Bowlers Had Best Of It In Saturday’s Cricket.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18639, 17 December 1928, Page 12

Bowlers Had Best Of It In Saturday’s Cricket.

RICCARTON SCORE 56 MORE THAN OLD BOYS IN FIRST INNINGS.

ON rain-damaged wickets, the-e was generally low scoring in the matches of the fifth series of the senior A competition of the Canterbury Cricket Association, commenced on Saturday afternoon. The weather was fine, but owing to the rain during the week and with the sun drying the wickets, conditions generally were in favour of the bowlers. HONOURS LIST. BATTING. W. J. V .Hamilton (O. Collegians) 63 E. Brosnahan (East) 56 A. W. Roberts (Riccarton) -• 45 R. C. Bums (Old Boys) 44 L. G. Haynes (West) 42 T. Kennedy (East) : 39 J. S. Bruges (Old Collegians) 36 F. Smith (Linwood) 34 T. F. Mullan (East) 32 BOWLING. W. R. Patrick (Sydenham) 3 for IS J. Newman (West) 3 for 18 J. L. Findlay (West) 6 for 42 F. Woods (St Albans) .... 6 for 51 C. T. Rix (Riccarton) 5 for 46 C. E. Evans (Riccarton) .. 2 for 23 W. E. Merritt (Old Boys) .. 8 for 96 W. Cunningham (Syd’ham) 3 for 46 A. W. Roberts (Riccarton) . 2 for 32 OLD BOTS MAKE POOR SHOWING AGAINST RICCARTON Old Boys made a poor showing against Riccarton, being all dismissed for 116. In their first innings Riccarton made 172, so they have a lead of 56 runs on the first innings. It looks as if Riccarton are going to win the match. They certainly put up a better showing than Old Boys did in their first innings. After the first innings of Riccarton had closed. Old Boys had time to go in for their second knock, and they scored thirteen for the loss of no wickets. Riccarton, however, have a very useful lead on the first innings, and this should stand them in good stead. The wicket was not too good for the batsmen on Saturday. It was a drying wicket and was consequently treacherous. The Old Boys’ wickets fell very quickly for a start, and no fewer than seven were down for the very small total of 34 runs.- It was really a remarkable collapse, even giverf in the tricky nature of the wicket, and it looked as if the innings would close for under 100 runs. How-

With seven wickets in hand and 167 runs to obtain St Albans will have to fight hard next Saturday in order to avoid defeat by Old Collegians. At the end of the first day’s play the match has an open appearance, with the odds slightly in favour of the Collegians. On a wicket that was slow and inclined to give the spin bowlers assistance, Old Collegians did well to score 188 in their first innings. The cricket was extremely slow and unenterprising, but the batsmen coulcr not be blamed for adopting a cautious policy on the rain-affected pitch. But for W. J. V. Hamilton, whose form this season has been remarkably consistent, the score would have been considerably smaller. Hamilton opened and played almost right through the innings for a sound and valuable 63. His rock-like defence, and patient

batting were ideally suited to the conditions. His scoring shots were featured for clever placing, while on occasions he revealed a powerful drive to the off. Hamilton has been the mainstay of the Collegians 1 batting this season. J. S. Bruges batted brightly for 36, the next highest score. His driving was delightful to watch, and he punished anything loose. H. M. Chrystall played solidly for 19, but did not relish the slow stuff. I. M. Hamilton is not displaying the confidence or decision that marks his batting when at its best. He compiled a rather slow 14 before being dismissed. J. D. Lawrence, a promising and stylish batsman, revealed possession of an attractive all-round stroke equipment in his 16. S. G. Lester looked like making a score when he attempted an impossible run. J. W. Burrough failed to score. He appears to be one of the unlucky ones to miss selection in the representative L. R. Dunster batter nicely for 13, but the others did not meet with sucF. Woods, usually a useful change bowler, did the bulk of the trundling, sending down 33.3 overs, thirteen maidens for 51 runs and six wickets. His slow stuff was well-suited to the dead wicket, and his accurate length allowed few opportunities for scoring. L. Lindley and A. W. Thomas both bowled in good style. Thomas sent down 20 overs for 26 runs and one wicket. J. Johns was very • steady, his 15 overs producing only 21 runs. In less than an hour St Albans lost Woods. Crawford and Falloon for 21 runs. Lester. Talbot and Bruges formed a dangerous attack, and backed up by splendid fielding, had the batsmen on the defensive. LINWOOD'S BATTING IS DECIDEDLY POOR. Rather poor batting on the part of Linwood was not an exhilarating feature of the afternoon’s play. However, the batsmen were considerably handicapped in the earlier part by the dead nature of the wicket, which was only to be expected after the recent soaking rains. F. A. Smith, who has been batting consistently, this season, contributed the highest score, 34. Yates 21, C. Orchard 20, and Kerr 16 were the only other Linwood batsmen to reach double figures. The side were all out for 115. The West bowlers, Findlay and Newman, put up a fine performance, Findlay securing six wickets for 42 and Newman three for 18. Out of Findlay’s total five of the batsmen were clean bowded. Newman is still maintaining the excellent average with which he commenced the season. His record to date is eleven wickets I for 86 runs, giving an average of 7.81. The West Christchurch total was 98 for four when stumps were drawn, ‘Haynes 42 and Alexander 27 being the highest scorers. On the day the former's contribution was the best effort of the match and his second highest score of the season to date. Read bowled well for Linwood, securing two out of the four wicketsEAST BAT WELL AGAINST SYDENHAM. East Christchurch, batting nearly all afternoon, put up a useful 231 against Sydenham at Lancaster Park. Contrary to expectations, the vacket was good, if a bit slow, and held all the afternoon. The slowness of the wicket was very apparent during the first part of the game, when two batsmen mis-timed badly and went out for that reason. East batted till 6.20 for their 231, and at 6.30 J. Young and E. Gasson opened for Sydenham. They opened very slowly, apparently with the idea of playing out time, and Young stuck to the programme till stumps were drawn. He got five in half an hour s cautious "batting. Gasson started off with as much caution as Young, but the restraint was too much for him. The result was, that towards the end, . he began to hit out a bit, and just

ever, a good stand was made for Old Boys for the eighth wicket by R. C. Burns, and H. B. Thorne. Thorne, who is a new player for Old Boys, scored 29 before he was clean bowled by Evans. His score included a nice six off Rix. J. T. Burrows and Burns also batted solidly, and the score mounted fairly steadily. The centurv was hoisted after 115 minutes’ play, when Burns hit a six off Gibbs. Burns, who went in at a critical stage of the innings, when the wickets were falling freely, played a great knock for 44, including a couple of sixes. He faced the bowling fearlessly and he hit out vigorously. He was eventually caught on the Loundary by Gorrie off Roberts. Burns has proved himself a good batsman this season and also a very fine wicketkeeper, and it is not altogether surprising to find that he is one of the thirteen players selected to practice for the representative team. Dorreen may be as good a wicketkeeper as Burns, but this season he has not proved himself to be such a sound batsman. Apart from Thorne and Burns, Dailey, who scored 13, and Jacobs (11), were the only Old Boys' batsmen to reach double figures. Four of the Old Boys’ batsmen failed to score, though L. D. Page was not out. Riccarton established a good first innings lead, but this was mainly due to their earlier batsmen. Over 100 runs were on the board before the fourth wicket fell, but in the final stages of the innings there was a rapid collapse and the innings closed for 172. A. W. Roberts with 45 was top scorer for Riccarton. He played an excellent knock, and sustained his reputation of being the best batsman for Riccarton this season, and also one of the best in the senior A competition. He looks like a certainty for being picked for the representative team. A Cox played a solid innings for 24 and the same total was made by O. T. Gorrie, who hit out in characteristic style. Some of the other Riccarton batsmen reached double figures, but the innings generally was marked by slow batting. In the first innings of Old Boys, the best bowling performance was that of C. T. Rix, who took five wickets for 46 runs. On the rain-da»~ wicket lie seemed to be almost unplayable at

times, and three of his victims were clean bowled. Rix had 19 overs, and eight of them were maidens. Evans, who bowled nine overs, took two wickets for 23 runs, and A. W. Roberts, who is proving himself a most useful change bowler, took two for 32. Easily the most successful bowler for Old Boys was W. E. Merritt, who finished up with the excellent average of eight wickets for 96 runs. He had 21.3 overs and three of them were maidens. He was knocked about a bit at times, but on the whole he proved dangerous on a wicket that was inclined to be treacherous to the batsmen. J. T. Burrows took one ■wicket for 26 runs, and G. H. Stringer, .jk new player for Old Boys, one for 30.

on stumps, was tun out for 13, leaving the Sydenham score one for 23. G-. R. Gregory was again disappointing. He made only nine, and never looked like making a score. A badly timed swipe at a ball from Simmonds dismissed him. After his pretty 52 against Old Boys on the previous Sat-

urday, East Christchurch supporters were hopeful that Gregory had struck form, but his performance on Saturday will.dash all hopes in that direction.. It is a pity Gregory cannot get going, because when he is in form he is one of Canterbury’s prettiest bats. T.. F. Mullan made a very pretty 32. He was scoring well on the leg and looked set till he mis-timed one from Simmonds- H. Grim wood, a new player for East, did very well. He comes from Ellesmere, where he is known as a steady scorer. He went in for East’s ninth wicket, and immediately began to make his presence felt. He has a most powerful drive, which he used on Saturday to great effect, even on Cunningham, generally a terror to newcomers. Grimwood put up 27 in twenty-four minutes, and looked set for a big score when he was run out. The only bowler who troubled Grimwood was W. R. Patrick, whose leg stuff seemed to have the batsman well tangled up. Grimwood’s work on the off is good, and his drive, brought off with a crouching action, is splendid. It is understood that he will be in the city permanently, and if he can keep up Saturday’s form, East has certainly got a “find.” T. Kennedy played a slow innings for 39, which took him two hours and six minutes to get. He very seldom hit out, and most of his scoring came in singles. N. Egan was again a disappointment. With the style he shows, he should be one of East’s top scorers. He got 14. That well known twelfth man. Mr Extras, was a heavy scorer for East, mafnly as a result of the tremendous pace Cunningham was getting with the wind more or less behind him. The extras were 29, mostly in boundary byes. For Sydenham, G. Simmonds did most bowling, with W. a close second. He sent down thirty-two overs and collected three wickets for 83. Cunningham put 31 overs across, and got three for 46. He bowled nine maidens. The most successful member of the Sydenham attack was W. R. Patrick, who collected three for 18. He bowled 8.2 overs.East have got a good score up and' Sydenham will have to be careful to THE LOWER GRADES. SENIOR B. At Sydenham Park, St Albans, 219 (L. Coffey 61, H. North 40, P. Martin 35 not out, W. Sandman 27), met Sydenham, 22 for no wickets. At T-lagley Park, West Christchurch, 149 (A. R. Blank 41, J. R. Ilawkes 39, P. Ramsden 19), met Old Boys, 116 for five wickets (A. Shipley 34, D. Carl 28 not out, G. Inhes 19). At New Brighton, Gin wood, 17S (Gordon 4 7, J. Prosper 27, E. Bates 27. D. M’Lennan - : 2ov'Davis 19 and Clapsliaw 16) met New Brighton, 108 for three wickets (E. Chambers 43 not out, F. Turner 41 not out). The game between Boys’ H-igh School and Old- Collegians was not played, as the wicket was under water. Riccarton beat Christ’s College by default. Rangiora v. East Christchurch.— Rangiora batted first, and made 158 (G. Mchrtens, opening batsman, carried his bat for 99, Kippenberger 20, P. Roberts 15). When time was called. East had made 60 for the loss of five wickets (A. Besley 20 not out, C. Candlish 18). Bowling for East, R. Egan took eight wickets for 20 runs, Kiniey, for Rangiora, taking two wickets for 10, and H. K. Kippenberger two for 28. SECOND GRADE A. Sydenham, 157 (Haughey 4 7 and Kempthorne 41) and 30 for no wickets, met Linwood, 106. (Priest 25, Frisk 19, Dawson 18 not out). Merivale, 153 (Maginess 34, Murphy 23 and Dahlberg 23), met East Christchurch, 93 for seven wickets (King 22 and Pearce 21). Ft Albans, .35, met Riccarton B, 108 for five wickets (King 29, A. Ellis 18 not out. Moore 16 and Cliampness 16). For Riccarton, Champness took four wickets for 11 runs. West Christchurch beat Christ’s College by default. The game between Boys’ High School and Riccarton A was hot played. SECOND GRADE B. (A Section-) St Albans, 102 and 50 for five wickets, met Old Boys, 78. New Brighton, 54 and 47 for four wickets, beat Old Collegians, 49 and 44, by six wickets. Linwood, 71 and 53 for six wickets, met Merivale, 34. (B Section.) Riccarton, 152, met Old Boys, 58 for eight wickets. Boys’ High School, 110, met Linwood, 109 for six wickets. Spreydon beat Christ’s College by default. The game between St Bede's and St Andrew's was not played. THTRD GRADE A. Spreydon, 53 and 108 for eeven wickets. met Riccarton, 39. West Christchurch, 42 and 38 for four wickets, met Sumner, 112. St Albans, 109 and 35 for two wickets, met Linwood, 97. Sydenham beat Christ’s College by default. New Brighton beat Boys’ High School by default. THIRD GRADE B. East Christchurch beat St Bede’s by default. Linwood A beat Linwood B by default. Riccarton beat St Andrew’s by default. Sydenham beat Christ's College by default. FOURTH GRADE. Linwood, 101, beat Y.M.C.A., 48 and 46 for five wickets. Sydenham beat St Andrew's by default. Riccarton beat Christ's College by default. The game between West Christchurch and Boys* High School was not played. THE LOWER GRADES. JUNIOR A. Green’s, 248, defeated Riccarton, 64 and 64, by an innings and 120 runs. Clarke's, 230, defeated St Albans 99 (Winter 16) and 60 (Wilson 23 not out), by an innings and 71 runs. Stephenson, six for 10, and Cade, three for 31, bowled well for Clarke’s. St John’s, 218 (J. Murray 111 not out, Clark 28, Nuttridge 20, S. Reeves 11, Jorgensen 13, Pot ter 15 v, defeated Council, 62 and 37 (R. Sanders 13, C. Price 12), by an innings and 119 runs. s. Reeves, four for 14 and five for 21, Aris, three for 6, and Morgan, three for 24 and one for 1, bowled well for St John’s. St Albans B, 149 and 135 (G. Colville 58, J. Barter 41), defeated Shirley, 87 and 97 (Walker 22, Boundy 28), by 100 runs. G. Colville, four for 26, and Porteous, two for 12, took most wickets for St Albans, and Streeter, two for 10, for Shirley.. JUNIOR B. Gas Company, 193 and 126 (H_ Dickenson 23, G. Smith 23, E. Chappell 28, M'Lean 16), defeated D.1.C., 123 and 121 (C. Hampton 74 not out), by 75 runs. For Gas Company C. Smith took eight wickets for 56 runs, and for D.I.C. D. Hobson, four for 11, and Hampton, three for 25. Working Men’s Club, 75 and 149 Forrester 43, R. Matthews 21, Whitehead 26, ! Fyfe 17, Pearston 11, J.. Matthews 16 not out. Grant 10), defeated Mairehau, 136 and 8] (J. Newnham 19, S. Oakley 3 7, Lisle 13), by seven runs. THIRD GRADE. Railway, 89 (Warren 24, O’Callaghan

36, Hood 13), defeated Marists, 22 and 66 (Barnard 23, Dineen 11), by an innings and one run. Shirley A defeated Cambridge by an innings and 12 runs. Harewood, 39 (Wright 12, Clark 11) and 4 7 for six wickets (Wright 27), defeated Shirley B, 27 and 60, by 12 runs on the first innings. Weekes, six for 22, and Ward., three for 2, bowled well for Shirley, and Clark, three for 2, and Currie, two for 6, for Harewood. Green’s, 86 (G. Pitt 45, Murray 13, Debenhara 11), defeated Beckenham A, 11 and 46 (Guy 26), by an innings and 14 runs. Debenhaip, five for 5, Robinson, Hawkins and Munro bowled well for Green's, and Guy, six for 2£, for Beckenham. Beckenham C, 63 (G, Cooke 13, W. H. Coombes 15) and 57 for six wickets declared (Creswell 17, W. H. Coombes 10), defeated Beckenham B, 40 (Sollitt 18, Collins 10), by 23 runs on the first innings. Prisk, six for 31, and S'ollitt, three for 14, bowled well for the B team, and Heath, three for 14, and W, H. Coombes, two for -2. for the C team.

BOYS’ ASSOCIATION.

CANTERBURY V. OTAGO. This evening two teams of boys representing the Otago Boys’ Cricket Association will arrive in Christchurch to play their annual matches against the Canterbury Boys’ Association. A fairly extensive piogramme has been arranged for their entertainment when in Christchurch, and the two games are clue to commence at the Hagley Park Oval at 2.30 p.m. on Wednesday. The two visiting teams will b<e under the charge of Mr L. Cameron, of the “Otago Daily Times,” and, according to advice received from Dunedin, both elevens are strong combinations. Both games carry trophies with them, the senior match being for the Biltcliff Cup. and the junior teams will play for the Rix Cup. As the Canterbury Boys’ Association are, at present, the holders of the M’Clusky Challenge Shield, this trophy will also be at stake in connection with the senior game. The latter trophy is open to Boys’ Associations and Leagues throughout New Zealand, and, to date, has-- been held as follows: 1918-19, Wellington; 1919-20, Wellington; 1920-21, Wellington; 1921-22, Canterbury; 1922-23, Canterbury; 1923-24. Canterbury; 1924-25, Canterbury; 1925-26, Canterbury; 1926-27, Canterbury; 1927-28, Canterbury. The two cups, however, are restricted to annual competition between Otago and Canterbury, and have been won as follows: Biltcliff Cup.—l 924, Canterbury: 1925, Canterbury; 1926, drawn; 1927, Canterbury. Rix Cup.—l 924, Canterbury; 1925, Otago; 1926, Otago; 1927, drawn. OTAGO TEAMS. Advice has been received from Otago that their teams will be as follow: Seniors.—B. Stevenson, H. Boyes, R. J. Wilson, V. Cusack, V. M’Cartep, A. R. Geddes (vice-captain), W. Hudson, A. Tobin, S. Coding (captain), J. Vinnecorabe, F. J. M’Lennan and T. Roger.l unions.—-T. Anderson (captain), O. Dalziel, M. Walkinshaw (vice-captain), D. M’Cawe, L. Smith, C. Saxton, L. Walls, F. Sansom, C. Duggan, J. Aitchison, E. J. Smith and J. Sommerville. No indication has been given as to which boy will stand down in the junior match, but Rogerson has been stated as twelfth man in the senior side. This, in itself, is a significant fact, as, last year, he was included in the senior eleven. Other boys who played for the Otago seniors last season were Cusack, Wilson, Tobin, Geddes and M’Carten, the last-mentioned being captain of the side. Four of last year’s junior team are again playing for Otago, these being Anderson, L. Smith, Duggan and Walkinshaw. CANTERBURY TEAMS. Four more trial matches were played in connection with the selection of the Canterbury teams to play against Otago and, at the conclusion of these games, the following sides were chosen:— Seniors. —E. E. Grdnfell (Technical), R. B. M’Nish (Cathedral Grammar), A. Jamieson (Boys' High School), R. Westwood (Technical), L. A. Butterfield (Technical), (7. H. Carpenter (Technical), R. E. Adair (St Andrew’s), T.

Armstrong (Boys’ High School). 1. E. Harris (Technical), W. C. Sutherland (Technical) and T. A. Judson (St Andrew’s). Although the captain has not been definitely announced, Grenfell will probably fill this position, whilst the reserves will be E. C. Hunt (Riccarton), and R. W. Cross (Boys' High School). Of the team above, M’Nish and Harris were members of last year’s senior

eleven, whilst Grenfell, Butterfield and Carpenter played in the junior match. A special bowling practice has been arranged for to-morrow evening at Hospital Corner at 5.30 p.m., when the following boys are required to attend: Grenfell, M’Nish, Buttex-field, Adair, Sutherland*’ and Judson. The following boys have been chosen for the junior eleven: W. H. Fright (West Christchurch), C. J. Jordan (Riccarton), J. A. Hooper (Technical), R. G. Goldstone (Technical), A. A. Falloon (Riccarton), L. C. Henwood (Technical), T. A. J. Birch (Riccarton), W. M. Brown (Technical), E. J. Nee (St Bede’s), R. F. Dobson (Boys’ High School), and \V. O. Gill (Boys’ High School). R. G. Goldstone has been appointed as captain, whilst the reserves will be P. A. D. Adams (St Andrew’s), and C. F. Hart (St Andrew’s). Of the junior eleven only two, J. A. Hooper and W. M. Brown, have playeo

for Canterbury previously, both of them taking part in the junior game against Otago last season. In both cases, the selectors reserve the right to make any change Q in the cmnstances el justify n the making of an of the West Coast will be resumed next Saturday The teams for these practices will be announced later in the week. PRESENTATION OF TROPHIES. On Friday, Mr T). Reese, president of the Canterbury Boys’ Cricket Association, and Mr G. S. A. Biltcliff, honorary secretary of the association, visited the Technical College, the Boys’ High School and the' West Christchurch District High School in order to present the trophies won during the 1928 season. At the Technical College, Mr Reese handed over the Andrews Cup and Reece Cup to the captains of the winning fifth and sixth grade teams whilst at the Bovs’ High School he presented the Redpath Shield for the seventh A grade. Until this season, there has been no trophy for the seventh B grade, but recently Mr C. S. Johnston, chairman of the Boys’ Association executive, gave a silver cup for competition in this section. West Christchurch District High School proved the winners in this competition, and on Friday the new cup was ha.rded over to their captain. At each school, Mr Reese briefly addressed the boys. He mentioned the value of team games such as football and cricket, and stressed the fact that players must always be loya.l to fhelr

SCHOOLS MATCH. CHRISTS COLLEGE V. OTAGO B.HS. Christ’s College and Otago Boys’ High School began their annual cricket match on the Christ’s College ground on Saturday. High School, winning the toss, batted first, D. Moloney and A- IC Ibbotson being the opening batsmen. Playing on a sticky wicket, they faced the bowling of R. Bean and F. Parson. Moloney gave several chances, but his luck held. Ibbotson was caught in the slips by Lumsden off Bean without scoring. A. C. Holden, who took his place, also went without opening his score, being caught by Coop off Bean. H. Cameron was next and scored a singlo before giving place to L. Hercus, who went for a duck. Bean had taken two wickets for four and Parsons two wickets for 10. Parsons next clean bowled J. Murray, making the total five wicketfe down for 22 runs. Moloney was caught by Coop, off Bean, after scoring 14, and J. Salt soon followed, caught and bowled by Bean for a duck. H. Martin went to a ball of Johnstone’s, after contributing 5, and Henderson, after making a single, went out lbw to Bean. Chettleburgh was caught and bowled by Bean for 4, and the innings closed for only 38 runs.

Coop and Hamilton opened the College innings after lunch. A sensational opening saw Coop caught by Martin at mid-off off Rangihueia’a second ball. o—l—o. Chettleburgh bowled from the ‘north end, Hamilton opening the scoring with a nice brace. The second wicket went at 5, Hiatt being caught in the deep by Holden off Chettleburgh. 5—2—3. Chettleburgh had the batsmen thinking, and Aitken, stepping out to one, was badly beaten. 6—3—Q. The newcomer, Lumpen, brought 10 up with a four behind the wickets on the leg. After thirty-five minutes' play, with the total at 18, Moloney replaced Chettleburgh. Of his second ball, Hercus stumped Hamilton. 19—4—3. Tapley brightened things with a couple of forceful shots that brought 5 off his first two balls. He brought up 30 when he hooked a short one from Rangihueia to the leg rails. A trio of boundaries to the same player brought 40 up. At 44 Salt took over at the south end from Rangihueia, and Henderson replaced Moloney at the other. The fifty appeared on the board after fifty-five minutes’ play. A good partnership was broken with the total at 68, Tapley goine- out to a fine catch by Martin off Henderson. His total of 36, made in three-quarters of an hour, included seven fours. 68—5—36. Appleby followed. With 90 on the board Rangl-' hueia went on again, and Moloney replaced Henderson at the other end. Appleby brought up the century after 100 minutes’ play with a four off Moloney. An uppish shot from the same player's bat fell clear of the fieldsmen. Lumsden reached 50 after 100 minutes at the wickets with a four off Rangihueia. The score at tea stood at 1.31 for five wickets (Lumsden 52 not out, Appleby 34 not out, extras 3). After the resumption, Lumsden brought 150 up with a four off Henderson. Eighteen runs later Moloney, Otago’s captain, and a slow bowler with a Blunt-like action, replaced Salt. A bright partnership ended when Appleby was smartly stumped by Hercus off Moloney. In a sound knock he had compiled twenty-eight of his tally in boundaries. 181—6—4 7. Both batsmen were uneasy to Moloney, and, with the total one short of the double century, Newton was clean skittled. 199—7—8. With the board showing 206, Lumsden’s century was signalled. Off Moloney’s next ball he was caught in the deep by Chettleburgh. During the latter stages of his innings in particular he had played attractive cricket. s: 2O6—B—loo.8—100. Parson joined his skipper, R. J. S. Bean, at the wickets. A misunderstanding saw Parson go easily, run out. 211—9 —4. The innings closed for 213 when Johnston was caught by Martin off Moloney. Ibbotson and Moloney opened Otago’s second innings at 5.25, Moloney taking strike to Bean, who bowled from the south end. The first over produced six runs, as many as Bean had had hit off him during the whole of Otago’s first innings. Four successive maidens followed, until Ibbotson went to a catch by Bean off Parson’s bowling. 7—l—o. At stumps the score was 8 for one wicket. Scores:— OTAGO BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL. First Innings. D. Moloney, c Coop b Bean 14 A. Ibbotson, c Lumsden b Bean . . 0 A. C. Holden, c Coop b Bean 0 H. R. Cameron, c Tapley b 1 Parson 1 L. R. Hercus, b Parson 0 J. A. Murray, b Parson 5 H. Martin, b Johnstone 5 J. Salt, c and b Bean 0 B. Chettleburgh c and b Bean .... 4 N. Henderson, lbw b Bean 1 R. Rangihueia not out 0 Extras (eight byes) J 8 Total 38 Bowling—R. J. S. Bean, 10 overs, 6 maidens, 6 runs, 6 wickets; F. Parson, 8 overs. 2 maidens, 19 runs, 3 wickets; S. Johnstone, 2 overs, 5 runs, 1 wicket. Second Innings. A. K. Ibbotson, c Bean b Parson . . 0 A. C. Holden, not out l D. A. R. Moloney, not out 6 Total for one wicket 8 CHRIST’S COLLEGE. First Innings. W. S. Coop, c Martin b Rangihueia 0 H. C. Hiat t, c Holden b Chettleburgh 3 A. J. Cutken, b Chettleburgh .... 0 C. G. F. C. Hamilton, st Hercus b Moloney 3 E. C. Tapley, c Martin b Henderson 36 N. B. Appleby, st Hercus b Moloney 4 7 I, Newton, b Moloney 8 F. R. Lumsden, c Cliettleburg b Moloney 100 F. St J. Parson, run out - - 4 S. Johnstone, c Martin b Moloney 0 R. J. S. Bean, not out 1 Extras ' ... . 11 Total 213 Bowling Analysis.—Rangihueia, 12 overs, 5 maidens, 31 runs, 1 wicket; Chettleburgh, 8 overs, 2 maidens, 24 runs, 2 wickets; Moloney, 11.2 overs, 64 runs, 5 wickets; Salt, 17 overs, 4 maidens, 37 runs; Henderson, 10'overs, 2 maidens, 46 runs, 1 wicket. WELLINGTON TEAM. V'”' Press Association. WELLINGTON, December 15. Gallachan (Manawatu) and Baker have been chosen to replace Mackenzie and Worker in the Wellington Plunket Shield team to play Otago at Christmas time. The team is now:—Lowry (captain), Dempster, Foley, James, M’Girr, Lambert, Rotherham, Badcock, Henderson, Gallachan and Baker. IN OTHER PLACES. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, December 16. The fifth round of, matches in the Auckland Cricket Association’s senior championship commenced on Saturday in fine weather. Results— Eden, 287 for five wickets (Postles 68, G. L. Weir 62 not out, A. F. Weir 53), met University. Ponsonby, 244 (Smith 110 not out), met Y.M.C.A., 10 for one wicket. Grafton, 329 (Langridge 91, Floman 51, Alleott. 50), met United Suburbs. North Shore, 254 for nine wickets (Frater 110, Player 64), met Parnell. For Parnell, Macallan took five wickets for 48 runs. WELLINGTON, December 16. Owing to the sodden state of the grounds, no cricket was played in Wellington on Saturday. DUNEDIN. December 16. The senior cricket competition was continued on Saturday in fine weather. Grange, playing Carisbrook,. declared the first innings closed with 273 for five wickets (M’Mullan 80, Morris 63). Cameron took three wickets for 3 8 runs. Carisbrook, who had made 107 in the first innings, were dismissed for 101 (Blunt 52). Galland took eight wickets for 45 runs. Grange thus secured a three-point win. In the game between Albion and Dunedin, Albion replied to Dunedin’s 186 with 101. Torrance took five wickets for 30 runs, and Cavanagh three for 17. M’Donald, 47, was the highest scorer for Albion. In the second Innings, Dunedin made 126 for five wickets (Cavanagh 59). Dunedin obtained a two-point win. Old Boys defeated Colts on the first innings. Old Boys lost eight wickets for 226 on the previous Saturday. Colts were' disposed of for 122 in the first innings (Eastman 52), and in the second innings had lost six wickets for 77 at the close of play. Dickinson took five wickets for 44 runs, and Alloo five for 41 in the first innings, and Alloo three for 30 in the secondL.