LOWER GRADES

Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28223, 11 March 1957, Page 11

LOWER GRADES

Eighth-round matches in the lower grades of the Canterbury Cricket Association's competitions were completed on Saturday. Results:— SECOND GRADE A West Old Boys 227 and 90 for seven (Gordon five for 47) beat Riccarton 177 and 139 by three wickets. Boys’ High School 195 and 101 (Small eight for 41) beat High School Old Boys 151 and 142 outright. St. Albans 139 (Mercer 41; Flint six for 52, Tabb four for 39) met Lancaster Park 101 (Todd eight for 49) and 142 for three (Wickes 55, Rhind 45 not out). SECOND GRADE B Old Collegians 272 (Saunders 71 not out) beat East Christchurch 170 (Gianville 44 not out) and 134 on the first innings. Technical Old Boys 116 (Stevenson five for 39) and 118 (Brunton four for 49) beat High School Old Boys 103 (Dorreen 51 not out, Sibley five for 49, Harper four for 23) and 65 (Harper nine for 19) outright. University 223 (Hall 74; Hurst four for 51) beat St. Albans 222 and 141 for five (Batchelor 52) on the first innings. SECOND GRADE C Xavier 170 (Costello 58, Doody 45; Hannan four for 36) and 104 for six declared (Ryan 42) beat St. Bede’s 140 (Gibson six for 46, Pablecheque four for 31) and 58 (Pablecheque six for 19) outright. St. Albans 186 (Abbott four for 40) beat St. Andrew’s 167 and 149 for three (Barnett 65) on the first innings. West Old Boys 232 (Thorne 51, Hanna 46; Ryder five for 44) and 3ft for three beat Boys’ High School 165 and 179 (Corbett 107) on the first innings. Technical Old Boys 113 and 164 for eight declared (Almond 72) beat Papanui High School Old Boys 39 (Laugston five for 16) and 153 outright. PRESIDENT’S GRADE University A 56 (Mulcock five for 13) beat St. Albans 55 (Palmer seven for 11) on the first innings. Sydenham 124 for eight declared (Lawler five for 30) beat Marist 68 (Hay seven for 35) on the first innings. Lancaster Park B 231 (Withers 81, Sloane 67 not out; Buckingham six for 75) beat West Christchurch 161 (Blades 43; Mappiebeck six for 45, Drake four for 34) on the first inn' nSS ' THIRD GRADE A Lancaster Park 238 (Boundy 67) beat St. Albans 107 and 65 (Barnes six for 25) by an innings and 66 runs. Marist 259 for six declared beat East Christchurch 52 and 136 (Devine 63) by’ an innings and 71 runs. West Christchurch 131 (Jones 45; Parr five for 36) and 120 for seven beat High School Old Boys 104 and 162 for four declared (Jennings 95) on the first innings. THIRD GRADE B St. Albans 176 (Congdon 57; Connelly four for 33) beat Marist A 60 on the first innings. East Christchurch 125 (Maffey 58 not out) beat Old Collegians A 110 (Adamson seven for 50) on the first innings. Papanui High School Old Boys 108 for two (Bond 50 not out) beat Old Collegians 98 (Barlow seven for 39) on the first innings. West Old Boys 172 for nine declared (Orsbourne 41; Edlin five for 40) beat Riccarton 54 (Underwood seven for 14) and 117 (Underwood four for 54) on the first innings. THIRD GRADE C Boys’ High School (James four for 18) and 57 for five beat St. Bede’s 38 and 114 (Sowden four for 12) by five wickets. Christ’s College A 172 (Hill 48. Gilbert 47; Conway seven for 35) and 82 for three beat Boys’ High School A 127 (Woollens seven for 38) and 127 for six declared on the first innings. Christchurch Technical 108 (Westwood six for 20) and 162 (Mendy 71, Purdue 44) beat St. Andrew’s A 134 (Altandishliev four for 43) and 73 (White four for 6) outright. Papanui High School 113 and 177 for six (Higgs 67) beat Christ’s College B 83 (Ruston four for 23) and 71 (Meaclem four for 9, (Ruston four for 12) outright. FOURTH GRADE A Riccarton 167 (Liddicoate 59) beat East Christchurch 108 (Trotter 48) on the first innings.

Lancaster Park A 90 beat St. Albans 82 (Newnham four for 24) on tne first innings. FOURTH GRADE B West High School, no scores stated, beat St. Bede’s, no scores stated (Blake five for 17, Dunn four for 19) on the first innings. MALVERN GAMES Slow scoring by Greendale and a low score by Sheffield were the two most notable features of Saturday’s play in the Malvern Cricket SubAssociation’s competition. . Greendale batted for 150 minutes for 70 runs, and then dismissed Sheffield in an hour for 34. Greendale’s success in dismissing Sheffield for this score was mainly attributable to the accurate pace bowling of F. Adams, who took six for 11, and poor batting by Sheffield. D. Gunn (78) and T. McGowan (51) batted well for Darfield juniors against United, and Gunn completed a good double by taking six wickets for 58. For United, G. T. Wright showed a return to form by scoring ■67. In the match between South Malvern and Darfield, R. Stuart (South Malvern) batted right through the innings to retire with 60. Another South Malvern player, N. Rothwell, secured the best bowling figures of the day with seven for 34. Details :■— Greendale 70 (G. Ridgen 18; A. Wright four for 22, C. Cro.y three for '24) beat Sheffield 34 (F. Adams six for 11, G. Ridgen four for 21) by 36 runs. Darfield juniors 188 (D. Gunn 78, T. McGowan 51. J. Gunn 17; E. Richards five for 59, R. Churton three for 42) beat United 161 (G. T. Wright 67, R. Churton 16. R. McKay 16, D. Gunn six for 58, J. Gunn four for 76) by 27 runs on the first innings. South Malvern 126 for nine (R. Stuart 60 retired, J. Marsh 17; R. Gunn six for 33) beat Darfield seniors 110 (R. Gunn 34 not out, H. Ashwell 23; N. Rothwell seven for 34; R. Stuart two for 30) by 16 runs on the first innings.