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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17218, 8 December 1923, Page 9

CRICKET.

END OF FOURTH ROUND.

A WINDY AFTERNOON.

SYDENHAM V. UNWOOD.

}£ • The Sydenham-I.imroori match waa re burned at Lancaster Park, the position at en«l of the first, day being Sydauhaiu *77. Llnwood 3S for aix wicketa (M. Boon ,l»ot out 0). iL Boon wm Joined bv Bead. >nd the wicket was in r better condition 'tAau when Lin wood hatted last Saturday. (W B. Patrick, who is out of town, was from the Syde„#fam team and they (fielded a sub. At the start M’Beth com ppleted an unfinished over, howling to Rend **■ A forward drive by Boon put •<m four more before the change over. ■Cunningham howled from the north end ten off. all to Read. Read scored two 'boundaries to leg off Cunningham, and then S ttled the roof of the big stand with • from M'Beth E. Caeson replaced ■Cunningham in the bowling, but the latter th«n worked from the southern end At This stage the score had gone up to 76 — saving been doubled since the opening. runs were scored off Cunningham, including two nice shots from Boon for a four and a two. Read's score was 31 when he was miaaed at mid-on by Cun ningham off M'Beth. Read hit three fours consecutively off M'Beth. He gave another chance at 45, and was missed by Skelton at mid-off. Read was “ going ' for t»he bowling, but many of his strokes were .uppish. The fielding was slack. The partnership had put on 70 runs in quick time when it was broken up. Boon being caught by sub of! M'Beth. 108—7—17. G. ”W. Russell was the next batsman in and opened by hitting M’Beth to leg. The end of Read's innings camo when he was ■caught by Gascon off M'Beth at square leg. He had been in forty-five minutes. 117 — «—6B. 8. Yatea and Russell carried on. the rate of scoring being much slower. Bussell skied one from M'Beth and was snapped up. 127— 9 —12. Howell being next man in. He was clean bowled by Cunningham. the innings closing at 8.14. The last, hour's play realised 94. At 5.30 Ga&son and Cunningham opened for Sydenham. The second over from Bea-d saw Cunningham clean bowled, the ball coming in sharply from the leg side. 7—l—l. Gasson's score was two when he waa dropped by Spaan off Russell, but it was a rather difficult, catch. The batsman had another escape a nfinutc later. When he put one up to slips, but it was jus# beyond the reach of the fieldsman. Tn Read's fifth over Gasson played forward to a bkll which broke and the bails went off. 20—2—8. Tn Russell's seventh over Oliver went out l b w to Bead. 30—a^-16. Shortly after Young had joined M’F.win the latter was howled by Russell with a hall that swerved. 45—4—8. Russell howled a mAiden over to Skelton. Half of the bowler's ten overs were maidens. Skelton gave a hard chance in Russell's next over and Read <slips . but the hall was low down and riot not, held. Scoring was very slow. After Read had bowled fourteen overs and the score was 58, Howell went on B— the southern end. When Skelton's score wbji four, after 28 minutes' be.tting. ho retired through an injury to his right hand, and the vacancy was filled by Cockroft. Scores:— / SYDENHAM First innings' ...»•• 177

Total 132 Bowling Analysis.—W. Cunningham, 14.5 ©vers, 3 maidens, 49 runs, 1 wicket; D. J. M'Beth. 17 overs. 3 maidens, G 5 runs, 8 wickets; W. R. Patrick. 1 over, 4 runs, no wicket*: J. M’Ewin, 3 overs, 5 rune, 1 wicket; E. Gasson. 1 over, 7 runs.

RICCARTON V. EAST CH.CH.

The match between Riccarton and East Christchurch was resumed at Hapley Park. On the first day. Riccarton made 201, East Christchurioh 60, and following on 54 for four wickets. Harris 2 not out. was accompanied to the wickets by Brosnahan. In the fourth over Harris was caught by Fuller off Evans. 64—6--12. Flood took his place. Indifferent play resulted for a few minutes until Flood drove a good / J»all to the boundary. In thhe fifth over Rix bowled Brosr.jihan with a straight ball. Oti Coupland taking strike, play livened a little. Coupland in the foxth over, drove a good houndary, bringing the score to the centurs*. Poweli took Rix's place at. the* bowling, : two no-balls resulting in that over. In Bain's second over Flood cut the ball to leg for a good four. Flood was caught by Caygill. 130—7—45. Seventy-five runs had been made since the last wicket had fallen. Then Coupland was caught by Haines. 149—8—3 G. Stringer was bowled in the same over. 149 -9—4. Egan, who followed Stringer, sent the ball to leg for r good six. Bugg replaced Coupiand. Egan soon settled down to play and was responsible for some good scoring, including several fours and a six. The score, had reached the two hundred mark by 3.30 o clock. Egan now settled down in good style and drovo the hall at will, securing several fours and three sixes within a few minutes. Evans bowled Ega\i in the first ball of the next over, the innings closing for 236. Riccarton opened their second innings at 4 5 p.m.. Guiney and Haines taking strike. In Flood's first over he caught and Haines. 65—1—32. Evans replaced Haines' at the crease. and at 5 p.m. the score stood at 82 with one wicket down. Riccarton won by nine wickets. RICCARTON.

Bowling analysis—C Rix. u overs t>4 mas, 4 wickets; K. B Bain, 11 over* 1 rngiden. 58 runs; C. E runs. 2 wickets. R F. Powell. 7 ovora’ 54 runs. S wickets.

r WEST V. ST ALBANS.

The second day’s play of the mutch. West Christchurch v. St Albans, took place a t Hagley Park on a much improved wicket. On the first day’s play West Chriatehurch had scored 121 and St Albans H 5 for four wickets 'P. Martin not ou' 35, It. J. Carleton not out 2). Martin and Carle ton went to the wickets at 2.6 p.m. C. A. pooke ytd -R. O. Talbot were the opening

bowlers, and after a maiden over by Cocks, Carleton sent him for a nice lag glide for two. fqllowetl by a three. Carleton survived a chance, and the next- ball from Cocks took his wicket. 121—5—5. Martin opened his account by placing a beautiful four to mid-on, bringing 8t Albans first innings score level with West's. Findlay replaced Talbot, and his fourth ball beat A. W. Thomas. 133—6—0. Sandman scored a single. With u pretty cut Mnrtin brought his 50 up. but Blunt at, first slip caught him off Cocke's next ball. 142—7—53. The incoming batsman was W. Eady, who waited through three maidens and was standing against the fourth when he was caught by Hamilton in the slips off Cocks. 144—8—1. J. Btirrowes was the tenth man in. After tWenty-ftv© minute*' play the sooYe had only increased by 11. At 3.30 the total was only 170.

Haynes. Findlav. Talbot and Cocks all had overs, hut Kandman and Burrows* refused to hit out. The play was exceptionally chill. When . the score wn* 197 Sandman, who had been at the wickets for an honf and forty minutes, was caught by Blunt off Hamilton 197- 9 22. S. W. Hickraott was last man in. Off the first three balls of Blunt's over, he hit 10. At 4.17 p,m.. the innings closed for 219, Hickmott being bowled by Hamilton. 219 10—12. Burrowes. with 35, was the not out R. C. Blunt and W. Hayes for West at 4.35. After single, W. Hayes hit a full toss from Sandman to Burrowes at short leg. and hi took a great catch. 2—l—l. R. O. Talbot went to the crease. Scores;— WEST CHRISTCHURCH. First innings ■ 124 Second Innings. W. Hayes, c Burrowes l» Sandman . . I R O. Talbot, not out . . . .21 E. C. Blunt, not out a 19 Extras . 2 Total for one wicket • . .43 ST ALBANS. First lunings. F. Woods, c Blunt b Cocks ... 5 L. R. Brunton, c Blunt b Findlay . 19 C. G. Crawford, o Blunt b Cocks . . 1 R. Norrie, o Cook*, b Blunt . . .42 R. J. Carleton. b Cocks .... 5 A. W. Thomas, b Findlay . . . 0 P. Martin, c Blunt b Cocks . .53 W. Ea l.v, c Hamilton b Cocks . . 1 D. Sandman c Blunt b Hamilton . . 22 S. W. Hickmott. b Hamilton . . .12 J. Burrowes. not out . . • .35 Extras 25 Total ...... 219 Bowling analysis.—Cox, 27 overs. 9 maidens, 59 runs, 5 wickets. 2 no-balls, 1 wide: Talbot. 7 overs, 3 maidens ,9 runs, 1 no-bnll. 2 wides; E. Findlay, 17 overs, 5 maidens. 49 runs. 2 wickets; Haysß, 8 overs, 1 maiden. 27 runs; Hamilton, 2.3 overs. 1 maiden, 7 runs, 2 wickets; Blunt, 10 overs. 1 maiden. 4* » uus, 1 wicket. REPRESENTATIVE PRACTICE. The following have been chosen to continue representative practice, commencing on Tuesday, December 11: —Blunt, Talbot. Patrick, Read. Gregory. Oliver. Young, M’Beth. Cunningham, Sandman. Boon. M. 1.. Page, Burrows, J. Powell, M'Ewin and Russell. SENIOR B GRADEPlaying at Sydenham Park. Sydenham in their first innnipga made 243. West replied with 134 (Haines 33, Gamble 23, Dwyer 18, Donnelly 17, Cocks 15L Martin took three wickets for 35 and M’Lelland five for 63. West, following on. made 20 for no wickets. St Albans defeated Linwoocl. St. Albana made 17G runs and 106 for three wicketa. Linwood made 106 and 172.

CITY AND SUBURBAN.

SENIOR GRADE. The fourth round of the City and Suburban Association’s competitions was concluded to-day. The weather was good and the wicketa fast and dry. Results:—^ GREENS A v. UPPER RICCARTON. Green's A defeated Upper Riccarton by an innings and 67 runs. In their first innings Green's declared with a loss of six wicket* for 236. In their second innings Riccarton made 37. UPPER RICCARTON. First innings 132

SUXNYSIDE v. AVOOLSTON. Weolston. first innings . .56 Second innings. 30 for no wickets Sunnyside, 200 for nine wickets declared. GREENS B v. ST ALBANS. St Allianz batted first and made- 67 and 113 for five pickets. Greens made Cl. Scores; ST ALBANS. First. Innings . . a . 67 Second Innings E. Colville, c nnd b R. Pitt ... 4 d. Phelps, c fowl in b R. Pitt . 5 A. Cullen, c Cowlln b D. lagan . . 3 E. Andrews, c Kent b Lee . . . 20 .T. Carrington, c Cowlin b 'A. Pitt . 9 C. Dobbs, not out . . - . .33 R. Winter, not out ... .25 Ej J r a* .14 Total for five wicket* . . . 113 GREENS B. First Innings • ■ . . . G 7

Second Innings. E. Gascon, b Read . . . . 8 M. Cunningham, b Read .... 1 C Oliver. 1 b w b Russell . . . lt> J. M’Ewin, b Russell . . . . 8 .1. Young, not out ..... 23 VT. Skelton, retired ..... 4 E. Cockroft. not out . ...» 3 Extra* ...... -9 Total (for five wickets) . .70 LINWOOD. First Innings. Cr. H. Baker, c Oliver b M'Beth . .2 N. Jones, c King b M'Beth .11 F. A. Jones, c Cunningham b M'Beth . 16 R. Spaan. b M'Beth .... 2 O. Condliffe. c Gasson b M'Ewia . . 7 M. Boon, c sub b M'Beth . . .17 H. Armitage, b M'Beth . . .0 R. Read, o Gaason b M'Beth . .68 G. W. Russell, c Cockroft b M'Beth . 12 8. Yates, not out ..... 1 W« B. Howell, b Cunnftgham . .5 Extras 2

First. Inn mss • - . . 20 L Second Innings. Ouiofcv. not. out ... -ti Haines, r and h Flood . . . 32 X*g byes .... . 2 Total (for one wicket 1 . ~ Bowling analysis.—Bugcr, 6 overs. o« mns. no wickets; Greaorv. l overs no wickets: Flood. 2 over* 2i r , wickets. n ". Uu FUST CHRISTCHt'RCn #irst Innings . GO Second Innings. B. Gregory, st Fuller b P.iv l 11 Brosnahan, b Rix . 8 Flood, o Cay gill b Powell , Coupuml. c Kainds b Powell . . 38 Rug:*. out . . " FTxtras Total .... . 236

GREENS A. First Innings. W. Lawson, b Holmes . * • » 43 B. Morris, e Bush b Smith . . .35 L. Watson, lbw b Carr . . .16 G. Robertson, b Olsen ... 17 G. Scrimshaw, b Holmes . . . .70 J. Jones, not out ..... 5 R. Langford, b Holmes .... 4 W. Smythe. not out . 4L . . S Total for .six wickets ... 203