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THE ASHBURTON ASSOCIATION. POSITIONS OF THE CONTESTS. As Fairfield drew with Ashburton A and Ashburton B gained a three-point win over Rakaia in, the senior grade of the Ashburton County Cricket Association's competitions on Saturday afternoon, Ashburton B is only three points behind Fairfield. Fairfield has 33 points and Ashburton B 30, so that if Ashburton B defeats Fairfield next Saturday, a playoff will be necessary. Fairfield required one more point to make its position at the head of the contest secure.
With the exception of one match, Fairfield y. Technical, to be played on April 6, the junior competition is concluded, points being a* follow:—Kia Ora 60 points, Fairfield 50, Technical 44, Lauriston 41, High School 29, Technical 27, Methven 16 and Coldstream 10.
Junior and Colts' matches against the Christchurch Suburban Association will be played in Ashburton next Saturday.
Batsmen who scored 50 runs or more were:—J. Dillon 103 (retired), J. Varcoe 83 not out, B. Jordan 72, W. Goodwin 66, T. Hooper 50. There were many excellent bowling averages in the junior grade. ' SENIOR GRADE. ASHBURTON B y. RAKAIA. A three-point win was secured_ by Ashburton B in its -match against Rakaia. Ashburton went to the crease first and declared with 197 runs on the board for the loss of six wickets. J. Varcoe, with 83 runs not out, headed the batsmen, and other double-figure scores were J. B. Nicoll 36, R. Fear 21, T. Newton 20, and J. H. Browne 14. Rakaia replied with 103 (T. Hooper 50). Bowling for Rakaia, S. Duncan took three for 19 and for Ashburton, I. Edmiston three for 12 and R. Fear two for 12 had the best figures. Details were:— Ashburton B. J. B. Nicoll, c P. Brown, b Duncan 36 R. G. Ross', b Duncan ... ... ° J. Pritchard, b Duncan 0 R. Fear, run out 21 J. Varcoe, not out 83 J. W. Browne, h A. Doig 14
T. Newton, b B. Doig 20 I. Edmiston, not out 1 Extras 16 Total (for six wkts, d'cld.) 197 Bowling Analysis.—D. Brown took no wickets for 39 runs, A. Doig one for 34, B. Doig one for 21, S. Duncan three for 49, P. Brown none for 17, P. Doig none for 21. Rakaia. T. Hooper, c McMillan, b Pritchard B. Doig, c sub., b Varcoe 0 P. Brown, run out 1 A. Doig, lbw, b Fear o J. Doig, c McMillan, b Edmiston 7 H. Craig, b Edmiston 7 D. Brown, a Newton, b Pritchard 2 S. Duncan, c Newton, b Pritchard 2 f>. Tapper, c Fear, b Edmiston ... 7 W. Oldfield, c Pritchard, b Varcoe 6 K. Doig, not out \ Extras ib Total 103 Bowling Analysis.—l. Edmiston took three wickets for 12 runs, J. Varcoe two for 20, J. Pritchard three for 46, R. Fear two for 12. ASHBUR.TON A y. FAIRFIELD. The match between Ashburton A and Fairfield was drawn. The country team, batting first, knocked up 200 (B. Jordan 72, W. O'Grady 36, D. Willis 25, V. Willis 25), and Ashburton had made 97 for the loss of nine wickets at stumps. The best totals were those of H. C. Hynam 31, I. M. Hamilton 17, M. Keeley 15 and A. A. Todd 14. Bowling for Ashburton. F. Fogarty took three for 55 and A. A. Todd three for 68. For Fairfield, V. Willis took two for 13. Details were:— Fairfield. R. G. Drennan, c Hamilton, b Todd 0 S. Willis, o Todd, b O'Reilly ... 5 W. O'Grady, run out ... ... 36 B. Jordan, b Todd 72 D. Willis, run out 25 T. Lawler, c Fear, b Hynam ... 9 V. Willis, c Todd, b Fogarty ... 25 K. McKnight, not out 8 N. Willis, hit wkt, b Fogarty ... 4 H. Drennan, c and b Fogarty ... 0 M. Cunneen, o Keeley, b Todd ... 0 Extras ... ... 16 Total -.200 Bowling Analysis.—M. O'Reilly took one wicket for 47 runs, A. A. Todd three for 68, F. Fogarty three for 55, H. C. Hynam one for 14. Ashburton A. I. M. Hamilton, lbw, b O'Grady 1 17 H. O. Hynam, b V. Willis ... 31 A. A. Todd, cV. Willis, b O'Grady 14 M. O'Reilly, o G. Willis, .b V. Willis ' 0 M. Keeley, bG. Willis ... ... 16 M. Laing, c R. Drennan, b O'Grady 3 G. Wood, lbw, bR. Drennan ... ( F. Fogarty, b G. Willis 1 P. Fear, not out 2 G. Heasley, stpd S. Willis, b R. Drennan ... ... ••• " T. Hanley, not out , 0 Extras ... 7 Total (for nine wickets) 97 Bowling Analysis.—G. Willis took two wickets for 26 'runs, W. O'Grady three for 34, R. Drennan one for 13, V. Willis two for 13, K. McKnight none for 4.
JUNIOR GRADE. LAURISTON y. TINWALD. With a total of 176, Lauriston defeated Tinwald, which made 103. Lauriston's best batsmen were WGoodwin 66, H. Adams 46, H. Dalgety 12, and W. Smith 11. For Tinwald, E. E. Bell, with 40 not,out, and W. Merrin 10, were the only double-figure scorers. Bowling for Tinwald, A. Good took two for 5, R. Hulme three for 14, and J. Connell three for 42 were the best bowlers white for Lauriston H. Adams took five for 39 and W. Smith three for 21. Details were:—
Lauriston. W. Smith, b Allen 11 W. Goodwin, c Bell, b Connell ... 66 H. Adams, hit wkt, b Connell ... 46 S. Goodwin, c Hockings, b Connell 3 H. Dalgety, lbw, b A. Hood ... 12 H. Crothers, lbw,, b Oesswell ... 7 S. Ashworth, o Allen, b Hulme ... 7 H. Cornwall, lbw, b Hulme ... 5 T. Dalgety, not out 0 W. Smith, jun., c Connell, b Hulme 0 L. Cornwall, ,c Merrin, b Hood ... 2 Extras 1? Total 176 Bowling Analysis.—-R. Cresswell took one wicket for 33 runs, R. Allen one for 39, E. E. Bell none for 32, J. Connell three for 42, R. Hulme three for 14, A. Hood two for 5. - Tinwald. B. McKenzie, b Adams 6 R. Allen, b IS. Goodwin 0 W. Hockings, b Adams 6 W. Oakley, c Cornwall, b Adams 13 E. E, Bell, not out 40 A. Hood, lbw, b Smith 0 JR. Cresswell, o and b Adams ... 5 W. Merrin, b Smith 10 J. Connell, b Smith 2 R. Hulme, b Adams 14 C. Freeman, o W. Goodwin, b Cr others ... f Extras ... ••• * Total 103 Bowling Analysis.—H. Adams took five wickets for 39 runs, S. Goodwin one for 20, W. Smith three for 21, W. Goodwin none for 12, H. Crothers one for 9. TECHNICAL v. HIGH SCHOOL. Technical defeated High School by five runs on the first innings, " thus obtaining a three-point win. Batting first, High School made 95 runs (R. H- Biggar 32, R. W. Biggar 14, L. Taylor 12). Technical replied with 100 (V. Crequer 22, S. Weeks 17, E. Harper 14, H. Jones 13). In its second strike School knocked up 131 (E. Jordan 24, L. McElhinney 23, E. Osborne 15, R. W. Biggar 13, H. Parrish 13). Going to the crease again Technical scored 95 (Jones 25, Crequer 17, D. Gowans 11, W. Musson 10). Bowling for Technical, S. Weeks took four wickets for 14 and Musson two for 16. N. Jones took three for
28 and D. Gowans three for 31. For School, P. Zouch took four for 11 and R. W. Biggar three for 24 in the firs'ti innings and in the second Zouch four for 33 and R. H. Biggar three for 10 were the best howlers. Details were:— High School. First Innings. R. H. Biggar, h Weeks 32 R. W. Biggar, c Moodie, b Gowans 14 A. Kelly, c and b Gowans ... 0 E. Osborne, b Grequer 3 L. Taylor, b Weeks 12 E. Jordan, b Musson 5 A. Parish, not out ... ... 1 P. Zouch, b Weeks ,4 E. Stayt, run out 9 I. A. Colquhoun, b Weeks ... 0 L. McElhinney, c and b Musson 5 Extras i ... 10 Bowling Analysis.—D. Gowans took two wickets for 22 runs, V. Crequer one for 19, W. Moodie none for 12, 8. Weeks four for 14, Musson two for 16. Second Innings. R. W. Biggar, b Gowans 13 R. H. Biggar, c iSpicer, b Musson 12 Kelly, c and b Gowans ... ... 10 Osborne, c Weeks, b Gowans ... 15 Taylor, run out 0 Jordan, c Porter, b Jones ... 24 Parish, sipd Harper, b Jones ... 13 Zouch, lbw, b Jones 0 Stayt, c Porter, b Crequer ... 13 McElhinney, b Crequer 23 Colquhoun, not out 6 Extras ... 2 Bowling Analysis.—Gowans took two wickets for 31 runs, Musson one for 39, Weeks none for 5, Jones three for 28, Crequer two for 20. Technical. First Innings. H. Jones, c Stayt, b Colquhoun ... 13 N. Jones, p R. W. Biggar, b Osborne 1 V. Crequer, c Osborne, b Colquhoun ... 22 E. Harper, c Taylor, b Zouch ... 14 A. Porter, c Jordan, b Zouch ... 10 D. Gowans, b Zouch 0 T. Spicer, b Zouch 0 S. Weeks, c Parish, b R. W. Biggar 17 W. Musson, not out 7. W. Moodie, stpd Taylor, b R. H. Biggar ... ... ... 0 B. Stevenson, not out 0 Extras ... ... ... ... 1° Total (for nine wickets) 100 Bowling Analysis.—E. Osborne took one wicket for 15 runs ? A. Colquhoun two for 34, R. W. Biggar three for 24, P. Zouch four for 11. Second Innings. Spicer, lbw, b Zouch 0 Gowans, c Jordan, b Zouch ... 11 lbw, b Colquhoun ... 10 Moodie, lbw, b Zouch < Weeks, o Zouch, b Colquhoun ... I Crequer, stpd Taylor, b R. H. Biggar ... ... ... 1' Stevenson, stpd R. W. Biggar, b Zouch ... ... 'P H. Jones, c R. H. Biggar 2i Porter, b R. H. Biggar 4 N. Jones, not out ... • Harper, not out « Extras Total (for nine wickets) 95
Bowling Analysis.—Zouch took four wickets for 33 runs, Colquhoun two for 15, McElhinney none for 6, R. H. Biggar three for 10, R. W. Biggar none for 19, Osborne none for 2. KIA ORA v. COLDSTREAM, Only two Kia Ora wickets fell, although four batsmen retired in its match against Coldstream. J. Dillon made the large total of 1.03 runs before retiring. Others to retire in this team were F. Holloway 27, T. McNally 22 and H. Lennon 13. L. Moore made 26 and O. J. Stills was not out 10. The innings produced 216 runs. Coldstream, which batted first, made 137 (R. Geddes 49, B. Bowes 19, L. Re.veley 17, F. Clark 16). r . Bowling for Kia Ora, S. W- Kerr took three wickets for 8 runs and H. Lennon four for 25. Kia Ora's wickets y were taken by E. Bowes and R. Hutton. Details were: — ,A Coldstream. R. Hutton, run out 0 E. Bowes, lbw, b H. Lennon ... 19 G. Young, o R. Wear, b V. Stills 0 L. Reveley, b S. Kerr ... t ... 17 R. Geddes, c Jordan, b Lennon ... 0 E. Cross, not out 49 A. Harris, b Kerr 0. R. Harris, run out 2 M. Tilson, b Lennon 0 G. McKenzie, c Moore, b Lennon 9 F. Clark, c Dillon, b Kerr ... IS Extras 25 Total 13? Bowling Analysis.—H. Lennon took four wickets for 25 runs, V. Stills one for 16, R. Wear none for 10, J. Dillon none for 58, S. Kerr three for 8, L. Moore none for 5, M. McNally none for 10. Kia Ora. J. Dillon, retired 103 L. Moore, stpd Geddes, b Bowes ... 26 F. Holloway, retired 27 T. McNally, retired 22 C. Hansen, not out ... ... • «* H. Lennon, retired 13 O. J. Stills, not out 10 H. Jordan, c Bowes, b Hutton ... 1 Extras ... 11 Total (for six wickets) ... 216 Bowling Analysis.—E. Bowes .took one wicket for 45' runs, R. Hutton one for 28, R. Harris none for 23, G. Young none for 40, A. Harris none for 18, R. Geddes none for 15, M. Tilson none for 14, G.*McKenzie none for 19. METHVEN y. FAIRFIELD. Fairfield won by an innings and 43 runs in the match against Methven. In its first strike Methven made 43 runs (T. Owers 11, S. H. Macdonald 11, H. Reid 10) and in the second the total was only five better than in the first (W. F/Owen 13, H>. Reid 12). Fairfield declared with 134 for the loss of four wickets (N. Phelan 43, Alex. McCall 41, C. Stills 29). Bowling for Fairfield in Methven's first innings, Don McKay took three wickets for one run, N. Phelan two for 3, and Alf. McCall two for 5. In the second, H. Bajrd took three for
3, Phelan two for 7 and McKay two for none. Details were:— Mathven. First Innings. , H. Reid, b Stills ... ... v 10 W. J. Owen, c Stills, b Phelan ... 1 M. Walker, b Phelan ... ... 0 S. H. Macdonald, e Phelan, b Alt. McCall 11 K. Fryer, bP. Willis ..., ... 0 T. Owen, b Alf. McOall 11 F. W. Owen, b McKay " W. Pike, o Stills, b McKay ... w G. Lochhead, not out ... ... « H. Macfarlane, o and b McKay ... £ Extras —_J Total 43 Bowling Analysis.-N. Phelan took two wickets for 3 runs, C Stalls one for 14, H. Baird none for 4, P. W*wa one for 8, Alf. McCall two for 5, Don McKay three for 1. Second Innings. Fryer, b Willis r Macdonald, b Phelan ... •• " Reid, c Alf. McCall, b McKay ... U Owers, c Stills, b Phelan « Macfarlane, b Baird " Lochhead, b Baird ... Y Pike, e Baird, b McKay * W. F. Owen, b Baird x * M* Walker, run out i W. J. Owen, not out ... ° Extras •■•* Total ... - - 48 Bowling Analysis.-P. Willis took one wicket for U runs,. Phelan two for 7, H. Baird three for 3, MoHay two for 9, Stills none for 9. Fairfield. C. Stills, c Walker, b Owers ... 29 J. Baird, b Reid ... « A. Chapman, run out .? Alex. McCall, 'not out „. ... *£ N. Phelan, Ibw, bW. J. Owen ... 48 Dave McKay, not out * Extras ... ' xV Total (for 4 wkts, d'cld.) 134 Bowling Analysis.-R. Reid took one wicket A 48 runs, T. Owers one for 15, H. J. Owen one for 42 M. Walker none tor 9, K. Fryer none for 9.
CHRISTCHURCH AVERAGES. CHRISTOHURCH, March 24. The competition for the cricket championship concluded on Saturday, and the championship was not decided until the last 15 minutes of play. The championship points of the leading teams were: Riccarton 49, Sydenham 47, Lancaster Park 39, Old Collegians 38. , .- Riccarton 231 beat East Christchurch 103 and seven for 174 (Coupland 54), Sydenham 293 (C. 3. Oliver 162) beat West Christchurch 199 and 105. Sydenham would have won the match outright and the championship if; five minutes more time had been available for the side to go in again.. Lancaster Park 376 beat St. Albans 207 (W. C. Dalley 90). R. J. Read ,t°ok eight wickets for 78 runs. Old Collegians 271 (Waller 53, Byrne 45, Punster 97, Ollivier not out 41) beat Old Boys 255. 0. J. Olliver heads the batting averages with 972 runs for 12 innmgs, average 81; Cromb 56.23, Roberts 56. j Cromb heads the bowling averages with 21 wickets for 273 runs, average 13; Roberts 13.5. The veteran, R. J. j Read, did the most bowling, 356 overs for 795 runs and 48 wickets, average 16.56. SOFT WICKETS AT AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND, March 24. Cricket was played, yesterday on soft wickets after rain. University, the leading team, 152 and 108 (Cleverley five for 15) was beaten by Ponsonby, 184 (Matheson four for 56). ' , . Parnell 224 beat Eden 159 (Goodsir four for 20, Vivian three for 45). King's Old Boys 243 for four declared (Lewis 63, Martin 65, McCarthy 60) beat Y.M.C.A. 185 and 72 for North Shore 209 (Ferguson 54, Cowie six for 55) beat Grafton 118 and 141 for eight (Byerley 56 not out, Webb five for 69). WELLINGTON COMPETITION ENDS. WELLINGTON, March 24. A further series of matches in the Wellington senior cricket competition was concluded on Saturday. University 249 (Oonnell 50, McLean five for 65, Tucker three for 5) beat Institute 226 and one for 23. Old Boys 307 (Rainbird 135, Lamason 96, McCarthy three for 11) beat Petone 257 and one for 56. Kilbirnie 146 (Wilson 58, Champness six for 51) and 154 beat Hutt 138 (Handscomb six for 35 and four for 45) Wellington 215 (Wiren 76; O'Neill four for 45) beat Midland 176 and three for 68 (Symes three for 9). SCORES AT DUNEDIN. DUNEDIN, March 23. A full round of matches in the senior cricket competition was completed to-day. „ . . . , Carisbrook 264 for six wickets declared (Cameron 64, Dunning 57) beat Old Boys 193 (Groves 52, Mackay tour for 40). „ .„ Carisbrook B 264 for nine (Hercus 69, Uttley three for 34; Jolly four tor 57) beat University 203 (Ibbotson 71, Lambert five for 44). i Colts 203 (McGregor 73; Cook four for 70) beat Kaikorai 197 (Stevenson four for 17). • _ ,__ , . , Christian Brothers' 0.8. 178 beat Dunedin 165 (Cavanagh 54, Blair five °Grange 202 (Galland 75) and 231 for three (Knight 90, Elmes 79) beat Albion 140.
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