BOYS’ ASSOCIATION.

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

BOYS’ ASSOCIATION.

TRIAL MATCHES. On Saturday, two interesting trial matches in connection with the selection of the Canterbury Boys’ Cricket Association’s teams for the West Coast tour took place at the Hospital corner ground. The wickets, however, were not in quite as good condition as they have been earlier this season. SENIORS V. JUNIORS. 1 TTie first trial match took the form of a game between the senior and junior representatives. Neither team was quite at full strength but, although the scoring was rather low, the play was very keen throughout and the final result of a win by two runs for the seniors showed that there was very little between the two sides. Steady bowling and a well placed field appeared to be the main factors which brought about the relatively low totals. E. J. Nee, L. C. Henwood and W. M. Brown showed the best batting form for the juniors, whilst D. Cobden was the chief contributor for the seniors. A. H. Lee and E. J. Nee bowled really well for their respective teams. L. C. Henwood also kept a very steady length. C. J. Jordan was tried as wicketkeeper for the juniors but the experiment could not be termed an unqualified success. The detailed score was as follows: JUNIORS. First Innings. C. J. Jordan, c Carpenter, b Lee . . 4 R. F. Dobson, run out 1 J. A. Hooper, c and b M’Nish .... 4 W. M. Brown, b Westwood IS E. J 7 Nee, b Cobden 18 R. G. Goldstone, c and b Westwood 7 L. C. Henwood, not out 17 T. A. J. Birch, b Bedelph 2 W. H. Fright, ‘ b Lee 10 P. A. D. Adams, c Harris b Lee .... 1 C. F. Hart, hit wicket, b Lee 0 Extras 2 Total 81 Bowling analysis—R. M. Westwood, two wickets for 20 runs; A. H. Lee, four for 8; It. B. M’Nish, one for 16; A. Jamieson, none for 13; D. Cobden, one for 11; W. A. Bedelph, one for 1; S. R. Alexander, none for 11. D. Cobden bowled one no-ball. SENIORS. * First Innings. G. H. Carpenter, c Goldstone, b Henwood 5 A. Jamieson, Ibw, b Henwood 7 W. A. Bedelph, b Brown 0 I. E. Harris, c Hooper, b Nee 7 R. M. Westwood, b Henwood .... 0 D. Cobden, run out 20 R. B. M’Nish, c and b Henwood . . 5 H. R. Puddle, b Nee 3 A. H. Lee, not out 6 S. R. Alexander, c Jordan, b Nee .. 4 H. Hart-Stewart, b Nee 9 Extras 17 Total 83 Bowling analysis—L. C. Henwood, five -wickets for 32 runs; W. M. Brown, one for 7; E. J. Nee, four for 10; R. G. Goldstone, none for 17. JUNIOR TRIAL. A trial match for the remainder of the junior players also took place at the Hospital corner ground. Interest was added to this game by the fact that two of the Otago boys were amongst the players. The A team batted first and a declaration was made when six wickets had fallen for 141 (T. B. Burtt 45. H. Cornish 38 not out, D. M’Cawe 14. T. L. Joseph 13). B. W. Col will, two wickets for 12 runs, bowled best for the B team who scored 116 (E. C. Munt 20, H. R. Saxton 18, W. H. Hannigan 17, M. J. Moriarty 16, G. G. W. Smith 15). T. L.- Joseph, five wickets for 24 runs, was the most successful bowler for the A team, who won by 25 runs on the first innings. FURTHER TRIAL MATCH. A further trial match will take place

to-day at Hospital corner, play commencing at 11 a.m., in addition to those who were present on Saturday, the following boys are expected to attend: P. D. de Pass, A. A. Falloon, P. N. Talbot, J. D. Camm, W. E. Walker, I. A. Bowbyes, D. W. Redpath, L. F. M’Menamin, J. G. Rankin, W. O. Gill, E. A. Vincent, T. R. Caldwell and C. W. Dean. MATCH AGAINST VETERANS. Next Friday, a Boys’ Association team will play the Veteran’s Club at Hagley Park oval, play commencing at 2 p.m. The veterans team will consist of the following players: W. Mansell, White, Harris, Butler, Thompson, Malden, M'Laverty, M’Menamin, Jones, Brook, Lawrence and any other members who are in town. The Boys' Association team will be announced later. NORTH C^iTERBURY. SENIOR GRADE. Continuing the competition matches Loburn met Woodend on the latter’s ground. Woodend batted first and compiled 157 (Nixon 91, Smith 49 not out). When stumps were drawn Loburn had made 95 for the loss of one wicket (M’Beath 40 not out, Hamilton 36, Bennett 13 not out). Bowling for Loburn Croft took eight wcikets for 66, Bennett one for 38, and Metherell one for 5. At Amberley, Eyreton 89 (G. Saunders 28, N. Atkinson 16 not out, D. Giddens 16) and 13 for three wickets, met Amberley, 46 (C. Adams 28 not out). Bowling for Amberley J. Mayo took seven wickets for 30 runs, and for Eyreton H. Bennett took five for 9, P. Bennett three for 4, and D. Giddens one for 9. JUNIOR A GRADE. Rangiora. 35 (Thornton 9), and 47 for nine wickets (Adams 14) beat Sefton 14 (Cameron 6). Bowling for Rangiora Benzie took six wickets for 5 runs, and Mahoney four for 8. Hales, Harvey and Petrie divided bowling honours for Sefton. Loburn, 82 (Bailey 15, Greenwood 11, F. Hill, jun., 10, Dawson 12) beat Horrelville, 72 (Horrell 12, Forrest 13, Patterson 11). Pulley, Chambers and Bailey were Loburn’s best bowlers, while Patterson, Bailey and Dennis bowled best for Horrelville. WALKER SHIELD TOURNEY. FRIENDJ-Y GAME AGAINST AUCKLAND. A match has been arranged for Wednesday and Thursday against the Auckland Suburban team who have the bye in the Walker Shield tournament. The following players of the Christchurch Suburban Association are asked to attend at Sydenham Park at 10 a.m. each day: L. Kent, L. Carlyle, H. Lilburne, R. Stammers, W. Lawson, sen., S. Besley (Beckenham), M. Noonan (Marists), F. French (Technical Old Boys), J. Gordon (Council), L. Cade (Clarke’s), J. Colville. Emergencies: M. Wilson (Council), S. Reeves (St John’s). FIRMS’ MATCH. The annual match between Beath and Co. and Ballin Bros, at St Albans Park on Saturday resulted in a win for Beath and Co. by 51 runs (J. Collins 12 not out, A. T. Campbell 12, and W. Bruorton 9) to 23 (F. Parkin S). For Beath and Co. H. Bastion took five wickets for 8 runs, W. Bowley two for 2 runs, and W. Gini two for 12 runs. For Ballin Bros. J. Hansen took six for 21, and N. Snooks four for 30.