Sumner unlucky not to win cricket contest

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31653, 13 April 1968, Page 11

Sumner unlucky not to win cricket contest

SUCCESSIVE losses by two ° and four runs by the second-placed team, Sumner, enabled Beckenham to take a clear lead and win the Canterbury Suburban Cricket Association’s senior competition.

The two defeats, in the eighth and ninth rounds, followed an equally frustrating result for Sumner when it met Beckenham in the previous round. Sumner, after being favourably placed at the end of the first day, was unfortunate not to beat the championshipwinner when the second day was washed out by rain. With K. Tucker leading the aggregates, well supported by J. Adams and B. Davison, Beckenham usually scored consistently. The accurate bowling had most opponents struggling. K. Townsend again took more than 50 wickets while Davison and Adams proved capable all-rounders.

Although four batsmen averaged more than 20, the Sumner batting was not always strong and Its aggregate was much lower than the previous season. B. Buckner was by far the most successful bowler. Bumside, which held its third position was rather disappointing and far from consistent even though six players had batting averages of more than 20 and only 12 wickets separated the six leading bowlers. The promoted Aranui team performed reasonably well and should be improved

with the experience gained during the season. E. Courtier and K. Whiting were capable of scoring solid opening partnerships while J. Moorhead took 36 wickets to be the most impressive bowler. Weak bowling attacks cost

Waltham and Merivale competition points as they struggled to dismiss opposing teams. However, the Clark brothers (Waltham) and M. Cully and W. Campbell (Merivale) had good seasons with the bat. Leading averages were:—

K. Tucker Batting I N.O. H.S. 161 Agg. 444 Av. 44.4 11 1 J. Adams 13 2 73* 396 36.0 B. Davison 12 4 62 270 33.7 Noel Clark 11 1 60 307 30.7 W. Treloar 14 1 65 390 30.0 M. Cully 18 6 100* 354 29.5 Nev. Clark 10 0 116 291 29.1 J. Henrys 15 1 82 380 27.1 W. Campbell 14 1 59 321 24 6 T. Smitheram 11 3 80* 189 23.6 P. Sandelen 12 2 62* 234 23.4 E. Courtier 14 1 112 303 23.3 B. Malden 16 2 67 324 23.1 A. Munro 6 2 30 92 23.0 B. Anderson 12 2 36 227 22.7 R. Steele 12 0 84 268 22.3 C. Henderson 9 0 67 200 22.2 W. Whiting 14 1 67 287 22.0 A. Montgomery .. 10 2 79* 168 21.0 A. Westwood 16 1 99 308 20.5 J. Feldwick 9 0 48 181 20.1 * Denotes not out. Bowling 0 M R W Av. D. Hooper 85 22 193 20 9.6 B. Davison 157 37 467 40 11 6 B. Heseltine 90 19 287 24 11.7 K. Townsend 225 51 661 53 12.4 B. Buckner 136 24 479 35 13.6 J. Adams 112 16 345 25 13.8 C. Henderson 85 16 307 22 13.9 G. Reid 154 38 456 31 14.7 M. Shardlow 122 24 375 25 15.0 J. Withers 145 35 469 30 15.6 J. Moorhead 150 24 578 36 16.0 D. Stapley 91 14 385 21 18.3 I Steer 180 32 622 30 20.7