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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19848, 17 January 1920, Page 10

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OlSieiCl GOMPETITiOSS, SIXTH OPENED. - Tlis oixth round of district cricket was opened 10-cifly in flno weather, and on good! wickets. « ST ALBANS v. WEST, St Albans won the toss against West vmnslchuicn, end a lively partnership betueeu V . \V. Itoeso and Goidon was ended at oil, wnen Golden was bowled by limi.'i, aitcr billing boiu Maxwell and Zimmerman lor six, (Jrawlurd tailed to gel going, and was bowled by jilmu alter making twelve, but Wallis and Reese continued to score nec,y, choosing (heir scon.’.g shoi. lieose, at 21, gave slumping and low chance, but ho was playing nice cricket with tree, powerful oil ctnyos. the partnership ended at 112, n 1 ’ U “‘ !io IHling I- ' oster llard 10 ,u a t J / u . ndman w « bowled in the same end ’.-nft “iv!? ler,na " goh!g on 5t ‘bo other , ’’ f Ol1 ’ :o ‘>Pped one to Youug at U oo Brunton soon lost Hco«o, who was beak., by a short pitched s l ow bail {ronj x voA laj.or snicked Zimmerman exactly as Uoison had none, and Young took a W '2 FIUUI two lor 71 ‘ho scoring t0 B j Vcn for m - Tikao was not too steady, and was caught in tho deep *° Ht Foster for si: 'b «nd Prmf nf 1 wenkl - v brck lo nr.id-011. when a^ d - atnnser ca ; riod ‘be score to tnViW S‘ rl nger succumbed, middle stump, to Reese s second balk y 'the brat AVost Christchurch wicket fell at 2 , Stringer howlmg Blunt, and at -it Yoimf shared the same fate. Foster made a sifglS r/ n " ° U i t ?" ' ,eforc to stringer, and Ecoso nit ono back to Sandman. Maxwell openca very freely, but succumbed to a fine fr n 5 ViV Fivc , wicksfa "•° ro d °fn for 00, 0i which Worker had made 25 Dwyer was iiu long time for 3, but tho partnerWoVer fh 8 ’ Wd ffhen Timmerman joined Worker the score crept up slowly past tho century, and at the end of the day six wickets were down for 109. y Scores: ST ALBANS. First Innings, AV. Reese, b Foster , , ,51 L. A. Gordon, b Blunt ..”‘O9 C. G. Crawford, b Blunt . . ' \ 12 A\. S. AVallia, 0 AVorker b Foster • , 22 D. Sandman, b Foster ... *5 S. Watson, c Young b Zimmerman . 0 L. R. Bninton not out . , . ,18 ?’ Tny l° r ’ 6 Young b Zimmerman ! 0 J. Tikao, c Blunt b Foster . . . 10 S. AAL Hickmoit, c Eccsa b Zimmerman i It. T. Stringer, If Reese . , , .10 Extras 7 Total 174 Bowling analysis—Zimmerman, three wickets for SB runs; Maxwell, none for 12; Blunt, two for 38; Reese, one for 25; Foster, four for 30. AA'EST CHRISTCHURCH. First Innings. R. C. Blunt, b Stringer , ... It G. L. Young, b Stringer . , , ,9 F. S. Foster, Ibw, b Wringer ... 1 D. Reese, 0 and b Sandman . , , 1 I). Maxwell, c Wallis b Sandman . , 0 P. Dwyer, c Bninton b Sandman ... 9 It. D. ’Worker, not out . . , .59 C. Zimmerman, not out, .... it Extras 2 Total for sis wickets , , , 109 LINAVOOD v. RICCARTON. Linwood went to the wickets first, Grant and Taylor taking strike, Evans and Nixon took up the bowling. Runs camo freely from t, sta-rt, and the score stood at 50 when Giant was run out. Gurnsey, a promoted junior, bowled Taylor immediately afterwards with the score- unchanged, Thomas and Hayes now set up a solid partnership, and by smart running between wickets for many singles, varied by some hard hilling, quickly piled up the runs, ICO coming up alter a Utile over an hour and a half’s piay. Four runs later Thomas was well caught at square leg by Taylor off Gunisey. The third wicket hud put on 103 run:-. Forsyth was next, and Gunisey bowled him with the scoro unchanged. Perrin did not stay long, tapping ono from LuttriU into Caygill's hands,— IGS s—o. Russell, the newcomer, did not commence well and had a let off. Hayes, however, commenced to bat freely. With tho total at 189, Gunisey well caught Russell off Luttrell. AVickets then fell quickly, but Orchard and Hayes made things merry for the lacs wicket, tho former rattling on runs, includiiiw a sixer, but then be was well caught on tho 011 boundary by Gunisey. Hayes remained not out with a woil-played 70, tho innings closing for 221 J Ricearton made a fair start, Haines and Luttrcll faking the score to 39 when Luttrcl! was given cut Ibw to Thomas. Nixon va-* similarly dismissed without any alteration to tffo score. Haines was then joined by AVliitta-. Haines, who had been showing nice form, was mir-sca at third man when ho had 21, end AVhitta soon afterwards had an escape. A ith uie score just on SO, Bead erased Haines’s wickets, but the bails did mu smlt. At cal! of time, Riccartcn had lostseven wickets for 151 runs. Scorw.— LINAVOOD. First Innings. A. Grant, run out 2h H. M. Taylor, b Gurnsoy . . . .35 A. AV. Thomas, c Taylor,b Gurnrcy . , 57 11. Forsyth, b Gunisey . 0 E. G. Perrin, c Caygill b Luttro’l . . 0 G. A l .’. Russel!, c Gunisey b I.utirell . 8 r. .Smith, hj Gunisey j R. Read, hit wicket b Luttrcll . ,2. P. Hooper, b Luttre’l - C. S. Orchard, c; Guir.oy b Luttrcl! . ?B AY. Kaye;-, not out 70 Extras •••«... 15 Tola! 004 Bowling analysis—E. C. Luttrcll, five wickets for 111 runs; Gunisey, (our for 51; D. G. Nixon, none for 41; C. E. Evans, none for 39; M. O. Sinclair, none for -11. RICCARTON. First Inning:. E. C. Lullrcil, Ibw b Thomas . . .19 D. C. Nixon, Ibw b Thomas . . , (1 Cl. Haines, ran out ..... -11 11. B. AVhitta, b Read . . . ,22 0. E. Guiney, Ibw b Read .... 9 E. Caygill, b Grant 2 C. E. Evans, not- out . . . .31 It. S. Taylor, b Russel! .... 19 Extras . 8 Total for soten wickets . . 151 SYDENHAM v. EAST CHRISTCHURCH. The home team’s innings was practically a procession at Sydenham Park to-day. : Tho East Christchurch bowler, AV. Howell, finished up with the hue average o; six for sixteen, and Sydenham were sent back to the pavilion all out for 58. J. Gray was highest scorer with 22, which be knocked up very quickly, no less than twenty coming from boundaries. Tho only other doubie-hguro scorer was J. M’Eivin with 16. Three “ ducks ” wore a minor feature of the innings. East Christchurch took over the batting crease at 3.38, and the first wicket was down for two runs, M'Ewin’s leg break leaving Ditchfickl a helpless victim. In a bright second-wicket partnership, F. Woods and T. Brosnahau added 52. AA’oods lost his wicket in hitting wildly at one from AVatson, who had taken M-'Ewin's place at tho southern end. A few minutes afterwards Brosuahan was given out Ibw—three four 53. Tate played on a ball, from AVatson when the board .showed 6V. B. B. AA T ood w.aa caught by 1 Young in the long field, an achievement that was applauded. Bellamy caught Howell behind (he wickets with the score at 79, and I throe Halle later Gregory failed to connect. East’s total was 104 when the last wicket : foil. M’Clelland, after hitting a. six, skied ono from Gray and the ball fell safely into I ihe bowler's hands. Sydenham’s second innings commenced at 5.25, Young and M'Ewin going out to the j crease. AVith 17 up, Young knocked over 1 Ills wicket in attempting lo hit Howell to leg. Patrick was the first batsman to reach double figures, but. ho tapped one gently to Flood with his scoro at 14. Fitly appeared when Watsou hit one straight along the

carpet ,to the boundary. Tate took tbe ball at the pavilion end when tho score was 6(1. Bruges, who had had several lives, was caught at deep leg when he was 34. Stumps were drawn with the score 88 for five wjcketa. Scores:— SYDENHAM.' First Innings. J. Young, b Howell . . . . . o W. Skelton, b Flood ..... 0 O'Ma'ley, c Blank b Howell , , 1 >l. M Ewin, run out .... 16 JV- Patrick, c Tate b Howell . , , 6 r ‘ c Blank b (Howell , .2 • B ™?cs, b Howell . .... I A. Guinoy, b Howell . , , . * 0 J. Gray, o Brosnahau b Flood . .22 C. Bellamy, not out ... a Extras .... ..I 7 Tolal . . .58 Bowling Analysis.—Howell sis wickets for 10 tuns; Flood two for 35. Second Innings. J. Young, b Howell 3 J. M'Ewin, c Wood b Howell > ... 8 J._ S. Bruges, c Litchfield b M’Clelland 31 Patrick c and b Flood . . . M H. Watson,- not out ... 26 J. Gray, fc M’Clclland .... 2 Extras ...... 13 Total for five wickets . , ,98 EAST CHRISTCHURCH. First Innings. P. Wood, b Watson 2a W. Ditchficld, b M’Ewin .... 2 T. Brosnahau, Ibw b Gray . . , ,23 A. E. Blank, c Bellamy b Watson , 20 G. Tate, b Watson ..... 0 B. B. Wood, 0 Young b M'Ewin . , 5 W. B. Howell, c Bellamy b Gray . , 1 It. Gregory, b Gray . . ... 0 J. Flood, c Skelton b Watson ... 4 T. M-'Clellmul, c and b Gray . . , G H. Arm, not out ..... 0 Extras ...... 13 Tolal 101 "Waling Analysis.—M’Ewin, two wickets for' 33 runs;. Watson, four for 23; Gray four for 25. SECOND GRADE. Linwod B made 179 in the first innings of the match with Riccarton. The doublefigure scorers were: Lawrence 47, Reynolds 21, King 23, Weston 21, Patterson 20, and Blazey 11. Riccarton replied with 99 (Bell 16, Jamieson and Unwin each H, Powell 12). Unwin bowled well for Riccarton and Owen for Linwood. Owen took eight wickets for 63 runa. Sydenham A, balling against St Albans A, made 236 (Coomber 01, Sherriff 111, Ayling 54, Y r oung 12, Compton 16). St Albans have lost no wickets for. 65 (Twyneham net out •13, Webster 19). St Albans B, batting against East Christchurch A, made 173 • (Martin 35, Thompson not out 63, Jackman 13, Reid 11, Lewis 10). East Christchurch A have lost six wickets for 118 (Burns 12, Aiulibcrt 29, Jones 43), West A, two men short, batting against East B, made IL7 (Beard 20, Godfrey 21, Roland 23, Cameron 18, Ellis not out 13). East have lost eight wickets for 276 (Fitz-1 gerald 16, Cunningham 93, Weston £5, Clemens 18, Hurray IG, Murray not out 45). Sydenham, playing against Riccarton, made C 8 (IV. Colombus 12, Davidson 10, Egan not ~ut 11, Merrimnn 14). Riccarton replied with 92 (Hay 11, Dickson 29, Sinclair 19). Sydenham's second innings realised 63 (W. Colombus 14, W. Gatlin 16, G. Hopkins 11, T. Davidson 11), and Riccarton, with 42 to win, got them for -tho loss of two wickets (Hay 18. D. M'lvenzic not out 17), For Svdonhhtu !L. Colombus bowled best, tot) Riccarton Dickson and Sinclair took most wickets. West Christchurch, playing three short against Sydenham, made 74 (White 23, Wnnklyn 10, Hammond 24). Sydenham replied 23G (J. Martin 34, G. Mather 31, James 34, J. Woods S3, J. Clarkson 14, S. French not out, 10). In their second innings West at the call of time had lost two wickets for 36 runs (White 15). Hayward and Wanklyn for West and Martin and Marshall for Sydenham were the best bowlers. THIRD GRADE. St Albans playing against Kaiapoi made 116 (Shier 26, M’Kenzio 19, Fletcher 16, Conner 10). Kaiapoi replied with 219 (H. Rollinson 30, Trustrum 22, J. Rollinson 63, Berg 43, J. Merrill 12, W. Templeton 21). In their second innings St Albans, at the call of time had lost four wickets for 20. For Kaiapoi Trustrum took most wickets and for St Albans nletchcr and Brosnan woro the best bowlers. East Christchurch A batting against East Christchurch B made 162 (Hart 39, Happenboigcr 13, Berwick 23, Haughey 63, Cordexy not cut 13). East B replied with 131 (King 61 Bexley 10). At the call of time the A’s had lost four wickets in their second innings for 36 (Corbett 12). For the A’s Fraser and Hart bowled best and Elvey took most wickets for the B team. BOYS’LEAGUE. SENIOR GRADE. Boys' Gordon Hall 136 defeated Marists SO. CiTT MIS SUBURBAN. SENIOR GRADE. The City and Suburban Associations competitions were continued to-day. Tho weather was ideal and the wickets good. Following «,r» the results of the day's play; ST ALBANS v. CROWNALL. ST ALBANS. First Innings. . 11. Garrod, b Bates O R. Winter, 0 Bennett b Bates . , (X S. Johns, 0 Longford b Rix ... 3 A. Put, Ibw Rix V E. Colville, low Bates . . . .10 J. Soper, 0 Rix b Bates . . V I*7 A. Downing, 0 XJonnett b Bates . . 3 C. Winter, b Bates ..... 2 Evans, not out ..... 4 Extras ...... 12 Total . . , . * . .57 Bowling Analysis—Bates, six for 13; Rix, two for 18. CEOWXALL First Innings. H. Hobbs, cR. Winter b Colville , . 37 H. Milts b A. Pitt 13 Bates, c Winter b Garrod , . . ,7!) Langford, b Colville Smiln, c. Downing 1) Garrod . , .10 Rix, c Soper b Johns 3 Roves, c Evans b Garrod .... 1 Bung," b Pitt 21 Han cox. c and bl\ inter .... 0 Be.anpark, run out ..... 0 Bennett, not out 11 Extras ....... 5 Tolal 1 57 Bowhn" analysis—Colville, two wickets for 21 run?■ R. Winter, one lor. GO; 11. Garrod, three for 33; A. Pitt, two for 30; Johns, one for 23. RAILWAY v. GREER’S. GREEN’S. First Innings. A. Norman, c and hj Hroanahan , . . 2 B Morris, c Cirumißcr b Brosuaaan . 23 T. Tiilyshort, b \V Ccwlin c Gvammor bA. Brov;u , 31 J. ’ Jones. c William bA. Brown . . 3 Ci. Duggan, b Williams . . . . H G Robertson, b H. Clark .... 5 g' Bissett, b 11. Clark . . . .3 J,’ Batslone, c Williams b iaylor . . 3 H. Hodge, not out 0 E Gn.-son, absent 0 Extras 6 Total 123 Bowling analysis—T. Bro-nahan, three wickets for 40 runs; .Indy Brown, two for 41; E. Williams, one for 12; H. Clark, two for 8; P. Taylor, one for none. Second Imiings. B. Morris, not out . . , , J5 J. Batstone, not out . , ... 5 Total for no wickets . , ,21 RAILWAY. First Innings. Allan Brown, c Bntsione b Duggan . 0 p. Taylor, b Duggan . . . ,8 J. Levi, c Norman b Duggan ... 7 W. Cleraonts, b Jones . . . , n lE.Williams, c and b Joubs c T. Brosnahau, c Batstone b Jones , , 1 Andy Brown, c Morris b Duggan . | 18 H. Clarke, c Hodgo b Jones , , 12 i A. Clarke, c and b Jones .... 2 H. Grammor, c Robertson b Jones . lo W. Crosscn, not out .... * o Extras o To,! ' l Bowling aualysis-rj. Jones, six wickets for <43 runs; G. Duggan, fou* for 31.