LOWER GRADE GAMES

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31631, 18 March 1968, Page 16

LOWER GRADE GAMES

Lower grade matches in the Canterbury Cricket Association’s competitions played on Saturday resulted:— Second Grade A Sydenham 153 and 131/7 (Bateman 48) beat Hagley Old Boys 118 and 221 (Gilray 69, Smith 45; Lucas 4/64) on the first innings. Second Grade B Old Boys 104 and 195/8 declared (Squire 63; Adam 3/49) beat East-Shirley 106/9 declared) and 105 (Thomas 56; Wilkinson 4/45) outright. Lancaster Park 159/7 declared (Duckmanton 55, McKendry 47 not out; Brown 3/47) beat WestUniversity 158 and 102/2 (Fisher 41) on the first innings. Hagley Old Boys 140 and 114/9 declared (Sefton 33; Sweeney 7/43) beat Marist 129 (Glasson 4/43) and 42/2 on the first innings. Second Grade C

Old Collegians 357 (Moffatt 62, Dalmer 58, Somers 52, Millar 47, Pearse 32; Lawson 3/45) beat Lancaster Park 271.

St Bede’s 100/4 declared and 92/3 beat St Albans 41 and 172 (Scarlett 5/43, Gillooly 5/46) on the first innings. Linwood High School 192/2 declared and 28/0 beat Shirley Boys High School 68 and 151 (Nahkies 44; Smith 3/15) by 10 wickets.

East-Shirley 291/9 declared beat Burnside 163 (McAlpine 60; Haase 3/6, Evans 3/38) and 110/6 (Rayfee 38) on the first innings. Second Grade D

Old Collegians 285/7 declared (Cox 116 not out, Ballantyne 62 not out; Clark 3/74) beat Old Boys 123 and 115/7 (Clark 50; Fardell 3/27, Field-Dodgson 3/34) on the first innings. Xavier 199/9 declared (Cox 43, Emery 30; Abbott 4/34) and 22/2 beat St Andrew’s 100 and 117 (Bateman 3/29, Christofferson 4/39) by 8 wickets.

Riccarton 206/4 declared (Bidwell 72, Shierlaw 53) beat St Albans-Teachers’ College 183 (Tilson 48, Henderson 30; Connell 4/39) and 89 (Fine 3/36) on the first innings. Sydenham 176 (Hartland 80, Rice 53; Lowe 4/24, Kerr 3/40) and 53/4 (Hartland 32 not out)

beat West-University 172 (Ryde 35, Brlttenden 35, Low 35; Roberts 4/55) and 115/5 declared (Provan 4/39) on the first innings. President's Grade East-Shirley 172/4 (Ashdowne 62, McGregor 49) beat Lancaster Park 164 (Barnes 31; Fowles 3/34, Stanley 3/48) on the first innings. St Albans 139 (Little 57; McKenzie 8/33) beat Riccarton 65 (Tucker 4/14, Mulcock 3/22) on the first innings. West-University B 100 (Stanyer 5/42, Connolly 3/46) beat Marist 98 (Thompson 6/51, Bush 4/44 on the first innings. Old Collegians 197 (Morten 30, Botting 56, Adams 37; Kemp 3/49) beat Sydenham 195/6 declared (Wilson 59, Bellamy 40; Manson 4/22) on the first innings. Old Boys beat Burnside by default. Third Grade A Lancaster Park B 293/8 declared (Davies 103 not out, White 52; Green 3/82) beat Riccarton 222 and 154 (Richards 42; Piner 7/42, Frost 3/56) on the first innings. Sydenham 146 (Knight 37; Storer 5/54) and 108/3 declared (Emmerson 45, Kerrison 37 not out) beat East-Shirley B 118 (Ockwell 31; Walker 6/52) and 53/7 (Aitken 4/4) on the first innings. Third Grade ■ Sydenham 190/7 (Pollock 33: Bashford 3/22) beat Lancaster Park B 117 (Perkins 42; Lorimer 3/20, Brown 3/24) on the first innings. Lancaster Park A 139 (Ryan 4/38) beat Marist B 113 (Winder 44; Nicholas 6/43) on the first innings. Marist C 115/8 (Sweeney 69, Goodwin 31; Ash 4/27) beat WestUniversity 113 (Dickson 35, Walker 33; Furness 3/7, Sweeney 4/29) on the first innings.

East-Shirley B 169/5 (Grigg 77, Ward 31) beat Old Collegians 167/8 declared (Stringer 47; Beckingham 6/75) on the first innings. East-Shirley A 91 (Costello 5/23, Christie 3/13) beat Marist A 89 (Gibson 5/30) and 27/0 on the first innings.