PERFECT CONDITIONS ATTEND SENIOR CRICKET ON SATURDAY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18991, 10 February 1930, Page 4

PERFECT CONDITIONS ATTEND SENIOR CRICKET ON SATURDAY .

THE LOWER GRADES.

Old Boys , Riccarton, St Albans And East All Have Victories. The conclusion of the first match of the second round hf the competition was favoured with a perfect afternoon on Saturday. There was little of interest as.far as the games themselves went, but the performances of individuals still hold interest, and there were good crowds at Hagley Park to watch the play. Linwood failed in an attempt to snatch a three-pointer from Old Boys, who took the full win themselves. Old Collegians went down ingloriously by three points to. Riccarton; and West Christchurch were badly beaten on the first innings by East. Sydenham just failed in a good effort to snatch a victory from St Albans, who won on the first innings.

OLD BOTS WIN IN RACE AGAINST TIME. Old Boys and Linwood played two innings each, the game resulting in a win for Old Boys by five wickets and four runs ten minutes before time. At the tea adjournment, Linwood had put on 166 for seven wickets, and then declared, leaving Old Boys 157 runs to get to win, and two hours in which to make them in. The Old Boys’ score mounted up steadily, and the race between time and the j|otal made an interesting, though not exciting, finish. Three Linwood batsmen made good scores, although most of the side were slow in scoring. R. Read, who was dropped twice, made 55 in a fine strike which lasted altogether 76 minutes. His best scoring shot was an on drive which he frequently brought off. P. Smith, who opened, batted for 47 minutes, and in that time put up 38. He was playing his usual crisp game, when he fell to Merritt.

_M- Boon, who carried his bat for 35, hit about merrily for his score. Old Boys’ fielding was not as good as it usually is. R. C. Burns did one very pretty piece of work when he stumped C. S. Orchard off Merritt. Top scorer for Old Boys was G. 8., Grose, who played the prettiest innings of the afternoon for 48. He started as soon as he reached the wicket, and scored steadily till Read got him clean bowled. At 40, he tipped one into the wicketkeeper’s hands, but the appeal was not allowed, although Grose himself had started for the pavilion. His best shot was a perfectly timed cut, which he brought off fairly frequently with apparently no effort. He also produced a hook which earned him a nuns ber of boundaries. I- B. Cromb, who opened, batted forcefully for 25. He was going well when he hit one up to Orchard off Kerr, His chief scoring shot was a powerful drive. M. L. Page did not get going properly, but made 19 before being dismissed. W. E. Merritt also got 19 in a good, aggressive strike, which was not finished when the game ended. Merritt took the bulk of the bowling for his side, and got five for 55. Cromb, who took the other two wickets, bowled exceptionally well, only 19 being knocked off him in ten overs Read was bowling in his usual good style for Linwood, and kept most of the batsmen quiet. He sent down eighteen overs, getting two wickets for 32 runs. F. Kerr bowled well, taking two for 19 in the course of seven overs. S. \ ates was bowled for twelve overs, and took one for 24. RICCARTON HAVE~EASY WIN. Riccarton jump to second place on the ranking list as the result of their three-point win over Old Collegians on Hagley Park No. 3 ground. To say that the play was dull is to put it mildly. It certainly was not what is looked for if! first-grade cricket. When play ceased on the previous Saturday Riccarton had scored 231 and Old Collegians had lost five wickets for 56. On Saturday there were only two bright features of the game, the batting

or Lester and the bowling of F. Powell. JLester, who was one of the not out batsmen on the first day, having 30 to ops credit, on Saturday had not settled down when he lost his wdcket to an lbw decision, his total being 47. In his «econd innings he gave a pretty display. He was sixth man in, and carried his bat for 65. Things were looking very shaky for Collegians about 4 p.m. when, although Lester was in full swing, the majority of the other batsmen were unable to assist to any extent. The wicket was in good order, and they certainly should have done better. Talbot, who added 11 to his previous Saturday’s score of 10 not out, and was the only other double figure scorer in the first innings, made 35 before lifting one off Gibbs’s bowling. jNpne of the remaining batsmen reached

the twenties, and only two of them made double figures. 'The Old Collegians’ two innings produced the poor totals of 106 and 14G. Riccarton had an hour in which to make the runs, and Marshall and Powell hit them off with time to spare. Of the Riccarton* bowlerg, F. Powell had a day out, having the fine tally of seven for 43. In the first innings his record was three for 36, while Evans, who had the batsmen completely tied up, bagged six for 35. EAST HAVE COMFORTABLE VICTORY OVER WEST. There was very little of note in the finish of the game between Wefet Christchurch and East Christchurch, which, resulted in a first innings win for East by 108 runs. In their first innings, East made 205, and on the first day West had lost three wickets for nine runs. Kerr was the hope of the team, but his innings ended when he was clean bowled by Davis for thirteen. He never looked at home.

Jefcoate made a steady 25, and he was the only batsman to look like staving at the crease. Jarrett’s dozen was fairly well made, but he never looked permanent. Hill knocked up 15 as last man in in cheerful style

The bowling was good, Cunningham, Davis and Kennedy all keeping good lengths and putting a fair amount of sting into their deliveries. The fielding was good. West batted out time, having to follow on. Kerr and Alexander went well this time, Kerr especially giving a pleasing display. The way he made his 58, with beautiful drives and neat placing shots to the on, showed again that he is one of the very best batsmen in Canterbury. Alexander also displayed some good forcing shots in compiling his 29. Jefcoate again came to light, recording an unbeaten 36. This time the bowling did not look so good, for the simple reason that the batsmen were going for it and making the bad ones look really bad.

West have a h£bit of coming to light in the wrong innings, which has cost them dearly this season.

SYDENHAM FAIL TO REACH ST ALBANS'S FIRST SCORE.

Apart from a sound partnership between J. Young and E. A. Gasson which put on 69 runs, there was very little to enthuse over in the match between Sydenham and St Albans. The two batsmen mentioned gave attractive displays, Young going for the runs on every possible occasion, while Gasson was content to play the straight bat and to wait, for the loose ball to score from. Once this partnership was broken Sydenham went to pieces, and when the final wicket fell they were 83 runs short of St Albans’s total, the scores being 182 and 265 respectively. Going in again, St Albans knocked up 80 for four wickets, but neither the batsmen nfer the bowlers took the play seriously. J. Young was the outstanding batsman for Sydenham, the Sydenham skipper scoring all round the wickets with good, crisp shots. Oliver showed a glimpse of his best form in notching 20’. Newman batted correctly for' his 22. His side was in none too sound a position when he was at the wickets, and he took no risks, but all his shots were executed with the perfection to be expected from him. Gasson’s was a most invaluable knock. He helped Young to put on 69, and all the time he made his shots with rare judgment. Wallburton is a promising colt. He never made a mistake until he snicked a wily one from Thomas into Dorreen’s hands behihd the .wickets. Hahn was run out when going well. The St Albans bowling was very steady. Fraser came out with the best figures, four wickets for 42. He kept an excellent length, and varied his pace judiciously. F. Woods’s “slows” had the batsmen thinking, and Lindley got a couple of wickets for 53. Thomas bowled 21 overs for 8 maidens, 27 runs And one wicket. He kept an excellent length, and was difficult to score from. Dorreen, behind the wickets, was first class, disposing of Wallburton and Newman with fine catches.

THE LOWER GRADES.

SECOND. (A Section.) At Hagley Park, Old Boys A, 312 for seven wickets (declared), drew with St Albans A, 216 for eight wickets (J. Bogie 94 not out, H. J. Armstrong 53 and J. Johns 20). At Elmwood Park, Old Collegians, 137 and 126 for seven wickets (declared) (A. J. Cottrell 50, W. Sraythe 26, M. Hobbs 16 and J. Earl 15), beat Boys’ High School, 124 and 84 for two wickets (W. J. Brittenden 36 not out and D. Cobden 21 not out), by 13 runs on the first innings. (B Section.) At Lancaster Park, West Christchurch, 216 and 159 for five wickets (R. Fulton 49, H. Armitage 21), beat Linwood, 179 (D. M’Laughlin 61, W. L. King 30, C. Gordon 23), by 37 runs on the first innings. At New Brighton, Old Boys, 117 and 87 for six wickets (A. S. Jacobs 32), beat New Brighton, 78 and 120 (J. Hay 48 and D. Jarvis 23), by four wickets. At Lancaster Park, East Christchurch, 268 and 147 for six wickets (D. Upton 42 and A. Park 31), beat Rangiora, 195 (H. Kippenberger 60, A. Chappell 2? and V. Miller 23), by 73 runs on the first innings. At Hagley Park, St Albans B. 229 and 74 for seven wickets (V. Fairbairn 29) beat Riccarton B, 194 (Graham 29, Gurnsey 37 and Luttrell 23), by 35 runs on the first innings. THIRD GRADE. (A Section.) Sydenham, 172 and 65 for four wickets, beat Linwood, 105 and 118, by six wickets. Old Boys, 108 and 94 for four wickwfcket? 4 St Albans ’ 82 and IXI - b y six

East Christchurch, 274, beat Riccarton, 199 and 125 for seven wickets, by 75 runs on the first inning's. (B Section.) Merivale, 221, beat Old Boys, S 3 and 57, by an innings and 81 runs. West Christchurch, 442, beat East Christchurch, 96 and 219 (Savage 107), by an innings and 127 runs. Sydenham, 311, beat Riccarton, 204 and 103, by an innings and 4 runs. FOURTH GRADE. (A Section.) Riccarton, 80 and 151, beat Spreydon, 157 and 68, by 5 runs. Sumner beat Christ's College by default. (B section.) Sydenham, 171, beat Linwood, 66 and 91, by an innings and 15 runs. Papanui, 45 and 65, beat Riccarton, 32 and 62, by 16 runs. Old Collegians, 130 and 138, beat West Christchurch, 65 and 158, by 45 runs. Merivale, 109 for three wickets (declared), beat Brighton. 38 and 128, by 71 runs on the first innings. FIFTH GRADE. Sydenham, 205 and 87, beat Riccarton, 151 and 106, by 35 runs. SIXTH GRADE. Y.M.C.A., 160 for nine wickets, beat St Albans, 29 and 30, by an innings and 101 runs. Sydenham beat Christ’s College by default. Y.M.C.A. beat B.H.S. B> by default.

SENIOR B. Green’s, 245 (F. Pitt 23), defeated Woolston, 81 and 81 (C. Morgan 21), by an innings and 83 rtfns. For Green’s Gillard took four wickets for 34 runs and R. Pitt four for 7. Beckenham, 189 for eight wickets (declared) and 35 for two wickets, defeated St Albans, 39 and 180 (H. Wilson 46, G. Colville 35, E. Colville 18), by 5 runs. For Beckenham S. Cawtheray took five wickets for 71 runs. JUNIOR A. St Albans, 134 and 165 (F. Jones 63, M’Kenzie 49), beat D.1.C., 125 and 131 (A. Foote 31, G. Balfour 29, N. Sturrock 18), by 43 runs. Fox four wickets for 27 runs and Watkinson two for 32 bowled best for St Albans. Shirley, 168 for seven wickets (declared) (Dickson 51, Donovan 28 not out, Streeter 21), defeated Templeton, 106 (R. Collings 31, Kempthorne 14, Manion 16 not out, Moore 11). Bowling for Templeton, Moore took four wickets for 37, and for Shirley, Davis five for 55. between Gas Company and Malrehau was not continued on Saturand will be completed at a later JUNIOR B. Beckenham, 131 and 92 (Heath 19, Tullooh 21, Milne 15, Smith 11), beat Harewood, 137 and 82 (Sleeman 29, Sisson 13, Ainger 12 not out), by 4 runs. For Harewood Preece took five wickets for 24 runs and for Beckenham T. Walls took five for 36 and Randall four for Riccarton, 186 for nine wickets (declared) and 30 for one wicket, defeated Council, 64 and 155 (Kinvig 29, Hollands 24, G. Wilson 39), by nine wickets. Cambridge, 50 and 165 (Johansen 60, Wicks 22, Webb 28), defeated Green’s, 72 and 56 (Elstob 20, E. Hawkins 19), by 91 runs. For Green’s Collie took three wickets for 7 runs and for Cambridge Mitchell took seven for 29. THIRD GRADE. A * *55 for five wickets q?’ 24 / J - Fahey 31), beat W.M.C., 92 (F. Matthews 39, A. Wentworth 24 not out), by five wickets. For Beckenham Sollitt took five wickets for 42 runs and Sands three for 50. For WJkI.C. Sharpe took four for 15. ,„ sl H rl ey B 101 (Weekes 12, 1., Ward 26, H. Ward 16, W. Worrall 18 not out, Cowper 11), beat Beckenham B, 60 (Rhodes 12, Thompson 10), by 41 runs SS * h< _ ® rs , t _ innings. For Shirley Weekes took four wickets for 20 runs. Walshe two for 5 and Ward three for ?• For Beckenham Roach took four for 14 and Marks three for 10. Shirley, 143 (D. Walker 74), drew with Marist, 35 for nine wickets. t 9 w^ oot iv? 40 , (Christian 20, Hansen defeated Cambridge, 76 (Dingwall 24, Cochrane 15, Clarkson 13), by 64 runs. For Cambridge Coehanrt aeven wickets for 44 runs Harewood Stokes took five for 18 and Wade two for 6

HARMONIC SOCIETY.

mjn'le s®e? r ? °V‘,\ 0 Christchurch Harmonic Society challenged the basses to a cricket match, which was won by is! basses - Scores; Basses 156, tenors

Chief scorers for the basses were: C. B Richards 39, L. D. Richards 36, C. Werren 25, J. Sanderson 11. Chief scorers for the tenors were: A. Couch C* Greer 21, G. Williamson 16. The best bowlers were: Basses—C. L. Richards, three wickets for 21 runs; L. D. Richards, three for 18; W. H. Down, two for 12; tenors—T. Cook, two for 16; G. Greer, two for 15; A wref for hr 29 e 17: M ' A : Hichards,

IN OTHER PLACES.

Per Press Association. . WELLINGTON, February 9. Hutt * rn i e * f° r six wickets, met Wellington, 389, met Old Boys, 17 for one wicket. Institute, 243, met Midland, 10 for no wickets. Petlne, 155, met University, 20 for four wickets. Best performances—Batting: A. M. Pollings (Wellington) 213, R. Crook (Kilbirme) 120, W. J. R. Christopherson (Kilbirme) 100 not out, H. Foley (Institute) 84 not out, D. W. Virtue (Kilbirnie) 63. DUNEDIN, February 9. Cricket matches were played under favourable conditions. Grange declared with seven wickets for 337, and Old Boys made 151 (Giles 76) and 86 for one wicket (Gale 53). Grange secured a two-point win. Albion defeated Carisbrook by 48 runs on the first innings. An exciting match was that between Dunedin and Christian Brothers, which was won by Dunedin by only five runs. Points secured by the teams are now as under: Albion 8, Grange 6, Old Boys 6, Christian Brothers 6, Dunedin 6, Carisbrook 5.

No fewer than eight of this year’s Otago representatives will be unable to play against Canterbury on February 28, and the fact that other players will have to attend camp will further weaken Otago’s chances. If the match were postponed Otago might be able to field a better team.

FIRST GRADE MATCHES CONTINUED IN SYDNEY.

(United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) SYDNEY, February 9. First grade cricket was resumed yesterday. The principal scores were:— Batting—For Waverly against Petersham, Kippax made 166; for Randwick against St George, Steel made 116; for North Sydney against Manly, Phillips made 114. Bowling—For Balmain against Northern District, Mailey took five for 70; for Western Suburbs, Cleary took five for 99; for Mosman against Cumberland, Rae took four for 61.

POSITIONS OP TEAMS. 2pt. 3pt. P. W. W. L. Pts. Old Boys ..., . 8 5 3 0 19 Riccarton ..., . 8 4 1 3 11 Old Collegians 8 3 1 4 9 Sydenham .... . 8 3 1 49 Linwood .... . 8 4 0 4 8 St Albans .... . 8 4 0 4 8 East Ch.Ch. ... . 8 3 ' 0 5 6 West Ch.Ch. . 8 0 0 8 0

HONOURS LIST. (Batting). S. G. Lester (O.C.) 65* 47 J. L. Kerr <W) 58 R. Read (L) 55 J. Young (S) 50 G. B. Grose (O.B.) 48 F. Smith (L) 38 H. O. Jefcoate (W) ...... 36 M. Brown (L) G. L. Talbot (O.C.) 35 *Not out. (Bowling). P. Powell (R) 7. for 43 J. Fraser (St A.) 4 for 42 W. E. Merritt (O.B.) W. Cunningham (E) .... H. Davis (E) 3 for 37