MATCHES ELSEWHERE

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 69, 23 March 1931, Page 14

MATCHES ELSEWHERE

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, 22nd March. The cricket competition, completed yesterday, was won by Eden, with one point ahead of Grafton. Eden, with 2391 runs for five -wickets, declared (Mdls 46 Gillespie 54). University made 140, and 56 tor six wickets. Newdick took five wickets for 36 runs. • _ ... Grafton scored 277 (Horspool _ 58, Allcott 42, Cowie 75, Sale 59), beating Ponsonby, which secured 170 and 117 for el^orth ICShore. with 202 and 71 fop four wickets, beat V.M.C.A., 187 (R. Riddolls 69krnoll, 271 (M'Coy 112, Stehr 63), beat United Suburbs, 147. CHRISTCHURCH, 21st March. Riccarton. won the senior cricket championship to-day, beating Old Boys by 126 runs. Riecarton scored 328 in the first innings, and Old Boys 226. Riccarton went in again, and secured 141. Merntt took eight wickets f0r.72 runs. Old Boys batted again, and were all out for 114. A W. Roberts heads the batting averages' for the season with 70.27, Kerr 65.88 being next. Bowling averages are headed by Read, with 64 wickets for 13.85 runs each. Thomas has-taken 38 wickets at 14.41 runs each; Merritt, 82 wickets at 14.57 runs each. . DUNEDIN, 22nd March. Light rain made conditions all in favour of the batsmen in the cricket matches on Saturday. Against Christian Brothers, Carisbrook scored 208 for two' wickets, Blunt (106), and D. ,Smitk (90), being undefeated at the end of a partnership which yielded 197. Carisbrook declared, and Christian Brothers have lost one wicket for 31 runs. Dunedin, playing Grange, scored 271 for the loss of five wickets (R. Cherry 85, Strong 46, C. Ritchie 46, Ditchfield 40 not out). Old Boys, playing against Albion, made 231 for eight wickets (Alloo 51, N. Cherry 46, Moloney 30, Dickinson 30). Silver took four wickets for 56 runs.