EASY WICKETS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10301, 10 January 1927, Page 3

EASY WICKETS

GOOD ■'SCORING AT THE OVAL

•THOMPSON BROTHERS SHINE'

s EACH TOPS CENTURY

CELTIC OCT-PLAY SCHOOL

TYlc’.::ts "at the Oval on Satr. were dead alter the recent rams aim in consequence much in t.-.va r of tbs batsmen. The most surprising lea • tu-j of the ua.y s play was jpoaaol’s poor showing against Celtic. YVith three wickets only to fall in their second innings, School require 60' runs to avoid an innings defeat. Did Boys, with 233 against Harbor Board’s eight, wickets for 80 runs, appear to have their game well in hand, while City, after scoring 3-il, have dismissed three Poverty Bay Club batsmen for ten runs. United did well in scoring 194 against Gisborne Club, but the latter, with 55 on for the loss of two wickets, have still a good chance of topping the score set them. Quite the most remarkable individual performance of the afternoon was the great batting of tlic Thompson brothers for City against Poverty Bay Club. This pair came together at the fall of the third wicket and added 195 runs, Len Thompson scorino- 120 and Jack 113. They played sparkling cricket and gave the opposing trundlers a very rough handling. A welcome sight on Saturday was the re-appearance of Mr Harrv Ellis, looking very fit and well after his long period of illness. He was not playing, of course, bub umpired >n the School v. Celtic match. BEST PERFORM AN CES. —Batting.—

L. Thompson (City) 120 J. Thompson (City) J C. McCov (Old Boys) not out 80 G. Lockett (Old Boys) '0 G. J. Robertson {United) “J -—Bowling.— J. Moody (Celtic) 6 fur R>D. Morris (Gisborne 5 for oJ A. O. Cooke (Poverty Bay) 5 lor 86 E. Dow (School) 5 for 88 F. Bennett (Celtic) 4 for 16 and 4 for o G. Lockett (Old Boys) 4ior 10 V. Caniton (Old Boys) 4 for l«; P. Roots (Harbor Board) 4I or

CELTIC v. HIGH SCHOOL

High School, after an unbroken run of success since the season opened, were completely outplayed by Celtic. The only notable absentee from the School side was Carson Whereas Celtic were without G. Muir and several ether regular players. Batting first, Celtic hit up the substantial total of 181. M. Guthrie top-scored with 38, Moody collected 31 including a fine six, while Bennett (26), B. Scholium (21), Tasker (19), and McOalium (16) also reached double figures. Dow once again proved tlie most successful bowler for School capturing five for 88. School’s first innings was an utter debacle, the side being dismissed for 40 runs. Cato,' with nine, top-scor-and Bennett bowled untfhmnged, the former capturing six mvickets for 16 and the latter four for the same number of runs. Following on, School did a little better and at stumps had lost seven wickets for 71 runs. Dow (18) and Martin (19) added 35 for the second wicket and T.vsnar ran to eleven, but the others did little. Bennett again had the batsmen in trouble and s;o far has taken four wickets for eight runs. M. Guthrie made three catches at silly-point in the course of the afternoon and his closeness to the batsmen seemed to cramp their styles disastrously. Robinson took a nice running catch in the long-field in dismissing Lowndes off Bennett. Following are the detailed scores: CELTIC. —First Innings.— Tasker, b Dow 19 B. Scholium, b Owen 21 Bennett, c Aislabie, b Eraser ... 26 Moody, c Lockett b Dow 31 M. Guthrie, lbw b Dow 38 McCallum, b Turbiti 16 Helean, c Cato b Dow I Robinson, b Turbitt I M. Rangi, b Dow 4 Green, not out 2 Extras 19

Total (one short) 181 Fall of wickets: 27. 67, 76, 128. 152, 169, 168, 173, 181.

i Bowling: Pocock 4 overs, 0 maidens, 0 wickets, 14 runs; Dow 10, 0, 5, 83; Owen 4,1, 1. 13; Fraser 5,0, 1, 17; Turbitt SA, 0,2, 30. SCHOOL. —First Innings.— Fraser, t> Bennett t Martin, b Moody ... 1 Cato, b Bennett 0 Lowndes, b Moody 3 Lysnar, 0 Moody .. Turbitt. c Guthrie b M'oody... N 3 Pocock, b Moody 2 Aislabie, c and b Moody u Lockett, lbw b Bennett 3 Owen, c Guthrie b Bennett ... */' Dow, c Guthrie 1> Bennett 6 Extras 8 Total 40 Fall of wickets: 1, 10, 13, 19, 22; 29, 29, 34, 34, 40. Bowling; Moody 8 overs, 3 maidens, G wicicets, 16 runs; Bennett 7.5, 2,4, 10'. —Second Innings.— Fraser, b Moody 0 Dow, b Guthrie t 8 Martin, c and b Bennett 19 Cato, c sub 1) Bennett 8 Lowndes, v Robinson b Bennett... 3 Turbitt, not out 1 Lysnar, c Guthrie b Bennett ... H Pocock, ran out 9 Extras U

Total for seven wickets 71 Fall; 0, 35, 57, 59, 68, 70, 71.

CITY v. POVERTY BAY

Batting first against Poverty Bu< Club, City opened with Wilson and J. Thompson (who is visiting Gisborne on holiday’;. Wilson scored quicklv and had made 23 out of the first 30 when he was bowled by Henderson. O. Dow also batted . forcibly and knocked up 27 out of the 38 added for the second wicket. J. Thompson was noV settling down and scoring freely, and after P. Dow (also on holiday here from Auckland) had been run out for 12, with the total at 99, L. Thompson joined his brother and a brilliant partnership, which added 195 runs, commenced. Both men unfolded some beautiful strokes and soon had the bowling completely collared. They scored all round the wicket and particularlv made some excellent late cuts'. Len was more vigorous tlmn liis brother and ran his total to i2Sj } including thirteen fours, before being dismissed, while Jack went to 113 (five fours.) After the partnership was broken at 294, V . J. Scholium, who hit up 31 quickly, was the only man to offer much resistance and the innings closed at 311. Of the Club bowlers, Cooke, wnli five for BG, and Wellborne, three for 45 met with most success, but Henderson bowled steadily in sending down 19 overs f0r.73 runs. McGeelian was severely dealt with, having 111 runs knocked off him without gaining a wicket. Off this bowler’s last two overs only one hall was not scored from- —this was during the Thompsons’ partnership. Going to the crease, the Club made a disastrous start, losing Wellborne and Henderson in W. J. Scholium’s first over with no runs on the hoard. Williams was dismissed a little Inter and at' stumns the total was ten for three wickets. Scholium had captured these off four overs for two runs. Following are the details :

CITY, —First Linings.— Wilson, b Henderson 23 J. Thompson, c and b Coolce ... m.j O. Dow, b Cooke 2/ P. 'Dev, run out ... ... ... ••• -12 L. Thompson c H. Ohrisp b Cooke 120 Baker, c Cooke, bWe [borne ... 2 ScilO.i am, D CoOiiC 31 Carter, cJ. Clirjsp b Cooke ... J Matthews, I) Weiiborne ... •• «• Seal, b v\ cll'jorne 6 A lE'ii. rot Out ’ 2 11.Xt..,..Hl 1 .Xt.. , ..H ‘

Total ' ... • ... 341 Fall: 30, 63, 90, 294, 013, 320, 333, 308, 338, 341. Bowling: Henderson 19 overs, 1 maiden, 1 wicket. 73 runs: Cooke 17.2, 2,5, 88; McGechan 18. 1,6, 111 ; Wellborn© 6, 0. 3, 45; Bclleby 2,3, 0,6; J. Ohrisp 2,0, 0, 13. POVERTY BAY. —First Innings.— Cocke, not cut 3 Wellborne, b Scholium 9 Henderson, b Scholium 9 Williams, b Scholium ••• 4 Extras 1 Total for three wickets 19 Fall: 0,0, 10. GISBORNE v. UNITED.

Sent in to bat by Gisborne Club.* United compiled the- good total of 194 before the last wicket 1011. G. J. Robertson played a solid, though lucky innings tor 60 and Cave vas very-vigorous in knocking up 33. These two added 54 for the second wicket. Murray, after an uncertain start, batted well for 30 and helped Robertson to add 62 runs, so that three wickets were down for 133. Morvis had a second turn at the bowling crease, however, and the remainder of the team, except Thodey, gave little trouble. Thodey was unbeaten at the finish with 23 to lus credit and made some beautiful drives, l or Gisborne, Morris bowled splendidly and had the excellent figures of 5 for off 15 overs. Clifton, a now member of the team, also impressed. Jeffreys was steady in taking two for 13 a ltd sending down six overs. Gisborne have made a moderate start, Holmes and Robertson being out with the total at 55 Grcig (18) and Forster (13) are the not-outs. Holmes knocked up eleven m quick time before being stumped. Following are the details:

UNITED. —First Innings.— G. Robertson, U Morris 69 unlc, b Cave, b Clifton ... ••• ••• ••• Murray, e Albertson b Jeffreys 3d Shelton, b Morris 4 ‘“ Thodey, not out ... ••• z y. Kemp, c Holmes b Morris Pyatt, b Forster j Gibson, b Morris ••• Allsup, c Albertson b Jeffreys... - File , b Morris ••• * Extras

Total r --- Fall -7, 61, 133. 136, 130, 100, 1/0, 175. 176, 194. . , Bowling: Grcig 6 overs, 1 maiden. 1 wicket, 19 runs; Morris 15, 4, o, 39; Clifton 6,1, 1. 21; Forster 7,0, 1 47 ; Albertson 3,0, 0, 14; Robertson 5, 0. O’, 21; Jeffreys 6,1, 2, 13. GISBORNE CLUB —First Innings— Holmes, st Cave b Kemp 11 J. M'. Robertson, b Kemp ° Grcig, not out 18 Forster, not out Extras ° Total for two wickets: 55 Fall: 14, 19. OLD BOYS v. HARBOR BOARD playing Harbor Board, Old Bo>« were in good bfttting form and i«m \ip a total of 286. McCoy gave a free displav in collecting 80 not out, eleven fours and a six beigg among his scoring strokes. Lockett, too, was vigorous in knocking up <O, while Caul ton’s 39 contained four fours and a six. Joe Scholium gathered 31 in confident style. Roots was again outstanding among the Harbor Board bowlers and captured four f ur 56—splendid figures in a total of 286. , „ , r . Harbor Board failed badly before the attack of Caulton and Lockett and when time was called eight wickets were down for 30 runs. Lockett and Caulton have taken four wickets each at the cost of ten and fifteen runs respectively. Following are the details:—

OLD BOYS (first innings.) Scholium, b Harvey 31 Mouat, b Roots 19 Lockett, Ufw, b Roots 70 Caulton, b Bell 39 Roberts, b Roots 1 McCoy, not out 89 Edwards, b Bell 3 Langlands, b Roots 1 Smith, run out 3 Scott, b Allen 6 Extras 30 Total (one short) 286 Fall: 30. 108, 155, 165, 183, 194. 195, 240. 286. Bowling: Allen 5.3 overs, 2 maidens, 1 wicket, 19 runs; Roots 16, 4,4, 56 ; Pope 3.'0, 0, 10; Harvey 13 1,1, 52; Bell 13, 1,2, 70; Coleman 3,0, 0, 18; Winter 3,0, 0, 22; Stubbs 2,0, 0, 9. HARBOR, BOARD (first innings) Winter, b Caulton ... 5 Stu7os, b Lockett 1 H. E. Harvey, b Lockett... ... 6 L. Allen, b Caulton 3 Thompson, b Caulton 0 Bell, b Lockett ... 1 E. W. Harvey, c Langlands*b Lockett 4 Roots, c Scholium !> Caulton... 2 Hope, not out 1 Coleman, not out 1 Extras 6

Total for eight wickets... 30 Fall; 5,15, 17, 17, IS, 20,.27, 29.

UNITED JUNIORS v.. CELTIC

United gained a three point win over Celtic. Batting first, Celtic scored 51; Green 21 was the only double figure score. For United. Pope took four wickets and Jennings 5 wickets. United’s innings yielded 52, Jennings scoring 26. Shute took seYen for 20 and Hume three for 15. Celtic reached 32 in their second strike. For United, Pope took six wickets for 23 and Holdsworth one for 4, Woodfield one for 1 ancl Jennings two for 3. Requiring 32 to win, United made 54 for the loss of three wickets, Woodfield 14, Jennings 15, Sexton 16 (not out), and Holdsworth 8 (not out). Lee took two wickets.

SHEFFIELD SHIELD MATCH

SOUTH AUSTRALIA v. NEW SOUTH WALES, (United Press Assn.—Copyright.) . (Received Jan. 9, 5.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, Jan. 9. In the Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales'. South Australia lost five wickets for 242 (V. Richardson 20, A. Richardson not out 135, Pritchard 43). The weather was line, and the wicket good. The Richardson Bros, get together for the second wicket and set the pace. When Victor son wont Pritchard helped Arthur Richardson to carry on at a lively pace. The latter played a punishing but lucky game. He was missed when 46 and again after passing the century; He also gave a chance of being run out. He batted 209 minutes and hit twelve fours and one six. The other batsmen made a poor show-. in< T against the bowling of Fox and O’Brien. Heavy rain continuing since last,j. right makes the outlook for tHe con-r li tinuance of play parlous. —lT.P.A. I

WELLINGTON v. AUCKLAND

HOME BATTING STRENGTH AGAIN EVIDENT.

SEVEN WICKETS DOWN FOR 485.

WELLINGTON, Jan. 9. Wellington’s remarkable batting strength was again demonstrated at the Basin Reserve on Saturday, when ihe special' match against was continued on a last wicket. Auckland, with seven wickets down for 211, concluded their innings strike, the last wicket falling at 307. Wellington occupied the crease for the rest ,of the day, running up 435 for 7 wickets in just over five hours. Following are the scores: — AUCK L AND. —F'irst In nings.

E. H. Bowley, c Hollings 1> Mitchell 13 ,T. E. Mills, b McGirr i 29 1. J. Cooper, b Hollings 29 H. E. Gillespie, lbw, b Mitchell 18 A. 3. Player, b Hollings 15 C. C. Dacre, c Collins, b Massey 28 A. J. Postles, b Massey 7(5 W. Smeeton, b Massey 11 A. M. Muthoson, b Massey ... 64 A. Scott, c Lambert, b Mitchell 1 Tl. Wilson, not out 17 Extras 14 Total ... Dowling analysis: McGirr one for 76, Massey four for 53, Mitchell three lor 82, Hollings two for >sl, Lambert none for 26, Collins none for 5. WELLINGTON I .—First Innings. D. C. Collins, c Gillespie, b Wilson 18 G Orr, c Mills, b Scott 68 B J. Kortlang, e and h Wilson 52 T. 0. Lowry, Unv., b Player ... 36 H. N. Lambert, c Wilson, b Player 22 K. James, lbw., b Smeeton ... 74 H. M. McGirr, e Scott, )> Dacre 76 A. M. Hollings, not out ...■ ... 34 W. J. R. Christopherson not out 33 Extras (byes 18, Eg byes 14) 32 Total for 7 wickets 435 Bowling analysis: Matheson none for 70, Player two for 90, Wilson two for 48, Dacre one for 20, Cooper one for 97, Scott one for 60, Smeeton one for 12, Mills none for 6. —P.A. WANGANUI GAMES. WANGANUI, Jan. 9. Cricket was continued on Saturday. Old Boys made 309 for nine wickets (McAneny, not out, 54, Dempster 30, Hutchison 30, Barton 28, King 28, London 27) v. Wanganui; United scored 346 (W. G. Williams 148, Wood 102, Stevens 55) v. Marists, 39 for 4. —P.A. CENTURIES IN MELBOURNE. (Received Jan. 9, 5.5 p.m.) MELBOURNE, Jan. 9. Playing for Eastbourne against Prnhran Millar made 102 and for North Melbourne against Northeote Robinson scored 117.. Ii.P.A.