SOUTHERN COMPETITIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 77, 31 March 1924, Page 9

SOUTHERN COMPETITIONS.

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, Saturday. The club championship cricket matches, under the auspices of the Otago Cricket Association, were continued on Saturday. Albion who had seven wickets down for 443 runs last week, continued the first innings which closed with 462 runs. Casey, with sii was the only batsman for Dunedin to make a large score, though Brown scored 24 Shepherd, for Dunedin, took four wickets fur 24 runs. Pullar took three for 411 Duncan one for 4. The innings was productive of lOS runs. The team put in again compiled 105 for two wickets. Carisbrook's first innings was featureless, Ramsden and Dunning being the only batsmen to make anything like a stand, with 89 and 35 runs respectively. The innings closed for 1-0 runs, and the team was put in again, this time making a startling recovery, Duncan and Worker setting up a partnership which was productive of 321) runs before the former's wicket fell to L. Chadwick, for 66 runs. Dunning, not out. had 65 runs, and Worker So runs, when stumps were drawn, with oue wicket down for _22 runs.

i CIIRISTCHURCIT, Sunday. I The tenth ard final round of the Canterbury Cricket Associations competition was concluded yesterday. Sydenham had already i won the championship. The final points 1 are:—Sydenham IS. West Christchureh 14, I Iticcarton 13, St. Alban's 13, Linwood b, i East Christchureh :t. . I Riccarton, who had made 148 runs in the ! first innings against Sydenham, scored 152 'runs in Ihe second innings (Cargill (1, Evans X.'!) D Mcßcth took five wickets for 42 runs, Cunningham five for 47. Sydenham's first innings yielded 10S runs (D. Mcßcth 17, Gasson 10. Grcnfcll 19). Nixon took five wickets for 33 runs. In their second strike Sydenham lost one wicket lor :01 runs (Cunningham, in. 44). I Linwood, playing against West Christchurch, had made 103 runs in the first 'innings, and (hey declared their second in- ! nings closed with four wickets down for 29S runs (Smith 77, Condliffe 45, Boon, not out, 107, Baker, not out, 43). Blunt took two wickets for 37. The first Innings of West Christchureh yielded 259 (Blunt 103, Talbot '71). C. 1.. King took live for 07. Read three for S. In the second innings. West Christchureh had lost oue wicket for 4(5 runs (Blunt, not out, 26). St. Alban's, playing against East Christchurch, in the first innings ran up the big score of 430 runs for live wickets (F. Woods, not out, 222. Crawford S3, llickmott 42). In the first innings Bust Christchureh had made 209 runs.