CRICKET

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27501, 8 November 1954, Page 15

CRICKET

LOWER GRADES Matches in the Canterbury Cricket Association’s lower grades, held on Saturday, resulted as follows: SECOND GRADE A High School Old Boys 178 (Britton 70) and 152 for six beat West 130 (Franks five for 48) and 223 (Patrick 70), on the first innings. Lancaster Park 291 and 17 for one beat Riccarton 152 (Hill seven for 57) and 155 (McNaughton six for 57) by nine wickets Boys’ High School 400 for six declared (Dineen 142, Creighton IQ3. Pearce 68) beat Sydenham 280 and 46 for no wickets on the first innings. West Old Boys 254 (Moynihan 112) and 143 for six (Le Comte 56) beat St. Albans 295 (Low six for 37) and 99 by four wickets.

SECOND GRADE B St. Andrew’s College 2731 for nine declared (Anderson 71. Neilson 57) beat St. Bede’s College 200 (Lane five for 45) and 47 for three on the first innings. Technical Old Boys 153 (Logan 85, Hutchison six for 70) and 199 for one declared (Sibley 121 not out, Gray 70 not dut) beat Christ’s College 139 (Harman 54) and 69 for no wickets op the first innings. University 226 for nine declared (Timpson 56; Donnelly five for 67) beat Marfst 146 (Haskell five for 47) and 86 for four (O’Brien 52) on the first innings. SECOND GRADE C High School Old Boys 172 beat West Old Boys 114 and 47 by an innings and 11 runs. Old Collegians 222 (Harman 69, Norman 53; Gillard six for 81) and 110 for five beat East 150 on the first innings. Sydenham 147 (Besley 51) and 230 for five declared (Bosley 81, Forscutt 79) drew with West 147 and 207 for eight (Nee 50; Doidge five for 88). PRESIDENT’S GRADE Sydenham AP 56 (Hurcomb 64; Bisman six for 64) beat Sydenham B 104 (Hay six for 22) on the first innings. University A 184 for six declared (Walter 95) drew with Technical Old Boys 181 for eight (Murray 70 -not out). High School Old Boys 81 for five beat Marist 69 (Escott five for 27) on the first innings. Old Collegians 216 for six declared (Morten 69) drew with University B 92 for three. West 190 for eight declared (Lamb 71) drew with Riccarton 136 for four (Frew 69). THIRD GRADE A . High School Old Boys 101 and 224 for seven declared (Jennings 70; Hurst five for 55) beat St. Albans 46 and 160 for four on the first innings. Lancaster Park 125 for three declared (Dennis 57) and 124 for nine beat Papanui Technical Old Boys 46 and 218 (Syme 71) on the first innings. THIRD GRADE B Marist 261 and 75 for four drew with Lancaster Park 261 (Barnes 106). East 122 (Davis 51; Lapworth eight for 40) and 156 (West 59 not out) beat Riccarton 75 (Maffey five for 14) and 102 outright. ? West Old Boys 59 (Hughey five for 23) and 130 for three (Shanahan 65 not out) beat Old Collegians 92 (Todd five for 31) and 95 (Little five for 19) by seven wickets. THIRD GRADE C Boys’ High School 226 for nine declared (Gregg 68, not out) beat St. Andrew’s College 84 and 70 by an innings and 72 runs.

West High School 105 and 21 for no wickets beat Christ’s College 99 (Templeton five for 35) and 191 (Unwin 53; Snelling five for 53. Parker five for 51) on the first innings. 1 St. Bede’s 250 (Galvin 86, Smithe 69) and 55 for five wickets beat Papanui Technical 218 (Parris 56) on the first innings. FOURTH GRADE A East 119 for five beat High School Old Boys 117 (Hastie 50; Johnstone seven for 35) on the first innings. Sydenham 163 (Thompson 63) beat St. Albans 145 (Prisk 54) on the first innings. Lancaster Park 113 for nine beat Marist 71 on the first innings. FOURTH GRADE B Riccarton 167 for eight declared beat St. Albans 162 on the first innings. Sydenham 96 (Black five for 39) beat Lancaster Park 88 (Smith seven for 24) on the first innings. FOURTH GRADE C Boys High School B 209 (Krisnic 80) beat Chrisfs College B 69 (Krisnic six for 21) on the first innings. West High School 270 for four -declared (Clark 121, Underwood 86) drew with Christ’s College 186 for five (Thomas 102 not out). Boys’ High School C 108 and 61 for four beat St. Bede’s College B 83 (Milne five for 18) on the first innings. Boys’ High School A 178 (Lawler seven for 65)» beat St. Andrew’s College 162 (Lawler 73 not out) on the first innings. St. Bede’s A 219 (Connolly 59) beat Christchurch Technical 73 and 35 outright. Boys’ High School C 108 and 61 for four wickets beat St. Bede’s B 83 on the first innings.

SUBURBAN GAMES

THIRD ROUND BEGUN Wickets were in favour of the batsmen when the third round of the Suburban Cricket Association’s competitions was commenced on Saturday, and the light rain made the ball and outfield slippery. In each of the three senior games only one team batted in each match. Papanui made 246 against Waltham Sumner made 231 against Beckenham, ano W.M.C. made 234 for five wickets agains Matchless. Following are the results of the day': play:— SENIOR A GRADE Sumner 231 (McGregor 62, Stewart 46, Main 33. Chitty 30) met Beckenham. For Beckenham Mitchell took three for 63 and Butler two for 37. Papanui 246 (Barnes. 72, Joy 69, Eves 39, Sherwood 20) met Waltham. For Waltham Campbell took three for 56 and Collender three for 68. W.M.C. 234 for five wickets (McKay 71, Young 67, Fox 55, Brown 22) met MatchSENIOR B GRADE Spreydon 142 for seven wickets (Truman 42 not out, Bougen 44) met Shipping. Opawa 177 (Gemmell 65, Baker 37) met New Brighton 192 for two wickets (Buxton 99 not out, Messervy 36 not out). For New Brighton, Cockle took three for 39 and Walton three for 42. Wigram 144 for five wickets (Nee 41, Mullinder 40) met Hillsborough. For Hillsborough Wright took three for 28 and Stokes two for 56. JUNIOR A GRADE Waltham 151 (Burney 39, Dacombe 28, A. Dacombe 25) met Mairehau 43 for five wickets. For Mairehau Campbell took four for 37 and Ord four for 25; and for Waltham Burney took three for 15. Southern 110 (McDonnell 49) met Heathcote 28 and 62 for seven wickets. For Southern McConnell took eight for 4 and Gowans five for 15; and for Heathcote Collier took six for 35. Shirley 181 (Wilson 46, E. Watson 24) met Kempthorne, Prossers 77 for three wickets (Grammer 42 not out). For Kempthorne, Prossers, Richardson took five fotx 60.

JUNIOR B GRADE W.M.C. 208 (Ctoddart 55, Mahoney 48, Gordon 231 met Beckenhanwes for no wickets. For Beckenham K? Tolchard took five for 32. A play PanUi 86 f ° r wickets ’« rain stopped Riccarton 309 (Duffield 197, biggs 30, ,£ 4) m , et Army 65 for four wickets (Brownlees 36, not out). For Army Brownlees took three for 64 and O Brien four for 36. JUNIOR C GRADE id?®?’ 8 82 , (I ? el ? re 30 > met Waltham 137 SL. f ? u , r , Wl ? kets .; (Brooker 51 not out. took er flv 4 e for "X?- F ° r Waltham Fright „,S U 1 S me f Mertvale 58. For SumMJrl^l„ GOI n er t °°! C ? X fOr 33 ‘ an <l for Sl V a y e i ou P r ea o? e 2 2 tOok flVe f ° f 20 apd THIRD GRADE A 14 ? for six wickets (Smvthe Fr’aS£ e o<n 8 K ret l red ) beat Ric carton 84 (R. Fraser 29) by four wickets. Bowling for Harewood Turner took five for 20. K for °ne wicket (McGowan For HniluSi r i O Q\ eno r 4 t b , y nine wickets. Ayre? lour io? 17 e ‘ er ‘°° k SIX for 28 and ™ v ? n Wickets (Fields o ° u t' L- Dell 30, Mclntyre 31) beat for five wickets declared IkZ 9 bs ,°? ° ut ’ K; Stribling 21) by Ar k f t! h. Bering for St. Albans Mct9°k three for 51 and lor Beckentw™ l??' 1 46 ley tOOk four for 44 “ d Smi th K. P ? p s nui i 1 4 .6 (Bell 3B ' Beid 26 not out) Far « m 70 (Lansley 20) by Bowling for Papanui, Over-end took two for 7 and McGlinchy Jour for 42 and tor Templeton Farm Walker took four for 15 and Welsh tour lor 30. THIRD GRADE B Spreydon 164 (McCabe 109, Shearer 20) V 1 * J Southern 84 for five wickets (Waterland 39 not out, R. Bain 22). BowlfoJ Spreydon Andrews took three for for 3 12 *° r Southern Hamilton took two

Burwood 96 for five wickets (Smart 46) ?£ a V St « Alba . n * 85 (Moorhead 30, Lamb 20) by five wickets. „ Waltham 127 (Adams 26) beat Sumner r2J.y^* ker 4 s2 \ b 7 37 runs ' F ° r Waltham £f rr ™ g I? r V t ? ok . fo J lr for 17 and for Sumner McNab took five for 10. Tramways 154 (Whitty 86, Sinclair 25) beat Beckenham 94 (Rollinson 21 not out, Kent 21, Weir 20) by 60 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Tramways McDonald took three for 27. Cambridge Terrace 91 for four wickets (B Jones 41 not out, Caw 15 not out) beat Shirley 72 (M. Steele 23, A. McCrorie 24) by six wickets. Bowling for Cambridge Terrace Caw took three for 25, D. Tanner three for 9 and Bayfield two for 11 and for Shirley Steele took two for 11.

THIRD GRADE C Opawa 148 for eight wickets declared beat W.M.C. 74 and 59 for three wickets by 74 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Opawa Gay took three for 14 and Sampson three for 4. z United 125 for four wickets declared (Brpckley 4° not out, Knox 29 not out) beat Waltham 57 (Clark 15, Wilson 12) by 68 runs. For United Billens took six for 7 and Dickinson three for 13. HiHsboroueh 121 (Squires 38, Anderson 30) beat Grosvenor 86 (McDonnell 26, Marquet 22) by 35 runs. For Hillsborough Cross took five for 29 and for Grosvenor McDowell took three for 10. Urlwins 175 (Cosgrove 32, R. Sullivan 28, R. Glasson 48 not out) beat Mairehau 44 by 131 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Urlwins, Clark took three for seven and D. Cosgrove two for 21 and for Mairehau H. Cox took two for 28.

Sunnyside 104 for seven wickets (Clements 56, Pearce 20) beat New Brighton 103 (Beveridge 52) by three wickets. Bowling for Sunnyside Preston took four for 36 and Pearce three for 19 and for New Brighton Rogers took five for 42. Riccarton 204 for nine wickets' (E. Timms 29, Ellis 25, ,R. Hampton 47, M. Anderson 47) beat Beckenham 198 for eight wickets declared (Harris 56 not out, King 47 not out) by one wicket. Bowling for Riccarton E. Timms took four for 37.

MERCANTILE GRADE Peerless 194 for eight wickets declared (Rowlands 78, Anderson 66) beat N.A.C. 96 (Rossie 41) by 98 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Peerless O’Connor took four for 50 and for NA.C. Chalmers took seven for 9. Watersiders 199 for three wickets declared (Gardner 90, Cassidy 58 not out) beat Regent 52 (Rutledge 24) and 43 by an innings and 104 runs. Bowling for Watersiders Robinson took eight for 27, including the hat trick and Friend five for 11. M. 0.5.8. 134 for nine wickets (Ryan 40, Pycroft 30) beat Greens 99 (Smith 40, Fraser 36 not out) by one wicket. Bowling for M. 0.5.8. Pycroft took five for 30 ana for Greens Smith took five for 42. Atlas 122 for eight wickets declared (Donaldson 30, Collie 17 not out) beat Osborn 57 (A. Mattison 25) by 65 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Atlas Girdling took five for 39 and McDonnell four for 13, and for Osborn Mander took two for 7 and A. Wattison two for 17. Radley 176 for seven wickets declared (Robson 37, Wildermoth 32) beat Telegraph 168 (Prince 48, Bromley 46) by eight runs. Bowling for Radley Garry took four for 18 and McKinley four for 14. UNDER 15 GRADE Papanui 67 for seven wickets (Sharp 22) beat St. Albans 19 and 36 by an innings and 12 runs. For Papanui Hobbs took three for none and three for 11 and Reeves seven for 11. Mairehau 154 for seven wickets declared (Watson 56, Thornton 24, Allibone 24) beat Riccartoh 11 and 31 for five wickets by 143 runs on the first innings. For Mairehau Cunnington took seven for 5 and Thornton three for 6.