LEAGUE CRICKET

Evening Star, Issue 23724, 4 November 1940, Page 5

LEAGUE CRICKET

A SECTION. Self Help two for 162 (A. Stent 80, J. Spavin 59; Hayden one for 28, Walker one for 27) beat Hillside 133 (Casey 53 not out; Spavin five for 18). T. and P. 228 (S. Clark 69, J. Fox 36) beat Glenross 143 (G. Coxhead 41, M. Blackwood 31; W- Walker four for 55). Town Hall 152 (Didham 67; Felton nine for 33) defeated Telgineers 57 (Murray five for 21, Smith two for 5). Speights 128 (L. Homer 38, E. Downes 34; A. Clark three for 12, W. Preston three for 17) defeated R. and G. 106 (W. Preston 33, L. Preston 32; L. Homer four for 27, H. Cullen five for 37). Logan Park eight for 187 (Mitchell 47 not out, Sanderson 47, Broadfoot 32; B. Letts two for 20, Rodger two for 25) beat Gregg’s Rod G. 136 (Rodger 35, Densem 36; Sanderson three for 28, H. Foster four for 49). IN OTHER CENTRES AUCKLAND. The Auckland championship was continued when the third senes of games was 'commenced. I’apakura Camp, 319 (Rowe 71, Whitelaw 52; Goodsir five tor 108), met Parueli, one for 3. Training College, 199 (H. Mills 73), met Middlemore, 79 tor none. Grafton, 190 (Burke 66; Wiles five for 50), met Ponsonby-Balmoral, 27 for five. University, 141 (S. Harrison five for 38), met Y.M.C.A., 39 for one. Eden, 151, met North Shore, 37 for threa, WELLINGTON. . Some solid scoring was seen when the second series of the championship was commenced on easy wickets. University, 171 (P. D.'Wilson 53, Larkin 50, Sheffield 32; Whyte four for 21, Lamason three for 44), met Wellington College Old Boys, 246 for four (K. H. Lamason 42, du Chateau 57, Burnette 61 not out, J. R. Lamason 37; Densem three for 69). Wellington, 389 (Henley 93, Rabpne 44, M’Carthy 45, Meech 44), met Korori. Midland, 263 (Hepburn 111, Crawford 53, O’Neill 48; Champness six for 79), met Hutt, 62 for two. Institute, 165 (Bezzant 30, M’Carthy 42; Leinin three for 45, Ashenden three for 63), met Kilbirnie, 271 for six (Rice 100, Russ 66; Bartlett three for 49). CHRISTCHURCH. —Hadlee’s Great Performance.— Brilliant exhibitions of fast scoring were seen in the third round of matches played in good conditions. By making 108 against Sydenham W. A. Hadlee .performed the remarkable feat of scoring centuries in the first three matches of the season, a feat not previously accomplished in Canterbury cricket, it was a first-class display, lasting 110 minutes, and included 11 4’s and three s’s. Five other players also made centuries. They were D. Moynihan (West Old Boys) 117, W. M. Strachan (Riccarton) 106, K. F. M. Uttley West Christchurch) 104, K. Young (Harewood) 104, A. Burgess (Sydenham) 103 not out. St. Albans, 310 for seven wickets (F. W. Walter 97, Daley 89, Cummings 56;. Sinclair four for 66), beat West Old Boys. 284 for seven declared (Moynihan 117, Hobbs 59), by 26 runs on the first innings. West Christchurch, 233 for six (Uttley 104, Nee 70; J. Rabone four for 68), beat Harewood, 222 for seven declared (Young 104, Allan 75), by 12 runs on the first innings. Old Boys, 223 for five declared (Hadlee 108; Cameron three for 51), drew with Syenham, 167 for six (Burgess 103 not out; Escott two for 10). Army, 232 for two declared ’(Cutler 76, Monteatlv 70 not out, Pinney 56), drew with Old Collegians, 148 for eight (C. V. Walter 50; Cresswell five for 34). Riccarton, 257 for five declared (Strachan 106, Bull 53), beat Wigram 135 (Smith 32; Roberts four for 21, Bull three for 26), by 122 runs on the first innings. East Christchurch, 177 for nine declared (Wason 46; Westwood three for 25), beat Lancaster Park 150 (Stout 43; Davis, seven for 61), by 27 runs on the first innings. In the St. Albans-West Old Boys’ game 594 runs were scored in four hours and a-half play.