LOWER GRADE MATCHES

Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 54, 6 March 1922, Page 4

LOWER GRADE MATCHES

" Junior A. : r . . ■ ' Thorndon, in their match with Poneke, made 211 (Cusack 75, De Muth 36, Salmon 23, Humphries 19, Cookson 19, Mason 14, Plant not out 12). Poneke had no wickets down for 26 runs (Humphrey 17, Redmond 6) when stumps were drawn. Jennings took four wicjfets' for 24 runs for Poneka, Redmond two for* 22. and M'Cardell two for 60.. Petone v. Midland.—Petone 80 (Martin 24, Barber 14); Midland, 130 (Gibson 61, Shillson 47). Bowling for Midland, Gibson took three wickets for 17 runs, O'Connor. two for 7, Moss two for 9, Ryan two for 14. Hope secured the best average for Petone with three j wickets.for 27. . Junior B. . Playing against Thorndon, St. Thomas's, in their first innings', made 284 (Turvey 166, Bradshaw 39, Bedell -22, Gardiner 19, Hester 11, Bolt 10). When stumps were drawn Thorndon had lost four wickets, for 57 runs (Bremner 19, Withy. 21 not out). Bowling for Thorndon, Edmonds took three wickets for 69 runs; Puttick three for 65, Brisbane two for 62, and Bolton two for 3. For St. Thomas's, Hearno took three wickets for 21 runs. Kilbimie v. Trentham.—Trentham, first innings, 95 (Wilson"s3, Attwood 18,. Johnson- 11). Bowlers: Wilson, five for 28; Abeam, two for 43; Henderson, one for 6; Berry^one for 11. Kilbirnie,. firat innings, 176 for six, declared (Ahearn, not outi 73; Walker, 59 ; Henderson, 14; Berry, ll). Bowlers: Moran, two for 40? Wheelan, two for 48. Trentham, second innings, 40 for seven wickets (Cotter, 12; Wilson 11). Bowlers: "Wilson,.{out for 12; Ahearn, three for 19. " . „' Lyall Bay.v. Eastbourne.—Eastbourne, 91 and 47 for one wicket (Roberts, 39 and 24; Nash, 12; Little, 10). Bowling: Good, seven, for 23. Lyall Bay, first innings, 94 (Winter 47, Keegan 12, Foster-Brown 11). Bowling: Nash, six for, 33; Holdswortli, four'for 30. '' Kilbirnie v. University.—Kilbirnie, first innings, 75 (Waterhouse 20, Winterbottom 15, Greeks 12 not out, V. "Clark 10). Bowlers: Kent took six wickets and Gamble three wickets. University, first innings, 42 (Johnson 18, Walsh 12). Bowlers: V. Clark, six for 18; J, Clark, two for 11. Kilbirnie, second innings, 53. University, /second innings, 35. Bowlers-: V. Clark, four for 7; J. Clark, four for 15. Kilbirnie gained a threepoint win by 51 runs. Eastbourne met Lyall "Bay at Day's Bay on Saturday, the first-named eleven making 91 in the first innings (Roberts 39, Nash 12, Little 19). Lyall Bay replied, after an aggressive innings by Winter, with 95 (Winter 47, Keegan 12, Foster Brown 11, Edwards 10). Bowling for Eastbourne, Nash took six wickets for 33 runs, arid Holdsworth four for 33. For Lyall Bay the bowling results were:— Good, seven for 24, and Foster Brown two for 13. In the second innings of what.looks like resulting in a close game, Eastbourne have lost,pne wicket for' 47 (Roberts 24, not out). : Third ,'A'St. Patrick's College' beat Kilbirnie on the first innings by 16 runs. -Scores :— Kilbirnie, 36 and 66 for seven wickets (declared); St. Patrick's College, 52 and 31 for five wickets. Batting for Kilbirnie: L. Morris 21 and 15, Harris 14 not out, Blake 9 not 1 out, Grady 9 not out; for St..Patrick's College (batting), Wallace 20, Day 10, and Blake f 12. Bowling': For Kilbirnie, B. Morris five for 23 and one for 15, C. Blake four, for 2 and three for 6, and Christeson one fas 9; for St. Patrick's College, Day five for 11 and three for 15, Foley three for 14, and Blake two fo^ 5. * Midland A, in their first innings against Wellington College, made 175 (Shepherd 51, Howard 28, Jeffs 16, Hutchings-15). College replied with 94 (Bannister 18, Donald 16, Sykes 16)*-. For College, Bull took six wicEerf for 84; and for Midland, Jcfls took four for 17, Hutchings three fof 47, and Howard three for 23. Midland retain their lead in this grade. V.M.C.A. defeated Wellington by an innings and 100 runs. ' Batting first, V.M.C.A. made 154 (£,ong 32, Hall 25, Davidson 16, Edwards IS, Hopkirk 15, Pyle 13, Allen 11). In their first iunings, Wellington made 36 (Bennett not out 32), and in their second innings 18. Best bowlers for V.M.C.A. were: Allen six for 11, and Hopkirk four for 12. Poneke v. Karon.—Poneke, first innings, 147 (M'Arthur not out 61, Hopkinson 20, E. Foley 22, L. Foley 15, Boulnois 14). Bowling for Karon, Sutton took one for 48, Wilkinson two for 40, Randall four for 35, and Prince one for 17. Karorir first innings, 74 (Edwards 38, Mansfield 13). Bowling for Poneke, Browning took five for 27, E, Foley four, for 20, Johnson none for 8, and L. Foley. none for 7. Poneke won by 73 runs on the first innings. Railways v. Central Mission.—Railways 129 (Haare 61, Dalton 30, Knapp 12). Bowling for Central Mission .. Tidiman three for 27, Reid three for 8, Osbome two for 7, and Gell none for 30. Central Mission. 87 (Gell 16, Tidman 14, Brookes 25). Bowling for Railways Lambert six for 44, Fitzgerald two. for 35, and Stephenson one for seven. Third B. Makara obtained a three-point win over Wesley. ■ The former made 97 and 25 for - one wicket (D. Gaskin 29, S. Luxton 25, H. Gaskin 19), and Wesley 75 and 29 (M'Lean 26 not out, Balchin 25). ■ Bowling for Makara, L, Monk took thirteen wickets for 35 runs, H. Gaskin

four for., 10; and for Wesley, M'Lean took three for 10, and Stokes two for 6. Petone secured a two-point victory over V.M.C.A.. Batting first, they made' 46 runs (Webley 20 not out, and Hamilton 13): while V.M.C.A., in their first attempt, compiled 30. Petone went in and returned with 66 (Hamilton 17 not out, and Webley 15, again being the chief scorers). At the call of time V.M.C.A. had lost eight wickets for 24 runs. Karori, 136 (D. Keenan 31, E. Ly.ver 24, F. Hatcher 14, R. Keenan 13), beat Hutt 87 (Cameron 23, Hancock 18). Bowling: For Karori, A. Cox took four for 20, and D. Keenan' three for 41; for Hutt, Taylor five for 14, Carter three for 40, and Hancock two for 21. Fourth. Marist Old Boys secured a two-point win over Petone by 58 runs on the first innings. Batting first, Marist made 97 (Johnson 50 not out, Coleman 22). Petone replied with 39. In their second venture, Marist made 87 for three wickets and declared (Johnson 63). Petone, in their second innings, scored 53 runs for the loss of nine wickets (Scorings 22, Parrant 11), and managed to avert a three-point loss. Bowling for Potone, Edwards took two wickets for 36 and one for 13. For Marist, Johnson took four for 22 and four for 3, Andrews five for 14 and four for 25. In Marist's second innings Johnson hit seven 6's, four of which were scored in one over. V.M.C.A. C defeated Hutt by 40 runs on the first innings. In their innings V.M.C.A. made 60. Hutt replied with 20. The best bowlers for V.M.C.A. were: Thompson, seven for 9; and Taylor, tfiree for 9. Government Priming Office beat V.M.C.A. A by 32 runs. Government Printing Office made 74 and. 85 for four wickets (Jeffreys 53 not out and 37 not out, Barker 17, Lord 13 and 12). V.M.C.A. made 60 and 67 (M'Lennan 24, Walker 23, Mitchelson 19, Matara 10). Bowling for Printing Office, Barker took seven wickets for 63 runs, Spence six for 48, Lord one for 13; for Y.M.C.A., M'Lennan took three for 34, Lynam three for 45, Matara two for 14, Walker one for 10, and Aepen one for