CLOSE FINISHES

Camp News, Volume 3, Issue 149, 20 November 1942, Page 3

CLOSE FINISHES

Wellington Senior Cricket ANOTHER CENTURY TO : \ H. G. RICE . Some close and exciting finishes Mere seen in the third series of the Wellington Cricket Association’s senior championship competition on Saturday afternoon, which were played ( under ideal batting conditions. Good fast bowling by J. Fortune, who took five wickets for 13 runs, enabled Mid-land-Wellington to dismiss Petone for 108 runs, but this modest total was. just good enough to give Petone a win by one run in a thrilling finish. Asplet took five wickets for 46 for Petone, and C. A. Blundell played a good fighting innings for Midland- Wellington. i An equally exciting finish saw x Wellington College Old Boys get home from University by two runs. Effective bowling by D. Beard, who took five for 42, saw Old Boys, for whom L. V. Browne and Barber batted well, dismissed for 157. The ’Varsity batsmen found the slow bowling of G. L. Whyte, G. Reynolds and R. W. Burnard too good for them, and the last wicket fell with the score two runs short of Old Boys’ total. Army, with Dumbleton and Nottman back from’ leave, scored their first win of the season by beatiug Artillery by an innings and 73 runs, after declaring their first innings closed with seven wickets down for 219 runs. J. R. Stevens hit up 70 for Army, including a six and 15 fours in half an hour, and S. .Cutis and W. Hayward also forced the pace. Effective bowling by D. P. Dumbleton, who took six wickets for 36 runs in the first innings, and by M. A. O’Brien, the Army captain, who took seven wickets for 28 runs in the second innings, saw Artillery dismissed for 99 and 47. s’oul carried his bat through Artillery’s first innings for 40, and took four wickets for 80 runs. Karori registered their first win of the season by beating Air Force by ten wickets. after declaring, their first innings closed with one wicket down for 142. J. Coupland (84 not out) and Sim (43 not out) did the scoring for Karori. Good bowling by G. R. Dickinson, R. W. Coupland, T. Searell, and JA Coupland saw Air Force dismissed for 45 and 109. Bonner and Elton put on 61 runs for the third wicket in Air Force’s second innings. An evenly-contested game saw Hutt beat Institute Old Boys by 8 runs. Stcur was the principal scorer in Hutt’s innings of 136. and Rogers and M. Bilby did best for Institute, who could only total 128. Bartlett was the most effective bowler for Institute and O’Reilly, Vogtherr, Pegler, Chapman and Muir bowled steadily for Hutt. Another brilliant century by H. G. Rice, the captain, who scored 121 in 110 minutes, including one six and 15 fours, enabled Kilbirnie to declare their first innings against. St. Patrick’s College Old Boys with 258 runs on for the loss of eight wickets. Though Phillips and Mooney -batted well for St. Patrick’s, the remainder of the side found the slow spin bowling of R. Allen, who took seven wickets for 68, too much for them, and the last wicket fell at 204, giving. Kilbirnie a win on the first innings by 64 runs. Halligan was the most effective bowler for St. Patrick’s College Old Boys. . Following are the results: — Hutt, 136 (Stehr 45, Bartlett four for 23, J. Bilby two for 16), beat Institute Old Boys, 128 (Rogers 33, M. (Bilby 30, O’Reilly three for 38, Vogtherr two for 15, Chapman two • for 22, Pegler two for 30), by eight runs on the first innings. A 5-point win for Hutt. -Army, 210 for seven wickets, declared (J. R. Stevens 70, S. Cutte 40. W. Hayward 33 not out, H. Nottman 23, V. G. Hill 20, Youl four for 80), beat Artillery, Oil (Youl 40 not out, Dumbleton six for 36), and 47 (O’Brien seven for 28, Dumbleton three for 12), by an innings and 73 runs. An 8-point win for Army. Karori, 142 for one wicket, declared (J. Coupland 84 not out, Sim 43 not out), and 16 for no wickets, beat Air Force. 45 (Dickinson five for 20. R. W. Coupland five for 20), and 109 (Bonner 46, Elton 37, Searell four for 24, J. Coupland three for 19), by 10 wickets. An 8-point win for Karori. Wellington College Old Boys, 157 (Browne . 38, Barber 35,. Beard five for 42, Burnard three for 10), beat University, 155 (Stringer 30, de la Mare 30. Adcock 25; G. L. Whyte five for 50, Reynolds three for 52, Duncan two for 20), by two runs on the first innings. A 5-point win for Old Boys. Petone, 108 (Denzel 24, Crowther three for 39. Fortune five for 13), beat MidlandWellington, 107 (Crawford 24, C. A. Blundell 49, Asplet five for 48, Flett two for 8), by one run on the first innings. A 5point win for Petone. Kilbirnie, 258 for eight wickets, .declared (H. G. Rice 121, Greig 27, ■ Church 27, Halligan four for 39). beat St. Patrick’s College Old Boys, 204 (Phillips 63, Mooney 30. Allen, seven for 68). A 5-point win for Kilbirnie.