CRICKET

Hokitika Guardian, 17 December 1931, Page 6

CRICKET

WESr etLVST V; CANTERBURY, The Canterbury Boys’ Cricket Asso- ; ciation continued its series' of matches . against, the West Coast boys on Tues- j day. In tlie senior game the visitors scored a w’ell-deserved victory by over forty runs, on the first innings. The Canterbury juniors gained an easy win in their .match with Hokitika. iSItNIOR MATCH. The visitors lost the toss and were . sent in, .[making a confident opening with Marshall and N. Rose, who car- ; rjed the iscore to 48. M’Diarmid, who had batted attractively on the first day, was again oh the job, notching a neat 20. At 122 Rose got in front of a straight one from Swain. Ashby, C'ollett and Pollock were dismissed in close succession. Mathiesou hit out , and wjthHOrr helping things along, j The principal scorers .were Rose 49, j Collett 23, M’Diarmid. 20,. Orr 17. Canterbury started poorly, Swain, i ThompsPnjpnd Kelson all being dis- j rnisskl ifelfbfe the total had reached ; double /figures. Empson and Rose showed - more confidence, the latter reaching 42 before lie was howled by Blair. Booker after notching 14 played one on' to his stumps. Empson , then was caught and howled by Blair | after scoring 37. The' innings closed for 144, ■ giving the visitors a (first ! innings lead of 42 runs. Blair took 5 for 32, and Rose 3 for 32. • • , ] The visitors hatted again and at time had scored 112 with the loss of two wickets. (Collett 43 not out, Marshall 38 hot out). kJUNIOR. MATCH. Canterbury batted first in the junidr match. The first four batsmen went rather cheaply, but Bellamy and Strachan, who scored 135, brought the score to 72. Douglas went without scoring hut Wickham got going we!f, v notching a' forceful 38 and another 91 was added for the seventh wicket The innings closed for 230. F. Stapleton took 4 for 90. The first four of the visitors’ wickets fell early. Then G. Stapleton and Johnson effected an improvement, Stapleton notching 17, whilst Johnson contributed 13. The other batsmen did not fare well and the innings closed for 65. Following on Hokitika were again cheaply dismissed, Conning scoring. 12 in a total of 37. INTER-COLLEGE MATCH. (By Telegraph—Per Press Association) ; fWANGANUI, December 17. The inter-Gollege cricket match between Wellington and -Wanganui was ooncludhd; td&la'y i:, r ; and epded in" a dhnvn game. Wellington compiled 146 in- reply to Wanganui’s total of 117. Wanganui had 5 wickets down in their second innings for 67 runs when stumps were drawn (Bunny 35 not out). -