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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22232, 25 October 1937, Page 6

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SENIOIi COMPETITION GAMES Itin'AitTOX DECLARES TOO SOON El. AI.UANS V.INS IN CLOSE FINISH Results: — 0!d Boys beat Sydenham on the flr-t inning. Lancaster Park b"at West Christchvrch on the first Innings. St. Albans brat R:cc2rton on the first inr:":n:TS. Old CoH?."Hns beat East Chrislrhtfrch cti the first inn : ngs. "A':ns ' i) tli'- fi-st were gained bv U:'.::cu :t— Park. Old Boys. Old Colrnri St. Albans, when the third rm.'.r.ri nl the s"r:ior erode competition wv.i cU-cdrd. The weather in the r-arlv r;"-t "f 'h" afternoon was perfect for c:-;c!-rt. bnt about 3 o'clock a verv co'd southerly sprang up. The wickets were mninlv fiend and slow, thT.i-'b thr* piteh c.t Sydenham Park v/.'s- untrustworthy. The ch.in.'r.? to one-day cricket has bpf-n n most unfortunate one for Ric-cartr.-n. Jacobs Stringer, and Powell cave of their brightest, and all scored more than HO in quick time, so that th-- ir.nir.as was declared closed with IVI for five wickets. St. Albans was left less than two hours and a half .r: which to yet this total, and this they did with five minutes to spare. Crawford had mest to do with this success, his 84 includins 10 fours. McCann also made a useful 50. With a slow outfield, the scoring al Sydenham Park, where the home team jOBf to Old Boys by two wickets, war. low. Sydenham made 130. being sent in by Old Boys, and once again Gasson was the top scorer with 33. Several others reached double figures, Kin2 being the only one to lash out. Old Boys had quite a good start, making practically half this total for the loss of only two wickets. The third man was out at 86. but the next four wickets added only seven runs, giving Sydenham a good chance for a win. but Brooks and Cook, and later Graham, played defensively and passed the total with two wickets to fall. Old Boys finished the innings, being all out for 137. Powerful hitting by Mcßae gave Park a chance to declare against West Christchurch. with 244 on the board for six wickets. Mcßae's total of 87 included 11 fours and three sixes. On a dead wicket West Christchurch could make only 184, giving Lancaster Park a win by 60 runs on the first innings. Gregory played patiently, and occasionally vigorously for his 57. but few batsmen stayed with him very long. Old Collegians" total of 196 should not have been too high for East Christchurch. but their batsmen could not handle the bowling of Lester, and of their total of 128 Coupland and Sutherland were the only players to reach double figures. For Old Collegiana Walter made 54. Jennings 23. and Denham 23 not out. Coupland reached 40 and Sutherland 38 for East Christchurch. Lester taking five wickets. Points in the championship are:-

OLD BOYS v. SYDENHAM There was very little sign of the brighter cricket hoped for under the oneday match scheme in the game between Old Boys and Sydenham at Sydenham Park. The outfield was certainly very slow, and the bowling fairly accurate, but neither of these factors, even taken jointly, could account for the slow rate of scoring. Old Boys, in the end, won by two wickets, or as it turned out, by a margin of seven runs; and had the, match gone the other way, as well it might, the Old Boys batsmen would have only themselves to blame, as they lost many valuable runs by loitering down the pitch. Especially was this noticeable at the start of their innings, and it was In marked contrast to the running of H. Xing, the Sydenham hard-hitting batsman and wicket-keeper. Most of the bowling was kept on the off wicket or outside it, and a great weakness in attacking shots on this side was shown by the batsmen of both teams. With balls short of good length pitched consistently outside the off stump there are many ocensions for powerful cuts, or well plnecd glides for quick singles, but the hntsrr»r> would not tackle them at all, t if »hrv did swung wildly, playing lofted #' ■'.t>' :>i ;!.- .-i> rnid-on EI. CT-.-rn m f.ir hr>s made the highest total r," >-'>; sldr- in every match, and he kent up this r.verase on Saturday with a 33. made mostly in singles. Sydenham lias been in need of a consistent batsman to open with him. to allow the harder hitting tailenders some freedom, but once ;u;ain the team got away to a bad start. A. J. Sutherland and N. Burtt going tairly cheaply. C. J. Oliver was another batsman to be dismissed for a low score, being caught on one of the few occasions he attempted a forcing shot. The only bright spot in the whole match was when King went in and hit a great six off the sp'n bowling of R. F. Cook. R. E. J. Menzies and E. J. McEwen npened for Old Boys, and though Menzies made some very bad strokes for a batsman of his calibre, he made 55 in good time McEwen showed great promise as an opening batsman at the beginning ct lus career in first grade cricket, but he (as failed to live un to this, and his fx»rform*>nce on Saturday was not encourntiing. Wickets Ml ouickly after the dismissal of B. C Harbidge and J. Eathorne. and it seemed for some time that Sydenham's meagre total would be good enough to win on the first innings. Then, however. Cook and W. G. Brooks got together .Td added ru"s in siioies and pairs without rislrinj.' their wickets. until Cook plaved badly an o/T break from Butterfe'd. M. Gr-iham who is cantaining the side in th" absence of M. L Page, plaved one of his typical stubborn innir.es when he dies not try to score at all, and is content to meet the ball with a dead bat taking whnt runs he can 1.-om snicks to Ihe slios and fine leg. After Sydenham's total hnd been passed Brooks went out lbw to Newton, and the hame bowler soon after claimed I. Patrick's wicket. The fielding on the whole was sound without being brilliant, although Gasson took a great running catch on the mid-off boundary to dismiss Menzies. Scores:— SYDENHAM E. Gasson, b Patrick ..' ..33 A. J. Sutherland, b Cook .. ..9 N. Burtt, b Patrick ..11 C. Smith, c Colvillc. b Patrick ~ 9 M. Gray, b Graham .. 17 1-. Walsh, b Cook ..15 C. J. Oliver c Colville. b Escott .. 1 I-. A. Butterfield. not out .. .. 10 11. Kin*, st Harbidge, b Cook .. 14 A. D. Park, c Eathorne, b Cook .. 0 T. Newton, b Graham 0 Extra* .. .. .. ..11 Total .. - ..130 Bowling Analysis—l. Patrick, 14 overs, 2 maidens, 39 runs, 3 wickets; M. Graham. i*.* owrs. 3 maidens. 26 runs, 2 wickets; « ~-,*» co tt. 10 overs, 2 maidens, 18 runs, I wteket; R F. cook, 13 overs, 2 maidens. wnuw. 4 wickets. Cook bowled one no-

OLD BOYS R E J. Mcnzies. c Gasson, b Newcon 5o E J. McEwen. lbw. b Oliver -. •> B. C. Harbidge. lbw, b Park ■ . }» .7. Eathornc. st King b .Newton . 14 G B. Colvilie. c Sutherland, b Newton 0 W. McD. Anderson, c King, b Butteifield • • • ■ . ■ ■ '* ■<]■ W G Brooks, lbw. b Newton •• *» H' R. Escott. b Butterfield . • • • J; r' F. Cook, b Butterfield .. •• ' M Graham, not out ■• " \ I Patrick, b Newton •• "2 Extras . ■ • • ■ • " \ . 107 Bowiinf J. Oliver, C! overs 1 maiden, 10 runs. 1 wicket; LA. Butter field. ,16 A Ove« 2 masons 48 ., Newton. i 6.2 overs. 1 maiden 42 runs. 5 wickets; L. Walsh. 1 over. 5 runs.' LANCASTER PARK v. WEST CHIUaTCHUUCH a missed at an hour w * m* > he hit one six. two fours. «, but took his wicket. R. c -„fhand. a tive new-comer to senior graae cr".*"• pot into his stride with the first ball, and Ss ssryssar ?-«Hi a little more than two and a half hours to put up the required score. The innings opened sensationally- Burton and Hav tried to take a run on ne first ball and Hav was still well outside when b F Kerr threw down hj is wicke brilliantly from cover-roint. It was un fortunate for Hay after his ««*" e ? t I , , ?if: t)lav last week. Patrick was only a little rnore fortunate He lifted one whm he wps onlv two and Cromb could not hold it. Thl soo y re did not start to grow until Gregory settled down with Densem. and although thev were not so vigorous as Mcßae had been they brought up 100 in 71 minutes. Cromb's first few overs were "ery expensive, and Gregory was keeping them down excellently. He gave only one chance, but it was too difficult «jr uu-"Jji behind the wickets. Gregory's 50 took 52 minutes, and he added only seven more before Cromb trapped him His partnership with Densem h?d yielded 70 In JJ minutes. After that the rest of the team went quickly. C. W. Williams made a determined stand, but it was a solo effort, as no other batsman could stay with him After the dismissal of Gregory the scoring from Cromb's bowling was slow and he took three of the remaining five wickets. The detailed scores were:— LANCASTER PARK First Innings F W. Bellamy, c Sharpe, b Williams .. 24 W. O. Mapplebeck. c Sharpe, b Johnston .. •• •• " R7 D. N. Mcßae. b Patrick -. - ■ »' 1 B. Cromb, b Patrick .. •■ J' F. Kerr, b Strlbling ■ ■ • • "' R C Shand. c Harper, b Johnston .. £' A. P. Cobden, not out .. "7 Extras .. • • ■ • •"_ Total for six wickets, dec. .. 244 Bowling Analysis-C. W. Williams. 12 overs. 56 runs. 1 wicket; M. Johnston, 13 1 over, 2 maidens. 72 runs 2 wickets; G. Stribling. 10 overs. 1 maiden, 60 runs J wicket; J. S. Patrick. 5 overs, 1 maiden. 28 runs, 2 wickets; M. Sharpe, 1 over, 21 rUnS ' WEST CHRISTCHURCH First Innings J. Burton, lbw. b Mcßae .. -• 13 E. Hay, run out ■• " .T. S. Patrick, b Mcßae .. •• » M Sharpe, c Dryden. b Read .. •>* G. R. Gregory, b Cromb .. .. »' E, S. Densem, lbw, b Maprjlebeck .. 3!i T. K. M. Harper., b Mapplebeck ... 1 A. Siunders, b Cromb .. J G. Stribling. b Cromb .. -. 2 C. W. Williams', not out .. •• il . M. Johnston, b Cromb .. « Extras .. • ■ • • • • * Total .. • • • • • 1?4 Bowling Analysis—D. N. Mcßae. 12 overs, 3 maidens. 25 runs, 2 wickets; R J Read. 11 overs, 54 runs, 1 wicket: W. O. Mannlebeck. 9 overs, 2 matdens, 19 runs. 2 wickets; I. B. Cromb, 15.1 overs, 2 maidens, 73 runs. 4 wickets; F. W. Bellamy, 4 overs, 12 runs. ST. ALBANS v. RICCARTON With five wickets down for 242 when they declared on Saturday, Riccarton looked like having better luck than they did last week. However, their batting performance was equalled by St. Albans, which, with seven wickets down, passed the Riccarton total with time to spare With the average batting rate something like 100 runs an hour, calculation of the right time to declare becomes rather a problem. . It was a batsman's day out, and the match provided plenty of interest for spectators. Jacobs and Stringer, opening batsmen for Riccarton, soon settled in, Jacobs batting soundly and scoring freely. His 70 was made in good time, the partnership having added 104 to the score. Stringer went on, with less enterprise than Jacobs, though with good style, and had made 85 when the declaration was made. Powell was the most interesting Riccarton batsman to watch, his partnership with Stringer adding 107 in SO minutes, of which he contributed 64 before being clean bowled by Mulcock. His total included three sixes, two off Mulcock and one off Tucker With five wickets down for 242, Riccarton declared at 3.55 p.m.. Hay. Cade, and Rose having contributed only one run among them. • ' , _. Crawford and Ltndley opened for St. Albans. The pace was at first slower than for Riccarton. Lindley early • went down to Powell after making a single, and Crawford and McCann settled into a useful partnership. Crawford's first 50 took an hour, and so did McCann's. Both began knocking the bowling about freely, scoring all round the wicket. A few balls ifter making his 50, McCann was caught behind the wicket bv Columbus off Fairbairn. The partnership had yielded 101 runs, and McCann had hit three fours. Martin, who replaced him, batted nicely, his 25 including five fours. His wicket foil to a good length ball from Fairbairn. Three down for 167. Not long after this Crawford was caught by Hay off Fairbairn. His total of 84 included 10 fours. Webb and F. W. Walter both batted usefully. Th" score came to 240 with a four from Walter. Soon after a ball from Jacobs gave Nelson the winning hit to the boundary. Scores: — RICCARTON First Innings J. Jacobs, b Webb, b Mulcock .. 70 G„ H. Stringer, not out .. .. 85 K. J. Hay, b Mulcock .. .. 1 A. C. Cade, lbw, b Tucker .. "2 P. Rose, b Tucker .. •• „9 J. L. Powell, b Mulcock .. •• 64 F. F. Dawson, not out .. " ■,% Extras -. •• *■__ Total for five wickets (dec.) 242 Bowling Analysis—Mulcock, 24 overs, 3 maidens. 93 runs, 3 wickets; T. Tucker, 10 overs, 79 runs, 2 wickets; L. C. Lindley 4 overs, 1 maiden, 16 runs; M. Cummings, 3 overs, 20 runs; F. W. Walter, 4 overs, 21 runs. ST. ALBANS First Innings C G. Crawford, c Hay, b Fairbairn .. 84 ! L. C. Lindley, b Powell ,••,.•• * N. S. McCann c Columbus, b Fairbairn a>J L. Martin, b Fairbairn .. •• 2a R. C. Webb, c Stringer, b Bull .. -» M. Cummings, c Dawson, b Fairbairn 0 E. G. Batstone, c Strachan, b Bull .. P. Nelson, not out .. •■ J° F. W. Walter, not out .. " t„ Extras •• •• "__ Total for seven wickets .. 248 Bowling Analysis—L. J. Fairbairn, 16 overs, 3 maidens. 56 runs, 4 wickets; J. L Powell. 8 overs, 3 maidens. 14 runs, 1 wicket; R. J. Hay, 5 overs, 36 runs; J. Jacobs. 7 overs, 48 runs; F. F. Dawson, 7 overs, 36 runs; G. A. Bull, 9 overs, 44 runs, 2 wickets. OLD COLLEGIANS v. EAST CHRISTCHURCH Old Collegians secured a six-point win against East Christchurch at Hagley Park on Saturday. It was a disappointing match, and. although the bitterly cold weather may partly be blamed, neither side showed convincing form with the bat. The youthful Old Collegians were disappointingly slow in making runs off bowling which, apart from that of Sutherland, never looked dangerous. Excepting a solid 54 made by Walter in an' hour awl a half., 23 by Jennings, and an attractive 19 by Fleetwood, the early batsineu gave a colourless exhibition. At the end of the innings, Alpers and Denham I attacked the bowling more, and, to a certain extent, made up for the early lack

of euterprisn. Vae total l.r tlie innings W The°East Christchurch team's first six wickets fell in slightly; less; than threego U ard erS Lester h a°ns' &*g fowling 5 for the OIS Collegians with four men in slips, soon had he batsmm in trouble. After clean-bowling Let Lester who was keeping an excellent length quicklv disposed of Waine, who wafwel? caught by .Raphael, j and , Lester took altogether five tickets, and bowling into the wind, had all the batsmen in difficulties. Later Alexander relieved Alpers, and with his slows, clean-| howled Coupland and Commons Last , Christchurch was all nut at 5.n5 P;™ 1 12S. after one hour and thrce-quartei s . olav. Coupland with 40 and Sutherland , with 33 not out, played sound cricket , When CouDlnnd went to the wicket it , looked as if East might be beaten by an ; innings, but lvs stand saved the situation. ; The Old Collegians gave a fine exhibi- ■ tion of fielding. Only one difficult chance I 'vps miss«d, ground Heldin? was clean, and | consistently good returns to the wicket , -esuUed in two men being run out. The , East Christchurch team dropped foui , Ca oid e coUcgiotvs wont to the wickets for 10 minutes for a practice hit in spcdncl innings, and in that time Fleetwood and W. J. Byrne scored .jO runs. Scores were: — OLD COLLEGIANS First Innings i W J. Bvrne, run out .. " Jl\ C. V. Walter, b Davis .. .. 54 ■ J. N. Jennings, b Sutherland .. 2J| S G Lester, lbw. b Sutherland .. 6; P. J. Bvrne. c and b Kennedy .. Ij L. W. Fleetwood, b Kennedy .. 19 H. N Buchanan, st Callaway, b Waine 10 I R. E Alexander, b Kennedy .. » W. Rnohael. run out .. • • j> H E Denham, not out .. .. 2Aj P. H T. Alpers, run out .. - • 20 Extras .. •- -• ™ Total 19g Bowling Analysis—H. Davis. 16 overs, 3 maidens, 41 runs, 1 wicket; R. W. Counland, 8 overs, 2 maidens, 24 runs; T. Waine, 14.2 overs, 3 maidens, 49 runs, 1 wicket; E. Sutherland, 7 overs, 1 maiden, 24 runs, 2 wickets: T. Kennedy 11 overs. 1 maiden, 43 runs. 3 wickets. EAST CHRISTCHURCH First Innings E. Lee. b Lester .. -. .. 7 T. Waine, c Raphael, b Lester .. 8 T. Kennedy, cW. J. Byrne, b Alpers 4 M. Lohrey, lbw, b Lester .. 0 >T. Mullins, run out .. .. 3 K. Wilson, run out .. .. 8 R. W. Coupland. b Alexander '.. 40 H. Davis, c Walter, b Lester .. 8 I R'. Commons, b Alexander .. 5 A. Callaway, c Jennings, b Lester .. 5 E. Sutherland, not ctft .. .. 38 Extras .. .. 2 Total .. .. ..123 Bowling Analysis—P. H. T. Alpers, 10 overs, 1 maiden, 42 runs, 1 wicket; S. G. Lester, 11 overs, 40 runs, 5 wickets: R. E. Alexander, 8.1 overs, 25 runs, 2 wickets: H. E. Denham. 4 overs, 19 runs. | SECOND GRADE At Rugby Park, Old Collegians 210 for nine wickets declared (Lawrence 70, Jones 49, Saunders 36) drew with Lancaster Park 205 for eight wickets '(Spring 51, Gillespie 45 not out, Malley 34. Empson 30) Bowling for Old Collegians, Hamilton took four wickets for 35, and for Lancaster Park, Banfield took six for 46. At Lancaster Park, East Christchurch 170 (Wason 27. Pascoe 45, P. Scully 41) defeated St. Albans 150 (Hadfield 27. Jones 23) by 20 runs on the first innings. For East, Henderson took six for 57, and for St. Albans, T. Burtt took seven for 38. At Hagley Park, Old Boys 255 for six wickets declared (Christmas 74, Jefcoate 76, Cobden 56) drew with Sydenham 159 for five wickets (E. Young 42, C. Shackel 34, Wise 30) For Sydenham, Spong took four wickets for 57, and for Old Boys, Dawson took three for 79. At Hagley Park. West Christchurch 254 for four wickets declared (Ager 88, Mackay 57) drew with Riccarton 165 for seven wickets (Ellis 71 not out, Stewart 31). THIRD GRADE Christ's College 222 defeated Sydenham C 219 by three runs on the first innings. _ .„„, , West Christchurch A 172 (Evans 107) defeated Old Collegians 168 (J. Bruges 41) by four runs on the first innings. Old Boys A 211 (Gill 50, Eltoft 36. Stribling 37. Taylor 32) defeated Old Eoys C 158 (Colville 44, Henry 50, Benson 27) by 53 runs on the first innings. Bowling for the A team, Fernandez took five wickets for 14 runs. West Christchurch B 133 for nine wickets declared (McLachlan 42) defeated St. Albans A 127 (Thompson 75) and 98 for four wickets (Sudden 30) by six runs on the first innings. Boys' High School 180 for eight wickets declared (Baxter 114 not out) drew with Lancaster Park 128 for seven wickets (Lawlor 58). For Boys' High School. Baxter took three for 44, and for Lancaster Park, Rimmer took four for 47. , FOURTH,'GRADE St. Albans 03 for. four wickets (Cooper 47 not out, Doree 37 not out) defeated St. Andrew's College 93 by five runs on the first innings. Christ's College 214 (Crossley 80) defeated Lancaster Park B 80 (D. Lawlor 47) bv 134 runs on the first innings. "Riccarton 149 (Cox 57) defeated West Christchurch B 68 (Sunborn 19) and 86 by 81 runs on the first innings. Bowling for West, Whitford took five wickets for 26 runs, and for Riccarton, Jackson took three for 25. ..',,. Lancaster Park A 232 for eight wickets declared (Ballinger 51, Empson 48, Worsley 45 McVinnie 42) defeated Old Boys 194 (Palk 69. Fussell 43, Hewitt 22) by 38 runs on the first innings. West Christchurch A 176 (Johnson 67) drew with Boys' High School 89 for three wickets (Gibson 20). Bowling for West, Johnson took six for 30, and for School, Gibson took four for 22. • NORTH CANTERBURY SUBASSOCIATION CENTURY TO K. BALLINGER Another century was scored in the com- | petitions of the North Canterbury Cricket Sub-Association on Saturday afternoon, j Batting for the Woodend seniors against Rangiora, R. Ballinger made 116. Details of the matches in the three grades are as I follows: — SENIOR GRADE Woodend v. Rangiora A win for Woodend by 38 runs was the result of the senior match between Rangiora and Woodend, finished at Rangiora on Saturday. On the first day's play, Rangiora made 161 runs, and at time Woodend had 17 runs without loss of a wicket. Woodend finished its strike for 199 runs on Saturday, R. Ballinger topping the batsmen with a well-hit 116. Doublefigure scorers were R. Cassidy 23, G. Appleton 10, and H. Robson 10 not out. Bowling for Rangiora, R. Bluett took two wickets for 16 runs, H. K. Sail two for 17, and F. Devlin three for 30. JUNIOR A GRADE Eyreton v. Rangiora Eyreton's first innings total of 206 runs a week ago, gave it an eight-point win in the match against Rangiora finished on Saturday. The town team was all out for only 80 runs in the first innings. J. Cunningham 25, W. Cunningham 21, W. Steele 12, L Carlyon 12) and following on was dismissed for 62 in the second innings. J. Hooper 16 and J Cunningham 11 were the best scorers. Bowling for Eyreton. C. Merrln took three wickets for six runs. J. Giles three for 15. and B. Sanders four for 24. Rangiora High School v. Fernsidc Rangiora High School beat Fernside by 114 runs. School's, opening was 157 runs, and at time on the first day Fernside had lost seven wickets for 36 runs. This innings was finished for 59 runs on Saturday (L. Carpenter 13, H. Feather 13), and School made 96 in its second strike (M. Macleod 23, A. Lockhart 24 not out. M. Ballinger 16, E. Feary 13) Fernside did better in its second effort, making 80 'A Smith 32, E. Wayland 13). Bowling for School, Ballinger took five wickets for 17 runs, and Macleod three for 16. For Fernside, J. Smith took four for 29. „ JUNIOR B GRADE Amberley v. Loburn Loburn beat Amberley by 85 runs to 44, at Amberley. Batting first, Amberley was dismissed for 44 runs (W. Boyce, jun. 13, R. Hadley II). and Loburn replied With 85 (P. Pulley 24, F. M. Hill 18, B. Croft 12, F. Hills 12 not out). Bowling for Loburn, F. M. Hill took five wickets for 15 runs. ' Swannanoa v. Fernside A win by six runs was. secured by Fernside in its match against Swannanoa, at Fernside. The visitors batted first and put up 103 runs, the best scorers being J. Winter 64 and E. Verrall 17. Fernside made 114 runs (Maitland 51, G. Mitchell 26, J. Sinclair 16). The home side's best bowlers were T. A Prior, who took two wickets for 10 runs, A. Milne three for 25, and W. Dennis two for 16. For Swannanoa J. Winter took three for 15 and E. Ward two for 28.

3 SUBURBAN ASSOCIATION c j SECOND ROUND COMMENCED 1 i t i With the exception of the Sunnyside v 1 i Shirley match batting was slow and unI j interesting on the first day of the second - I round of the Suburban Cricket Associa- " j tion's competitions. Batting first against t! Sunnyside. Shirley compiled 239, due to r I good scores by Grenfell 80 and Bampton 60 s ' not out At stumps Sunnyside had lost no 3 i wickets for 53. Railway occupied the • j crease at Beckenham Park for three and 1 < a hall hours to make 221. Dropped catches 1 ! gave Heazlewood a chance to score a • i century, and P. Davis played a sound " 'j innings for 53. At stumps Beckenham had ! ! made 24 without loss of a wicket. Spreyt I don compiled 121 in their first innings £'against West Old Boys, poor running berltween wickets and long grass losing j many runs. At stumps, West Old Boys r had lost four wickets for 68. I - 1 SUNNYSIDE v. SHIRLEY I A sound and interesting knock by E. I Grenfell, who opened with Archer and went on to make 80. gave Shirley a I good start in their first innings against ft I Sunnyside, and later, W. Bampton imi I proved the position with a well played o j innings for 60 not out, the total reachfiling 230 before the last wicket fell. 5 i Sunnvside have started well and have 53 g on without losing a wicket. L. Mahoney 0 bowled well for Sunnyside to secure five 8 for 82 in 16 overs. and Vincent and 5 Thompson got two for 45 and two for 40 G respectively. !0 Scores: — 0 SHIRLEY ~ First Innings % E. Grenfell, b Vincent .. .. 80 , N. Archer, b Thompson .. •• J" "" N. Kitto. c Gordon, b Mahoney .. 17 V A. Besley, c and b Vincent .. 5 i L. Kirk, lbw, b Oliver .. •• 8 1 W. Bampton, not out .. •• ™ N. Priest, b Mahoney .. '" „ R Brooks, b Mahoney • ■ °_ F. Mitchell, c Vincent, b Mahoney .. 7 J. Cowie. b Thompson .. • • 3 7 S. Wentworth, c Barnes, b Mahoney u 8 Extras . •• •• -.24 4 0 Total -■ •• ■• 23 H 3 Bowling Analysis—H. Thompson, 9 8 overs, 1 maiden, 40 runs, 2 wickets; L. 0 Mahonev, 16.6 overs, 2 maidens, 82 runs, 8 5 wickets: W. Oliver, 6 overs. 35 runs, 1 5 wicket; E. Vincent, 5 overs, 45 runs, 2 1 wickets ; L. Gordon, 3 overs, 12 runs. 2 SUNNYSIDE Fjrst Innings 0 L. Gordon, not oitt .. " 1% I. E. Barnes, not out .. •• <*; i. Extras • • • • • • ' '' . Total for no wicket 3 •• 53 SPREYDON v. WEST OLD BOYS r The long grass at Spreydon made runs t hard to get in the first innings, and poor running between wickets lost Spreydon 1" many runs in their first attempt which 1 realised 121. H. Farrant 33 and R. F/«an £ 21 were the top scorers. At stumps West Old Boys had lost four wickets for 68. hj Bowling for West Old Boys. F. Porteous , secured three for 30 in 13 overs, and W. is Fright got five for 53 in 17 overs. >r Scores:— r . SPREYDON First Innings e W. Lawson, b W. Fright .. ..3 0 F. Smith, b H. - Grenfell ■• •• »f R Farrant. c and b F. Murray .. 21 '., H. Green, b F. Porteous .. •• * 2 H. Farrant, b W. Fright .. •• *> J Hall, c Wyse. b W. Fright .. \ 4 J. Nolan, b F. Porteous .. •• » :. R. Washington, st Pearce, b F. For- • R. Th°omas. c Porteous, b W. Fright' * J. Senior, lbw. b W. Fright •• 7 V. Freeman, not out - • ■• .', Extras •• -• ' Total • • • • ■" Bowling Analysis-F. P o £ te °?VVrtaht' - 3 maidens. 30 runs. 3 wickets; W. Fright. ) 17 overs, 1 maiden, 53 runs S-wickets. D Wyse. 3 overs, 8 runs; H. Grenfell. I '- overs; 10 runs. 1 wicket: F. Murray. 4 - overs. 1 maiden, 5 runs, 1 wicket. 5 WEST OLD BOYS " First Innings - F Phillips c Smith, b J. Nolan .. 15 t. ?! Murra P y S : lbw. b R. Washington .. 14 ,r L. Densem. lbw, b H. Green •• * n A. Brunt, c Freeman, b H. Farrant .. i F Porteous, not out ■• j :s J, Sturge, not out • • • • • 4 hj Extras • • • • *" f. Total for four wickets • - 08 BECKENHAM v. RAILWAY 1 th* third wicl-et. Heazlewood had more e fair share of luck in the way of } after his batting was patient and confident 7 hatemra reached 20. and the innings closed k for 221 With half an hour to bat, Beckenham made 24 without losing a wicket. 13 Bowling for Beckenham. Stokes secured •£ six for 52 in 15 overs. B Scores:- RAILWAY f) First Innings :e L Heazlewood, c Griffiths, b Stokes .. 100 *• F" Harris, b McMillan .. ■• « 1. Don Mitchell, b Stokes .. •• " P Davis, c Cawtheray, b Stokes .. 5J G*. Balfour, c Heath, b Stokes .- 7 J. Kerr, b Stokes •• " V L. Hood, b Stokes -• " ,1 i TO. Brook, run out .. " i i_ Dave Mitchell, run out ... •• " ,T. Peattie. not out •■ •• " F. Bartlett, c Clarkson. b Cawtheray 7 Exlras .. •• '•• *•> Total 221 Bowling Analysis—A. McMillan, 8 overs, 1 maiden, 24 runs, 1 wicket; J. Weatherhead 15 overs. 3 maidens, 40 runs; Jtf. Stokes, 15 overs. 52 runs, 6 wickets; P. i- Fleete, 3 overs, 22 runs; S. Cawtheray, 3 , t overs, 1 maiden, 9 runs, 1 wicket; R. Griffiths, 7 overs. 35 runs; J. Clarkson, 7 overs, '• 27 runs. it BECKENHAM Is First Innings is E. Cox, not out •- •• 1-j J. Clarkson. not out .. 7 Extras • • • • .. 2 Total for no wickets ..24 J LOWER GRADES i- _ . d t. SENIOR B 1S Worktng Men's Club 131 (R. Gordon 57, Lawrence 28, Smith 21) met Springston 43 ;" for three wickets. Bowling for SpringT" ston, Riordan took five for 25 and Reid two for 25. ° Beckenham 232 (Sibley 54, Mantann 47, ,r Rusbridge 31, Bateman 20 not out) met Technical Old Boys 64 for five wickets (Parks 20). Bowling for Technical Old Boys, Parks took two for 47 and Beasley two for 35. and for Beckenham, Skelton _ took four for 20. 1S Harewood 301 (F. Shipley 62, Sleeman n 58, Warren 45) met Marist 34 for two n wickets. Bowling for Marist, Noonan took ir five for 51. - JUNIOR A ,s Provincial Buildings 111 (Boland 30, r Milne 23. Hyndman 20) met Merivale 36. e Bowling for Provincial Buildings, Smith ■< took three for none and Bradley four for s' la, and for Merivale. Hohson took six for J 29 and Blazey two for 27. Dunstable 111 (Duff 26) met Waltham 133 (Reid 39 not out). Bowling for Waltham, Rayntr took five for 30, and for Dunstable y Duff took five for 8. 5. Shirlev 132 (Dixon 66, Agassiz 33) and d 101 for five wickets (Dixon 54 not out) - met St. Albans 83. Bowling for Shirley, y Winterbourne took four for 21. d JUNIOR B [• Linwood 95 (Horn* 20) met Wecarton 183 d for five wickets (Timms 65 Chilton 33). Bowling for Riccarton, Chilton took four L r for 33 and Pcott f"ur -for 15. I Worki"f Men's Club 65 (Thome 23) and I 32 beat Temp Won 43 and 52 by two runs r Bowleg for Working Men's Club Warr took fivf for 21 snd Omnln?ham five for 27, and for Templeton Smith took five for 29 Urlwins 263 (Sherwood 108, G. Kent 43, 0 Barkle 38) met Whttcombe and Tombs 83 y for four wickets (Keats 37). Bowling for i- Whitcnmbe and Tombs, Keats'took four d for 56. ;. JUNIOR c S Beckenham 118 (Connor 24) and 58 for s s'x wickets (Turner 20) met Matchless 50. Bowling for B°ckenham, G. Moore took s'x for 30 and Besley three for 15, and for Matchless Reeve took five for 40 and Hall Y two for 5 '• Railway 91 (Abbott 22, Dawe 23) met 3 Roslvn 140 for three wickets (C. Liddell • 75, Ellis 51 not out). Bowling for Roslyn, E Ellis took four for 21 and Beswick three • for 11. Sydenham Council 101 (Ryde 24) met " Harmonic Society 173 for six wickets '. (Southerwood 88. Richards 43). \ JUNIOR D Technical Old Boys 130 (Strachan 57 not out, O'Callaghan 30) met West Old - Boys 143 for eight wickets (Atkinson 31, Goring 31 not out, C. Biggs 20). Bowling for West Old Boys, Ainsworth took four D for 6 and Stanley three for 36, and for < Technical Old Boys, Ward took five for ~ 36. e Prebbleton 124 (Ayres 23) met Shirley 64 '"/ for seven wickets. Bowling for FrebbJeS I ton, Ayres took four for 24, and for Shir- j B ley Jordan took three for 24, '

Gough, Gough and Hamer 117 (Mace 33, Ainger 30, Guthrie 21) beat Spreydon 75 (Fraser 46 not out) ami 24 by an innings and 18 runs. Bowling for Gough, Gough, and Hamer, Stuart took six for 28, Ainger four for 18, and Moynihan two for 8, and for Spreydon, Bamford took five for 24. Lee three for 36, and Brady two for 10. JUNIOR E ! Corsair 197 (M. Symes 100, Chetwin 27) met Farmers 33. Bowling for Corsair, Farmer took Fix for 13 and R. Symes four for 14, and for Farmers, Butler took three for 30 and N. Egan three for 53. Lyttelton 96 and 35 for three wickets met Opawa 94. Waltham 95 (Jenkins 42 not out) and 6 for one wicket, met Northcote 110 (Bell 52) Bowling for Northcote, Smith took five for 20. and for Waltham Jenkins took five for 32. THIRD GRADE A Oddfellows 125 (Newton 76 not out) beat Beckenham 116 (Cook 44) by 9 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Oddfellows, Trott took six for 28. and for Beckenham Molloy took three for 19 and Walker two for 11. , .„_ . Ouruhia 70 (F. Steele 20) and 107 for four wickets declared (McMillan 45. Ashby 30) beat Mairehau 49 and 104 for six wickets 34. ■pviillip 26> by 2.1 tuivs on the first innings. Bowling for Ouruhia, Ashby took eight for 13 and J. Steere four for IS, and for Mairehau Ward took four for 20 and Wilson five for 27. Waltham 160 for six wickets declared, beat Harewood 69 and 35 by an innings and 56 runs. . ~„•.* Templeton 131 for nine wickets beat Shirley 120 by one wicket and 11 runs on I the first innings. j THIRD GRADE B Corsair 126 (Sutherland 45. Stuart 30, Selwood 23) beat Heathcote 86 by 40 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Corsair. Sutherland took four for 24, and for Heathcote, Bate took five for. 24 and McCrorie seven for 13. Sumner 75 (Bishop 46) and 46 fjr five wickets beat Papanui Old Boys 61 and 100 for six wickets by 14 runs on the first innings. Waltham 141 (Stokes 39, Clarke 30) beat Northcote 75 (Stevens 27) and 73 by 66 runs on the first innings. Spreydon 122 (Baker 48 not out, Newell 29) and 40 for two wickets beat Beckenham 65 (White 33) and 98 (Donaldson 30) by 57 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Beckenham, Donaldson took four for 18, and for Spreydon McLelland took three for 1, Sincock three for 4. and Pascoe five for 20. THIRD GRADE C Linwood 128 (Forward 50, Campbell 21 retired) beat Working Men's Club 35 and 62 by an innings and 31 runs. Bowling for Linwood, Duncan took seven for 16 and Cairns seven for 19. United Brush 72 and 24 for eight wickets, beat Waltham 60 and 35 by two wickets. Bowling for Waltham, Ashbolt took four for 23. including the hat trick. Dunstable 169 beat Cyclone 104 by 65 runs on the first innings. Addington Timber 101 (O'Domnell 27) beat Gadsdens 83 (Pennant 36, Palmer 21) by 18 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Addington, Le Gros took three for 4, and for Gadsdens Pennant took five for 45. BOYS' ASSOCIATION COMPETITION BEGINS On Saturday the opening round of matches was played in the eight grades under the jurisdiction of the Canterbury Boys' Cricket Association. In general, the pitches were not in particularly good condition and the bowlers had a better day than the batsmen A "hat-trick" was secured, this going to Bartholomew, of the Technical College sixth grade team. In some instances the fielding was far from good The following were the results:— FIRST GRADE Technical Old Boys 145 (Aitken 33, Smith 27. Tallott 23 not out. and Bennett 23) beat Christ's Colege A 81 (Reece 17, Ormond 16 and Nurse 12) by 64 runs on the first innings. Monaghan, five wickets for 34 runs, bowled well for Christ's College, while Shaw, four for 1, was successful with the ball for Technical Old Boys. Christchurch Boys' High School 87 beat St. Andrew's College 70 by 17 runs on the first innings. Technical College 126 (Beattie 47 Trumper 15 not out. Laing 13. and Ford 12) beat Christ's College B 45 (Suckling 11 not out) and 72 (Stttchbury 33 and Langford 21) by an Innings and 9 rurs Roderick, six wickets for 16 runs, and Laing, six for 17, bowled well for Technical College. SECOND GRADE Christ's College A 6 and 117 (Gorton 28, Sellars 24, Moffat 19, McFarlane 16, and Kempthorne 10) beat St. Bede's College 57 and 11 by 55 runs. Toomey, three wickets for 2 runs and five for 40, and Kani, five for -1, bowled well for St. Bede's, while Allison, five for 13 and one for 5, and Sellars, four for 16 and five for 5. were most successful with the ball for Christ's College. Technical Hostel forfeited to Christ's College B owing to most of the boys being away on exeat. Cathedral Grammar School 102 (Williams 30 not out, Sheppard 26, and Partridge 25) beat Christchurch Boys' High School 38 (Mein 10) and 53 (Foote 18) for eight wickets by 64 runs on the first innings. Hibbard. three wickets for 5 runs and four for 24, and Partridge, five for 10, bowled well for Cathedral Grammar. THIRD GRADE Christ's College 146 (Greenwood 28 not out. Kingscote 26. Hope 22. Coates 18, Williams 17, and Cross 14) for nine wickets, declared, beat Christchurch West High School 91 (Biltcliff 32. Crimp 23. and White 20) by 47 runs on the first in-ings. Crimp, six wickets for 37 runs, bowled well for Christchurch West, while Wright, five for 17. was the most successful with the ball for Christ's College. Technical College 148 (Barrett 60. Davey 34, Elliott 16, and Higgins 10) beat Christchurch Boys' High School 42 (Bates 11) and 55 (Shirley 21. Maclachlan 15. and Eggleston 14) for four wickets by 106 runs on the first innings. St. Bede's College had the bye. FOURTH GRADE Papanui Technical College 207 (Marks 80 retired, Charteris 31, Shanahan 19. and Clark 19) drew with Christchurch Boys' High School 85 (Harrison 17 not out) Cato 41, Bohan 12, and Harrington 10) for eight wickets. On the average runs a wicket fallen, Papanui Technical secured the odd point. New Brighton District High School 158 beat St. Andrew's College 21 and 21 by an innings and 106 runs. Christ's College had the bye. FIFTH GRADE Christ's College A 164 (Morris 54. Kerr 32, Collins 26, McKillop 20, ard Aitken 19) drew with Christchurch West High School 120 (Rogers 43, Skurr 12. Elliott 10, and Brooks 10) for seven wickets. On the average runs a wicket fallen Christchurch West secured the odd point. St. Bede's College 121 (Duncroft 64 and Brosnahan 12) beat Christchurch Boys' High School 49 (Glanville 27) and 31 (Weavers 10) by an innings and 41 runs. Baker, two wickets for 20 runs and six for 4, bowled well for St. Bede's. Technical College 110 (Kerridge 37, Wilkins 16, and Peoples 12) beat Christ's College B 75 (Cotter 34) by 35 runs on the first innings. Peoples, five wickets for 39 runs, bowled well for Technical College. SIXTH GRADE St. Bede's College 154 (Mullins 50, Ashby 34, Berry 24, ana Kennedy 20) beat Christchurch West High School 95 (Warr 39, Tulloch 14, and Shanahan 11) by 59 runs on the first innings Christ's College 160 (Hamilton 49 retired hurt, Ellis 38, Rattray 25, Nichols 22 rot out, and Johns 11) lor four wickets, declared, beat Christchurch Boys' High School 55 (Gain 19) and 78 by an innings and 27 runs Ellis, five wickets for 20 runs and four for 4, bowled well for Christ's College. I " Technical College 86 (Bartholomew 22. Lambert 12, and Lawrie 10) beat St. Andrew's College 50 (Earl 12 not out) and 21 by an innings and 15 runs. Bartholomew, four wickets for 10 runs and seven for 4 (including "hat-trick"), bowled well for Technical College. SEVENTH GRADE Medbury Preparatory School 185 (Hall 54 not out, Richards 51 not out, Shaw 39. and Gould 34) for two wickets, declared, beat Christchurch West High School 3U (Smith. 16) and 39 (Anderson 19 and Turner 10) by an innings and 116 runs. Hall, five wickets for 1 run, bowled well for Medbury Christ's College 52 -(Glasgow 25 and Haylock 11) and 7 for no wicket beat St. Bede's College 40 and 68 (Nelson 36 not out and Docherty 26) for two wickets, declared, by 12 runs on the first innings. Freeth, seven wickets for 10 runs, bowled well for Christ's College, while Wilson, six for 10, was successful' with the ball for St. Bede's. Technical College 149 (Aitken 56, Furlong 21, Sullivan 15, and Foster 11) beat Christchurch Boys' High School 51 (Telford 15) and 40 (Blythe 16) by an innings and 58 runs. EIGHTH GRADE Christ's College A 205 (Newton 71, Marshall 64, Coates 13, and Smart 12) beat Christchurch West High School 37 and 52 by an innings and 116 runs. Christchurch Boys' High School A 73 (Lawson 24, Glubb 14, and Grade 14) beat Christ's College B 69 (Dobson 13, Gerard 12, and Wilson 12) and 30 (Wilson 12 not out and Pullon 12 not out) for two wickets by 5 runs on the first innings. Glubb, six wickets for 31 rurs and one for 7, bowled well for Boys' High School A, while Dobson, five for 14, was successful with the ball for Christ's College B. Christchurch Boys' High School B 109 (Wheat 30, Hayward 21 not out, Thompson 14, and JBennett 12) beat Technical College 37 by v2 runs on the first innings. | Hunter, six wickets for 19 runs, bowled well for Boys' High School B. k St. Andrew's College had the bye.

6pt. Win. Loss. Dwn. Pts Lancaster Park 3 — — 18 St. Albans .. 3 — —. 18 Sydenham .. 2 1 — 12 Old Boys .. 1 1 1 8 Old Collegians 1 1 1 8 West Ch.Ch. .. — 2 1 2 Riccarton .. — 2 . 1 2 East Ch.Ch. .. — 3 — —