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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19236, 25 November 1930, Page 9

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SUBURBAN NOTES. The third round of the Suburban Cricket Association’s competitions, which was concluded last Saturday, provided a. couple of interesting finishes. The weather was all that could be desired and the wickets were fast ami in fair order. At Richmond Domain, Shirley scored their first victory, defeating W.M.C. by the narrow margin of eight runs. Marist put up a good light against Beckenham. After being in an apparently hopeless position on the first day, they made a fine recovery and gave Beckenham 7 4 to make to win—a task which cost them eight wickets. Although Railway appeared to have an even chance of defeating Sunny side, the failure of the tail-enders gave last season’s champions a two-point victory by 34- runs. Beckenham and Sunnyside are nowr level in points, with Shirley third. * HONOURS LIST. Batting. G. Bradford (Shirley) 141 E. Barnes (Sunnyside) 104 P. Peacock (W.M.C.) 4 0 E. Flood (Marist) 46 H. Mills (W.M.C.) 36’ J. Gray (W.M.C.) 35* * Not out. Bowling*. S. Cawtheray (Beckenham) .. 4 for 10 W. M’Donnell (Marist) 5 for 36 H. Thompson (Sunnyside) .. 4 for G2 J. Jones (Marist) 3 for 42 A. Pitt (Shirley) 6 for 58 H. Lilburne (Beckenham) .. 2 for 19 T. Sincock (Sunnyside) 5 for 93 W. C. Aitken (Railway) .... 2 for 14 T. Gilroy (Railway) 2 for 15 i. SUNNYSIDE v. RAILWAY. At the close of the first day’s play of the match between Sunnyside and Railway, the latter team appeared to have a reasonably good chance of defeating their opponents. When C. Quaid, who had knocked up 33, and .T. Hattersley carried the total to 177 for the seventh wicket, Railway’s chances were still about even of reaching the 248 required for a first innings lead. The fall of the next two wickets for an additional run, however, made the task an impossible one, and although S. Clegg and C. Rolls made a good attempt and carried the total to 213 before Clegg, who had knocked up 25 by forceful batting, was caught off Thompson. After losing two wickets for 15 runs, Sunnyside went on for an afternoon’s batting, and E. Barnes and H. Thompson put on over a century before the latter was bowled by Clegg. Barnes gave one of the best exhibitions seen this season, and his 304 was the result of sound defence and fine scoring ability. E. Gordon took his toll of the tired bowling and hit up 43 in good style, and D. Cocks hit up 27. SHIRLEY v. W.M.C. The conclusion of the first day’s play saw Shirley in a good position against W.M.C., at Richmond Park, having 234 for their first innings total. W.M.C. started rather badly, three men being dismissed fur a total of 18 runs. H. Mills’s contribution included a large proportion of singles. Seventy-three runs appeared at the fall of the fourth wicket, and five were down lor 123. P. Peacock showed good scoring strokes, his total of 4 9 including seven fours. J. Gray also put up a sound defence, carrying his bat for 35. P. Egan’s score comprised mostly fours and singles, a useful innings of 31, H. King, who succumbed to one from Kirk, added 31 runs. The last three wickets fell cheaply, only 36 runs being scored, and the innings closed at 4.40 p.m., W.M.C. having failed to reach their opponents’ total by eight runs. Shirley played out time, compiling 59 runs for four wickets. Bowling for Shirley, A. Pitt proved very successful, taking three and having three caught off his bowling. Mitchell, Kirk. Husband and Davis shared honours for the remaining batsmen. MARIST V. BECKENHAM. Marist made a great recovery in their effort to snatch victory from Beckenham, but they had too much leeway to make up and lost by two wickets. Beckenham had a lead of SO on the first innings, and at the close of play on the first day Marist had lost five for 32. G. Waino and E. Flood, the not out men, batted briskly on Saturday, and Waine made a bright 23 before he was bowled by Harper. Flood carried on and reached 46 before he was Caught and bowled by Cawtheray for 46, a fine fighting innings. J. Coomber, with two sixes in his 15, and R. Jones, with a four and a six, also helped to lift the score, and the total was 143 when the innings closed. Requiring 6 4 to win, Beckenham appeared to have a good hold on the game, but J. Jones and M'Donnell, aided by the pitch, made runs hard to get, and eight wickets had fallen with four still required. A. Shand, however, abandoned his usual quiet game and, slamming four balls to the boundary* gave Beckenham the victory. Cummins played a patient innings for 13, and Griffiths and French contributed a half-score each. Jones and M’Donnell bowled unchanged, M’Donnell sending down nine overs to bag five for 20. Jones also met with more success than be has had hitherto this year, taking three for 47, seventeen coming off his last^over^ REPRESENTATIVE MATCH. Keen Interest was shown in the SubAssociation Shield match between the Suburban and North Canterbury representative teams, played at Hagley Park last Wednesday and Thursday. Whilst neither side was at full strength, good solid teams were fielded, and the North Canterbury eleven, which batted first, put up the respectable total of 318. H. M. F. Hamilton played a wonderfully fine innings for 113, without giving a real chance. G. M’Beath (a brother of D.J.). made 91 in quicker time, but his hatting was more aggressive, and he appeared more willing to take risks than Hamilton. These two were the only ones to show any outstanding batting form in the first innings. Suburban, who went in when the light was failing, had a big hurdle, but a solid and valuable stand by 11. Lilburne and Li. R. Gordon gave the town team a glimpse of hope, as this pair took the score to 172 for the fourth wicket. Gordon played a beautiful innings for 63, never giving a chance, and showing a great variety of strokes. His only fault was in running between the wickets, and this eventually led to his dismissal. Lilburne played his greatest innings, and proved himself a match winner. Going in when luns were wanted, lie played steadily, and, contrary to his custom in club match's, exercised great patience, especially after Gordon’s dismissal. Lilburne carried his bat for 122 in an innings which lasted over four hours. When T. Sincock. the last man, went to the crease, eight runs were wanted to reach North Canterbury’s total, and Sincock and Lilburne set out to put the home side ahead—a feat that was accomplished with 25 runs to spare. North Canterbury’s second innings started well, but tlie fall of the first wicket, Hamilton’s, appeared to be tlie signal for a rout which ran on until the last wicket fell at 132, leaving the town side 108 to make to win. A. Smith, who was dismissed for a duck in the first innings, was the only one to negotiate the bowling of Cawtheray, Mills, Sincock and, Lilburne, all of whom bowled well in the second innings. , „ . , The home team had a fairly easy task in securing the required runs, which cost five wickets. The next shield match will he played between the Suburban and Malvern teams on a date to be arranged later.