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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18516, 19 October 1925, Page 13

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COMPETITIONS COMMENCE. j CANTERBURY ASSOCIATION. Grade matches for the 1925-36 season were commenced on Saturday. The weather v»? beautifully fine at tho start, but a thick sea mist came over, which, towards the icloe© of play, turned to a very fine rain, and neeseitated the uso of 6awdust. Sevej-al changes in the personnel of last eeason's teams were observed. Sydenham are greatly weakened by the loss of Mcßeth,who is now in Timam. and McEwin, who is playing for East Chnstchurch. Their strength will be further reduced when Cunningham—and pessibly Patrick—go with the New Zealajid team to Australia. All three senior games were, played at Haglcy Park, where the wickets were on the heavy side. The batsmen were further handicapped by the long grass in the outfield, and it was exceedingly difficult to get a ground stroke to the boundary. St. Albans v. Sydenham. On the Number 1 wicset Sandman won' the toss from Patrick and sent Sydenham invo the field. Woods and Reese put on 64 for the third wicket, but they were both missed. Sandman and Martin also set up a good partnership, though the bitter waa dropped before he had scored. Sandman batted very crisply for his top score. In a waning light Sydenham put themselves in a good position by scoring 64 for 1 wicket, Oliver batting brilliantly for 47, made in three-quarters of an hour. Scores: ST. ALBANS. First Innings. F. Woods, b Cunningham .. -.47 L. R. Brunton, b Cunningham .. 6 C. G. Crawford, hit wkt, b Gray .. 1 D. W. Reeso, st. King, b Patrick .. 35 D. M. Sandman, c Cockroft, b Cunningham .. •- ..48 P. Martin, b Cunningham , .. ... 21 R. H. North, lbw, b Oliver .. •• 2" W. Eadie, b Oliver .. •• 2 S. W. Hickmott, uot out .-., .• 3 R. Norrie, b Oliver £ Extras ;. «. •• •• 8 Total ' 1™ Bowling analysis—W. Cunningham 19 overs, 1 niaiden, 63 runs, 4 wickets;. J. Grav 11 overs, 41 runs, 1 wicket; W. R. Patrick 7 overs, 27 runs, 1 wicket; E. A. Gasson 4 ovens, 6 runs; F. Tomlinson 2 overs, 18 runs; C. Oliver 6 overs, 2 maidens, 10 runs, 3 wicket*. SYDENHAM. First Innings. C. CHiver, not out •• >- *J B. Cockroft, c Smith, b Sandman . ... 1 W. Cunningham, not out .. ljj Byes .. •• - •• I Total for 1 wicket ~. ~64 Linwood v. East Christchurch. Linwood put uo tho be3t score, of tho afternoon, though tho Eastern bowling, strengthened by McEwin, was quite good. Apart from one or two chances, Talbot batted aggressively and well for his 67, but the feature of the innings was the batting of Rich, who was making his debut as a Senior A player. Jones also batted very soundly, and indulged in some hard hitting. Scores':— LINWOOD. First Innings. » G. M. Condliffe, c Rollinson, b Weston 5 R. O. Talbot, -c Weston, b Stringer .. 57 M» Boon, b McEwin '., -• „ " J? G W. Russell, c Stringer, b Vieston -!i R. Read, b Weston .. ... ,- 15 J. Logie, rbw, b Stringer- .. <• ** T. Kennedy, c Flood, b Weston .. 5 H. Rich, st Rollinson, b Stringer J. Jones, not out •• •• '- „ S. Yates, c Mnl'an, b Weston .. ■> C. L. King, absent .. •• " „ Extras .. •• •• •• » Total 238 Bowling analysis.—J. McEwin, 18 overs, 1 maiden, 82 runs, 1 wicket; E. Weston, 14 ovoib, 46 runs, 5 wickets; G. R. Gregory, 5 overs, 23 runs; H. T. Stringer, 14 overs, 2 maiden*, 43 runs, 3 wickets; J. P. Flood, 5 overs, 27 runs; Greenaway, 2 overs, 9 runs. EAST CHRTSTCHURCH. - First Innings. T. Mullan, not out .. ;.. 1 A. R- Blank, not oat .., *. »•. 3 Bye -. "2L Total tat no wickets w« »«. S Biocarton v. West Christchurcli. Fuller, who captained Riccarton in the absence of Caygill, won tho toss from Dr. Foster, but hia side gave a very disap- . pointing display of batting. Cox, who went in first, batted for nearly two hours, but got little assistanpo from the half-dozen ■batsmen who came and went, until Fuller joined him, and then tho boat partnership of tho innings was set up. With less than < an hour and a half to bat, West Christchurch made 70 for tho loss of five wickets. Scores:— . v 'RICCARTON.

Senior E Grade. At Sydenham Park, Sydenham 132 (J. Martin 50, M. O'Malley 26, E. Cummins 18, and H. Mooro 17) jnet St. Albsns 45 for eight wickets (Teichert 17). For St. Albans Johns took three wickets for 50 and Wright two for 28, and Cullen two for 29. At Lancaster Park, "West Christchurch 161 <A. T. Donnelly 59, McCartney "37, W. J. Sim 24) met Linwood 34 for one (H. Jones 24 not C. Orchard took four wickete , for 26, and Athfield two for 15. , At Elmwood Park Technical Old Boys 63 (H. Westwood 18) met Old" Boj* 84 for 7 wickets (L. J. Killick 30. S. *. Carlton 19).- For Old Boys J. T. Burrows took four wickets for 16 and Killiok three ior 20. At Elmwood Park East Christchurch 123 (C/'A. Jones 36, C. Handisides 19 not out, ana H. Pickup 19) met Old Collegians 27 for sis wickets. For Old Collegians Buchanan look four wicket* for 25. At Rangiora, Rangiora '277 (A. L. Lockhurst 120, L. Chappell 82, and E. D. Burns met Riccarton" 21 for one wicket (R. Malcoimson 15). For Biccarfon C. Gibbs took eight wickets for 56 runs. Second Grade A. At Sydenham Park, Sydenham 153 (E. Gaseon 53, A. Richardson 36, and E. Edwards 16) met New Brighton 66 for three wjekets (L. Bisman 19 not out, Palk 18). For New Brighton H. Woods took three wickets for 45, and Hibbert two for 15. At Elmwood Park, , Old Boys A 178 for six wickets (Sandman 73, and Baveretock 18) met th« B team. At College, Ground, College 300 for 7 wickete (Gardner 89 not out, Hamilton 56, Cotterell 49. t>unster 40, and Wilson 24) met St. Albans. At H»gs«y Pwk. Boy*' High School 220 for seven (C. M. Harris 84, C. H. Williams m not out, and J. Jacobs 23) met West Christchurch. At Haglev Park Sumner 20l (Saunders 137, Jordan 50, and Ogier 30) met RiccarUm. Second Grade B. At Bneor's road, Technical Old Boys 104 (Kerr 25, and R- R- Moore 19 secured a three Tx>ini win over St. Andrew's 34 and 69 CHartnell 23). At Elmwood Bark, Boys High School 202 for nine wickets (Smith 04, Stringer 27, Groee 33 not oat, Dalrymple 24 not out, Queree 16) met Old Boys. /At Hagley Park, Eiccarton 42 (four short) met West Chri*tchnreh 17u for eix wickets (Manning 61 and Masters 46). For West Chxietchurch Masters took five wickets for 17- /■ Third Grade A. At Hagley Park, West Christclrarch 87 met Sydenham 77 (Hore 24, and Collett 18). For Sydenham Edwards took four wickets for 17 and McAlister three for none. ■■ At Lancaster Park, Old Boys 115 (Ander4aa 42 and-Coleman ,58) and 94. icz-aiz

•wickets met East Christchurch 111 (Johnston 28 aJid Nutta!' 19). At Lancaster Park. Lin-wood 175 (braitn 67 and "Wilson 371 air.t St.. Albans I'M fw three wickets (Heasley 39 and Gnicths 2' not ont). Third Grade B. At College Ground. College 167 (Appleby 57, Pareon 32, and Ritchie IS) met Linwood 130 for four (Fraser 45 and Lye &± The match between Spreydon ana West Christchurch was not played owing to no ground being available. BOYS' ASSOCIATION. On Saturdsv, games were continued in the Canterbury Boys' Cricket Association s enropeUtion, when the second round in the til tQ Grade (under 16) and the first ronnd in the other grades were played. Ten games toot place at the Boys' Association ground. Honpital corner, whilst two each were played at St. Andrew's College and St. Bede s CoUese. The following were the results of the games:— ruth Grade. Bots' High School B. 41 and 64 for four wieke'ts, defeated Technical College B, 24, by seventeea runs on the first innings. Wast Christchurch District High School won by default from Y.M.C.A. (Boys' Gordon Boys' High School .A. 126, defeated M. 'Andrew's College, 26 and 45 for three wickets, bv 100 runs on the first innings. Technical College A. 146, defeated St. Bede's College, 44 and 67 for two wickets, by 102 runs on the first innings. Sixth Grade. Technical College B, 112, defeated Boys' High School B, 14 and 14, by an innings and 84 runs. , Technical College A. 51, defeated Boys High School A, 18 and 31, by an innings and two runs. Riccarton, 44 for seven wickets declared, defeated Linwood, 12 and 9, by an innings and 23 runs. Cathedral Grammar School, 68 and 47 lor five wickets declared, defeated St. Andrew s College, 40 and 47, by twenty-eight runs. St. Bede's College, 106, defeated Y.M.C.A. (Boys' Gordon Hall). 50 and 88 for one wicket, by §6 runs on the first innings. Marist Bros.' School had the bye. Seventh Grade. -Marist Brothers' School, 107, defeated St. Bede's College, 50 and 29 for one wicket, by 57 runs on the first innings. Boys' High School A, 76 and 34 for six .wickets declared, defeated Boys' High School B, 34 and 9, by 67 runs. T.M.C.A. A'(Boys' Gordon Hall) won by default from Y.M.C.A. B (Boys' Gordon Hall). West Christchurch District High School, 42, defeated Linwood, 33, by nine runs on the first innings. Cathedral Grammar School, 38 and 51 for seven wickets, defeated St. Andrew's College, 36 and 52, by thfcee wickets. Technical College had the bye. Representatives A final practice for the representatives will take place to-morrow at Hospital corner at 4 p.m., when the following are expected to at"tend:—Whitehead (8.H.5.), Curio (8.H.5.), Barnhill (Technical), Pearce (8.H.5.), Marriott (8.H.5.), Qnaid (Technical), Hathersley (West), Grace (8.H.5.), Mitchell (Technical), Harper (8.H.5.), Ellis (B.H.S ), Stokes Nutt (St. Andrew's), Murray (Technical), Darby (St. Bede'e), Gibb '(St. Andrew's), Welch (Technical), McLaughlin (Technical), O'Brien (St. Bede's), Hawken (St. Bede's), and Burgess (Technical), j . ... All clubs must provide sufficient material for their own players, and, as the representative team will be picked after the practice, it is important that the attendance should be a full one. NORTH CANTERBURY ASSOCIATION. In the North Canterbury Association's senior competition, the match commenced the previous Saturday between Loburn and Woodend ended in a three-point win for Loburn. In their fir3t innings- Loburn scored 139, ana Woodend had scored 110 for four wickets. Continuing on Saturday, the innings ended with 132 (Nixon 96> H. Little 15). }*> ba J? in their second innings made 84 (Parker *7, Croft 19, Lindsay 10 not out, and Kempthorne 10). Woodend scored only 39. J. Bennett took six wickets for 21 runs. In the junior competition Eyreton A scored a three-point win against Rangiora. The scores were: Rangiora 51 (J. Mcßryde 23) and 62 (B. Kinley 16, G. Allow»y 15) ; Byreton 102 (G. Saunders 33, D. Smith 30, G. Winter ill). Bennett, Smith, and Saunders bowled best for Eyreton, and Fisher for Rangiora. Playing at Swannjanoa, the local team and Eyreton B had a drawn game. Eyreton scored 197 for eight wickets and declared (Beal 91, Lynskey 31, Cherry 25), and when stumps were drawn Swannanoa had 129 for the loss of fonr wickets (L. Kelly 55, McHugh 21). Winter, Burt, and Doidge bowled best for Swannanoa, and Giddeons, Merrin, and Lynskey for Eyreton. NEW ZEALAND TEAM. (PMS3 ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) DUNEDIN, October 17. Dickinson is not available for the New , Zealand cricket team. Aloo is doubtful.

Pirst innings. A.. Cox, b Findlay •• •■ ... 43 C. E. Guincy, run out 2 G. "W. Haines, b Findlay J 1 J. C. I/. Powell, to Findlay E. Evma, run out .. -. ... 1 .. 7 P. S. Powell, b Blunt .. ... 10 A. Young, h Findlay .. 2 A. C. Fuller, not out -•» .. 23 0. T Gorrie, c Hitchcock, b Blunt .. 0 C. T. Rix, b Blunt .. 4 I. Grenfell, c and b Fmdlay .- Byes .. 0 Total .. .. •■ .. 103 iowline analysis.—C. A. Cocks, 3 overs, 11 runs; J. L. Findlay, 13.3 overs, 4 maidens, | 27 runs, 5 wickets; E. C. Blunt, 11 overs, 1 maiden, 33 runs, 3 wickets ; T. Condlifle, 4 overs, '1 maiden, 10 runs; E. A. Hitchcock, i overs, 20 run?. ■WEST CHRISTCHT7RCH. First Innings. R. C. Blunt, nrn out -. 21 S. C. Cross, lhw, b Rix .. ~, 2 R. H. Booth, low, b F. Powell - 8 W , Hayes, b Young ~ in L. G. Hayne*, c Gorrie, b Evans 2 F Jarrett, not out »-, 7 E A. Hitchcock, not out .. 4 Extras _' .. 8 Total for fire wickets .. « 70