CRICKET

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25129, 10 March 1947, Page 5

CRICKET

LOW SCORING IN SENIOR GAMES

LANCASTER PARK IN GOOD POSITION

Although the two leading teams, East ■JyLfrhurch and High School Old Boys, hTt on Saturday in what is expected to SI the final rounds of matches in the nior cricket competition, there is now distinct possibility that Lancaster Park win the championship. High School Bovs has 43 points. East Christchurch Sand Lancaster Park 39. Playing West old Boys. Lancaster Park finished tn a °p7v sound position and seems assured ■J an eight-point win. which would give 2, side 47 points. High School Old S-vs needing only a five-point win, failed *7<J s t East Christchurch, and was disfor 155 East Christchurch needed outright win. as West Old Boys, a wther weak team, was expected to be Saten outright. East Christchurch, howrrL. batted so slowly that at the end S the day the side was still 63 runs tnort of the High School Old Boys’ score, although six wickets were in hand Thus =.,st Christchurch does not appear likely to score its outright win. High School nid Boys is not likely to win on the first • innings, and Lancaster Park, with bright nrospects in its match, seems most to win the championship. However, the Unexpected may occur next Saturday when the games are concluded. HIGH SCHOOL OLD BOYS v. EAST CHRISTCHURCH Old Boys started badly, and although F B. Smith and W. McD. Anderson addJ 48 they both played some streaky shots After lunch wickets fell Quickly. C. G Snook played some cultured shots in scoring 30. but the total was only 155. The East Christchurch fielding was keen and reliable, and the bowling to a well placed field, was steady. D. P. White and a W Riddolls scored 21 in an hour for East Christchurch, and although M. Stanley and P. Allsopp played for a time with more vigour, the total at stumps, after 155 minutes’ batting, was 92. P. Small bowled some good overs, but his « runs off 20 overs indicated the unnecessarily dull batting. In all. 59 overs were bowled for 89 runs off the bat. A E. L. Britton. High School Old Boys’ wicket-keeper, took two good catches and made a brilliant stumping. Scores:—

HIGH SCHOOL OLD BOYS First Innings JG. Leggat, c Watson, b Marshall 3 R. C. Marks, b Lohrey 4 F. B. Smith, c James, b Riddolls .. 49 W. McD. Anderson, c. Watson, b Allsopp • .. 29 J. R. Collins, c White, b Allsopp .. 6 C. G. Snook, c Marshall, b Riddolls .. 30 I A Baxter, c Watson, b Marshall .. 5 C. F. Robson, b Lohrey .. 6 P Small, c James, b Lohrey .. 2 R. F. Cook, b Allsopp .. ~ 13 A E. L Britton, not out ~ o Extras (byes 5. no-balls 3) ..8 Total .. 155 Bowling.—M. C. Marshall 17 overs, 5 maidens, 53 runs, 2 wickets; M. K. Lohrey 16, 2, 34, 3; A W. Riddolls 12, 3, 32, 2; P. D. Allsopp 12.2. 2, 28, 3. EAST CHRISTCHURCH First Innings A. W. Riddolls, c Britton, b Anderson 16 D. P. White, c Smith, b Cook .. 11 W. H. Walters, st Britton, b Cook .. 3 M. Stanley, not out .. 35 P. D. Allsopp, c Britton, b Snook .. 21 D. C. Watson not out .. 3 Extras (no balls 3) .. .. 3 Total for four wickets .. 92 Bowling.—P. Small 20, 12, 18, 0; C. G Snook 11, 5, 21. 1; R. F. Cook 18, 5, 28. 2W. McD. Anderson 6, 1. 20, 1; J. F. Collins 4. 2.2, 0. LANCASTER PARK V. WEST OLD BOYS West Old Boys batted briskly against Lancaster Park, scoring 139 in 140 minutes, several batsmen showing good form. J. H. Parks, making an unexpected appearance for Lancaster Park bowled finely to take five for 37. Lancaster Park scored batsmen making useful scores. West Old Boys reduced its deficit to 10 before stumps, but lost two wickets in the process. A feature of the play was • of R - Da vey, Lancaster Park wicket-keeper, who made two fine stumpings. Scores : ' WEST OLD BOYS nr,,,. First Innings d 5*S cely .’ std Davey, b Mahoney 37 R. McKenzie, cR. Hitchcock, b Parks 8 D. Moynihan, std Davey, b Parks .. 1 v c Parks, b Mahoney .. 26 K. Hitchcock, run out .. .. 0 A. Brunt, b Parks .. '.'.22 £• S; R °bbs, lbw, b Parks .. 23 H. Biltcliff. b Mahoney .. .. 7 E. K. Phillips, run out .. .. 5 N. Ainsworth, not out .. .. 0 H. Baldwin, b Parks .. .. 0 Extras (byes 9, no-ball 1) ..10

Total ..139 Bowling:—J. H. Parks, 16.5. 3, 37, 5; I. B. Cromb, 8,3, 15, 0; R. Hitchcock, 9. 1, 34,0; L. Mahoney, 15, 3, 43, 3. Second Innings B. Blakely, c Smith, b Parks ..14 R. McKenzie, lbw, b Cromb .. 1 A. Brunt, not out .. .. .. 9 D. Moynihan, not out .. ..5 Extras (byes 4, no-ball 1) ..5 Total for two wickets 34 Bowling:—J. H. Parks, 7,2, 16, 1; I. B. Cromb, 6,1, 12, 1; L. Mahoney, 1,0, 1, 0. LANCASTER PARK c b Biltcliff .. 18 W. Polhtt, c and b Biltcliff .. ..33 i % R arks, c Biltcliff, b Scott .. 20 b Moynihan .. .. 21 R. C. Shand, b Scott .. ..7 H. T. Dowker, c and b Biltcliff .. 32 F. R. Davey, retired hurt .. . 0 G. Dryden, not out .. .. ... 33 «. Hitchcock, b Scott .. ‘ 1 A. Smith, b Moynihan .. .. 2 I. Mahoney, c Scott, b Moynihan .. 0 Extras (byes 10, no-balls 6) ..16 Total ..163 Bowling:—N. Ainsworth, 4,0, 24, 0; R. H. Scott, 23, 5, 54, 3; H. Biltcliff, 21, 2, 3; K. Hitchcock, 3, 1. 13, 0; D. Moynihan, 8,3, 19, 3. ST. ALBANS V. TECHNICAL .Except for T. Bartholomew, who made w in good style. Technical could not make much progress against St. Albans, T. Burtt being in form, and the side was out for 137. St. Albans gave a very bright scoring 238 for seven wickets in w minutes before declaring. Nearly all J* batsmen contributed useful scores «? h °J lt _ waste of time. Technical had Sjed 71 for eight wickets at stumps, the match should not take long to complete next Saturday. Scores:— TECHNICAL , _ . First Innings !• Davies, c Smith, b Collins .. 13 L. Parnell, c sub., b Burtt .. 13 «. Faloon c Condliffe, b McCann .. 1 l Bartholomew, lbw, b McCann .. 57 w. Beasley, lbw, b Burtt .. 0 t ™H rray ’ std Condliffe, b Burtt .. 5 1 Wilson, lbw, b Burtt .. .. 0 «. Brown, c Birch, b Burtt .. .. 18 u c Bayley, b McCann .. 9 Metcalfe, not out .. ' .. 1 “•Bennett, c Birch, b Burtt .. .. 1 extras (byes 10 leg byes 8, wide 1) 19 „ Total .. .. ..IsT Bowling;—N. S. McCann, 19, 4, 47, 3; C. Collins, 5,2, 18, 1; T. Burtt, 21.2, 5, 42. 6; E- Mulcock, 8,2, 11, 0. y _ ' Second Innings t K® 6 ? 1 c Birch, b Mulcock .. 3 i Davies, lbw, b Burtt 0 Faloon, c Batstone, b Mulcock .. 2 Beasley, b McCann 1 ?• Murray, std Bayley, b Burtt .: 30 •r’ n arr ? el! ’ c Smith, b McCann .. 2 y Bartholomew, std Bayley, b Burtt 6 n „ Uaon - c Condliffe, b Smith .. 7 B- Metcalfe, not out .. .. . - 4 “• Brown, not out .. .. .. 1 Extras (byes 12, leg byes 3) .. 15 Total for eight wickets .. 71 E - Mulcock, 7, 4. 15, 2; T. a U I‘ t ’ T ll ’ 4. 28, 3; N. S. McCann, 4,1, •’ < J. Smith, 1,0, 4,2. ST. ALBANS N Flrst Innings c Beasley, b Metcalfe .. 0 T i».’.-£ a ' stone ’ lbw, b Metcalfe .. 28 c Parnell, b Beasley .. 41 » d nm Bartholomew, b Murray .. 26 ' P. O’Brien, b Leech .. . • 43 G r £ ondl iffe, lbw. b Metcalfe .. 22 T ni c Brown, b Metcalfe .. 22 N not out 29 ’ not out .. ? Extras (byes 12. leg by»s 6) .. 18 Total for seven wickets (declared) 238 y^owiing:—H. Metcalfe, 14, 4, 91, 3; D L t X’ll l - S - Il W. Beasley, 5,1, 21. 0 * 2Q artholon * e w, 6.1, 0, 55, 1; J. Leech, O?i? t o2 ulstcbureh v - Old Collegians dav rtrns were scored during the chnrJ-2 mat ch between West Christ2 nd Old Collegians. West ChristbaSrL began fairly well, but the last six fo’- £ aile( i and the side, after batting old J? o ™*’ was °«t for 167. P. ArnAlne^ d p ‘ T - Ager batted well, P. H. T. thouob steady and consistent, al-DenK-xL.be did not take a wicket. H. E torSi ’exploiting a patch at one end, WickJL ball sharply and took six Old After losing tnree wickets early, in th;°V- e^lans gave a dour display, and 55 r-ine minutes before stumps scored Scores:— WEST CHRISTCHURCH

W s First Innings p. b Mac Gibbon .. 14 R. j%Su lbw ’ b Mac Gibbon .. 42 bon SSldy ’ c Hamilton, b Mac GiW c Benham, b Macbeth - • 42 D. W o2?*»- std Buchanan, b Denham 27 R. g c Sheppard, b Denham 3 B c and b Denham .. 4 J. S Pn7u e F thwaite - c and b Denham 9 M jA. atr ’ ck . c Mac Gibbon, b Denham 2 J. / SS? 0 - n ot out .. 5 c Sheppard, b Denham 0 ban D yes 13 ’ leg byes 4 ’ D ° 18 Bnwi Total •• 167 T - Alpers, 29, 16, 35, 0; kam,' 21 • 7 « 46. 3; H. E. DenI: C e V, 33 ’ 6: N - L. Macbeth, 11, 2, G. Hamilton, 5,1, 14, 0.

old collegians I t. i Shaw P- ™ out” 1 ’ b Pa “ C ' k ? H -3^-V°o n ut b “ n " 23 5 Extras (byes 2, i eg D y e i) " 3 S. B V ° 9 : ? «. <hM. lobbstoV’a: I: hTD B ° T ° k xVr: i: ai+r Sydenham v. Riccarton made 1 ? 5 mln utes. J. Jacobs Culten ’ the * m S'e but apart from »• tlSing « 139 d Th‘in le A n i nth and A I? < Th™ A. Clapshaw ductive l ioS? ley C. - ln an unexpectedly proutes c?»^? rslup^added ” Ip « minas a SSS- • wbo has few admirers atsman, gave a courageous and without l?i^ ay i;- an TO al ‘hough he was not lUvk, his 72 was the highest in--21 S a ’ score 01 the day He scored dur.ne th„ e ß , oVer ? rom W- Spong, and im ? minutes for which he batted were scored, and Riccarton’s factnri ran^ for y e w fr ? m mediocre to satisSrtSL » bowling by A. Candlish fi?st &?L by , R - st u art gave Riccarton a liS i^ ln |.i lead oi . 19 • Sydenham totalRtVimlo K^ b i? was increased to 94 before bu t two wickets were lost, S. M. Sco?es°— ver y well indeed. RICCARTON , , First Innings J. Jacobs, b Smith ~ , 31 Watford, c and b McKay .. 5 B- Cullen, b McKay 29 F. Dawson, b Smith .. 0 R. Stuart, c Kerr, b Spong .. ..10 L. Newman, b Spong .. ..12 k. King, lbw, b Cameron .. .. 0 ".• Y? n S lish - c McKay, b Burtt .. 6 . • Strachan, c Reece, b Spong .. 11 A. Clapshaw, b McKay .. .. 72 A. H. Sibley, not out .. .. 32 Extras (byes 4, leg byes 4) 8 , Total .. .. ..216 Bowlmg.—S. M. Cameron, 13, 3, 35, 1; D. McKay, 15, 2, 49, 3; C. Smith, 5,1, 28, 2; N. V. Burtt. 9,0, 42, 1; W. Spong. 10. 1, _ Second Innings O. Whitford, c Davidson, b Cameron 11 L. Newman, not Qut .. .. 2 R. King, lbw, b Cameron .. .. 0 J. Jacobs, not out .. .. 2 Extras .. .. .. 0 Total for two wickets .. 15 Bowling.—S. M. Cameron, 7,4, 8,2; A. Burgess, 4,2, 6,0; D. McKay, 2,1, 1, 0. SYDENHAM First Innings C. Smith, c Dawson, b Stuart .. 19 M. Metcalfe, b Sibley .. .. 0 A. Burgess, b Candlish .. ..36 F. Kerr, run out .. .. 4 J. Reece, lbw, b Candlish .. .. 17 D. McKay, std Jacobs, b Candlish .. 26 S. M. Cameron, not out .. .. 25 N. Davidson, b Candlish .. .. 1 B. Warren, c Cullen, b Stuart .. 1 N. V. Burtt, c Newman, b Stuart .. 1 W. Spong, lbw, b Stuart .. 0 Extras (byes 3, leg byes 3, no ball Total .. ..137 Bowling.—R. Stuart, 18.4, 5, 34, 4; A. H. Sibley, 15, 5, 31, 1; A. Candlish, 21, 5, .52, 4; F. Dawson, 7,2, 13, 0. LOWER GRADES SECOND GRADE A East Christchurch 184 (Egan 41, Besley 40, Moultrie 30 not out) met High School Old Boys 179 for seven (Keys 52 not out, Kinley 33, Cater 31). For East, Bennett took three for 41, and for Old Boys, Leonard took five for 47. West Christchurch 171 (Holland 66, Hind 32) met Lancaster Park 115 (Small 24, McLennan 23). For West, Nicholls took six for 28, Turner four for 18; for Lancaster Park, Dougall took six for 38, Empson two for 24. St. Albans 210 (Knowles 66, Ormiston 50, Nelson 23) met Sydenharti 158 for six (Dougall 49, Little 27, Shackel 23). For Sydenham, Ryde took five for 73, Smart five for 75. SECOND GRADE B

High School Old Boys 308 for eight declared (Robson 142, Stribling 39, Sloane 27, Eggleton 30 not out, Keyes 28 not out) met St. Albans 69 for two. For St. Albans Tucker took five for 92. Sydenham 156 (Thomas 50, Bellamy 20, Young 22 retired) met Technical Old Boys 142 (Roach 52, Sedgley 23 not out), and 47 for no wickets. For Sydenham, Thomas took four for 47, Hay two for 32; for Technical, Jackson took five for 57. Bartholomew four for 61. St. Bede’s College 156 (Cullen 43, Guthrie 27) met West Christchurch 51 for five (Dimmock 23). For West Christchufch Stave took eight for 66. University 228 (Collins 65, Rawstron 60, Hern 45) met Christ’s College 80 for one wicket (Quentin-Baxter 55 not out). THIRD GRADE A West Christchurch 159 for seven declared (Fernandez 56) met St. Albans 64 (Jones 15). For West Christchurch, Polson took five for 14, Petrie three for 7Lancaster Park 215 (Chapple 105, O’Callaghan 24, Jones 21) met Sydenham 131 for eight (McLeod 41, Shackel 30, Gleeson 21). For Lancaster Park, Grey took four for 41, Bamfield four for 37; for Jjiydenham, Breene took three for 47. West Old Boys 133 (Dixon 39 not out, Thorne 34, Hannam 20) met East Christchurch 1J)8 (Lloyd 19 not out). For West Old Boys James took five for 43, Newburn three for 9; for East, Pocock took five for 53, Andrews three for 26, Gensik two for 25. High School Old Boys 182 for seven (Smith 42, Nixon 26, Holmes 24 not out) met Riccarton 124 (Mackie 31, Johansen 31, Dowie 23). For Old Boys, Smith took four for 46. and for Riccarton, Frew took two for 41. THIRD GRADE B Old Collegians 175 for nine declared (Bruce 36, Mitchell 27, McClelland 23) drew with West High School 165 for nine (Low 67. Brownless 17, Hooper 17). For Old Collegians Peers took six for 40, HaU two for 30; for West High School, Brown took two for 6. Technical Old Boys 129 (Burgess 36, Stevens 26) beat Christ’s College 119 (Northcote 37, Averill 23)r.by 10 runs on the first innings. For Technical, Woodham took three for 29; and for Christ’s College Iles took four for 21. St. Bede’s Old Boys 116 (O’Connell 31, Guthrie 17. Gorman 16) beat West Old Boys 111 (French 19, Allsop 17) by five runs on the first innings. For St. Bede s Old Boys, O’Connell took five for 28, Garlick four for 25; for West Old Boys; Reader took five for 34, McOscar three for 28. cl., St. Albans-Cathedral Grammar School Old Boys 150 (A. Russell 29, J. Rothenberg 26, R. Dodgson 20, D. Manhire 17) beat University 85 (F. Brice 24, Cowell 14). Bowling for University, Moore took five for 28. For St. Albans, Dodgson took three for 5 and Manhire four for 38.

FOURTH GRADE A Christ’s College 90 (Stewart 16, Smith 15, Morrow 15) beat East Christchurch 33 (Whiting 12) and 46 (Johnson 25) by an innings and 11 runs. For College, Smith took five for 13 and seven for 19. Burry three for 11, Hinty one for 5; for East Christchurch, Whiting took five for 16 Riccarton 76 (Mathie 18) and 52 for three declared (Garnett 19, Hastie 17 not out) beat Boys’ High School 50 (Kennedy 24) and 51 (Kennedy 14, Pattison 18) by 27 runs. For Riccarton, Swanston took five for 30, Hastie three for 10, and three for 12, Henderson five for 11; for Boys High School, Kaplan took four for 7, Pattison Papanui Technical College 109 (Joy 27, Paahi 22, Washington 19) and 37 for four wickets (Riordan’l6) beat Sydenham 77 (Williams 35 not out) by 32 runs on the first innings. For Papanui Technical, Watts took three for 13, Findley three for 13 and three for 12; for Sydenham, Lothagan took five for 26, Mumford three £ °St. 'sede’s Old Boys 135 (O’Connor 53. Hodgins 45) beat St. Albans 121 (Sail 28. Langley 31) by 14 runs on the first innings... For St. Bede's Old Boys, Hodgins took six for 31, Walsh two for 26, for St. Albans. Austin took three for 25, Smith two for 2, Millow two for 6 Lancaster Park 212 (Royfee 52, Kirkpatrick 40, Reardon 47) drew with St. Bede’s College 112 for nine (O Flaherty 52 not out. Hayward 17). For Lancaster Park. Royfee took four for 43, Lawlor two for 7; for St. Bede’s Kidd took two for 19 Riordan two for 32. FOURTH GRADE B Lancaster Park 97 (Milne 20, Deakins 16 not out, Howden 12) and 39 for two (Drury 18, Howden 11 not out) beat Christ’s College 57 (Barker 17. Gibson 11) and 63 (Gwynne 13, Barker 10) by eight wickets. For Lancaster Park Howden took two for 10 and three for 14, Hudson three for 8, Burt two for 0 and two for 15, Drury two for 12, and two for 8; for Christ’s College, Oakley took five for 16 .Fraser three for 27, Barker two for 14. St. Andrew’s College 155 for seven declared (Frost 63, Aston 36. Gray 21) beat St Bede’s College 7 and 87 (Stopforth 28. Batchelor 21 not out by an innings and 61 runs. Fbr St. Andrew’s College, McGarrv took eight for 3. Kensington five for 19, Aston three for 24; for St. Bede s College. Meredith took three for 30.

SUBURBAN GAMES

EIGHTH ROUND MATCHES I r < r ?P nd of matches in the I ♦1^ I >^s, burcb x übur ban Cricket Associa- i competition was commenced on Satweather, and on good wicA. 11 tbe senior games at the end ?xzoi4-v, e j ,n an interesting state. Waltham had a first innings lead of eight .Harewood. Beckenham, 47 runs Peb. md .with six wickets to fall, had an interesting game with Spreydon. Matchless has two wickets in hand and is 15 runs behind Railway. Results:— „ SENIOR A 93 J V - Miller 38 - K - Watson ini r° for three wickets met Waltham Lawrence 33, H. Adams 17). For Waltbam - F. Anderson took six for 13. 152 (B. Wilson 57, A. Manning Mitchell 20) met Matchless 137 for eight wickets (N. Smythe 74, E. Grenfell Railway, A. Spier took four wickets for 17, Norton three for 23, and Gordon three for 43. «, S P r^ yd . on J 6B (J - Hall 55, C. Smith 24) met Beekenham 121 for four wickets (D. tl; ® t °o2 s , 72 ’ M - Heath 22). For Beckenham, Stokes took seven wickets for 36 ' SENIOR B „ Wattham 205 (Barnard 51, Barnes 34, W.M.C. 21 for two wickets. cIe SS took three wickets for 26 runs. aoF icca * rt 2?L 229 < D - Fore 103, C. Ayres It,', met Shirley 51 for six wickets. For Shirley, Gottermeyer took five wickets for 31 runs. io? u ZH ner 1 43 (Timm 20) met Sunnyside 139 (Poore 29 not out, Bisphan 54). Bowlm®> Sumner, Read took four for 50 and Timm four for 34, and for Sunnyside Fulton took three for 36.

n , JUNIOR A Beckenham 114 (N. Thompson 43) met Roslyn 66. For Beckenham. 4. Hoyle took six wickets for 25. St. Albans 110 (Forward 52, Greenwood 37) met New Brighton 113 for four wickets (McLean 26 not out). For New Brighton, McLean took five wickets for 17 runs. JUNIOR B Wahhiim 164 (Cole 41, Ryder 41, Weir 30 L,’P 61 Templeton 42 for two wickets. Shirley 148 (Agassiz 43, Burns 33, Poulsen 27) met Halswell 87 for one wicket (G a P«s 61). Bowling for Halswell, A. Street took five for 38 and Skinner two for 9. W.M.C. 152 (L. Cahill 68, Connor 21. Clarke 20 not out) met Northcote 93 for six wickets (Merrin 29). e JUNIOR C Riccarton 84 met Beckenham 270 for eight wickets (Wakelin 72, Moore 56, Besley 52 not out). Enterprise 148 (Myall 51 not out) and 54 for one wicket met Lyttelton Watersiders 112. For Lyttelton Herd took four wickets for 20 runs. Weeks 162 for four declared (Hore 50, Miller 38 not out, Kerr 38) beat Harewood 82 and 58 by an innings and 22 runs. For Weeks, Fox took 7 wickets for 22 runs and six for 13. THIRD A Beckenham 181 (G. Hoar 56, M. McCree 38, V. Craig 35) beat Perrys 116 (P. Spillane 27, H. Banks 43) by 65 runs on the first innings. For Beckenham, V. Craig took five wickets for 9 runs. Tramways 177 for nine wickets declared (Cook 73, Patrick 72) beat Sumner 97 (Woodward 30, McNabb 24) by 80 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Sumner, Moore took three for 29 and Stephenson four for 47, and for Tramways Brown took six for 32 and Beauvais four for 23.

Greens 239 for nine wickets declared (Dempsey 55) belt Waltham 170 (Dawson 51 by 69 rms on the first innings. Lyttelton 154 for six (E. Thomas 71 not out) beat Matchless 148 (Marshall 28) by six runs on the first innings. THIRD B Heathcote 98 (Read 57) and 86 for three wickets declared beat Waltham 92 and 44 for two wickets, by six runs on the first innings. For Heathcote Hay took five wickets for 25 runs. New Brighton 55 and 55 for three wickets beat Bowrons 55 and 52 for seven wickets declared, by seven wickets. For Bowrons Lawler took seven widkets for 11 runs and for New Brighton Scott took five for 19. Opawa 178 for four wickets declared beat St. Michael’s 76 and 70 by an innings and 32 runs. W.M.C. 64 (Fox 22) and 53 for four wickets (Hughes 21) beat Northcote 50 (Skerton 15) by 14 runs on the first innings. Bowling for W.M.C., Gordon took five for 16 and for Northcote N. Hayes took four for 14. THIRD C Southern 140 for seven declared (Calvert 64) beat Radley 96 and 44 for five wickets by 44 runs on the first innings. Waltham 123 (SeddOn 55) and 20 for no wicket declared, beat Shirley 73 and 50 by 20 runs. , Tramways beat Spreydon by default. Beckenham 149 (Anderson 34) beat Grosvenor 98 and 127 for six wickets (McKenzie 84) by 51 runs on the first innings. For Grosvenor McKenzie took four wickets for 10 runs and for Beckenham Anderson took five for 25. CHRISTCHURCH SUBURBAN BEAT ASHBURTON The Christchurch Suburban Association beat Ashburton by six runs on the first Innings in a representative cricket match played at the Ashburton domain on Saturday. Ashburton won the toss and elected to bat on a firm wicket. The opening batsmen gave the side a good start even though the first wicket was lost with the score at. 22. D. Watt and H. Jordan scored steadily before the lastnamed was run out. The partnership, which realised 50 runs, was invaluable to the side, for after Watt had been dismissed four batsmen lost their wickets for the addition of only 12 runs. Watt was the mainstay of the side, and though his innings was not a chanceless one, his 51 was the highest individual score of the day. The eighth wicket partnership added 32 runs to the total, L. Nottle making 22 not out and L. Moore 21. The innings closed for 134 runs. Off 22 overs H. Thompson had 57 runs scored off him in capturing four Ashburton wickets. Other successful bowlers were Jack Smith, two wickets for one run, and D. Beer, three for 43. Suburban lost its first two wickets cheaply and then G. Cullen (32) and W. Oliver (21) settled down to raise the score from 17 to 59. G. Barnes continued the good work before he was bowled by Jordan for 34. None of the other batsmen remained long at the wicket. With seven wickets down for 135 runs it appeared as though the side would have a fairly comfortable victory. Good bowling by Jordan, however, dismissed two batsmen with successive balls and shortly afterwards the innings closed for 140 runs Ashburton used eight different bowlers in its attack, H. Jordan with three wick23 runs, taking the most wickets. L. Moore, though only dismissing one batsman for a total of 13 runs, bowled very consistently in his 14 overs, five of which were maidens. Details of the match are:—

Ashburton.—D. Watt, c Priest, b Beer, 51; J. Doig, b Thompson, 6; H. Jordan, run out, 19; M. Wall, b Thompson, 0; A. Cade, b Thompson, 5; K. Nlcoll, b Beer, 0; C. Price, c Priest, b Beer, 1; N. Nottle, not out, 22; D. McKay, st Priest, b Thompson, 5; L. Moore, b Jack Smith, 21; P. Zouch, c and b Jack Smith, 1; extras, 3.—Total, 134.

Bowling.—H Thompson 22 overs, 7 maidens, 57 runs, 4 wickets; D. Beer 15, 1, 48. 3; J. Smith 4,1, 5,0; W. Olliver 4. D, 20, 0; Jack Smith 1.5, 0,1, 2. Suburban.—J. Smith, c Nottle, b Wall, 10; H. Pickering, lbw, b Wall, 0; G. Cullen, c Zouch, b Doig, 32; W. Oliver, lbw, b Zouch, 21; G. Barnes,, b Jordan, 34; J. Smith, c Jordan, b Moore, 6; N. Priest, b Doig, 13; R. Fergus, not out, 3; V. Wentworth, c and b Jordan. 0; H. Thompson, c Price, b Nicoll, 3; D. Beer, c Doig, b Jordan, 0; extras, 18.—Total, 140. Bowling.—M. Wall, 10, 0, 27, 2; L. Moore, 14, 5, 13, 1; H. Jordan 8,0, 23, 3; N. Nottle 3,0, 9,0; P. Zouch 4,1, 11, 1. D. McKay 5. 2, 10. 0; J. Doig 7,0, 26, 2; K. Nicoll 2,0, 2, 1.

TWO PLAYERS INJURED Two wicketkeepers, F. R. Davey (Lancaster Park) and R. J. Brown (Technical), were injured in senior matches on Saturday. Batting at Hagley Park' against West Old Boys, Davey deflected a rising ball on to his jaw. Brown, keeping wicket against St. Albans at Lancaster Park, was also hit on the jaw when he failed to hold a sharply rising ball. Both men received attention for cuts at the Christchurch Public Hospital.