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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17178, 23 October 1923, Page 4

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| CITY AND SUBURBAN NOTES (By “FULL TOSS. ’) Ideal weather but soft wickets were the prevailing conditions for the conclusion of the first round of matches on Saturday last. Two of the senior matches were uninteresting but there was a bright display of batting by Upper Iliccarton at the finish to their match against W'oolston at 'VVooJston Park. bunnysids obtained a substantial lead over Green's B in the first innings, but the first few batsmen in the second innings made a very poor showing and the 21 runs required to register a three-point, win were only procured at a cost of five wickets. Owing to the collapse of the St Albans batsmen in the second innings Green’s A had a. simple task in securing a threepoint win. The following table shows the positions of the senior teams:

WOOLS TON r. UPPER RICCARTON The batting in the V> oolston v. L pper Riccarton match on the whole was slow and cautious and tne rato of scoring was tar below th© average. On the first day the three and a hair hours' play only produced 183 runs. Saturday’s batting was little better, as 135 runs were registered for the afternoon, a little over 50 runs per hour. A sterling innings of 63 by Samms gave Woolston a lead on the first innings with a margin of 32 runs. None of the other batsmen reached twenty. At tho close of the first day’s play Upper Riccarton had mad© 126 and Woolston 59 for two wickets- Samms 2o and J. Roberts 10 resumed their innings but steady bowling and keen fielding kept the batsmen quiet and Samms was th© only one to bat with confidence. Worrall got 18 bv one four and a succession of singles. H. Pennells had a lucky innings and got 17 mostly from blind swipes.” Samms's 63 was one of his best efforts of recent years and included two fours and thirteen twos. H- Holmes was the most successful bowler, getting four wickets for 34 in ten overs. Olsen howled with persistent bad luck and delivered nineteen overs for 4G runs without securing a wicket. Although Urvper Riccarton"s second innings could have r.o bearing on the match the team batted cautiously and stubbornly and had r>laco»d 85 on for the loss of three wickets when stumps were drawn. F. Holmes and S. Bush with 30 apiece, each not out. were responsible for moßt of the runs, the two first wickets falling for 19 runs. Holmes began to bit out. towards th" close of th© dav and a coupl" of six** appeared rerniust Vos h* n * n nswdlv inclined to hit. played steadily and his effort was quite a good oneOF FUN’S A r. vST AT. BANS. The collapse of St Albans in their second innings robbed the game of all interest. JNo doubt the wicket was greatly in favour of the bowlers, but clue credit must be given to the fielding and bowling of the winning team. On the first day Green’s A were leading by 28 runs, with four wickets in hand, but their closing batsmen only lasted half an hour and added thirteen St. Albans started their second innings with a deficiency of 41 runs, avid it was not until after the sixth wicket had fallen that this margin was - wiped off. Lawson’s firsl over saw the first wicket fall, us Cullen lost sight of a straight one. The following over Jones accepted a hot return from Dobbs off Ills own bowling, and six runs later R. Winter was caught in two minds by a good one from Lawson, and three were down for 19. Carrington and G. Winter made a brief stand, and the batting brightened up considerably ; but at 32 C. Winter got his leg in front of a straight one from Langford and > retired after batting for twenty minutes for half a dozen. One run later Carrington skied one to Smythe, who made jio mistake, and five were down for 33. At 37 H. Shaw was caught by Robertson off Langford, and then Walls and Jackson provided another bright glimpse, which added 13 before a separation was effected by Robertson bowling Walls. Jackson, who had been bowled first ball in the first innings, batted vigorously if nothing else, and with a fair share of luck placed thirteen to his credit. The remaining three batsmen were dismissed without scoring. Langford and Robertson bowled with good judgment, the former securing five wickets for 12 runs, and th© latter two wickets for 3. Only nineteen overs ne re delivered during the short inning, and there were only four fours registered.

Green’s mad© tho thirteen runs required to win in two overs without the loss of a wicket. SUNNYSIDE v. GREEN’S B. _ Sunnyside registered a three point win in their initial match, which was played on the Sunnyside wicket. In the first innings the homo team obtained a lead of 56. Only'two of the batsmen failed to score. Seven reached double figures, llibberd and Walker made a good stand on the second day and added 30 runs for the eighth wicket, the former carrying his bat for a well played 25. Green’s started their second innings badly, and three wickets wer? down for 22 runs. Lee and A. Pitt were the cnly two to reach double figures. Porter was again the most successful bowler and got foux wickets for 12 runs, making his figures for the match eleven wickets for 57 runs. With 21 to make Sunnyside started very badly. Tne first five batsmen onlyproduced 14 runs, Thomson, Mackie, jun. and Cocks being dismissed without scoring. However, llibberd and Batten got going, and a useful 14 by the former put the issue beyond doubt. NOTES. Next Saturday Green's A meet Green’s B. Sunnyside meet Upper Riccarton and Woolston meet St Albans. Yesterday tiie annual matches between the Riccarton Club and the City and Suburban Senior and Junior teams were played at Hagley Park. The Riccarton Club won both matches, the Junior bv a substantial margin, notwithstanding the fact that they- were three men short. The Senior match was full of interest, Riccarton only winning by a margin of 12 runs in the first innings.

3-pt 2-pt Wins. Wins. Losses. Pta Green's A . . 1 0 o 3 Sunuyside . . 1 0 0 3 Woolston . 0 1 0 2 Upper Riccarton. .0 0 1 0 Green's B . 0 0 1 0 St Albans . . 0 0 1 0