GRANGE CRICKET CLUB.

Evening Star, Issue 14670, 13 September 1911, Page 10

GRANGE CRICKET CLUB.

From the 54th annual report we make .he following extract*: The committee cannot congratulate members on the position the club occupied during the past season. The club were able to placr- four elevens on the held each .Saturday, and also entered a team for the Wednesday competition. Tlie financial position is not so good as on former occasions, owing to the unpleasant duty of placing 20 members on the defaulters' list, ind the committee would remind members .hat they could materially assist the club. Kit only by making a prompt appearance with their subscriptions, but also by iulucing as many of their friends as possible to become active supporters of the flub. The First Eleven did not perform up to expectations in the iirst part of the season, but in the second round did much better, only suffering one defeat, and that being by the champion team. The batting averages show that eight batsmen secured a double-figure average. Les. Chad-

ivick led tin- way with 553 runs for 13 :<>mpleted innings, average 27.6, thus aoldmg far the year the Coshead cup. J. fopplf was a guod second with 558 runs, iveragp 21; C. Ghadwick, 540 runs, average 20.1, being nest on the list, A. l'owncs, W. Ogg. and A. Galhind also performed well in this department. The bowling in the team was only fair, A. Downes securing 45 wickets, average 18.9 ; A. King, average 8.6 for 9 wickets. W. i)gg and J. Popple also bowled well at times.

The Second Eleven were nut so successful as on former occasions, and the committee are of the opinion that lack of enthusiasm accounts for the low standard of :ilay. The batting average was won by U". Paterson, with 13.6 for 15 innings. C. Lax (average 20 for 8 innings). W. Mal.ohn, W. Holdaway, and F. Weston showed promise during the season. The bowling averages show: —11. Fogarty, 21 wickets, average 6.2; A. King, average 5.9 for 10 wiekeis: and G. Crosbie, 56 .vickets. average 14.6. The Third Eleven performed fairly well, winning 9 out of 19 played. R. Bell se•ured the batting average with 18.5 for 12 nnings. P. M'Cregor. A. Keast. W. iydesdale, and V. Miller were also useful >n this department. Michael leads in the howling list with 50 wickets, average 5.4 runs per wicket; J. Bond being a, good second with 20 wickets, average 8.7.

The Fourth Eleven had a fairly successful season, winning seven matches. The majority of the members were very young. ,ind towards the close of the season the following showed considerable improvement: —A. Keast, Jones. W. Davis, and 1). Morton (batting), White, C. Collins, J>. .Morton, and W. Cain ibowliug). The Wednesday team performed very well, winning the majority of the matches. W. Butler, with a batting average of 17.5. and bowling 57 wickets, average 5.7, was a very great help to the team. A. Restieaux, W. M'Fluteheon, and Caswell also performed well. A. Downes again honored his club as a representative of the Otago team against Canterbury, this being his 24th appearance against Canterbury; while W. .'Malcolm and R. M'Millan found places in the junior representative torn. A. Restieaux *rsd W. Butler were selected for the Wednesday representative team. iJuririg the season centuries were compiled by Le.«. Chad wick (121), C. Lax (101), and C. Chadwick (101).