HA WILTON CRICKET

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20731, 15 February 1939, Page 12

HA WILTON CRICKET

COMPETITION MATCHES 1 CONTRAST IN PLAY e C CLAUDELANDS STUBBORN e a (By “Long Stop”) i e HONOURS BOARD " Batting—O. McKenzie (Hamilton), 92; E. Everest (Hamilton), • 57; C. G. Hunt (Claudelands), 0 43; A. Davies (Frankton), 50 ‘ not out; H. Doyle (Hamilton B), 50 not out; B. Choat (Old Boys B), 30; Golby (Claudelands B), e 63. - Bowling—W. Ganley, five for 27; L. McKinnon, five for 47; Humphries, six for 18. The wickets were in better eondie tion than usual on Saturday and the 1 outfield was noticeably faster, so that • batsmen had greater chances of e making runs than they have had as b a rule. Both teams that had first use 'I of the wickets made good use of their e opportunities and compiled respeet>l able totals. But their methods dif- ? fered widely, for while most of the t Claudelands batsmen fought hard for e their runs and avoided all risks, the main Hamilton scorers played very vigorously and trusted largely to their luck carrying them through. Both T East and Did Bovs were left with big i tasks ahead of them and will probably Y find difficulty in overtaking their op- ? ponents if the conditions are not as ? perfect as they were last week. 1 0 Valuable but Slow a Claudelands did not make a promis--4 mg beginning, hut M. Lyon and Hamp--0 ton settled down to stop anything • like a rot. Although the wickets are 3 not as uncertain as they were, they _ still behave erratically and cause even experienced batsmen to fall into errors in stroke-choosing. T. Lyon seemed to be caught in this way. as he, attempted to play back to a length ball from Going, fearing it might kick, and was left standing when the ball kept low. Lissette, too, went very similarly facing Clough on the other wicket; he was particularly unlucky, as two balls previously had risen and struck him. Both the Claudelands players gave a stylish exhibition, playing versatile crieket. - but just lacking the confidence in Y knowing what the ball would do to enable them to score, more rapidly. •1 Watching them, it was hard to realise ? that their scores were not larger, for ~ they were never pottering or scrafchk ing. Ewan played a characteristic e innings, always on the lonk-out, for runs and getting many shots away in unexpected directions. Another Last Wicket Hemi and Hunt made all the difference to Claudelands’ total, taking it from an ordinary level to a good one. Hemi was quite reckless and frequently swung in vain, hut the ball could not hit his wickets: had he connected with even half his shots lie must have more than doubled his score. Hunt, on the other hand, was r making clean shots and gave his best v showing of the year. Another low ‘ ball from Going got him lbw. Bright Unlucky _ Of the East bowlers, Bright apy peared to be the most unlucky: he s varied his flight, and pace considerably and was always close to the ) wicket., hut not just on the spot. His spin continually beat the batsmen and ). none of them was happy when facing his howling. Going, on the other “ hand, was rather lucky in his wickets and depended more on the vagaries of the pitch than on his own variations. - Dawson, too, secured a couple of his l wickets with balls that did not deserve that reward. 5. McKenzie’s Score e While. McKenzie went very eloer to ’ notching the first century, he would have lipen lucky to act that success in d one way. though many hundreds have ' been scored with more chance*. lt There was litlle to complain about iji his knock, for he was scoring most of the time and executed his shots gracefully and cleanly. His most obr> vious weakness was to fast, wide off balls, which could well have been left alone, unless he was certain of keeping them down. Several times he cut Hansen uppishly past tbe same place, and it was only the mistake of Old Boys in leaving this gap that gave McKenzie such a long life. Despite J. Everest’s improved showing the previous week, he is by no means back to proper form and "was -i very tentative about many of his shots on Saturday. Ultimately he was bowled by a beauty from Hansen, who, by the h way. has probably bowled Everest y more limes than any other bowler. J. d Everest pleased the spectalors more c than anybody else on the day. having s a really vigorous time with the bat. _ Aggressive batting like his has been all too rare in the A grade crieket and tbe bowling he bit was no looser than the general run of bowling sent down } week after week. 0 Stock Bowlers Only 9 R. Clough is temporarily off bis dan--8 gerous bowling length and only col--3 loots an odd wicket occasionally, 0 though he still commands a good deal 8 of respect. Graham pegged awav untiringly with a bit of viciousness In seme of his balls, especially in one spell when he clean bowled three ‘ s batsmen with good ones. Hansen also was reasonably consistent, but suffered as he so often dons in weak slip placing and fielding: had he the support here that he should expect, he would be one of the most effective bowlers in the competition. Apart from these, Aitken has only himself to rely on for change bowlers, but apparently they are not getting enough practice, and when they are given a bowl in matches they prove too expensive. Good Start n With less than an hour to play Altken and West made a great beginning for Old Roys and without rushing matl_ tors knocked up 7*> runs before Aitken went just on time. Lissette tmubled him with his breaks fur the best part of an over, and then had him caught off the corner of his leal n ‘-.trying a biff hit. It was surprising : how quickly these runs won put on | with the batsmen playing so quietly. j] j Senior B Notes None of the matches played locally proxided much interest. and all were, ended early. Frankton made a valiant effort to overtake Hamilton's big score, and made just on 2 00, largely due to \. Davies' hitting. Hamilton went in again, but as they made nearly a hundred without loss it was obximis that m» further decision could be reached, I Golby was flu >nl Claudelands I hatsman to make much of a stand

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