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M.C.C. DISMISSED CHEAPLY N.Z. LEADS ON FIRST INNINGS ■ FINE STAND BY ROBERTS AND BLANDFORD

CPBXS3 ASSOCIATtOH TEUSGEAM.) ’ WELLINGTON, January 19. Confident batting by “Roberts ’and Blandford on a wicket made easy by overnight rain, followed, by excellent bowling by Roberts, Blundell, and (■ romb when the drying pitch became “alive,” enabled New Zealand to secure a thoroughly deserved lead over: the touring English team on the second day of the second representative match at Wellington. New Zealand, after losing seven wickets for 127 on the first day, recovered creditably, making 242. Roberts and Blandford put on 104 for the eighth wicket, Roberts making 75 : Hot out and Blandford 40. The Englishmen fell for 156, a fine display being given by Mitchell-Innes, who made 57. Sims and Griffith batted courageously for 30 and 24 not out respectively. The bowlers creditably exploited all the help given by the wicket, and the* catching was practically without fault. Roberts and Blundell maintained good control, and • Cromb: varied his pace and flight shrewdly. Roberts took three for 33, Blundell two for 40. and Cromb four for 52. Nearly 10,000 spectators relished the success of the home players, who, rising to .a promising opportunity with considerable resolution, took the honours of the day. . The second innings of New Zealand saw 11 runs put cn without loss. Valuable Innings Roberts and Blandford, who carried the score from 127 to 170 on the previous afternoon, continued their partnership -to 201, both batsmen showing good, judgment in picking the ball to hit, while exhibiting patient care to all others. Roberts drove and pulled strongly. Occasionaly his off-drives were lifted, but the ball always fell clear of the fieldsmen. His 12 fours Included four to square leg, two to long-on, two through the slips, and a particularly clean square cut. He batted 111 minutes without giving a chance, and'his fine effort gained wellmerited applause from the crowd, whose clapping was supported by the Englishmen. Blandford was effective to bowling of short length, chopping through the slips ' and. gliding to leg neatly. He hit three fours, and was m for an hour and a half. His batting-at a difficult time was most praiseworthy. New Zealand took 271 minutes to make its 242 runs.

The English fielding was again excellent, Parks making a very good catch in the slips. Griffith kept capably, not allowing a bye. till 200 had been passed. Lyttelton handled a rather difficult task with credit. Keen New Zealand Attack

Resolute v bowling, supported by smart fielding and capable captaincy, accomplished the dismissal of the Visitors for 156 in 143 minutes.

Mitchell-Innes, arriving after two wickets had fallen to successive balls after only about a quarter, of an hour’s play, set out to hit the bowlers off their length. His first scoring strokes were five fours' and two twos. Parks made 13 competently, and was run out jiiri when he -looked like getting under way for a large score. Mitchell-Innes, putting plenty of power into his strokes

in fr<»it of .the wicket, ran to 57 in 81 minutes, hitting eight fours. He made practically two-thirds of the runs scored while he was at the wickets; 'Three of his fours were nearly sixes. Sims stayed for three-quarters of an hpur for a valuable 30. He hit three fours. Griffith, with only two nonbatsmen to come, attacked the bowling vigorously, hitting up 24 not out in 20 minutes.

Roberts-Again the Hero

The hero of New Zealand’s bowling was Roberts, who, though tired after his long innings, kept a good length and obtained some nip from the pitch. With the new ball he sent down seven overs for only-nine' runs. He was brought on again at 96 and took three wickets for 24. None of the batsmen played him with freedom. One merit of his performance was that he was the only bowler to take wickets from the north end, from where he. howled to the .drier and truer, section of the pitch. Two of his victims were batsmen who were well set.* Useful service was given by the two left-handers, Rimes and Vivian, who kept 'the north end going, while thp captain rested Roberts. Exceptional deadliness-was infused - into his bowling with the new ball into • the wind by Blundell. His first four overs yielded two wickets for • only two rum. His early, effectiveness gave - the visitors a set-back from which they , , ; never really recovered, and. paved the way'to the success of 4he : home side. -jCfomb carried:-the burden .of the slow •'.-' attack'with success, turning the ball J ‘'Well and bowling to his field. Smartness In the Field .There was a pleasing smartness • abpu| mpst of the fielding. Lamason, E- ‘ shorf' ,, .leg. wasgiven great ■ Another, catch' was ; -v taken there by Elrnes, .Cromb’s perwith fieldsmen in “silly” posi■J amply justified by he took a

THREE CENTURIES

high; scoring in club . GAMES PROMOTED- JUNIOR MAKES | GOOD DEBUT Three centuries'were scored in the senior grade competition games, and the play was also remarkable for the high scoring in three put of the four games. > Lancaster Park, without the help-of Cromb, fielded all day against Old Boys, and after a bad start Riccartop. stayed at the crease all day against .East Christchurch. R. J. Read, the Lancaster Park • mainstay on attack, .bowled 42 overs without a break, excePt for afternoon tea and to change ends,-'and in the first part bowled as well as he has ever done. At one stage he had three wickets, all bowled, for 15 runs, and he wds the only bowler to trouble M. L. Page and R. J. Menzies with any constancy. Although he was .erratic when he was first brought on R. Westwood later showed that he could be used more frequently to spell Read. Page* again took some time to get going, and though his total included some rash strokes later in his innings, there were many glimpses of the form which .won him test honours. Menzies. a very promising colt; played more enterprisingly than his captain in putting up an invaluable partnership. Cromb will be faced with a stiff task when he takes charge of the batting on Saturday as this is the most that has been made against Lancaster Park this season. , Though Riccarton’s opening batsmen fell quickly before the East Christchurch attack, Jacoby broke up the bowling and went on to score 178, in his own merry fashion. In taking the total to 399 Jacobs received great assistance from R. J. Fairbairn 57 and A. C. Cade 43. East Christchurch seems to be left with little to do but to try to last out for a draw. Old Collegians are again facing defeat, this time at the .hands of St. Albany, whose large total was mainly contributed by N; S. H, McCann, a promoted junior, who made a century in his first game in senior grade cricket. He showed that he possessed scoring shots all round the wicket and combined these with a steady defence. He has made a very auspicious entry into senior cricket. The only game of low scoring was that , between Sydenham and West Christchurch. The latter started badly although J. W. Peake, one of the younger members, gave a bright and chanceless display to make 75 in an hour. The total of 202 should have been easy for the Sydenham batsmen, but they started disastrously., losing two wickets before 20 was on the board. At stumps five wickets had fallen for 92, Butterfield losing his wicket almost on the call of time. Bellamy is still unbeaten.

OLD BOYS V. LANCASTER PARK

Except for a bright partnership between M. L. Page and R. J. Menzies, who made two-thirds of the score, the Old Boys’ batting did not show to advantage against the steady bowling of Lancaster Park on the main ground on Saturday. R. J. Read had a rnarathon bowling spell, the only break-he got in 42 overs being afternoon tea. At one time he jiad three wickets for 15, but he then bowled for a long spell without getting another wicket. R. Westwood, and S. J. Yates were the other main bowlers. The former, after an erratic start, settled down to a good length, and showed that he could well be used more as a relief for Read.

Three good wickets were down for 39 and it seemed as if the Old Boys’ team was going to collapse. Read was bowling very well and he kept both Page and Menzies in trouble, although many singles were taken. Kennedy apd Westwood failed to break the partnership, and Menaces hit Westwood to the boundary several times. Page was more subdued, and took 100 minutes for his half-century, as against the 51- minutes required by Menzies. Westwood’s reward came when Cobden took a good catch in the slips to dismiss .Menzies,, Again three wickets fell quickly till FiShOr joined Page, who, after a brisk patch of scoring, played carefully when near the century. This he reached in 175 minutes. When he became settled it was more like the old Page, with his brilliant forcing off strokes, and after he had reached 30 he was mainly on top of the bowling, though he always treated Read with care. When stumps were drfiwn .he was still unbeaten with 152 and Cook had 10. The total was 330 for nine wickets, and the individual scores were:— OLD BOYS First Innings D. C. Nixon, b Read .. ..3 E. J. McEwen, b Read .. .. 17 W. A. Hadlee, b Read ~ .. 9 M. L. Page, not out .. ..152 B. J. Menzies, c Cobden, b Westwood 69 B. C. Harbidge, b Yates . . .. n G. B. .Colville, c sub., b Yates ~ 3 M.'Graham, c Suckling, b Read 0 L. Fisher, run out ~ .. 20 R. C. Burns, c Kerr, b Kennedy .. 22 R. F. Cook, not out .. ..10 Extras ~ ~ ..16 Total for nine wickets .. 330 Bowling Analysis—R. J. Read. 42 overs, 8 maidens, 113 runs, 4 wickets; S. J. Yates,, 23 rvers, 2 maidens, 79 runs, 2 wickets; T. l ennedy. 10 overs,' 48 runs, 1 wicket; R. v/estwood, 21 overs, 2 maidens, 74 runs, 1 wicket. Westwood bowled one. no-ball.

Blandford made no mistakes behind the wickets.

A feature of the innings, which may give an illuminating clue to the way the pitch was playing, was that not one batsman was caught backward of the wickets. Thirteen wickets fell in the day for a total of 228 runs. Scores;— NEW ZEALAND First Innings J. L. Kerr, c Mitchell-Innes, b Parks .. .... 2 D. A, R. Moloney, Ibw, b Langridge S2 G. L, Weir, c Langridge. b Parks 1 H. G. Vivian, Ibw b Sims .. 29 M. W. Wallace, c Barber, b Parks 19 I. B. Cromb, c Mitchell-Innes, b Parks .. .. .. 15 J. R. Lamason, c Parks, b Langridge .. .. .. 17 A. W. Roberts not out .. 75 J. A. R. Blandford, c Parks, b Baxter ~ .. ~ 40 C. S. Elmes, c and b Sims .. 3 E. D. Blundell, b Sims .. 0 Extras (byes 2, leg byes 6, noball 1) .. 9 Total ~ .. .. 242 BOWLING ANALYSIS ■ O. M. R. W. H. D. Read ..11 0 37 0 J. H. Parks ~ 29 13 46 4 A. D. Baxter , .14 2 36 1 J. M. Sims .. 20.3 2 65 3 James Langridge 21 5 49 2 Reid bowled one no-ball. Fall of Wickets—One for 3, two for 8. three for 50, four for 71, five for 95. six for 115, seven for 127. eight for 231, nine for 242, ten for 242. Second Innings J. L. Kerr not out 3 D. A. R. Moloney not out .. 6 Extras .. .. ... 2 Total for no wicket ~ 11 BOWLING ANALYSIS O. M. R. W. HI D.. Read 3 , 0 9 0 A. D. Baxter .. 22 0 0 J, M. Sims .. 1 10 0

M.Cf.C. First Innings J. H. Parks, run out .. 13 W. Barber, c Lamason, b Blundell 3 J. Hardstaff, c lamason, b Blundell 0 N, S. Mitchell-lnnesr c Lamason, b Roberts .. .. S'i James' Langridge, b Croriib .. 2 J. H. Human, c Wallace, b Cromb 2 J. C. Lyttelton, c Elmes,, b Cromb 4 J. M. Sims c Lamason; b Roberts 30 S. C. Griffith, not out .. .. 24 H. D: Read, b Crofhb .. ~ 13 A. D, Baxter, b Roberts .. 0 . Extras (bye 1, leg byes 7) .. 8

' Total BOWLING ANALYSIS

.. 156

O. M. R. W. A, W.- Roberts 16,5 - 7 33 3 E. D. Bltudell.. 13 4 40 2 C. S. Elmes ..4 2 10 0 1,-B, Cromb ... 14 2‘ 52 4 H. G. Vivian. .17 0 13 0 . Fall,of .WicJsetjs-r-One .for 12, two for 12, three, for 49, four for 60, five for'o6, , sux , -for'-77r BeVen' for’ 105, eight' for 120, nine fior 151, ten for 156. t £ . r # * *

WEST CHRISTCHURCH v. SYDENHAM Both West Christchurch and Sydenham gave poor displays of hatting on Hagley Park No. 1 on Saturday afternoon. West Christchurch batted first, and although the wicket-was in gooSl'condition, made only 203. Most of the tdahr gave disappointing exhibitions with one notable exception. This was J. F. Peake, who put on the good score of 75. His innings was a chanceless one, and he showed much enterprise for a young left-hander, and took only an hour to make his runs, most s of them .coming >from clever and polished strokes all round the wicket. His favourite scoring stroke was a shot just behind square leg; but he also gave a confident exhibition of off and cover drives. E. Vincent was another yoring batsman who gave a decidedly promising showing, and he and Peake put on runs at a great pace until he was bowled by an off-break from Bellamy. J. Patrick was lively, while he was in, and he hit several boundaries before he fell a victim to Mcßae. J. H. Full wood, who has been making consistent scores this season—his first in grade cricket again looked as if he was set for a good score when he wds clean bowled by Newton at 28. .

The Sydenham attack was kept fairly consistent, although on occasions It was flattered by the West batsmen. D. Mcßae, the tall left-hander, proved himself as steady as usual, as is shown by his figures; 14 runs off H.l overs, of which one was a maiden. He took two wickets. N. Burtt, the slow bowler, although he took only two wickets, was beating the batsmen with his big breaks, arid was getting a lot of “nip” off the pitch. F. W. Bellamy, who has done very little bowling this season, secured two wickets with his left hand "slows.”

Left with nearly two hours to bat before stumps. Sydenham had lost five wickets for 92 ■ runs, putting him in a defensive position. The innings opened disastrously, M. Gray, one of the best bats of the side, being caught behind by Allen off Johnston. E. A. Gasson soon followed Gray back to the pavilion, being clean bowled by a beautiful ball from Johnston. Runs came very slowly, but W. Doidge played some stylish cricket to put on 40 runs before he was caught off the .bowling of Smith. Just before time was called, Butterfield was caught off a high ball from Johnston which he failed to get right over, giving a catch to M. Ward in the gully. Butterfield did not display much form, and is mot playing the standard of cricket which gained him representative honours.

P. C. Allen was in excellent form behind the wickets, taking all the balls very cleanly and standing well up to the fast bowling. The scores were:— WEST CHRISTCHURCH First Innings ?' S' £ r , < l gory .i c Burtt, b Doidge .. 11 J. H. Full wood, b Newton 28 P. C. Allen, b Burtt .. “ jg E. Vincent, b Bellamy .. * 34 J. Peake, c Smith, b Bellamy !! 75 H. D. Smith, c Bellamy, b Butter- • field .. ~ 8 N. Alexander, b Burtt ’ ’ "2 J. Patrick, b Mcßae ‘ *25 J. L Findlay, c Gray, b Mcßae .*.* 8 M. Johnston, not otit .. 0 M. Ward, absent "" " n

Total ~ t 9 Q2 Bowling Analysis—D. A. ‘Mcßae." n.i 1 , t ? laiden ' 14 r uns, 2 wickets; W. , g !’ i 1 „ overs > 2 maidens, 42 runs, 1 wicket; F. Newton, 9 overs, 2 maidens 21 runs. 1 wicket; N. Burtt, 13 overs, 56 runs, 2 wickets; F. W. Bellamy, 6 overs "7 runs, 2 wickets; L. Butterfield 4 oveii 32 runs, 1 wicket. ' \, SYDENHAM .. First Innings FA°ri ge ' C u JO T h . ston . b Smith .. 40 „ Gass °n, b Johnston .. 4 £?• 9 ra J'’ c Allen, b Johnston .0 C. Smith, b Smith r " P w R l 'nf field - « Ward - hj Johnston 19 .*• W. Bellamy, not out <1 Extras .. " ”■ ~ Total for five wickets ~ 92 RICCARTON v. EAST CHRISTCHURCH fo7 h onlv Ri « ar , ton l0 ?‘ three g° od wickets tor only 23 runs in the first innings against East Christchurch at Hagley Park on Saturday afternoon, it seemed that any chance of a substantial score was gone. The East Christchurch bowling was fairly consistent from the start Early success made It keener. It was backed up. too, by alert fielding. Even after Jacobs showed that the bowling could be scored from, and had made many runs himself, there was no H n F, * a * e * n *he afternoon that !? *?‘ g a total was to be reached. Jacobs mfwi , 178 flrst Paying himself in very rap a id?y. n openlng out to score The fall of the wickets .continued, howvpnLrf £ P° ssible rout had been prevented, but the score was yet onlv moderate. With the fall of the sixth wicket m w ere rec ° rded - Fairbairn came VI *v, en ’ ?. e was to make a stand with Jacobs which brought interest into an' otherwise dull game. Both batsmen had -the measure of the bowling, although Fairbairn at times was erraticV Jacobs had taken the' edge off the bowling, and the fielding had become slovenly. The two battered every bowler and boundaries were more frequent than runs which had to be earned. Their partnership put on 145 runs. Jacobs had taken just under two and a half hours to make his score. Fairbairn carried on for a time, and none of the remaining batsmen failed to add usefully to an already formidable total. Next to Jacobs, Cade was the most impressive. He scored 43 runs by batting Which was at once sound and forceful, The last wicket fell after 6 o’clock, and there was not time for East Christchurch to begin batting. Scores;— RICCARTON First Innings G. H. Stringer, Ibw, b Davis ... 2 F. F. Dawson, b Davis .. .. 9 G. A. Bull, run out .. ..9 J. Jacobs, c S. V. Ellis, b Waine .. 178 A. Boulton, b Dickson .. .. 5 W. M. Strachan, c Waine. b Ellis .. 19 S. Andrews, c and b Ellis ~ 2 R, J. Fairbairn, b Dickson ..57 D. M. Dunnet, hit wicket, b Scully .. 29 A. C. Cade, b Davis ~ ..43 H. H. Blackwell, not out .. 26 Extras ~ ~ 20 Total ~ ..399 ■ Bowling Analysis—H. Davis. 32.4 overs, 8 maidens, 118 runs, 3 wickets; S. V. Ellis, 22 overs, 3 maidens, 64 runs, 2 wickets; M. Dickson, 15 overs, 112 runs, 2 wickets; T. Waine, 11 overs, 1 maiden, 60 runs, 1 wicket P. Scully, 4 overs, 15 runs, 1 wicket; D. Quald, 2 overs, 10 runs. Sp. ALBANS V. OLD COLLEGIANS Playing his first game in senior cricket for St. Albans against Old Collegians on Saturday, N. S. McCann, the Canterbury junior representative player, made a good beginning,,scoring 103 runs in impressive style. It will be remembered that in the junior representative • match against Wellington for the Brabin Shield he made a century for Canterbury, and his presence should considerably strengthen the St. Albans batting. On Saturday he was at the wicket for 177 minutes, scoring moat of his runs during the latter part of his Innings from shots to leg and late cuts through slips. Though the Old Collegians’ bowling was weak and scoring opportunities were plentiful, McCann showed a sound defence to anything likely to be dangerous, and it will be interesting to see how he fares against stronger bowling.

Batting throughout the whole of the afternoon, St. Albans compiled the good total of 373 and has-fair prospects for an eight-point win. C. G. Crawford opened with McCann, and while McCann was content to play himself in, Crawford set out to attack the bowling. Boundary shots were frequent, and 50 appeared on the board in under 40 minutes. T. Birch and P. P. O’Brien, who followed Crawford, did not remain long. When H. Armstrong became associated with McCann runs came freely, although Armstrong Was lucky on one or two occasions. The pair remained together till after the tea adjournment until a mis-hit by Armstrong gave Gibson an easy catch off his own bowling. The later batsmen went out to make runs and the score mounted quickly from boundary hits. W. E. Merritt hit a mighty six over the bowler’s head: but he lost his wicket when he tried to repeat the stroke with the next ball and mis-hit it into Denham’s hands. T. E. M; Harper and R. C. Webb hit the bowling all round the field and added 100 between them In quick time. None of the bowlers appeared to give the batsmen any difficulty, with the possible exception of Lt*»or. Scores:—

ST. ALBANS First Innings C. G. Crawford, c Chrystall, b Lester 29 m’ s ? cCann ’ c Lester, b Denham ..103 r. Birch, c Jackman, b Saunders .. 9 F, P. O’Brien, c and b Lester ~ 9 H. Armstrong, c and b Gibson .. 40 W. E. Merritt, c and b Denham .. 30 T. E, M. Harper, b Lester . . .. 40 R, C. Webb, c Ollivier, b Gibson 60 K. Truscott. c Byrne, b Lester .. 28 D. O’Brien, c Thompson, b Lester .. 0 E. T. Mulcock, not out .. .. : 0 Extras .. Vs

Total • • • .. .. 373 . Bowling Analysis—S. G. Lester, 25 overs, 4 maidens, 93 runs, 5 wickets; R. R. Gibson. 23.3 overs, 3 maidens, 104 runs, 2 wickets; J, C. Saunders, 14 overs 2 maidens, 57. runs, 1 wicket; E. R. Thompson, 6 overs, 32 runs; L. R. Dunster. 2 overs, 9 runs; H. E. Denham, 13 overs, 1 maiden, 53" runs, 2 wickets. Lester" and Gibson each bowled one no-ball.

. . SECOND GRADE ;At Hagley Park, Rlccarton. 277 - (Rose .100, Hope 82. Malcolmson 23 not out) met Old Collegians 83 lor oue wicket.

(W^ih,^n nl 70 m r Parls ’ Sydenham 262 (Wallburton 70,, Jarman 54, Fleete 47. Shackel 25) met- Lancaster Park 67 for six wickets (Chinnery 23). 2^ t P -D rk, t* East Christchurch rLIn m 47 - Brown 37, wickets 28 \ ° la Boys 125 for no THIRD GRADE Section A East Christchurch 178 (Jonec an m »t West Christchurch 74 for fow wfcket? Lancaster Park 167 (Prosper 53 McVinme 47, Empson 31) met BovV>’ Weh School 89 for seven wickets. y Hlgh Section B Lancaster Park 138 (Lightfoot 7?i met West Christchurch 274 fir four wickets (Ager 78. Shirley 88. Lamb 43V Old Boys C 120 (Wilks 26. Hunt 221 met Old Collegians 167 for nine wickets tpltterson 36, Tothill 24. Young 21) . .Riccarton 248 (Brittenden 60 Prehble wickeT 41) met Technical ‘Uf for seven . Sydenham 363 (Wilson 92, Forscutt 50 Ayllng 73, Haughey 49, Watts 49) met Old Boys B 15 for no wickets. , FOURTH GRADE Section A Old Collegians 130 (Bain 57) met West Christchurch 140 for six wickets (Evans 56). East Christchurch 184 (Harbutt 56 not out) met Old Boys 58 for three wickets S, 1 - Albans 103-(Arnold 23. Mason 21) met Sydenham 172 for seven wickets (Doldge 46, Spicer 25). wicxets * FIFTH GRADE Lancaster Park 163 (Powell 81) met Riccarton 281 (Miller 127 not out) „ Old Boys 172 (Fussell 69, Egan 50) met West Christchurch 146 (Allen 78, Cook Ton East .Christchurch 151 (Way 49, Burgess 28, Jones 26) met Sydenham 96 (Brown

SUBURBAN GAMES SATURDAY’S MATCHES

The sixth round of the Suburban Cricket Association's competitions was started on Saturday. Sunnyside made a good start against Beckenham, the opening pair putting on 71 for the first wicket, out the remaining batsmen showed poor form, and the innings closed for 136. At stumps Beckenham had made 78 for the loss of four wickets. At Templeton the aome side was disposed of for 95, and Railway, after losing six wickets for 69, compiled 174. including a fine Innings by J. McLennan. 48 not out. Shirley batted first against Working Men’s Club at Linwooa and compiled 184, G. Cullen 38, S. Rich 34. ana W. Hampton 2a batting welt. At stumps Warning Men’s Cluo naa iosc three wicxets for 2d. SHIRLEY v. WORKING MEN’S CLUB Smrley batted first against Working Men s ciub at Lmwood Park and made a oaa start, two wickeis being aown for only three runs. G. Cullen, who went in first, batteu steaduy and took me score to- 64 oeiore ne was OowAa, film Wicxet, by H, ivuus. His total ox 38 was an invaiwabxe opening xnocx for biuriey w r . -oampton ana C. F. Pitt were men associateu in a partnership mat aadea 4 a runs for the sixm wicket; and a. Rich and L. Kirx consolidated tne position by iaxmg < the score to 163 lor eignt wickets, men was going well when he was oowied oy C. bnuin, ana tne Slurley batsmen were au out for 184. T. Gilroy and C. snntn were the best bowlers for Worxmg Men s Club. Gilroy took four wickets for 32 runs, and Smith two wickets for 6 runs. Working Men’s Club did not make a very promising start, three wickets being down xor 26 runs at stumps.

Scores:— SHIRLEY First Innings G. Cullen, b Mills .. .. 38 Is. Alien, c b Gilroy .. x N. Archer, b Gilroy ~ .. o J. Streeter, b Gilroy .. .. 8 E. Taylor, b Mills .. ..9 c. i*. Pitt. Ibw, p Davis ~ ..23 W. Hampton, c Clegg, b McLachlan .. 23 S. Rich, b Smith 3i E. Kirn, b Gilroy ~ ..17 R. Husband, b Smith .. ..8 A. Pitt, not out .. 1 Extras .. .. .. 20 Total .. .. . ,~184 Bowling Analysis—A. Davis, 18 overs. 2 maidens, bx runs, 1 wicket; T. Gilroy, XI overs, 1 maiden, 32 runs, 4 wickets; H. Mills, 6 overs, 27 runs, 2 wickets; H. Hooper, X over, V runs; C. Cocks, 2 overs, 9 runs; L. McLachlan, 7 oversea maidens, 22 runs, 1 wicKet; C. Smith, 3.4 overs, b runs, 2 wickets. 4

WORKING MEN’S CLUB ' First Innings F. Wan*, c Alien, b A. Pitt 9 H. Hooper, b Archer .. .. 9 H. Miiis, not out ~ 2 F. Kiduey, ibw, b A. Pitt .. ..0 L. McLachlan, not out ~ .. 4 Extras .. .. 2 Total for three wickets .. 26 TEMPLETON v. RAILWAY The Templeton batsmen made a poor showing against Railway’s bowling, and batting one short were all out for t)5. C. Smith was the top scorer with 17 not out. H. Kempthorne and L. Ward 14 apiece and F. Davison 11 and J. Mortland XI were the only other double-figure scorers. Bowling for Railway, F. Harris took two wickets for 6 runs, E. Grenfell three for 23, and J. McLennan two for 21. A brilliant innings by J. McLennan was the feature" of Railway’s innings. After losing seven wickets for 70, McLennan and W. Trott added 33 for the eighth, and McLennan and Dave Mitchell 67 for the ninth, and the innings closed for 174. Bowling for Templeton, R. Mackie got six for 56. At stumps Templeton in their second innings had made 12 for the loss of no wickets. Scores:— TEMPLETON First Innings L. Ward, b Grenfell ~ 14 R. Mackie, c Harris, b Grenfell .. 8 H.. Green, c Bartlett, b Peattie .. 1 F. Davison, c Ldwson, b Grenfell .. 11 C. Smith, not out .. .. 17 H. Kempthorne, c Harris, b McLennan 14 D. Leggett, b Harris .. .. 0 A. Mackie, b Harris ~ ~ 0 J. Mortland, c Lawson, b McLennan .. 11 D. Green, run out .. .. 4 Extras .. .. .. 15 Total (pne man short) ~ 95 Bowling Analysis—J. Peattie, 8 overs. 30 runs, 1 wicket; E. Grenfell, 8 overs, 23 runs, 3 , wickets; J. McLennan, 3 overs„ 21 runs, 2 wickets; F. Harris, 2 overs, 6 runs, *2 wickets. Second Innings C. Smith, not out ~ .. 2 H. Green, not out .. .. 9 Extras .. .. •. 1

Total for no wickets RAILWAY First Innings

W, Lawson, c ami bR. Mackie # .. 13 Don Mitchell, c and b R. Mackie .. 7 E. Grenfell, c Kempthorne, bR. Mackie 13 F. Harris, cA, Mackie, bR. Mackie 0 E. Brook, c and b R. Mackie ..11 J. Crisp, to Davison .. .. 0 J, McLennan, not out .. .. 48 F. Bartlett, c Ward, bR. Mackie .. 9 V. Trott, Ibw, b A. Mackie .. ..18 Dave Mitchell, b Green .. ..27 J. Peattie, b Green .. .. .. 3 Extras .. .. ..25 Total .. .. .. 174 Bowling Analysis—F. Davison, 9 overs, 43 runs. 1 wicket; R. Mackie, 11 oveys, 56 runs, 6 wickets; H. Green, 7 overs, 27 runs, 2 wickets: A. Mackie, 2 overs, 21 runs, 1 wicket. SUNNYSIDE v, BECKENHAM Sunnyside batted first, against Beckenham, the opening pair, G. Grose and W. Oliver, giving the side a good start by compiling 71 before* Oliver was caught off McMillan for 33. Grose played, a fine innings and compiled 48 without giving a chance until Stokes brought oft a good catch off McMillan. With Grose’s dismissal at 97 the batting became very poor, and the Innings closed for 156. The Beckenham fielding was good all round and Griffiths secured four wickets for 25, taking three in his last over for no runs. McMillan bowled steadily to get four for 59. After losing two wickets for 31, Beckenham had made 78 lor four wickets when play ceased for the day. Scores:—

SUNNYSIDE First Innings G. Grose, c Stokes, b McMillan .. 48 W. Oliver, c Bateman, b McMillan .. 33 L. Gordon, c Cawtheray, b Stokes . , 19 H. Thompson, run out ',, . ~ 0 E. Barnes, b McMillan ~ g K. Watson, c Heath, b McMillan .. 8 Jl Hartley, c Cawtheray, b Griffiths ~ 4 W. Ellis, hit wkt.. b Griffiths 4 D, Cocks, b Griffiths .. 14 A. Rowe, not out .. .. 0 G. Willis, b Griffiths ~ . ’ 0 Extras .. .. 17

Total .. ~ ,156 Bowling Analysis—A; McMillan,’ 17 overs, 59 runs, 4 wickets; S. Cawtheray. 7 overs, 24 runs; R. Griffiths. 6 overs. 25 runs, 4 wickets: N. Stokes, 12 overs. 25 runs,, 1 wicket: E. Sibley, 3 overs/ 6 runs.

BECKENHAM _ _ , . First Innings J, Colombus, b Thompson ~ ~ 'l2 S. Cawtheray, b Gordon ~ .14 E. Cox, not out ' .. .18 N. Stokes, st Hartley, b -Oliver . ’ 20 J. Weatherhead. Ibw, b Oliver * ~ 2

B. Griffiths, not out .. 5 ■■ Extras ■ „ . 7 • Total for four wickets ... 78 • . SENIOR B Shirley 261 (Cummings 78, - Brown 48, V. Wentworth 32) met Marist 109 for three wickets (McDonnell 36 not out, T. Coomher 23 not out. G. Waine 22). Bowling for Marist, McDonnell, four for 57, and T. Coomber, four for 94. , Avon 132 (Brooks 30, J. Cockle 25, A. Cockle 17, Stringer 16) met St. Andrew’s Old Boys 59 (Newburgh 21/ Bowker 17). Bowling for St. Andrew’s, J. Bennett, six for 32' (including hat-trick, Newburgh, three for 39; and for Avon, J. McEwin, six for 23, and Gordon, three for 4. West Christchurch Old Boys 224 (Phillips 44, Craig 43. Brunt 21, Sturge 16 not out) met Spreydon 83 for two wickets (Farrant 27 not out, Hall 27 not out). Bowling for Spreydon, Freeman, four for 56, and Senior, two for 25. JUNIOR A Working Men’s Club 175 (Peacock 42, McClelland 47) met Kia Ora 170 for six wickets (S. Marks 47, Robinson 46, Egan 35). Bowling for Kia Ora, Thompson, seven for 52; and for Working Men’s Club, Cunningham, three for 47. Railway 272 (Abbott 58, Hattersley 33, Bailey 29) met Merivale, ,105 for two wickets (Haase 51). Bowling for Merivale, Haase, four for 45; Davies, two fox 59; Taylor, two for 59. Beckenham 259 (A. Besley 60, Soddington 50 not out. S. Besley 29, E. Cummins 23) met Riccarton 70 for seven wickets (C. Timms 40 not out). Mulcock and E. Timms bowled best for Riccarton, and Skelton for Beckenham. JUNIOR (B Shirley 56 and 21 for one wicket met Provincial Buildings 205 (Boland 56, Evans

34, Henderson 25). Bowling for Shirley, Davis, five for 46; and for Provincial Buildings, Smith, six for 26, and Evans, four for 24. Urlwins 169 (H. ICent 42, Mooar 43) met Stewart's Gully 110 (A. Chidgey 30, C. Allen 22). Bowlin'g for Urlwins, G. Kent, five for 20, and McCullen, four for 14. Harewood 233 for three wickets (Adams 86 not out, A. Shipley 63 not out, E.

Cooper 56) met St. Albans 126 (Johns 47, Witte 39). Bowling for Harewood, Gaskill, six for 18, and A. Shipley, four for 38. , JUNIOR C St .Andrew’s 135 (Talbot 29, Nichols 29, Hilson 24, Boyd 22) met Sydenham Council 168 (G. Fraser 43, Wilkie 38. Kirk 36, R. Fraser 24). Bowling for St, Andrew's, Boyce, two for 16, .and Hilson, three for 36; and for Sydenham, Wilkie, two for 16; Main, three for 29; and Clarkson, two for 21. 1 New Brighton 145 (Stfeventon 25, Kennedy 24, Dobson 24, Quaid 22) met St. Albans 92 (Tate 21 not out, Ebert 20). Bowling for New Brighton, Dobson took four for 18, Egan three for 19; and for St. Albans, Tate took six for 41. Midland 136 met Waltham 108.

JUNIOR D Harmonic Society 176 (C. Richards 56, F. Hey wood 45) met West Christchurch Old Boys 74. Bowling for Harmonic Society, J. Tennent three for 6. Lyttelton 316 met Whitcombe and Tombs 30 for no wickets. THIRD GRADE A Riccarton 136 (Evans 60, Scott 20) beat Shirley 73 (Robertson 23) and 115 for nine wickets by 63 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Riccarton, Evans three for 31. Smith five for 15 and three for 34, and for Shirley, Mclntyre three for 36, Burgess three for 20. Oddfellows 141 (Trott 33, Lennie 22) beat Matchless 107 (D’Arcy 25, Bennett 24) by 34 runs on the first Innings. Bowling for Oddfellows, Lepper five for 32, and for Matchless, Sheehan three for 40, Marshall two for 15.

Dunstable 163 for four wickets tiedared (N. Duff 67 not out. Webb 45) and 54 for one wicket (Webb 31) beat Beckenham 49 and 179 (Milne 41, O’Connor 35, Rosamund 24) by 114 runs on the first innings. Wells four for 17 and Duff tour for 20 bowled well for Dunstable. THIRD GRADE B Beckenham 153 (Bedford 40) beat Papanui Old Boys .144 (Warren 48. Nettleton 47) by nine runs on the first Innings. Bowling for Beckenham, Molloy eight for 25, and for Papanui Old Boys, Corrie five for 11. Lyttelton 90 for five wickets declared (T. Wilson 41, Boyle 31) and 54 for five wickets defeated Ouruljla 52 and 77 (J. Steere 32, S. Ashby 29) by five wickets. Bowling for Lyttelton. Gosney four for 15, Parrott four for 8, and R. Armour three for 15, and for Ouruhia, N. Ashby two for 7 and E. Ashby four for Waltham 175 for two wickets declared (Brockleham 78, T. Syme 63) beat Westport 104 (Lavery 36) and 78 for . five wickets by 71 runs on the first Innings. Bowling for Waltham, McKinnon four for 36 and four for 38. THIRD GRADE C Waltham 104 and 15 for no wickets beat Spreydon 89 and 23 by 10 wickets. Keathcote 99 (Mintrom 39, Bate 27) and 97 for five Wickets beat Beckenham 78 (Carlyle 29) and 76 by five wickets Bowling for Heathcote, Storey five for 41 Mintrom four for 33. and for Beckenham Moore five for 32 and Turner three for Corsair 131 (R. Symes 31 not out. S. Symes 25) and three for no wickets beat Working Men s Club 75 (Brookes 43) and aS by 10 wickets. Bowling lor Corsair, tor , 14 * nd three 21. and Browne three for 23 and three for 22

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series of one-day matches In the North Canterbury Cricket Sub-Asso-clatlon s Morgan pennant competition was decided on Saturday. V. Miller (Rangiora B). 85 retired, and R. Taplln (Kaiapoi 5-’. ,4, /T^ e l. e the h 'Shest scorers, and C. Kirk (Rangiora B), six for 20, and G. Mcßeath (Loburn), five for 16, were the best bowlers. RANGIORA A v. KAIAPOI B Kaiapoi B beat Rangiora A in the match played at the recreation ground. Rangiora. Kaiapoi batted first and scored 178 runs for nine wickets declared (R. Taplln 74 A. Hopkins 28, H. Oram 18, and F. Eder 14), Rangiora replying with 121 runs. F.

Devlin (56) and D. Lander (14) were the only home batsmen to reach double figures. Bowling for Rangiora, A. Woodward took three wickets for 19 runs, and for Kaiapoi, R. Taplin five for 22. RANGIORA B v. KAIAPOI A Playing at Kaiapoi, Rangiora B secured a five-point win over Kaiapoi A. Kaiapoi was, dismissed for 85 (F..T. Capstick 40, C., Martin 13. J. Trustrum 11). Rangiora’s Innings produced the good total of 252 runs for the loss of nine wickets. V. Miller, who retired with 85 runs to his credit, being top scorer. H. K. Klppenberger made 56 not out, L. Carlyon 27 not out, J. Pethig 18, C. Kirk 16, and McMullan 10. Bowling for Rangiora, Kirk took six wickets for 20 runs, and Pethig two for 15. For Kaiapoi. H. Carter took three for 59, and Trustrum two for 34. • LOBURN v. OXFORD

Loburn beat Oxford by 23 runs, making 143 in its strike (G. Mcßeath 63. H. Seary 38, R. Greenwood 13). Oxford replied with 120 (I. Bluett, 35, R. Biuett 34, Neylon 11). Bowling for Oxford, Martin took two wickets for 22 runs, and R. Bluett four for 63. For Loburn, Mcßeath took five for 16, and Seary four for 29. RANGIORA v. KAIAPOI A

Playing at Kaiapoi, Rangiora beat Kalapol Aby 167 runs. Rangiora scored 252 runs (V. Miller 85 retired, H. Kippenberger 56 not out, Carlyon 27 not out, J. Pethjg 18. J. Kirk . 16. McMullan 10), and Kaiapoi A made 85 (F. T. Capstick 40, C. Martin 13. H. Trustrum 11). Bowling for Rangiora, C. Kirk took six wickets for 20 runs. J. Pethig two for 15, and Pulley two for 27. KAIAPOI B v. RANGIORA

The played at Rangiora between Kaiapoi B and Rangiora was won by Kaiapoi by 57 runs. Kaiapoi, batting first, declared its Innings closed with nine wickets down for 178 rdns (R. .Taplin 74, A. Hopkins 28, H Oram 18, F. Eder 14 not out, C. Gordon 12). Bowling for Rangiora, A. Woodward took three wickets fPr 17' runs. P. ■ Roberts two for 32, and H. Klnley two for 33. Rangiora made 121 (F. Devlin's6, D. Lander 14). Bowling for Kaiapoi, R. Taplin took five wickets for 19 huns and G. Kirkpatrick two for 23.

“THE PRESS” V. DOYLESTON On Saturday afternoon', at Osborne Park, Doyleston, a friendly cricket match played between ‘‘The Press” and, Doyleston resulted iq a win for Doyleston by 42 runs on the first Innings, Doyleston opened its innings very shakily, and at one stage had lost five wickets for 16 runs. Most of the remaining batsmen, however, batted confidently, the innings closing for 152, L.- Ebert 43, H, Dailey 39 not out,* H. Smith 24, and A. Amyes 17 .reaching double figures. Bowling for “The Press,” C. H. Williams took five wickets for 56 runs, and G. Blazey five for 64.

C. H. Williams 33 and G, Blazey 20 gave “The Press" a promising start, but the remaining batsmen—with the exception of G. Boanas 14—found the bowling of Dailey, four for 25, H. Smith two for 10, and F. Nxdd two for XI, too accurate, the innings closing for 110. Bowling for

Doyleston, L. Ebert, J. Beamsley, A. Amyes', and H. Bongard also secured one wicket each. A FRIENDLY MATCH In a match at Barrington Street Park on Saturday the Monarch Cricket Club defeated Lane, Walker, and Rudkin's team by 97 runs to 91. For Monarch, H. Bowden 28 and C. Line 13 were the highest scorers. For Lane, Walker, and Rudkin, Squires and Copp bowled best. Squires 34 and Barnard 18 were the highest scorers. For Monarch, R. Brown and C. Schultz were the most effective bowlers.

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AUCKLAND January 19. The first round’of the cricket championship was completed yesterday, the wickets being easy. North Shore 305 beat Grafton 202 (Ellis 81; Dacre, seven for 86) and 229 for nine (Spring 43. Ratcliffe 58. Ellis 38; Dacre, five for 81). Eden 309- for eight declared beat King’s Old Boys 97 (Pearson 41; Townsend, six for 12) and 105 lor seven (Townsend, three for 22). Ponsonby .157 and 49 for two beat Parnell 141 and 163 for seven (Whitelaw 67, "Siddle 42; Snedden, three for 20).

Young Men’s Christian Association 234 (Gillespie 48, M. Lyon 46, Patpn 61; Matheson, six for 94; Garrard, three for 59) beat University 176 and 104 for five (Lund, three for 40). ■

Eden has a lead In the championship of five points from Grafton. DUNEDIN, January 19. ‘

Another round of matches in the senior cricket competition was completed on Saturday In beautiful weather. The wickets were in good order. Carlsbrook 421 for eight declared (Dunning 69., Cameron 73, McKay 83) had a five point win over Grange (Dey 36, Timms 33, Toomey .77, Knight 42). For Carisbrook McKay took three for 37.. Old .Boys 250 and one, for 151 (Leader 45. Smith 57; Mills 38) Jiad a first innings win over Kalkorai 165 (Cherry 34, Talbot 32, Balk 38). For Old Boys, Dickinson took six wickets for 41 runs. Colts 128 defeated University 112 and 124 for eight (Uttley 56) on the first innings. For Colts Badcock took four for 34. Albion 243 for five 76. Smith, 42, Duncan 39 not out) scored an eight point win over Dunedin 110 and 109 (Macassey 45, Holley 43. Smith five for 35). . •

WOMEN’S CRICKET TEAMS SHORT OF PLAYERS High School Old Girls were two players short In tftelr match against Beckenham' on Saturday afternoon, and in the Junior grade Sumner could field only eight players. Even with a full team Sumner could not have beaten Mai Moa; If High School Old Girls had , had a full team the result of their match with Beckenham might have been different. So far this season, there has hardly been one Saturday when one or two teams have not been short.

A feature of Saturday’s play was the fine performance of .Miss A. Sibley, who was mainly responsible for Beckenham’s victory over High School Old Girls. Of the Beckenham total of 99 for eight wickets, she contributed 58 not out. as well as taking two wickets for 20 runs. Detailed scores were:—

High School Old Girls 80 (H. Watson 13, K. Sullivan 22, I. Tullet 25 not out). For Beckenharti, A. Sibley took two for 20; K. Kerr two for 13. and E. Dickson two for 4. ■ Beckenham 99 for eight wickets (A. Sibley 58 not out). For Old Girls, H. Watson took four for 38. . and K. Sullivan two for 23. JUNIOR GRADE Mai Moa 182 for nine wickets (L. Newell 49, G. Guthrie 30 not but, C. Guthrie 29) For Sumner, J. Chltty took four for USumner, three short, 54 (M.. Creagh 21 P Farquhar 12). For Mai Moa, L. Newell" f°° k 21 three f ° r 18 and C> Guthrie

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POOR BEGINNING BY ORANGE FREE STATE

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(Received' January 19, 11.50 p.m.) BLOEMFONTEIN, Januarjr 18.

The Australian cricketers began a match against the Orange Free State. The home team was dismissed for 88, and at stymps Australia had made 216 foe the loss of one wicket.

Richardson, bn winning the toss, sent the home side in on a wicket recovering from the effects of rain. Viljoen made a bright 40 in 45 minutes. Warner played stubbornly for his runs, but the others were unable to do anything against Grimmett and O'Reilly. Brown and O’Brien, who opened for Australia, rapidly passed the Free State’s total before the former was dismissed. McCabe played another dashing innings, and although O’Brien had reached 46 when he came in. McCabe was rapidly overhauling the Victorian player at stumps. Details:— ' ’ FREE STATE First Innings Kaplan, Ibw, b McCabe 2 Newton, b O’Reilly .. 9 Warner, c Fingleton. b Grimmett 29 Viljoen, c Brown, b Grimmett .40 Dick Richardson, b Grimmett .. 0 Gover, Ibw, b Grimmett 0 Brown, b O’Reilly " q Stephenson, b O’Reilly ’ ’ i! 0 Sparks, c Sievers, b Grimmett ! ’ 1 Promnitz, b O’Reilly . . . 4 Velz. not out * * 0 Extras ~ * 3

Total .. , .... _ gg . Boiling: McCabe, one wicket for 4 runs; Sievers. none for 8; Grimmett, five for Jo; O Reilly, four for 38. ' AUSTRALIA First Innings • Brown, b Velz kk O’Brien, not out '*■ *' 77 McCabe, hot but **.•** Extras ... * ” * 11 Total for one wicket .. 216 SHEFFIELD SHIELD CRICKET SOUTH AUSTRALIA DISMISSED FOR SMALL TOTAL . (Received January 19, n.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, January 19. In the Sheffield Shield cricket match between South Australia .and New South Wales, South Australia in Us first innings made 94 (Badpock 24. Bradman 0). White took eight.wickets lor 31 runs.

New South Wales in its first innings had scored 14 for no wickets at stumps.

McGilvray won the toss and sent South Australia in .on a wicket damaged by rain at one end. All White s wickets were obtained at this end, but Bradman was caught off a . stroke fit the other end*' ■ JPlBy was limited to three and a quarter hours. • .