Cricket.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18940, 10 December 1929, Page 5

Cricket.

SUBURBAN NOTES AND COMMENTS

Saturday saw the commencement of the fifth round of the Suburban Association competition matches, which was favoured with fine weather, though a strong nor’-wester prevailed. Playing at Sydenham Park, Council disposed of Marist cheaply and then proceeded to knock up a score which places them in an unassailable position. R. Chinnery took a generous helping of the Marist bowling and compiled 168, his rate of scoring towards the close of his innings being very fast. At stumps Council had lost six wickets for 388. The scoring was very low at Sunnyside considering the excellent wicket, and only 238 runs were scored during the four hours’ play. W.M.C. had first use of the pitch, and were all out for 108. Sunnyside fared even worse, and were dismissed for 104. At stumps W.M.C. had lost five wickets for 26 in their second innings. Beckenham put on the big score of 346 against Shirley at Beckenham Park. At .stumps Shirley had lost two wickets for 73. J HONOURS LIST. BATTING.

BOWLING. F. Horwell (Council), eight for 32. S. Cawtheray (Beckenham), five for 12. F. Quinn (Council), six for 28. H. Mills (W.M.C.), five for 41. S. Cawtheray (Beckenham), five for 12. R Langford (Sunnyside), four for 41, *: BECKENHAM v. SHIRLEY. N. Stokes and H. Lilburne, who opened for Beckenham, scored freely until Stokes was bowled by Sweeney for 37. E. Brooks joined Lilburne and the score mounted rapidly, the bowling being treated with scant respect. With the total at 115, Lilburne mis-timecl one from L. Kington and was held by Taylor, after scoring a useful 29. Brooks was in a lively scoring mood, hitting 25 from one over (four sixes and a single), and with the score at 183 he fell to a lbw decision after com-, piling a capital 87. Clarkson and W. Rushbridge carried on. Clarkson batted very attractively for 58 before he was well held by B. Pitt in the slips off Sweeney’s bowling. Rushbridge followed ffim out soon after. He mistimed one from Sweeney and Taylor made no mistake with the catch. The board showed 243 for five wickets, Rushbridge’s contribution being 19. E. Cummins and C. Wilson became associated, and the partnership ended when Wilson misjudged one from Pitt, and six * ickets were down for 264. Three wickets fell cheaply, but an excellent last-wicket partnership between A. Lilburne and Cummins put on 46 runs. Lilburne made 30, inainly by boundary hits, and Cummins, who was not out for 52, gave his best performance so far this season. W. Sweeney was the most successful bowler for Shirley, his tally being five wickets for S 7 runSi, Shirley opened their innings with R, Jcuhthart and J. Fraser, and with the score at 53 the former, who appeared to be set, played round one from S. Besley and was bowled. E. Taylor joined Fraser and the score mounted steadily. Fraser was never very comfortable facing Besley, and finally succumbed to the same kind of ball that beat Colthart. L. Kington and Taylor played out time, the score standing at 73 for two wickets. CITY COUNCIL v. MARIST. City Council were in a good position in their game against Marist. With Horwell sending down good stuff, the early Marist batsmen failed to get going, M. Noon, with 9, being the only player to make a showing. J. Roach, however, laid the wood on well and showed little respect for the attack. Ha _ received good support from G. Waine, but when that batsman was stumped off Newton’s bowling after a useful 10 the tail went quickly, and the side was all out for 73, Roach making 46 not out. F. Horwell proved the downfall of eight of the Marist batsmen, all but one >eing bowled. Horwell was tossing them down with all his usual fire, and only 32 runs came off his eight overs. Council opened with R. Chinnery and C. Quaid, and the pair gave the ride a good start, 113 being on the .joard when a seperation was effected. M’Donnell clean bowling Quaid. The retiring batsman had made 31 in quiet St3'le while Chinnery had rattled on the runs. The next two wickets* went cheaply. Chinnery was now well set, and sent the ball flashing to all parts of the field. With G. Newton he added 104 for the fourth wioket. With the total at 250 and his own total 168, Chinnery was dismissed by Poach, who took a good catch on the boundary off M’Donnell’s bowling. The same fieldsman had also held a catch over the boundary just previously Chinnery was in his best form He jumped into his scoring gait from the start and at the finish was delightful to watcli executing his shots cleanly and scoring off some good baTU. ITe had one or two lives towards the finish off uppish strokes, but otherwise played soundly, with a good defence when it was needed. who took a wicket when it was needed. Newton and D. Quaid carried on, the lack of variety in the Marist attack helping them. Newton amassed 37 by correct cricket, and J. Gordon, who followed him, hit out to get 36. D. Quaid was not out with 53, an in nings marked by* well-executed strokes all round the wicket. At stumps Coun cil had made 368 for six wickets. With Sheehy absent, the Mar-si attack was considerably weakened as there was little bowling- support for Jones and M’Donnell. Jones was bowl ing well, but M’Donnell was erratic at times. W.M.C. v. SUNNYSIDE. Sunnyside provided a perfect wicket for their match against W.M.C., but the scoring was disappointingly low, as the pitch was all in favour of the batsmen. W.M.C, opened with W. West and 11.. King, but with four on the board the latter pulled one from Sincock on to his wicket. F. French, the ex-Techni-cal Old Boy. \vho followed, had scored three when he was well beaten by Langford. P. Peacock came in, but soon lost West, who was well caught by Gprlon in the outfield off Langford Three Yere down for 18. Six runs later Lee played all round a straight one from Sincock, and made way for Melvin. The incomer, who is an ex-Carisbrook

junior, is inclined to hit out too early, and, after getting two fours and a brace of singles, was beaten by one of Langford's breaks, and five were down for 37. J. Flood, after getting a single, was skittled by Sincock. The bright spot in the innings came when Trustrum joined Peacock, who had been batting cautiously. The pair played steadily, and added 55 before Peacock was well caught by J. White, off Roberts. Peacock, who made 27, played his best game this season. Trustrum refused to be tempted by Roberts, but soon lost Gray, who hit one hard back to the bowler, G. Roberts, who held a hard catch. J. Forrester was smartly taken at fine leg by Sincock before he had scored, and H" Mills followed, only to see Trustrum dismissed by Sincock, who took a brilliant left-handed catch off Langford. The bowling of the Sunnyside team was of a high standard, and was assisted by keen and safe fielding. Four smart catches were taken, two by Sincock, one by Roberts and one by Gordon. R. Langford four for 41, T. Sincock three for 29 and G. Roberts three for 16, shared the bowling honours. D. Cocks and G. Roberts opened for Sunnyside. The former got two sixes and a four off Gray’s first over, and then played French on to his wicket in that bowler’s first over, one for IS. R Langford made a brief stay, being beaten by Gray, and L, Gordon followed two balls later. Three for 25. J. Hartley and G. Roberts took the score to 61 for the fourth wicket, when Lee missed a catch in the deep field off Roberts, but caught Hartley a few balls later. Thompson was not so aggressive as usual, but played a nice innings for 18 before being caught by Gray off Mills. Barnes got a couple of singles, and then succumbed to a break from Gray. H. Mills, although slightly handicapped by his recent injury, was given a bowl, and beat, all the tail entiers with his leg theory. In six overs he disposed of five, fine batsmen, all caught, and the innings closed for 105. Only three bowlers were tried in the short innings. Mills getting five for 41 and Gray four for 47. *Vith a lead of four runs. W.M.C commenced their second innings at 5.57. and at stumps had lost five wickets for 26 runs. W. West was caught behind the wickets in Langford’s first over, and King was out lbw in his second. At the other end Sincock was troublesome, and got French, Melvin and Trustrum, the latter lbw. JOTTINGS. The need for more efficient umpires was voiced at the delegates’ meeting of the association last week. Several attempts have been made to form an Umpires' Association in connection with suburban cricket, but without much support from the clubs. The writer would like to suggest that anyone wishing to umpire in suburban matches should join the Canterbury Cricket Umpires’ Association and attend its meetings, which are held fortmghtly, and so become conversant with the finer points of the laws of the game. , At the association’s meeting last week it was decided that all competition matches set down for December 28 should be postponed. JUNIOR NOTES. The wickets were in first-class order on Saturday, when the fifth series of matches in the junior grade was commenced. As a result some big totals were recorded, as well as some fine individual efforts. Christ s College were in good form, and scored the big total of 470 for five wickets against Riccarton A. A. gaVe a great dis P la >’. making He was one of the opening batsmen. and although he gave several chances he batted soundly and scored most of his runs with boundaries. College, however, break up for holidays through the week, so Riccarton will win the game by default. Old Boys A are in a good position against Syden nani, having scored 143 for four wickets in response to 123 by their oppon ents. St Albans A had first strike against Old Collegians and made 196 \\ hen stumps were drawn, Old Colleg lans had lost four wickets for 46 runs. In the B section, St Albans batted

well in their first innings and scored 343. P. Martin was unlucky not to reach his century, having 91 to his credit when he was bowled. Old Boys B also reached the third century, making exactly 300 against East Christchurch. At New Brighton, Riccarton B had first strike against the home team and made 164. New Brighton have lost two* wickets for 50.

A SECTION. Although the first wicket fell soon after the start, the partnership between Aitlcen and Monteath resulted in Christ's College' passing the centurv before the second wicket fell. Hitchings, the next man in, stayed with Aitken until the latter scored his century. The batting was bright and runs came from nearly every ball. With Hitchings out for 40, Morris joined Aitken with the total at 238. Aitken by this time was well in his stride and scored 20 off one over. Morris held his end up well, and helped Aitken to reach his double century. With that big total to his credit, Aitken took many chances, but reached 254 before he was caught bv M'Crae off Ellis. The' part nership had added 193 runs to the total. Morris was out soon afterwards, [ when he was caught and bowled by Ellis after having scored 66. Stumps were drawn soon afterwards, with the score 470 for five wickets. At Elmwood Park, St Albans opened in their match with Old Collegians and compiled 196. F. Pope, one of the opening batsmen, was the highest scorer, with 45 to his credit. R Hamilton bowled steadily for Old Colleg ians, sending down 23 overs and taking five wickets for 64 runs. Old Collegians opened their first innings late in the afternoon and had lost four wickets for 46 runs at stumps. Earl contributing 31. Sydenham batted first against Old Boys A at Hagley Park, but did not meet with much success, being dis missed for 123. Never at any stags did they look like making a score, the Old Boys bowlers keeping a good length. A. Harris met with more success than usual, taking five wickets for 25. Old Boys have made a promising start, with 143 on for four wickets. The not out batsmen, Dryden and Harris, were both going well when time was called B SECTION. At Lancaster Park, Old Boys B did not find the bowling troublesome . in their game with East Christchurch and scored 300. N. Bates and M. Graham were the opening batsmen and they put on 117 for the first wicket. Graham did most of the scoring and had 67 to

his credit when he was bowled by Besley. J. Moffat gave a good display of hard hitting and knocked up 63 in quick time. His total included a dozen boundaries. Another batsman who hit out was A. S. Jacobs, who made 35. mostly with fours. All the batsmen took chances towards the end, otherwise the score probably would have been much higher. East have lost four wickets for 61 runs. St Albans B kept West Christchurch busy in the field, batting for nearly the whole afternoon and making 343. Apart from D. Angus, the first few batsmen did not shape too well, and five wickets were down for 121. P. Martin and J. M’Cree got together and, with both batsmen scoring freely, the total was carried to 264. Martin was very unlucky not to get his century, his score being 91, while M’Cree finished up with 86 to his credit. A. Y/right also batted soundly in making 40. West had only three overs of their first innings before time was called. Riccarton B had first strike against New Brighton and made 164. The innings was slow and maiden overs were frequent. G. H. Robertson was the highest scorer with 48. A. Andrews, the last man in, distinguished himself by hitting a couple of beautiful sixes in succession off Hay. New Brighton also opened very cautiously and had lost two wickets for 50 when stumps were drawn. At Rangiora, the home team batted first for 190, V. Millar contributing 68. Linwood replied with 120 for six wickets. ELLESMERE ASSOCIATION. Jn tlie Ellesmere Cricket Association's competition, Weedons defeated Dunsandel by seven wickets. Dunsandel made 169 runs (Pocock 52, Blunt 49, Hyde 28). Weedons made 181 for three wickets (Walker 107 not out, Marshall 36, Chatterton 20, Drayton 12). For Weedons, Drayton took eight wickets for 49 runs. Green one for 17 and B. Hayes none for I. For Dunsandel, Blunt and Jones bowled. OTAGO V. AUCKLAND. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, December 9. The following team will represent Otago against Auckland, at Auckland, on December 24, 25, 26 and 27:—A. W. Alloo (captain). Cavanagh, Clark (Southland), ,T. Dunning, S. Elmes, A. Gall-md, J. Jacobs, A. Knight, P. Monk. J. M'Mullan, W. Vorrath and C. Zimmerman (Korth Otago). Blunt. Shepherd and Dickinson are not available.

R. Chinnerv (Council) .... 16S H. Gillard (Green’s) E. Brooks (Beckenham) G. Geary (Marist) R. Clegg (Green's) Fred Pitt (Green’s) V. Coombes (Beckenham) 1. Clarkson (Beckenham) .... .... 58 G. Pitt (Green’s) U. Quaid (Council) E. Cummins (Beckenham) .... b\ Pitt (Green’s) J. Roach (Marist) G. Roberts (Sunnyside) ...... .... 43

i BATTING. A. J. Aitken (Christ’s College) .. 254 P. Martin (St Albans B) 91 1M’Cree (St Albans B) 86 V. Millar (Rangiora) 68 jr. Graham (Old Bovs B) 07 B. Morris (Christ’s College) 66 TMoffat (Old Bovs B) 63 G. H. Robertson (Riccarton B) .. 63 L>. Angus (St Albans B) 48 P. Pope (St Albans A) 45 A. J. Monteath (Christ’s College] 44 A. Wright (St Albans A) 40 E. Hitchings (Christ's College) .. 40 H. Anderson (Rangiora) :r* L. Chappell (Rangiora) 37 A. S. Jacobs (Old Boys B) 35 T. Earl (Old Collegians) 31 N. Bates (Old Boys B) 30