MIDLAND STILL UNBEATEN.

Evening Post, Issue 51, 2 March 1931, Page 13

MIDLAND STILL UNBEATEN.

Midland added another victory to their kiubeaten record when they beat Old .Boys on the first innings at Kelburn Park last Saturday. Owing to the Scout rally on •the Basin Reserve, the match was transierred to Kelburn, and the change of Hvicket materially affected Old Boys' bat- J •ting. Midland had made only 196 in their •.first innings, and Old Boys appeared to have an easy task ahead to beat them, but « dramatic change ended in eight wickets falling for an addition of 82 runs. That only four batsmen reached double figures ■was due to the excellent bowling of J. Jfewman, who took seven wickets for 53 tuns and won the match for Midland. Within an hour and a half of starting, Old Boys were all out for 122, the one blight spot being the innings of Lamason for 29. He made an attempt to dig in, fcut nobody could stay with him. Bull and Parsloe opened the day's play, but Bull was clean bowled after a quiet innings. Lambert and Moore were also fcowled, and seven wickets were down for 85. The task of putting on the 100 odd runs required to win was too much for the remaining batsmen, although Duncan tried to force the pace, and added 13 for the last wicket. Midland's second innings resolved itself Into batting practice, and James gave most lof his men the opportunity to bowl. Baker kind Doueghue opened, and wasted no time in putting on the runs. Doneghue was <run out after a bright display. 51—1—27. Morgan and Tindill batted slowly for their runs, letting Baker do most bi the hitting. "When Dustin came in, scoring was rapid ■until Baker was well caught by Bird on the boundary, after a chanccless 74. Midland made no attempt to score an outriKht win, and stumps were drawn at 5.50 •with six wickets down for 170. Details:— MIDLAND. first innings 106 Second Innings. . i Baker, c Bird,.b Dv Chateau 74 Doneghue, run out • 27 Morgan, c Browne, b Lambert ... 3 Tindill, b Bird 13 Dustin, c Lambert, b Ronaldson .. 27 Stafididge, b Ronaldson 0 Shepherd, not out 12 Bryant, not out ......;... 6 ■ F-xtras 8 Total for six wickets (declared) 170 Fall of wickets: .One for 51; two for 59; Wirce for 100; four for 152; five for ,152; iix for 159. . Bowling Analysis.—Parsloe took no •wickets for 32 runs; Duncan, none for 37; Bird, one for 27; Ronaldson, two for 23; Lambert, one for 34; Dv Chateau, one for 2; Bull, none for1 7. .■''.- OLD BOYS, First' Innings. Parsloe, lbw, b Baker 37 Ronaldson, c Tindill, b Bryant 17 James, c Bakeri b Bryant 1 Bull, b Newman - Lamason, c Baker, b Newman A) Moore, b Newman J Lambert, b Newman 1 Dv Chateau, o Tindill, b Newman .... 0 .Browne, c Tindill, b Newman 7 .Duncan, b Newman 33 Bird,, not out 1 Extras 9 Total , 122 Fall of wickets: One for 38; two for 40; threu for 56; four for 7S; five for 91; six .for 95; seven for 95; eight for 108; nine for 109; ten for 122. Bowling Analysis.—Baker, one wicket for 53 runs; Bryant, two for 7; Newman, seven for 53.