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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22005, 1 February 1937, Page 7

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FOUR CENTURIES OLD BOYS IN STRONG POSITION HIGH SCORING IN MOST *V GAMES ; W; watches in the senior grade cricket comtttion of which the eighth round was Vnrted on Saturday, are at present in a v, even state, with high scoring the I~Lal rule. Altogether four centuries 'Smade-W. A. Hadlee (Old Boys) 144. , n Dunster (Old Collegians) 123, I. B. rmmb (Lancaster Park) 110. and F. Kerr Park) 104. at present the leading team 4„ rtie competition, is not faring very taAn the game against Old Boys, as one ,*lL t i S down for five runs in reply to nw Bovs' total of 371. The second meeting C S andM. L.Page with E. Mulcock's f n Sg was eagerly awaited, and although «hw of the batsmen scored many oel ? from his bowling, he did not rit£er of them very much trouble. See made Ws 144 in his usual bright H ThaiiDV style, and although he was not Snfte so P safe as Page, he did not give Chances until he was dismissed. Page "&This 70 in good time. Mulcock, with SSrCickets for 84 runs from 38 overs. S« the most successful bowler. . is not in quite such a happy *& Tin the game against West ChristV lt, hj as its total was only 245. £may be sufficient to give Riccarton T^innin g s win, as the West Christchurch batsmen have not been playing S recently, but if it had not been for ,Jdl stand by A. W. Roberts 75, and » g ?° Vowell 63, the total would have been very meagre. Roberts hit daries and Powell three sixes and five *«irs West Christchurch has two wickets S'for 57. J. L. Kerr having 23 not out. With a first wicket partnership between TR Dunster and C. V. Walter which carried the score past 100, Old Collegians 2 306 against East Christchurch before -the side was dismissed. Walter was out for 45 but Dunster continued and made hh first century of the season in less than wen time. S. G. Lester, with 34, was the next highest scorer to the opening batsmen East Christchurch had made 3* without the loss of a wicket when stumps were drawn. The most successful bowler for East Christchurch was L. Brooks, who took five for 34. He was not used until late in the day, as he kept wickets until afternoon tea. Lancaster Park continued the return to top form against Sydenham at Sydenham Park, and declared with five wickets down for 302 runs. Of these Cromb made 110 and F. Kerr 104. Both these batsmen were at 99 together, but Cromb got his century first. The partnership added 232 for the fourth wicket, as the opening men failed to score heavily. Sydenham has not started the first Innings very well as two wickets are 'down for 31. OLD BOYS v. ST. ALBANS Although the Old Boys' total against St. Albans will probably be sufficient to earn 8 first innings win, without W. A. Hadlee and M. L. Page it would have been a meagre score. These two were once again in good form, and their methods of playing E. Mulcock's bowling were .again keenly waited for. Neither of them scored many runs from him. and he eventually succeeded in getting Page's wicket. Hadlee once again was the more enterprising of the two and was driving with all his usual vigour. R. E. J. Menzies accompanied Hadlee- to the crease, but was not destined to make one of his good scores. fcfa. C. Nixon also did not last long, and f ynen Page went in the score was two wickets for 44. A strong westerly wind helped Mulcock and T. Tucker, the opening bowlers, to turn appreciably in the air, and once or twice the batsmen just managed to keep their Bats from tipping balls which • lifted' from the pitch rather sharply. The first 50 dame up in 56 min- . utes, Tucker then having two for 29. After bowling 12 overs with the wind coming across from the off Mulcock was changed to the north end. He then had six , maidens and 16 runs had been scored from him. Although Hadlee treated Mulcock with care he reached his century in 127 minutes, and less than a quarter of an hour afterwards the side's total passed the 200 mark. Page continued in his unhurried manner, but did not give a chance until he was 70. He then swung at one from Mulcock which was going away quickly to leg. He failed to conMet properly, as he played slightly under the ball and Cummings at deep midWicket held an excellent high catch Which he had to take looking into the sun. The partnership had been worth 197 runs in 114 minutes*. This was Mulcock's first wicket of the innings, but soon afterwards he beat R. F. Cook badly, taking his off stump. D. G. Cobden also did not offer much resistance, being well held by Tucker off Mulcock. After being slightly more than three hours at the wickete Hadlee made much the same mistake as Page, and in playing a vigorous leg sweep from Tucker hit underneath the ball and was well held by Nelson at square-leg. His 144 included 19 fours ,-■ and one six. Although he was not quite ' so safe as Page, he did not give a chance until his dismissal, and the St. Albans fielding was keen, so that every run in his score was fully earned. Graham took his usual quarter of an hour to open his scoring, and it is doubtful whether F. P. O'Brien was wise in , leaving Mulcock on to tire himself out , against Graham's stonewalling. After a time Graham began to open out and roade some very powerful drives. J. Eathorne, in his first innings in senior wicket, shaped very well, but was care- ) «ssly run out when 13. B. C. Harbidge, to last man in, made a very Profitable hard-hitting stand with Gra«am, and had knocked up 44 before being bowled by Lindley. C, G. Crawford and P. F. Nelson JPened for St. Albans and seemed not • » be troubled by the bowling. Howler, in the last over before stumps Nelf™l was bowled by Graham when the "Jfl was 5. Scores were:— OLD BOYS „ „ First Innings «• i. J. Menzies, b Tucker .. .. 18 »v. A. Hadlee, c Nelson, b Tucker .. 144 "■ C. Nixon, c O'Brien, b Tucker .. 5 ft v -? age - c Cummings, b Mulcock 70 *■ F. Cook, b Mulcock .. .. 3 "■ £. Cobden, c Tucker, b-Mulcock 10 » I 1 a £ am - c Nelson, b O'Brien .. 32 t«f~. Daw son, c Walter, b Mulcock 1 £ fcathorne, run out .. .. ..33 1 £• Harbidge, b Lindley .. ..44 , F l at " ck . not out .. .. .. 3 Extras .. .. .. ..28 „ Total .. .. .. . ."371 uT™? Analysis—E. Mulcock. 36 overs, 34 ZT en s" 84 runs ' 4 wifckets; T. Tucker, i 1 Z a s>. 6 maidens, 100 runs, 3 wickets; run=i nd , ley> u - 3 overs, 1 maiden, 52 juns, 1 W i C k et . F. P. O'Brien, 6 overs, 46 flaw'. l. w^ket: M. Cummings, 1 over, 7 runs . F. W. Walter, 6 overs, 54 runs. ST. ALBANS C n „ First Innings b £• Crawford, not out .. ..3 ' 1- Nelson, b Graham .. ..1 I Extra ~ -# "' .1 1 Total for one wicket .. 5 CHKIST CHURCH v. RICCARTON «»? \\ 6lght wickets in hand, West Christr**Wflrcn needs 189 runs to pass Riccarton's jarftnntngs total of 245. Riccarton batted *™ee hours and a half, and but for Ro'b--4 EhnL? 1 * 1 Powell, would have made a poor sowJ£gs ow J£g- Roberts scored 75 and Powell l*fJI es 2 Christchurch batted for an .hour iortt stumps were drawn, and scored 57 Hot ™ ♦ lo T ss of two wickets. Kerr is 23 chan„- ■ ." is too early . to assess the no rio, S v? f West Christchurch. Much will, hour V, ' de P e nd on Kerr. During the fuuw ~ty as at the crease, he batted caresoundly, did Ri ecarton batsmen, in the main, Wnii-2i 0 sha Pe well against the bowling of »Sr«? s *u and ■ Renshaw, both of whom Wk«* getti s?,, a Sood deal of pace off the ODenw x. Williams dismissed both the «omrSS„i' a tsmen—Jacobs and Stringer—- * Bis h ad reached double figures. inaC" 8 ™ was erratic right through the CjlnM? ut his average was four for, a «horthon wen l out in attempting to cut 11. an? r? 1 to . the boundary when he was yhoiivo amm i ook » fine catch. Stringer. WIM v. Jacobs > was batting well, was "Nell toSX hi= ba L, of beautiful length Witt. * ok nis middle stump. t( »i's chS«Ly lc ¥ ts down £ ° r 8 7. Riccar*«ht hi?F» S v 0f a g° od scor e seemed "ay. RnhL Ro t e^ ts and Powell saved the B»inventwi b batted,, atted , steadily, his 75 being ' JitOe SlJi ♦ e Powell took some s £ ttle d °wn. but when he d kplav n« . ■ be gave a most refreshing thr»« vl f orous batting. His 63 inPbtalned ,k and five fours. Roberts ' l!? 8 score tTuS* I he same proportion of ther«nSU^ 0 "* running.. In his total ' bat.;m«L l i. fours - Apart from these b£«V,t here was m «e else in Ric•Bt interest, arouse more than aver-

Renshaw, Williams and Johnston carried the bulk of West Christchurch's attack. Johnston had little success. Seventy-seven runs were scored off him in 21 overs, and he took only one wicket. Renshaw had a slightly better average than Williams. He bowled 19.2 overs, taking five wickets for 74 runs, and Williams took four wickets for 60 runs in 22 overs. The scores were:— RICCARTON First Innings J. Jacobs, c Camm, b Williams .. 11 G. H. Stringer, b Williams ... 13 P. Rose, b Renshaw .. .. 11 A. W. Roberts, c Williams, b Renshaw 75 C. K. Jackman, C. Burton, b Williams 9 J. L. Powell, b Johnston .. 63 A. C. Cade, c Renshaw, b Williams .. 10 G. A. Bull, c Camm, b Renshaw .. 22 W. M. Strachan, lbw, b Renshaw .. 8 S. Andrews, c Kerr, b Renshaw .. 10 L. J. Fairbairn, not out .. .. 1 Extras .. .. ..12 Total . .. • 245 Bowling Analysis—C. W. Williams! 22 overs, 4 maidens, 60 runs, 4 wickets; M. Johnston, 21 overs, 4 maidens, 77 runs, 1 .wicket; W. Renshaw, 19.2 overs, 1 maiden, 74 runs, 5 wickets; J. L. Kerr, 3 overs, 1 maiden, 22 runs. WEST CHRISTCHURCH First Innings J. H. Fullwood, b Fairbairn .. 14 J. L. Kerr, not out .. .. 23 W. Renshaw, st Jackman, b Bull .. 6 Extras .. .. .. 14 Total for two wickets .. 57 LANCASTER PARK v. SYDENHAM The match on Sydenham Park, between Sydenham and Lancaster Park, was un- j spectacular, although two safe centuries! were made—by Cromb and Kerr. These two batsmen added 232 runs in their partnership, and took their side from a vexy bad position to a very strong one. Cromb declared with five wickets down for 302. The Sydenham innings began very slowly. At the close of play they had scored 31 runs for two wickets. Butterfield, an opening batsman, was six not out after more than an hour's play. Sydenham's fielding was collectively better than it had been for some weeks, but two or three individual fieldsmen were still poor. Lancaster Parß went in first, with Cobden and McEwen, against the bowling of Oliver and Shackel. They began badly. Three minutes after the begininng of play Cobden tried to hook a ball off Shackel, and played it on from the back of his 1 bat. In the next over Butterfield at second slip made a good catch, taking McEwen with his left hand, a few inches off the ground. The score was then 13 for two wickets. Mcßae batted briskly, and had made an easy 22 before being clean bowled by Butterfield, who had replaced Shackel. The total was then 25. Cromb and Kerr played carefully against the bowling of Oliver and Butterfield, but the total rose gradually to 40. At this stage Newton replaced Oliver. • Most of the scoring seemed to come off byes, as Cromb . had scored only four runs after half an hour's play. After an hour's play the score was 56, and Burtt took over the bowling from Butterfield. With 70 up both Cromb and Kerr showed less reticence in hitting the ball. Cromb placed some of his strokes very well, but the Sydenham fielding was surer than it had been for some weeks. Cromb brought up his first 20 in slightly more than an hour with his first boundary shot. Oliver then went on again in the place of Burtt. The Cromb-Kerr partnership was too slow to be very interesting, although the batsmen had a good understanding as to when to run. They took the score to 100 after 87 minutes. Burtt and Butterfield replaced Oliver and Newton. The batsmen kept very close together in their individual scores, first one getting a few runs ahead, and then the other. They added 100 in 79 minutes, which was faster than it appeared to the spectators. Cromb reached his 50 in 80 minutes. After having bowled only two overs at the beginning of the match, Shackel went on again. From 120 it was not long to 150, with the batsmen still playing with caution, but with considerably more confidence. Cromb was more forceful, and his score went away from Kerr's. He reached 74 when Kerr was only 47. Oliver took over again from Shackel, who had had 10 scored off his two further overs. Kerr finally reached his 50 after he had been at the wickets 104 minutes. The total at the tea adjournment was 170 for three wickets. 0 After the interval, Kerr particularly brightened up, although in one of Butterfield's overs he mistimed two consecutive deliveries, and narrowly missed being caught in the slips off the next ball. Lancaster Park reached 200 runs after 142 minutes' play. Kerr brought his score to 90 with the first six of the day. At the time Cromb was 95, and the partnership had yielded 200, in 134 minutes. A few overs later both batsmen had 99 to their credit. Cromb got his 100 first, and Kerr reached his century in the same over. Then, on the last ball of the over, Cromb hit a good six. There had been several bowling changes, but now a new bowler —Doidge—was put on. The fine partnership was broken when Burtt clean bowled Cromb. He had scored 110 in 160 minutes, and his partnership with Kerr had added 232 runs, taking the score to 257. Kerr went out on the first ball of Burtt's next over. He skied the ball, to drop it into Wallburton's hands. His 104 had taken 157 minutes. Read and Bellamy hit hard, but scored slowly. Read hit a six in his 18. When the total reached 300 Cromb declared, at 5.15 p.m. Shackel and Butterfield opened for Sydenham, facing the bowling of Mapplebeck and Read. The first runs were scored in the third over, Shackel hitting a boundary. After six overs only six runs had been scored, and Cromb replaced Mapplebeck for an over to enable the bowlers to change ends. These two bowlers kept the batsmen very quiet, and only 14 had been scored after half an hour. The monotonous play was punctuated by the falling of Shackel's wicket—ho was neatly caught by Kerr off Cromb, when the total was 21 After some more very slow play. Gray went out lbw, and play ended with the score at 31 for two wickets. Scores; LANCASTER PARK First Innings A. P. Cobden, b Shackel .. .. 1 E. J. McEwen, c Butterfield, b Oliver 2 D. A. N. Mcßae, b Butterfield .. 22 1 B. Cromb, b Burtt .. ..110 F. Kerr, c Wallburton. b Burtt .. 104 F. W. Bellamy, not out .. ..23 R, J. Read, not out •• ..18 Extras .. .. •• ..22 Total for five wickets, dec. 302 Bowling Analysis—C. J. Oliver, 12 overs, 2 maidens, 31 runs, 1 wicket; C. Shackel, 4 overs, 24 runs, 1 wicket; L. A. Butterfield, 18 overs, 4 maidens, 48 runs, 1 wicket; F. W. Newton, 25 overs, .1 maiden, 82 runs; N. Burtt. 19 overs, 2 .maidens, 81 runs, 2 wickets; W. Doidge, 5 overs, 14 runs. SYDENHAM First Innings C. Shackel, c Kerr, b Cromb .. 16 L. A. Butterfield, not out .. ..6 M. Gray, lbw, b Mapplebeck .. 8 . Extra .. .. .. .. 1 Total for two wickets 31 OLD COLLEGIANS v. EAST CHRIST-! CHURCH : By scoring 306 runs in their first innings against East Christchurch, Old Collegians have placed themselves in a fairly strong position for a five-point victory. There is no doubt that Ofti Collegians' team contains some polished and also some very promising batsmen, but their form during the last season has not been consistent. L. R. Dunster was mainly responsible for the fairly big totalon Saturday. He batted aggressively and made his century in less than 95 minutes. He was fortunate, and gave one fairly easy chance to extra cover early in the innings, but his scoring strokes were all well timed and hard hit, his best shot being a beautiful offdrive placed outside mid-off. C. V. Walter, who was Dunster's partner until 139 was on the board, was less enterprising than his partner, but nevertheless his 45 was chanceless, and he gave a convincing exhibition of defensive cricket. In the end he threw his wicket away by attempting to play a ball from A. Davis well off the wicket and pulling it on to the stumps. L. W. Fleetwood, although he made only 17 showed some well-timed strokes all round the wicket until he was trapped and clean bowled by a faster ball from Waine - . * S. G. Lester has not shown much batting form this season, but on Saturday he compiled a useful 34. Lester has a particularly powerful stroke off the bach foot, and scores many runs in this manner. R. E. Alexander made 28 by hard hitting. j , For East Christchurch only two bowlers met with any mentionable success. These were L. Brooks, who secured five for 34, and H. Davis, who took three for 51. Brooks was not tried till well on in the innings, he being wicketkeeper for the side until- afternoon tea time. Davis s performance was good because of its consistency—he bowled very steadily. R. W. Coupland also bowled very steadily, but did not meet with any success. East Christchurch gave a most patchy display of fielding for a senior team, and there was a noticeable lack of team work in not backing up and in returning wild throws to the wicketkeeper. This display, however, was compensated for by one or two brilliant individual fielding efforts. ■ L. Brooks took an exceptionally fine catch in the gully to dismiss Dunster, and the jama fieldsman JOOK a IOV4 harp; oflicjj'

off his own bowling to -dismiss < Lester. Half an hour was left for East Christchurch to open their innings, and at stumps G. Mortlock (20) and A. Davis (11) were undefeated. Details were:— OLD COLLEGIANS First Innings L. R. Dunster, c Brooks, b H. Davis 123 C. V. Walter, b A. Davis .. ..45 L. W. Fleetwood, b Waine .. ..17 S. G. Lester, c and b Brooks .. 34 P. Jv Byrne, b H. Davis .. ..14 R. E. Alexander, b H. Davis .. ..28 J. C. Saunders, lbw, b Brooks .. 10 J. G. L. Scott, lbw, b Brooks .. 1 L. G. Jones, not out .. ..11 A. C. Arneson, c Waine, 'b Brooks .. 0 P. H. T. Alpers, c Coupland, b Brooks 0 Extras ~ .. .. ..23 Total .. .. ..306 Bowling Analysis—H. Davis, 28 overs, 12 maidens, 51 runs, 3 wickets; R. W. Coupland, 23 overs, 5 maidens, 62 runs; T. Waine, 11 overs, 45 runs, 1 wicket; M. Dickson, 4 overs, 32 runs; A. Davis, 7 overs, 35 runs, 1 wicket; T. F. Mullan, 6 overs, 24 runs; L. Brooks, 9.2 overs, 2 maidens, 34 runs, 5 wickets. Davis bowled three no-balls, and Dixon two. EAST CHRISTCHURCH First Innings A. Davis, not out .. .. ..11 G. Mortlock, not out .. ..20 Extras .. .. .. ..3 Total for no wicket .. 34 SEMI-FINALS IN SECOND GRADE HIGH SCORING IN BOTH GAMES The two semi-finals in the second grade competition were commenced on the Hagley Oval on Saturday, and both matches produced some extremely bright cricket. Playing on No. 2, Old Collegians compiled 404 in four hours' batting against Old Boys, who at stumps had lost one wicket for 23 runs. For Old Collegians, the principal scorers were W. J. Byrne 92, R. Saunders S6, N. H. Buchanan 45, Lawrence 34, J. Jennings 32, and A. I. Cottrell 31. Old Collegians' batting was very bright as the scoring rate of a 100 an hour clenrly shows, and Old Boys have been set a big task. In the other semi-final between West Christchurch and Sydenham, the latter team batted first. to make 235 all out. Smith 84 and L. Walsh 30 were the highest scorers. Bowling for West Christchurch, . Hill obtained the creditable figures of six wickets for 60. West replied with 82 for one wicket at stumps (Watson 57, Shand 24 not out). At Lancaster Park, East Christchurch 199 (Andrews 47, Jenkins 30) met Lancaster Park, 47 for one wicket. Bowling for Lancaster Park, Banfield took four wickets for 44 runs. At Hagley Park, Sydenham,23s (C. Smith 84, L. Walsh 30, A. Sutherland 28), met West Christchurch, 82 for one wicket (Watson 57 not out, Shand 24 not out Bowling for West Christchurch, J. E. Hill took six wickets for 60 runs. At Hagley Park, Riccarton, 343 (Berrow 73, Malcolmson 92, Munnings 45, Kavanagh 44), met St. Albans 28 for no wickets. Bowling for St. Albans, Burtt took five wickets for 63 runs. ■ . At Hagley Park, Old Collegians, 416 (Byrne 92. Saunders 90, Buchanan 45, Lawrence 34, Jennings 32, Cottrell 31, Denham 22 not out) met Old Boys 23 for one wicket. The most successful bowlers for Old Boys were Brown two for 37 and Booker two for 61. THIRD GRADE Old Boys, 305 (Gill 56, Bowes 62, Daniels 43), met Riccarton, 23 for one wicket. Bowling for Riccarton, Lcnnan took three wickets for 32 runs. West Christchurch A, 248 (Hill 75, Price 47, Caygill 30 not out), met St. Albans, 20 for no wickets. Bowling for St. Albans, Wilson took five wickets for 55 runs. West Christchurch B, 359 (Dougall 89. Ager 80, Le Lievre 62. Featherstono 50 not out), met Boys High School, nine for no wickets. Bowling for Boys' High School, Campbell took four wickets for 102 runs, and Brittenden two for 26. Lancaster Park, 142 (Mapplebeck 40, Dougall 24 not out), met Old Collegians, 19 for no wickets. Bowling for Old Collegians, Barwick took two wickets for six runs, Bruges three for 34, and Matson three for 43. FOURTH GRADE Section A Old Boys, 158 (H. Dobbs 71), met Sydenham. 91 for three wickets (Anderson 31). Bowling for Sydenham, Cameron took three wickets for 31, runs. Riccarton, 274, met St. Albans, 224 (Wright 50, Anderson 46). Bowling for Riccarton, Whitford took five wickets for 65 runs, Palmer three for 22, and Cox two for six. For St. Albans, Campbell took six wickets for 46 runs and Wright three for 35. East Christchurch, 184 (Blight 46, Barnes 25), met Lancaster Park, 75 for two wickets. Bowling for Lancaster Park, Miller took three wickets for 24 and Ballingcr three for 53. Section It Old Collegians, 142 (Williams 26. Wauchop 23), met Sydenham, 117 for one wicket (West 81 not out. Meads 22). West Christchurch High School, 342 (Moynihan 115 retired, McKinley 62, Jackson 37), met Lancaster Park, 95 for no wickets (Morgan 55 not out, Nallin V.) not out). Bowling for Lancaster Park, Powell took three wickets for 83, and Morgan four for 77. SUBURBAN GAMES HIGH SCORING ON SATURDAY The wickets were in favour o£ the batsmen on Saturday when the seventh round of the Suburban Cricket Association's competitions was concluded. The Shirley and Beckenham match at Beckenham provided an interesting and exciting display ot scoring by both teams. S. Cawtheray was in great scoring form, and compiled 169 in Beckenham's first innings, and 81 not out in the second, his total for the match including 12 sixes and 29 fours. M. Heath partnered Cawtheray in a brilliant stand which produced 138 in 45 minutes. Heath making 57 not out. In Shirley's second innings which was declared with three wickets down for 137, W. Bampton and B. Allen gave a great exhibition of fast scoring, and compiling 122 for the firstwicket partnership, Bampton's total of 68 including four sixes and eight fours. Sunnyside beat Railway on the first innings in a match that was full of interest. On the first day Railway made 309. On Saturday Sunnyside, who had lost one wicket for 27, went on to score 324 for the loss of seven wickets. The scoring was distributed amongst six batsmen, G. Grose heading the list with 78. W. Oliver played a sound innings for 58 not out, and J. Hooper gave his best display for 43. After obtaining a lead of 12 runs on the first innings, Working Men's Club failed in their second innings and were dismissed by Spreydon for 49, batting one man short. Spreydon, which had declared with seven wickets down for 153, secured an eight-point win by 82 runs. The following table shows the positions of the senior teams: — Wins Bpt spt L. Pts.

SPREYDON v. WORKING MEN'S CLUB Accurate bowling by J. Nolan and H. Green secured an eight-point win for Spreydon in their match against Working Men's Club. On the first day Spreydon made 109, Working Men's Club responding with 121. On Saturday Spreydon compiled 153 for seven wickets and declared at 4.15, leaving Working Men's Club 142 to make in two hours. J. Nolan secured two wickets in his first two overs, and four wickets were down for 12 runs. The side collapsed and were all out for 49, batting one man short. J. Nolan secured four wickets for 4 runs, and H. Green three for 11. Spreydon won by 82 runs. Scores: — SPREYDON First innings .. .. .. 109 Second Innings F. Smith, b C. Smith .. ..30 D. Mitchell, c sub., b Warr .. 0 H. Farrant, lbw, b Warr .. .. ' 6 V. Freeman, b Kiddey .. .. 9 J. Nolan, lbw, b C. Smith .. ..10 H. Green, not out .. ..29 R. Farrant, b Balfour . .. ..10 R. Thomas, b C. Smith .. ..30 A. Gregson, not out .. ..12 Extras •• .. ..17 Total for seven wickets (dec.) 153 Bowling Analysis—F. Warr, 8 overs, 39 runs, 2 wickets; T. Gilroy, 4 overs, 21

runs; C. Smith, 8 overs, 42 runs, 3 wickets; F. Kiddey, 3 overs, 11 runs, 1 wicket; L. McLachlan, 2 overs, 4 runs; G. Balfour, 3 overs, 19 runs, 1 wicket. WORKING MEN'S CLUB First innings .. .. .. 121 Second Innings J. Evans, b Nolan •• »• \ F. Warr, b Nolan ■• •• £ H. Hooper, b Nolan •- T. Gilroy, e Nolan, b H. Farrant .. » C. Cocks, b Nolan .- •• ° S. Clegg, b Freeman •• £ C. Smith, b Green .► •• J* L. McLachlan, b Green .. ■• J G. Balfour, b Green .. .. » F. Kiddey, not out •• *' o Extras **___ Total (one man short) .. 49 Bowling Analysis—J. Nolan, 6 overs. 4 runs, 4 wickets; H. Green. 6 overs. 11 runs. 3 wickets: H. Farrant. 5 overs, 14 runs, V wicket; V. Freeman, 2 overs, 12 runs, 1; wicket. RAILWAY v. SUNNYSIDE A splendid seventh-wicket stand by W. Oliver' and J. Hartley gave Sunnyside a five-point win over Railway, who had made 309 on the first day. J. Hooper and G. Grose gave Sunnyside a good start by compiling 94 for the second wicket, Hooper batting well for 43. Grose and L. Gordon added 50 for the third wicket, and after three wickets had fallen for 31 runs Oliver and Thompson increased the total by 47 for the seventh, which fell with the score at 245. J. Hartley partnered Oliver in the winning partnership, Oliver carrying his score to 58 not out and Hartley carrying his bat for 34. Sunnyside won by three wickets. Scores: — RAILWAY First innings .. .. SUNNYSIDE First Innings R. Chinnery, b Bartlett .. " 1 J. Hooper, lbw, b Peattie .. .. 43 G. Grose, c Mitchell, b Candlish .. 78 L. Gordon, run out .. .. .. 31 E. Barnes, b Davis .. .. 8 L. Mahoney, b Davis .. ..10 H. Thompson, c Candlish, b Bartlett 32 W. Oliver, not out .. .. .. 58 J. Hartley, not out .. .. ..34 Extras .. .. •. .. 23 Total for seven wickets .. 324 Bowling Analysis—P. Davis, 14 overs, 1 maiden, 58 runs, 2 wickets; L. Hood, 9 overs, 54 runs; F. Bartlett, 10 overs, 1 maiden, 28 runs", 2 wickets; C. Candlish, 14 overs, 66 runs, 1 wicket; J, Peattie, 14 overs, 3 maidens, 40 rufts, 1 wicket; E. Brook, 6 overs, 27 runs; L. Heazlewood, 7 overs, 24 runs. BECKENHAM v. SHIRLEY S. Cawtheray gave a brilliant display of fast scoring to place Beckenham in the lead, with seven wickets in hand, in their match against Shirley, who on the first day had compiled 249. Opening with E. Cox, Cawtheray completely mastered the Shirley bowling to knock up 169 by the tea adjournment, including seven sixes and 19 fours out of a total of 254 for three wickets, when the innings was declared closed. In Shirley's second innings W. Bampton and B. Allen attacked the bowling in good style. A total of 122 was on the board when the first wicket fell. Bampton's score of 68 included four sixes and nine fours, and Allen (52) got eight fours. Shirley declared at 5.30 p.m. with three wickets down for 137, leaving Beckenham 133 to make in 55 minutes Cawtheray opened with Davison, but with six on the board the latter was run out, and then Heath joined Cawtheray in the most brilliant partnership seen in suburban cricket. The pair attacked the bowling, and in 40 minutes scored 133 runs. Cawtheray's total of 81 not out included five sixes and 20 fours, and Heath's total of 57 included nine fours. Cawtheray secured the somewhat unique record of being on the field for the whole match, as he fielded throughout Shirley's two innings and batted throughout Beckenham's two knocks. SENIOR B Avon 231 and 64 for five wickets beat West Old Boys 110 and 180 (Sturge 59 not out, Horning 34. Grenfell 29) by five wickets. Bowling for Avon, McEwin look six wickets for 83 runs. Beckenham 227 defeated Templeton 58 and 36 by an innings and 133 runs. Bowling for Beckenham. Sibley took three for 22 and two for 10, Clarkson three for 24, and Skelton six for 11. JUNIOR A Dunstable 322 (Webb 133, Rouse 73) and 23 for one wicket, beat Shirley 205 and 132 (Cummings 42) by nine wickets. Harewood 309 for eight wickets declared beat Working Men's Club 03 and 244 (McClclland 102) by an innings and two runs. JUNIOR B Urlwins 213 and 29 for one wicket beat Railway 189 and 158 for five wickets declared, by 24 runs on the first in- | U1 provincial S Buildings 328 (Smith 72, ! Bradlcv 70, Malley C 5, Evans 35, Haughcy !31) defeated Stewart's Gully 225 and CO by an innings and 43 runs. Bowling for Stewart's Gullv, Holland took five for 118 and Brown two for 71, and for Provincial Buildings Bradley took five for 28 and Smith two for 18. i Waltham 180 and 18 for three wickets beat Shirley 65 and 129 (Percy 55) by seven wickets. Bowling for Waltham, Rhodes took four for 10 and six for 40. JUNIOR C Roslyn i:i(s (McGill 39, Ellis 28, Pcnberthy 23) and 164 (Beswick 43, Ellis 37, Pcnberthy 33, Liddlc 26) beat Harmonic Society 121 (Hevwood 29) and 300 (Gerrard 23) *by 79 runs. Bowling for Roslyn, Ellis took 'four for 28 and six for 22, and ior Harmonic Society Tennent look seven for 21 and C. Richards three for 38. Whitcombe and Tombs 204 beat Sydenham Council 136 and 67 by an innings and one run. JUNIOR D West Old Boys 160 and 138 for six wickets declared (Westgarth 54, Erunt 52) beat Gough, Gough and Hamer 68 and 120 for six wickets, by 92 runs on the first innings. Bowling for West Old Boys, Brunt took two wickets for one run. Technical 116 and 144 (Barrett 25. Parkes 22) beat Spreydon 148 and 106 (Bamford 35) by six runs. Bowling for Spreydon, Lee took three for 20, and for Technical Barrett took five for 33. Waltham 79 and 129 (Syme 23, Fraser 33, Jenkins 29) beat St. Albans 82 and 42 by 84 runs. Bowling for St. Albans, Turner look four for 42, and for Waltham F. Watt took four for 4, including the hat trick, and Jenkins three for 18. Matchless 320 and 157 (Berrelt 40, D'Arcy 27, Norton 22) beat Beckenham 238 (Bowen 102, Turner 55, A. Besle.v 44) by 82 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Matchless, Norton took four for 55 and Reeves three for 26, and for Beckenham, Weatherhead took two for 10. THIRD GRADE A Lyttelton 216 (H. Wilson 85 not out) drew with Riccarton, 60 for three wickets. Corsair 257 (D. Syme 61, Fabian 51) defeated Technical 139 (Harvey 46, Sutton 31, Smith 29) by 118 runs on the first innings ~'**, _, Northcote 148 for eight wickets declared (Bell 89, Fantham 28) beat Beckenham 50 (Spicer 22) and 19 by an innings and 89 runs. Bowling for Northcote, Smith took three for 17 and six for 9, Robinson two for 5 and four for 10, and Trenbath three for 15, and for Beckenham Scapens took four for 26 and Walker three for 27. Opawa 165 for six wickets declared (V. Toomey 37. Wickham 37) drew with Oddfellows 148 for six wickets (N. Iggo 48, Trott 29). Bowling for Oddfellows, Newton took four for 17, and for Opawa Bentley took four for 28. TIHIRD GRADE B Mairehau 137 (Collett 57 not out) drew with Westport 124 for six wickets (Vivian 31) Harewood 129 (Watson 25, Mcieath 22, Nelson 20 not out, Goodall 20) beat Technical B 22 and 88 (Clothier 25) by an innings and 19 runs. Bowling for Harewood, Goodall took seven for 18 and Broadhurst five for 11, and for Technical Davey took four for 21. Waltham 143 (Gough 55, Milne 36 not out) tied with Beckenham 143 (Lloyd 38, Hay 37, Bedford 25, Molloy 21). Bowling for Waltham, E. Johnstone took four for 36 and Gough three "or 33, and for Beckenham Barnard five for 42 and Hay four for 13 bowled best. Shirley 82 (Kirk 23) and 73 for three wickets declared (Kirk 33) beat Merivale 52 (Raines 25) and 86 (Keemer 21, Raines 20) by 17 runs. Bowling for Shirley, Richards took seven for 11 and for Merivale, Railton took three for 11 and Nuttridge four for 30. Technical A 133 (J. Ford 40, Mitchell 19) defeated Ouruhia 93 (Andrews 24 not out) by 40 runs on the first innings. THIRD GRADE C Sumner 231 for four wickets (Bromley ! 95, Truscott 50 Curie 49) Dunstable 169 (Anderson 48, Ball 70) by six wickets and 67 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Sumner, Knox took six wickets for 60 runs. Waltham 163 for six wickets declared (Clark 64, Cook 43 not out) defeated Cyclone 88 and 71 (Hamilton 32 not out) by an innings and four runs. Bowling for Waltham, Campbell took seven for 12, Clark four for 30, and Smith five for 43. Heathcote 82 (Young 31 not out) beat Working Men's Club 56 and 91 for five wickets by 26 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Heathcote, Mintrom took five for 19 and Young four for 22, and for Working Men's Club Henderson took six for 23. Stewart's Gully 48 and 129 (Lewis 54 not out, Cairns 20) defeated Northcote 66 (Grimwood 31) and 88 by 23 runs. Bowling for Stewart's Gully, Lewis took eight for 40 (including hat trick) and Cairns 10 for 38. , Papanui Old Boys 228 for seven wic-1 kets beat Addington Timber 150 by three wickets and 78 runs on the first Innings. Beckenham 134 (Cooke 23, Donaldson 21) beat Spreydon 133 (Brady 35, Curgenven 26) by one run on the first innings. Bowling for Beckenham, Smith took five for 29, and for. Spreydon Brady took j foui; #o? sfc '_.:_. J

Lower Grade Points | The following are the points gained by the lower grade teams up to and Including January 16: — Senior B—Marist 37, Avon 29, West Old Boys 23, Beckenham 20, Templeton 13, St. Albans 8. Junior A—Harewood 34, Shirley 29, Merivale 26, Dunstable 24, Riccarton 14, Working Men's Club 7. Junior B—Provincial Buildings 35, Waltham 31. Stewart's Gully 27, Urlwins 16, Railway 15, Shirley 6. Junior C—Harmonic Society 34, Whitcombe and Tombs 34, Sydenham Council 23, Lyttelton 19, New Brighton 8. Junior D—Beckenham 45, Matchless 40, Gough, Gough and Hamer 37, Technical 25, Spreydon 16, West Old Boys 16, Waltham 9, St. Albans 0. Third Grade A—Opawa 55, Corsair 46, Northcote 45, Oddfellows 44, Lyttelton 44, Bromley 38, Riccarton 33, Beckenham 28, Templeton 25, Technical 18. Third Grade D—Waltham 54, Westport 53, Ouruhia 46, Northcote 43, Mairehau 42, Harewood 40, Shirley 40, New Brighton 28, Beckenham 26, Merivale 14, Technical A 6, Technical B 2. Technical A and B entered on January 9. Third Grade C—Heathcote 84, Waltham 74, Papanui Old Boys 63, Beckenham 41, Northcote 38, Dunstable 33, Working Men's Club 31, Addlngton Timber 31, Sumner 29, Spreydon 20, Cyclone 17, Stewart's Gully 14. Draw for Next Round The following is the draw for the next round of matches, starting next Saturday: Senior Grade—Shirley v. Working Men's Club, at Richmond: Railway v. Beckenham, at Sydenham 9; Sunnyside v. Spreydon, at Sunnyside. Senior B—Templeton v. Avon, at Linwood 5; Beckenham v. St. Albans, at Beckenham: Marist v. West Old Boys, at Barrington. Junior A—Dunstable v. Working Men's Club, at Elmwood; Riccarton v. Harewood at Riccarton; Shirley v. Merivale, at Elmwood. Junior B—Shirley v. Stewart's Gully, at Waltham 2; Urlwins v. Provincial Buildings, at Elmwood; Railway v. Waltham, at Waltham 1. Junior C—Lyttelton v. Whitcombe and Tombs, at Lyttelton; Roslyn v. Sydenham Council, at Linwood 3; New Brighton v. Harmoni: Society, at St. James. Junior D—Technical v. St. Albans, at St. Albans; Gough, Gough and Hamer v. Waltham, at Bradford; Beckenham v. West Old Boys, at Beckenham; Spreydon v. Matchless at Spreydon. Third Grade A—First day: Corsair v. Oddfellows, at Waltham 3; Opawa v. Lyttelton, at Woolston; Northcote v. Technical at Ensor's road; Templeton v. Riccarton, at Templeton; Bromley v. Beckenham, at Bromley. Second day: Oddfellows v. Northcote, at Linwood No. 1; Templeton v. Lyttelton, at Templeton; Corsair v. Bromley, at Waltham 3; Opawa v. Beckenham, at Woolston 1; Technical v. Riccarton, at Ensor's road. Third Grade B—First day; Technical A v. Mairehau, at Ensor's road: Waltham v. Ouruhia, at Sydenham 5; Beckenham v. Technical B. at Ensor's road; New Brighton v. Merivale, at New Brighton; Northcote v. Westport, at Papanui Domain; Harewood v. Shirley, at St. James 1. Second day: New Brighton v. Technical A, at New Brighton; Waltham v. Northcote, at Sydenham 5; Harewood v. Beckenham, at St. James; Ouruhia v. Merivale, at Ouruhia; Mairehau v. Technical B, at Ensor's road; Shirley v. Westport, at Richmond. Third Grade C—First day: Working Men's Club v. Dunstable, at Linwood 1; Spreydon v. Waltham, at Spreydon 4; Northcote v. Cyclone, at Papanui Domain; Heathcote v. Papanui Old Boys, at Tutton's road; Sumner v. Stewarts Gully, at Sumner; Beckenham v. Addington Timber, at Beckenham. Second day: Beckenham v. Sumner, at Beckenham 3; Heathcote ,v. Stewart's Gully, at Woolston 2; Cyclone v. Papanui Old Boys, at Sydennam 3; Northcote v. Waltham at Papanui Domain; Spreydon v. Working Men's Club, at Spreydon 4; Addington Timber v. Dunstable, at St. Albans. NORTH CANTERBURY. SUBASSOCIATION There was some high scoring in matches in the North Canterbury Cricket SubAssociation's Morgan Pennant competition on Saturday afternoon, the Rangiora Club's A team hitting 283 runs for the loss of five wickets. Details of the matches were: UANGIORA A V. LOBURN With more twos, fours, and sixes than singles from their bats, two Rangiora players, H. Sail and F. Devlin, attacked the Loburn bowling in the match at Loburn. The home side's innings produced 120 runs (McCracken 41, McMasters 21, E. Pulley 17, B. Cook 15), and Rangiora replied with 283 runs for the loss of only live wickets. Rangiora had passed the Loburn score by 19 runs before the first j wicket fell. H. Sail retired with 55 runs and F Devlin made 89. H. Kinley scored [29. Bowling for Loburn, P. Cunningham took two wickets for 15 runs. For Rangiora, Sail took six for 32 and A. L. Lockhart three for 29. UANGIORA B V. SEFTON Plaving with only nine men, Rangiora B had a comfortable win over Sefton in the match at Rangiora. The home side batted first and made 140 runs (Roberts 64 not out, Cunningham 21, Morgan 17, and Power 16). Bowling for Sefton, L. Giles t6ok three wickets for 21 runs. Sefton's innings produced 52 runs <C. D. Binnlc 29), Rangiora's best bowlers being 1 Roberts, who took four for 11, and H. K. Kippenberger, three for 19. In a second strike, Sefton had eight wickets down for 76 runs KAIAPOI A v. WOODEND IJ Playing at Kaiapoi, Woodend B heal Kaiapoi A. Kaiapoi. baiting first, scored 109 runs (H. Stoddart 106 not out. H. Carter 19, H. Clothier 11). Bowling for Woodend, R. Ballinger took three wickets for 43 runs, and R. Cassidy three for 08. Woodend, at stumps, had scored 183 for seven wickets (R. Ballinger 77 retired, R. Cassidy 56, C. Smith 19, B. Eder 18). Bowling for Kaiapoi, F. T. Capstick took four wickets for 39 runs. KAIAPOI B v. EYRETON The match between Kaiapoi B and Eyreton, played at Eyreton, resulted in a win for Kaiapoi by 87 runs. Kaiapoi declared its innings closed with seven wickets down for 215 (A. Hopkins 92, R. Tallin 42, C. Gordon 23. H. Oram 22, L. Stead 18 not out). Bowling for Eyreton, G. Cherry took two wickets for 31 runs. Eyreton made 128 (G. Cherry 32, N. Cherry 27. L. Bailey 25, C. Giles 11, C. Merrin 10). Bowling for Kaiapoi, L. Stead took six wickets for 44 runs. RESULTS ELSEWHERE WELLINGTON (PBES3 ASSOCIATIOM TELZORAII.) WELLINGTON, January 31. A new series of Wellington senior club cricket matches was begun on Saturday on a perfect wicket. A strong wind upset the bowlers. Old Boys made a record score for the season with 440 for eight wickets in the first innings (Wareham «$'•«• Lamason 69, Browne 53) against Wellington. Hutt made 177 (Cheevers 48, Capstick 41 not out) against Karori, who made 159 for four (Rowe 71, Hollings 49). Bowling for Karori M. Browne took six: foi 49 For Hutt Ross took three for 29. Midland made 192 (Hepburn 71, Gapes 40) against University, 95 for four (Lunn 38, Harper 25). Bowling for University Tricklebank took five for 68 and McMillan three for 46. DUNEDIN (PRESS association telegeam.) DUNEDIN, January 31. Carisbrook A took the lead in the senior competition on Saturday. The matches were played in fine weather with a strong southerly wind. Grange, with 316 for eight declared (Knight 158; Silver five for 97), beat Albion with 206 (Miller 51, Shepherd 48; Elmes five for 59, Blair three for 26) and 131 for three (Martin 61). Carisbrook A, with 273 for three declared (F Kerr 119 not out, H. Cameron 42, Dunning 67), beat Carisbrook B with 157 and 158 (Cox 76; Nimmo five for 71). Old Boys with 150 and 73 for six declared (Leader 35; Ryan three for 30, Henderson three for 33) beat University with 99 (Groves four for 24) and 37 for six (Dickinson four for 24, Groves two for 4). Kaikorai with 254 (Constable 53, Talbot 48. Douglas three for 33) beat Dunedin with 185 (Macassey 40; Vial four for 37). Intermediate grade—Mathias (Kaikorai) was undefeated with 209 out of a total of 331. AUCKLAND (PfilSS ASSOCIATIOM TELEGEAM.) AUCKLAND. January 31. Cricket was continued under good conditions on Saturday. Parnell with 330 (Vivian 145, Hay 53, M. Wallace 37, Andrews four for 118) met King's Old Boys, 53 for one. Young Men's Christian Association with 333 (Cooper 120 not out, Bright 55, Hook 42, Harding 35; McNabb four for 83) met Ponsonby, 22 for none. Grafton with 169 (Cowie 69. Marshall 50, Butler five for 20) met University, 59 for two. Eden with 109 (Postles 41 not out, Emery five for 42, Simpson four for 38) met North Shore. 233 for six (Dacre 54, Sale 57 not out, Walters 35). The team to represent Auckland against Wellington to ib& PJunlnt Shield match,

beginning on Friday is: H. G. Vivian (captain). P. E. Whitelaw, W. N. Carson. W. M Wallace, J. Cowie, R. Marshall, D R. Garrard, L. R. Spring. A. M. Matheson, G. L. Weir, R. Emery. V. S. Sale is twelfth ,nan. WOMEN'S GAMES TECHNICAL BEATS BECKENHAM In a game between Technical and Beckenham that virtually decided the senior competition this season, Mrs R. Martin bowled finely x for Technical to secure eight wickets at a cost of only 13 runs,. giving Technical a victory after it had made only a moderate score in its own innings. Seven of the Beckenham players failed to score. Technical now take the place of Beckenham in the lead, and though there Is another round to be played there is little likelihood of Technical being overtaken by any other team. In the other senior match between the two Mai Moa teams, the A team had an easy victory Mrs Martin is a medium-paced bowler. This season she has been one of the most successful bowlers in the senior competition. T. Kerr was also very successful with the ball in the same match on Saturday. She took five Technical wickets at a cost of 11 runs. Of the three players to make a score for Beckenham before losing their wicket, F. Campbell was the best with 12. almost half of her team's total. X. Newell and C. Guthrie were the only two bowlers to worry the members of the Mai Moa A team, and the match developed more or less into a batting practice for the stronger team. A close finish in the junior match, Harewood and Millers, created some interest, the last wicket In the Miller's team falling in the last over of the day. Positions of Teams The following table shows the positions of the teams in the senior grade after Saturday's games:— P. W. D. L. Pts.

Detailed Scores Detailed scores in both grades were:— SENIOR GRADE Mai Moa A 161 (M. Marks 34 retired, S. Garner 40, V. Belworthy 33 retired. For Mai Moa B, L. Newell took two wickets for 28 runs and C. Guthrie two for 42. Mai Moa B, three short, 30 (L. Newell 16). For Mai Moa A, E. Wormald took two for 7, V. Belworthy two for 11, and S. Garner two for 6. Mai Moa A won by 131 runs. Technical 82 (R. Martin 15, E. Jones 15, M. Phillips 11, M. Norman 14). For Beckenham. T. Kerr took five for 11 and B, gunmaa *wft m 8% pedwnham »

(F. Campbell 12, R. Cursons 9). For Technical, R. Martin took eight for 13 and P. Taylor one for 12. Technical won by 57 runs. JUNIOR GRADE Harewood 182 (V. Merrin 45 retired, E. Smart 46 retired, O. Hayton 29 retired. D Hayton 38 retired). For Millers, E. Martin took two for 18. Millers three short, 51 (N Pamley 14. W. Dyer 16). For Harewood, E. Smart took two for 15. V. Merrin two for 6. and A. Fielding one for 4. Harewood won by 131 runs. LEICESTER CRICKET* CLUB £3OOO PROMISED TO HELP FUNDS LONDON, January 9. At the Leicestershire Cricket Club's emergency meeting to-day it was disclosed that promises of donations totalling £3OOO had been made, provided the club carried on for three years. Mr W. Lindsay Everard, MP., the president, said that he must have £SOOO for that purpose. The meeting was adjourned for a tortnight to ascertain if additional funds can be raised.

Beckenham . 4 •& 1 <a Sunnyside . 2 5 0 41 Railway . 3 1 3 32 Working Men's Club . . 1 1 5 14 Spreydon . 1 0 6 11 Shirley . 0 1 6 1

Technical . . 8 4 3 1 15 Beckenham . 8 3 4 1 13 Mai Moa A . 8 3 4 1 13 H.S. Old Girls . . 8 2 4 2 10 Mai Moa B . 8 0 1 7 1