SCHOOL AND PLAYGROUND.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16360, 24 February 1921, Page 3

SCHOOL AND PLAYGROUND.

(By

“OLD BOY.”)

ATHLETICS. At tlie Canterbury championships, Marißfc Brothers again asserted themselves as the premier school in this branch. of sport. They gained first place in every event. V. O’Loughlin, F. Rose and D. Galvin being the principal performers. O’Loughlin won the 75yds and 100yds, Galvin the 680yds, whilst Rose* was second in the 100yds and 880yds. The relay team from this school (J. O’Loughlin, W. O’Loughlin. J. Wilson and D. Galvin) won very easily, the Marist B team being third. All the other places in the four events were filled by West Christchurch boys. At . Silvester. E. Af"Kinnon and S Rhodes were prominent, whilst the West Christchurch relay team finished second. PRIMARY SCHOOLS CRICKET. SATURDAY MORNING COMPETITION. Mr Vagg, groundsman at Hagley Park, wishes to stress that in this competition all matches should commence at 9 a-.m., and any team not on the ground and willing to commence play by 9.20 a.m. loses by default. This week Fendalton arrived at 10 a.m., and thereby defaulted. As the pitches must be vacated by 12 noon, it is essential that all items should be punctual. Thirteen teams have been entered for this competition, amongst them several which did not play last season. Two, namely, Marist Brothers and Normal, have found it expedient to withdraw from the Boys’ League competition, whilst one. East Christchurch, owing to the age limit, have not entered, but have already commenced in the league. Matches are played at Hospital corner, Hagley oval and Sydenham Park. Waltham, last year’s winners, have a. »'airly strong learn again this year, but on Saturday they were without the services of C. Oliver and J. Murchison, their best players °* > e . Rr - The latter, however, will be available m a few weeks’ time. The coaching which the boys are receiving from Mr ShackTock is already bearing fTuit in a.n improvement in the stylo of pluv evilibited by bovn who have been under his tuition It is Air Shacklock's intention to begin coaching boys in tho third and fourth standards, so that bv the time they leave school they will have received quite an appreciable amount of (ruining, and this should lay the foundation for a better standard of cricket in years to come. Tho competition is arranged to exteud over the school year and is begun in February and finished in December. This arrangement makes for smoother working of the competition, as the majority of the plaj'ers are boys in the sixth standard, .and as these leave iu December the teams would he more or less disorganised in the middle of the competition if it were held during the recognised cricket season. The display of batting on ..Saturdav was, judging by the scores, iu tne majority of tho matches very poor, or else the standard of bowling was decidedly above the av ST age. The remarkable average of seven wickets for one run was obtained bv B. Cox in the Wharenui-St Albans match, while in the West Christchurch-AValtham game Gas son, for Waltham, took eight for 11, and Silvester seven for 13 for West. It is hoped to get off five rounds of the competition before the close of the season and this will leave seven rounds to be played at the end of the year. The results of the matches on Saturday were as follows: Shirley 127 (Mann 41. Armstrong 42, Colville J 6, D. Mitchell 18 not out) defeated Normal 19 Thwaites 9), by an innings and 61 runs. Johnson, two for 4. and Dixon, three for 31, bowled best for Normal, whilst Colville, seven for twelve, and Armstrong, six for 14. were the best on the Shirley side. Marist Brothers won from Fendalton by default. Whareuui 33 and 38 defeated St Albans 33 and 11 bv 27 runs. The host bowlers were P. Cox. j. Paton (Wharenui) and M. Barr, W. Anderson (St Albans). Waltham, last season’s champions, were hard put to it io defeat West Christchurch. They made 27 (F. Kerr 11). to -which the latter replied- with 23 (A. Roberts 10). Best bowlers were Gasson (Waltham), eight for 14. and Silvester (West), seven for 12. Fendalton defaulted to Marist Brothers. Sydenham and Beckenham met at Sydenham Park. Beckenham, playing one short, in the first innings made 23. Sydenham put them in again and the second innings closed for 35. Sydenham had 156 for seven wickets when the “Innings was declared closed, thus leaving them winners by a. big, margin. The highest Sydenham scores were; —D. French SG. -T. Phil pot t 27. and J. Sewell 30. The best- bowlers for Beckenham were Wilson and Hodge, while Phil not t and French took all the wickets for Sydenham. (Report sent in by L. Gasson, Sydenham School.) Cashmere v. Elmwood. Played at Sydenham Park on a bumpy wicket. Elmwood, taking first strike. made 78 against good to popr bowling. Double figure scorers were— D. Jack 16, P. Heaslev 11. A. Rich 13, C. Hart 13. The best bowlers were Carlisle and Andrews. In_ esponse. Cashmere knocked up 34. Carlisle, a, good forceful bat. put, on a well earned 17. Tn Elmwood’s second innings runs came freely and a-t call of time they had 82 for seven wickets. Elmwood’s best bowlers were Hensley and Ferguson. (Report sent in by Elmwood School.) The draw for Saturday. 26th, is:—At Hagley oval—Elmwood v. Marist Brothers; West Christchurch v. Fendalton. At Hospital corner—St Albans v. Waltham. At Sydenham Park—Addington v. Shirley; Normal v. Sydenham; Beckenham v. Cashmere; Wharenui a bye. From their form last Saturday Elmwood, West. Waltham and Sydenham should win, but the other two matches might go either ROUNDERS. Tn** girls’ rounders competitions were coin been received. Results oi matches will be published next week. BOYS LEAGUE CRICKET. NOTES ON THE COMPETITION. Owing to pressure oi circumstances, several tcani3 have been forced to withdraw from the three grades. Two new teams. East Christchurch School and Technical College C. have been entered in the Junior B jrrade. and nest week West Christchurch will descend from the A to the B grade. SENIOR COMPETITION. St Andrew’s College have decided to withdraw from this competition, as they are entering ihe third grade district. However, last Saturday they consented to play their last inatth in order not to disappoint their opoonents. They made 76 against Marist Brothers, who replied with 32. St Andrew’s thus gaining a two-point win. ■ Cadets batted three short against West Christchurch, and compiled 30 runs (E. Thornton 10). West replied with 174. most of this total being contributed by Norrie 75 and Robertson 35. Cadets did far better in their second innings, scoring 110 (E. Thornton 50 not out. Peart 15, R. Fleming 14, Poore 14, S. Kerr 11). West gained a threepoint win by an innings and 34 runs. St Paul's Bible Class defaulted to Boys’ Gordon Hall A. St Bede's College defaulted to Boys’ Gordon Hall B. The draw' for Saturdav, February 26, is as follows:—St Bede’s v. West (No. 8), B.G.H.

A v. Cadets (No. 9); B.G.H. B v. Marists (No. 10). JUNIOR A COMPETITION. St Andrew’s played Boys’ High School A at the College ground, and defeated theru by five wickets, scoring a three-pointer. High School made 21 and 56, while St Andrew's scored 43 and 46 for five wickets. Christ’s College beat West Christchurch by default. Technical College made 113 (Teichert 37, Logie 20, Hahn 15. Clarke 14) in their first inninge, and easily defeated Boys’ High School B, 26 and 15, by an innings and 72 runs. Logie, Rich and Clarke bowled veil for Technical. The draw for next week is:—Christ’s Coi lege v. Technical (No. 1); St Andrew's v St Bede’s (No. 2); B.H.S. A v. B.H.S. B (No. 3) JUNIOR B COMPETITION. Boys' Gordon Hall, batting against Technical College B, made 77 iCopp 25, Ambros* 20). Technical replied with 44 (Teichert 13, Bamiord 13). Gordon Hall’s second innings closed for 74 (Gasson 17, Wilder 14). Requiring 108 to win, Technical made 38 (Chappie JO). Wilder (8.G.H.). six for 37. and Chypple (Technical), five for 32, bowled well. The unexpected happened when Boys’ High School A met B.H.S. B. The latte>* made 67 runs in the first innings, and tho A team only succeeded in reaching 66 (Skipworth 32. Upton 13). In the second inuings the B s declared when six wicket.-? were down for 126 (Jewiss 42, Anderson 37, Simes 16). Th® A team collapsed for 27, the last wicket falliug two minutes before time. Thus the B team scored a three-point win by 100 runs. Walburton, six. for 15, and Simes, five for 0. bowled be3t. East Christchurch made 65 (R. Lisle 26. M. Heikle 25 not out) agaius: Technical College C 24. In the second innings East made 80 (G. Howell 33. R. Lisle 28), to which. Technical replied with 50 <J. H. Meiklc 13). ThuEast won by 71 runs. For Technical Ormt. five for 7, and Moore, fire, for 7, bowled well, whilst the best on the East side were Kir*, five for 8, and C. Smith, six for 24. Marist Brothers defaulted to Technical College A. The draw for next Saturday is:—B.H.S. A v. Technical C (No. 4): Technical A v. Technical B (No. 5); East v. B.G.H. (No. 6), West v. B.H.S. B (No. 7). We hear in connection with this grade that, if a, wicket can be obtained, Mr D. Arnot.t, of Boys’ High School, intends to enter two teams. With 500 in the school, cricket is booming, and Mr Arnott tells ns that he has several reallypromising boys who have just come from the primary schools. Three of theee, Jewiss and M. Simes. both from Richmond, and Anderson, from Ihe North Island, performed very well on Saturday last. *