SUBURBAN GAMES

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27274, 15 February 1954, Page 3

SUBURBAN GAMES

BECKENHAM REGAINS LEAD Beckenham secured an outright win over Hillsborough, and Matchless beat Waltham on the first innings on Saturday in the Suburban Cricket Association’s senior competition. This places Beckenham in the lead for the championship, with a lead of three points over Waltham. Papanui passed the W.M.C. first innings total with the loss of three wickets, H. Sherwood batting well for 103. Following are the match points to date in the senior grade:—Beckenham 38. Waltham 35. Matchless 28. Papanui 24, W.M.C. 16, Hillsborough 9. Results were:— SENIOR GRADE Beckenham 179 for five wickets declared and 28 for three wickets beat Hillsborough 106 and 101 (Anderson 39, Nuttridge 31) by seven wickets. For Beckenham Mitchell took four for 25 and Colombus two for 5. Papanui 224 for three wickets (Sherwood 103, Barnes 56, Beckett 20) beat W.M.C. 183 by seven wickets. Matchless 166 (Smythe 28, Gallaher 27, Wason 23, Marsh 24) and 125 for five wickets (Smythe 40, Grenfell 24) beat Waltham 157 and 141 for six wickets declared (Callender 34 not out, Cooke 28, Wilson 27 not out) by 9 runs on the first innings. For Matchless Beer took three for 34. SENIOR B GRADE Shipping 83 and 158 for five wickets (Dale 75 not out. Groves 21 not out) be it Spreydon 162 and 72 by five wickets. For Shipping Scott took three for 5, and for Sprevdon Irving took seven for 21. Wigram 153 (Mullinder 57. Casey 23. Britton 35) and 111 for five wickets (Thomas 45, Casey 27) beat Waltham 133 and 127 for seven wickets declared by five wickets. For Wigram Hickford took four for 63, and for Waltham Hamilton took three for 17 and Rayner four for 33. New Brighton 202 (Buxton 109) and 78 for eight wickets beat Sumner 164 and 155 for three wickets declared (J. Smith 49, Malley 42 not out, Hewitt 42) by 38 runs on the first innings. Fcr Sumner Hewitt took five for 24.

JUNIOR A GRADE Papanui 202 (Robertshaw 36, Robertson 30) and 83 for five wickets (Cole 39) beat Shirley 111 and 214 for four wickets declared (Watson 86, Marshall 41, Coleman 32 not out) by 91 runs on the first innings. For Shirley Wentworth took four for 55 and Sunderland three for 23 and three for 13.

Mairehau 70 and 128 for eight wickets (Simpson 50, Campbell 35 not out) beat Southern 126 and 67 by two wickets. For Mairehau Campbell took four for 26 and Saunders three for 16, and for Southern Washington took three for 42. JUNIOR B GRADE W.M.C. 158 and 174 (Hudson 86) beat Army 119 and 211 (Brownlees 85, Garner 25 not out) by 2 runs. St. Albans 129 and 105 for three wickets (Winter 34. Dickson 35 not out, Rowe 32) beat Heathcote 40 and 193 ( Waine 67) by seven wickets. For St. Albans Winter took five for 53. Matchless 241 and 151 for five wickets (Hudson 45. Mallard 35) beat Riccarton 179 (Dawkins 66 not out) by 62 runs on the first innings. For Matchless Goode took four for 38. JUNIOR C GRADE Beckenham 264 for nine wickets declared (Bartlett 92, Hoffman 34) beat Waltham 65 and 147 by an innings and 52 runs. For Beckenham Bartlett took two for 12 and four for 38. THIRD A GRADE Waltham 187 (Dacombe 51, Vallance 34) drew with W.M.C. 167 for nine wickets (Fraser 55. Tootel 30, Newnham 41). For Waltham Fright took three for 8, and for W.M.C. Toctel took four for 38. Burwoqd 156 for two wickets declared (Lindergreen 76, Rogers 31 not out, Betteridge 25 not out) beat Beckenham 141 (Gibson 39. Molloy 24) by 15 runs. For Burwood Roberts took three for 33. Riccarton 192 (McDonald 85, Campbell 27 not' out) beat Grosvenor 113 (S. 800 l 46, G. Farmer 22) by 79 runs. For Riccarton Clarke took four for 26, and tor Grosvenor T. Farmer took five for 43 and J. Pool three for 51. Hillsborough 142 (Thomas 41, Melting 28) beat Merivale 135 (Breen 37, Levey 28) by 7 runs. For Hillsborough, Carson took five for 26 and Smitheram three for 28; and for Merivale, Dobbs took four for 40 and Pearce three for 41. Halswell 137 (Moffatt 27) beat Tramways 29 and 61 by an innings and 46 runs. For Halswell, Ayers took three for 13 and four for 27, and McEwan three for 14; and for Tramways, Hill took four for 32 and Newman (four for 5. THIRD B GRADE Spreydon 199 beat Grosvenor 134 by 65 runs. For Spreydon, R. Johannsen took three for 27 and J. Johannsen two for 11; and for Grosvenor, Burton took six for 86. / Sunnyside 130 (Thompson 66 retired) and 70 for four wickets beat Heathcote 183 and 109 for four declared (Adams 29, : Petheram 23) by six wickets. For Sunny-

side, Thompson took four for 26 and Wagon four for 27; and for Heathcote Bates took four for 46. Shirley 158 (McCrorie 75 not out. Hooper 28) beat Beckenham 152 (Wear 39, Moore 21) by 6 runs. For Shirley, Steel took Three for 51 and Choat five for 42; and for Beckenham, Wear took five for 70. Sydenham League 204 for six wicketdeclared (Bumside 42, Graham 39, Slattery 32) beat Hitisborough 83 by 121 runs. For Sydenham, Robinson took seven for 19; and for Hillsborough, Wakefield took three for 42. Templeton Farm 207 (McGlinchy 67, Beck 39) beat Burwood 53 by 154 runs. For Templeton, McGlinchy took four for 30; and for Burwood, Betteridge took four for 23. THIRD C GRADE Opawa 137 (Cronin 41, Bush 20) beat Beckenham 101 (Hobbs 21) by 36 runs. For Beckenham, Harris took five for 54; and for Opawa, Cronin took four for 28. Southern 125 (Park 31, H. Taylor 25) beat New Brighton 98 (Rogers .42) by 27 runs. For Southern. L. Bain took six for 34; and for New Brighton Kilroy took seven for 74. Sumner 148 (McDonald 28, Cross 26» beat Matchless 26 and 84 (Waterland 27 not out), by an innings and 38 runs. For Sumner, Campbell took five for 12 and six for 31; and for Matchless, Hamilton took three for 21 and five for 24. Riccarton 196 (R. Fraser 49, G. Wootton 32, E. Timms 31, B. Woodham 30) beat Cambridge Terrace 86 for 110 runs. For Riccarton, R. Fraser took four for 20 and C. Timms three for 2; and for Cambridge Terrace, Corps took four for 42. MERCANTILE SECTION Greens 155 (Sandom 52, Fraser 48) drew with Osborne 121 for nine wickets (Bowen 24, Mathison 24). For Greens. Smith took four for 10 and Liddell four for 33; and for Osborne, Thomas took four for 44. Telegraph 195 for seven wickets declared (Bromley 47, Liddell 35) beat M. 0.5.8. 87 (Talbot 42, Andrews 20) by 108 runs. For Telegraph, Bromley took six for 42. Urlwins 112 (Walls 46, Cosgrove 31) beat N.A.C. 48 and 106 (E. Connor 32. Cotter 50 not out) by 64 runs on the first innings. For Urlwins, Clarke took six for 33, Walls three for 15, and Ward six for 44; and for N.A.C., Clark took four for 33 and Cotter four for 30. Atlas 107 for three wickets declared and 16 for no wickets beat Peerless 37 and 83 by 10 wickets. For Atlas, Batchelor took three for 22. Radley 160 (McGuire 35, Gearry 34) beat British Shoes 78 (Taylor 34) by 82 runs. For Radley, McGuire took four for 33 and Barnett five for 33; and for Britisn Shoes, Pope took three for 50. UNDER 15 GRADE Beckenham 116 (Black 40 not out) beat Mairehau A .86 (Kington 24) by 30 runs. For Beckenham, Garters took three for 20 and Wise three for 17; and for Mairehau, Saunders took four for 34 and Thornton four for 31. Mairehau 84 (Robertson 43) beat bans 34 by 50 runs. For Mairehau, Gosney took six for 10 and Motz four for 16; and for St. Albans, Taylor took five for 29.'