SUBURBAN GAMES

Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25936, 17 October 1949, Page 3

SUBURBAN GAMES

COMPETITIONS BEGIN The Suburban Cricket Association’s competitions began on Saturday under most favourable weather and wicket conditions. Scores:— Senior Grade New Brighton 119 (J. Hay 50, M. Reynolds 18) met Harewood 149 (R. Bell 53, A. Shipley 25). For Harewood Hinton took two for 19 and Bell two for 20, and for New Brighton Fuller took three for 28 and Hay five for 30. Sumner 77 (Davies 18, Searrell 17 not out) and 14 for two wickets met Beckenham 182 (Stokes 63. Weatherhead 21). For Beckenham Griffiths took five for 32 and Stokes two for 11. Spreydon 312 for nine wickets (H. Bougen 71. B. Badger 57, W. Weatherhead 82, C. Smith 28) met Matchless. For Matchless Sheehan took three for 36. Senior Reserve W.M.C. 91 (Martin 33. Loasby 25) met Waltham 56. For W.M.C. C. Beere took six for 13 and Warr three for 15, and for Waltham Kissell took three for 14 and Barnes three for 17. St.-Albans 60 (Greenwood 21) and 30 for one wicket met Watersiders 103 (McClinchy 45). For St. Albans Hern took seven for 46. and for Watersiders Hannigan took four for 26 and Skerton two for 9. Wigram 128 (Codling 53) met Sunnyside 157 (Barnes 44. McCarthy 31, Oliver 29). For Wigram Saymell took four for 33 and Codling four for 40, and for ’Surihyside, Vincent took three for 16. Junior A Grade Beckenham 205 (Robinson 114) met Waltham 101 (Warr 24). For Beckenham, O’Connor took four for 22; and for Waltham Reid took four for 45. and Rayner three for 47. W.M.C. 133 (Hughes 31, R. Gordon 31, Fail 30) met Shirley 10.7 for seven wickets (Wentworth 36, Paulsen 29). For W.M.C.. Hamilton took three for 7; and for Shirley Paulsen took three for 10, and Leigh three for 17. Albion 208 for four wickets (Edginton 64 not out. Herd 45, Stewart 41, Dyer 25) met Riccarton 113 (Leith 25, Clark 21 not out). For Albion, Barbour took five for 37, and Morgan four for 34. Junior B Grade Matchless 106 (Walsh 38, Cookson 23) met Tramways 86 and 51 for two wickets (Piner 32. Harris 21). For Matchless, Walsh took four for 24; and for Tramways, R. Downing took five for 55, and Piner three for 34. Papanui 212 (Lynch 47, Whiting 39) met Opawa 138 for five wickets (Mitchell 38 not out, McCrorje 40). For Opawa, G. Brough took seven for 64. Hillsborough 155 (Smitheram 69, Neill 28, Wright 24) met Southern 114 for nine wickets (Newton 30, Mclntyre 28 not out, Washington 23). For Hillsborough, Prebble took seven for 43; and for Southern Washington took five for 70, and Wilson four for 22. Junior C Grade Shipping 158 (Anderson 32, Hyde 30, Nott 27) met Waltham 87 (J. Breen 32) and six for no wickets. For Shipping, Nott took three for 20, and Porteous three for 23; and for Waltham, Cadman took four for 48, and Applin three for 57. New Brighton 311 (Sturgess 78, Campbell 54, Marriott 24) met Halswell 27 and 14 for one wicket. For Halswell. Fairlie took six for 92; and for New Brighton Dunlop took five for 8, and Walton three for 14. Merivale 270 (Leney 118, Jordan 34, Tay•lor 28, Pearce 20) met Templeton. For Templeton, Kyle took three for 37, and> Alsop three for 48. Junior D Grade Sumner 145 (Chitty 91 not out) met Beckenham 112 (Swinney 33. Scapens 22). For Sumner, Stoneman took four for 26, and Clifford four for 40; and for Beckenham. O’Brien took three for 10, and McGill three for 36. Barrineton 110 (Myall 60) and 81 (Myall 27, Kimm 25) met Spreydon 65. For Barrington, Myall took five for 19, and Beswick three for 17; and for Spreydon, Irning took four for 10. and Bascand four for 29. Manchester 64 and 66 for one wicket (Saunders 32, Evans 21 not out) beat Southern, 55 and 59 by nine wickets. For Manchester. Saunders took five for 7 and five for 1, and Murphy three for 9; and for Southern Kirk took five for 16. Third A Grade St. Albans 148 beat Heathcote 22 and 73 by an innings and 53 runs. New Brighton beat Watersiders by default. m Waltham 154 (D. Syme 65, Thomas 38, Dacombe 25) drew with Papanui 108 for eight wickets (Coles 33). For Waltham, Watt took three for 19 and Thomas three for 30; and for Papanui Cook took four f P r 37 • C-W.M.C. 114 (Henderson 49, Hansen 37) beat Grosvenor 100 (Tullett 31, Buston 20) by 14 runs. For Grosvenor, Chidgey took four for 12 and Tullett four for 8. THIRD B GRADE St. Michael's 143 for one wicket declared (Shear 70 not out, Jordan 38 not out, Martin 26) beat Waltham 68 and 73 for six wickets (Johnston 23) by 75 runs on the first innings. For St. Michael’s, Annand took five for 19 and Shear three for 11. Riccarton 96 (L. Raxworthy 29, Mitchell 25) beat Shirley 91 (Leigh 29) by five runs. For Riccarton, M. Raxworthy took three for 26 and McDonnell three for 28; and for Shirley, Gapes took six for 21 and Paul three for 19. Lyttelton R.S.A. 62 and 46 for two wickets beat Merivale 29 and 72 by eight wickets. For Lyttelton, Parratt took six for 10 and two for 18. Bird three for 7, and Thomas four fqt 30; and for Merivale, Drummond took seven for 26 and Larnach three for 17. Harewood 157 for two wickets declared (Broadhurst 56 not out, Dodgson 37) beat Sunnyside 80 (Mann 26 not out) and 57 (Seek 22) by an innings and 20 runs. For Harewood, Cains took seven for 24, including the hat trick, and five for 19, and Johnson two for 5 and three for 12. THIRD C GRADE Heathcote 181 for six wickets declared (Lindup 72, Ireland 39) beat New Brighton 80 and 54 (Thompson 44) by an innings and 47 runs. For Heathcote, Ireland took four for 16 and six for 17. Opawa 109 for seven wickets declared and 44 for five wickets beat Albion 81 and 104 (Mullaly 33) by 28 runs on the first innings. For Opawa. Cronin took eight for 34 and four for 32, and Bennett four for 28; and for Albion, Weavey took four for 13 and Mullaly three for 10. Hillsborough 186 (Waltho 50, Sinclair 37) beat Matchless 68 (Robertson 23) and 46 by an innings and 72 runs. For Hillsborough, Kan took five for 27 and Waltho four for 21; and for Matchless, Randall, took four for 45 and Robertson three for M.

Beckenham 102 (Mooar 30) and 55 for two wickets declared beat Burwood 30 and 69 for 9 (Sampson 23) by 72 runs on the first innings. For Beckenham, Pascoe took six for 15, Millar four for 3, and Dick four for 13; and for Burwood, Snook took five for 41. FOURTH GRADE Spreydon 172 (Cague 32, Warrington 30) beat Grosvenor 123 (Thomas 37, C. Davis 27) by 49 runs. For Spreydon, Hoskins took three for 6; and for Grosvenor Gray took three for 17. Templeton beat Burwood by default. MERCANTILE A SECTION Lane, Walker, Rudkin 119 (Hart 27, Ostler 23) beat Addington Workshops 97 (Grenfell 38) by 22 runs. For L.W.R., Gosney took six for 19; and for Addington, Milligan took five for 41. • Wigram 163 (Palmer 42, Moore 37) beat Weeks 149 (Smart 33) by 14 runs. For Wigram, Cording took three for 9, and Moore three for 217; and for Weeks, Spence took six for 39. Radley 84 for eight wickets (Andrews 27) beat Hays 69 (Spencer 24) by 15 runs. For Radley, Rowe took four for 9; and for Hay's, Moffatt took two for 11 and Dehare two for 12. Atlas 152 (Armon 29, Le Compte 29, Sumpter 26) beat Millers 73 (Turner 23, Nuttall 21) by 79 runs. For Atlas, Donaldson took four for 12 and Lee f&ur for 27. T

Greens 161 (Voice 61) beat Telegraph 64 (Siebeck 21 not out) by 97 runs. For Greens, Irvine took three for 12, and Voice three for 17; and for Telegraph, Jenkinson took five for 31.

MERCANTILE B SECTION City Council B 105 beat National Airways 69 by 36 runs. For Council, Allard took three for 7 and Adams three for 11. Urlwins 170 (Hewitt 48) beat Weeks 50 and 104 (Irving 55 not out) by an innings and 16 runs. For Urlwins, Roberts took three for 13 and five for 12, Stewart five for 4, and Sloan three for 14. Farmers 83 beat Monarch 70 by 13 runs. For Farmers, Billens took four for 1 and Woods four for 27; and for Monarch. Ellis took four for 9 and Seaborne four for 30. British Shoes 149 (Pope 88) beat Peerless 130 (O’Neill 50) by 19 runs. For British Shoes, Pope took seven for 31; and for Peerless. O’Neill took four for 23 and Ireland four for 35.