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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21940, 14 November 1936, Page 19

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CANTERBURY’S EASY WIN MATCH AGAINST SUBURBAN TEAM -The Canterbury representative team was much too strong for the Suburban Association side in their match at Hagley F ar " yesterday. The Suburban Associations side failed dismally in its first innings, E. Mulcock and H. Davis going the side to dismiss, it for 58 runs. terbury eleven played confident cricket to score 274 in the first innmgs. The Subur ban side, in the second innings, would have done little better than in the first innings but for the batting of D.N. Stokes and J. Colombus. who scored 70 not out and 30 respectively. . fl _ ct At one stage of the Suburban side s first innings, six wickets fell m rapid sion. Davis took three wickets in his sixth over and Mulcock took three wickets also, in his seventh over. None of the batsmen was comfortable against Dayiss good length and spin, a “d Mificock more than maintained the form that has i^ r °P®“t him into the Canterbury side for the first time. Mulcock bowled 11 overs, seven being maidens. Five runs were scored off his bowling, and he took four wickets. Davis took four wickets also for 18 runs. He bowled nine overs, four being maidens. L. Hood was the only batsman for the Suburban side to make any stand. He was in for about 40 minutes and scored 37 before he was run out. No other batsman reached double figures. Although the fielding was keen, Canterbury passed the Suburban team s total before lunch, with the loss of one wicket. W. A. Hadlee, who opened With J. L. Kerr, batted delightfully for 72, the highest score of the match. M. L. Page wa| the second highest scorer of the innmgs, with 56 W. Oliver was the most successful bowler, taking three wickets for 37 in six overs. Hood proved himself as useful with the ball as with (the bat, taking two wickets for 37. D. N. Stokes took two wickets for 35, and L. Heazlewood took two for 56. , - , . The feature of the Suburban team.s second innings was the batting of Stokes, who went in at sixth wicket and scored 70 not out in an hour and 20 minutes. His score included six fours and a six. Colombus was the only other batsman to make a stand, scoring 30. Davis was again too much for the Suburban batsmen, taking five wickets for 47. Mulcock bowled 16 overs, six being maidens, and took two wickets for 28. The scores were:— SUBURBAN ASSOCIATION First Innings L. Gordon, c Page, b Mulcock .. 4 G. Cullen, c Jackman, b Davis .. 0 R. Chinnery, c Cromb, b Mulcock .. 0 D. N. Stokes, c Page, b Davis .. 0 E. Cox, b Davis • • • ® W. Oliver, b Davis • • • ■ ® L. Heazlewood, c Jackman, b Cromb .. L. Mahoney, b Mulcock .. ® J. Colombusj, b Mulcock .. • • ® L. Hood, run out ... • • 3 2 J. Nolan, not out .. ~ "I Extras . ■ .. 4 Total . . ■ ■ .. 58 Bowling Analysis—E. Mulcock, 11 overs, 7 maidens, 5 runs, 4 wickets: H. Davis, 9 overs. 4 maidens, 18 runs. 4 wickets; M. Sharp, 3 overs, 15 runs; I. B. Cromb, 2 overs. 8 runs, 1 wicket. Second Innings Cullen, c Jackman, b Davis .. 1 Gordon, b Davis .. .. 2 Cox, c Davis, b Mulcock .. .. 8 Oliver, c Jackman, b Davis .. 0 Chinnery, c Hadlee, b Mulcock .. 1 Stokes, not out .. 70 Heazlewood, c Shackel, b Davis .. 6 Mahoney, c O’Brien, b Sharp. .. 10 Colombus, c Mcßae, b Davis .. 30 Extras . . .. .. 5 Total for eight wickets .. 133 Bowling Analysis—Mulcock, 16 overs. 6 maidens. 28 runs, 2 wickets: Davis, 15.3 overs, 1 maiden, 47 runs, 5 wickets: McRae, 6 overs, 1 maiden. 16 runs; Sharp, 5 overs, 19 runs, 1 wicket; Cromb. 5 overs, 18 runs CANTERBURY First Innings J. L. Kerr, b Hood .. ..22W. A. Hadlee, c Stokes, b Heazlewood 72 I. B. Cromb, b Hood .. ..7 M. L. Page, st Colombus,- b Stokes .. 56 F. P. O’Brien, c Oliver, b Heazlewood 7 C. Shackel, run out .. .. 27 H. Davis, c Stokes, b Oliver .. 8 D. N. Mcßae, b Oliver ..4 M. Sharp. Ibw, b Stokes .. 35 C. K. Jackman, not out 0 E. Mulcock, c Heazlewood, b Oliver 6 Extras .. .. 21 Total .. .. ..274 Bowling Analysis—L. Mahoney, 14 overs, 57 runs; J. Nolan, 10 overs. 1 maiden, 31 runs; L. Heazlewood. 11 overs, 56 runs. 2 wickets; L. Hood, 8 overs, 37 runs. 2 wickets; D. N. Stokes, 9 overs, 35 runs, 2 wickets; W. Oliver, 6.3 overs, 37 runs, 3 wickets. BRABIN SHIELD TRIAL SECOND GRADE TEAM BEATEN A match played at Hagley Park yesterday between a Brabln Shield trial team and a second-grade team was won by the former by 68 runs on the first innings Batting first, the Brabln Shield side made 202, the opening batsmen. J. Eathorne and R. Shand, giving the team a good start. Eathorne scored 47 before he was dismissed. and Shand 19. The third batsman, A. C. Cade, gave a sound display to score 35. A C. Callaway was the third highest scorer, with 28. The most successful bowler for the second-grade side was Spong, who took four wickets for 33 runs. He bowled 17 overs, four being maidens. Three wickets were taken by J. Lawler for 54 runs, and W. J. V. Hamilton took two wickets for 16. The second grade representatives made 134. Wyse, who went in fifth wicket down, was the highest scorer with 54 not out. Fleetwood <3O), Hancock (15), and 1. Featherstone (15) were the only other batsmen to reach double figures. T. L. Evans took three wickets for 35 runs, and E. L. Densem took three for 45.