WELLINGTON AND KILBIRNIE.

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 151, 23 December 1929, Page 19

WELLINGTON AND KILBIRNIE.

J Wellington gave a very bright exhibi:j tion of batting in tlieir first innings "A against Kilbirnie, played on the Kilbirnie Reserve, and secured a total of 223, of ■which 68 were contributed by Airey, 50 by Jennings, and 24 by Hollings. Kilbir- * nic commenced tlieir first innings shortly 3 before 5 o'clock, and although there was 1 no spectacular scoring they had accounted >J for 101 runs for the loss of three wickets "i when stumps were drawn for the day. A ■J feature o£ the play during the afternoon '■I was the fine bowling performance of I Crook, who took live wickets for 52 runs. 'if, Bramley also did excellent work for KilJ birnie in taking four wickets for 58 runs. | Airey and. Hollings, who opened for S< Wellington, accounted for 65 runs before % Bramley clean bowled Hollings, who had !• been playing cautiously.' Airey was much 8 more confident, however, and scored heav|s ily with good drives to the boundary, a Whyte, who replaced Hollings, was clean % bowled by Crook before reaching double 3 figures, and the nest man in, Robertson, 3 put on only four runs before he, too, 3 was dismissed by one of Crook's deliveries. 'J! Morgan then partnered Airey, but he failed to break bis "duck" and was replacS ed by Jennings. With his score standing ■| at 68 Airey was caught behind the wickets *| by Virtue • off Brainley. His total in- ' 3 eluded 12 fours and one sixer. The next wicket fell cheaply, but Wellington's tO--,"4 tal began to increase rapidly when Jen--3 nings got into his stride in partnership 4 'with Ellerm, and when he lost the eighth vl wicket their total had increased to 205. ;\j Included in Jennings' score were tw v o ><1 sixes and six. fours. Crook then added •'] Ellerm to his list of victims, leaving 'f*. Goodwin to partner Johnston. Eleven >•] runs were added by Goodwin before he i 4 was caught by .Hepburn off.-Crook, and »'■ Johnston, who lost the last wicket at J,- 4.35 p.m., secured a total of 16, leaving ■ v i Hyder to carry his bat for none. .;; . Kilbirnie's opening partnership between .".:, Crook and Hepburn produced 31 runs, the former batsman being dismissed lbw off f> Hollings for an individual total of eight. ?<J The runs were coming in slowly but ;'td steadily, and when Ward took Crook's »*j place the prospects appeared promising. v| Hepburn, however, misjudged a slow ball %t, from Airey, with the result that his bails »j went flying. Hayman produced 15 runs '-'\ before being bowled by Hyder, and when I.i stumps were drawn Ward and Christorii pherson were at the crease with respec*f| tive totals of 36 and 9. Details follow:— WEDLWTGTON. >:•! • First Innings. \A 'Airey, c Virtue b Bramley 68 v* Hollings, b Bramley 24 fc^Whyte, b Crook 9 j^ltobertson, b Crook .: 4 S/¥Morgan, b Crook 0 ££ Jennings, c Tucker, b Bramley 50 «$ Cousins, b Tucker 9 >3 Ellerm, b Crook 22 W* Johnston, c Kershaw, b Bramley .... 16 h,i Goodwin, c Hebburn, b Crook .. 11 ,- T S Hyder, not out 0 •<;! Extras ; 10 j»9 Total *22i •)?, Fall of wickets: One for 65, two for ''0 100, three for 106, four for 112, five for '"£& 116, sis for 154, seven for 193, eight for :~:j 205, nine for 219. £jj Bowling analysis: Crook five for 52, V.-l Tucker one for 63, Bramley four for 58, y y \ Griffiths none for 22, Christopherson -jgj none for 18. || KILBIKNTE. ).A First Innings. £*j Crook, lbw, b Hollings 8 £t$ Hepburn, b Airey ; 32 j ''jijWard, not out 36 J^.'l Hayman, b Hyder ' i 15 ,v^| Christopherson, not out 9 v'J Extras 1 '${ Total for three wickets 101 fk Fall of wickets: One for 31, two for 52, .Wj three for 75. ,^i,3 Bowling analysis: Cousins hone for 23, j jiii Hyder one for 30, Hollings one for 20, j ~.4 Morgan none for 3, Airey one for 10,1 jtf] Goodwin none for 14.