three wickets were down for C »"’uns, the partnership having added 62. * Everest was batting exceptionally well in spite of the difficult wicket. He reached his 40 in confident style. Lissette Joins Everest. Albert Lissette joined J. Everest and the total was carried to 100 before Lissette failed to survive a confident appeal for a catch behind the stumps off Hansen. He had batted well, hitting Aitken out of the field on several occasions In his score of 17. E. Everest was the next batsman and Hansen clean bowled him. Everest reached 50 with a four to the off boundary and the total stood at 115. When trying to swing West to the leg boundary he was bowled middle stump for 54. Doyle joined Lissette who was bowled by West for 13. The Hamilton team were three men 6hort and the innings closed for 1135 leaving Old Boys 87 to win and >an hour to play. Old Boys’ Seoond Innings. Higginson and West opened Old Boys’ second innings. West was bowled by Lissette after making three. Cann filled the vacancy and took three off the first ball. Higginson, however, cocked a ball into midon’s hands. Cann carried his scere to 21 with three good fours. Manson was caught by Lissette off T. Everest for one. Poor fielding on the parts of several Hamilton players allowed Old Boys to bring their total to 50, A quarter of an hour was left . to play and 28 runs were wanted to win. Cann found the bank with a brilliant six to leg, but Manson was stumped when trying to hit Lissette out of the ground. Senior partnered Gann and at the commencement of the last over of the day three runs were wanted. Cann brought them up with a winning six well on to the bank. Scores:— HAMILTON—First Innings 133

CLAUDELANDB COLLAPSE.

GOING BOWLS WELL. •Claudelands resumed their first inning’s strike on a soft wicket in their match with Hamilton East, Truscott and Andrews facing the bowling of Cassidy. Hamilton East in their first innings were all out for 91 while at the close of play on the first day Claudelands had lost 3 wickets for 182, Truscott being unbeaten for 107, the other not out batsman, Andrews, having 31 to his credit. The batsmen opened quietly, only 1 being added to the first day’s total in the first two overs. With the first ball of the third over from Cassidy, Andrews lost his wicket when he sent a simple catch to Innes at square leg. Bennett followed, but was stumped by R. Skeet before opening his account and Cassidy had 2 wickets to his credit for 32 runs. Ewan also failed to score, Skeet catching him behind the wicket after a tricky one from Going. Going had another success Immediately, clean bowling Compton with his next ball and seven wickets were down for 189 runs, 4 wickets being lost for the addition of only 7 runs. Dempsey took his place .at the crease, but did not survive long, poking a good length ball from Going Into the safe hands of Jordan at square leg. Six wickets had been lost for the addition of only 11 runs when Hemi, after one good shot to the boundary, sent an easy catch down the wicket to Lee, who made no mistake. Nine wickets were down for 194 runs. Dickey the last man in, had no better success, being clean bowled by Cassidy for four and Claudelands were all out for 199. Truscott carried his bat for 115. HamTton East Open. Lyon opened the bowling from the Seddon Road end when Hamilton East went In for their second strike, R. Skeet and Jordan opening. Skeet lost •his -wicket In the first over when he sent a simple catch to Compton In the slips. Jordan opened the scoring with a nice off drive for two and Clough added two when he sent Ewan to the square leg boundary, repeating his stroke with similar success with the next ball. He brought his score into double figures by again square cutting Ewan for two and at this stage was playing the bowling confidently. Jordan was content to play the balls back to the bowler, but was out when he tipped a nice length ball from Lyon into the hands of the keeper, Dempsey after contributing 3 to the total of 20. T. Skeet was lucky w r hen he cocked up a ball from Lyon, no fieldsman being close enough in to take advantage of the chance. Dickey was within an ace of dismissing the batsman with a one-handed catch at point, but the ball was spinning and the fieldsman was unable to hold it. Skeet was adding useful singles, but had another “life” when he was dropped by Compton In the slips. In the same ov' Clough was clean bowled by L after an attractive knook of 20. "Irewg was applauded for a great catch when he raced across from midon to hold a high one from Skeet. The score board read 4 for 39, Skeet having contributed 12. E Casey lost his wioket immediately after the afternoon tea adjournment, being snapped up by Truscott at silly mid-on from a fast ball from Hemi. Going replaced Casey, but was well held in the outfield by Williams when he hit Hem! 'high up and 6 wickets were down for 47, Casey having contributed two. Cassidy brou; the half century up when he dro\o Hemi far Into the outfield for four. Hemi had four wickets to his credit when Dempsey snapped Lee up behind the wicket and seven wickets were down for 54, East requiring another 54 to be on even terms with Claudelands. At this stage Hemi had taken four for 16. Runs began to come more rapidly when Cassidy began to treat the bowlers aggressively, scoring with occasional drives to the off. The partnership of Cassidy and Innes had considerably improved East’s position and only 27 runs were now needed to avert an innings defeat, Cassidy soon bringing his score to 30. Innes, however, lost his wicket when he was clean-bowled by Ewan for 12. Cassidy soon followed him to the bank, his score of 38 averting an innings defeat. He was caught nicely at mid-on by Williams from a good length ball from Hemi. Hook and Sundberg were now associated at the wicket, but the former after adding 8 was dismissed by a good catch by Lyon in the slips and East were all out for 116. Claudelands went in to bat in their seoond innings, requiring only 9 to win. Dempsey and Hemi opened to the bowling of Going. The batsmen attacked the bowling and the 9 runs required for a win were soon obtained without the loss of a wicket, Claudelands thus winning by 10 wickets. Details: HAMILTON EAST. —First Innings, 91.

SENIOR B RESULTS. KEEN SCORING. EAST’S GOOD WIN. Hamilton East won by 38 runs on the first innings in their match with East at Steele Park. In their first innings Hamilton East compiled 166, East Old Boys replying with 204. In their second innings Hamilton East declared with 166 for six wickets, East Old Boys making 66 for six. A feature of Hamilton East’s second Innings was Sklenars’ bright knock of 78. Details— HAMILTON EAST—First Innings 166. Second Innings. G. Mcßae, b Owsley 27 J. Perrett, c sub, b Oweley ... 0 N. Sklenars, c Hayward, b Dutton 78 W. McKenzie, b Owsley 26 D. Dawson, c Owsley, b Dutton.. 6 G. Kensella, c Owsley, b Dutton 17 Extras 12 Total for six wickets (dec.) 166 Bowling—Owsley took three wickets for 48 runs, Dutton two for 62, Ricketts none for 33, Mathieson none for 12. EAST OLD BOYS—First Innings 204. Second Innings. R. Mathieson, b Perrett 0 L. Ricketts, b Dawson 12 P. Bath, c Sklenars, b Perrett .. 14 N. Dutton, b McKenzie 20 F. E. Owsley, c Booth, b Perrett 10 J. Macey, b Perrett .........5 Extras 5 Total for six wickets 66 Bowling—Dawson took one wicket for 28 runs, Perrett four for 27, McKenzie one for 6.

INNINGS DEFEAT.

HIGH SCHOOL FAIL. High School found Hamilton’s first innings total of 308 too big a task and failed by 49 runs to avert an innings defeat. Consistent bowling gave Hamilton their four points. Andrews and W. McKenzie in the first innings and de la Mare and Mitchell in the second appeared as if they might retrieve the position for High School, but the other batsmen failed to stay. Details were—• HAMILTON—First Innings 308.

Bowling— ; lnnes-Jones took three wickets for 37 runs, Pomeroy none for 24, Winger one for 12, Forster four for 26, Taylor two for 19, Church none for 22.

CLAUDELANDS WIN.

MATCH WITH NAWTON. In the match between Clauelands and Nawton, on No. 4 wicket, Seddon Park, on Saturday, Claudelands were victorious by seven wickets. In their first Innings Nawton compiled 111 and in their second 106. Claudelands replied with 125 and 101 for three wickets. NAWTON —First Innings 111.

JUNIOR MATCH. Baptist v. Railway—Baptist, first innings 35 (Dew three for 12. Mead three for 11. Sehonau two for I : second innings. 92 .Enright 29. Larsen IS', hew took three wickets for 16, Mead three for 16. Olpherl three for s. Railway, first innings 103 (F.llerv 46. Mead ii. Olpherl It. Barnett six for 25, Brownless two to? 151.: second innings, one for 26 (Dew not out 20 . Railway secured an outright win by nine wickets and 2 runs.

AUCKLAND MATCHEB.

THREE CENTURIES. AUCKLAND, Saturday. There was some bright batting in the matches to-day, and three centuries were compiled. Archer made 103 for North Shore, Carson 121 for Eden and Scott 116 for Y.M.C.A., while Ratcliffe made 95 not out for Grafton. Shore were dismissed for 192 by Ponsonby, ten batsmen making only 82 runs. Clarke look five wickets lor 71 runs. Ponsonby failed completely and were all out for 70, Simpson finishing with five wickets for 23 runs. Following on, Ponsonby lost one wicket for two runs. Eden opened badly against University. losing three good wickets for 4 5 runs, but then Carson and Cantlay got going and the score readied 256, of which two batsmen had made 182. University could do nothing with MacMalion and Harrison and lost six wickets for 38 runs. Grafton declared with 24 4 runs on the board for six Wickets. For King’s Old Boys Smith took four for 99. Wallace made a pretty 53 for Grafton. When stumps were drawn King’s had lost two wickets for 73 runs. Y.M.C.A. were in scoring mood against Parnell, making 381 runs. Every batsman readied double figures and, putting Parnell in late in the day, Y.M. captured two wickets for eight runs.

PLAY AT MORRINB V ILLfc.

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Second Innings. N. Winger, c Higginson 3 K. Sandford, b Hansen 0 J. Everest, b West 54 E. Avery, b Gann 24 Albert Lissette, c Senior, b Hansen 17 E. Everest, b Hansen 0 A. Lissette, b West 13 H. Doyle, not out 4 Extras 20 Total 135 Bowling: Hansen took three wickets for 15 runs; Storey one for 17; Aitken, none for 38; Higginson, none for 12; Cann, one for 10; West, two for 23. OLD BOYS—First Innings. J. Clough, b Lissette 15 J. G. West, lbw, b Lissette .... 0 W. Higginson, b Lissette 9 R. Cann, lbw, b T. Everest .... 45 H. Manson, c Avery, b Lissette . . 20 S. E. Senior, c Avery, b J. Everest 32 R. Storey, b T. Everest 1 A. Aitken, c Winger, b T. Everest 21 J. Carroll, c sub, b Winger .... 10 G. Seccombe, not oue 3 L. Hansen, c sub, b J. Everest .. 0 Ext,has 26 Total 182 Bowling:—Lissette took three wickets for 49 runs: Buisson, none for 12; J. Everest, two for 3G N. Winger, one for 20; T. Everest, four for 40. Second Innings. W. Higginson, c sub, b T. Everest 11 J. G. West, b Lissette 3 R. Cann, not out 64 'C. Manson, c Lissette, b T. Everest 1 C. Seccombe, c Avery, b Lissette 5 S. E. Senior, not out 3 Total for four wickets 91 Bowling—T. Everest took two wickets for 21 runs, Lissette two for 48, J. Everest none for 18.

Second Innings. R. Skeet, c Compton, b Lyon 0 P. Jordan, c Dempsey, b Lyon . 3 G. Clough, b Lyon . 20 T. Skeet, o Andrews, b Hemi . . . J 2 E Casey, c Truscott, b Heml . 2 W. Cassidv, c Williams, b Hemi . 38 II. Going, c Williams, b Hemi . . 2 W. Lee, c Dempsey, b Hemi . .. 0 <:. limes, b Ewan . 12 I,. Hook, c Lyon, b Ilemi 8 Sundberg, not out 1 Extras Bowling: Lyon look three w ickets for 38 runs; Ewan one for 2' ; and Hemi six for 36. CLAUDELANDS. —First Innings. K. Trucott. noL out . 115 T. Lyon, b Going . . .. i.:. 8 C. Hunt, b Sundberg 12 P. Williams, lbw b Going . . 7 K. Andrews, c Innes, b Cassidy 31 L. C. Bennett, st. Skeet, b Going 0 T. A. Ewan, o Skeet, b Doing , 0 11. Compton, b Going . . 0 ,T. Dempsey, c Jordan, b Going . 0 D. Hemi, c Lee, b Cassidy . . E, Dickey, b Cassidy . . .. . 4 Extras 18 Total . 190 Bowling: Going took 5 wickets for •13; T Skeet 0 for 45; ,T. Sundberg 1 for 30; W. Cassidv 4 for 8: G. Clough 0 for 23; C. Innes 0 foi 14. Second Innings. Dempsey, not out 5 Hemi, not out Extras l Total for no wickers .... Going took no wickets for 4 'runs; Qassidy, none for 7.

HIGH SCHOOL —First Innings. De la Mare, b A. Taylor 4 Andrews, run out 27 Mitchell. Ibw, b Forster 8 Tait, c Elriclv, b Winger 11 W. McKenzie, c Forster, b Pomeroy 35 Shepherd, b Church 0 Gudex, lbw, b lnnes-Jones 9 J. McKenzie, not out 7 Yates, b lnnes-Jones 5 Morrison, c and b lnnes-Jones ... 0 Lynds, b Pomeroy 0 Total 115 Bowling.—A. Taylor took one wloket for 13 runs, Pomeroy two for 24, Winger one for 19, Church one for 27, lnnes-Jones three for 3, Forster one for 20. Second Innings. Tait, c Young, b lnnes-Jones . . . 1 J. McKenzie, o Young, b Innes De ia Mare, c Young, b Forster 22 Shepherd, b Forster 8 W. McKenzie, lbw, b Taylor .... 1 Mitchell, c sub, b Forster 59 Andrews, lbw, b Taylor 9 Gudex, lbw, b lnnes-Jones .... 4 Morrison, b Forster 18 Yates, not out 1 Lynds, b Winger 0 Total 149

Second Innings. T. E. Mills, c Acres, b Lawrie . . 4 C. Littlejohn, b Glennie 6 C. Craig, c McKinnon, b Lawrie g J. Mackie, c and b Glennie .... 14 L. Goodali, retired 16 R. Holmes, c Glennie, 4> Coombcs 33 \Y. Teague, c Parks, b Coombes 3 \V. Rumney, 1) Glennie 4. F. Hewitt, run out 0 A. Rent, c Acres, b Coombes . . 0 R. Smith, not out 4 Total 106 Bowling—Glennie took three \ viekets for 36 runs, Lawrie two for 22, Goode none for 17, Coombes three for 17. CLAUDELANDS —First Innings 125. Second Innings. Acres, lbw, b Littlejohn ...... 0 McKinnon, not out 20 Coombes, b Littlejohn 23 Lawson, run out Glennie, not out 28 Total for three wickets 101 Bowling—Holmes took no wickets for 18 runs, Littlejohn two for 57, Craig none for 23.