SUBURBAN GAMES Beckenham And Burnside Leading After First Round

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30884, 18 October 1965, Page 18

SUBURBAN GAMES Beckenham And Burnside Leading After First Round

The first-round games in the Suburban Cricket Association's competitions ended on Saturday. The finish of the match between Sumner and Merivale promised to be tense, for Sumner needed eight runs to win with time for one more over and the last two Sumner batsmen at the crease. But heavy rain stopped play. Sumner, like Merivale lost five wickets cheaply, but a good stand of 124 by T. Smitheram and W. Boyce turned the game in Sumner’s favour. Beckenham, after playing itself into a sound-position on the first day, duly gained a five-point win. The later Waltham batsmen made the Beckenham bowlers earn their wickets, K. Townsend being the most successful. Papanui failed to overtake the Burnside total of 173. K. Smith batted well, but only J. Niven gave any real support.

Competition points are:— Beckenham 5, Burnside 5, Sumner 3, Merivale 3, Waltham 1, Papanui 1.

SENIOR A Merivale 256 drew with Sumner 249/9 (Smitheram 93, Boyce 47, Clement 29. Buckner 21;’CuUv 3/30). Beckenham 137 and 162/9 dec. Tucker 41, Jackson 29. Tizzard 27, Stanton 23 not out) beat Waltham 104 (T. Clarke 29 not out; Townsend 6/46). Burnside 173 and 46/1 beat Papanui 128 (Smith 55. Niven 24 not out: Hooper 3/32). SENIOR B Riccarton 164 '9 dec. Coleman 41, Anderson 40 ; Gottermeyer 5/43) beat Aranui 85 and 130/7 (Eyre 27, Whiting 26: Thompson 4/34, Jennings 3/31). Matchless 144 (Smythe 26, Goodman 25, Sherlock 24: Allan 6/59. Earnshaw 4/59) beat Shirley 106 and 181/9 (Pavlin 54, Shepherd 33 not out. Allan 32; Scott 5/38). Woolston W.M.C. 55 and 61/5 (James 32 not out; Hill 4/24) beat Beckenham 44 and 64 (King 20; Kerr 3/17, Maffey 3/27) outright. JUNIOR New Brighton 180 beat Addington 54 (HiH 5/20, Goodchild 4/23) and 178/3 (Gillard 113 not out; Mora 20). Heathcote 61 and 49/4 beat Waltham 36 and 70 (Lalnsbury 24, Boatwood 4/27) outright. W.M.C. 170 and 76/5 dec (Downes 43: Woodham 3/26) beat Hornby 91 (Cross 25 not out: Warr 6/31. Fraser 3/32) and 121/8 (Cross 27, Bean 27, King 24: Warr 4/49. THIRD A Beckenham 153/9 dec. (Hill 42, Davis 37, Rountree 29) drew with Matchless 98/3 (Moore 30 not out. Mallard 30). Harewood 48 (Page 3/21) beat Shirley 33 (Case 6/10, Flaws 3/4) and 62/4. Aranui 110 (Loper 26. Thompson 20 not out: Youl 3/23) beat Burnside 55 (Smitheram 6/23). Papanui 99/5 (Yardley 31 not out, Sherwood 25 not out: Man-

nix 4/25) beat Merivale 97 (Dryden 33; Bell 5/21, Sherwood 3/16).

Sumner 151 (Keay 40. Chitty 34, Nuttridge 34: Gruppelaar 5/45 E. Burt 3/8) beat Halsweli 54 (Ayers 28; Nuttridge 3/13, Chitty 3/25). THIRD B Grosvenor 88 (Edlen 24, Gardener 22; McDonald 5/33) beat Riccarton 76 (Moore 5/41). Belfast 86/9 (Gifford 21: L Sherwood 5/43, Wesneskl 3/30) beat Shirley 81 (Urquhart 34; J. Sherwood 6/35). Burwood 137 (Miller 51 not out. Evans 41; King 5/46) beal Addington 21 (Gillard 4/2). W.M.C. 155/9 dec. (Gambles 39, Bennett 29, Gordon 21 not out: McCormick 3/46. Piner 3/49) drew with Sumner 68/6 (Penny 4/35). Walthah 91/6 (Newfield 30, T. Sutherland 29 not out: Maunsell 4/12) beat New Brighton 75 (Lee 23: Reed 4/17, Toglaso 3/23). THIRD C Woolston W.M.C. 186 (Hudson 38, Frisker 37. Yates 31, Blee 24: Donaldson 4/54) beat Papanui 20 (Godfrey 4/11, Pearce 3/5) and 33 (Godfrey 5/14. Pearce 4/15) outright. Templeton Hospital 122/7 (Cox 34. Easton 27. Rich 25: Riddell 3/40) beat Aranui 118 Colom bus 32. McGllnchv 23: Cox 5/27 Hornby 110 (Sutherland 37, Williamson 22: Hurrell 3/11 Morgan 3/27) beat Heathcote 103 (Williamson 5/28). Belfast 75/7 dec. (Giles 33) beat Merivale 35 (Adams 7/13) Beckenham 103 (Craig 22) beat United 71 (Higgs 5/26, King 3/22). THIRD D Woolston W.M.C. 116 (Brough 40. Mitchell 26, Bowley’ 24: Heslop 3/20) beat New Brighton 87 (Fitzwill-iams 22, Pring 20: Mitchell 5/7). Hillsborough 158 (Underwood 75, White 27: O'Leary 4/34. O'Neill 3/47) beat Harewood 123 (Godman 33, Astle 30. Marsden 23: Armstrong 5/15, Underwood 3/48). Burnside 80 (Moir 21, Campbell 6/21, and 6/0) beat Waltham 23 (Woodsford 5/13) and 60 (Woodsford 9/28) outright. Linwood 113/2 (Overend 45. Walton 41 not out) beat Riccar ton 79 (Gray 22: Alton 4/20, Overend 3/14, Mattison 3/24). z Riccarton W.M.C. 57/6 dec. (Carson 27: Gapes 3/21) and 45/1 (Sutherland 22 not out) beat W.M.C. 42 (Nelson 6/15. Coles 4/19) and 58 (Coles 7/23) outright. MERCANTILE Dominion Motors 120 (Day 35. Grosney 29: Scott 4/39, Robinson 3/43) beat Watersiiders 115 (Gearry 23, Scott 20, Allan 20: Gosney 4/18, Malloch 4/31). Commercial Travellers 135/8 (Monk 54 not out: Fox 4/33) beat Retailers 130 (Cousens 65: Monk 5/23). Metro 70/3 (Black 31 not out) beat Postal 66 (R. Williams 20: R. Black 6/25). Telegraph 48 beat Hutcheson Motors 42 (Strong 5/21, Duffield 4/9).

Hospital 125/4 dec. (Bailey 62 not out, Billings 31) beat N.A.C. 74 (Henry 37, Hull 5/23, Billings 5/38) and 55/5 (Corner 29).