CRICKET

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21941, 16 November 1936, Page 14

CRICKET

THIRD ROUND MATCHES

HEAVY RAIN STOPS PLAY OLD BOYS’ BATSMEN IN FORM Although the wickets were favourable to the batsmen when the third round matches in the Canterbury Cricket Association’s senior grade competition started on Saturday, only one team succeeded in’ reaching a good total. Old’ Boys making 302 with two wickets still in hand. Late in the afternoon the light became bad, and by 6 o’clock heavy rain was falling steadily and all play was abandoned for the day. With a display of poor fielding, Lancaster Park was unable to end the Old Boys first innings in the afternoon. The highest scorer in the day's matches was E.. E. J. Menzies, who made 96. Before he was past 30, however, he was dropped three times, and W. A. Hadlee, who reached 75 before going Ibw, played the ball on to his wicket without dislodging the bails when he was 37. The only other player to pass the halfcentury was J. W. Peake, playing lor West Christchurch against Sydenham, who reached 51. West Christchurch made 200, j L. Kerr being the other high scorer With 45 The innings was uninteresting, as was Sydenham’s start, the side losing two wickets for 30. m , With plentv of swing, T. Tucker was having a feast of the Old Collegians wickets when rain stopped play. After St. Albans had made 199, he found the wicket, after a little rain, to his liking, and when play stopped he had taken three wickets for 15 runs in nine overs. E. T. Muicock was equally unplayable, and had one wicket for 9 runs in nine overs. At the end of the day Old Col* legians had four wickets down for 26 runs. Among the Old Collegians’ bowlers P. H. T. Alpers was the most successful taking four wickets for 33 runs. R. C. Webb was the best St. Albans batsman, making 46 in a pretty all-round display. Very mearge scores were made by East Christchurch and Riccarton, each of which completed an innings in the afternoon. East Christchurch made only 112, to which Kiccarton replied with 140 in an innings which was not as dull as the total suggests. T. F. Mullan, who made 23, was the only East Christchurch batsman to pass 20, and the top Riccarton score was only 35, by J. Jacobs. A. W. Roberts, was almost unplayable, and had a picnic among the East Christchurch batsmen, oi whom he had four caught. He bowled another, to give him five wickets for 3o runs. Against Riccarton, Coupland took four wickets for 40 runs. OLD BOYS V. LANCASTER PARK With the wicket favouring the batsmen for most of the afternoon and poor fielding by Lancaster Park, Old Boys scored steadily to raise the total to 302 for eight wickets when rain stopped play on Hagley No. 1 wicket. Hadlee and Menzies gave a splendid exhibition against wellvaried bowling to put on 137 for the first Wicket, although the latter gave three chances early in his innings. Lancaster Park was without Suckling, and Cromo kept wickets for the first part of the innings, handing over to Cobden later to take a turn with the bowling. . From the first ball Hadlee and Menzies settled down to play vigorously all round the wicket, but particularly on the oft. None of the chances given by Menzies was very difficult, and he was dropped at 1 17. and 30. Cobden, in slips, dropped two of them, and Cromb dropped the other behind the wickets._ Hadlee had an even more remarkable escape when he was 37. He had been playing Mapplebeck cautiously, but he turned a fast delivery on to the wicket. The bails quivered but were not dislodged. With the total at 93, Bellamy, a slow left-hander, came on, and Hadlee scored off him to bring up his half-century in 76 minutes. The total reached 100 three minutes later with both batsmen cutting and, driving well. The rate of scoring slowed down when Yates took the and he broke the partnership when Hadlee played on to his leg. After his only spell in 37 overs, Read took up the bowling again and had Nixon caught behind the wickets on the second ball. Menzies was well settled and was cutting beautifully, and the partnership with Page, who was out for the runs, was also very productive. Mapplebeck tried the leg trap on them both, but the rate of scoring was again fast. Cromb’s first oyer was ■ expensive, but his second broke the partnership when Kerr held a difficult low catch from Menzies, who was just four short of his century. Four balls later Page went to a beautiful catch by Shand. The innings took a farcical turn when Colville deliberately kicked one of Cromb’s deliveries through slips, and he hit three fours in four balls from the same bowler before Shand took a brilliant catch in one hand while lying on the ground. Colville had made his 27 in-short time. Harris did not last long, and what seemed likely to be a partnership between Harbidge and Anderson was broken when the former played Mcßae on to his wickets. At this stage the rain was falling steadily, and play was stopped. Detailed scores were:— ’ OLD BOYS First Innings W. A. Hadlee. Ibw, b Yates .. .. 75 R. E. J. Menzies, c Kerr, b Cromb .. 96 D. C. Nixon, c Cromb, b Read .. 1 M. L. Page, c Shand, b.Read .. 44 H. R. Escott, fa Read .. •• « W. McD. Anderson, not out .. .. 24 G. B. Colville, c Shand, b Cromb .. 27 C. M.‘ Harris, st Cobden, b Cromb .. 0 B. C. Harbidge, b Mcßae .. .. 19 Extras .. •• •• 12 Total for eight wickets .. 302 WEST CHRISTCHURCH v. SYDENHAM. West Christchurch went in first against Sydenham in the match played in Sydenham Park. They made 206, and almost the whole time scoring was very slow. Peake scored a good but lucky 51, and Kerr a steady 45. The last two batsmen, Johnston and Williams, provided a bright interlude. , ~ Sydenham began in less, favourable weather, as rain fell a little during the interval between the innings. When they had made 30 for two wickets, rain, stopped piay- , , . Fullwood and Sharpe opened for West Christchurch. The batting was desultory at first, and at one stage out of a total of 19, 13 were byes. When the score was 24 one of Sharpe’s bails was knocked 30 feet from the stumps by Butterfield. He had scored 3 in nearly 30, minutes. The scoring continued slowly until Fullwood was run out. Peake and Kerr found runs difficult to get, particularly against Butterfield, who at one stage had a record of six maidens, a wicket, and three runs, in seven overs. An easy six to Kerr off Newton came as a surprise, but the batting quickly settled back to little better than the previous rate of scoring. Although there were quite a large number of boundaries, the scoring was slow because of the interval between the scoring strokes. After about one and three-quarter hours the 100 was up, and two runs later Kerr was bowled by Newton, after a useful innings of 45. - After giving four or five chances in an otherwise good innings, and having scored 51, Peake was caught behind the wicket by King. West’s position was now quite, good—l 29 for four wickets—but a few minutes later Burton was stumped neatly by King. The score at the tea adjournment was 141. Two overs after the interval, Patrick was bowled. There was slow scoring for a comparatively long time, until Harper was caught well by Newton off Oliver. Renshaw was quickly run out, and Hay followed him soon after. There was a bright last-wicket stand with Johnston and Williams, until Williams was out Ibw by the new rule, and the innings ended for 206. The opening batsmen for Sydenham, Shackel and Wallburton. found that the light rain which had fallen between the innings had slowed down the wicket considerably, and although many strong strokes were made, the scoring was slower than it , would have been if the wicket were in the same condition as for West Christchurch’s innings. Wallburton, with his scored at 9. put the ball into Peake’s hands, in the slips. With Butterfield and Shackel the batsmen, the scoring became very slow for a long time, until Butterfield was caught by Harper. At 5.53 the day’s play ended because of rain. Scores:— WEST CHRISTCHURCH First Innings J. H. Fullwood, run out .. .. 12 M. Sharpe, b Butterfield .. -. 3 W. Peake, c King, b Butterfield .. 51 5. L. Kerr, b Newton .. ..45 J. Burton, at King, b Newton .. 8 J. Patrick, b Newton .. ..8 E. M. Hay, b Oliver .. .. 13 T. E. M. Harper, c Newton, b Oliver .. 13 W. Renshaw, run out .. .. 1 M. Johnston, not out ~ , ..15 C. W. Williams, Ibw (new rule), b Oliver .. ~ 18 Extras .. .. ..19 Total .. .. .. 206

Bowling Analysis—Smith, 3 overs, 1 maiden, 2 runs; Snackel, 7 overs, 3 maidens, 10 runs; Butterfield, 26 overs, 11 maidens. 45 runs, 2 wickets: Newton, 24 overs, 7 maidens, 56 runs, 3 wickets: Burtt, 10 overs, 39 runs; Oliver, 9 overs, 35 runs, 3 wickets. SYDENHAM First Innings R. Wallburton, c Peake, b Johnston 9 C. Shackel, not out .. .. 16 L. A. Butterfield, c Harper, b Williams 2 C. J. Oliver, not out .. .. 0 Extras .. .. .. 3 Total for two wickets .. 30 RICCAKXON v. EAST CHRISTCHURCH. Although meagre scores were put on by both East Christchurch and Riccarton in their game at Hagley Park on Saturday, the cricket was not the desperately dull sort which is suggested by the figures; and although something of a rot was a part of each innings, there was yet a certain interest in the game. The match was stopped about 6 o'clock by rain, just at tne end of Riccarton’s first innings. Riccarton had then established a first innings lead of 28 runs. . From the first, the East Christchurch batting was uncertain. The Riccarton attack was sharp and well-sustained, but at no time was it as dangerous as to merit the extreme caution it was generally given. Ail the first batsmen had gone for small scores when Wilson went to the wicket He scored a forceful 20, setting an example for Mullan, who, coming in next, followed him with tne top score of 23. These two innings, contrasted with the unwilling batting which went before and came after them, seemed the best of the afternoon. , Riccarton, starting their innings at 3.30 o'clock, began little better. Stringer, whose first scoring stroke was a fine legboundary. lasted only a very short time; he was clean bowled soon after, without having added to his score. Jacobs, who had opened with him. w'ent on steadily, although at that time he was not scoring at any great rate. Two wickets were down for 16, when Dawson went for only 6. After tea, Jackman and Jacobs settled down to a partnership which was to be the most valuable of the innings. Fifty runs were put on the board by these two; and by this time Jacobs had the measure of the bowling. He was batting confidently, Jackman being content to keep up his end. When he seemed likely to be set for a large score, Jacobs made a mistake with a flighted ball from Davis, and he was caught. , , , . , Roberts came in next and looked for runs from the outset, Jackman was with him for a while longer; but in their batting there was none of the quality which had characterised Jacobs’s. Roberts made 22, and his score was followed by a score of 23, made by Rose. After that, few runs were scored: the last man in, Fairbairn. brought the score to 140 with an unbeaten 13. Scores:— EAST CHRISTCHURCH First Innings R. W. Coupland, b Roberts .. • • 9 A. Davis, st Jackman, b Bull .. 14 T. Kennedy, st Jackman, b Bull .. 9 G. Mortlock, c Jacobs, b Roberts .. 1 T. Waine, c Jackman, b Roberts .. 1 H. Davis, c Bull, b Roberts .. 9 K. C. Wilson, c Stringer, b Roberts .. 20 T. F. Mullan, c Stringer, b Fairbairn 23 L. Brooks, st Jackman, b Bull .. 5 P. Scully, b Fairbairn . .. 3 M. Dickson, not out .. • • 0 Extras .. .. • • .. 18 Total .. .. ..112 Bowling Analysis—A. W. Roberts, 14 overs. 3 maidens, 31 runs, 5 wickets: L. J. Fairbairn, 9.s.overs, 3 maidens, 17 runs, 2 wickets: G. A. Bull, 8 overs, 2 maidens, 25 runs, 3 wickets; G. H. Stringer, 5 overs, 21 runs. RICCARTON First Innings J. Jacobs, c Scully, b Davis .. 35 G. H. Stringer, b Davis .. .. 4 F. F. Dawson, b Coupland .. 6 C. K. Jackman, c Wilson, b Dixon .. 16 A. W. Roberts, c Brooks, b Coupland 22 P. Rose, c Coupland, b Kennedy .. 23 G. A. Bull, c Kennedy, b Coupland .. 0 M. Greer, b Coupland .. - - 8 A. Hope, run out .. .. 0 W. M. Strachan, c Davis, b Kennedy 3 L. J. Fairbairn. not out .. .. 13 Extras .. • • • • . .. 10 Total .. .. ..140 Bowling Analysis—H. Davis. 20 overs. 2 maidens. 40 runs, 2 wickets: R. W. Coupland, 13 overs, 40 runs, 4 wickets: M. Dixon. 9 overs, 1 maiden, 37 runs, 1 wicket; T. Kennedy, 3.1 overs, 13 runs. 2 wickets. ST. ALBANS V. OLD COLLEGIANS Old Collegians were left with a hard task at the end of the first day’s play in their match against St. Albans at Hagley Park. Batting first. St. Albans made 199 after nearly three and a half hours’ play, but Old Collegians, usually a dependable batting side, could make only 26 for the loss of four wickets at the end of the day’s play, which was concluded at 5.50 p.m. because of rain. The poor showing of Old Collegians was attributable to the bowling of T. Tucker and E. Mulcock. St. Albans began far from confidently. C. G. Crawford, who opened the innings with P. F. Nelson, was at the wicket for a quarter of an hour, but against the bowling of K. Graham, making his first appearance this season for Old Collegians, and P. H. T. Alpers. he made only 3. Nelson was joined by F. O’Brien, and the two offered a stubborn defence and made . runs carefully. Nelson made 40 and O’Brien 32, Nelson taking 80 minutes and O’Brien nearly 50 minutes. Alpers, who troubled them most, was in better form than he has been so far this season, and at the end of the innings had very creditable figures. Of his first five overs four were maidens, and one run was scored off the other. His main fault of bowling too many short balls was not to be seen, for he maintained a fine length. He bowled 21.3 overs, eight of them being maidens, and took four wickets for 38 runs. R. E. Alexander also took four wickets for Old Collegians, but at the cost of 57 runs.

Easily the most enterprising of the St. Albans batsmen was R. C. Webb, the wicket-keeper, who made the highest score. In making his 46 he took chances and lost his wicket in attempting a big hit, Ollivier taking a good catch in the outfield. T. Birch and F. W. Walter were the only other batsmen to reach double figures. The weather was threatening when ’ Old Collegians began their innings, and a heavy fall of rain after several light showers brought the cessation of play. L. R. Dunster failed to settle down, and was bowled by Tucker after he had scored a single. Dunster was never happy facing Mulcock. C. V. Walter, who opened with Dunster, was caught off Mulcock's bowling a few minutes after he had been joined by L. W. Fleetwood, and two more good wickets fell for five runs. At the close of play Fleetwood and Alexander were batting. Tucker and Mulcock each had nine overs, the former taking three wickets for 15 and the latter one for 9. The scores were: — ST. ALBANS First Innings C. G. Crawford, b Graham .. •• 3 P. F. Nelson, c Somerville, b Alexander • • • • • • F. O’Brien, c Somerville, b Alpers .. JJ L. Martin, b Alpers .. - • • • 6 T. Birch, b Alpers .. •• •• 22 R. C. Webb, c Ollivier. b Alexander 46 F. W. Walter, run out - • ’ • • 1° T. Burtt, b Alpers .. •• •• 9 L. C. Lindley, st Tothill, b Alexander/ C E. Mulcock.' st Tothill, b Alexander 8 T. Tucker, not out .. • • ” Extras .. • • • • .. 21

Total •• ..199 Bowling Analysis—P. H. T. Alpers, 21.3 overs, 8 maidens, 38 runs, 4 wickets: K. Graham. 12 overs, 40 runs, 1 wicket: J. C. Saunders. 5 overs, 16 runs; L. W. Fleetwood, 4 overs, 21 runs; R. E. Alexander, 13 overs. 1 maiden. 57 runs. 4 wickets; M. G. Somerville. 1 over. 6 runs. OLD COLLEGIANS First Innings C. V. Walter, c Martin, b Mulcock .. 6 L. R. Dunster. b Tucker .. •• J L. W. Fleetwood, not out .. ..11 M. G. Somervile, b Tucker .. 3 J. M. Ollivier, Ibw, b Tucker .. 2 R. E. Alexander, not out .. •* 1 Extras .. . • . • • • • 2

Total for four wickets .. 26 SECOND GRADE At Rugby Park. Riccarton 209 (Prebble 95, Hay 24. Cade 22. Cavanagh 21) met Old Collegians 24 for one wicket. At Hagley Park, West Christchurch 313 (Saunders 116. Watson 51, Stribling 47) met St. Albans. At Hagley Park, Old Boys 237 for six wickets (Cobden 52, Dawson 62 not out) met Sydenham. THIRD GRADE Sydenham 96 met Boys’ High School 131 for five wickets (Morley 40). Bowling for Boys’ High School. Campbell took five wickets for 36 runs. Old Collegians 186 (Armitage 64, Matson 42) met West Christchurch B. East Christchurch 102 (Phillips 41 not out) met Lancaster Park 97 for five wickets (Malley 43). Sydenham B 133 (Haughey 66. Vine 34) met Riccarton 24. Bowling for Sydenham, Laurie took five wickets for 4 runs and Fleete four for 17. St. Albans 240 (Henderson 117) met Christ’s College 4 for one wicket. West Christchurch A 119 (E. R. Caygill 33) met Old Boys 52 for two wickets. Bowling for Old Boys, Brown took five wickets for 32 runs. FOURTH GRADE Section A East Christchurch 181 (Roach 53) met Old Boys 108 for no wicket. Sydenham 195 (Shaw 27. Anderson 38) met Riccarton 69 (Whitford 47 not out). Christ’s College 184 (Woodhouse 65) met St. Albans 56 for three wickets. Lancaster Park 148 (Walker 60) met

West Christchurch 181 for two wickets (Moynihan 79 not out). Section B Old Collegians 216 (Williams 76) met Sydenham B 25 for two wickets. Boys’ High School won from West by default. FIFTH GRADE Lancaster Park 109 for seven wickets (Wilson 70 not out) beat Boys’ High School B 68 and 80 for three wickets by 41 runs on the first innings. Christ’s College 176 for five wickets, declared (Johnstone 74, Masefield 54), beat Sydenham 83 (Fuller. 62) and 91 for three wickets by 93 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Christ’s College, Johnstone took five wickets for 8 runs. Boys’ High School A 79 for five wickets beat St. Albans 75 by 4 runs on the first innings. Old Boys 157 for seven wickets, declared (Fussel 83), beat West Christchurch 70 (Almond 52) and 60 by an innings and 27 runs. SIXTH GRADE Sydenham 70 and 108 for three wickets, declared (G. Anderson 52 not out), beat Christ’s College B 62 and 110 by 6 runs. BOYS’ ASSOCIATION EIGHTH ROUND On Saturday, a further round of matches was played in the Canterbury Boys’ Cricket Association competition. The form generally was good, with both bat and ball, for although many large scores were made, two “hat-tricks" were also secured, these going to two Technical College boys, B. Bartholomew, of the first grade, who took eigne wickets for 19 runs, and H. Road, of the second grade, who took 11, wickets for 46 runs'during tw r o innings. The following were the results; — FIRST GRADE Christ's College B 104 (Tocker 27, Tripp 17 not out, Richards 16 and Cooke 14), drew with Christchurch West High School 91 (Campbell 31 not out, Arscott 26, and Early 10) for seven wickets. Candy five wickets for 33 runs, bowled well for West, who, on the average runs a wicket fallen, secured the odd point. Technical College 121 (Burgess 50, Burrows 24, and Smith 16) for eight wickets declared, beat Christchurch Boys' High School 71 (Fetch 30 and Fraser 12), by 50 runs on the first innings. Bartholomew, eight wickets for 19 runs, secured the “hat-trick” for Technical. Christ's College A 164 (Rutherford 92 and Castle 50 not out) for one wicket declared, beat Cathedral Grammar School 71 (Henry 22 and McArthur 19) and 92 (Manhire 28 not out and Partridge 22 not out) for six wickets, by 72 runs on the first innings. Castle, three wickets for 8 runs and three lor 13, and Morse five for 12, bonded well for College A. SECOND GRADE Technical College 222 (Wilkins 78, Barkman 49. Jensen 33, Clothier 15, Read 15, and Hartley 14) beat Christchurch Boys’ High School 24 and 89 (Jones 43 and Langbein 14) by an innings and 109 runs. Read, seven wickets for 8 runs (including the "hat-trick") and four for 38, and Hartley three for 5 and three for 6, bowled well lor Technical. St. Andrew's College 149 (Cuningham 40, Ogilvie 37, and Ackroyd 30 not out) beat New Brighton District High School 88 (Margetts 30. Hay 17, and McGregor 13) by 6i runs on the first innings. Barrett five wickets for 12 runs, bowled well for New Brighton. St. Beae's College 144 (Gallagher 45 not out, O'Neill 36, and Sullivan 30 not out) for four wickets, beat Christ’s College 134 (Taylor 38, Mears 28 not out, Maskew 19, Atkinson 17, and Evans 10) by 10 runs on the first innings. THIRD GRADE Christ’s College 113 (Reese 47 not out, Lawrence 38, Lindsay 15, and Monaghan 13) for three wickets, beat St. Bede’s College 110 (Henderson 37, Hopping 34, and Toomey 12) by three runs on the first innings. Lawrence, five wickets for 12 runs, bowled well for Christ’s College. Christchurch West High School 127 (Stewart 60, 800 l 42, and Pryde 11) beat Christchurch Boys’ High School 89 (Secord 34, Voyce 17, and Condliffe 11) and 93 (Sturgiss 31 and Condliffe 23) by 38 runs on the first innings. Stewart, six wickets for 39 runs and six for 20, bowled well for West. St. Andrew’s College 121 (Petrie 52 not out, Abbott 21, and Patterson 17) beat Technical College 67 (Edgmgton 22, Soper 15, Giles 11, ana Tallott 11) by 54 runs on the first innings. FOURTH GRADE Christchurch Boys’ High School 127 (Whitford 76 not out, Shirley 22 and Campbell 21 not out) for live wickets declared, beat Technical Hostel 23 and 45 for eight wickets by 104 runs on the first innings. Whitford six wickets for 13 runs, bowled well for High School. Christ’s College 159 (Williams 67 not out. Mills 58 not out and Byrne 18) for one wicket, beat Technical College 148 (Buxton 88 and Gibson 28) for seven wickets declared, by 11 runs on the first innings. St. Bede’s College 40 (Madden 11) and 147 (Nelson 74 and O'Malley 36) beat Christchurch West High School 26 (Farrant 12) by 14 runs on the first innings. Scnimanski, five wickets for 2 runs, bowled well for St. Bede’s, while Clarke, five for 2, was successful with the ball for West. FIFTH GRADE Technical College B 42 (Lumber 15 and Olsen 12) and 81 (Ford 38 and Lumber 20) beat Christchurch Boys’ High School 50 (Maxwell 16) and 63 by 9 runs. SIXTH GRADE Technical College 160 (Smith 47, Shaw 24, Davey 17, Bennett 15, Clarke 12, and Metcalfe 12) beat Medbury Preparatory School 59 (Norton 14, McKibbin 13, and Newton 11) and 43 by an innings and 58 runs. Metcalfe, three wickets for 12 runs and seven for 18. and Smith, five for 25 and three for 25, bowled well for Technical. Christ's College 145 (Galloway 33, Norman 32, and Williams 31) for seven wickets, declared, drew with Christchurch Boys’ High School 52 (Lockhead 15 and Hibbs 11) for nine wickets. On the average runs a wicket fallen, Christ’s College secured the odd point. St. Bede's College 102 (Rush) 26, Sullivan 18, and Hodgins 16) beat Christchurch West High School 97 (Campbell 50, Reay 17. and Biggs 11) by 5 runs on the first innings. Mcßain, seven wickets for 13 runs, bowled well for West. SEVENTH GRADE Christchurch West High School 60 (Hegan 27 not out) for nine wickets beat Christ’s College 42 (Johns 17 and Ellis 10) by 8 runs on the first innings. St. Andrew's College 168 (Butcher 50 not out, Cochrane 46, Smith 30, and Thompson 22) for five wickets, declared, beat St. Bede’s College 124 (Bradley 66, Lockington 16, Richards 16, and Baker 10) by 44 runs on the first innings. Cochrane, six wickets for 51 runs, bowled well for St. Andrew’s. Christchurch Boys’ High School 194 (Agassiz 40 retired, Richards 22, and Blackmore 11) beat Cathedral Grammar School 48 (Smith 22 and Sheppard 10) and 26 (Sheppard 15) by 20 runs on the first innings. Blackmore, three wickets for 5 runs and five for 16, and Herron, four for .19 and two for 0. bowled well for High School. EIGHTH GRADE Medbury Preparatory School 67 (Gould 18, Deans 15, and Lawrence 12) beat Christchurch West High School A 63 (Evlson 22, Shanahan 16. and Gorden 11) by 4 runs on the first innings. Christchurch Boys’ High School 72 (Chapman 27, Tucker 10, and Bowron 10) beat St. Bede's College 64 (Brosnahan 14, McPhee 14. Barry 14, and Kenealy 13) by 8 runs on the first innings. Burrows, five wickets for 15 runs, bowled well for High School. Christ’s College 119 (Collins 33 not out, Uttley 32. McKillop 17, and Johnston 10) beat Christchurch West High School B 85 (Turner 30 and Day 14) and 5 for three wickets by 34 runs on the first Innings. MATCHES AT AUCKLAND (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) AUCKLAND, November 15. The third series of cricket matches concluded yesterday in showery weather. Grafton made 356 and beat outright King's College Old Boys, who made 52 (Cowie five wickets for 21, Spring four for 20) and 108 (Ratcliffe five for 39, Felk four for 29). Young Men’s Christian Association with 343 for eight wickets declared drew with Parnell, who made 266 for nine (Buckley 75, Whitelaw 53, H. G. Vivian 40; Bright five wickets for 50). Eden made 305 (A. F. Weir 59, Macrae 45, Harrison 42; Matheson four for 85) to beat University, who made 164. North Shore with 329 and 65 for three wickets beat Ponsonby, who made 172 (Scholium 40, Simpson eight wickets for 57).

SUBURBAN GAMES RAIN STOPS PLAY Rain Interfered with all games in the Suburban Cricket Association competitions on Saturday last when the third round of matches was commenced. Playing at Sunnyside, the home team batted first against Spreydon and compiled 244, L. Mahoney top-scoring with 82 not out. Shirley made a good start against Working Men’s Club at Linwood, and had compiled 257 for four wickets when rain stopped play. G. Cullen batted well for 169 not out.’ Railway were dismissed for 83 against Beckenham, who had made 149 for four wickets when play ceased. S. Cawtherav showed a return to his old form in making 72 and R. Griffiths played a patient innings for 37. SUNNYSIDE v. SPREYDON Sunnyside batted first against Spreydon and after losing two wickets for 19 compiled 244 before play was stopped by rain. A feature of the innings was a brick display by L. Mahoney, who hit out merrily for 82 not out. R. Chinnery 49, E. Barnes 44 made useful contributions. H. Farrant was the most successful bowler for Spreydon, securing three wickets for 53 runs. Nolan got two for 31. Scores:— SUNNYSIDE First Innings D. Cocks, b Farrant .. .. .. 0 W. Oliver, c Freeman, b Farrant .. 2 R. Chinnery, b Freeman .. .. 49 E. Barnes, b Nolan .. ..44 L. Gordon, Ibw, b Gregson .. .. 18 J. Hartley, b Farrant .. .. 9 H. Thompson, c Smith, b Thomas .. 22 A. Rowe, run out .. .. .. 4 H. Mevers. b Nolan .. .. .. 3 G. Gillespie, c Farrant, b Smith .. 3 L. Mahoney, not out .. .. .. 82 Extras .. .. • • .. 8 Total .. .. ..244 Bowling Analysis—H. Farrant, 12 overs, 1 maiden. 53 runs, 3 wickets; T. Holmes, 8 overs, 62 runs; J. Nolan, 12 overs, 3 maidens. 31 runs, 2 wickets; V. Freeman. 8 overs, 49 runs, 1 wicket; C. Gregson, 5 overs, 16 runs. 1 wicket: R. Thomas, 5 overs, 25 runs, 1 wicket: F. Smith, .2 over, I wicket. SHIRLEY v. WORKING MEN’S CLUB Shirley occupied the crease until rain stopped play and lost four wickets for 257 runs. A brilliant innings by G. Cullen, who scored 169 not out, placed Shirley in a good position. Scores; — SHIRLEY First Innings C. Cullen, not out .. .. .. 169 L. Kirk, run out .. •• •• 9 W. Bamoton, run out .. •• 4 F. C. Pitt, b McLachlan .. ..25 A. Besley, b Gilroy .. ..23 F. Aeassiz, not out .. • • .. in Extras .. • • .. 17 Total for four wickets .. 257 RAILWAY v. BECKENHAM Railway made a poor showing in their first innings against Beckenham and were all out for 83. L. Hsazlewood played a patient innings for 18 and with Hood 13 and Harris 12 were the only double figure scorers. Bowling for Beckenham. N. Stokes secured five wickets for 24 runs. A sound partnership by S Cawtheray and R. Griffiths placed Beckenham in a winning position and four wickets were down for 149 when rain interfered with play. Cawtheray played his best knock this season to compile 72 and Griffiths played sound and defensive cricket for 37. Scores:— RAILWAY First Innings W. Lawson, c Sibley, b Cawtheray .. 1 L. Heazlcwood. Ibw. b Davison .. 18 Dave Mitchell, b Cawtheray .. 0 E. Grenfell, c Weatherhead, b Stokes 7 C. Candlish, c Weatherhead. b Stokes 9 P. Davis, b Griffiths .. • ■ 6 F. Harris, Ibw, b Griffiths .. .. 12 E. Brook, c and b Stokes .. •• 5 L. Hood. Ibw. b Stokes .. ..13 F. Bartlett, c Cox. b Stokes .. .. 0 J. Beattie, not out .. • • •• J Extras •• •• ..11 Total ■. ■ ■ • • 83 Bowling Analysis—F. Davison. 9 overs, II runs, 1 wicket; S. Cawtheray, 6 overs, 19 runs, 2 wickets; N. Stokes, 7.1 overs. 24 runs, 5 wickets: R. Griffiths, 5 overs, 18 runs. 2 wickets. BECKENHAM First Innings S. Cawtheray, b Peattie .. • • 72 E. Cox, run out .. •• 5 N. Davison, b Candlish ~ •• 5 R. Griffiths, run out .. • • N. Stokes, not out .. • • 17 F. Smith, not out .. •• Extras .. • • • • 8 Total for four wickets .. 149 SENIOR B Marlst 209 (J. Storey 81, Murray 24. J. Coombes 22) met West Old Boys 46. Bowling for Marist, McDonnell took four for 18, Storey two for 6, and J. Coomber one for none. . , x j Templeton 251 for five wickets (Mortland 65 not out. Ayers 56. P. Mackie 53, Alsop 48 not out) met Avon. Bowling for Avon, C. Gordon took three for 72. Beckenham 81 (Edwards 26) and 43 for one wicket (Clarkson 21 not out) met St. Albans 41. Bowling for Beckenham, Clarkson took seven for 19, and for St. Albans Batchelor five for 26. JUNIOR A Shirley 133 for four wickets (Dixon 81) met Riccarton 82 (Raxworthy 24). Bowling for Shirley. Wentworth took three for 25, Barrow three for 15, and Cowie four for 29» Merivale 178 for six wickets (Webster 61 not out, Tavlor 41, Jordon 30) met Working Men’s Club. Dunstable 106 (Webb 56, Foote 23) met Harewood 93 for seven wickets (Sleeman 19. Falloon 17). Bowling for Harewood, Sleeman took seven for 29, and Cooper two for 43 JUNIOR B Stewart’s Gully 154 (Hay 30, Darby 29, McMillan 28) met Shirley 96 (Hooper 32). Bowling for Stewart’s Gully, Brown took four for 33 and Derby three for 24, and for Shirley, Pitt took three for 27. Railway 92 (Kerr 25, S. Marks 22) met Waltham 61 for two wickets (Rhodes 25 not out). Bowling for Waltham, McKinnon took five for 17. JUNIOR C Whitcombe and Tombs 128 (Perry 37, Athfield 23) met Sydenham Council. 47 for four wickets. „ „„ „ Harmonic Society 262 (Down 80, G. Southerwood 57, Heywood 38) met Roslyn. JUNIOR D Spreydon 77 (Banfield 34) met Beckenham 108 (A. Besley 41, Weatherhead 39). Bowling for Beckenham, S. Besley took four for 12 and A. Besley four for 13. Gough, Gough, and Hamer 123 (G. Stewart 45) met Technical 68 for seven wickets. Bowling for Gough, Gough and Hamer, Stewart took four for 31 and for Technical Barrett took four for 16, and Elliott four for 30. , , A St. Albans 18 and 45 for one wicket (Bundle 18 not out) met West Old Boys 79 (Bell 34). Bowling for West Old Boys. Bell took four wickets for one run and Steven three for 8, and for St. Albans Ebert took three for 20, Turner three for 4, and Wilson three for 12. THIRD GRADE A Corsair 135 (Farmer 47, Bailey 22) beat Beckenham 88 by 47 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Corsair, Bailey took five for 52, and for Beckenham Molloy took seven for 33. Opawa 202 (V. Toomey 52) drew with Riccarton 110 for seven wickets. Bowling for Opawa, Moir took three for 11. Lyttelton 96 (T. Wilson 50) beat Bromley 33 by 63 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Lyttelton, Parrott took five for 12. Oddfellows 167 (F. Iggo 58, Newton 39) beat Technical 45 and 40 for one wicket by 122 on the first innings. Bowling for Oddfellows, Capper took four for 22 and Fox four for 4. Northcote 138 for eight wickets declared (Bell 60, Todd 36) beat Templeton 104 (Ayers 32) by 34 runs on the first Innings. Bowling for Templeton, Scott took five for 40, and for Northcote Simpson three for 14, Robinson four for 44, and Savage two for 6. THIRD GRADE B Mairehau, 125 for six wickets declared (F. Ken 73) drew with New Brighton 105 for six wickets (Cook 30). Bowling for Mairehau, F. Kerr took three for 20 and for New Brighton Fitchett two for 6, and T. Kerr three for 24. Beckenham 102 (Bedford 48) beat Harewood 93 (Mcßeath 37) by 9 runs on the first innings. Waltham 150 (McGrath 38 not out, Davenport 32) beat Merivale 62 (Nutbridge 55) by 88 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Waltham, E. Johnstone took seven for 13. Westport 90 (Mackie 34) beat Ouruhia 40 and 91 (Hibberd 35) by 50 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Westport, Lee took five for 12 and Vivian eight for 36, and for Ouruhia Steere took four for 20. THIRD GRADE C Sumner 166 for five wickets declared (Truscott 52 not out, Bromley 41) drew with Dunstable, 80 for five wickets (Anderson 41). Northcote 63 beat Stewart’s Gully 34 by 29 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Northcote, Lang took six for 9, and for Stewart’s Gully Smith took three for 24 and Duncan two for 2. Beckenham 153 (Cooke 67) beat Spreydon 146 (Brady 42) by 7 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Beckenham, Donaldson took three for 34, and for Spreydon Pascoe took four for 41. Papanui 103 and 55 beat Addington Timber 61 by 42 runs on the first innings. Waltham 99 (Campbell 37, Cooke 22) and 41 beat Cyclone 85 (Hamilton 37) and 45, by 10 runs. Bowling for Cyclone, Fields took four for 14 and five for 9, and for Waltham, Campbell took four for 14 and Smith three for 12.

Heathcote 91 beat Working Men’s Club 27 and 54 for nine wickets for 64 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Heathcote, Bate took four for 11, and Montrom three for 14, and for Working Men’s Club, Jefcoate four for 18.

NORTH CANTERBURY SUBASSOCIATION There was very little play in the North Canterbury Cricket Sub-Association’s competitions on Saturday afternoon, showers of rain being general throughout the districts. Results were;— Playing at Loburn, Loburn batting first had scored 53 runs for the loss of one wicket when rain stopped play, R. McCracken 34 not out. Hamilton 12 not out. JUNIOR A GRADE ' Oxford v. Carleton Opening against Carleton, Oxford had made 117 runs for the loss of one wicket when play was stopped by rain. Grant made 31 runs, and I. Bluett and R. Bluett are still in with 44 and 40 runs respectively to their credit. The match Swannanoa v. Kaiapoi, played at Kaiapoi on Saturday afternoon, was abandoned because of the rain when Swannanoa had scored 91 for eight wickets. E. Verrall 35, F. McHugh 18, C. Milne 15, were the highest scorers. JUNIOR B GRADE Rangiora v. Loburn Batting first against Loburn at Rangiora, Rangiora made 58 runs {J. Hooper 16, R. Pulley 14). Loburn had lost one wicket for 31 runs when play stopped. E. Pulley was undefeated with 22 runs to his credit. Bowling for Loburn, B. Croft took three wickets' for 6 runs, W. Feary three for 8, and S. J. Pulley four for 11. WOMEN’S* GAMES TECHNICAL AND OLD GIRLS ' WIN A cold wind made playing conditions unpleasant towards the latter part of the afternoon at Malvern Park on Saturday. The Mai Moa B team played its first game in the senior grade against High School Old Girls. Technical met the Mai Moa A team at Ensor’s road, and Beckenham had the bye. The game, Mai Moa B v. High School Old Girls, provided little interest. Mai Moa batted first and made 38. L. Newell was the top scorer with 16, but the remainder of the team did not bat with any confidence, and at the end of the innings M. Preece and J. Gray had taken six wickets between them at a cost of 14. High School Old Girls opened well. P. Farquhar attacked the bowling from the start, and the Mai Moa score was passed without loss. With 54 runs scored, she retired after having made 42 of that total. M. Sisson, 10, was the next scorer for High School Old Girls, and the Innings closed for 81. J. Creagh was the most successful with the ball for Mai Moa, taking two wickets for four runs. A feature of the game at Ensor’s road was the batting of the Technical team. M. Norman, who was responsible for many fine batting performances for Technical last season, was in good form again on Saturday, Scoring from well made shots all round the wicket, she compiled 60 runs. P. Taylor was another Technical player who was in form with both bat and ball. She scored 20 not out, and took four wickets for 15 runs. Only six of the Technical team were given a strike, the side declaring with 124 runs scored for the loss of five wickets. Mai Moa could make only 53, in reply of which total S. Garner made 19 and E. Wormald 13. Technical won by 71 runs. Position of Teams The following table shows the position of the teams at the end of the second round, three points being allowed for a win, two for a tie in scores, and one for a draw; — W. D. L. Pts. Technical .. .. 1 1 H.S. Old Girls ..I 1 Beckenham .. ..0 1 1 Mai Moa A .. .. 0 1 1 1 Mai Moa B .. .. 0 0 1 0 Beckenham and Mai Moa B have each had a bye. Detailed Scores Detailed scores are:— SENIOR GRADE Mai Moa B 38 (L. Newell 16). For Old Girls J. Gray and M. Preece each took three wickets for 7 runs. High School Old Girls 81 (P. Farquhar 42 retired, M. Sisson 10). For Mai Moa, J. Creagh took two wickets for 4 runs. Old Girls won by 43 runs. Technical 124 for five W’ickets declared (M. Norman 60, D. Preece 20, P. Taylor 20 not out). For Mai Moa, P. Blackler took three wickets for 36 runs, and V. Belworthy two for 9. Mai Moa A 53 (S. Garner 19, E. Wormald 13). For Technical, P. Taylor took four for 15 and R, Martin two for 21. Technical won by 71 runs. JUNIOR GRADE Harewood 84 ;P. Hayton 30, A. Fielding 19). For Beckenham, E. Jewell took four for 14. Beckenham 43. For Harewood P. Hayton took two for 7. Harewood won by 41 runs. Millers 67 (W. Dyer 20 retired, M. Bowden 18 not out). Technical, five short, 22 (J. Barber 11). Millers won by 45 runs.