COLLEGE CRICKET

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 606, 7 March 1929, Page 11

COLLEGE CRICKET

KING’S DEFEATS CHRIST’S OLD BOYS FIRST WIN FOR THREE YEARS

King’s College Old Boys defeated | Christ’s College Old Boys at King’s yesterday by eight wickets, thus gaining their first victory for three years. Mr. Averill was a prominent batsman for Christ’s College, hitting up a sound 23 runs. Simpson was very successful with the ball, taking eight wickets for 22 runs. The outstanding batsmen for King’s were: Kissling 36, Browne 31, and Jackson 29.

T. Sheen, the All Black footballer, opened up Christ’s College’s second innings, and in short time knocked up ;l useful 46 runs. B. Jlonkins also batted well, contributing 27 runs. King’s had 42 runs to get in half an hour, for an outright victory, and this was easily

obtained in 15 minutes. A feature of the match was the splendid wicket-keeping of Browne for King’s. He caught out four batsmen i stumped three. Details:— CHRIST’S COLLEGE OLD BOYS First Innings

Morris, 2-21; Jackson, 2-18. KING’S COLLEGE OLD BOYS First Innings

NEW SOUTH WALES WINS SHEFFIELD SHIELD GAME SYDNEY, Wednesday. The Sheffield Shield cricket match, New South Wales v. South Australia, was concluded to-day. South Australia in its second innings scored 385 (Richardson 55, Whitfield 91). Fairfax took four wickets for 55 runs. New South Wales won by 60 runs.

MID-WEEK CRICKET

In. a cricket match played at Victoria Park on Tuesday, P. and T. Operating Department beat Parisian Neckwear Co., Ltd., by three wickets and 49 runs. Details: Parisian: First innings, 84 (E. Mathews 33, A. Crompton 25). Bowling for P. and T.: Kerr, 6 wickets; Stoupe, 2; Davis, 1; Zaninovich, 1. P„ and T.: First innings, 129 for seven wickets (Stoupe 30, Davis 20, Sutt 19, Kerr 14). Bowling for Parisian: B. Biddick, 6 wickets, C. Biddick,

AVERILL, c Brown, b Simpson .. . . 23 SHEEN, c Brown, b Simpson 0 WILSON. c Lanro, n -R-issling • • • • 0 GIBSON, b Simpson HOPKINS, b Simpson 4 HOPKINS, B., c Gillett, b Simpson 8 CLARKSON, b Simpson AVERILL, L., c Brown, b Simpson PRIME, st Brown, b Kissling- . . 0 8 MAITLAND, not out .. .. GOOD, c Brown, b Simpson 0 Extras .. 1 Total 48 Bowling:—Simpson, 8-22; Kissling-, 2 -26. Second Innings AVERILL, b Simpson ... SHEEN, b Jackson 46 WILSON, b Kissling GIBSON, b Simpson HOPKINS, c Pearson, b Morris . . .. 1 HOPKINS, B. P., not out 27 CLARKSON, c and b Morris AVERILL, L., c Morris, b Jackson . . 12 PRIME, c Gillett, b Kissling . . 0 MAITLAND, st Browne, b Kissling 4 GOOD, st Browne, h Kissling . . . . 0 Extras 16 Total 130 Bowling—Simpson, 2-22; Kissling, 4--37;

PEARSON, b Wilson 1 GILLETT, c L. Aver ill, b 'Wilson . . 10 KISSLING, e Maitland, b Wilson . . MORRIS, c Wilson, b < \ P. Hopkins 10 WILSON, c Sheen, b Good 0 JACKSON, b C. P. Hopkins 29 SIMPSON, b C. P. Hopkins 10 BROWNE, not out 31 CAITGHEY, run out WHITLEY, c Gibson, b C. P. Hopkins LAMB, b Wilson 4 Extras 1 137 Bowling—Good, 1-17: Wilson, 4-46: ; C. P. Hopkins, 4-46. Second Innings SIMPSON, c Good, b Wilson .. . . 20 KISSLING, not out 21 WILSON, st Maitland, b S. Wilson JACKSON, not out 1 Extras 47 Bowling—Good, 0-14; Wilson, 2-oo.