CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXI, Issue 9846, 27 October 1924, Page 2

CRICKET.

THE SEASON OPENS

MATCHES AT THE OVAL

BOWLERS’ BAY OUT.

The cricket season was officially ushered in on Saturday, when the. Poverty Bay Association’s senior competitions were commented at the Oval. Fine weather prevailed, but a fairly strong nor’-westerly wind blowing across the held made its presence felt, particularly with the bowlers. The wickets were in fairly good order for the opening of the season, a little bumpy in patches, while the scantiness of the turf suggested that topdressing might be advisable on some pitches before the season advances. The state of the outfield was disgraceful, being absolutely dead on account of the length of the grass, and it is a reflection on! the Cricket Association in not having it cut for the opening matches. In several instances during the day the ball was lost in the grass.The fast, dry wicket favored the howlers who all had “a day out.” Batting was generally of the “slash and swipe” variety and there was very little scientific play in any of the matches. The outstanding performances of tlio day were those of Barry and Bebortson, the High School lads, mho, when School had seven wickets: down for 24, in the match against North Gisborne,.made a great stand and piUron nearly a century between thenujfifßohertsuit played good cricket tliroagliout. and although he took sajj? time to “got set,” his hitting'io tlJn-atcr stages was very vigorous and strokes well judged. He is a ph'-y-M'v with a strong partiality for the forward drive and puts plenty of sting into,it. In contrast Barry swiped at practically everything that came his way and gave several easy chances. "When he* did hit the hall it generally went to the boundary. With more care lie should develop into a promising batsman. In the City B v. North Gish ame Jj match, Shelton, playing for the latter eleven, compiled 62 r.ot out, principally by slogging, in which he gave many easy chances. The howling honors el the day go to Scholium and Carter, of City A, who were responsible for Haiti's rout in the first innings, taking five wickets for 6 runs five for 17 respectively. Hemp, of North Gisborne A, was also sending up a good length hall, and captured six of School’s wickets for 48 runs, _ while Shelton, playing for North Gisborne B. bowled consistently also, taking eight wickets for 38.

HIGH SCHOOL V. NORTH GJS-

BORNE

liigh School made an inauspicious opening in their match against North Gisborne A. The schoolboys v-ent to tire crease first, Thompson and Corson being the opening .pair, against the bowling of Kemp. Both batsmen were inclined to slash wildly, and after Thompson had scored a- single through the slips Corson hit the next ball to leg for one. Then came disaster, Kemp’s third ball scattering Thompson’s bails on the field, or.e for 2. Langhorne filled the gap and hit the next- ball past square leg fcr_ a couple, which lie followed With a single, and blocked the remaining bowls. When Lynch took the ball at the other end Ttoi'.-glionic was very cautious, but managed to notch a single. Then. Corson endeavored to scoop one to leg and swipccT an easy catch in Fuller’s bands at short leg. Two for 6. C’aulton followed ,on and opened bis account with a single off Kemp, and then hit him to the square leg boundary for the first 4 of the match. A couple of singles followed and then a mcdiun>naced ball from Kemp was badly missed bv Langhorne, whose wickets flew. Three for 14. The next man in was Robertson who, , with Oaulton, treated the howlers with extreme caution, the latter scoring the only single off Lynch’s second over. When*’ Kemp took the ball’again Caulton went- out to what- looked an easy o'r.e, missed, and wr.p stumped , by Hogg. Four for 19. Sehwabe joined Robertson at the crease and both gave easy chances' eff Lynch’s howling, hut the fieldsmen were asleep. After a long depressing period of stonewalling, Robertson hit out a skier, but only got a single: then ,Schwf.be attempted an artistic hit wliic-h didn’t come off, Iverrip’s hall scattering his balls before be bad broken bis “egg.” Five for 23. The reign of Campbell was short hut nob sweet, he being caught by Fuller at square leg rff Kemp ere lie had time to feel the bat. Six for 23. The next batsman was Roberts, but lie, too, suffered a similar fate after scoring a single, Lynch somersaulting his stumps with a shooting ball, and High School had seven wickets down for 24. Then Barry joined Robertson' and the pair made a. splendid eighth wicket stand. For a long time the bowlers- received very courteous treatment. Barry opened out and after notching n single, hit Lync-lp for three. When Baker replaced Kemp, Barry found the bowling; m.-ucli to his liking, and 1 announced his pleasure by swiping two successive boundaries. Comber then took the ball at the other end, and Barry promptly hit him to the boundary while-Robertson, who had been l consistently stor.ewa.Hing, hit up a few singles off Baker’s next over. The batsmen opened out on howling to a large extent, and the score mounted quickly, Robertson executing some fine drives. Haisman took the hall at Comber’s end, but made no impression, botli batsmen hitting 4’s frequently off Iris bowling. Again Lynch tried liis skill with the hall with no avail; the pair were well set and hitting vigorously. Robcrbson gave* an easy chance off Lyr.'ch when about 50, but the catch was dropped. Still the partnership carried on and had put up 99 when Barry got a bit over-confident and walked out to meet one of Ivemp’s and missed the ball, Hogg stumping him. His irJnings of 56 was a big help to his team. Robertson and 1 Plank carried on the good work, the latter scoring ccuplcs in rapid succession off Haisman, while Robertson continued driving hard to the off, and good past point. Plank ended' his career at 15, being clean bowled by Baker. Haig then went to the wickets but succumbed to a hall from Comber before scoring, leaving Robertson with 08 not out, *a fine scoring record. It was about 515 when the first North Gisborne batsmen. Hogg and Lynch, wont to the crease, Oaulton -commencing to howl from the southern end. The batsmen were not nearly so cautious as their opponents had been and Went for the howling, Hogg notching a single which Lynch, followed up with three more off Robertson -and then lilt him to the boundary; A couple cf 2’s. end two singles also came from Hogg, followed by Lynch hitting several singles, when Robertson clean howled Hogg. One •for 24. Chrisp went in hut hact’ scored only one when stumps were drawn. The, scores are as'follows: , HIGH SCHOOL. —First Innings.— Thompson, b Kemp 1 Corson, c Fuller, b Lynch I Langhorne, c Kemp 6 Oaulton. stpd. Hogg, b Kemp ... 9 Robertson, not out .......... OS Sehwabe, b Kern-ip 6 Campbell, e Fuller., b Kemp 0 Roberts, b Lynch I Barry, stpd. Hogg, b ICemo 56 Plank, b Baker .7. 15 Haig, b Comber 0 1 Extras 9 Total * 166 vßowling Analysis: Kemp, six wickets for 48 runs; Lynch, two for 26; Baker, one for 31; Comber, one for 16; -Haisman,; none for 36.

North gisborne. —'First Innings.— Hogg, b Robertson 7 Lynch, not out 14 Chrisp, not out; 1 Extras 4 Total for one wicket 26 Bowling Analysis: Caul ton, none for 12; Robertson’, ono for 10. KAITI V. CITY A. The outstanding feature of the Ivaiti-City A match was the collapse of the former team in their first innings. - Kaiti went to the wickets, Austin and Grcig facing the howling of Scholium and Mahon'ey. Austin scored a single, hut Scholium’s next ball scattered. Greig’s stumps. One for 1. Tliei next, man in was Forster, but the partnership did not last very long, Austin scoring two singles then, a couple, while Forster notched two singles, when Scholium sent down a well-pitched hall which sent his bails flying. Two for 20. Robertson went ini next, but by the time Austin had added two more to his total the latter ■sent out an easy catch which was taken by J. Scholium. Four for 22. The gap was filled by Watson, who managed to hit a. single before Robertson went up the pilch to hit Carter, hut missed tire hall with disastrous results'. Five for 29. Jensen followed on but his partner, Watson, had his wickets skittled by Carter’s next hall. 1 The next man in, Kelly, knocked up a single before he spooned one back to Oar tea* and was caught out. Gambrill then went to the crease and- stayed there, while Williangson and Edwards won't in and out, the innings closing for 42. The two Scholiums opened City’s first innings and both batsmen opened out vigorously on the howling. J. Scholium played a really good hat without giving any chance.- lie partnership producing 24 before r>. Scholium, when 18, succumbed' to a straight ball from Robertson. The next man in, J. TV; Scholium, also hit out vigorously hut lie also misseda straight ball from Robertson and in consequence had Ills wickets sent spinning. Lockett went in and both batsmen commenced to fores' the play, Lockett hitting successive couples, while Scholium hit out vigorously, driving all round the wicket. With 19 to iiis c-xedit, Lockett was caught by Robertson off Greig. Cooke next went to the crease and hit up 22 in good style before he was c-auglit by Williamson- off Edwards. Dow was run out before lie had a .strike and Wilson and Scholium were still batting when time was called.

KAITI. —First Innings.— Austin, c and b J. Scholium 17 Grcig, o Lockett, b Scholium ... O' Forster, b Scholium 2 Robertson, stpd., b Carter 3 Watson, b Carter 1 Jensen, b Scholium 6 Kelly, c and b Carter 1 Gr.mbri.il, not out 5 Williamson, b Carter 3 Edwards, c Lockett, b Scholium 1 Extras 3 Total 42 Bowling Analysis: J. Scholium, five wickets for 6 runs ; Mahoney, none for 16; Carter, five for 17.

, CITY A. —First Innings.— Joe Scholium, net out 47 B. Scholium, h Robertson IS -J. TV. Scholium, b Robertson ... 8 Lockett, c Robertson - , b Grcig ... 19 •Cooke, 1) Williamson 22 Dow, run out 0 Wilson, b Robertson 7 Mahoney, nut out 1

Total for 6 wickets 122Bowling Analysis: (Foster, no wickets for 13 runs; Austin, none for 20; Jensen, none for 6; TVatson. none for 12; Robertson, three for 25; Kelly, none for 17; Greig, one for 5; Edwards, two for 14. The match between City B and North G isborne B was ml' little interest, although there wore one or two good individual performances with tire hat and hall, the play generally was inferior to senior cricket. CITY B. —First Innings.— Myles, not out 77 'McCoy, b Shelton 4 Jordon, b Shelton 0 Beerp, b Stubbs 4 Harvey, b Shelton 22 Faram, b Shelton 1 O’Donnell, b Shelton 10 Bell, b Shelton 0 MeMurray, b Stephenson 4 Scholium, b Shelton 0 Hopper, e Stubbs, b Shelton 2 Extras 7

Total 131 Bowling Analysis: Stubbs, one for 23; Shelton, eight for 3S; Oarkson, none for 21; Gardner none for 21; Stephenson, one for 20. NORTH GISBORNE B. —First Innings.— Holdsworth, b Bee re 4 Stubbs, b O’Donnell 1 Gardner, b O'Donnell 0 Shelton, not out 62 Primrose, c and b Hopper 8 Rowe, b Myles 6 Clarkson, c McCoy, bS. Myles... 1 Morrison, )> Harvey 2 Stephenson, not out 3 Extras - 5 Total for 7 wickets 92 Bowling A nalysis : Beer'e, or.e wicket for IS runs; b’Donnell, two for 16; Myles, three -for 26; Jordon, none for 2-3; Harvey, one for 4.