CRICKET

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19830, 22 December 1919, Page 2

CRICKET

DISTRICT COMPETITIONS.

IN AND OUT SCORING, There have not been many occasions in Christchurch cricket ing records when the bails would not stay on tho stumps, but last Saturday’s nor-westcrly gale made it impossible to keep the bails in position on any ground, and the umpires had to pocket them. The wind should have favoured high scoring, for it made it almost impossible to keep control over tho ball, or bowl with any a ecu racy. For all that the scoring was again disappointing on the whole, and tue Season’s form, so far, leaves l.vdle cause for optimism about the prospects of, Pluukot Shield matches.

IMCCARTOiS' v. ST ALBAMS. For a lout; time Riccnrton flattered tlicir supporters ilia t they ivore in for a thumping big score against St Albans. The hundred mark was reneln«! with the loss ot only one wicket, hut Haines. Wiiitta. and Guiney were added to the casually list at I'M, Luttroll and Oaygill, however, took the score on to 20 1 before tho fifth wicket fell, but by ono of the unaccountable turns of Fortune’s wheel the whole side was out for 2L‘F, a. very unsatisfactory total against an even side like St Albans. In the early part of the innings Haines made an invaluable 18. and bis partnership with Luttroll seemed to bare knocked the stuffing out of tho bowlingHaines is a most resourceful bat. and proper coaching would give him the finish thirty is necessary to make him (juiio reliable. Towards the end ho was quite puzzled by Sandman. St Albans got Wbitta very cheaply for 5, but nobody could bo very sympathetic I for him when lie was run out, as be had started one or two “ panicky ” runs as soon as ho got in. S. Watson, with a. fine return from third man, gave Jlnmlon the chance that dismissed AVhitta. A few balls previously he had sent in an even better return whicli nearly caught Luttroll. 0. Guiuev evidently has'not struck form at all this season. Evans and Fuller were howled first ball, and Sinclair. Tavlor and North made a very weak tail. Luttrell s <4 was a fine display of batting &li round tho and a> marked impi ovenicnt can bo registered about this batsman. He was lucky to survive an appeal for aaaaaaaaaauaaaaa oßb.ac u b(n rddord run out when he was 40, and incidentally he was caught at the*wicket off a wide, however impossible that may appear, bnt he took the brunt of the bowling and those who came later should have scored more freely. Caygill certainly profited by the banging about .that had been given to the howling, bud seldom has ho hit so freely. His 46 wae made rapidly, and although he was given out for & catch at the wickets fie seemed to be very unlucky in this At onetime of day Caygfll wCnt into the Canterbury I. almost withoutt question, thanks to his reliability M a stonewaller, and if his halting strength returns he may yet be in the running. iJ j®i icings opened very steadily with Gordon and Brunton, and OK appeared on the board when Gordon was bowled by a very elementary full iocs- Srantoa’s action in going in first aroar a hard arteraoon : » wickeu-keepino-was not tan* to himself, hut he batted very freely for 20. D. W. Reese gave several glampses of good style with some pretty strokes to leg, but he was bowled at 11. Sandman’s 16 helped to keep up tho average, and E. T. Taylor (18) and Stringer (5) played out time with four wickets down for 118, which leaves tho match slightly in Riocarton’s favour.

It may be said that St Albans did very well to get Riccartdh out for 221, but the manner in which the St Albans howling is handled genenilly seems to bo open to criticism. The eight-ball overs, which umpires, being human, sometimes extend to nine, make bowling more arduous, and giro the batsmen a bigger chance of getting their eye in. Already maiden overs have almost disappeared from the score books, and the new system is certainly against the bowler. Rapid changes of bowling have always been a feature of Australian cricket, and more frequent changes would have been justified in the St Albans attack in the last two matches. Sandman’s last five wickets, which cauic with a, run, including the hat trick, improved his average from one for 65 to six for 71. Stringer and Gordon got a wicket each. The former was baffled by the. high wind.

SYDENHAM, v. WEST GHRJSTOHDROH.

Tlie match between Sydenham and West Christchurch was played at Sydenham Park. West Christchurch won tho toss and R. D. Worker and R. C. Blunt opened the hatting to the attack of J. M’Ewin and J. Bennett. The start was disastrous for West, as in quick succession Blunt, O'. L. Young and Reese wore out, the board showing on© wicket for one run, two for two, and three for three, a sequence very rarely seen in local first-grade cricket. Worker was at the wickets some time for 7, but was unable to get M’Ewin’s break deliveries away. The total was only 13 when M’Ewin sent up a full toss to log, which Worker hit high to tho equate boundary, where J. Burgess made no mistake in taking the catch. B. J. Norman and Dr S. Foster stemmed the adverse current and carried the total to 41. when Norman got in front to H. Watson, who had just taken Bonnot’s place with the ball. With tho total at 3!) it was noticeable that. Bennett was becomiim very erratic, and after sending down a wide he indicated that be was not well and retired, after finishing the over. Bennett experienced a turn of dizziness, the first of the kind that had ever oceuml to him on the cricket field; Ho pluckily remained on the ground and did Id's best with the bat to put Sydenham ahead when a few runs were wanted for the team’s last wicket Tlie effort was too much for him, however, and he patted one from Reese to Blunt standing at mid-wickc.f, close in West's prospects brightened with the advent of P. >S. Buyer and I>. T. Maxwell. tho former making several nice strokes in his 15. Maxwell is an exBovs’ High School student, vice-captain of the School’s eleven in 1916, and captain of the football team. He left in 1917 for tho Thmtroon Military College. and is visiting his home ori holiday leave. Maxwell is a left hander, who wields a free, swinging bat, and hits resolutely. Ho put plenty of life into the game and when ho was howled by Watson at 12C his score (35) was easily tho highest for his side and, ns the hook showed at tho close, of the day also, Tho innings closed for 116, double figure scorers not already mentioned being Hr Foster (19). W. B. Fuller (11). and C. Zimmerman (11, not out). Watson came out with tlie good bowling average of four wickets for 47 runs. M’Ewin secured three for 00, Bennett one for 17, and J. Gray, who howled i a few deliveries only, one for 2. ■ The wicket was not even, some halls rising badly while otUcVaf kept low. There were also ouo or two “spots” on which tho ball kicked viciously when it struck them. During the gale and dust storm the players had a most discomforting experience aud the bails had to 1)« dispensed with, Patrick and Hincksman were absent from the Sydenham ranks, and tfipir places w’qre taken by W. P. G-niney and 1 C. Sherriffs. Patrick is on a business tour in the south, hilt will return in time for the interprovincial match against.Wellington, commencing on Chrstmas a-ay Tho Sydenham hatting display was poor. M. O’Mfllloy (28). J. M’Ewin (24). H. Watson (21) and R. Sherrill's (17) being Ih- i.udj- ones to mat". », d"""ui shmv-

mg. .J. Gray again got his leg in front,) and was out before be was well started. His form is much below last season's, and he must hold on easy record in tho matter of being out Ibw. Gray seems to hare unconsciously developed a habit of stepping in front of his wicket and, as on. Saturday and other days of tho competition games, has but to miss the ball once with his bat to bo out. Tho practice is not encouraging in view of his coming inter-pro-vincial engagements. AL’Ewiu’s score was made up mostly of fine-placed drives forward of point. O'Malleys 28 was the result of good all-round hitting. Matson’s score included a. six off Dr Foster and a five (four of wTiich were from an overthrow). Sheriffs's 1.7 was obtained by several effective strokes and general good play. AA’. Skelton s if was a. useful contribution at a time when the team was fighting hard lor a, first innings lead. 0- BeD iamy. who usually bits hard, played a cautions game. AVhou Skelion ’ wag splendidly caught in the deep field txj AAovkcr. off Blunt, nine wickets were down lor L‘iS runs, seven short of an -iclual lead. Bcuncit donoed (ho pads, though obviously unfit to bat. and a, clnbmatc ran for him. He played very streakily. hut managed to make one rim before Blunt caught him. Bellamy just previously tried hard to gain a Sydenham majority, but Bennett's dismissal brought the innings to a close for M2, four short of AVcst’s total. Dan Reese put up his best bowliug performance of the season, securing five wickets for 36 runs. Dr Foster also trundled well and got three wickets for 33 runs. Blunt scouring the remaining two for 26 runs. The 'fielding was, not good and several chances wore missed.

HAST CHItTSTCffDBCII r. LIXMOOD. In the Fast Christehuroli-Liuwood match each team had completed an innings when stumps were drawn within a lew minutes of time. Towards tho close of Fast's innings the players were at times enveloped in clouds of dust, but the bowlers solidly pegged away. r J.bey had a rare task, though, to judge how much to allow for tu« “ gentle breeze •' that was howling' across the field- Fast have a. lead oi 54 runs on the first innings, and this lias given supporters of the team a glummer of hope/ that in tbit match it may achieve its first victory for the season. B. B. A) bod and A. It. Blank commenced East's innings in good form, the latter' batting in fine style. With 32 on he was caught by Forsyth behind the wickets. AVoods who was the newcomer made 20 in quick time, but Bead’s bowling was not to his liking, and the Linwood man ultimately beat him with a real trimmer. The board then showed 102 for two wickets. Thomas bowled Barton after he had made a single and when Dtchlield, who shaped fairly, was run out the average had gone ocwu considerably. Read was now' bowling well on the spot i and mainly through, his agency East tmet with a series of reverses, Howell and Gregory being bowled by Mm in quick order, aid later he dismissed Flood with a good one. Aris had in the meantime also been run but, ahd eight wicketst were down for 137. B, B. Wood was still going well, however, and his display of something like old-time form was pleasing to the spectators. With Brosnahan he had put on 37 for the ninth wicket when Read beat him. The East skipper had played excellent cricket, scoring an rc-mad the ".ieksE CoaauU one. Brosnahan coot, the toes), by merry Jutting to TcJS when the former was caughu off Read and the innings closed. The East wickets fell —One for 62, two for 102, three for 103, four for 119, five for 122, six for.. 126, seven for 135, eight for 137, nine for 174, ten for 206. Read bowled throughout the innings, taking seven wicketst for 92 runs.

Limvood did not make a very favourstart, Grant being caught with the score at 8, while Hayes hit out at Parton when 19 was on the score shoot and was bowled. Tho partnership between Smith and Forsyth improved matters, and they had taken the total, to 54, when Gregory completely beat Smith with a beauty. Thomas did not stop long, and was in score trouble to Gregory, who llually. bowled him- Head was batting very nicely when an appeal for Ibw went against him. Forsyth was bowled by Flood when he was dose on to the half century. Ho batted more freely than is his wont, and made some very well-timed shots. Orchard was tho only other double figure scorer, aud his dozen runs were made up of three fours. He Taylor was an absentee. Tho Limvood wickets foil—One for 8, two for 19, three for 54, four for 62, five for 116. six for 121, seven for 121, eight for 142, nine for 152. Tho East attack was more telling than has been usual of late, Flood, Parton and Gregory bowling, really well. Flood, who kept a coramondably good length,, and nipped away quick! v from the pitch, took four wickets for 44 runs.

AMONGST THE JUNIORS, THE SCORE SHEET. SYDENHAM A y. LINWOOD A. LINWOOD A. First Inning*. Grant, b Ayling . . . . R-3 CondliiTe, c awl b Taylor . . 05 Francis, run out.' • ... ~i\ Dye, c Crompton b Ayling . . 0 Cox, c and b Irving . . .0] Snoots, c Boulton b Goonibor . 3s Perrin, not out ■ . . i Extras T°t»l Bowling Analysis.—Ayling, two,wickets for 18 runs; Taylor, ono for 38; Irving, ouo ior ■l6; Coombcr, one for 80. Seoowf Innings. Lye, not out Condliffe, b Irving . , . 41 Snooks, c, b Ayling . .6 Extra ... , y Total for two wickets . 106 SYDENHAM A. First, Innings. Taylor, e, b Grant . . , n.j Ayling, c, b Snooks , j-j Coomber, c b Perrin . , '9l P. Irving, c, b Grant ... 5 Rond, b Grant .... 0 Poulton, b Francis p Crompton, b Perrin . . yt .Harris, not out • • . .IS Extras - . , , . -"’I Total Bowling analysis not kept. ' EAST CHRISTCHURCH B v. SYDENHAM B. SYDENHAM B. First Innings. Martin, not out . . . .1,51, Woods, b Western , . t jp French, Ibsv, b Weston ... 2 Clarkson, Ibw, b Harry . , ,1 Stephens, b Hairy .... 11 Fraser, b Harry ... 6 .lames, b Hutchings . . .68 Mather, 1> Cunningham . , , 1 Marshall, run out . . , ,3,7 Bennett, Ibw, b Watts . , . n Extras .. . . , ■ . 23 Total . . . '. * . 332 Bowling Analysis,—Harry, throe wickotj, for 7S nuts; Weston, two for 38; Cunningham, ono for 23; C. Walts, ono for 36;.-Hutchings, one for 30; Sqjythe, none for 17; R. Watts, nouo far 85. EAST CHRISTCHURCH B. First Innings. We-lon, b Martin . . . .13 Hutchings, b Marshall . , ‘ , 9 c, b Marshall ... 2 C. Watts, rim out . . . . 6 I Cunningham, not out ... 0 Extras . ' 7 Total for tour wic.kr.La 07

NOTES OH THE PCAY. (By COVER-POINT.) The dropping out of a match fixed for Hagloy Park mad© it possible to transfer tno East B v. Sydenham B match to Hagloy Park, where the two unbeaten teams met on No. 5 wicket, which was in good order, with a fast outfield. Sydenham batted first and mode a bad start. Woods and Martin opened as usual, but they had olily gob as far as 22 when the former played outside a straight one and was howled. French, promoted after his innings of the "previous Saturday, was next, but after making 2 he was given out Ibw to a rising ball which struck him high up—a palpably erroneous decision, and a bit of bad luck for a promising young batsman. Clarkson did not last long, and Stephens’s stay was even shortorj the Sydenham captain being first given not out and then out by the umpire at tho howler’s end, who changed, hia decision at tho instance of the squarelog umpire. With Fraser’s dismissal a few runs later five were down for but James came to the rescue. Going in with his mind made up. to knock Hairy off, he played' the rock till he had accomplished this object, and then, having got his eye in, ho commenced to score rapidly, actually overhauling Martin, who had been in from tho start. A prolific partnership ensued, and the score was taken to 289 before James, when going strong for his hundred, was bowled by Hutchings- His 88 was every bit as good as many a century, for it came at- a critical time, and undoubtedly saved tho side from disaster. A groat many of his runs came from clean leg hitting, although his off driving was also good. He hit fifteen fours, twenty singles and two twos. Tho Eastern captain had tried five bowlers, and worked his changes well, although without result till he himself got James. Ho now took Cunningham from behind tho wickets and gave him a trial, the, first hall disposing of Mather—seven for 211. Marshall, the next man, has not much of a reputation as a batsman, hut he proved difficult to dislodge on this occasion, and lie assisted Martin to add 71 for the eighth wicket, of which ho claimed hall himself. One man being flbseut tho innings closed soon after for 322. Martin, who had gone in first, brought in his hat for 151, made by sound rather than aggressive methods, is far as 1 could see ho gave only one, chance, a fairly easy one in tho slips at 120. His score, which was made up of 47 singles, 13.twos, two threes and eighteen fours, would have 'been larger if lie had not missed a good many on the leg side. However., f suppose- most people would be satisfied with 151. In hia last three innings Martin has made 248 for once out, aiid he has now an aggregate of 368 and an average’of 61. Harry camo out with the best average.

East made a fair start, Weston and Hutchings putting'on 4S for the first wicket, but the next three wickets fell cheaply, and with four down for 07 they appear to ho in difficulties, although their total is hotter than that op their opponents was at Iho same stage. They hare some good batsmen ill lo conic, mikl jis .niter and Martin the attack in

not very strong, they may yet wind up with a good score. 'While the Sydenham Martin was making a century, nis brother was doing likewise on tne adjoining wicket for St Albans B against St Albans A, and a wag •suggested that they should be sent to Woumgton to play against Murphy’s ripe Works, whoso team has been putting up such phenomenal scores, mainly through tho agency o£ tho Murphr brothers. Tho St Albans man also went in at the beginning of the day’s plav, but be scored much faster than ins brother, being out with 144 to his credit before ** Jimo had got his himtired. St Albans B have played theui-Keh-cs into a strong position, and seem i e j r ilvc,l s° hi no uncertain fashion tbc defeat they sustained at the hands or the A team last season. The. A’s are not at full strength, the absence of Barrett, l.dgnr, and Hatch weakening them considerably, although Geo™* tore], who has come back to tbe/gSme again, will, help to make up for the loss of those playoi-s. The A captain won the toss, and elected to take the tie d, anticipating that the wind would help his swervy bowlers; hut Rogers was the only one to take advantage of it, and lus average of five, for 73 reads well in such a big total ::.s 340. lewis got going at last, and Thompson compiled an unbeaten 69 ■ in his usual raslnon.

Charho Hammond, who a few seasons c Cf i some stylish innings for ivest first eleven, lias just returned nom the front, and. was not long in getting buck to thi g,amc. He must be m tonn too. ior his 50 not out against Hiccarton B were fnadc very well. White and I\cdpa,th,\tho heroes of the previous match, wer p quickly disposed ot on Saturday, and with Cropp gone too nest B's prospects of beating RiCcartou’s 294 appeal somowliat remote. I ho first six Ricqmon men scored very consistently, and Gprrie gave another vigorous display/, 44 of his 52 coming tronii boundary /hits. One was glad to se ° Chris Smith, who is still very stiff alter his experiences .at the front, getting a score. ) nest A, after their innings bad been in progress far some time, discovered that they woi|© in the unusual post-ion of having twloßo men on the ground, all ready to jjday, and one of the twelve had to stand jdown. Their opening batsmen started well, and four for 143 looked dike. If ho beginning of a big score, but after all the innings only .realised 185. With/four wickets clown, East A tee well aKiead of this, and they look like making a, big score. Jones, the ex-WeJlingtiou North player, is again leading the! way, and it looks as if promotion shomld como to him very shortly. East A b.uve now developed into a strong tearh, and they take some beating- Nealb has not been very successful with tipe hall since ho came back to the game,) but bo did hotter on Saturday. j R.. F. RoWell, tho High School player, having Wit school, will bo playing for Riccartom in future, and ho was picked for the team for Saturday. He did not turn', up, so tho selectors still have an opportunity to put him into the A team, nvhich is in much greater need W strengthening than the B. I am afraid the rule providing that dubs with tyvo team* in one grade must make iheih ee nearly equal as possible does not receive much attention in some clubs. !

RxOfkarfcon A made a poor showing against Technical, who are 133 to the good.j with three wickets in hand. Armitajge, who started the season with 89, put has not done much since, got going again, scoring 72 out of 129 made wae a he was w, i'sa-axiide games ortsii hs&xd ; € uriag the football season lj hut they fortunately rarely occur during the summer. One of Saturday’s gomes, however, came very dose to it, Sydenhailii A having eight men, and Linwood A koven- Sydenham A gained a first innjtings lead of 70, but they have now losjt this, and Linwood are 36 on with two wickets down. If they can muster a fjull side for the second Saturday they wi|l probably win, but Sydenham have sti 11. a chance of getting their first vie-toj-y. Coomber followed up, his century of the previous match with a wellptyy«d 91, while Ayling’s innings of 84 pis reminiscent of his old form. There is Audi good material in this Sydenham teabi that it is a pity it cannot be kept at trull strength. The Anniversary Day matches against the\Boys’ League teams, although arranged at rather short notice proved very) enjoyable, and the third grade matoh provided an exciting finish. It was (generally thought that the Senior lioagnio would have no chanco against the district representatives, and IVise and Cadenhead batted so solidly at the start (that it looked as if the league howlci's were in for a bhd time, especially ast nil the remainder of the team had goibd scores to their credit. M’Kenr.ie, tluf last man, having made a century tljio previous week. Cadenhead played very carefully, but Wise hit out rigorously. However. _ Coupland heat Wise with 40 up, and the next throe wickets -fell, quickly. The two Kings put on S'fi for tho seventh wicket, both hitting vhell on the log side, hut after the good!start 109 was a disappointing total. Ccftuplaud and Porteous, the two league Inpwlers, were a bit erratic at tho star!}, but when they struck : length bowled really well- The same pair opehied the league innings and scored very slowly. Indeed the whole of the league! batting was dull compared with that m their opponents. Still, the runs came,;, and when 100 was up for seven wickets the league team appeared to bo safe. / King (St Albans), however, who Dad not been successful at his first attempt, was put on again, and the match in a dramatic fashion by talking tho outstanding three wickets in his first three balls, the district team alius winning by J nins. Orawshaw, ijhe Kaiapoi player, made an excellent! captain, and hand'ed his bowling with\good judgment. He never allowed a bolwlcr to get collared, but whipped him Wf as soon as the batsmen appeared to We getting Ins measure, and his changes .ulmost invariably proved successful. 1 The Junior iLcague won their march by an innings', but towards the finish their fourth opponents seemed more anxious to get it over than to play the game, most of them threw their wickets awfky. This is not meant to detract from tlse performance of the winners, for they were undoubtedly the better team. > s The league wickets!arc not good, i.ml there aro so many bumpy patches that the boys have got into the habit of instinctively drawing ujway front their wickets when a fast pne comes along. This of course is mo worst habit a batsman can acquire, l?nd if the haguc is to serve its purpose las a nursety for future Canterbury hdekoters the wickets will have to be improved. There is a splendid tlow of water from the we'fl—l am suro the j Hagley Park groundsman would be ffilad of it—but there is no hose. Moreover, there are a number of holes om\ the ground where the connections for \the hose are, and unless boxes are provided for these some boy will break his one of theso days. The whole trouble I presume is one of finance, and Mr D. Redpath, the chairman of the Canterbury Cricket Association, deserves more support than he is getting in his capipaign

for funds. It wqiiid be a gracef.il act on the part of some of our ex-repre-sentative players, who have had a lot of plums out of the game and now devote theiv time to other pastimes, to turn their attention t6 tho welfare of tho boys.

TECHNICAL v. RICOAETON A. r R1CCARTON A. First Innings, Kellick, h Dobbs . . n Cog, b Yates , . , n Beaton, run out . , , 4 Olden, b Dobbs . * , , 7 Geddis, b Dobbs . , 0 Hack, b Dobbs .... 1 Hay, b Yotcn 1 M’Clelland b Yates , . 3 Byrne, b Dobbs .... 16 Wilson, b Morris .... in . Baveratook, not out .... n Extras ..... Total 74 Bowling Analysis.—Dobjjs, fire wickets lor 34 runs; Yales, three tor 26; Morris, one for 4. TECHNICAL. • First Innings. Armilage, c, b Olsen Richards, si Wilson b Bavcrelock 73 .I Yates, b Killick .... 39 Hill, b Olseu . 27 Smith, b Olson , 0 Dobbs, st Wilson h Olson n Crowe llv.v b G odd is . , >2 Morris, not out .... 23 1!. Spain, not out . n Extras . . . 19 • Total for seven wickets . 207 RJCCARTO.V B t. WEST CHRISTCHURCH B. B1C0ART0N B. First Innings. Holland, b Cropp . . . , Jamieson, c Cropp b Rcdpatb . 21 60 Gorrie, c Fuller b Wanklyn . 53 Smith, b Cropp . , . 33 Bell, b Wilson . . , . . 30 .Evans, c Hay b Wilson . . Wiklermoth, c Cropp b Wanklyn 66 • 0 Nixon, Ibw b Wanklyn . Unwin, b Wilson . 7 n S. Dailey, not out . . .. . 7 Powell, absent 0 . Extras . . , , . 19 Total . . . . 294 Bowling analysis not kept. WEST CHRISTCHURCH B. First Innings. White c Smith b Jamieson . fl Rodpatb, b Nixon , a Cropp, c Holland b Jamieson .13 Hammond, not out . , 50 Penko, not out .... 15 Extras 9 Total for three, wickets 95 ST ALBANS A v, ST ALBANS B. ST ALBANS B. First Innings, Martin, b Webster . lit Airey, b Simpson . 19 Jackman, c Simpson b Rogers 3 Harrison, b Rogers ... 0 Brown, o Webster b Rogers . 20 Thompson, not out . 69 I/ewifl, b Ford .... 40 Johnston, Ibw b Ford . 2 Walter, b Ford . . . t Jenkins o Blackwell b Rogers 13 Reid, b Rogers ft Extras \ , 25 Total .... S40 Bowling Analysis.—Rogers, five wickets for 72 runs; Ford,, three for 77; Webster, ono for 35; Sitapsoii, one tdr 66; Duastan, norm for 86; Lamb, none for 40. ST ALBANS A. First Innibgtt. Barton, tub out 19 Tw*meham, b Brown . , 5 Lamb, o Lewis b Brown 20 Rogers, b Brow® , , . . 3 Webster, not out . , , . 18 Simpson, Ibw b Reid . , . 10 Extras .... . 2 'Skill tor five -xi-ikeie n I | WESX te'&ISTCHTT&CE A t. EAST CHRISTCHURCH a. WEST CHRISTCHURCH A. First Innings. Beard b Neale . 39 Talbot, o Bealey b Smith . 39 Buckhurst, b Bosley . 91 Butters, b Audibort , 33 Jarrell, c B'esley b Smith . Godfrey, b Feast . . . . 6 . 13 Marshall, b Neale . . , . 7 Crowley, b-Neale . . * ... • 3 Holland, 'c, b Feast . . Ellis, not out .... 9 ; n Hobbs, b Feast . . 7 Extras . , , . . 15 Total . . . . . 185 Bowline Analysis.—Feast, tkreo wickets for 12 runs; Neale, three Sot 25; Smith two for 35: Begley, ono lor -19; Audibeit, ono lor 27; Andrews, none for 19. EAST CHRISTCHURCH A. First Innings. Feast, VBuckhurst . 19 Burns, c and b Buckhurst . . S Smith, run out. . . , . 25 Audibeil, b Ellis . . . 5). Jones, not out .... . S3 G. Bullock, not out , , . 20 Extras .... . 20 Total tor (our wickets . 228