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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 297, 15 December 1919, Page 9

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THE CHAMPIONSHIPS. RAIN STOPS PLAY. The district club matches In Auckland set down for decision on Saturday, wero interfered with by the continuous drizzle which set in shortly after noon. At the •Remuera ground, and Eden Park, the players, both senior and junior, mustered, but after waiting for an hour decided that the wickets were unlit for play, and abandoned the games. At North Shore the Shore and Eden teams made a start, but after an hour's play, during which Eden [lost three wickets for 49 runs, a thickening of the rain resulted in play being stopped for the day. EDEN V. NORTH SHORE. i These teams were the only ones that started their game, and. despite the wet conditions, the North Shore bowlers got three wickets at a cheap cost before an increase of the rain caused an abandonment of play for the day. Scores:— EDEN.—First Innings. Heighway, b Howden £ Rountree, not out 21 Mills, b Coates o Blair, not out 15 L. G. Taylor, lbw Coates ] Extras = Total for three wickets 48 -PRIMARY SCHOOL REPS. V. GRAMMAR SCHOOL JUNIORS. "What promises to be an interesting contest commenced on Victoria Park on Saturday morning, when an eleven selected from the primary schools teams met an undersixteen side from Grammar School.. Grammar won the toss, and elected to bat, Davis opening to Bach and Reid. His third ball completely beat -the former. I—l —0. •Clarke followed, and got two neat couples off the balance of the over. Reid faced Wynn, but put one up. and Pell took a good catch. 4—2—o. In attempting a fine run Clarke was smartly thrown out by Fletcher. o—3—4. Gwilliam, the captain, followed, and in playing back to Davis hit his wicket. s— i —o. Montelth, the Incomer, secured a brace and a single off loose deliveries by Davis, and with Gerrard stemmed the rot. Both batsmen played carefully but confidently, till Norton, who had replaced Davis, clean bowled Gerrard. 19—5— S. Mills took the ball from Wynn, and Monteith, after playing him carefully, lifted a leg one to the 'boundary. Evans met Norton's deliveries with a straight bat, but -missed several loose leg ones, and eventually got bis leg in front. 23 —G—0. Mills (Grammar) opened his account witta two off Norton, and a line stroke by Honteitb. brought another couple off the Mount Edca bowler. Rain then stopped play foi a while, and on resumption the batsmen were very careful. Pell dropped an easy catch from Mills, and a few minutes la-tei Monteith again found the leg boundary. In the next over he was run but through very smart work by Baskett. 40—7—23. Both teams then adjourned for lunch as the guests of the A.P.S.C.A., and, owing to the continuance of the rain, the game was adjourned till Tuesday, at 2 p.m. Scores: GRAMMAR SCHOOL. First Innings. Bach, b Davis 0 Reid, c Pell, b Wynn .'.'.'. q Clarke, thrown out "" 4 Gwilliam, hit wicket " 0 Monteith, run out "* 23 Gerrard, b Norton \\\ g Evans, lbw Norton "" q Mills, not out '.'.'.'. 4 Stehr, not out """* •Extras ."■"".". 1 Seven wickets for 40 - HEATHCOTE-WILLIAMS SHIELD MATCH. The match for the Heathcote-Williams Shield, to be played at Auckland this week between the Auckland Grammar School and Palmerston North High School, will start at Eden Park on Thursday. It was originally intended to start on Wednesday, but, on account of the parliamentary poll falling on that day, the starting of the match has been delayed a day. INTER-COLLEGIATE MATCH. WIN FOR CHRIST'S COLLEGE. DUNEDIN, Saturday. The annual match between Christ's College (Caristchurch) and Otago Boys' High School was commenced yesterday, at Carlsbrook ground. The visitors batted first, and were disposed of for 71 runs. Otago •High School shaped rather worse, and were all out for 52 runs. Christ's College made a better showing in their second effort, and knocked up 12!) runs, leaving Otago 149 runs to get to win. The local lads started badly, losing three wickets for 12 runs before stumps were drawn. -Resuming, this morning, on a wicket that was dull after overnight rain, they carried their score to 119— 'Dickinson 62, Swinton 31. Sugden, Cowllshaw and -Pengelly each took two wickets for Christ's College, which won by 29 runs.