BOWLERS’ DAY OUT

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 87, 7 January 1935, Page 9

BOWLERS’ DAY OUT

Fine Performances in Club Cricket TWO CENTURIES ALSO Small Scores by Varsity, Wellington and Hutt The Wellington Cricket Association’s senior grade competition was resumed on Saturday, following a short break over Christmas and New Year. Conditions were ideal for cricket, with the wickets fast. Two individual centuries were scored, but it was surprising that, all round, the scoring was not higher. It was a bowler’s day on the whole, and several very fine performances were registered. RESULTS AT A GLANCE Wellington, ISO v. University, nine wickets for 67. Hutt, 173 v. Kllbirnie, none for 41. Institute, 236 v.-Petone, one for 11. Old Boys, 291 v. Midland, five for 61. HONOURS BOARD Batting. J. R. Lamason (Old Boys) lOS E. G. McLeod (Hutt) 100 Bowling. p. R. Moloney (Wellington). .6 for 19 W. S. Brice (Petone) 6 for 48 R. Crook (Kilbirnie) 5 for 51 CENTURY TO E. G. McLEOD Hutt Scoi’es Slowly Against Kilbirnie No fireworks were provided in the Hutt-Kilbirnie match on No. 2 ground, Basin Reserve, for Hutt, opening on a I fast wicket, took three and a half hours to score its 173 in the first innings. The score would have been much smaller but for a century by E. G, McLeod, one of the opening batsmen, whose wicket was the ninth to fall. McLeod’s scoring rate was slow, but his was an invaluable contribution on the day, when hardly any of the other batsmen could remain at the crease long enough to get runs. B. R. Hoss was associated wifh McLeod in a good partnership just before and after tea, and the former’s effort of 37 was the only other double figure score during the innings. They took the score from 27 to 134 before Ross went. Both McLeod and Ross were dropped iu the field once each. McLeod's contribution included 13 fours. The side scored 100 in 132 minutes, 150 in 176 minutes, and when McLeod and Ross were together 100 runs were put ou in 91 minutes. Crook, five for 51, and Griffiths, four for 40, shared the bowling honours, and with the exception of McLeod and Ross none of the batsmen got a chance to settle down against them, Kilbirnie commenced its first innings at 6 p.m., and had 41 on for none at stumps. Details are as follow: — HUTT.—Hirst Innings. E. G. McLeod, b. Griffiths' ............ 100 C. G. Hamilton, b. Crook 0 E .T. Aim, c. Handscombe, b. Crook .. 6 J. Kemp, b. Crook 2 B. Champness, c. Wrigley, b. Morris 5 R. McKay, b. Crook 1 B. R. Ross. b. Griffiths 37 B Hughes, b. Griffiths 8 C. Howler, b.-Griffiths 0 ,T. Wall, b. Crook 7 E. Judd, not out 0 Extras 7 Total 173 Bowling Analysis.—Crook took five wickets for 51 runs; Griffiths, four for 10; Morris, one for 20; Handscomb. none for IS: Ashenden, nonu for 37. KILBIRNIE.—Hirst Innings. W. .7. R. Christopherson, not out 29 Q. Wrigley, not out 12 Extras 0 Total for no wickets 41 BRICE’S GOOD AVERAGE «•> Six for 48 Against Institute An excellent bowling average of six for 48 by the veteran, 8. Brice, was the only item of interest in the game between Petone and Institute on the Petone Oval. His bowling was good, and with a few exceptions completely baffled the Institute men, who were all dismissed before 6 o'clock for the modest total of 236 runs. R. McLean (49), Duffy (47), A. MeLean (37), Scott (30 not out), and 11. Prince (29), were the principal contributors to Institute’s score. None of them, however, could be described as dashing, ami in. spite of an exceptionally fast outfield, runs came mostly in singles. The fielding at times was brilliant, but on other occasions it fell far short of the standard expected of senior cricketers. A weakness was particularly apparent at square-leg.

The fastish bowler, Fortune, caused the Petone batsmen a good deal of concern, his deliveries having a habit of jumping fast and high off the pitch. His first victim was Roberts, who was caught in the slips by Tucker in his second over. At that stage the bowler had sent down two overs, one of them being a maiden, for no runs. His figures would have been further improved had he accepted a return from Smith.

After half an hour’s batting the score had risen to 11, when stumps were drawn. Details are as follow: —

INSTITUTE.—First Innings. J. Duffy, b. Brice 47 A. McLean, st. M. Nicholls, b. Judd • 37 W. Tucker, b. Hudson 14 It. McLean, st. M. Nicholls, b. Judd .. 49 W. Harris. l>. Brico 1 H. Prince, 1.b.w., b. Hudson 29 J. Scott, not out 30 M. Henderson, 1.b.w., b. Brice 14 K. Stevens, b. Brice 0 J. Fortune, b. Brice ~ H. Lucchesi, b. Brice 0 Extras 13 Total 236 Bowling Analysis.—Smith took no wickets for 31 runs; Dunn, none tor 26; Judd, two for 68: Brice, six for 48; Hudson, two for 38; Croft, none for 12. PETONE. —First Innings. E. Roberts, c. Tucker, b. Fortune .... 1 H. Dunn, not out 4 H. W. Smith, not out 6 Extras 0 Total for one wicket 11 Bowling Analysis.—Fortuno took one wicket for 6 runs; Henderson, none for 3; Prince, none for 2. Umpires: Messrs. Cobcroft and Rodgers. OLD BOYS BAT WELL

J. Lamason Passes Century Wellington College Old Boys’ batting raised spectators to a high pitch of enthusiasm at Kilbirnie Park, when they played a very brisk first innings against -Midland, and the comment was frequently made that to see such cricket, if it could be relied upon beforehand to any extent, crowds would willingly pay admission

money. In under three hours Old Boys made 291 runs; although several wickets fell cheaply, there were many fine performances. Midland, followed on rather poorly, stumps being drawn at 61 for five wickets.

Burnette and Wiggs began Old Boys’ innings well by scoring a fast 36 and 18 respectively against moderately good bowling. After that the score mounted slowly until Rainbird went in at fifth wicket; in his 48 runs he scored three successive fours, then five successive fours, and then another four. J. Lamason after that provided the backbone of the innings by scoring 108, also in fast time, before being bowled by O’Neill. The innings of Bird in the last partnership, although he scored no more than 32 runs, was one of the brightest parts of the game. He was batting for little over ten minutes before being caught spectacularly by Randall, and he made three sixes and two fours. In Midland’s innings Dustin, who made 43 runs, was still in when stumps were drawn. The next highest score was 11, made by Tindill. Details are as follow:— OLD BOYS—Hirst Innings. N. Burnette, c. O’Neill, b. Bryant 36 R. Wiggs, b. Bryant , IS ,T. McGuire, b. Randall 2 C. Warelinm, st. Tindill, b. Bryant 0 W. Rainbird, b. O'Neill 48 j. Lamason,. b. O'Neill 108 V. Du Chateau, st. Tindill, b. O’Neill . (i R. Lamason, 1.b.w., b. Baker 10 W. Barclay, 1.b.w., b. Bryant 10 W. Bird, c. Goodson, b. Randall 32 A. Stevens, not out 5 Extras < Total 201 Bowling Analysis.—Bryant took four wickets for 37 runs: O’Neill, three for 107; Randall, two for 47; Baker, one for 47; Goodson. none for 11; Dustin, none for 11; Osborne, none for 24. MIDLAND.—Hirst Innings. W. Dustin, not out 13 E. Tindill, b. J. Lamasou H W. Baker, c. R. Lamason, b. Bird ...., 1 H. Osborne, c. Rainbird, b. Bird 2 D. Law, c. R. Lamason, b. Bird 0 D. McCawe. c. J. Lamason, b. Burnette 3 Extras 1 Total for five wickets 61 Bowling Analysis.—Bird took three wickets for 32 runs; Burnette, one for none; J. Lamason, one for 25; Stevens, none for 3; Raiublrd, none for none. POOR BATTING Wellington and Varsity at Basin Reserve Poor batting on both sides characterised the first day’s play of the Welling-ton-Uni versify match at the Basin Reserve on Saturday. Wellington, winning the toss, went to the wickets first, and compiled 180, leaving Varsity an hour in which to comemnce their reply. So weak was their effort, despite the easy wicket, that at stumps at 6.30 nine wickets had gone for 65 runs. Whyte and Airey opened for Wellington to Tricklebank and Dean, the former batsman getting only a single before being taken in the slips by Connell off the third ball of Dean’s first over. Ell joined Airey. and though the latter scored briskly, Ell was content to bat quietly. Airey snicked the second ball of Dean’s eighth over into the wicketkeeper’s hands. Moloney was going well until Dean held an easy catch off Stevens. Ell at 24 was run out. Morgan and Caldwell were partnered after Thomas, following Ell, had been clean bowled by Tricklebank for a duck. Morgan was dismissed by Jacobsen from Stevens. Caldwell, Wiren, and Potier stood up for a while, but the innings closed at 5.10 for 180. University went to the wickets at 5.33, Sandford and Connell facing Cousins and I’otier. Sandford scratched about before succumbing to Cousins for two. Connell was an easy victim to Ellis catch off the same bowler, who also claimed Cooper’s wicket for six. At this stage Cousins was three for four. Wilson and Paetz halted the rot for a few minutes, but both were stumped by Whyte in stepping out to Moloney. Tricklebank trod on his wicket two balls later, and on the fall of Dean’s wicket play stopped for the day. Details are as follows: — W E L LI N G TO N. —Hirst Innings. R. A. Whyte, c. Connell, b. Dean .... 1 W. H. Airey, c. Blandford, b. Dean .. 21 ,T. Ell, run put . 24 D. A. R. Moloney, c. Dean, b. Stevens 19 R. T. Morgan, e. Jacobsen, b. Stevens .. 27 M. Thomas, b. Tricklebank 9 I'. Caldwell, b. Tricklebank 25 A. Wiren, c. Blandford, b. Tricklebank 21 J. Potier, c. Stevens, b. Dean 28 R. Janes, c. Connell, b. Dean 4 A. M. Cousins, not out 1 Extras 9 Total 180 Bowliitg Analysis.—Dean took four wickets for 62 runs; Tricklebank, three for 57; Stevens, two for 34; Vietmeyer, none for 18. UNIVERSITY.—Hirst Innings. Sandford, b. Cousins 2 Connell, c. Ell, b. Cousins 0 Cooper, b. Cousins i> Wilson, st. Whyte, b. Moloney 23 Paetz, st. Whyte, b. Moloney 15 Tricklebank, h.w., b. Moloney 0 Jacobsen, b. Moloney r. Blandford, st. Whyte, b. Moloney .... 5 Stevens, not out 1 Dean. b. Moloney 2 Extras 6 Total for nine wickets 03 Bowling Analysis.—Moloney took six wickets for 17 runs: Cousins, three for 24; Potier, none for 9; Morgan, none for 9. LOWER GRADE RESULTS Hollowing arc results of lower grade championship matches played under control of the Wellington Cricket Association ou Saturday afternoon:— Second Grade. Stop Out, 04 and 58 for seven (Saunders 18 and 10, Cumming 10 and 10, Bale 15, Lee 12, Macklin 11 not out), met University, 103 (McDonald 43, Ryan 29). Bowling for University, Godfrey took three for 34 and four for 32, Williams two for 10 and two for 26, and Robertson four for 38, and for Stop Out, E. Moore secured five for 33, Sandholm two for 27, and Marshall one for 26. Wellington College, 03 (Rowland 35), met Midland, 279 for five wickets (Clark 122, Armstrong 82). Bowling for Midland, Cutts took four for 34 and A. Cleverley two for 21, while for College, Rowland secured four for 72. Wellington College Old Boys, 158 (Reynolds 40, Richardson 29, Prince 21), met Hutt, 73 for seven wickets (Pegler 39 not out). Bowling for Hutt, Lambert took four for 39, Senior three for 49, Aldersley two for 18, while for Old Boys, Steel captured three for 37 and Sounness three for 20.. Junior A. Technical Old Boys, 209 (Southee 61, Boddy 36, McAllen 23, Bonner 22, Gilbert 21, Handley 13), v. Onslow, 86 (Griffiths 18, Thomas 15, Bramley 12 not out, Bull 10, Bradshaw 11). Bowling for Onslow, Kelly took four for 41, and for Technical O. Boddy captured four for 19, McAllen four for 39. and Handly one for 1. Petone, 200 (M. Polnton 44, Capstick 5'J not out), met Brooklyn, 56 for four wickets (Jeffrey 37 not out). Bowling for Brooklyn, Boyes took five for 73, while for Petone, K, Johns captured three for 20. Marlst, 184 (Wyllie 57, Holey 25), met Hutt, 51 for one wicket (Warnes 22 not out, Haber 17 not out). Bowling for Hutt, Wright took five for 43. Institute, 228 (Thawley 82, Collinge 27, McCallum 32, Hardie 21, Marsh IS, Exton 13, Douglas 15 not out), met Old Boys, 59 for three wickets (Carter 31 not out). Bowling for Old Boys, Cording took three for 52, C. Mark one for 40, A. Mark one for 50, Carter four for 46, and Bradley one for IS, while for Institute, Roger secured two for 30 and Douglas one for 16. Junior JUKaiwarra, 98 (Turner 20, Dudley 18. Muir 17 not out, Hickling 10) and five for 121 (Muir 03, Phillips 21 not out, Tletjens JO), met Old Boys, 102 (McNelle 30, Earl 23 not out. Williams 11). Bowling for Kaiwarra. Dudley took five for 61, Sandbolm three for 32, and Bradford one for 4, while for Old Boys McKenzie secured six for 30 and two for 29, Devery three for 28 and none for 30, and Earl one for 29 and three for 24. McKenzie did the hat-trick. Kilbirnie, 240 (Rice 56, Scotland 55. Philp 28 not out, Gray 22. Coleman 19, Gillespie 19), met Technical College Old Boys, 129 for two wickets (11. Hickling 76, W. Dyer 28 not out). Bowling for Technical College. Williams took four for 48, Ward three for 38, W. Dyer two for 46. and L. Dyer one for 39. Junior 82. 1 Hutt, 199 (Jarvis 56, Nash 49, Burton

38), met Karori, 80 for one wicket (J. Monk 32, H. Gaskin 32 not out). Bowling for Karori, 11. Gaskin took three for 30. Railways, 347 (Knapp 139 not out, A. Robson 65), met Institute, 82 for four wickets. Junior D. Johnsonville, 168 for four wickets (Powell 62, Orr 39, Crawford 28, Hooper 25 not out), met Hutt, 66 and 96 (Rudman 42 and 25, Rees 21). Bowling for Johnsonville, Neale took five for 29 and Powell four for 1-1. An eight-point win for Johnsonville. University, 65 (Phillips 17, Evans 13), met Kilbirnie, 166 (J. Allen 41, Haylock 24, Whitrod 15, Steel 15, Croskery 12, Caton 11). Bowling for Kilbirnie, Kenner took four for 11, Haylock two for 6, Allen two for 11, and Caton one for 15. while for University Camp secured four for 48, Phillips three for 48, Veunlmore one for 17, Porteous one for 38. Junior Special Grade,

Wellington College, 144 (Joplin 69, Beard 49) and 113 for four (Cameron 13, Dighton 26, Beard 36 not out, Joplin 19 not out), met Hutt, 94 (Gostelow 33, Aldersley 15). Bowling for Hutt, Styles took six for 58 and O'Uallaghan three for 45, while for College Beard captured two for 23 and Joplin three for 23. Third Grade.

Kaiwarra, 186 (Connelly 51 not out, Manzone 27, McKay 24, Tietjens 12, Hawthorne 10), met Karori (“Evening Post”), 139 (Stevenson 61 not out, McGreevy 22, Monk 10). Bowling for Kaiwarra, Aldridge took five for 40, McKay three for 34 and Dyer one for 10, while for Karori Inch secured four for 50, Bayley two for 23, Stevenson one for 39 and Neilson one for 31. Y.M.C.A., 146 (Moffatt 33, Dell 19, Pritchard 17, Barnes 13, Webster 12, Scrimgeour It), beat Kilbirnie, 61 (Hetherington 19, Goldstein 18 not out, Cross 11) and 57 for seven wickets (Goldstein 24, Robinson 14). Y.M.C.A. won bv 85 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Y.M.C.A., Webster took tour for 21 and one for 0, Russell two for 25 and one for 4, Turner two for 14 and one for fl, Spencer two for fl, and Barnes two for 19, while for Kilbirnie Robinson secured four for 23, Goldstein three for 20 and Nunn three for 25. Friendly Game A friendly game was played at Newtown Park on Saturday between Jasco, a Mercantile League A grade team, and Celtic ,of the D grade. Jasco batted first and scored 264 for nine wickets declared (Melville 16, Erskine 43, Noot 25, Kilby 30. Donovan 41, Saunders 16, Condliffe 43, Murphy not out 20). Bowling for Celtic-, W. Johnson took two wickets for 55 runs, and Mailman two for 53. Celtic did not fare well in their reply, and were all out for 126 (W. R. King 47, Waple 12, Foote not out 13). Bowling for Jasco, Saunders took three wickets for 12" runs, Donovan two for 20, Stone one for 9. Noot one for 33, Algar one for 11, and C. Murphy one for 3. IN OTHER CENTRES Following are Press Association reports of matches played in other centres :— Auckland: Cricket continued under ideal conditions. Y.M.C.A., 294 for five, declared (Elliott not out 101, T. Lyon not out 72, Spring four for 72), beat Grafton, 164, playing three men short, and 61, playing two short (Elliott four for 5), by an innings. University, 253, beat King's Old Boys, playing two short, 222 (Lewis 123, S. G. Smith 36, Hamilton five for 62). Ponsonby, 303 for five, declared (Snedden 35, Scholium not out 79, Hastings not out 74), drew with Parnell, 251 for five (Stephenson 77, McCoy 34). North Shore, 259 for two wickets, declared, beat Eden, playing four short, 134 (Poe ties 64) and 10S for two (Masters 47 not out). Christchurch: The sixth round was concluded. Riccarton, 180 and 212 for nine, declared, beat Lancaster Park, 103 (Andrews seven for 49 and Roberts three for 35). High School Old Boys, 305 (Colville 78) beat West Christchurch, 251 and 194 for no wickets (11. D. Smith 145, Burton 43). Old Collegians, 380, beat St. Albans, 104 and 181 (Birch 58, Denham four for 24). Sydenham, 360 for seven wickets, declared (Bellamy 60, Hamilton not out 40) and 30 for two wickets, beat East Christchurch, 179 (Quaid 50. Newton five for 39).

Dunedin: Club cricket was resumed in fine weather on easy wickets. Carisbrook A, 151 (Betting 48, Dickinson four for 40, Groves three for 36), met High School Old Boys, 44 for seven (Dunning four for 16, McDougall two for 23). Grange, 279 (Knight 73, Chettleburgh 58, Elmes 47, Breen 36, Talbot four for 57), met Kaikorai, eight for none. Caris■brook B, 223 (McKay 51, Newman 50, Lumsden 48, Barron five for 35), met Albion, 55 for two (Martin 30). University, 257 (K. Uttley 121. L. Uttley 43), met Christian Brothers, 23 for none. Dunedin. 147 (Cavanagh 40. Douglas not out 60, L. Smith four for 10). met Colts, 121 for two (Saxton not out 51, Knowles not out 51).