SUBURBAN LEAGUES

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 74, 1 April 1929, Page 11

SUBURBAN LEAGUES

The annual cricket match between teams representing the city and suburban leagues of Christchurch and Wellington opened on Saturday at Wakoflcld Park, and is being continued today. Tho visitors won the toss, but were not ablo to take very much advantage of their first use of the wicket. Stokes and Noonan wore the only visiting batsmen to play the bowling with any success, and mainly through tho agency of C.'Gell, tho last wicket fell with only 86 on the board. "Wellington soon proved that they wero as good with the bat as they had been with the ball, and at the end of Saturday's play had four wickets down for 217, Andrews, Kennedy, and Ilolte all playing useful knocks.

The wicket was in excellent order for tho continuation of: the game to-day. Tho not out men, Whaler and Goll, added S more to the total, when Whaler

went lbw to Gray. Tho pair had put on 108 for tho fifth wicket. Gell was bowled shortly afterwards, but Thorn mado a good stand for 40, which included five 4's and one 6. At the luncheon adjournment Wellington wcro all out for 315. Details:—

CHEISTCHTJECH. First Innings. Noonan, b Whaler 23 Colvillc, b Gell 0 Stokes, b Gcll SO Watt, st. Kennedy, b Goll .' 0 Gray, b Whaler 0 Tod'd, b Gcll ;' 2 Claridgc, b Goll 0 Kent, b Thorn 4 Pitt, not out .0 Egan. b Gcll ..' 0 M'Namara, b Gell 0 Extras „.-. 7 Total , '..'.. 86 Bowling Analysis.—C. Gcll took seven wickets for 37 runs; Thorn, one for 20; Holt/,, none for 19; Whaler, tv;o for 1. WELLINGTON. " First Innings. Kennedy, b Pitt 20 Holtz, b Pitt .. . ,:'. .'. . ...;..:.'...'.' ■ 30 Andrews, Ibw, b Gray' ..':.;.'-.•'. ....'".44 Erskine, c Noonan, b Stokes .... 10 Whaler, lbw, b Gray ' ........ 5G G. Gell, b Watt '. GO A. Gell, b Watt 11 Thorn, c Watt, h Pitt 40 Lye, b Gray 2 Haydon, not out 18 Torrington, c Noonau, b Colville . 12 Extras .../.....'. 12 Total .:...'...■..:..:. v..;—:. ;315 , Bowling Analysis.—Watt took two wickets for' 79 runs; Gray, three.for 75; Pitt, three for 52; Colvillc, one for 25; Stokes, one for 19; Kent, none for 33; Todd, nono for 20.