GERALDINE.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18807, 20 February 1931, Page 5

GERALDINE.

88 DEGREES IN THE SHADE. Sweltering heat—Bß degrees were recorded in the shade at the Geraldine School—was experienced yesterday, and the Park and bathing pool were popular bathing places. The evening was cool and pleasant. The Domain is looking particularly attractive at present, and it was a well-patronised resort. Bowling, croquet, tennis and swimming all drew their adherents, and for a time the baths were full of happy school children who had been released early from their labours. On the oval, the annual cricket match between Christ’s College Old Boys and English Public Schools was played. ANNUAL CRICKET CONTEST. For a number of years now, an annual match has been played between old boys of English Public Schools and Christ’s College, and this fixture has come to be regarded as one of the cricket attractions of the Geraldine season, drawing quite a number of spectators. In yesterday’s match, English Public Schools, who compiled 308, defeated Christ’s College by 51 runs. Public Schools opened and runs came fast, Ritchie hitting two sixers and three fours in his total of 28, while H. C. Bennett hit three sixes and two fours in making a useful 31. Stephens and Sinclair-Thomson, in making 52 runs for the seventh wicket, played bright cricket, and the innings of 208 lasted two hours. Unwin and G. Burdon shared the bowling averages. Christ’s College Old Boys were much slower in scoring 157, but Wood played well for 80, and Burdon brothers with Vincent, gave their side 132 for the sixth wicket. The tail failed against the bowling of Cranford and C. Burdon, and English Public Schools won the match, this being their first win for some years. Scores were as follows:

ENGLISH PUBLIC SCHOOLS. First Innings. J. Hodgkin (Lighton Park), lbw b Unwin 7 A. Wordsworth (Cranley, Surrey) 12 G. Feilden (Marlborough), b Unwin 1 W. Ritchie (Eton), c Temple, b R. Burdon 28 H. C. Bennett (Bloxham), b Barker 31 C. Burdon (Wellington), b Barker 10 H. Stephens (Cheltenham), lbw, b G. Burdon 33 H. Sinclair-Thomson (Loreto), b Hargreaves .. .. 50 J. Cranford (Epson), c <enwin, b Hargreaves 3 R. Barker (Sherboume), b G. Burdon 6 D. Boyle (H.M.S. Britannia), b O. Burdon 6 T. Ragg, not out 5 Extras .. .. 17 Total •• .. •• „ .. 208 CHRIST COLLEGE OLD BOYS. First Innings. D. Unwin, st Ritchie, b Feilden .. 5 Wood, run out 80 R. Temple, b Feilden 0 G. Burdon, b Cranford 11 R. Burdon, c Cranford, b Bennett 18 G. C. Harper, b Stephens 6 S. Vincent, c Ritchie, b Wordsworth 23 K. H. Hargreaves, c and b Cranford 2 J. Deßenzy, b Cranford 1 E. P. Barker, lbw, b Burdon .... 4 Miller, not out 3 A. G. Macdonald, b Burdon .... 0 Extras 4 Total .. 157 # WEDDINO. KNIGHT—BELL. A very pretty wedding was celebrated yesterday in St. Mary’s Church, Geraldine, when Olive Maud, only daughter of Mr and Mrs A. J. Bell, Geraldine, was married to Charles Cuthbert, elder son of Mr and Mrs C. Knight, of Timaru. The Rev. E. N. Blakiston was the officiating clergyman, and Miss Hughes presided at tne organ. The bride, who entered the church on the arm of her father, looked charming in a frock of ivory satin and long sleeves of white georgette. The frock, which was ankle-length, was made with tight, high-waisted bodice, and fully-flared skirt, slightly dipping at the back. A beautifully embroidered veil was held in place by a band of pearls. She wore silver shoes and stockings, and carried a bouquet of roses, sweet peas, and maiden-hair fern. The bride was attended by Miss Marjorie Bell, a cousin, 'who wore a sleeveless frock of sea-green taffeta, with a band of net at the neck and round the hem to match. She wore a pink picture hat, and silver shoes and stockings, and her bouquet was of pink and mauve sweet peas. Mr Pat Knight, of Christchurch, cousin of the bridegroom, attended as best man. A reception followed in the Town Hall where about fifty relatives and friends were received by the bride’s mother, who wore a frock of black celanese and lace, relieved by a spray of silver beads, with a black bankok hat. Her bouquet was of pink roses and pink sweet peas. Others present included Mrs H. Knight, aunt of the bridegroom, Christchurch, who wore a navy crepe de chene dress, trimmed with fawn, and a fawn hat, and carried a bouquet of pink flowers; Mrs Satterthwaite (Timaru), navy georgette and cerise hat, with bouquet of cerise sweet peas and roses; Mrs Hughes, grandmother of the bride, New Plymouth, black lace dress and black hat, with posy of mauve flowers; Mrs Wallace, aunt of the bride, New Plymouth, Swiss embroidered frock of lettuce green and black hat; Miss Knight, aunt of the bridegroom, Timaru, black crepe de chene frock and fawn hat; Mrs Grindell, aunt of the bride, black celanese frock and black hat; Mrs Bell, Fairlie, aunt of the bride, black frock with hat to match. When Mr and Mrs C. C. Knight left for the north, the bride was wearing a frock of navy silk marocain, with a smart black felt hat, and she carried a beautiful fur coat.

John R. Procter, the Premier Opticians, of Christchurch, will be visiting Temuka, and may be consulted at the Crown Hotel, on Saturday, February 21st