NINE RUNS AHEAD

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 132, 1 December 1938, Page 11

NINE RUNS AHEAD

COUNTRY HEADS TOWN

REPRESENTATIVE CRICKET

EXPENSIVE ERRORS

Modest though Town's first innings score of 152 was against Country in the representative cricket match at the Basin Reserve, it should have been good enough to* ensure a lead of a few runs; as it was, at least two expensive i mistakes at a vital period were capitalised by the visitors, who finished yesterday' afternoon with a lead of nine runs. Spirited batting by T. Pritch'ard a»4 J. Murchison' at the ninth wicket, against two Wellington slow bowlers, sayed the Innings- for Country, the partnership, yielding 43; . Town batted for ten iriinutes ■ Without loss yesterday: in th^ir second innings, but today the first ball cost Town a wicket, and the next wicket, fell when the score was only 18. .By noon the. score was 50 for seven wickets, but thanks «to a partnership between Ongley (57) and McKeowri (19) the score was raised to 117 by the time Town were all out, just before lunch. .!, The teams are:— , ■ * Town.^—J. R. Sheffield (University)". ' captain,; H. F. Rice (Kilbirnie), W. Hepburn (Midland),, J. Ell (Wellington), J. R. Capstick (Hutt), R. J. Kemp (Hutt),- J; A. Ongley ("University), C* K. Parsloe (Kilbirnie), R. O'Neill (Midland), G. L. Whyte (Wellington College Old Boys), and J/MeKeown (Institute). Country.—W. E. Norris, captain, J. Murchison, G. A. Robertson, N. Gallichan, <C. McVicar, T. Downes, T. Fritchard (all of Manawatu), S. •, Betts (Tatanaki), M. Thomas (Hawke's Bay), L. Connor' (Wanganui), and Thorpe (Nelson). , ■: The umpires are Messrs. Watts and Woolcott. '■■-'■■„, '■ The-best effort of Country's 161 was the; 4flf made by i McVicar, one of the opening '■ bats. He opened quietly and not Very surely, but: quickly settled down and relied more,upon placement than force. His totalincluded only'four boundaries but his stroke play was • excellent. Seventeen to Norris was the best Country .could do until Murchison and Pritchard became associated at the-ninth wickfet. Pritqhard went for the. bowling and Murchison scored consistently,,. but when Country were still a dozen' or more short, two chances of breaking the partnership were missed by poor fielding. Pfttchard, who was. the main danger at that time, was dropped at mid-off, and-shortly afterwards a bad throw-in spoiled a perfect running-out chance. Two slow bowlers,. McKeown ' and Whyte; were theii^carrying the attack; a(nd the batsmen were getting on -tO them.' ■"■>■ ■'■ •i* ■:..:::: .-:" ' .'. : ..:,■./"': Parsloe struck form in his second turn at the south end, and finished with .four for 28. McKeown, bowling a good length, took three for 71. TODAY'S *LAY—TOWN, COLLAPSE. A wicket with the. opening, ball of today's play put Town on the toboggan, and -the boys on the telegraph had their work cut out to keep abreast of , the score: A rising ball from- t Downes • lifted Rice's bails and shot upwards the ience, and one wicket was .down, for 4. -A little later Sheffield, gave a chance in 'the slips off-Pritcha.rcj,•.•■; but after "careful play he got away ja nice 4 past :tHe "man in :the" gully, off the r samebowler. V*' - -■-' ■>'■■■■■ Hepburn' had: joined Sheffield; but the partnership did not hold. When he .was 8 Hepburn tried a pull arid skied the ball to Norns* *he wicketkeeper; 18-^-2—B. Six runs later Sheffield snicked a fast one from Pritchard, and Thomas, at second ■ slip,' dived for an excellent catch. Pritchard thenhad two for 7. ; . - Kemp was :"the newcomer, and slam--med the third ball he received from . Pritchard to the fence, but he was bowled by the ' n,ex]t ball. and four wickets were down for. 2&; After that, wicjcet a, damagpd bail had! to be; replaced. ;. .'■ '' e J~\,.,. '~.■'..,■" ,'"'.'_,'■".',:"'". ;/ The debacle co*htinued. Ell, at' 1, • was bowled , with /the, first ball of Downes's^riext over, ?ahs Capstick, also with a single to his. credit, popped up one to Murchisort ;at sijly point, off ■ Pritchard.' : . ..■"■■-„*.'■ {.'.. :'\\ ' "'' ~-.. .- Ohgley and Parsloe 'were. now in, and Origley brought up the 40 with a nicer 4. backward of square-leg, at Pritchard's expense. A single through slips gave him double figures, but then Parsloe's middle stump was almost , grassed by Pritchard,. whose figures were then fivei for 291 ;: O'Neill, joined. Ongley, and on the strike,of noon, the fifty was reached. O'Neill opened ~with a .4 Jhrougih slips, off Pritchard, but when^petts. relieved Pritchard at: the, sctutherii end,' he was bowled for 6. .57--8--^6 r .v. Twenty; was reached. in pretty style by Ongley, hut. Whyte, his new partner, fell arioijier victim to Betts. ; .; '-": *<AST :-WTeKET> STAND- : ,-. -- ,•.. With nine wickets gone for 65 runs, the outlook. was; bad for Town, but Ongley and McKeown staged a great fighting partnership for the last wicket and lifted the" score to 117 before McKeown was bowled. Ongley batted neatly and ,forcefully, making few mistakes and placing his shots cleverly. He brought up the-lod with a 2 off Pritchard, and celebrated by clumping anothef4 r Which gave.him his 50. McKeown was sound, and got a useful 19 before he was bowled by Gallichan. Pritchard, who took six for 62 in < the first innings,."bagged",five for 52 in the'second, The innings closed at 12.50 p.m. . Requiring 109 to win, Country started their second innings at 1.50, McVicar and - Robertson facing Parsloe and O'Nqill. McVivar, Who Was the highest scorer: in first kn'bck, opened with a two, but after three singles, edged a short, rising ball from Parsloe to Sheffield' behind the wickets.'; One was down for 12. Betts, the next man in, cut the second ball he received from Parsloe past third man for four. He was missed in the slips, by Hepburn at six, and had just gone into double figures v when he turned one from O'Neill into the slips. Ell leaped for the ball with his left hand, stopped it, and snatched it off ■ the'ground with his right. 25—2—11. ■ McKeown relieved O-'Neill after five '■■• overs, and Robertson was just missed by Sheffield off the fourth ball. The escape, however, was compensated for with the next ball, Thomas being held by Whyte at square leg. —3 —1., Robertson was the next to go, l.b.w. to I O'Neill at 13. Thorpe was caught by Kemp off' McKeown before he had scored, and at 2.55 the score was 42 for five wickets. Details:— TOWN: First innings » 152, Second Innings. , Sheffield, c Thomas, b Pritchard .. 10 Rice, b Downes 2 Hepburn,'c Norris, b Pritchard .. 8 El), .b Downes ■ 1 Kemp, b Pritchard*. 4 Ongley, not ou" 57 Capstick. c Murchison,, b Pritchard 1 Parsloe, b Pritchard " 3 O'Neill, b Betts 6 Whyte. b Betts ° McKeown. b Gallichan 19 Extras (leg-byes 4, no-balls 2) . 6 Total , "... 117 Fall of Wickets.—One for 4, two for

18. three for 24, four.for 28, five for] 28, six for 31, seven for 45, eight for 57. nine-for 65. ten for 117. ; Bowling Analysis.. O. M. R. W. Pritchard VlO 1 52 5 Murchison ....... 4 1 16 0 Downes .'..9 1 24 2 Betts 4 0 19 2 Gallichan .7 0 0 1 Pritchard bowled three no-balls, one of Which was scored off. COUNTRY. First Innings. McVicar, c P'Neill, b McKeown .. 49 Robertson, c Ell, b Parsloe .... 4 Betts,: b O'Neill 10 Thomas, lbw, b McKeown 6 Connor, st Sheffield; b McKeown 4 Norris, lbw,: b Parsloe ........... 17 Thorpe, c and b Parsloe ..';..... 7 Murchison, not put .. .■'......... 28 Gallichan, c and b Whyte 12 Pritchard, c Capstick, b O'Neill . 19 Downes, lbw, b Parsloe 0 Extras (byes 4. leg-byes 1) .-. 5 Total ....'....' 161 Fall of Wickets.—One for 9, two for 29,\ three for 44, four for 58, five for 93, six for 99, seven for 103, eight for 118, nine for 161, ten for 161. Bowling Analysis. . ....-,. 6. M. R. W. Parsloe 12.2 1\ 28 4 O'Neill 12 2 34 2 Rice 4 0 9 0 McKeown 13 0 71 3 Whyte 2 0 14 1, Second Innings: ': McVicar, c Sheffield, b Parsloe .. 5 Robertson, lbw, b. O'Neill ........ Id Betts, c Ell, b O'Neill 11 Thortas, c Whyte, b McKeown .. 1 Norris, not out 8 Thorpe, c Kemp, b McKeown .. 0 Murchison, not out ! 0 Extras .4 Total "for five wickets 42 Fall of Wickets.—One for 12, two Cor 25, three for 27, four for 38, five for 41,