CRICKET.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 18285, 22 December 1919, Page 9

CRICKET.

'DISTRICT COMPETITIONS. FIFTH ROUND. The sixth round of district cricket was )oned on Saturday in fine weather, with a rong nor’-westerly wind. Sydenham and est Christohurch met at Sydenham Park, ' id the othor two games were played at agley Park, where there was a fair attondico of spectators. ' RICCARTON v. ST ALBANS. The earlier stages of the Riccarton innings liuted to heavy scoring. Nixon and Haines irried the score to 36, whon iNixon was run it. Humes and Luttroll settled down lor a ■iid partnership, but towards the end of Haines became uncomfortable to bandan s slows, and ho was clean bowlod altor creditable 4b, with the score at lud. Luted meanwhile wgß going very steauily, but lion Whitia joined him there was unccrinty in running between tho wicketß, and uvtrell had a narrow escape as the result a fast return by Sandman. The samo ildsman sent in another very not return a Idle later and Brunton got tho verdict 1 ;uinst Whitta. 114—3—5. C. E. Guiney as bowled by Stringer without scoring, and ith four down far 114 tho complexion of le game was changed considerably. At the 1 mo time St Albans seemed to bo weak in lange • bowling, for Sandman and Stringer ere'kept on too long. The fielding, howe'r, was Very good. A heavy gale made it lpossible to keep the bails on tho wickets id the bowling went to pieces, both Lutell and Caygill scoring Ireely, and the lore was carried from 114 to 207, when uttroll was bowled by Sandman, who got ,o hat trick with Evans and Fuller Then aygiil was caught at the wick its and eight ickots wore down for 207. The last five iccarton wickets added only 14 runs, Sandan’s last five wickets costing him just 6 ms, although his average was »ix for . 71. •ordom Brunton, with a very ulseful artnorship oarried tjie St Albans score to I, when Gordon was bowled by i» full toss. Scores:— ' RICCARTON. First Innings. D, Nixon, run out . » . 8 S Haines, b Sandman m .48 H. B. Whitta, run out . .5 C. E. Guiney, b Stringer . . 0 E. E. Lutlreil, b Sandman . 74 E. R. Caygill, o Brunton b Gordon . . . . ... 46 ' C. E. Evans % b Sandman • - 0 ‘A. G. Fuller] b Sandman . . 0 „M. 0. Sinclair, b Sandman . . 8 ,R. S. Taylor, b Sandman . . 8 R. H. North, not out . e . 8 Extras f. . » .26 Total 221 Bowling analysis.—Sandman, six wickets ir 71 runs; Stringer, one for 29; 'Wallis, one for 37; Gordon, one for 24; Reese, none n 25; Tikao, none for 9. . !, ST ALBANS. First Innings. Gordon, b Evans .... 24 Brunton, c Taylor b Evan* , .25 D. W. Reese, b Sinclair . .11 D. Sandman, b Sinclair . .16 ’ E. T. Taylor not out . „ .18 H. T. Stringer, not out . „ . 6 Extras . . • • . 19 . '\ 1 ■... ’ Total for four wickets . 118 EAST CHRISTCHURCH v. LINWOOD. L.-oi< Uimotouuicll nutted first, x>. B. vuu ana A. It. monk opening noth bais-. len piayea good orioaet, jjmuk especially Hiing ueeiy oil rouna tne wiooet, but hen 32 on ho was caught, tho score then ding cj. wuuO was nuxi, ana B. B. Vv uoU on commenceu to put on tne runs by very oireot play.' Woods, wfio nad not been at u comiuruble to Read, was bowiad by him men Uio total stood at 102. The next wioet leil with only an addition of one run, nd Litchfield, the newcomer, was run out, ( i measure duo to some obstruction of * oldsnmu, and four wickets were down lor Is. The next four wickets fell quickly and ben Brosnahan joined 8.. B. Wood, and lainly through the East skipper's efforts re score was taken to 174 when Read bowled Vo-id. The high wind, now prevailing was ampering the fieldsmen and bowlers very luch. The East innings closed for 206 rune, irosuahan and Connall finishing brightly, be former showing a nice ab. ity on the ff, while Connall got a number ot telling its on the leg side. Linwood’s innings did not commence at all 'ell, Grant being dismissed with' the score t 8 and Hayes was bowled by Parton when SV. total was 19. " Forsyth and Smith took, be eooro to 54, at which point Smith was Owled by Gregory. Thomas was next, but fter getting a four, was bowled by Gregory, •ho at this slage had taken two wickets for runs. Read and Forsyth then became asaoiated, and they treated the bowling with luch respect. Read was out lbw with 116 n the score sheet. There was one man abent, and the innings closed for 162. Scores: EAST CHRISTCHURCH. < First Innings. B. B. 'Wood, b Read „ .66 A. R. Blank c Forsyth b Read 82 F. Woods,' b Read . . .20 ( ! D. Parton, b Thomas . . I v W. Litchfield, run out . . 7 W. Howell, b Read ... 2 R. Gregory, b Read ... 8 H: Aria, run out ... 2 J. Flood, b Rood . . . .2 T. Brosnahan, not out . . . , 20 G. Connall, o sub. b Read . .18 Extras • .... 83 Total , . , . . 206 Bowling Analysis—R. Read took seven wicets for 32 runs, A. W. Thomas one for 59, .. Grant none for 22. LINWOOD. First Inning*. C. Hayes, b Parton . . J 6 A. Grant, o and b Parton . 3 F. Smith, b Gregory . . .84 A. W. Thomas, b Gregory . . 4 R. Road, ibw b Howell . . .35 G. Russell, b Flood . r . .6 P. Hooper, c Aria b Flood . . 0 C. Orchard, o Gregory b Flood . 12 . H. Forsyth, b Flood . . .45 > H. Taylor, absent .... 0 W. Owens, not out. ' • , .0 Extra* ..... 8 Total . . . . . 152 Bowling Analysis.—D. Parton took two rickets for 19 runs; J. Flood, four for 44; \ Woods, none for 24; R. Gregory, two fox 5; W. B. Howell, one for 82. YDENHAM t. WEST OHRISTSHURCH. West Christchurch won the toss, and R. C. Jlunt and W. R. Worker opened the innings o Bennett and M’Ewjn. West met with arty disaster, Blunt patting one back to I’Ewin, L. lioung being bowled by Bennett nd D. Reese being run out. The board at his stage read 3—3—o. Worker lost his wioet at 20, and with eight wickets down the otal was only 105. D. T. Maxwell, » Dunroon Military College student, home on :o!iday leave, helped to improve the situation, ,nd scored 85 by vigorous cricket. The tarings finished much better than early prosiccts indicated, the total reaching 146. The ilay was very slow and for part «.f the time i heavy dust storm swept over the ground nd high wind prevented the bails being tsed. The weather conditions improved when . Gray and’J. Young opened the Sydenham nnings. With only Beven runs on Young vas bowled by Rease, and at 24 Gray was ut lbw to Reese.' M’Ewin hit out and oored 24, mostly with good drives forward if point, when Dr Foster heat him. H. Waton played brisk cricket, his 21 including a ix and a five (four for>an overthrow). O’Malev knocked up 28 in good ’ style, tho score ioing lifted to 108 for seven, chiefly through iis effort. Sydenham failed to roach West’s otal by four runs. Scores: WEST CHRISTCHURCH. First Innings. R. O. Blunt, o and b M’Ewta . 0 C. L. Young, b Bennett . . 1 D. Reese, run cut .... 0 E. D. Worker, o Bruges b M’Ewin . . . . .7 E. J. Norman, lbw b Watson . 16 Dr Foster, o Watson b M’Ewin . 19 P. S. Dwyer, o O’Malley, b Watson . , 15 D. T. Maxwell, b Watson . .35 E. E. Boag, b Watson ... 6 W. B. Fuller, b Gray . . ,11 C. Zimmerman, not out . .11 Extras ..... 25 Total 148 Bowling analysis.—H. Watson, four wickets or 47 runs; J. M’Ewin, three for 55; J. Jray, one for 2; J. Bennett, one for 17. SYDENHAM. First Innings. J. Toting, b Reese ... 1 J, Gray, lbw b Reese • » .12 J. M’Ewin, b Foator . . .24 J. Bruges, o Boag b Keese . 2 H. Watson, o Ytaing b Foster 21 W. P. Guiney, lbw b Foster . 7 W. O’Malley, o and b Blunt . 28 W. Skelton, o Foster b Reese . 14 K. Sherrifis, o Worker b Blunt . 17 C. Bellamy, not out . . .6 3. Bennett, c Blunt b Reese . 1 Extras . . ■ . 9 I Total . . . . . 143

Bowlins Analysis.—D. Reese, five wickets for 86 rune,- Dr 6. Foster, three for 33; R. C. Blunt, on* lor’ 36* C. Zimmerman, none for 40. SECOND GRADE. St Albans B, batting against St Albans A, made 340 (Martin 144, Thompson 69 not out, Brown 20, Lewis 42, Airey 19, Jenkins 12). Ford and Rogers were the most successful bowlors for tho A team, who replied with four wiokets for 64 (Parton 19, Lamb 20). West A, batting against East A, made 185 (Board 39, Talbot 39, Buokhurst 21, Butters 83, Godfrey 18). East have lost four wickets for .178 (Feast 19, Smith 35, Jones not out i 67, Audibert 51). The two loading teams, Sydenham B and East B, met at Hagley Park. -Despite a bad start, Sydenham made 322 (J. Martin 151 not out, James 68, Marshall 35, Woods 13). East B have lost ono wicket for 48 (Weston not out 40). Riccarton B made 294 (Jamieson 62, Evans 66, Gorrio 52, C. R. Sfirith 33, Holland 21, Bell 20. Unwin 11) against West Christchurch B, who mado 94 for ihreo wickets (Cropp 18. Hammond 50 not out, Peake i 16 not out). Cropp, Wanklyn and Wilson took the wickots for West. Riccarton made 74 (Killick 23, Byrno 16), and Technical 141 (Annitago 72, Yates 83, Hill 27). Linwood A, playing four short against Sydenham A, made 187 (Grant 62, Condliffo 25, Francis 28, Cox 21, Snooks 88). 1 Sydenham replied with 257 (Taylor 21, C. Ay ling 84, T. Coomber.9l, Crompton 14, Harris not out 18). In their oecond innings Linwood havo lost two wiokets for 105 11/ya 1 68, Condliffo 41). For Sydenham Ayling. bowled best, and for Linwood Grant and Perrin took most wickets. THIRD GRADE. Koiapoi, against Sydenham, mado 243 (H. Roilinson 91, H. Trusuum 24, H. Floor 03, J. Roilinson 34, F. Berg 10, G. Green 10). Sydenham made 51 and 115 (Colorabus 10 and 22, Catlin 27, Heslip 13, Egan 19, L. Gay 20). For byd mfiarn Goloinbus and Davidson took most wiokets and) for Kaiupoi Merrin and Trustrum were tho best bowlers. East Christohurch A, against St Albans, mado 358 (O'Callaghan 48, Hart 47, Berwick 81, Frazer 62 not out, Oorbo.t 67, Howie 28, Kippenberger 23). St Albans, playing four short, made 127 (C. King 22, Shier 22, W, R* King 18, M’Konzie 13 not out, Scrimshaw 17). For St A. bans C. King and Brosnan were tho boat bowlers, and for East Christchurch A. Fraser and Hart took most wickets. In tho match between Technical and Linwood, the former, in tho first innings, made 112 (M’Kenzie 50, L. Mardon 12). Bowling for Linwood. Cadonhead took Ihreo wickets for 23 runs.' In tho firet innings, Linwood made 161 (Bates 20, Askew 65, Newsome 30). Bowling for Technical, Stuart look four wickets for 85 runs. In the second innings, Technical had mado 90 at half-past six, when stumps wore drawn (M’Kenzio 32, Mardon 60 not out, 20 byoB). FOURTH GRADE. Ricoarton, against Sydenham, mode 107 (M’Donald 58, Hamer 16). Sydenham scored 264 for ijye wickets (Mooro 124 retired, Gibson 36, Mbrrimau 21 not, Grenfoll 22 not out, For,ton 14, Main 14). M’Donald bowled best for Riccarton and for SydenhamMain and Gibson took most wickets. BOYS’ LEAGUE. SENIOR GRADE. West Christchurch D.H.S. defeated Boys' High School by default. Marists 109 defeated Farmers' 60 and 44 by an innings and 6 runs. Boys’ Gordon Hall 89 for.aovon wickots defeated St Andrewe 85 by three wickets and 4 runs on the first innings. JUNIOR GRADE. Boys’ Gordon Hall defeated Normal by default. Technical College B 101 defeated Technical College A 73 by 28 runs on the first innings.