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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11215, 22 October 1914, Page 9

CRICKET.

, DISTRICT COMPETITIONS.

WHITTA MAKES USEFUL CENTURY.

Tho second round of the Canterbury Cricket Association's competitions was opened to-day in fmo weather and on fast wickets. Tho feature of the Senior games was a much needed century by Whitta, who onco more saved his side. Reese and Donnelly put a timely stiffening into West Christchurch when it was needed, and the succeeding batsmen had enough confidence to score freelyWest Christchurch finished in a very strong position, and Riccarton have a substantial lead on St Albans. WEST v. LINWOOD.

West Christchurch did not start brilliantly against Linwood, and had'three down for 58, Thomas at one stage having got three- wickets for 21. Then Reese- and Donnelly carried the score to 154 by lively criclwt, Donnelly lifting Ridley for six. Reese was out in lashing at Thomas. Donnelly was slow but sure, and after he went, Mathows and Youno- commenced to score freely. Mathews after a chance or two got going for 68, and Young helped the total to 284. In the last half-hour of play West captured two wickets for 30. •The following are the scores: — WEST CHRISTCHURCH. First Innings. Dr A. Foster, c Perrin b Thomas 22 F. Butler, b Thomas ... 16 C. S. Bryan-Brown, lbw Thomas 12 D. Reese, b Thomas . . . . 64 F. V. Waters, b Thomas . . 9 A. T. Donnelly, b Perrin . . 56 G. S. Mathews, b Thomas . . 68 C. T. Young, b Grant ... 29 E. T. Harper, run out . . .0 S. W. Wallis, not out ... 1 E. E. Ciawshaw, b Grant . . 0 Extras ..... 7 Total 231 Bowling Analysis. Thomas, 2S overs, 5 maidens, 89 runs, 6 wickets; Reid, 18 overs, 2 maidens, 65 runs; Ridley, 6 overs, 2 maidons, 24 runs; Tate, 2 overs, 17 runs; Perrin, 8 overs, 1 maiden, 49 runs, 1 wicket; Jones, 3 ovefrs, 14 runs; Grant, 4.4 overs, 19 runs, 2 wickets. LINWOOD. First Innings. E. G. Perrin, o and b Reese , 0 G. Tate, c Reese b Crawshaw . 10 J. Jones, not out . . . .11 H. Taylor 4 Extras 5 i Total for 2 wickets . .30 RICCARTON v. ST ALBANS. Riccarton nearly had their reputation mined by tho St Albans bowling, Whitta being the only batsmani to get more than 20. But as he went in first and foil last he managed to make tho creditable score of 110 in his old style out of a total of 195. Sandman got five wickets for 49, which was a good performance against Riccarton. Boulton had. a good run with the ball against St Albans, and three wickets were down for 48,. Bishop, Bradmore, and Sandman steadied the game, and at call of time the score was. 117 for nine wickets, which leaves the team in a bad position. The following are the scores: — RICCARTON. First Innings. H. B. Whitta, b Hickmott . . 110 E. K. Caygill, c Brunton b Lamb . 4 C. Evans, b Snadman . . .12 A C. Fuller, b Haigh . . .11 S. Smith, b Sandman ... 6 W. B. Cittrkson, c Miles b Haigh 6 L. A. Caygill, b Sandman . . 0 H. E. Bell, c teeming b Sandman 0 W. B. Fuller, run out . . . 1 R. Taylor, b Sandman - .. . .16 .E. Boulton, not out . . .2 Extras 27 Total 195 Bowling analysis—Lamb, 13 overs, 1 maiden, C 8 runs, 1 wicket; Hickmott, 6.5 overs, 27 runs, 1 wicket; D. Sandman, 13 overs 1 niaidon, 49 runs, 5 wickets; Haigh, 6 overs, 2 maidens, 24 runs, 2 wickets. ST ALBANS. First Innings. , L. B. Brunton, b Boulton . ' . 3 B. Miles, b Boulton ... 34 R. G. Hickmott, c Clarkson b Boulton 4 H. A. Bishop, c Evans b Bell . 23 H. Bradmore, run out . .21 D. Sandman, c L. A. Caygill, b Boulton 23 R. E. Leoming, run out . .1 G. M. Haigh, lbw Boulton . . 0 D. Lamb, not oui .... 6 V. M. Edgar, b Evans ... 0 Extras ... . . .2 Total for nine wickets . 117 SYDENHAM A v. EAST CHRISTCHURCH. Sydenham A, without Woods, went in against East Christchurch on a- hard, fast wicket at Lancastor Park. Handford, late Christ's College coach, was included in the East Christchurch team. At 41 Taylor was taken at point, but Watson ran to 51 before ho was caught by Beal off M'Lelland. Patterson and Hayes both, succumbed to M'Laughlan, an ex-Otago player, who performed well with the "ball. Forrester was caught and bowled brilliantly, and fivo wickets .were down for 96. A lucky, but effective innings by Martin, aided by some faulty fielding, improved tho position considerably. Hanford," who leaves for Invercargill next week, hit merrily, and made his runs without mistakes. The f olio-wings are the scores: — SYDENHAM A. First Innings. L. Watson, c Beal b M'Lelland 51 J. Taylor, c Crichton b Carlton 20 W. Hayes, b M'Laughlan . . 8 J. L. Patterson, b M'Laughlan . 5 J. Forrester, c and b M'Laughlan 0 M. O'Mr.lley, b Handford . . 13 W. Guiney, run out . . .5 J. IT. Bennett, b M'Lelland . . 8 J. M&rtin, not out ... 52 J. Gray, b Carlton ... 15 F. Woods, absent ... .0 Extras 16

Total . . ; . .193 EAST CHRSTICHURCH. First Innings. A. Handford, not out . . .17 J. W. Grichton, not out . . 6 Extraa 2

Total for no wickets . 25 SYDENHAM. B v. KAIAPOI.

Kaiapoi, on their own ground, and on a matting wicket made a. good stand against Sydenham B for 167, Smith putting up a good score of 76. Sydenham responded with 136 for four wickets, and the game is in au interesting sta-ife. Following are the scores:— KAIAPOI. First Innings. A. Rollinson, b Wilson . . 21 G. Green, o Ayling b Wilson . So F. Smith, c Aris b Watson . 76 D. MacgTeg-or, b Wilson . . 0 L. G. Blackwell, b Macbeth . 12 J. H. Blackwoll, b Macbeth . 0 J. JS T . Crawshaw, c Watts b Wilson 0 J. Brown, b Macbeth ... 0 J. Stanton, b Macbeth . . 1 H. Trustrum, not out . . 4 A. Howarth, c and b Macbeth . 0 Extras 18 Total 167 Bowling analysis—Wilson, 15 overs, 3 maidens. 52 runs, 4 wickets; Watson, 11 overs, 3 maidens, 43 runs, 1 wicket; Macbeth, 11 overs, 3 maidens, IS rims, 5 wickets; M'Clelland, 4 overs, I maiden, 11 runs; Patrick, 7 overs, 24 runs. SYDENHAM B. N. Conradi, lbw b Howarth . 5 W. Skclton, lbw b Mucgregor . 34 H. Watson, b Brown . . .33 W. R. Patrick, c Trustrum b Macgregor .... 23 C. Ayling, not out . . .19 G. Wi'son, not out ... 12 Extras 15 Total for four wickets . 136 SECOND GRADE. Linwood, playing against Christ's College on College ground, made 172. Coll ego replied with seven wickets for 90. Sydenham went in first against St 1

Albans and made 25-1 (Winsor 66, Woods 47, Dougall 30, Love 28, Wiltshire not out 22, Stevens 17, Nicholson 12). Thompson and Simpson took the wickets for St Albans. At the close of play, St Albans had made 95 for the loss of two wickets (Johns 50, Lawrence not out 34.) Boys' High School against East Christchurch A made 194. East Christchurch replied with 89 for five wickets (Arthur Norman not out 40, Earner not out 21, Caldwell 12). Riccarton against Limvctod B, at Lancaster Park, made 73 (Luttrcll 21, Taylor 11) Linwood made 107 (Russell 28, Perrin IS, Muriaon 13). East Christchurch B against West Christchurch made 134 (Oalclcv 34, H. Haughey 19, Read 17, O'Loughlin 15, Voss 15). Bowden, Moor and Burnett bowled best. West reolicd with 115 (Hay 42, Jolly 22, Redpath 13). THIRD GRADE. Riccarton A were dismissed by St Albans A for 86 (Carrick 21, Prebble 35). Johnston (four for 24), Doig (four for 35) and Harrison (two for 22) took the wickets for St Albans, who replied with 114 (M'Lean 26, Scott 37. Manson 13), Nixon, J. Prebblo and Carrick taking the wickets. St Bedo's, batting against St Albans JB, made 204 (M'Larcn not out 78, Father Quinn 31, C. Dwyor 29, E. Thompson 14). Hickmott, Wallis and Graham took the wickets for St Albans, who responded with five for 49 (Gra*hnm not out 19, Beadel 10, Beavers 12).

Riccarton B made 148 against High School, the double-figure men being Unwin 29, Morris 13, Powell 14, Dash 25, Lummis 25 and Davidson 12. High School was dismissed' for 84 (West 21, Crcswell 19, Billeliff 21), Morris and Davidson taking the wickets. At call of time_ Riccarton had made 56 for three wickets (Morris not out 39, Graham 16). East Christchurch. playing against Christ's College, made 229. College replied with .seven wickets for 113. Sydenham met Linwood, made 24. Sydenham replied with 229. Linwood in the second innings have made 6 runs for two wickets.'

Limvood A, against West Christchurch A. made 149 (Nevin 26, Bullock 28, Wcodhnm 16. Forsyth 13, Frankish 1)3). West replied with 133 for five wickets (Sinclair 45 ; Harrison not- out Gl). Westß made 100 against Kaiapoi. i Ivaiapoi replied with 104. FOURTH GRADE. Sydenham A. batting against East Clmstchu%ch, made 134 (Penpler 59, Hickenbottom 10, Pritchard 16," Watts 10 and Nicholson 22). F. Hislpp bowled best for East, who were dismissed for 10G (Brosnahan 39, Cuninghara 11, ■ O'Laughlin 31 and Hes'op not out 12). Sydenham won on the first innings. Ldnwood, ploying .against Christ's College, on the' College ground, made 74. College responded with 172. Linwood, in their second innings, lost four wickets for 93 runs. College won by 98 runs on the first innings. Boys' High School played Sydenham B, who made 110. School replied with 50. and followed on, making 87. _ Sydenham made 58 for one wicket, winning the game by nine wickets. FRIENDLY GAME. An interesting game was played a,t Hagley Park between the Veterans and Y.M.C.A. Veterans batted first and made 176 (Harris 59. Page 50. Alp 20 and M'Nae IS). Y.M.C.A. replied with 153 (Robb 66, Olsen 31. Down 22 and Grant 10). Down and Wainscott bowled best for Y.M.C.A. and Harris and Rattray for the Veterans. PRIMARY SCHOOLS' COMPETITION Waltham met Woolston at Lancaster Park. Waltham made 156 for four wickets; Dunlor> 39 not out, Wilson 34, Elvy 26, Poulton 16 not out. Woolston replied with 23 ; Besley six for 10, Wilson four for 13 took the wickets for Waltham. CANTERBURY COLLEGE. The following team will represent Canterbury College against Sir Cecil Moon's team on Monday, at Hagley Park, at 10 a.m.: —Beal, Bowden, Crawshaw, Crichton, Donnelly, Lnttrell. Moor, Richards, W. B. Thomas, Twyneham and Goring; emergencies, N. R. Thomas, Kincaid and Rowe. CITY AMD SUBURBAN. SENIORS. B Section. Batting first again3fc Islington-Horn-by, Liuwood Wanderers made 63 (T. Harry 21. Warbel 12, Peters 11). Islington-Hornby made 110 (Gray 48). Railway batted first against Rangers and made 57 (Fleet 20, R. Morgan 13). Rangers replied with 158 (East 26, Bakey 21, Bartiett 19, Porter 18, Shurrock'23). St Albans, playing against Y.M.C.A., I made 100 (Small 20, Neate 15, Carter 15, F. Faulkner 21). Y.M.C.A. made 96 (Newton 11, Bascand 14, J. Smith 12, Curtiss 10, C. Bascand 12). ! JUNIORS. Greens defeated Linwood Wanderers by 24 runs on the first innings. St John's defeated Druids by 91 runs on the first innings. Sydenham Hockey defeated Railway by 14 runs on the. first innings. The game between Dunstable and St Albans resulted in a win for Dunstable by three wickets. Scores: Dunstable 100 for seven wickets (Owen 33, Niches 19, Parker 10, Ginders 10, Templeman 10). St Albans 98 (Davison 16, Meed 12, Barnes 27, Butler 24 not out). Playing_ against Scott's, Woolston in the first innings made 144 (Clarko 38, Bennett 22, Pennell 19. Kennedy 10, Robertson 15). Scott's made 72 for eight wickets (Duggan 32). The gamo ended in a draw. Duggan bowled best for Scott's and Hurrell for Woolston. PRESIDENT'S. The match between Boys' Gordon Hall A and Y.M.C.A. resulted in a win for Boys' Gordon Hall by an innings and 61 runs. The match between Wainiairi and Boys' Gordon Hall B resulted in a win for Wainiairi by 112 runs. St John's 79 defeated Dunstable 33. Scores:—St John's (Jennings 13, Scott 22, James 17)_; Dunstable (M'Cracken 18). Jago (six for 0) bowled best for St John's and M'Olea, F'aloon and Thornton for Dunstable. FIRST GRADE. The match Glenniore v. Druids, first innings, resulted as follows: —Druids 105, Glenmore 48. SECOND GRADE. The match Rangers v. New Brighton resulted in a win for New Brighton by 9 runs. The match Richmond W.M.C. v. St Peter's resulted in a win for Richmond W.M.C. by 95 runs. THIRD GRADE. ■ The match St Matthew's A v. B team resulted in a win for the A team by 52 runs. Wainiairi commenced their match against Marist Old Boys and made 187 (Kettler 46, Rossiter 21, Smith 19, Prcbblo 19, Ferguson 12 not out, Walters 10, Marshall 15). Marists Old Boys made 72 for three wickets.