SUBURBAN GAMES

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

SUBURBAN GAMES

RAILWAY WINS SENIOR COMPETITION Railway staged a great recovery in its match against West Old Boys, and secured an outright win by four wickets. Beckenham registered its biggest score of the season to beat Sunnyside on the first innings, and Shirley beat Spreydon on the first innings. The results place Railway in an unassailable position. 15 points ahead of Sunnvside, and with only one match to be played Railway is assured of the competition, which was last tton by the club in 1531-32. and the second time Railway has won the senior grade since the commencement of the competitions in 1905-06. * The following table shows the positions of the teams; — V, ins. Losses.

RAILWAY v. WEST OLD BOVS With seven wickets down for 71, Railway continued its first innings, and after losing two more wickets for 12 runs, L. Hood and F. Harris set up a brilliant partnership to add 66 for the last wicket, giving Railway a lead of 21 runs on the first innings. After two uppish strokes early in his innings. Hood played a sound knock for 51. Harris was more subdued, and was 15 when Hood was bowled by Fright. K. Phillips and F. Hobbs gave West Old Boys a fair start, and 28 were on before Hobbs went. Two wickets fell for one run, Porteous and Brunt being bowled by successive balls _by J Peattie, and three were down for 27. W Fright batted stubbornlv for 11, but none of the other batsmen reached double figures, and the team batting one man short, the innings closed for 77, leaving Railway 57 to make to win. Six wickets were down for 39 when P. Davis and D. Mitchell got together and hit up the required runs, and Railway won by four wicketScores;— RAILWAY First Innings L. Heazlewood, played on, b Fright .. 2 Don Mitchell, b Porteous .. -.2 R. Chinnerv, b Porteous . . .. 2 P. Davis, c Phillips, b Fright .. 26 J. Kerr, c Phillips, b Fright .. 7 E. Brook, c Booth, b Porteous .. 7 Dave Mitchell, Ibw. b Porteous .. 7 J. Peattie, c Lake, b Fright .. .. 5 F. Bartlett, b Fright .. .. ..12 F. Harris, not out .. ~ .. lo L. Hood, b Fright .. .. •. 51 Extras _l3 Total . - . . 149 Bowling Analvsis —F. Porteous. 15 overs 55 runs, 4 wickets; W. Fright. 17.1 overs, 60 runs, 6 wickets; H. Grenfell, 1 over. 9 runs; F. Murray, 3 overs, 8 runs; A. Lake, 1 over, 4 runs. Second Innings L. Heazlewood, c Hobbs, b Porteous 3 Don Mitchell, c and b Porteous .. 15 R. Chinnery, b Porteous .. .. 10 P. Davis, not out .. -- ..21 L. Hood, c Booth, b Porteous .. 0 F. Harris, Ibw. b Porteous .. .. 0 E. Brook, b Porteous .. .. • • 4 Dave Mitchell, not out .. •• 10 Extras .. ■ - • - 2 Total for six wickets .. 66 Bowling Analysis—F. Porteous, 9 overs, 3 maidens, 28 runs, 6 wickets; W. Fnght. 9 overs, 34 runs. WEST OLD BOYS First innings .. • - •• 128 Second Innings K. Phillips, c Hood, b Davis .. 18 F. Hobbs, played on, b Davis .. 30 F. Porteous, b Peattie .. .. 0 A. Brunt, b Peattie .. - ■ <> F. Murray, b Peattie ■ . - - G W Fright, c D. Mitchell, b Hood H J. Sturge. c D. Mitchell, b Davis 4 L. Booth, c Bartlett, b Davis .. 4 I. Biggs, st Mitchell, b Hood .. C A. Lake, not out .. .. " n H. Grenfell, absent .. •• ■ • Extras .. . ■ ■ • •• Ib Total ■ ■ - ■■’ll Bowling Analysis—J. Peattie, 9 overs, 21 runs, 3 wickets; P. Davis, 10 overs, 26 runs. 4 wickets; L. Heazlew'ood. 3 overs. 4 runs: L. Hood, 2 overs. 11 runs. 2 wickets. BECKENHAM v. SUNNVSIDE In reply to Sunnyside’s first-innings score of 271, Beckenham complied its biggest score of the season (359 for nine Wickets) before declaring its Innings closed. M. Heath (who had batted well the first day for 41 not out) and J. ClarKson (13 not out) continued their valuable partnership, and added 60 to the score of the previous week. Heath reaching 7a before being dismissed by a great catch off his own bowling by Oliver, who had Clarkson caught in the same over. The partnership had added 103 runs for the fourth wicket. . , , Five were down for 146 when JWeatherhead and P. Fleete set up a second stand which added 124. Weatherhead started poorly, but after hitting Oliver for a good six ho gave a great display to reach 50 before being caught off Hooper. Fleete attacked the bowling in good style, and scored 61; and Weatherhead reached his 50. The wicket favoured the batsmen, and C Brownlees and A. McMillan carried on to increase the total to 356 in the third big PaftncreWp of the Innings. Brownlees reaching 42 not ou, and McMillan 40. The Innings was declared closed with nine wickets down for 359, and although Sunnyside batted a second time, there was no intciest in the innings, although four batsmen were dismissed for 75 before stumps were drawn. Scores: — BECKENHAM First Innings R. Griffiths, c Mahoney, b Gordon ~ 4 E.” Cox, c Thompson, b Mahoney .. 0 N. Davidson, Ibw, b Oliver .. • • J? M. Heath, c and b Oliver .. <■> J. Clarkson, c Rowe, b Oliver .. 34 j Weatherhead. c Vincent, b Hooper 50 P. Fleete, b Howe •• C. Brownlees, not out .. "In A. McMillan, b Vincent .. " „ G. Wade, Ibw. b Barnes .. •• ° Extras • • - • .. 34 Total for nine wickets (dec.) .. 359 Bowling Analysis—L. Mahoney. 18 overs, 5 maidens, 48 runs, 1 wicket; L. Gordon 13 overs, 2 maidens, 51 runs, 1 wicket; W. Olive l *, 13 overs, 1 maiden, 77 runs, 3 wickets- J. Hooper, 9 overs, 1 maiden. 36 runs. 1 wicket; E. Vincent, 5 overs. 21 runs, 1 wicket; H. Thompson, 8 overs, 1 maiden, 38 runs: A Rowe, 4 overs, 1 maiden. 38 runs, 1 wicket: W. Ellis. 2 overs, 16 runs; E. Barnes, 3 balls, 3 runs. 1 wicket. SUNNYSIDE First innings •• •• •• 271 Second Innings A. Rowe, c Griffiths, b Clarkson .. 4 E. Vincent, b Brownlees .. -.17 W. Oliver, b Clarkson .. .. 0 H. Meyers, not out .. .. H W. Ellis, c Brownlees, b Weatherhead 32 E. Barnes, not out .. .. 6 Extras . • • • .. 5 Total for four wickets .. 75 Bowling Analysis—G. Wade, 3 overs, 8 runs; J. Clarkson, 3 overs, 13 runs, 2 wickets: C. Brownlees, 2 overs, 22 runs, 1 wicket; M. Heath. 1 over, 18 runs; J. Weatherhead. 2 overs, 2 runs, 1 wicket; S. Cawtheray, 1 over, 6 runs. SHIRLEY V. SPREYDON A splendid innings by L. Kirk for 93 not out virtually won the match for Shirley at Richmond Domain. On the first day, Spreydon scored 159 and Shirley had lost one wicket for 70 runs. N. Kitto, who had 41 not out on the first day, carried his score to 58 before being caught off Nolan. The highlight of Shirley’s innings, however, was a brilliant innings by L. Kirk, who scored 93 not out. E. Grenfell hit up 26 in good time, and the innings realised 250. In their second innings the Spreydon batsmen, who were 97 runs behind, lost four wickets for 88 before stumps, and Shirley won on the first Innings. Scores;—■, SHIRLEY First Innings N. Archer, c H. Farrant, b Nolan .. 0 F. Agassiz, b Green .. .. 22 N. Kitto, c Smith, b Nolan .. ..58 J. Cowie, b H. Farrant .. ..14 W. Bampton. c Gregson, b Nolan .. 13 L. Kirk, not out • • .. S3 N. Priest, b Washington .. .. 1 E. Grenfell, b H. Farrant .. ..26 F. Pitt, c Washington, b Nolan .. 19 J. Smith, b Washington .. ..4 S. Wentworth, b Freeman .. .. 0 Extras • • • .. 6 Total .. •• ..258 Bowling Analysis—J. Nolan, 11 overs, 67 runs, 4 wickets; R. Washington, 9 overs, 37 runs, 2 wickets: H. Green. 12 overs, 43 runs, 1 wicket; H. Farrant, 13 overs, 54 runs, 2 wickets; J. Hall, 1 over, 7 runs; P. Smith, 2 overs, 11 runs; N. Freeman, 2.6 overs, 31 runs, 1 wicket. SPREYDON First innings .. •• ..159 Second Innings V. Freeman, b Archer .. .. 3 F. Smith, played on. b Archer .. 2 H. Farrant, played on, by Agassiz .. 28 J. Hall. Ibw, b Smith .. ..20 W. Lawson, not out .. 32 Extras ■ • • • .. 3 x Total for Jtout; .wickets ** 88

Bmvljnr Ar.a'vsls —N. Archer. 7 overs. 13 runs," 2 "wickets; F. Agassiz, 6 overs, lo ’■ms 1 wicket: J. Smith, 1 o\ er, 5 runs, 1 wicket. Analysis incomplete. SENIOR B Technical Old Boys 41 and 250 (Ford 81. Rutledge 47) beat Springston XoS and S6 (Griir.wood 21. Davies -0) bj lor Technical, Davison ..oort tou. fo° 51‘andBartholomew five for 34. and for Springston, Templeton took four for Working Men’s Club 112 fp d , =5 fo^ a °°! wicket (Smith 20 not out) bea. Hare..'o,i its and 44 bv nine wickets. Bov.!i-._ Men’i Club. Gilroy took five iC ßecker>'am 206 • and 16 for no wickets be« Maoist 67 and 149 (Murray 40 Blazey Noonan 30) by 10pickets Bowling for Beckenham, Sibley tcoK six to. -1 ana five to- ”9. and Skelton three for 20 and Ihree for 65. A Dur't' , ble 60 and 162 (Duff 61, 38 notVut, beat St. Albans 114 and oo bv sr> ru r ' Bovaing tor St. Albans, ?ook four for 36. and for Dunstable. Booker to 2;u ;r S T C e v en i33 or and 190 for five wickets (Dixon "106 not out F. Pitt 42 not ou.. beat Provincial Buildings 1(< “ □ (Boland 46 not out) by five vvncKets BovUing for Shirley, Marnner too*. fite lor Merivale 131 fay 53 runs on the fh = - -n----mngS’ JUNIOR B Working Men's Club 225 for eight wicker.; dec’ared beat Linwood 130 and 50 by an'inrt’ C '"' and 45 runs. Bowling for Working Men's Club W. Cunningham took Se Whitcombe and Tombs defaulted to Templeton on the second day; of tne match and Templeton, which had a lead S 113 on the first innings, secured an el ßiccarton beat Urlwins by default. JUNIOR C Svdenham Council 197 beat Hoslyn 54 and' 10° (Ellis 33 not out, Linosay 22) by an innings and 41 runs. Ha“nonic Society 163 and IS for two wicke’s beat Beckenham 80 and 103 (Angus'3s7 Hay 23) by eight wickets. Bowl[n <y Harmonic Society. Gerrard took two for 23. Familton two for 8, and Richards two for 5. JUNIOR D Shirlev 146 and 133 for eight wickets declared (Jack 31) beat Spreydon 122 (Loom.es 33) and 121 (Bamford 29, Berry 251 bv 36 runs. Bowling for Shirley, Jack took five for 22 and eight for 42. and for Sprevdon, Holmes took four for 7 and Marsdcn four for 20. West Old Boys 123 (Milne 32) and 119 for -even wickets (Wyse 35 not out. Atkinson 25. Mime 27) beat Prebbleton 118 and P5 for ■-even wickets declared (Hampton 47 not out Avers 30) by three wickets. Bowling for West Old Boys, Wyse took three for 13 and Milne three for 11. and for Prebbleton Ayers took five for 46 and Hampton three for 29. JUNIOR E

Waltham 114 and 127 for seven wickets i beat Northcote 175 and 50 by three wic- i kets. Bowling for Waltham. Williams took j seven for 49 and Newton six for 63, and j for Northcote Smith took nine for 74. i Corsair 137 and 234 (Woods 63. Fabian 51) beat Farmers 79 and 89 (Simpson 42) by 203 runs Opawa 314 for six wickets declared beat Lyttelton 47 and 33 by an innings and 229 runs. THIRD GRADE A

Riccarton 156 for five wickets declared I (Clark 69, Timms 52 not out) beat Shirley j 105 .'Souter 20. Walmsley 20) and 66 for five j wickets by 51 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Riccarton, Hayes took six for j 33, and for Shirley Weekes took three for •. 31. I »Sprevdon 147 for five wickets declared l (Hunter 36 Thomas 29. Badger 22 not out) ( beat Templeton 47 and 53 (Aisop 20) by j an innings and 47 runs. ! Ouruhla 200 for six wickets declared i (L. Hibbard 102. J. Steerc 47, F. Steere 46) i beat Harewood 92 by 103 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Ouruhia, N. Ashby 1 look three for 36. and for Harewood Power j took four for 36. , i Oddfellows beat Mairehau by default. ; Beckenham beat Technical Old Boys by ; default. THIRD GRADE B I

Technical Old Boys 147 (Taliott 47. Blvthc 45i and GO for two wickets declared beat Waltham 77 and 73 for six wickets by 70 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Technical. Blythe took four for 16 and Bennett three for 4. and for Waltham Stokes took five for 19.

Papanui Old Boys IR3 for five wickets declared (L. Crirnwood 102) beat Beckenham 22 and 115 by an innings and 46 runs Corsair 143 (Le Rol 00, Stewart 54) beat Northcote 124 (Dunlop 22, Stevens 20) by 24 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Corsair. Stewart took five for 22, and for Northcote Sisson took three for 12. THIRD GRADE C

Linwood 135 (Dudley 45. Cole 38) beat Working Men’s Club 104 (Lloyd 45, Brooks 38) by 31 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Linwood. Forward took seven for 52 and Gardner three for 34, and for Working Men’s Club Brooks took four for 31 and Taylor two for 10. Addington Timber 152 (Miller 85, Stapleton 35) and 5 for no wickets beat Gadsdens 80 (Tregonning 41 not out) and 74 (Harris 24) by 10 wickets. Bowling for Addington Timber. Stapleton took seven for 22 (Including the hat trick), and for Gadsdens Dunn took five for 24.

DRAW FOR THIRD GRADES

The following is the draw for the third grades B and C for the next two rounds: — Third Grade B—First day; Technical Old Bovs v. Beckenham, at Ensor’s road; Merivale v. Sumner, at Elmwood; Papanui Old Boys v. Waltham, at Tutton’s road: Northcote v. Hcathcotc. at Papanui Domain; Corsair v. Spreydon. at Waltham No. 1. Second day: Technical Old Boys v. Northcote, at Papanui Domain: Heathcote v. Waltham, at Waltham No. 1; Sumner v. Spreydon, at Sumner; Merivale v. Beckenham, at Elmwood: Papanui Old Bovs v. Corsair, at Tutton’s road. Third Grade C—First day; Working Men’s Club v. Shirley, at St. Albans; Cyclone v. Linwood, at Linwood No. 2; Dunstable v. Gadsdens. at Linwood No. 3; Addington Timber v. Waltham, at Ensor’s road: United Brush v. Northcote. at Papanui Domain. Second day: Northcote v. Working Men’s Club, at Papanui Domain; Linwood v. Dunstable, at Linwood No. 2; Addington Timber v. Cyclone, at Sprevdon: United Brush v. Gadsdens, at St, Albans: Shirley v. Waltham, at Ensor’s road.

BOYS’ ASSOCIATION

SECOND ROUND PLAYED

On Saturday good scores and keen finishes were the main features of the second round of matches conducted by the Canterbury Boys’ Cricket Association. Two centuries were scored, these going to Galloway, of the Christ’s College under 16 first-grade A team, and Butler, of the St. Bede’s College under 14 fourth-grade side. Two “hat-tricks” were also registered, the bowlers being Norton, of the Christ’s College under 16 second-grade eleven, and McCree, of the Technical College under 14 first-grade team. The following were the results: — Under IB Section FIRST GRADE

Christ’s College A 209 (Galloway 101 not out, Greenwood 52 not out. Schneideman 18 and Ellis 17) for four wickets declared, drew with St. Bede’s College 97 (P. Hodgins 54 not out) for nine wickets. On the average runs a wicket fallen, Christ s College A secured the odd point. Christchurch Technical College 113 (Davev 56, Owen 18 not out. Pollock 15 not out. and Candy 12 not out) for four wickets declared, beat Christchurch Boys’ High School 34 (Wakelin 10) and 67 (Mein 22 and Eggleton 18) by an innings and 12 runs. Metcalfe, four wickets for 7 runs and eight for 37. bowled well for Technical. Technical Old Boys 162 (Rutledge 48, Shaw 43, Smith 41 not out. and McCammon 12) for four wickets declared, beat Christ’s College B, 52 (Uttley 23 and Eaton 10) and 43 (Wanklyn 17 and Deans 11) bv an innings and 67 runs. Smith five wickets for 9 runs and three for 20, and Shaw six for 11, bowled well for Technical Old Boys. SECOND GRADE Christ’s College 138 (Hiatt 44, Cotter 24 Wagner 17, Norton 17, Jameson 14. and Stringer 10) drew with Christchurch West High School B 70 (Biggins 42) for eight wickets. Graham six wickets for 85 runs, bowled well for West B, and Norton five for 24 (including the ’hattrick”) bowled well for Christ’s College, which, on the average runs a wicket fallen, secured the odd point.. . Christchurch West Higu School A 93 (Chappell 28. Bis?gs 12, and Skurr 10) and 104 (Haldane 48 not out and Stiven 29 not out) boat Cathedral Grammar School 68 (Williams 14, Smith 13, Hibbard 12, and Thomas 11) by 25 runs on the first innings. Hibbard, seven wickets for 18 runs and four for 6, bowled well for Grammar, while Besley six for 18, bowled well for West A. , , „ Papanui Technical College had the bye. THIRD GRADE St. Andrew's College 155 (McCrone 55, Gordon 33, Liggins 29, and Stewart 27) for six wickets declared, drew with Christchurch Boys’ High School 71 (Henderson 29 not out and Maithus 16) for eight wickets, On the average runs a

wicket fallen, St. Andrew’s secured the odd point. _ Technical College Hostel 128 (Osmond 51 Creed 30. and Stevens 21) beat Christs College B 25 'Williams 15) and 28 by an innings and 75 runs. Osmond seven wickets for 17 runs and five for 7. bowled well for Technical Hostel, while Mac Gibbon five for 49 bowled successfully for Christ’s College B. Christ's College A had the bye. Under 15 Section

Christchurch Boys’ High School <8 (Turner 19, J. Davies 17, and Millar 16) beat Christchurch Wesw High School 41 (Blew’ett 10) and 78 (Tulloch 24 not out and Blewett 10) by 37 runs on the first innings Turner, four wickets for 9 runs and three for 21. and M. Davies five for 8 and one for 16, bowled well for Christchurch Boys’ High School. Christ’s College A 152 (Rattray 35. Thomson 27. McKibbin 25 not out, Darwin 20, and Newton 12) for nine wickets declared, drew with St. Bede’s College 79 (Wilson 51 and Burns 12) for nine wickets. Hamilton, five wickets for 16 runs, bowled well for Christ's College A, who, on the average runs a wicket fallen, secured the odd point. ~ , Christchurch Technical College 117 (C&meron 29, Bartholomew 26, South 21. and Baldwin 18) beat Christ s College B 29 (Meredith-Kaye 12 and Mac Gibbon 11) and 58 (Glasgow 35) by an Innings and 30 runs. Bartholomew, six wickets for 15 runs and six for 19. bowled well for Technical, and Mac Gibbon took five for 43 for Christ’s College B. SECOND GRADE

St. Andrew’s College 120 (Gunn 45 not out Jordan 29. Gray 13. and Johnson 11)’beat Christ’s College 71 (Marshall 26 not out and Humphreys 16) by 49 runs on the first innings. , _ Christchurch Boys’ High School B 148 (Read 39 not out, McAdam 19, Badger 19, Gorely 17. Genet 14. and Malthus 12) beat Christchurch Boys’ High School A 137 (Thomson 63, Leigh 34 not out, Wilson 21, and Bannister 10) for five wickets declared, by 11 runs on the first innings. Christchurch Technical College 81 (Brooks 23, Furlong 16, Sibley 13, and McGlinchy 11) for nine wickets declared beat St. Bede’s College 29 (Fogarty 12) and 103 (Kenealy 29 not out, Fogarty 14, and Polascheck 11) for nine wickets, by 52 runs on the first Innings. Lamb took seven wickets for 9 runs, and three for 12 for Technical. THIRD GRADE

Christ’s College A 113 (J. Wilson 22, P. H. W. White 17, Rothenberg 15. Hunt 12, and Andrews 10) beat Christchurch West High School 76 (Leith 20. Elliott 17. and Weir 10) and 29 (Leith 21) for four wickets, by 37 runs on the first innings, ’lixon (West Christchurch) took five wickets for 19 runs. Christchurch Boys’ High School 125 (Herdman 55 retired. Wheat 39 not out and Thiele 11 not out) for two wickets declared, beat Christ’s College B 21 and 17, by an innings and 87 runs. Thiele (Boys’ High School) took three wickets for 9 runs and five for 5, and Herdman (Boys’ High School) took five for 1 and two for 4.

St. Andrew’s College had the bye. Under 14 Section FIRST GRADE

Christchurch Boys’ High School' 91 (Blythe 34, Rollinson 15. Blackmore 15, and Piv’-er 14) and 40 for eight wickets beat O, Bede’s College 55 (Pascoe 18 not out ana O’Grady 16) and 65 (Chettle 15. Anderson 14 and Pascoe 12) by two wickets. O’Grady (St. Bede’s) took four wickets for 21 runs and six for 8. Sparrow (Boys’ High School) took five for 13 and'three for 15. Christ’s College A 159 (Sheppard 62 retired. Ormond 25, Schneideman 19, Howarth 13, and Coates 13) beat Christ’s College B 70 (Archibald 32 not out) and 29 (Matson 10) by an innings and 60 runs. Ormond took , live wickets for 23 and five for 5 for Christ’s College A. Christchurch Technical College 76 (Atkinson 16, Lohrey 13„ and Macann 11) beat Christchurch West High School 53 (Wakeman 15 and Cumberpatch 12) and 49 (Johnston 14 and Marriott 11) by 23 runs on the first innings. McCree (Technical) took eight wickets for 21 runs (including the hat-trick). SECOND GRADE

Marist Brothers 148 (Commons 53 retired, Cassin 29 retired, Goodall 12 and Kelly 11) beat Christ’s College 49 (Bennett 13) and 29 (Bennett 23) for eight wickets by 99 runs on the first innings. O'Dell (Marist) took three wickets tor 9 runs and five for 11, and Kelly (Marist) took four for 4 and three for 10. Christchurch West High School 96 (Penlington 32, Bonnington 30. and Alexander 11) for six wickets declared, beat St. Bede’s College 46 (Macintosh 10) and 105 (Macintosh 32. Paynter 30 not out, and Linton 10) by 50 runs on the first innings. Conway (West Christchurch) took five wickets for 15 runs.

Medbury 130 (Gould 71. Gardiner 24, and Saunders 10) beat Christchurch Boys' High School 72 (Gainsford 18. Lavar 16, Uridge 12. and Calvert 11) and 36 (Smith 14 not out) for eight wickets, by 58 runs on the first innings. Ross, three wickets for 20 runs and four for 9. and Greenwood three for 10 and three for 12. bowled well for Medbury. THIRD GRADE

Christchurch Boys’ High Sciiool 149 (Davis CO, Wilson 45, Holmes 23 not out, and Perry 12) for six wickets, beat St. Andrew’s College 142 (Rutherford 63. Burnell 24, Hatherly 14, Mulholiand 13, and Rich 10) by seven runs on the first Innings.

Christchurch Technical College 120 (Peacock 19, Saunders 17, Christiansen 15, Wakefield 14, Munro 12. and Kearns 12) beat Papanul Technical College 108 (Findlay 22. Winter 21, Dyer 16. Grlmshaw ,15, and Williams 14) by 12 runs on the first innings. Christ’s College had the bye.

FOURTH GRADE Christchurch Boys’ High School 99 (Nordstrom 43, Holland 20, and Summerfield 20l beat ChrisUhurch West High School 97 (McLean 27. Horne 27, and Brownlees 23) by 2 runs on the first innings. Christ's College 60 (Jameson 17, Rawson 10 not out. nd Meade 10) beat St. Bede's College 54 (Kirby 15 and Cropke 12) and 129 (Butler 103 not out, Crooke 13 and Toomey 11) for eight wickets, by 6 runs on the first innings. Scanlon, five wickets for 22 runs, bowled well for St. Bede’s. Medbury had the bye. IN OTHER CENTRES AUCKLAND, March 6. In making 76 runs for Y.M.C.A. against Eden on Saturday, V. Scott brought his total in club games for the season to 1043. In addition to these figures Scott scored 207 in his two Plunket Shield games, and 377 in the provincial tournament at Gisborne. Week-end results are:—Y.M.C.A., first innings 213 (Sutherland 49. Scott 76, Carson three for 28. Snedden three for 36) v. Eden, first innings five runs for the loss of no wickets. Ponsonby, first innings, playing two men short, made 59 (Simpson four for 21, Sale three for 29) against North Shore, first inning 208 (C. G. Walters 70. Warneford four for 37, deal four for 38). University. first innings made 229 (Matheson 50, Spring seven for 63) against Grafton, first innings 52 for six wickets (Matheson five for 4). King’s Old Boys, first innings, made 159 (L. M. Smith 40, Pearson 68, dark five for 39) against Parnell, first innings 5 runs for the loss of no wickets. WELLINGTON. March 6. In the senior cricket club championship on Saturday, Kilbirnie regained its place at the top of the ladder by defeating University by 233 runs on the first innings. Kilbirnie scored 356 on the opening day. but good bowling by D. S. Wilson, who took six wickets for 25 runs, saw University fall for 121 runs on Saturday (A. Wiren 46 not out). Following on. University scored 179 for five wickets (Tricklebank 68, Ongley 50. A. Wiren 38 not out).

Institute Old Boys lost their place at the top of the ladder through being defeated by Karori by 19 runs on the first innings. Karori scored 252, to which Institute responded with 233. Roy Sheffield, an Essex professional, who'will leave for Fiji on Tuesday, helped R. McLean to put on 71 for the first wicket. Sheffield scored 53, R. McLean 31, and Lang 66, but the rest of the batsmen did little against the bowling of M. Browne, who took five for 76. Montgomery, who took three for 40, and Cooper, who took two for 35. In the second innings Karori scored 87 for five wickets (F. Browne 35, Heenan 21, Du Feu two for 34, R. McLean two for 21, Bilby one for 12). Thiswas Karori’s first victory In the senior competition this season.

Midland made a feeble effort to reach the 358 set them by Wellington. Midland fell for 164 (Crawford 72, Hepburn 44, Morrisey five for 44,. Blundell three for 48. Ell one for 39, Morgan one for 17). Following on, Midland scored 172 for six (Crawford 67, Osborn 35 not out). Wellington College Old Boys, with 373 for eight wickets declared, defeated Hutt by 138 runs on .the first innings. Hutt totalled 235 (Ross 71. Capstick 44, J. Lamason four for 45, Griffiths two for 68). Hutt, following on, lost six wickets for 86 runs, McCarthy reaching 43. The weather was fine, but rain overnight enabled the bowlers to impart spin to the ball. DUNEDIN. March 6. Week-end cricket results are:— Grange 268 (Elmes 92, Chettleburgh 41. Knight 53, Powell 33) met Old Boys 14 for three. Carisbrook B 239 (McMullan 64) met Kaikoral 85 for one (Holden not out 40). University 100 (Dunning, four for 29) met Carisbrook A 251 (H. Cameron not out 102, Fraser 49, Dunning 35). Dunedin 175 (Holley. 91; Allen five for 22) met Albion 85 for one (Miller not out 53). WOMEN’S GAMES INTEREST LACKING IN BOTH GRADES With the end of the season in sight, and the result of the senior grade competition a foregone conclusion, interest in the women’s cricket games has been lacking during the last few weeks. Even in the senior grade, teams appear to have difficulty in turning out at full strength, and In the junior grade the same state of affairs is evident. On Saturday afternoon. Mai Moa scored another easy victory, this time over St. Albans, and Technical and Beckenham d>ew. Miss H. Watson was the only St. Albans bowler to give much trouble to the Mai Moa batswomen. She bowled steadily throughout the innings to take three wickets for 49 runs. Later, she made 16 out J of ,. l l er , sldG ’ s total of 37. Mai Moa made 115 for six wickets declared. Miss g SS? 1 "® scoring 23 Miss E. Wormald 20, and Miss JU Blackleg id.

A solid innings by Miss C. Cawtheray. worth 33 runs, was the best effort ia Beckenham’s total of 91. Technical had lost five wickets for 62 runs when tune was called. Miss M. Preece scoring 17. Detailed Scores Detailed scores were:— SENIOR GRADE Beckenham 91 (C. Cawtheray S3. T. Campbell 19. A. Bowen 16). For Technical, P. Taylor took seven wickets for 23. M. Preece one for 23. and R. Martin one for 27. Technical 62 for five wickets (M. • Preece 17, M. Norman 10, D. Preece 10). For Beckenham. A. Bowen took one for 9. M. Edwards one for 15. and M. Jonef , one for 16. . ’ J < Mai Moa 115 for six wickets declare (C. Guthrie 33. E. Wormald 20. L. BUckV 1er,19). For St. Albans, H. Watson took three for 49. St. Albans 37 (H. Watson 16). For Mai Moa, M. Cosgrove took five for 11 and C. Guthrie three for 6. JUNIOR GRADE The game Mai Moa v. Malvern was not played. '

Railway apt. 4 opt. 2 D. 1 apt. i opt. Pts. I 46 Sur.nyside 1 4 0 1 3 31 West Old Boys 1 3 2 2 1 30 Beckenham .. 2 2 0 1 4 30 Shirley 2 2 0 3 2 23 Spreydon 1 1 I 3 3 1G