CRICKET

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 November 1941, Page 7

CRICKET

WAIRARAPA ASSOCIATION SEASON OPENED ON SATURDAY. PLAY STOPPED BY RAIN. The Wairarapa Cricket Association opened the season with its one day matches on Saturday afternoon but rain stopped play about 4.30 o'clock, there being “no decision” results in the senior games. SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP RED STAR v COLLEGE. The Red Star and College teams met cn the College ground. The scores were as follow: — Wairarapa College.—A. Hoar, retired, 66; Schofield, c F. Hoar, b Reid, 45; Sweeney,/C and bF. Hoar, 4; Taylor, b N. Hoar, 30; Wilson, not out, 50; Donnelly. not out. 5; extras, 18: total for 4 wickets 218 (declared). Bowling: Reid 1 for 14, F. Hoar 1 for 45, N. Hoar 1 for 70. Red Star—Roys, not out, 7; I. Coleman, not out, 20; total, no wickets for 27. OLD BOYS v LANSDOWNE. The Old Boys and Lansdowne teams met at the Park Oval. Scores: — Old Boys.—F. Shearer, c Whiteman, b Jones, 36; C. Parsonson, b Whiteman, 4; C. Whitburn, c Hedley, b Jones, 21; G. Young, b Jones, 2; R. Warren, b Groves, 16; P. Medding. c Groves, b Jones, 5; D. McMichael, c Groves, b Jones, 1; G. Barr, b'Jones, 2; J. Cole, c Groves, b Jones, 1; W. Patete, absent, 0: C. Smith, not out 0; extras, 16; total, 104 runs. Bowling, Jones, 7 wickets for 23, Whiteman 1 for 37, Groves 1 for 28.

Lansdowne.—L. Jones, not out, 41; W. Whiteman, run out, 5; A. Whiteman, c and b Warren, 27; A. Hedley, not out, 1; extras 6; 2 wickets for 80 runs. Bowling: Warren 1 for 12, McMichael 0 for 12, Shearer 0 for 27, Parsonson 0 for 23. JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP Old Boys v Hospital Rangers.—Rangers 138 (Massey 39, Prescott 27, Robinson 13, Harman 17, Cattnal 13, Ryder 12). Bowling: Alexander 3 for 26; P. Smith 2 for 21, C. Smith 2 for 36. Old Boys, 1 wicket for 41 (J. Payne 25 not out, C. Smith 9 not out). A drawn game. Red Star Av. Red Star B. Scores: Red Star A 43 (Mooney 25, Parsons 13) and 2 for 25 (Parsons, not out, 10). Red Star B 20 and 40 (Golder 11). Outright win for Red Star A. IN OTHER CENTRES Wellington.—Just as teams had taken the field to resume the Wellington Cricket Association’s senior championship competition on Saturday afternoon, a tropical downpour set in from the south and so saturated wickets and cutfields that play was out of the question, and all but two games were called off. Hutt and Army met on the Hutt Recreation Ground. Army won the toss, and sent Hutt to the wickets. When rain put a stop to play after the game had been in progress for half an hour, Hutt had 38 runs on without loss. In the game between Johnsonville and Petone on the Petone Recreation Ground, Johnsonville had scored 36 for four wickets when rain called a halt. Auckland. —North Shore, 160, drew with Eden, 86 for nine. Parnell, 239 for six declared (M. Clark 65), beat Pon-sonby-Balmoral, 117, on the first innings. Grafton, 142 (G. Wallace 51), drew with Middlemore, 140 for nine (Pearson 66). Training College, 179 for eight declared (E. G. Boggs 56), drew with Y.M.C.A., 141 for seven. University, 127 for seven (Cooper 73 not out), beat Papakura Camp, 120 (R! E. J, Menzies 52). Christchurch. —St. Albans, 229 for six out), beat Army, 116, on the first innings. Old Boys, 245 for seven decuared (Anderson 92, Baxter 62) beat Air Force, 174 (L. W. Smith 54), on the first nings. Old Boys, 245 for seven declared clared (J. C. Saunders 84), drew with Sydenham, 175. West Christchurch, 187 for six declared (Nee 71), drew with Riccarton, 183 for nine (Way 73 not out, Andrews 58). East Christchurch, 249 for three declared (Kennedy 112, Blight 74 not out), drew with West Old Boys, 193 for five (Moynihan not out 77). FIFTH SUCCESSIVE CENTURY TRUMPER’S RECORD BROKEN. SYDNEY, November 9. Les Fallowfield, Northern Suburbs opening batsman, broke Victor Trumper’s grade cricket record by scoring his fifth successive century on Saturday. His scores this season 109, 103, 109, 129 and 135.