SUBURBAN GAMES

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25135, 17 March 1947, Page 5

SUBURBAN GAMES

-FINAL ROUND PLAYED 1 BECKENHAM AND WALTHAM TIE Waltham and Beckenham had 46 points when the final round of the Suburban Cricket Association’s competitions concluded on Saturday. Next were Matchless and Railway, each with 27, and m a tie for last place, HareWbod and Spreydon gained 14 points. All the other grades, except third A, B, and C, have also concluded. » Beckenham made a strong bid to secure an eight point win from Spreydon on Saturday, but had to be content with a first innings victory; and Waltham made certain of the major points by a sixwicket win over Hare wood, Lawrence scoring a sound 62 not out in the second strike, ensuring them victory. Scores:— Senior A Beckenham 270 (K. Tolchard 57, N. Stokes 72) beat Spreydon 168 and 166 tH. Foster 58, J. Hall 34) by 102 runs on the first innings. For Beckenham, Stokes took five for 69, and for Spreydon, C. Smith four for 60. Waltham 101 and 134 for four wickets (Lawrence 62 not out) beat Hare wood 93 and 135 (K. Watson 34) by six wickets. For Waltham, G. Gearry took five for 40 and F Anderson five for 58. Railway 152 and 185 (R. Mitchell 92) beat Matchless 146 and 145 for three (N. Smyth 55, L. Gordon 52 not out) by six runs on the first innings. For Railway, R. Mitchell took six for 53, and for Matchless R. Norton took four for 34. Senior B Sumner 143 and 134 for eight wickets (Campbell 46) beat Sunnyside 139 and 138 (Jennings 32. Oliver 30) by four runs on the first innings. For Sunnyside, Oliver took five for 42, and for Sumner, Reid took four for 34. Riccarton 229 beat Shirley 101 and 233 (Oakley 62, Coleman 43, Smith 41) by 128 runs on the first innings. For Riccarton, C. Ayres took four for 42. Working Men’s Club 217 (Cullen 47, Fraser 41) beat Waltham 205 by 12 runs on the first innings. Junior A New Brighton 156 and 31 for two wickets beat St. Albans 110 and 74, by eight wickets. For St. Albans, Forward took five for 33, and fbr New Brighton McLean took five for 19. Beckenham, 114 and 104 for eight wickets, beat Roslyn, 66 and 147. by two wickets. For Roslyn, Ellis took four for 29. Junior B Waltham 164 and 102 for four wickets declared (Coles 30 not out, Duncroft 35) beat Templeton 130 and 64 for six wickets (Rowe 43) by 34 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Waltham, Weir took five for 36.

Halswell 161 and 56 for four wickets beat Shirley 148 and 97 (Gapes 27 not out) by 13 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Halswell. Childs took three tor 13, and Gates three for 14, and for Shirley, Agassiz took four for 27. Northcote 131 and 131 for six wickets (Walker 50 not out, F. Sisson 21 not out) beat Working Men’s Club 152 and 95 (L. Cahill 23) by four wickets. Bowling for Northcote, N. Walker took five for -38 and F. Sisson two for 4, and for Working Men’s Club Clarke took three for 23. JUNIOR C Enterprise 148 and 198 (Sunderland 82, Stewart 50) beat Lyttelton’ Watersiders 112 and 170 (Lawrence 86, Salomen 29) by 64 runs. Beckenham 318 for nine wickets declared (S. Besley 77 not out) beat Riccarton 84 and 170 by an innings and 64 runs. Bowling for Beckenham, Pascoe took four for 25 and Down one for 1. THIRD A New Brighton 155 for six wickets (Cullen 93) beat Waltham 120 (Butler 25) by 35 runs Matchless 192 (Flattery 62, Barlow 56 not out) beat Perrys 79. For Matchless, Marshall took six for 30. Oddfellows 146 (Newton 48, Leney 33) beat Greens 96 (Sloane 35) by 50 runs. Lyttelton R.S.A. 164 for six wickets (Wilson 53, Roche 36) beat Beckenham 150 (Gowans 33) by 14 runs. St. Albans 183 (Hamilton 47 not out, Field 33) beat Sumner 115 for seven wickets (Main 40, Wethey 23) by 68 runs. Rowling for St. Albans, Field took three for 14 and McNab two for 6, and for Sumner, Wethey two for 19 and Page two for 23. THIRD B Working Men’s Club 186 for two wickets declared (Fail 102 not out, Prattley 53 not out) beat Barnett Glass 57 by 129 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Working Men’s Club, Fox took five wickets for 9 runs.

St. Michael’s 82 (Thompson 26) and 172 (Spiers 50, Maxwell 55, Martin 27) beat Hillsborough 55 (Hands 29) and 62 for four wickets (A. Nuttridge 34) by 27 runs on the first innings. Bowling for St. Michael’s, Billcliff took seven for 22, and for Hillsborough A. .Nuttridge took five for 45 and J. Nuttridge three for 26:

Opawa 164 (Atkinson 37 not out) and 12 for two wickets beat New Brighton 96 (J. Frew 43) and 43, by eight wickets. Bowling for Opawa, Brough took six for 34 and six for 18.

Templeton 158 (Hill 40, Bush 38, Hampton 23) and 75 for one wicket declared (Hill 42) beat Bowrons 95 (Bromley 50) and 30 for one wicket, by 63 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Templeton. Hill took five for 38 and Alsop three for 13; and for Bowrons Lawler took four for 38. THIRD C Southern 140 (Calvert 22) beat Telegraph 68 (Seebeck 23) by 72 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Telegraph, Harvey took four for 42 and Rutledge four for 55, and for Southern Meynell took eight for 37. Radley 60 and 85 (Gearry 25) beat Waltham 49 and 84 (Speedy 23) by 12 runs Bowling for Radley, Rowe took six for 15 and Gearry five for 29, and for Waltham, Forrester took two for 44. Spreydon 140 (Sleeman 33, Soutter 21) beat Grosvenor 104 (Andrews 32, Gibson 24) by 36 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Spreydon, O’Dea took five for 18 and for Grosvenor Huband took six for 66.