16.12.65 vj. Hilton College King's Park 1 Kearsney lost the toss and were put in to bat, the wicket being rather spongy after a night's rain. It was certainly not the easiest of wickets on which to bat and this makes Hipkin's 58 even more meritorious. The Kearsney wickets kept falling at an alarming rate and when Hipkin was eventually caught the score was 84 for 8. This brought Campbell and Davies together to continue the struggle. They both batted extremely well especially Campbell who went after the bowling and collected himself40 runs. Davies scored 16 not out. Kearsney were all out for 144 runs, leaving Hilton 145 minutes' batting. Davies and Sawyer bowled unchanged throughout the Hilton innings taking 4 for 32 and 4 for 48 respectively. When stumps were drawn the Hilton score was84for 8.It was a mostexciting game with fortunes fluctuatingin veryinterest ing fashion. Result: Match drawn. 17.12.65 vs. Northlands D.H.S.Old Boys With Northlands batting first. Sawyer had the misfortune of seeing Isbister, who went on to score a laborious 46, dropped off his first ball of the morning. Northlands made heavy weather ofthe accurate bowling ofSawyer and Sommerville and at lunch had scored only 78 runs for 5 wickets. After lunch Northlands changed their approach and some big hitting by Young and Jakins doubled their scoring rate and somewhat spoiled Sommerville's bowling figures. He nevertheless finished up with an excellent 5 for 53 in 25 overs. Northlands were all out for 139. Kearsney were left with just under 2 hours to score the 140 needed for vic tory. However, Northlands made little attempt to bowl us out in the time left and used their seamers, almost exclusively,to howl negatively and gave us little chance of going for the runs. Added to this, some drizzle early in the innings slowed down the outfield considerably and at close of play at 5 p.m. Kearsney had lost 3 wickets for 80. Morgan showed a welcome return to form in scoring an undefeated 36. Result: Match drawn. M.P. 2nd XI Although this season does not rate amongst the most successful enjoyed by a Kearsney 2nd XI, it certainly has been happy and enjoyable, and some good wins have been recorded. There have been disappointments too, such as the Hilton match. After an early slump to 29 for 4 and 62 for 6, Hilton were allowed to score 116. Kearsney with 63 for 2 appeared to be in a good position, but collapsed to 74 for 8, to reach 93. Wins include an exciting 6-run victory against Glenwood,and an innings victory against Alexandra. The batting has been unpredictable. Very often, when faced with no more than an average total, our batsmen did not rise to the occasion. The bowling has been consistently good with Freer proving a very intelligent off-spinner and Wareing an accurate opening bowler. The fielding has, on the whole, been good, but odd lapses have led to dropped catches,and as a result defeat. Nichols proved a very popular and able skipper,and the success ofthe season is in no mean way due to his enthusiasm and encourage102
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