CITY AND SUBURBAN.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18643, 24 December 1928, Page 12

CITY AND SUBURBAN.

NOTES AND COMMENTS. The fifth round of the Suburban cricket competitions was commenced on Saturday m dull weather and a cold easterly blew across the grounds. With the exception of the Beckenham vCouncil match the scoring was low and in most matches bowlers came off with good averages. In the Council v. Heckenham match at Sydenham Park the latter team batted the whole afternoon for 287, A. Shand giving a pleasing display for 98 and H. Mills 50. Marist went cheaply at Sunnyside and were disposed of for 75. Sunnyside lost eight wickets for 72, and then White and Thompson carried the score to 114 for the ninth wicket. In their second innings Marist batted twentyfive minutes for 8 runs and lost five wickets. At Linwood Park, W.M.C. made 88, Shirley replying with 82, and at stumps W.M.C. had made 11 runs for the loss of five wickets. ' Green’s batted first against Technical Old Boys at Ensor’s Road, and were disposed of' for 69. Technical" replied with 119. At stumps Green’s had lost one wicket for 20 runs. k HONOURS LIST. BATTING. A. Shand (Beckenham) 98 H. Mills (Beckenham 55 H. Thompson (Sunnyside) 45 H. Lilburne (Beckenham) 39 J. Jones (Marist) 33 R. Coltart (Shirley) 31 P. Egan (W.M.C.) 30 BOWLING. R. Langford (Sunnyside), four for 7. H. Trustrum (W.M.C.), three for 8. W. Sweeney (Shirley), three for 9. J. Blakeway (Technical Old Boys), three for 11. A. R. Husband (Shirley), three for 17. F. French (Technical Old Boys), three for 13. R. Coltart (Shirley), three for 34. E. Watts (W.M.C.), five for 30. F. Pitt (Green’s), six for 61. A. Pitt (Green’s), four for 50. MARIST v. SUNNYSIDE. Marist made a very poor display against the bowling of R. Langford and H. Thompson at Sunnyside, and lost the first six wickets for 50 runs. J. Jones was the only batsman to make any stand, and his 33 runs was a good knock. In the latter stages of the innings R. Jones hit up 11 by lucky shots. W. M’Donnell, who was batting well and had placed 10 to his credit had bad luck in being run out. R. Langford secured good figures with the ball. Delivering four overs he secured four wickets for 7 runs, whilst W. Ellis got three for 24, and Thompson two for 43. Hill gave a good exhibition behind the stumps, and there was only one extra which was a wide bowled by R. Langford. Weak fielding gave Sunnyside a lead in the first innings. H. Thompson, who made 45, was dropped three times, once behind the wickets by Noonan and twice in the outfield by R. Jones, all off J. Jones’s bowling. J. Roach also dropped on easy one hit up by W. Ellis. Opening with E. Banes and R, Langford Sunnyside lost the first eight wickets for 72 runs. Then J. White and Thompson added 40 ruias for the ninth wicket. The former played a lucky and unorthodox innings for 19. H. Thompson had the good luck to be dropped three times early in his innings and was finally stumped by Noonan off Jones for 45. J. Jones and W. M’Donnell bowled throughout the innings, the latter securing five wickets for 41, and Jones five for 67. Marist went in for the second time at five minutes past six in a failing light, and at 6.30 had lost five wickets for 8 runs, four of which were secured by M’Donnell in the last over. n n x SHIRLEY v. WJVI.C. Low scoring was very much in evidence at Linwood Park in the match between Shirley and Working Men’s Club. The latter team batted first and were all out for 88. The first four wickets fell for 28 runs, then P. Egan and Gray doubled the total. Egan knocked up 30, including one six and three fours.

With five down for 57 the wickets fell fairly rapidly and none of the later batsmen made any stand, and the innings closed for 88. Shirley fared slightly worse than their opponents and were all out for 82. The first three wickets fell for 20 runs. N. Archer 14 and R. Coltart 31, helped the total along to 64 for the fourth wicket, but the tail was long and only wagged feebly and the last six wickets fell for 22 runs. Of the four bowlers tried, H. Trustrum came off with the best average, and in four overs received three wickets for 8 runs, while E. Watt got 5 for 30 in 13 overs. Working Men’s Club commenced their second innings at 6 p.m., and in half an hour lost five wickets for 11 runs, five of which were extras. W. Sweeney just missed the hat-trick, taking three wickets wdth four balls, and he only had four runs knocked off him. Husband received the other two wickets for 2 runs. XXX GREEN S v. TECHNICAL OLD BOYS. The bowlers had the upper hand all through the game between Green’s and Technical Old Boys. Green’s batted first and made 69. A. Pitt batted brightly for 27 and was going well when he cocked a short one round to leg- J- French was in a long time for 10. F. French bowled well during his four overs. He used his height to good advantage and his short balls with a turn from the off were dangerous. Blakeway sent down three overs for 11. He kept low and turned both ways. A. Pitt and F. Pitt bowled unchanged for Green’s and dismissed Technical for 119. Muirson and Todd gave Technical a good start, 53 being on before Todd was bowled by F. Pitt after scoring 28. Muirson (24) went when seven had been added. With the departure of French and Stokes four were down for 73. The Pitts were bowling well at this stage and Blakeway went when he had scored 4. Booth was the only other batsman to make a stand, 22 going to his credit before he was caught off A. Pitt. He hit two sikes and two fours. F. Pitt finished with the best average, getting six for 61 in 13 overs, while A. Pitt bagged four for 50 in 13.5 overs. 5* « BECKENHAM v. COUNCIL. Beckenham have built Up the reputation of being a high scoring team, and they maintained it by their exhibition against Council. At no stage did the Council bowlers gain the upper hand, though they were never hit about much. Beckenham took all afternoon to make their score of 291 for nine, scoring at the rate of 75 an hour. A. Shand made 98 in confident style and would have reached three figures had he not tried to force the pace. He gave three chances after scoring 90, when he opened out a bit. He did not score quickly, taking over three hours for his score, but he was never at a loss for a shot, and had the outfield been faster he would have scored more, as he hit only four boundaries. H. Mills came next with 55, and this batsman again showed what he can do when he gets a chance to show his real form. He went in second wicket down and so his score did not come off tired bowling, but was the result of sound cricket. H. Lilburne, who opened with Shand, scored steadily and hit hard, getting eight fours in his tally of 39. E. Cummings was batting nicely when Lee was brought on and got the batsman with his first ball after Cummings had made 18. Stammers and Kent hit out, and Stammers got a beautiful six off Lee.

Of the' seven Council bowlers tried Lee secured the best average, getting two for 21 in three overs. Howell, Gordon and Newton bore the brunt of the attack. Horwell was always hard to score off and bagged a couple of wickets in nineteen overs. Gordon also trundled steadily and got a couple. Newton opened with three maidens, but did not appear to trouble the batsmen, though he was not hit about much. A word of praise must go to the Council fieldsmen for the way in which they, kept the runs down. Quaid dismissed Stammers with a fine high left-handed catch in the deep field, and Horwell picked up and returned very accurately. Jottings. The Walker Shield tourney commences at Sydenham Park on Wednesday morning at 10.30. Only three teams have entered, one each from the Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch Suburban Associations. The Auckland team arrived in Christchurch on Sunday evening, and Wellington are expected to arrive on Wednesday morning. Only one tournament match will be held at a time, and the third team, which will have a bye, will be accommodated with a match with a team secured froin senior and junior players and extra players travelling with the visiting teams. Canterbury v. Wellington meet in the first match. The following team has been selected to meet Auckland, who have the bye: L. Kent, L. Carlyle, H. Lilburne, R. Stammers, W. Lawson, S. Besley (Beckenham), M. Noonan (Marist), French (Technical Old Boys), J. Gor'don (Council), L. Code (Clarke’s), G. Colville (St Albans). Emergencies: M. Wilson (Council), S. Reeves (St John’s). The tournament will continue for six days, but the second and third matches are to be arranged when the visiting teams have arrived. Beckenham are to lose the services of W. Skelton temporarily, as he has been transferred to Timaru for a couple of months. W. Griffen, of the Marist senior team, has had a return of his old war trouble and will be unable to play again this season. All senior players will extend their sympathy to Mr Griffen. It is rumoured that C. Cocks, of the West Christchurch Club, is shortly to turn out with the Sunnyside Club. THE LOWER GRADES. JUNIOR A. St John’s, 253 (Clarke 57, W. Reeves 54, S. Reeves 35, J. Murray 31, A. Dryden 30) met Templeton B, 108 (Collins 43 White 22, Wright 14). W. Reeves six for 41, and Nuttridge three for 7 took the wickets for St John’s. St Albans A, 7 6 (Wilson 16, Fox 15) met St Albans B, 41 (Colville 11, Pegler 12). Barter three for 12 and Watkinson three for 25 took most wickets for the B team and Dibden three for 13 and Bestman six for 26 for the A’s. Council, 70 (Chappell 20, Anderson 25) met Riccarton, 54. Shirley, 44 (Walker 12). met Green’s, 88 (Gilberd 26, Rimmer 19). Clegg five for 17 bowled well for Green’s, and Davies six for 24 for Shirley. JUNIOR B. Mariets, 178 (Kelly 23, M’Cracken 34, O'Connor 34, Geary 43, Poff 21 not out), met W.M.C., 87 (R. Matthews 21, Pearston 30). M’Uachlan, Matthews and Wentworth bowlea best for W.M.C. and Poff one for 8, Lowny three for 25 and O’Connor five for 18, for Marists. Beckenham, 81 (Cawtheray 31, Wilson 20), met D.1.C., 71 (C. Hampton 12, Clarkson 12, Spencer 16) and 17 for two wickets. G. Hampton six for 20, bowled best' for D.1.C., and Griffiths, two for 11, for Beckenham. Gas Company, 207 (F. Wise 68, 'Wilder 46 not out, C. Smith 33), met Harewood, 55 (Sleeman 38). Thompson five for 5 for Harewood, and A. Wilson four for 8 and Wilder two for 10, and C. Smith three for 20 for Gas Company were the best bowlers. THIRD GRADE. Green’s, 104 (W. Robinson 26), defeated Cambridge, 44 and 65 for two wickets, by 60 runs on the first innings.

Debenham,' seven for 15, bowled well for Green’s, and Miller, five for 33, for Cambridge. Shirley B, 7 7 (Worrall 17 not out, Cowper 10, Croucher 14, M’Ewan 17. Walsh 10). defeated Beckenham B, 50 (Bearne 21), by 27 runs on the first Innings. Sollitt, three for 11, bowled best for Beckenham, and Wentworth, two for 13 and Anderson, six for 19, for Shirley. Railway, 78 (Hannah 32, Warren 17), defeated Beckenham C 35 and 38, by an innings nad 5 runs. Warren and O'Callaghan bowled best for Railway and Tulloch and Heath for Beckenham. Marists* 67 (Steere 16, Duneen 16, lr k 13), and 36 for no wickets (Dineen 3 7 not out, Steere 14 not out) defeated Beckenham A, 45 (Guy 36) and 48 (Cusdin 23) by ten wickets. Duggan and Kirk bowled best for Marists, and Guy for Beckenham.