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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22344, 7 March 1938, Page 6

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♦ NEW COMPETITION CONTINUED - - LOW SCORING IN ALL MATCHES FOUR WINS ON FIRST INNINGS Results; Lancaster Park beat Sydenham on the first innings. Old Collegians beat Old Boys on the first innings. St. Albans beat West Christchurch on the first innings. Riccarton beat East Christchurch on the first innings. After ’being postponed for a week, tr.e senior cricket competition v/as resumed on Saturday, when the third round of the new competition v/as played. The weather v/as fine and the wickets generally In good order. Scoring all round was not high, only two teams making more than 200. The relative positions of the teams have changed little as a result of Saturday’s games, Riccarton is still the only team which has won all its games, and it head.-, tr.e table by four points from Lancaster Park. St. Albans is now in third place ahead of East Christchurch, with Oid Collegians now fifth ahead of the other teams which have not yet v/on a game in this series. Riccarton had an easy win over Eat Christchurch, which was one short. A W. Roberts, with 82, was the biggest contributor to Riccarton’s score of 214 for . seven v/ickets declared. J- Jacob.-; f 45) ano G. H. Stringer )42) also batted well. T. . Kennedy was the most successful East Christchurch bowler, taking five f<# 51 Against the bowling of Roberts, who com- , pletcd a fine double with five v/ickets for | 21. East Christchurch fared badly, making \ only 93. R. Commons (31) and T. Waine i (21) batted best. i A score of 93 by I. B. Cromb was the I feature of Lancaster Park's 131 for seven j wickets declared against a very muen weakened Sydennam side. G. P. Dryden; with 21 runs was the next highest scorer, i Bowling for Sydennam, L. A. Butterhe.a . v/ith five v/ickets for 49 was the most sue- , cessful bowler. Sydenham, batting one j short, made 136, Butterfield again doing I the best with 37. Bowling for Lancaster, Park, K. J. Read took five for 60 and \ Cromb three for 41. ; P. J. Byme (81) and H. E. Denham ()7) gave Ola Collegians a fine start against Old Boys v/ith a partnership of 159 for the first wicket,'but the side then slumped, [ and eight wickets v/ere down for 214 when | the innings v/as closed. H. R. Escott, four! for 48, and I. Patrick, two for 26, were, the best bowlers for Old Boys, who coula ■ make only 102, R. E. J. Menzies (28) and W. McD. Anderson .(19 not out) being the chief scorers. Bowling for Old Collegians, P. H. T. Aipers took four for 22 and S. G. Lester two for 7. Batting first against St. Albans, West Christchurch made 136, G. R. Gregory batting well for 51. A. Mitchell, a newcomer to the side, also showed good form in making 25. E. Mulcock maintained his form for St. Albans, taking six v/ickets for 43. E. G. Batstone, with 67, showea the best form for St. Albans, which scored 162. T. Burtt (24) and C. G. Crawford (23) also did v/eil. W. Bird, with four v/ickets for ll runs, bowled excellently for West Christchurch, for whom E. Taylor took three wickets for 48. The following are the positions of the teams:—

WEST CHRISTCHURCH v. ST. ALBANS ! West Christchurch, batting first, failed to, make the most of an unresponsive pitch, and the batsmen were out for 138, a total far smaller than appeared likely ■when 90 was on the board with only two wickets down, Gregory hit nine fours, and appeared to be at his best, but was smartly stumped off Burtt, Mitchell, a newcomer and left-hander, played a sound innings, but was out in a manner similar • to Patrick, another left-hander—playing back to a rising ball on the leg stump. McCann, at short leg, accepted the two easy chances. Mitchell, a -product of Nelson College, did not get much of the bowling in the first part of his innings, but later employed a powerful off-drive to good effect. Taylor, who is a left-hand bat and who bowls with his right, played a confident innings, but a devastating spell of bowling from Mulcock left no one to stay with him. Though Mulcock bowled steadily in nis first spell, he lacked venom. In his second «peM, however, he caused the ball to rise quickly alters a disconcerting swing through the air, Mulcock’s figures were transformed utterly from none for 30 to five for 33. He finished with six wickets to his credit at a cost of 43 runs. Williams (131 hit out enterprisingly. Tucker bowled steadily, but Burtt bowled too many over-pitched balls. The St. f Albans fielding was keen, and McCann,, when on the boundary, made some good saves. The innings occupied 121 minutes. With Crawford temporarily out of action by reason of an unfortunate bumper from Williams, and Armstrong out at 16, St. Albans made a bad start. Batstone played delightful cricket, however, and with Nelson took the. score to 33 before the latter was caught by the wicketkeeper. McCann was never confident. but the 50 was raised In even time. St. Albans lost two wickets quickly, and Crawford returned to help Batstone In the best batting of the day. Crawford gave hard chances at two and 13, but his late cuts and the manner In •which he used his feet to Taylor, the slow bowler, deserve commendation. Batstone’s was the best innings of the day. He gave rio chance until 62, when the fieldsman had to run straight into the sun to field a lofty drive. Batstone got many of his runs with beautiful shots behind the wicket. When Batstone was out St. Albans required one to win, with three wickets to fall. After Crawford’s downfall, West worked hard, but their effort was too late. The only bright spot in the latter half of the St. Albans innings was the batting of Burtt. who hit 23 off one over from Taylor. He mode 24 in 17 minutes. Bird clean-bowled the last three batsmen in one over, but they were all attempting to get runs or get out. Williams was disappointing; he bowled consistently short of a length, but Taylor kept them well up and thoroughly earned his three wickets. Bird was extremely steady, and with the help of three quick wickets late in the innings, finished with four for II over nine overs—a very creditable effort. The West Christchurch fielding was patchy. Scores: — WEST CHRISTCHURCH First Innings E. M. Hay. c Nelson, b Tucker .. 0 G. R. Gregory, st Webb, b Burtt .. 51 A. Mitchell, c McCann, b Mulcock ' .. 25 J. S. Patrick, c McCann, b Mulcock .. 6 T. E. M. Harper, b Mulcock .. .. 0 E. Taylor, b Scott .. .. .. 1.9 M. Johnston, b Mulcock .. .. 0 J. D. Mackay, Ibw. b Mulcock .. 8 1. O. Staco, Ibw, b Mulcock .. .. 0 C, Williams, c Burtt, b Tucker .. 13 W. Bird, not out .. .. 0 Extras . . .. . . 5 Total .. . . .. 130 Bowling Analysis—E. Mulcock. 14 overs, 3 maidens. 43 runs, 6 wickets; T. A. Tucker, 7 overs. 2 maidens, 26 runs. 2 wickets, R. H. Scott, 4.6 overs. 1 maiden, 14 runs, 1 wicket; L. C. Bindley, 3 overs, 1 maiden, 16 runs; T. Burtt, 6 overs, 32 runs, 1 wicket. ST. ALBANS First Innings C. G. Crawford, c Hay. b Bird .. 23 P. F. Nelson, c Harper, to Williams .. 18 H. Armstrong, c Johnston, to Williams 6 E. G. Batstone, b Taylor .. . 67 N, S. H. McCann, c Patrick, b Taylor 3 . Si. C. Webb, b Mackay .. .. 0 R. H. Scott, st Harper, b Taylor .. 0 T. Burtt, b Bird 24 , L. C, Llndley, not out .. ..2 T. A. Tucker, b Bird .. .. 0 E. Mulcock, b Bird .. .. .. 0 Extras .... .. .. ..13 Total .. ..163 Bowling Analysis—C. Williams. 9 overs. 1 maiden 33 runs, 2 wickets; M. Johnston. 1 over, 3 runs; W. Bird, !> overs, 2 maidens, ll.runs, 4 wickets; J, D. Mackay, .4 overs, 14’ rims, X .wicket E. Taylor, 3

j overs. 48 runs, 3 wickets; I. O. Stacs, 4 ! overs, 20 runs. WSnia.tu bowled f.ve r.c----j balls, ar.d Bird one. j i OLD COLLEGIANS V. OLD BOVS | A splendid o par.ir.s oartnership between P. J. Bvrne - ar.d H. E. Denham. : saved the Old CoUegiarm-OM Boys; game i road to victory*. Old Boys roads only 102. : 57 runs short oi the Old Collegians’ • openers' total of 155, and 112 short of the ; 214 set them. It was mostly tame cricket, i the batsmen too often defending tr.e;. : wicket from hittable bails, i Graham, and Cook opened the attach I to P. J. Byrne and Denham. Grar.am, bein-j j hostile and calling tor sound delence.__ n.is i first seven overs cost only six runs. Wrier. ; he was spoiled the batting livened .' Byrr.e being applauded tor some nne I wristy shots. He was much ie-.a r.rouoEec; ; than Denham. At 74 r. 1 sr. z ;e ~ v. had '• been off the field, returned when tne fcats- . men were in their second run j lusty hit going to the boundary. A reai.y ■splendid return had Byrne run out, ow ) a short discussion ended with a ru.ir.g i of not out and one run was counted, i Denham was dropped at 40 and at 02 ana j at 70 cocked up a lucky one; .ou. - was then trying to force the pace. Byrne I only chance -was with the score at lot. Kis was a very sound knock, patient and ’ corrert all the v/a-r When Denham tveh. at 152 with his best score of the season. ■ 77. a rot set-it. and four were down lor 170 Lester hit hard for a last 2.i, »r.u ’ treated every ball as something to at.acx. but the others made a poor snowing. Of the eight b/. is- tried Escott. tniru change, was: most successful, taking I good wickets. Patrick took two,_ bin ■'Granam, though without luck. aif-jA 'commanded the most respect. Tr.e fit.-- ; r r; and returning were exceilen., " J '. not the catching. , r .,,. The fast attack of Aipers nad tr.e OM Bovs batsmen earl;/ in trouu.e. tr.e n-sj wicket falling at seven and tne second a* 13 The side had two hours to ;y.. tne 213 needed, but at no stage lowo iikeiv to get near that figure. ..ren H3--p-e and Menzies v/ere together runs came ■ more freetv than at any otner time, -wen- : zies having one six and three mum m : his 23, a good innings. HacUee wa.-. 1 -tror.giv when Alexander tempted mm a..u ; he fol!." very smartly stumped, anwrrsn, ■: unaccountably low in tne batting or y‘,y‘ ■ .seemed set for a lot of runs, out tne.c ■was no one to stay with ; Aipers. helped a iittie by tr.e ~.ok_--. •was always dangerous, and tuny fcy ! his good average. The other bo v. I era • i only steady, being helped by a num-e._ ; of v/eak strokes. Tne Oid Co*! ; fieidin? v/as not as clean as tneir opponent.-.’. Sco.e.-.. oLD colleg j A NS First Innings. P. J, Bvrne, b Escott -. • ■ „ H. E. Denham, b Patrick .. •• “ 1 W. .1. Bvrne, b Escott • ■ , • • s. G. Lester, c Anderson, b Patrick .. ■ : R. E. Alexander, c Harbidge. b w-;c'ni i < C. M. Ollivicr, run out •- -■ L. V/. Fleetwood, b Escott . . ■ ■ • : H. Buchanan, b Anderson • ■ ‘ : W. Raphael, not out .. ■■ • A Extras .. •• •• • • .Tiita! for eight wicket.-: idec.j 2i4 j Bowling Analysis—M. Graham, 9 ovei 4 maidens, 22 runs; R. F. Cook i overs I 45 runs; I. Patrick. 6 overs. 24 runs. 2 • wickets; G. Christmas, 4 overs, 2., runs, i H. R. Escott. 8 overs, 1 maiden. 43 runs I 4 wickets; R. E. J. Menzies. 4 overs. 2 i maidens, 12 runs; V/. A. Hadlee, a overs, 119 runs; W. McD. Anderson, .4 overs, ! 3 runs, 1 wicket. I OLD BOYS ' First Innings • G Christmas, c Buchanan, b tupers ri jl. Patrick, b Aipers .. ” ,7 [ V. G. Hill, c Fleetwood, b Oliivie. . • i B. C. Harbidge, c Alexander, o Aipers » ! R. F. Cook. ibw. b Lester .. •• « j V/. A. Hadlee, st Raphael, b Alexander La R. E. J. Menzies. ibw. b Lester . . VV McD, Anderson, not out .. E. J. McEwen, run out •• ;; ” !m. Graham, st Raphael, b Alexander ) j H. R. Escott, c Denbarn. b Aipers i Total ■ • • • • • i Bowling Analysis—P. H. / Aipers. 8 overs, 1 maiden. 22 runs. 4 v.icxcts w M. Ollivier, 6 overs, 29 runs 1 "> c,ctt 4 R. E. Alexander, 5 overs, 21 run-, wickets- -S. G. Lester, 3 overs. 7 runs, 2 wickets; H. E. Denham. 3 overs, 2„ runs. KICCAKTON V. EAST CHRISTCHURCH A feature of the match between Riccarton and East Christchurch at Hagley Park, won by Riccarton by 121 runs, was the fine batting and bowling display of A. W. Roberts, the Canterbury and New Zealand representative. Roberts, who went in third wicket down, soon became firmly entrenched and hit freely all round the wicket. He batted for one hour 32 mmute&*. and when he was caught in tao deep by Quaid, who had previously taken a brilliant catch there, ho had knocked up 82. including eight fours and two sixes. His bowling average was five for 21. Riccarton declared with 214 for seven, when Roberts was dismissed at 4.13 p.m. All the Riccarton v/ickets fell to the slow bowlers, T. Kennedy (five for 51), R. Commons (one for 38), and T. F. Mullan (one for 28). Callaway was very sound behind the wickets for East Christchurch, anti only one by wss obtained 100, 3nd three at the close of the innings. Bright batting by the Riccarton opening batsmen. Stringer and Jacobs, on an even-faced wicket, enabled them to knocK up 50 in 36 minutes. Soon after, Mullan took over the bowling for East, and his fourth ball was hit by Jacobs to deepfine leg, where Commons took a good catch, ending the partnership at 69. Jacobs’s score of 45 included four fours. The next batsman. Stewart, did not last long, and fell a victim to Kennedy, a slow, tricky bowler, going ibw. Stringer, with his left-handed batting, maintained Riccarton’s good opening score, and 100 was on the board after 75 minutes’ play. Kennedy again went on for East Christchurch. and Stringer was clean-bowled in his fifth over. Stringer’s score of 42, compiled in onp hour 25 minutes, included five fours. Powell v/ent in and made a six, after which he was caught by White off Kennedy. A few minutes later Coupland caught Fairbairn, who made 18 in eight minutes. Rose’s wicket was the next to fall, a brilliant eaten being taken by Quaid. . , ~ , . East opened confidently, but Coupland fell a victim to the fast right-handed bowler. Fairbairn, by whom he was caught when he had made five. T. Walne joined Commons, and the partnership was ended when 39 was on the board, Waine being clean bowled by Fairbairn. After 53 minutes’ play East had scored 50. Kennedy’s and White’s wickets fell to Rooerts, the score for five wickets down being 72. Although Eligh scored only 14, he batted with confidence and drove several good shots through the covers His wicket fell to Roberts from a catch by Stringer, Roberts obtained the eighth wicket at 6 o’clock when the score was 90. Ten minutes later Sutherland was dismissed through a catch by Jacobs off Roberts. In addition to Roberts, L. J. Fairbairn obtained two for 20, and G. H. Stringer two for 10 for Riccarton. Scores— RICCARTON First Innings J, Jacobs, c Commons, b Mullan .. 4j G. H. Stringer, b Kennedy • • 4 ? R. Stewart, Ibw, b Kennedy .. • • J A W Roberts, c Quaid, b Kennedy 82 J. L. Powell, c White, b Kennedy .. 6 L. J. Fairbairn. c Coupland, b Kennedy •• P Rose, c Quaid. b Commons .. 13 G. A. Bull, not out •• 4 Extras •• •• f Total for seven wickets dec. 214 Bowling Analysis—E. Sutherland, B overs, 33 runs; R. W. Coupland, 12 overs, 1 maiden, 51 runs: R. Commons, 7 overs, 1 maiden, 38 runs. 1 wicket; T. F. Mullan. 5 overs. 28 runs, 1 wicket; T. Kennedy, 10.2 overs, 51 runs, 5 wickets; r. Walne, 2 overs, 10 runs. EAST CHRISTCHURCH First Innings R, W. Coupland, c and b Fairbairn .. 5 R. Commons,' c Powell, b Roberts .. 31 T. Waine. b Fairbairn • ■ • * fi P. Bllgh, c Stringer, b Roberts -■ 14 T. Kennedy, b Roberts •• *’ n D. White, b Roberts •• •• " D Quaid. c Strachan, b Stringer .. 7 T. F. Mullan, b Stringer •• " A. Callaway, not out •• ” S E, Sutherland, c Jacobs, b Robejts .. Extras • • • • ‘ ’ _ Total (one short) ■ • 03 Bowling Analysis—L. J. ir^ a, £"’ ts 9 overs, 25 runs. 2 wickets; A - w -. 1 t 9 overs, 2 maidens, 21 runs, 5 wickets, J. L. Powell, 3 overs 1 maiden. 12 run* . A. Bull, 3 overs, 21 runs, G. H. Stringer, 6 overs, 1 maiden, 10 runs, 2 wickets. LANCASTER PARK v. SYDENHAM A verv greatly weakened Sydenham team played Lancaster Park at Sydenham Park C. J. Oliver, D. N. Stokes, H. A. King. F. W. Newton, and A, D. Park were not playing, and N. Burtt, one of the best bowlers In the side, was not able to be present in time to do any bowling. There was not much excitement in the game, which Lancaster Park won by 45 runs, making. 181 rtms for seven wickets (declared), while Sydenham, batting oner short, made 130. A feature of the game was tVie innings of 98 of the Lancaster Park captain, I, B. Cromb. This is the second time in as many matches that he has just missed scoring a century, he having made 96 against Old Boys in the last round. Indeed, this is the fourth occasion this season that a Lancaster Park batsman has just missed the century by a few runs, R. C. Shand doing so with 94, also against Sydenham, and 97 net out, against Old Collegians. Cromb was slow at the start of his innings on Saturday, and although he gave no actual chances he did not bat as well as in the previous match, * jSls first 80

- 1 ;ro/ 73 minute- anci S3 n2 11 = when a ball from But--f-r" /;d" "/• a iittie, coming off the handle f•' ->; La* tn of- in— pacL on —o i*i- ; hj;,: ’-r-./. "hook snot was his best ■ //ri/a -*ro>/ "and this brought him • i but hr- scored freely to all • ' ‘//L "‘Vc. Nine fours and a six 6- r-V' , ;V-G.d‘'in'h:» innings- G. P. DryV/na--' D N. Mcßae 20 were i: . Fi/ next " hlghest/scorers. the former tak-v-f-v’-- -.V - ,-j.jr •v J r r.:= runs, b ir. ? out - ‘ V-- v -''sr‘/ <i'-/-har.ci catch by C. Smith ■i ?,/h'iilTv ” Mcßae batted for a quarter ' :r : i"' wW-*’ ’2O Vr-ir.2 made up of two , Of the others. F. I Kef? iTaVi’k. *l. Read 11 not out. batted t -V Ifi.r of the regular oowlers : : absent, l! hadto bear the r ‘ frip He ooAiea •j stea'dilv * and” required careful v/atching. r e r-ns iS o«“o4rs. ■ . occasional ball that rose snan>!^ a«o kept othSr J^ock 3!bow.ef; jc-ept f th. £ - ! IV S ‘ld/n "with the hail his two f i while■ neither secured a wicket, not many j was most successful m bowler. Butterfield showed the best form ..i „.I,v ha* He opened with E. A. r ! r-'-.'-'o-’V-’d r'-o pair took no risks against ■X i “IV \r prevented fast scoring The R : Vf/took 2.5 minutes, but v/nen Mcßae , 1 wa-' relieved after bowling seven over.-, J I for five maidens. Lnrte run-.. and : Butterfield opened out and toor. Mapplebeck| first over wttn • I i?cva ‘^’batting 1 'particularly'’ well when ; - a beautiful bail from Read b ;M\ hwn* •1 . Seven fours v/ere incmoed m hr ,iL ,v hich i I took -52 minutes. M- G.ay batted .teu 7 for his 20 not out, showing a sound dc- • < f c ,„ r r. r, rr ‘ uting the loose ones, as aUo t > V-..1V0 sorr.e of the brightest J oV-ing was provided by F. Fuller and C Hobb- who shtO roachc-d aouolo figure-. s ! & u ;u.; a'’ fourth grade player, had plenty - I of confidence, but ho played a •I which cost him his wicket. Hobb=a-.o 5 : •* j five wickets for 60 run;-;, bowled unr. f ! changed. He kept a good length and • I brrw! the ball both ways. Cromb. wttn three for 41. was the other most succes--ii ful bowler. He flighted tne b«!l well, r. ' r .-d varied hi.s pace cleverly. Surp. ;s----r ’ ir.glv little use w?s made of Mcßae wno •, had" only one ypcll at tne start of me - i innings, when he kept tne baLmen quie,. f Mapplebeck bowled only two overs anc I was expensive, t Scores; — 1 LANCASTER PARK lj First Innings I F. Kerr, b Butterfield ■■ I, B. Cromb. b Butterfield . •• 98 f hj. C. Shand. c Gasson. b Butterfield 6 f:G P. Drvcien, c Smith, b Shackel .. 21 ; • A P Cobdcn, c Shackel. b Butterfield o .d. N. Mcßae, c Ga.s.son. b Shackel .. 20 \'■ R. J. Read, not out • • 1} ?; C. Soring, c and b Euttterneld .. 1 ’i Extras .. •• •• 1 i Total for seven wickets (dec.) 181 •j Bowling Analysis—L. A. Butterfield, 13.6 > : ovr-Th. 2 maidens, 49 runs. 5 wicket*; C. I Shackel, 13 overs. 2 maidens, 70 runs. 2 ' j v/ickets: L. Walsh, 6 overs, 32 runs: C. > Smith, 4 overs, 26 runs. , I SYDENHAM ■ : First Innings 1.. A. Butterfield, b Read .. ..37 E. A. Gasson, Low. b Mcßae .. •• J I L. Walsh, b Read -• -- • • i C. Smith, b Read -• •• ‘ I A, J. Sutherland, c Mcßae, b Read .. 3 ’■ M. G.-av, not out .. ■ ■ 2 9 I; c. Shackel. st Cutler, b Cromb .. •> ( ! F Fui!‘-r, Ibw. b Read •• ..la , N. Burtt, c Cutler, b Cromb .. 4 i’c. Hobbs, st Cutler, b Cromb .. 14 i Extras •• •• •• •• l « “77T I , Total (one short) .. . • 120 !■; Bowling Analysis—R. J. Read. 20 overs. ■ ! 4 maidens. 00 runs. 5 wickets; D. N. Mc- :: Kac, 7 overs. 3 maidens, 3 runs, 1 wickro; ;! w O, Mapplebeck, 2 overs, 20 runs; I. B. . , Cromb, 10.G overs. 41 runs, 3 wickets. ; SECOND GRADE I I At Lancaster Park, Lancaster Park i 190 for nine wickets (F. Mailey Oi. V. 1 Empson 30) beat St. Albans 110 (Walter 1 5Q) bv 80 runs on the first innings. Bow 1i ins for Lancaster Park. Clapshaw too t 'ifou 1 * wickets for 27 runs and Eanfieui i three for 34. For St. Albans. BlackweL .(took five for 42, i At Haglcv Park, Riccarton 105 (Carr dO, tjHav 33. ’Thomas 32) beat East Chnst- ,■ church 125 (Lohrey 37). Bowling for Ric- ► I carton, Wormald took five wickets for , i runs and Joseph three for 15. For East. I W. Mulcock took four for 39. At. Hagley Park. Sydenham 230 for four ’ I wickets declared (V. Hamilton 104 not out. ' Wise 43. Wallburton 29, Doidge 24) drew 1 with West Christchurch 127 for seven wicMkets (Smith 25. Saunders 36 not out). For 3 (Sydenham, Spong took four wickets for r 34 runs. _ • - ,1 At Hagley Park. Old Boys 224 for five . wickets declared (Eathorne 77. Harris 00. f .Tcfcoate 34) drew with Old Collegians 189 for eight wickets (Ollivier 64. Saunders i 47,. Bowling for Old Boys, Dawson took i £our wickets for 75 runs, . - THIRD GRADE 1 Old Collegians 223 (Sandston 56. Hobbs 42. Bruges 41) beat Riccarton 100 (Moore ' 97) by 123 runs on the first Innings. 1 Sydenham 860 and 47 for no wickets c beat Sydenham A 50 and 51 by 10 wickets, i West Christchurch 892 (Lc Lievre 26) 5 and 60 for four wickets (Goss 29 not out) - beat St. Aibans A 60 and 85 (Chapman J 23) by six wickets. Bowling for West, I. Le Lievre took five v/ickets for 16 runs . and §ve for 57. t Old Boys C 166 (Doonc 57 not out. 3 beat St. Albans 124 (Purcell 23 not out) by 42 runs on the first innings. Bowling I for Old Boys, Baker took five wickets for i 5 runs, and for St. Albans, Ayers took three for 32. Christ’s College 180 for four v/ickets • (Woodhousc 100 not out) beat East Christ--1 church 76 and 74 by an innings and 30 £ runs. Bowling for College. Woodhouse • took four for 18 and Lawrence three for J 20 in the first innings, and Masefield four tifor 18 and Matheson four for 14 in the 3 second. a West Christchurch A 157 (Rumbold 50. t Burrows 23) beat Lancaster Park 119 (Gili lespie 32) by 38 runs on the first innings Bowling for West Christchurch, Nicholls i took three for 26 and Burrows three for j 15. For Lancaster Park, Parry took four , wickets for 27 runs. , Old Boys B 206 for eight wickets de- : dared (Anning 110 not out) drew with s Old Boys A 133 for seven wickets (Gill - 29). For the B team. Baker took six wicr kets for 28 runs, and for the A team Gil) ' took four for 62. 3 FOURTH GRADE , Lancaster Park A 215 (Empson 52, Lye - 43) drew with Old Boys 188 for seven wic--3 kets (Dyer 56, Bentley 41). , Christ’s College 231 for six wickets de- . dared (Morse 08, Reese 80 not out) beat K vOld Collegians 94 (Wauchop 30) and 86 for five wickets (Scott 37) by 137 runs I on the first innings. Bowling for College, 1 Morse took four wickets for 36 runs. East Christchurch 110 (Henderson 61) ’ and 20 beat West Christchurch High School 41 and 92 for six wickets by 69 runs on the first Innings. Bowling for East Christchurch, Weston took six wickets for 12, and for West Christchurch 5 High School, Froggart took six wickets for 2 6 runs. I St. Bede's College beat St. Andrew’s I College by 115 runs, the good fielding of 5 the St. Bede’s team being mainly responsible for keeping the St. Andrew’s score ) down. St. Andrew’s batting first, made 40. 5 no player reaching double figures. Neehan 1 took six wickets for 8 runs for St. Bede’s. 5 St. Bede’s replied with 155, Hill making - 51 and Gilbert 33. For St. Andrew’s Petrie i took six wickets for 54 runs. • FIFTH GRADE I East Christchurch 203 for six wickets declared (Wilkins 43. Piner 23) beat Ldncaster Park 112 and 65 for nine wickets . by 91 runs on the first Innings, i Sydenham 198 (Mortimer 69, Mallard 35) ’ beat Christ's College 80 by IXB runs on the first innings. West Christchurch 156 for six wickets declared (Agassiz 88 not out) drew with 5 Boys’ High School 97 for five wickets, t SIXTH GRADE 1 Sydenham 101 (Blackburn 43) beat Coll lege A 05 by 25 runs on the first innings. ) 1 1 ADDINGTON WORKSHOPS BEAT | HAY’S, LTD, j Addington Workshops beat Hay’s, Ltd., ' in a cricket match at the Spreydon Do--5 main on Saturday, by 122 runs to 93. Bat- • ting for Workshops, Unwin 38, Mason 27. ■ and McHugh 19, were top scorers. Bowl- • ing for Hay’s, J. Ballinger took five . wickets for 43 runs, and P. Mora tv/o for 33, Batting for Hay’s, C. Thorn 62 not , out, J. Ballinger 9, and W. Wilkinson 8, were top scorers. Bowling for Workshops, Unwin took four wickets for 31 runs, and O’Day four for 15.

8-pt. W. L. D Pts. Iticcarton 3 3 — — 13 Lancaster Park 3 2 — 1 14 St. Albans 3 2 1 — 12 East Christchurch .. 3 1 1 1 8 Old Collegians 3 1 2 ■ — B Old Boys 3 — 1 2 4 Sydenham 3 __ 2 1 2 West Christchurch 3 — 2 I 2