CRICKET.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19869, 10 February 1920, Page 4

CRICKET.

CITY AMD SUBURBAN NOTES

(By COVER-POINT.”)

The competitions were advanced another stage on Saturday, and tnc two leading teams wore given easy tasks over their weaker opponents, both or whom turned out shorthanded. St A), bans were very weak, especially in bowling, being minus the Pitt brothers, B winter, E. Colville and H. Garrard hallway had tho weakest team on the Hold that has represented’ them this season, but most oi their absentees had reasonable excuses for their non-atteu-dance. Both Browns were in tho w’ri Island, Stevenson is on holidays, withers has, been temporarily tranafejTod, while Brosnahan is still'laid nn. 'Vilh the attack weakened so much it is no wonder that Green’s and Grownall respectively were able to put up bi> T totals. The wickets were in favour of the batsmen. GREEN’S v. ST ALBANS. In the match between Green’s aijd •rt Albans the former opened their inningr. uitli Jones and Gasson, both of whom took advantage of the weak bowling, and th 6 board showed 127 when the first wicket fell. Both, batsmen were in good form and pasted the bowling vigorously, Johns having UJ knocked oft him in twelve overs without taking a wicket, and Hillsdon a Junior player, bowling gix overs for ii runs with no success. Jones was the first, to lose his wicket after playing crisply for 67. He made, his runs quickly and his innings was an interesting one with few dull moments. His score included eleven fours. A few of his strokes were uppish, and with a. Keener and better field ho might not have lasted so long, but with a, few Juniors and lads fielding as substitutes both batsmen were inclined to take liberties. Norman and Gasson put in another useful and attractive partnership, and added 131 for the third ticket. Norman played a dashing innings, the majority of his runs coming fiynn pretty square cuts to tho boundary, mostly along the grass, and his score of GO included twelve fours. TilJoyshorfc went first ball, and appears to have gone off in his batting, and it looks as if his century against Crownall when be and Jones added 217 for the sixth wicket was a. stroke of luck, as his highest score since then has been twenty-eight against Railway. Gasson continued to score freely, and drove the ball to the off boundary repcatedly, and the score stood at 324 for six when Shrimpton beat him with a good one. His score included twontysi xfours. Gasson is batting consist- • -o ! -i£ n ° avera S° for six innings is os. 16. Jones has played eleven u ’ n ' a Sf for_ 394 runs, with an. average of JJ.4. Duggan and Robertson made a fair stand for tho last or seventh wicket (as the team were three short), and added 51 runs, Duggan being 31 and Robertson 22 not out. ' The innings dosed for 375, and lasted nearly three hours. • The St Albans team were given ten ™t c ’V, o S. Johns started well and had 18 to his credit and was! nn lea ten w hen play ceaeed for the fid'™ 11 ls tvi bo h °l >cd tliat the Saints team can procure a full muster for the second day of tho match, and they may then piovide an interesting game.

RAILWAY r. CROWNALL. -,rra imi ! ai , conditio . ns as regards shortage ot players by the w w ker team pi evaded m the match between Bailway and Crownall, and the latter had an aiternoon at tho wickets. Hobbs and bmuh the latter went i f. Seu , ieatmg him with a good In f i bn - ; Lan gi«rd joined Hobbs, "I t p. air nclded nearly 100 runs beoie Hobbs succumbed to a straight ball from Taylor, after a patient ininngs tor 30. Langford commenced favourite , and bl ' ol, S hfc «« his bii firci f stroke very frequently, ami f °r l sllots bciug boundaries, fi 'St 30 rnni° Ur r- "° rC - ilid , Utled his was K L iTo \ ng 111 whea thG score " as lo for one wicket, ho saw the total p° forscveu Shotas bv tin f Grnm, , ner ’ after making 04 b > b ! le Z l '®? cricket. Rix gok °‘ the firsi; time this season, and was unbeaten, or 4(3. Mills is hattini very onsjstenUy this season, and can SoneraHy be relied on for a score, ;<nd his 41 on Saturday was in keening with his former recent displays. ‘ badly /tf S on ’ n ' cncec! their innings ondlj, the first wicket falling f or twn runs, and four wickets were “down for Hydmnstumps.wcro drawn for the day. Taylor, with 26. was the only aSd a°sTxi kC ° StaUd ’ Jlittillg f°«r fouij COMPETITION points. Tho points for the Senior Competition, at the end ot tho sixth round wdre—; Crownn l ! 13, Green’s 11, ILailwny 5, St Albans 3. • ’ SECOND GRADE MATCHES. <lCond Grade Competition Si i r "il as billows:—Templerr', W John-8 10, Boys’ Gordon Hall 14 M colston 11, Belfast 9, St !■ Prebbleton 6. -Vw Brighton 3, A.M.C.A. 0. T^;°i 1 J ston nr< 3 tr ' ving conclusions with lompletqn m the present match, audit looks as if the leaders are going to suf.er defoai Moolston Imre put on 180 m tlie first innings and Templeton have lost lour w.ckets for 103, hut most of their best bats are out, and tho match uill most likely be decided on the first innings.

"V a rM Peetable total against Boys Gordon Hall, having 200 on in the first innings. Boys’ Gordon Hall have eveery prospect of passing f° rt rt aS t th ? y lmve 176 'for two tuckets, thanks to a magnificent inmugs of 109 by Kelly.