Cricket.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18645, 26 December 1928, Page 12

Cricket.

SENIOR B PLAYERS END FIFTH ROUND.

ST ALBANS LOSE THEIR FIRST GAME FOR SEASON.

The fifth round of the senior B grade was concluded on Saturday. Taken all round, the scoring was slow and no big individual totals were made. Sydenham created a surprise in beating St Albans, who had previously won every game. St Albans batted first and made 219, while Sydenham, thanks mostly to a good performance by O’Malley, replied with 242, thus winning by 23 runs on the first innings. New Brighton gained a fairly easy win. beating Linwood by five wickets. Rangiora continued their run of wins in beating Cast Christchurch by 79 runs. At Hagley Park, West Christchurch made a mistake in declaring too soon against Old Boys and were beaten. West made 149 in their first innings and then declared with seven wickets down for 135. Having made 166 in their first strike. Old Boys required only 113 to win. Carl and Innes went for the bowling and got the necessary runs in about an hour. The game between Boys’ High School and Old Collegians resulted in a draw, the former making 123, while School put on 80 for the loss of three wickets. 3X3 ? HONOURS. Batting. M. O’Malley (Sydenham) 70* D. Carl (Old Boys) I 62* L. Gordon (Sydenham) 56 G. D. Innes (Old Boys) 53* A. Ringer (West Christchurch) .. 44 H. R. Escott (Boys’ High School) 39 D. Young (Old Collegians) 32 *Not out. Bowling. H. R. Escott (Boys’ High School), seven wickets for 42 runs. M. Bugg (New Brighton), four for 5. A. Beslev (East Christchurch), four for 22. N. Bates (Linwood), four for 23. L. Chappell (Rangiora), three for 8. H. K. Kippenberger (Rangiora), three for 18. 3 3 3 SYDENHAM v. ST ALBANS. On the first day St Albans batted the whole afternoon against Sydenham and put on a score of 219. Sydenham made a good opening, Ruston and Gordon putting on 51 for the first wicket. Walburton joined Gordon and although the rate of scoring was slow the pair carried the total to 116 before they were separated. With Gordon out, however, the next three wickets went cheaply and the score stood at 120 for five. A steady partnership was set up by Patrick and O’Malley, who scored freely. Patrick was bowled with the total 196 but O’Malley continued to bat soundly and Sydenham passed the St Albans score. St Albans started their second innings late in the afternoon and had lost six pickets for 75 when time was called. are the scores:—

Total for five wickets .... 75 Bowling analysis.—Dawson, 7 overs, 2 maidens, 16 runs. 1 wicket; Shackel, 8 overs, 1 maiden, 17 runs, 2 wickets; Patrick. 3 overs. 9 runs; Ruston, 4 overs, 1 maiden, 15 runs, 2 wickets; Walburton. 4 overs, 1 maiden, 10 runs; Hore, 1 over, 1 maiden. 3 3 NEW BRIGHTON v. LIN WOOD. Playing on their own ground. New Brighton gained a three-point victory over Linwood. winning by five wickets. Lin wood had first strike, making 178, while New Brighton replied with 196. Linwood met disaster in their second innings and were all out for 63. Boddington and Davis, the opening batsmen, made 18 and 19 respectively, but none of the others reached double figures. Bugg bowled splendidly and took four wickets at a cost of five runs. New Brighton had little trouble in securing the necessary runs. Following are the scores:—

wickets; Bugg 6 overs, 3 maidens, 5 runs, 4 wickets; Jarvis 4 overs, 2 maidens, 6 runs. g g g BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL T. OLD COLLEGIANS. Owing to the wicket being soaked on the previous Saturday the game between Boys’ High School was a oneday match. Old Collegians batted first, but only met with fair success, and were all out for 123. At one stage there were five wickets down for 39, but Young and Ball made a stand and put or\ 50 between them. Escott was bowling in goo<?. form, and took seven wickets for 42. Boys’ High School made 80 for three wickets, Escott contributing 39. Following are the scores;

Bowling analysis.—Hamilton 15 overs, 5 maidens, 15 runs, 2 wickets; Ball 15 overs, 5 maidens, 21 runs, 1 wicket; Crowley 3 overs, 10 runs; Hobbs 3 overs, 12 runs; Barwick 4 overs, 12 runs; Gibson 4 overs 7 runs. g g g OLD BOYS v. WEST CHRISTCHURCH. When stumps were drawn on the first day, Old Boys were in a good position against West Christchurch, having scored 116 for five wickets against 149 by West. Carl, one of the not out men, continued to bat nicely on Saturday, and made 52 before he was bowled. None of the other batsmen made a stand, and the innings closed for 166. West livened things up a bit in -their second innings, and declared with 136 on for the loss of seven wickets. They declared too soon, however, for Old Boys knocked up the necessary runs in quick time and gained a three-point win. Carl and Innes batted brightly, the former making 62, while Innes compiled 53. Following are the scores:—

SYDENHAM. First Innings. Rtiston, c Henry b Pickup . . 20 Gordon, b Sandman .. 56 Walburton, c and b Sandman .. .. 27 Shackel, lbw, b O’Brien 2 Dawson, c O'Brien b Sandman .. .. 0 Patrick, b Sandman . . 29 O'Malley, not out .. 70 King, c O'Brien b Sandman .. 3 Avling, c Henry b O’Brien .. 0 Hore, c Mahonev b O Brien .... 2 Bellamv, lbw, b O Brien .. 7 T otal Bowling analvsis.—O’Brien, 32 overs. 7 maidens, 65 runs. 4 wickets; Sandman. 27 overs, 5 maidens, 78 runs, 5 wickets ; Wright, 12 overs, 5 maidens, 9 runs; Martin, 11 overs, 3 maidens, 22 runs; Pickup. 8 overs. 35 runs, 1 wicket; Allen, 2 overs, / runs. ST ALBANS. First Innings Second Innings. Henrv, run out .. 3 O Brien, lbw, b Shackel .. 13 Mahonev, b Shackel .. 10 Allen, lbw, b Ruston 9 Pickup, lbw, b Dawson 1 Sandman, b Ruston Coflfev, not out Wright, not out .. 16 —

NEW BRIGHTON. First innings Second Innings. Eggleton, c and b Bates Turner, b Bates Bishop, c b Gordon Wroth, b Bates Jarvis, c b Bates J. Cockle, not out A. Cockle, not out Total for five wickets .... 47 Bowling analysis.—Bates 7 overs. 2 maidens, 22 runs, 4 wickets: Gordon £ overs, 2 maidens, 6 runs, 1 M Lennan 2 overs, 9 runs. LINWOOD. First innings Second Innings. Boddington, b Turner Davis, c b Chambers Mapplebeck, c b Bugg Burns, b Bugg M’Lennan, b Bugg Gordon, b Bugg Prosper, b Chambers . Rich, lbw b Chambers Clapshaw, run out Bates, b Turner Total Bowling analysis.—Chambers It overs, 2 maidens, 2< runs, d wickets, 'lurotr overs, d maiaens, 16 runs, ;

OLD COLLEGIANS. First Innings. Barwick, run out . 14 Crowley, c Harper b Vincent .. 1 Mair, b Vincent 3 Graham, c Vincent b Escott .. 2 Hobbs, c Vincent b Escott .... . 10 Young, c Harris b Escott . 32 Ball, b Escott . 27 Gibson, b Escott 1 Wyn-Williams, b Escott 8 Symes, b Escott 0 Hamilton, not out Extras

Total 123 Bowling analysis.—Escott 24.1 overs, 4 maidens, 42 runs, 7 wickets; Vincent 9 overs, 1 maiden, 16 runs, 3 wickets; Grose 8 overs, 22 runs; Kilpatrick 6 overs, 3 maidens, 9 runs; Harris 8 overs, 2 maidens, 12 runs; Dryden overs, 1 maiden, 4 runs. 3 BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL. First Innings. Vincent, b Ball 6 Harper, not out 27 Dryden, c Crowley b Hamilton .. 3 Escott, b Hamilton 39 Grose, not out 1 Extras 6 Total for three wickets .. so

OLD BOYS. First innings Second Innings. Harper, lbw b Blank Extras

Total for two wickets .. 135 WEST CHRISTCHURCH. First innings Second Innings. Blank, c b Dixon Galvin, c b Moffatt Ringer, b Dixon Lewer, c b Shipley Brown, b Dixon Haughey, not out Ayres, c and b Shipley ... Ramsden, b Shipley Fogarty, not out Total for 7 wickets (dec.) 136 Bowling analysis.—Dixon 13 overs, 3 maidens, 31 runs, 3 wickets: Carl 4 overs. 2 maidens, 15 runs; Moffatt 5 overs, 1 maiden, 6 runs, 1 wicket; Pickles 6 overs, 24 runs; Shipley 8 overs, 1 maiden, 24 runs, 3 wickets; Innes 2 overs. 11 runs.