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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 December 1940, Page 8

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WAIRARAPA ASSOCIATION COMPETITIONS ON SATURDAY. GOOD SCORING IN SENIOR CONTESTS. The Wairarapa Cricket Association’s competitions were continued on Saturday afternoon in fine weather and on good wickets, though the outfield in parts at the College ground where the two senior matches were played was on the slow side. The Old Boys and Lansdowne’ teams had some leather hunting during the afternoon. Red Star occupied . the . wickets till 5.30 o’clock, putting up 302 runs, while in less than half an hour’s play Old Boys lost 4 wickets for 6 runs. The Wairarapa College team batted all the afternoon and were all Out when stumps were drawn.

SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP RED STAR v OLD BOYS. SOME EXCELLENT BATTING. In the Red Star total of 302 the scoring was fairly even, the first eight batsmen securing double figures. The top score was made by W. Peterson, who showed excellent form to compile 83, including nine 4’s and six 2’s. He -was strong all round the wicket and was especially good on the leg side. A particularly fine display of batting was given by C. Reid, who compiled 58 in fairly quick time. He hit seven boundaries, four 2’s and a 3. N. Hoar, S. Hatch and A. Bell hit vigorously. Hoar registered six 4’s, Bell five 4’s and a 6, and Hatch four 4’s and a 3. Coleman hit four 4’s in compiling 21. W. Peterson and N. Hoar added 61 to the score, Peterson and Bell 57 and Hatch and Peterson 41. Of the seven Old Boys bowlers tried Shearer secured the best average. The Old Boys fielded particularly well. Sortain Smith took two exceptionally smart catches. Old Boys started badly, Munn being run out at 2 and the next three wickets going with the score at 6. Scores:—

RED STAR. First Innings. C. Roys, b Hibbs 18 G. Lambourn, lbw, b Parsonson .... 10 I. Coleman, c and b McGill 21 C. Reid, c Sortain Smith, b Hibbs 58 W. Peterson, b McMichael 83 N. Hoar, c Whitburn, b McGill .... 34 S. Hatch, c Sortain Smith, b Munn 21 A. Bell, c Barr, b Shearer 35 G. Peterson, run out : 2 A. Paterson, lbw, b Shearer 1Renner, not out 3 Extras 16 Total 302 Bowling: Shearer, 2 for 12; McGill 2 for 53. Hibbs 2 for 87. Munn 1 for 17. McMichael 1 for 36, Parsonson 1 for 58. Barr 0 for 23. OLD BOYS. First Innings. Parsonson, not out .... 1 M. Munn, run out 2 F. Shearer, c Bel], b Coleman 3 D. Hibbs, b N. Hoar '. 0 McMichael, b N. Hoar 0 Total for 4 wickets 6 Bowling: N. Hoar 2 for 2, Coleman 1 for 4.

COLLEGE V. LANSDOWNE WILSON BATS WELL. TIER IN GOOD FORM. In the College-Lansdowne match the College boys batted well and while playing the difficult bowling with care got hard down on the loose stuff. A feature of the game was the excellent stand made by J. Tier and N. Wilson, who added 126 runs to the score. Both gave their best displays in senior cricket and made their shots neatly and effectively. Wilson rose to heights of considerable brilliance at times by his masterly strokes. He reached 91 not out, and a better innings in the senior competition has not been recorded ill the history of the College. The running of Tier and Wilson between the wickets was an example many other senior players could well follow. Wilson hit nine 4's, two 3’s, and eight 2’s. Tier in his 70 registered five 4‘s, four 3’s and four 2’s. Hoar played well for 35 and he and Schofield put on 41 for the first wicket. The Lansdowne team again fielded well. Groves displayed his usual sportsmanship when he refrained more than once from throwing down the wicket of an over-eager college boy who kept running out of his crease before the ball had left the bowler’s hand. The scores were as follow: — WAIRARAPA COLLEGE. First innings. Q. Schofield, run out 1” A. Hoar, c and b W. Whiteman .... 35 Taylor, b A. Whiteman 20 Tier, c McCalmont. bW. Whiteman 76 Stevens, c and b W. Whiteman .... 18 Wilson, not out. 91 Donnelly, c and b Groves 20 Welch, lbw, b Groves 5 Crsborne, b Groves 0 Berry, run cut 3 Slatter, b Groves 0 Extras 22 Total 296 Bowling: Groves. 4 for 62; W. Whiteman 3 for 64; A. Whiteman 1 for 33: O’Connor 0 for 9; Greer 0 for 33: A. McCalmont. 0 for 54.

JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

Martinborough v. Old Beys.—ln a match played on a sodden wicket at Martinborough on Saturday. Martinbcrcugh beat Old Boys by six runs on the first innings. The scores were: Martinbcrc.ugh 66 <Kershaw 16). Old Bevs 60 (Fitzpatrick 21). Bowling for Old Boys Fitzpatrick took six wickets for 10 runs. Pavne two for it! and Armstrong, two for 24. For Marl in borough Kershaw took live for 18. and Charles four for 23. Friendly match. — Hospital (94) beat Red Stars (49), in a. junior friendly match played at the Te Ore Ore Hockey grounds during the weekend.

IN OTHER CENTRES

— Wellington.—Some sensational play was seen when the Wellington Cricket Association’s fourth series of senior championship games was completed in perfect weather on Saturday afternoon. In a low-scoring game Kilbirnie regained their place at the head of the championship ladder by beating Hutt outright by one wicket right on the call of time. Kutt. who had scored 123 in their first innings, were dismissed for 104 in their second innings. Kilbirnie scored 100 and 108 for 9. On the opening day, Wellington had fallen for 105. and Old Boys had run up 240. Wellington hit up 224 in their second innings, which left Old Boys with only 90 runs to win. Old Boys were all dismissed for 60 runs. Midland had no difficulty in beating Karori by 215 runs. Midland, who had been able to total only 117 on the opening day, ran up 304 for four wickets in their second innings, and I then applied the closure. H. W. Osborn, R. H. Buddle and R. O’Neill all reached the seventies. Karori, who had fallen for 100 in their first inn-/ ings, made only 76 in their second innings. Institute Old Boys, who scored 259 in their first innings, beat University by an innings and three runs. University, who made 74 in their first innings, scored 182 in their second visit to the crease. Auckland. —In the sixth series of games in the Auckland senior cricket championship all the matches resulted in first innings decisions. North Shore, 274 and 93 for four wickets, beat Grafton, 232 (Martin 52). Eden, 448 for eight wickets, declared, beat Pon-sonby-Balmoral, 106, and 99 for two wickets. Training College, 205 (Boggs 51) beat Parnell, 181 and 153 for three wickets (Marvin 65). University, 311 for eight wickets, declared (W. Snedden 66, Matheson 66), beate Papakura Camp, 165 and 146 for three wickets (Whitelaw 97) . Middlemore, 266 foi’ eight wickets, beat Y.M.C.A., 95 and 58 for three wickets. Christchurch. —Lancaster Park, 190 for four, declared (Stout 69) beat Harewood, 76 and 73, by an innings and 49 runs. Old Boys, 190 (Anderson 63) drew with East Christchurch, 119 for three. West Old Boys, 218 for six, declared (Moynihan 111 not out), drew with West Christchurch, 140 for six (Harper 50 not out). Riccarton, 200 for seven, declared (Roberts 91) beat Old Collegians, 103, on the first innings. St Albans, 230 for eight, declared (J. Smith 74 not out) drew with Wigram, 203 for five (Kemp 92, Churchill 90). Army, 192 for eight, drew with Sydenham, 131 for nine. Dunedin. —Kaikorai, 225 and 128 for six wickets, beat Old Boys, 137, on the first innings, mainly as the result of an extraordinary bowling performance by A. F. W. Allcott, the veteran New Zealand left-arm bowler, who took all 10 wickets for 34 runs. Al-bion-Y.M.C.A. scored 316 and dismissed Dunedin for 112 and 95. Grange scored 301 for five wickets, declared (Chettleburgh not out 61. Donovan not out 59), and dismissed University for 136 and 155. Carisbrook A beat Carisbrook B by 63 runs on the first innings, but it was an extremely close finish. Facing a total of 264, the A team still wanted two runs at the tea adjournment. A wicket fell immediately on resumption, but the last two men got the required runs and went on to score freely. The A team totalled 327 (McKay not out 71. J. Cameron 60).