SATURDAY'S GAMES

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 717, 18 December 1933, Page 6

SATURDAY'S GAMES

OLD BOYS SCORE 260 FOR LOSS OF THREE WICKETS LUNN'S FINE CENTURY The concluding series of matches in the first round of the McLean Cup cricket competition was commenced on Saturday "afternoon, wickets and outfields .being fast ,after a long spell of dry weather. Owing to the intervention of the Christmas holidays the second day's play will not. take place until January 6. The wickets were ideal for run-getting- and although big scores were not general Old Boys took full advantage of this to score their highest total for some years, declaring against Ngongotaha with three wickefts down for 260 runs. With a weakened and short teani Albion batsmen failed against High School and closed the day 80 runs behind on the first innings. BEST PERFORMANCES. Batting Lunn (Old Boys) 155* Harding (Ngongotaha) 75* Spedding (Old Boys) •••• «71 'Alexander (High School) 41

After losing their first wicket. for only six runs, Lunn and Spedding collared the Ngongotaha bowling and scored quickly for O'ld Boys. Scoring faster than his partner Lunn played a fine innings and quickly passed the century mark. After making a fine contribution of 71 runs Spedding was caught by Frost off Harding, 152 runs having been added by the pair for the second wicketj. Partnered with Pipson, who made 22 runs, Lunn carried on confidently and was still undefeated with 155 runs when the innings was declared closed for 260. In his total Lunn hit 22 fours and four sixes. His score gives him an average of 100 runs (four innings and two not out) for the season. Although at the close of the day's play Harding (one of the openers) was still undefeated with 75 runs to h.s credit Ngongotaha were still 159 runs behind Old Boys with seven wickets down. Apart from Harding, who was scoring freely, none of the remaining batsmen made double figures, Spedding again being troublesome in taking three wickets for 22, off stumpings by Lunn. Details: —

OLD BOYS First Innings Hinton, lbw, b Harris 0 Spedding, c Frost, b Harding .... 71 Lunn, not out ...^ 155 Pipson, b Bowden 22 Ileley, not out 6 Extras 6 Total for three wickets (dec.) 260 Bowling: Harding took one wicket for 68 runs; Harris one for 25; Paul none for 26; Frost none for 39; Craig none for 8; Bowden, one for 33; Beaumont, none for 21; Iremonger, none for 24. NGONGOTAHA First Innings Harding, not out 75 Harris, run out 6 Bragg, c Matthews, b Elwert .... 4 Paul, c Pipson, b Ewert 1 Frost, c Pipson, b Neeson 5 j Bowden, std Lunn, b Spedding 4 Iremonger, std. Lunn, b Spedding 1 Pitts, std. Lunn, b Spedding ...., 0 Craig, not out 6 Extras' ....( 1 Total for seven wickets .... 103 Bowling: Ewert took two wickets for 23 runs; Heley, one for 17; Neeson, one for 33. S-pedding, three for 22. ALBION'S POOR SHOWING On the High School ground Albion batted first and gave a sorry display. After opening quietly, Burton was bowled by Alexander after scoring six and Gresham and Wallis added 33 for the second wicket .before the former's wicket was broken by Simpson. Plis total of 23 runs was the highest smre of the innings. The third wicket fell without addition to the total, but Targett (who opened with a six) and Wallis added a dozen before the former was caught and bowled by Simpson. Only four runs were added before the remaining wickets were disposed of leg before for the small total of 61. Simpson took five wickets for 16 runs for High School. For the remainder of the afternoon High School kept the Albion field moving and closed its first innings for 141 runs. Both starting, confidently Higgins and Dawson scored 18 runs for the first wicket, the latter going leg before to Burton. Higgins (16) was the next to go off a weak stroke but Ewert and Alexander put up a good partnership for 51 runs for the third wicket. After Simpson had been

disposed of by Targett three wickets fell without addition to the total to give J. J. Lewis the hat-triclc, but Andrews and Dowling staged a fine lsst wicket stand to carry thp total to 141. Lewis took four wickets for 15 and Burton three for 21. Details: — • ALBION First Innings Burton, b Alexander 6 Gresham, b Simpson .... ; 23 Wallis, lbw, b Simpson f8 J.-J. Lewis, b Simpsop j 0 Targett, c and b Simpson * 10 Penno, c Simpson, b Kanji 0 Archer, lbw, b Kanji * 0 Casey, lbw, b Simpson 0 R. Wsallis, not out 1 Extras •••• * 3 Total 61 Bowling: Alexander took one wicket for 9 runs; Dawson, none for 17; Simpson five for 16; Kanji two for 17. HIGH SCHOOL First Innings Higgins, c Penno, b 'Wallis (L6 Dawson, lbw, b Burton 13 Ewert, c Targett, b Lewis ..... ....; 26 Alexander, b Targett .... v 41 Matthews, b Lewis 6 Budd, b Targett ..... 0 Simpson, lbw, b Lewis -i 0 Hayden, c sub. b Lewis 0 Andrews, not out 19 Dowling, b Burton .... 8

J Kanji, lbw, b Burton 0 Extras 12 Total 141 (Bowling: Wallis took one wicket for 32 runs; Burton, three for 21; Targett two for 14; Penno, none for 41; Archer, none for 10; Lewis, four for 15.

Simpson (High School) .... 5 for' 16 J. J. Lewis (Albion) 4 for 15 Burton (Albion) 3 for 21 Spedding (Old Boys) 3 for 22

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