Newman - University of Melbourne

N E W M A N
"Casting aball at three straight sticks,
And defending the same with a fourth."
THAT is all Rudyard Kipling saw in
cricket, and his opinion is probably
shared by many who have never
experienced the joys of the game. International
cricketers, who are forced to play
day after day, and week after week, sooner
or later acquire a similarly prosaic outlook.
But Intercollegiate cricket, played in the
"fine, careless rapture" of first term, seems
to provide the aurea mediocritas, and it is
especially pleasant when accompanied by
the sweet fruits of victory.
Our success in the final against Ormond
gave us our tenth championship in twelve
Ley won the toss, and chose to bat on a
perfect wicket, Billings and Gooden opening
the innings to the bowling of Witts and
Philpott. Witts bowled well, and, swinging
the new ball dangerously into the breeze,
soon dismissed Gooden lbw, and bowled
McLennan. Westmore now joined Billings.
When the shine had worn off the ball, the
attack became fairly innocuous, and the
batsmen gradually took command. Billings
was batting aggressively, and ran quickly
to 49, before treading on his wicket. At
lunch the score was three for 106-
Westmore 34, Ley 6.
On resumption, the score mounted
steadily, but when Ley appeared set, he was
unfortunately run out, and E. Ryan, who
came next, was caught in slips soon
afterwards. When the new ball was called
for at 200, Witts had Westmore, Batros,
and Peters caught in quick succession, but
Pierce was reliable in the crisis. The lastwicket
partnership, between Dowling and
J. Ryan, contributed 40 runs, and, aided by
42 sundries, the total reached 280.
With an hour remaining for play,
Trinity's first innings commenced to the
bowling of Dowling and Billings, and when
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years, and our fifth in succession, so that
although Newman's sporting fame rests
mainly on football, cricket comes not far
behind.
From the 1936 team we had lost two
outstanding men in Jowett (captain) and
Bateman, who headed last year's batting
averages. Some talent amongst the
freshmen, however, enabled their places
fittingly to be filled. The team comprised:
A. G. Ley (captain), D. Dowling, J.
Billings, V. Batros, J. Gooden, H.
McLennan, J. Peters, K. Pierce, E. A.
Ryan, J. Ryan, and G. Westmore.
In the final game, Peters, unfit to play,
was replaced by R. Godby.
play stopped at 5.30 the score stood at one
wicket for 32. Next morning, Dowling and
Billings were immediately on the spot, and
between them took four wickets for ten
runs in a short time. They continued to
bowl unchanged until the back of Trinity's
resistance was broken. Leach batted
pluckily towards the end but without
support, and Trinity was dismissed before
lunch for the meagre total of 156.
Newman's openers, Billings and Westmore,
were together at lunch, but soon after
the resumption Philpott dismissed both
Billings and Gooden with good balls. Ley
also failed to get a start, being smartly
stumped. Westmore was now joined by
E. Ryan, and the threatened collapse was
averted. Ryan was in breezy form, scoring
all round the wicket, particularly with
powerful hooks and sparkling cover-drives,
and Westmore, taking heed, shed some of
his caution.
Westmore continued steadily after tea,
and had scored 121 not out at stumps.
Meanwhile, his partners were providing the
fireworks. Ryan appeared certain to reach
the century, when he was run out at 83.
The next batsman was Dowling, whose
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