CRICKET.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 561, 26 November 1915, Page 2

CRICKET.

OF JTHE WEEK. The third series of matches in- the "Canterbury Cricieet Association's first, second, and third grade competitions will be resumed to-morrow, and the , eixtlr series 'in- the fourth grade competition will be played. No innings lias been completed inany of the present series of first grade games, owing to last Saturday's rain. Linwood has 133 on for eight wickets against St. Albans at Hagley Park, with W. L. King (0) and H. Perrin (6) Cthe not-out men. Oja the, adjoining wicket at Hagley Park Biecarton has scored ■ 107 for one wicket against Sydenham, and fl. B. Whitta (57) and E. B. Caygill <36) have yet to be disposed of. West Christchurch has scored 249 for three wickets against East Christchurch at ' Lancaster Park, H. B. Lusk (136) and B. Bedpath (2) being the not-out men. "No- competition cricket was played in ," Wellington last Saturday. It had been" : ' postponed owing to a , combined sports ' - gathering having been arranged in aid " ; " of Gallipoli Day, but rain caused that f " -' fcvent to be postponed also. Matches in Dunedin. *'' Cricket Association's competitions, not being championship eon- ': ■ tests" this year,. Dut only /''friendly'' : .' - s6mpe'titioris/ J. N. Crawford is ch'ang- '- ing about among the weaker, teams. . iiast Saturday he played for -Dunedin /i against Grange, and for the first time season he did well with both bat £; ball. On a heavy wicket he took 'V'xxn wickets for 31' runs, jpid with the feat he made 59 not out. The "match was .'' drawn! Grange scored 140, the only 1 - Rouble-figure scorers being Malcolm .■' £34), Galland (31), and Conradi (29), •;/ .Dunedin had 107 for five wickets when ' i% time was called. '*• ■■■■" £.;' Dunedin is having plenty of rain this ■J," .season, and nearly, all the wickets there -/* were heavy.last Saturday. Carisbrook •l-$r beat Opoho . easily. The former made -.-" 154, H. C Watson and H. G. Siedeberg each scoring 49. Eamsden, with 21, was *-; the. only other scorer, of double.figures. -"" - Tarnbnll took five of the Carisbrook wickets for 48 runs, and,Casey got-three foif;3o. OpOho failed, badly:against . bowling of Bamsdetf "and the other Carisbrook bowlers, the whole side be-. ing disposed of for 47. Bamsdejri took sisc wickets for 18' "runs, Siedebfetg got two" wickets for two .runs in two?overs, and Watson one wicket'for four ['runs. The only good wicket available in Dunedin ■ apparently was the "fisst pitch at Culling Park, where Albion met' St. Kilda. Batting first, Albion, which was a man short, made only 58, thehighest individual score being* 15.-rT. : Livingstone," who got three wicketsv sQr' 12 runs, was the most, successful, of the: St. Kilda bowlers. Str/Kil'd'a replied with 144, MeCarten making 47. Stigj- j Heh took four wickets for 41 run& j ; 7\ ._' ', After an interruption of one Satur- '■ jlay, the first serias;of onatchf s in Auek>i tand grade '"pTiclret' finished last: Baturdav. . On the first d,ay .Grafton made *120 ; against . Ppnsonbyy ? and-' thej latter rattled" up 126 for two wickets.i When they resumed batting the Ponsonby men went for hittinsr up runs fast, in an effort to force a; three-point " v-in. They reached 228* for seven wick-1 ef-s, and then declared. F. Taylor carried his score from 73 to 98, antfctnen was caught out close to the li'oundacy.| •A. Osborne scored 50,... It Jookedjif or;:a! time, as if Ponsonby 'would get-iheMle-j sired three points, for five of \vi<-kets fell in the sdconri .innfngST 40j runs. But E. MacCormick and E. J.j Sloman, who were members-of the Auek-| lr>nd representative team which" Vj si ted Christchurch in the 1913-1914 season, kept Ponsonby away from the <*xtra point. They played out time, putting on 110' between them. Slowman, who 4iad gone in fourth wicket down, scored 78 not out, and MacCormick got 44 not out. - Eden scored a very easy first innings win against North Shore. On the first day Eden made 343 for seven wickets., Brooke-Smith and Hemus scoring centuries. Eden declared at that, and last Saturday got North Shore out for 107. But for a second innings by E. -V. Sale, who scored 55, North Shore's display Would ha*'© been exceedingly poor, for the only other man who reached doublefiirures was Tattersall, with 11 runs. Shepherd got four of the Shore wickets for 11 runs, and the other wickets were divided amongst three bowlers, the bowling having been changed frequently. Eden reversed its usual order of batting for the second innings, and the customary going to-" the wickets to hit out at everything, made an inglorious showing, six wickets falling for 25 runs before stumps were drawn. Dacre got five of those wickets for 11 runs. Parnell beat University on the first innings. University had made 115 on the first'day, and Parnell had five wickets down for 65 runs. Last Saturday, however, the 'Varsity bowling was not tip to its usual standard, and Parnell earried its first innings score to 232, Somervell being top scorer with 49 and Dow getting 44. Mulgan, with six wick- » ets for 67 runs, was tho most successful the 'Varsity bowlers. Before stumps were drawn the University men had lost six wickets for 88 runs. At one time six were down for 24, but then came a partnership between Player and Airey—the latter is the Auckland candidate for the Rhodes scholarship, and he is well known to many Christchurch players by reason of his' performances in Heathepte Williams' Shield matches—defied the further efforts of the Parnell bowlers. Player got 35 not out, and Airey 14 not out. Anthony got four of the 'Varsity wickets for 13 runs, on a wijpket that responded to the spin on a;.ball. v /.;■ ; ; Warwick Armstrong had an unusual experience ih r Melbourne cricket the Other day. He was bowled first ball. ': It is reported that C. E. Xi. Trumper, ; who is a younger brother of the late' Victor Trumper, and who. has shown much ; promise in Sydney first grade cricket, in which he made a century recently, is not likely to play any more cricket this season. It is necessary for him to take a spell from exercise: He'is only 18 years old. * D. McLachlan, the ex-Otago and Canterbury representative player, passed through Christchurch on his way from Punedin to Gisborne during the week.

McLachlan has obtained an engagement in Gisborne, in his occupation a'sv a piano-tuner. -During the last- few months he has been--suffering-from the effects of a niotdc cycling • accident which he.met withlin Christchurch, and which' wa's thei cause of his going'.tfeick to Dunedin ta, recuperate, but he.: now looks jpretty fit.; It was anticipated, |hat he would not be able to play cricket in the present season, but he playeid ; in ojiie vgamg in Dunedin recently, and he lpay be> able to jt&ke part in Gisborne cricket. < If the leffects' of his accident allow him to bowikin anything like-his form last season, the Gisborne placers will find him, to be some bowler, a'srthe Americans woijld say.

CITY AND SUBURBAN ASSOCIATION.

j NOTES AND COMMENTS. The third round of the City and Suburban matches Was commenced on Saturday in very squally weather. Probdbly being in doubt as to whether the gaines Would be proceeded with, quite a dumber of players did not turn up tilt late in .the afternoon, while others did not put in an appearance at all. The senior grade match, Railway v. Marists, set down for Sydenham Park, was not j played. Positions of Teams. , , j At the conclusion of the second round | in thfl-r first grade-competition the.positioHsrof tire eight-competing teams "iwere as follow:- — " Linwood-Wandorers: Six points (two wins).* Eangers: Five-points (one three-point and 1 two-point twin). Railway: Five points (one threepoint and one tWo-point win). : , Druids: Three points (one three-point win). ' ' ; ' Glenmore: Two points (one two-point win). Waimairi 0. WoolstOn o.' Marists 0. Readers will probably understand that a win on the'first innings, owing to play not being concluded within the two days, counts as'a two-point win, while a straight-out win on a finished game counts three points. Rangers' Good Performance. At English Park Only two matches, were played, namely, the senior grade match (Rangersii v Linwood Waiderers) and the* third grade .njatch (DunStable v. Druids). ; .Bangers are } to be icorigratulated oh putting up . a score of U93 Na%<iiiist LipfvyiQodj particularly ais fhey We're playing with only 10 men. .The chiCf credit : of . this score is, of .course, due, to Douglas, who compiled 96 not but.' No ' fewer than seven bowlers were tried against Douglas, but without avail. He was quite at home WitK a|l of them, and his total included the splendid record of 16 fours and two sixes. The Rangers' score was a fairly substantial one for Linwood to face, but but they 'did "so With, a sportsmanlike courage, which v:as the mor.e commend-; able because of 'the'failing light and sodden <i(rickeC'''''' / Whefi' .•'Stumps were' drawn they had knocked up 103 for the loss of three wickets. Of this total 40! {not out) Were contributed by Elvy, Who is -batting well this season. CrossScored 29 and Clark 20. Taking No Chances. Druids do not appear to be taking any chances in their niateh against Glenmore. Despite the wet weather, they rolled up on Saturday with a full team to Woolston Park, and, going in first, did very well, compiling 193 for six ,Wickets down. Egan did not appear to be;in his usual form with the ball, and was badly knocked about by the Druids' batsmen, particularly Langford, whom I congratulate on his 118 not out. It must be confessed that he received considerable assistance from chance. Glenmore are a good batting side, but sound judgment by Druids as to the correct time of declaration should just about give the latter team the gamef However, it is proverbially unsafe to prophesy. Even Game Anticipated. The game between "Woolston and Waimairi ought to be an even one. The teams appear to be fairly well matched. Going in first on Saturday, Woolston compiled a ;century, the bowling of 01sen being responsible for preventing a heavier score. Olsen took five wicjtets for 16 Tuns, a very commendable performance, though it is but fair to say that the wicket was very much in the bowler's favour. A Short Game. As previously remarked, the match" between Martists and Railway was not commenced, and as this leaves only some fouf hour's in which to decide the issue the match should prove an interesting one. ' Other Matches. In the second grade matches, the two leading teams, St. Albans and Y.M.C.A., who were to have tried conclusionsat Sydenham Park, refused to face . the elements. It was unfortunate that bad weather prevailed on the date scheduled for the meeting of these teams, as ; an interesting "go" was being looked for. The Chemists, new arrivals in the association, are a game team. Although only six men were present on Saturday for the match With Linwood-Wanderers, they went ahead and knocked up 48, to which their opponents replied with 13 without loss (Judson not out 3, Williams not out 9). Mr R. Matson and Mr H. Holmes, of the Islington-Hornby team of last year, have joined the Lin-wood-Wanderers Club, . and . will commence play in the fourth round. Mr J. Stevens will don the flannels in the fifth round. . i : . A very good performance on Saturday in third grade cricket was that of the Dunstable; team, wliieh compiled 176 in the match against Druids. Of the'total Pai-ker contributed 62, and the whole team gives good promise for the future. THIRD MAN.