MANY GOOD WICKETS FELL VERY CHEAPLY ON SATURDAY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19247, 8 December 1930, Page 14

MANY GOOD WICKETS FELL VERY CHEAPLY ON SATURDAY.

Low Scores Were Feature Of Day; West Christchurch Fared Badly.

MANY WICKETS -which generally produce a good number of runs fell cheaply on Saturday afternoon, when the fifth series of matches in the senior cricket competition -was commenced. While there were some fine individual performances, the scoring, as a whole, was very mediocre, and in some cases there were collapses altogether. Conditions were ideal, and the pitches were inclined to be fiery. West Christchurch made 165, the tail doing most of the work, and St Albans have made their chances good by replying with 133 for one wicket. Old Collegians, due chiefly to a fine 83 not out by R. O. Talbot, made 188. to which Old Boys replied with 156 for five wickets (Merritt 78). Lancaster Park made the poor score of 120, but made up for that bv dismissing East Christchurch for an insignificant 69. Riccarton, usually a prolific team, made 176, Sydenham having 63 for three wickets when stumps were drawn.

(Bowling.) I. B. Cromb (L.P.), six wickets for 32 runs. T. Mills (E.C.), two for 13. F. Bellamy (S.) f seven for 59. R. Read (L.P.), four for 32. T. Fraser (St A.), five for 46. A. Thomas (St A.), four for 50. W. Merritt (O.B.), six for 86. W. Cunningham (E.), four for 52. J. Burrows (O.B.), 3 for 59. WEST IN BAD POSITION. Up till this round, West Christchurch have had a great run in the senior competition, and at present head the list by one point; but after Saturday's play they face almost certain defeat at the hands of St Albans. W est were unlucky in that Kerr, their star batsman, was not fit and was absent on Saturday, but the collapse registered by their other leading batsmen, men capable of making any number of runs : was rather pitiful. It was left to the t&il-enders to bring the score up to the mediocre total of 165, after no fewer than six wickets had fallen for only 43 runs. Fraser and Thomas were responsible for West's collapse. Fraser is a bowler who always looks like getting wickets, and on Saturday he found a better length than usual and, aided by a pitch which enabled him to get pace off the wicket, went through the opening West batsmen in no uncertain manner. As it was, he took five wickets for 46 runs, and if the tail had not put up an unexpectedly good showing, his average would have been startling. Fraser is a promising bowler who, with experience and steadiness, will be a great asset to his club. There is plenty of cricket in the veteran Arthur Thomas yet. He never seems to lose his length, and on Saturday he found a spot and landed them on it all afternoon. He swings when the conditions suit him, and on Saturday, with the pace he was making off the pitch, he needed a lot of watching. Thomas came out with four wickets for 50 runs. Allen and Alexander opened West's innings, and for the first few overs it looked as though the two would make a respectable total. Just as they were settling down, however, they both went Ibw. Allen went to Fraser, and Thomas accounted for Alexander. Peake, Doug-

las, Jarrett and Ward offered little resistance. Jarrett played one on from Fraser, and Ward went in a peculiar manner. He blocked one from Fraser, and then, apparently frightened that the ball was going to roll on to the wicket, made a dab at it to keep it away. He hit it right into the hands of Dorreen behind the wickets. T. Condliffe, the captain, and Champness offered serious resistance to the bowling. Condliffe played the rock, collecting runs off the few loose balls which came his way, and Champness revealed some pretty strokes, particularly a leg glide with which he collected a fair number of runs. He was not afraid to have a go at the bowling, and the result was that the pair added nearly 60. Champness making 33 and Condliffe 24. Gibbs laboured under no inferiority complex, and hit Lindley for a pair of bright sixes and a four. He did not stay long, but increased the total by 18. When Bean, the last man, joined FindJay, the score was not much past the hundred, but the pair took it on to 165. Findlay was cautious most of the time, opening out at intervals and placing his uppish ones where the fieldsmen were not. Bean, an unorthodox bat whose cheerful refusing to be oppressed by the weight of the occasion not infrequently brings him runs, went for everything off the wicket, and brought the score up fast. It was good to watch for a while, but it could not last long, and when 15 Findlay tapped one up to Falloon, off Fraser. Bean had 33 to his credit, unbeaten. The St Allmans fielding was good. Crawford caught the eye for clean work in the field, and took one fine catch. On Saturday's showing, Dorreen is the best wicket-keeper in Canterbury. He let nothing past him, and took three good catches behind the wickets. Crawford started cautiously when St Albans went in, and when only 16 went rather unluckily, mistiming a hook at a ■very short ball from Champness and giving Bean an easy catch. G. Condliffe had a day out. lie batted well, getting his runs with neat, well-timed shots on both sides of the wicket, but he was dropped three times in the slips. The first chance was a very easy one. and he had only 20 on the board. Condliffe cuts and glides well, and gets his weight well over his drives. Page was content for the most part to let Condliffe make the runs, but he placed them well, and when time was called was unbeaten for 36. Condliffe had 79 not out, and the board read 133

The West Christchurch bowling was not up to scratch. Bean was not on his length, and C-hampness, Gibbs, Findlay and Douglas failed to "worry the batsmen much. St Albans should have no difficulty in passing the West Christchurch score, and if they can make runs quickly enough there is a fair chance of a threepointer. WEST CHRISTCHURCH.

Bowling analysis—J. Fraser, 21 overs, 5 maidens, 4 6 runs, 5 wicktets; A. W. Thomas, 23.5 overs, 6 maidens, 50 runs. 4 wickets: M. B. Page. 6 overs, 1 maiden, 36 runs; B. Bindley, S overs, 1 maiden, 29 runs, 1 wicket.

RICCARTON v. SYDENHAM. From a start which promised lively cricket, Riccarton settled down to a plugging game against Sydenham, and put on 176 after batting till 5.5 p.m. Sydenham had bad luck at the start of their innings,- and had made 69 for three wickets by the time stumps were drawn. The pitch was not in very good condition, and was inclined to be inaccurate because of dandelions. The two opening batsmen were the most successful for Riccarton. J. Jacobs played a very bright innings for 38. which he knocked up in thirty-six minutes. His score included four fours off Patrick in one over. He was going well when Bellamy ended his knock. G. Stringer played with less brilliance than Jacobs, but put up a very good show. He made 33 after a careful innings. F. Powell started slowly, and did not seem able to get on to the bowling at all. He livened up after a good spell at the wickets, and ended by scoring 24. He gave only one chance, and that a few balls before he went.

A feature of the game was the excellent fielding: of the Sydenham team. They hardly let anything: possible pass, and on a number of occasions Wallburton and Oliver brought off spectacular pieces of work. The whole field was keen. The most successful and most impressive bowler was F. Bellamy. He bowled consistently well for his whole twenty-six overs, hardly sending down one loose ball. The batsmen found that it was impossible to take any liberties with him. He had a trying day and. when the tea adjournment arrived after his seventeenth over, was in need of a spell. His figures were seven for 59. D. Smith got the two other wickets at a cost of 32 runs. M. Harper, the young Sydenham player, showed very great promise in his innings. He played an aggressive strike, and brought off a number of faiultlessly-timed strokes. His 22 was the result of able batting, and he appeared to be well set when he was caught. C. J. Oliver was batting well and when stumps were drawn he was still batting, and had 30 to his credit. Sydenham will need to watch their chances if they are to defeat Riccarton. RTCCARTOX.

LANCASTER PARK’S LEAD. Rarely has there been lower scoring than that seen in the Lancaster ParkEast Christchurch match. Twenty-one wickets fell during the afternoon at Lancaster Park and only one passed 17. F. Kerr was the only batsman to show up, scoring 59 in convincing fashion. R. Read came next on the day with 17.

Kerr had a bright knock and delighted the few spectators with the ease with which he placed his shots round the field. This is only his second game this season. For the first few matches he had to stand down on account of a leg injury He announced his return in the first match he played l»v going for a duck, but quite redeemed himself on Saturday. He is stylish and ag-

gressive at the crease and a natural batsman. His knock was a most convincing one and he gave no chances. It ended when he steped out to hit Davis to the boundary and failed to connect. W. Cunningham and J. Mills had great bowling averages at the start of the innings, but Kerr and one or twe others with scores round about 15, managed to ruin them. Both bowlers were swinging them a deal and the first three wickets, in particular, fell for all but nothing—three for two, and those two were scored by I. B. Cromb, who gave a couple of chances in scoring them. Mills took only six overs and ended with an average of two for 13. Cunningham, as usual, had the greater part of the work to do and his average was not too good—four for 52. East’s innings, however, was a retreat in disorder. They had things in their favour, but made the poorest possible fist of it and were all out in an hour and a half for the miserable total of 69. It was a triumph for the bowling of Cromb and Read who secured fine averages—six for 32 and four for 32 respectively. The wicket suited them admirably and they made the best of it. Cromb clean bowled three and he was given two leg befores. Read clean bowled two. They had the batsmen scratching round hopelessly and did practically what they liked with them. The highest score was put on by N. M’Clelland 15, with P. Allsopp 12. next in order. Allsopp has not yet struck the form he has previously shown. The fall of the Wickets was: one for 11, two for 12, three for IS, four for 24, five for 28, seven for 31, eight for 50, nine for 50 and ten for 69.

LANCASTER PARK. First Innings. T. B. Cromb, Ibw Cunningham 2 F. Smith, c Kennedy b Mills .... 0 H. Armitago, b Cunningham 15 G. Dryden, b Mills 0 B. Hawkings, hit wicket b Kennedy 8 F. Kerr, b Davis 59 C. Williams, b Davis 1 R. Read, b Cunningham 17 S. Yates, not out 4 H. Kilpatrick, bit wicket, b Cunningham 0 D. J. Lee, b Yates 9 Extras 5 Total 120 Bowling analysis.—W. Cunningham ] G overs, 5 maidens, 52 runs, 4 wickets; J. Mills, G overs, 3 maidens, 13 runs, 2 wickets; X. M’Clelland, 2 overs, 13 runs; A. Jones, 4 overs. 10 runs; H. Davis, 5.3 overs, 3 maidens, 20 runs, 3 wickets; T. Kennedy, 1 over, 1 run, 1 wicket. Second Innings. B. Hawkings, b T. Kennedy 0 S. Yates, not out 9 M. Armitage, not out 5 Extras 5 Total for one wicket .... 19 f EAST CHRISTCHURCH. First Innings. H. Davis, c Read b Cromb 5 T. Kennedy, b Cromb 3 F. Woods, b Cromb I E. Brosnahan, b Read 0 J. Rollinson, b Cromb 4 D. Upton, c Williams, b Read ...... 1 W. Cunningham, Ibw, b Cromb . . 2 N. M’Clelland, Ibw, b Cromb 15 A Jones, b Read 5 J. Mills, not out 7 P. Allsopp, c Lee, b Cromb 12 Extras \ 5 Total 09 Bowling analysis—l. b. Cromb. 18 overs, 7 maidens, 32 runs, six wickets; R. Read. IN overs, 8 maidens, 32 runs, four wickets.

R. O. TALBOT AGAIN. Following on his slashing innings of Wednesday for Town against Country, R. O. Talbot, the Old Collegians skipper, was right on his game against Old Boys on Saturday, and by scoring 83 not out in a total of 188 must have put up another performance which should impress the selectors of the New Zealand team to tour England. Without Talbot’s innings and the 39 and 34 of S. G. Lester and O. A. Y. Johnston respectively, the Old Collegians’ performance would have been a sorry affair. Merritt added materially to his bag of wickets for the season by collecting six for S 6, but half of his victims were the tail of the team, who, apparentlj-, had never before been up against good slow bowling. Talbot made full use of his footwork in dealing with the googlie man, whilst Lester, too, had his measure, and only went through sheer carelessness —playing on an off ball, which he was trying to pull round to square leg. Merritt was not bowling up to his best standard, being a bit shaky on his length, but he struck patches when, with skilful flighting, he was the ordinary batsman’s Waterloo. Talbot started off his innings in a very sober manner, but when he iost Lester and realised that if he was to make runs they would have to be made quickly before the team collapsed, the scene changed completely. In a period of hurricane hitting he put Burrows away for six twice and Merritt once, and ten fours brought his score in boundaries to 58. At the end of the team’s, innings he skilfully kept most of the bowling, and nursed the lesser

lights of the eleven—six of whom put on nine runs. Burrow's was the only other Old Boys’ bowler to take any wickets, and he worked hard to secure three for 59. Swerving away to the off, he was left alone, but an occasional oc break, pitched well up, was a ball that beat two batsmen and had others thinking hard. The Old Boys’ innings was also productive of bright cricket for the spectators, Merritt again showing that he w’ould be worth a place in any team for his batting. When R. C. Burns retired Ibw with a single to his credit Merritt partnered Carleton and hammered the bowling for fifty-five minutes to gathei in 78 runs before snicking Heaslev to Dunster in the slips. He hit several fours, and G. L. Talbot sailed well over the boundary for a hefty six. Merritt showed that he has all the shots, and the only chances he gave were two catches early in liis innings, but both fell on safe ground. As has been the case from the time when, as a member of the Boys’ High School eleven, he scored over 300 in an afternoon, drives proved Merritt s favourite shots. Carleton played a valuable knock, and if he was slow to start, at the end of his innings he showed a marked desire to go for the bowling. Grose was more subdued than usual, and Vincent failed to get going before a good length ball from Lester sent him back to the pavilion. With 156 on for five wickets. Old Bovs shorild pass the Old Collegians’

total, but the game, nevertheless, is in an interesting stage. G. L. Talbot and G. Heasley both bagged two for 34 and bowled consistently OLD COLLEGIANS.

Total v ISS Bowling- analysis—W. E. Merritt, 10.2 overs, 6 maidens, S 6 runs, 6 wickets: J. T. Burrows, 21 overs, 5 maidens, 50 runs, 3 wickets: E. T. Mulcock, 6 overs, 1 maiden, 17 runs; M. Graham, 5 overs, 1 maiden, 15 runs; C. 1 M. Harris, 1 over, 6 runs.

SUBURBAN ASSOCIATION. FOURTH ROUND. The fourth round of matches in the Suburban competitions was concluded on Saturday. The following table shows the positions of the. senior teams:—

SHIRLEY V. MARIST. Marist failed to top Shirley’s score of 449 for eight wickets (declared) in their first innings, and following on were all out for 85, Shirley winning by an innings and 165 runs. Scores:— • SHIRLEY.

Total 85 Bowling’ analysis—B. Pitt, 11 overs, 4 maidens, 29 runs, five wickets; A. I>avis, 10 overs, 1 maiden, 35 runs, live wickets. BECKENHAM V. SUNNYSIDE. At Sunnj’side, the home team continued their first innings and easily passed Beckenham’s total of 216, running up 363 and batting one man short. Chinnery and Roberts carried on after Oliver’s dismissal. The former added three and was then held by Harper off Cawt'neray for 57. Roberts batted merrily and confidently for his 157, finally being caught by Cawtheray off Skelton. His century and a half comprised twenty-five fours, the balance being mostly singles. Three wickets fell with little alteration to the score, five wickets showing 160 runs. R. Langford hit up a pretty 61. helping to establish the substantial lead of 147. The tail-enders were disposed of cheaply, the innings closing for 363. Beckenham went to the crease a second time, and at 6.30 p.m. had 94 on for eight wickets, X. Stokes and E. Cummings getting best figures. Scores:—

Bowling analysis.—lT. Lilburne, 13 overs, 88 runs, 1 wicket: S. Cawtheray, 10 overs, 67 runs, 1 wicket: E. Brooks, 15 overs, 50 runs: L». Carlisle, 6 overs, 4 4 runs, 1 wicket: E. Skelton, 6 overs, 4 4 runs, 3 wickets; C. Harper, 10 overs, 53 runs, 3 wickets. RAILWAY V. W.M.C. The first day’s play saw Railway in a sound position, having scored 327 for their first knock. W.M.C. had lost three for 51 at stumps and continued their innings. They failed to reach the 200 mark, being dismissed for ISI by 4.15 p.m. P. Egan and Clarkson carried on the innings, the latter notching 34, including five fours, before being clean bowled by Hood. J. Gray contributed a tiseful 31, playing one on from Clegg. Five wickets produced 113 runs. F. i Harris added 15, when he was caught near the wicket by Quaid off Hood. Flood was also well held when 33 by Hood off Aitkcn. Bee, Muirson and Cordon added only eight runs, the first two succumbing to Aitken. Hood proved the most successful howler, taking four wickets for 51 runs, while Aitken secured the excellent average of three for S. Gilroy took two for 31 and Clegg the remaining wicket for 35 runs. W.M.C. followed on and an hour and forty minutes’ batting saw them all out for 186. Cordon was top scorer with 39, closely followed by Egan 33, who hit vigorously. P. Peacock contributed 22 and Harris batted well for 26. Flood 15, King 12 and Muirson 11 also passed double figures. Catling three for 50, Clegg two for 29 and Hood two for 30 secured the best bowling averages. Ra il wav needed 37 runs for a threepointer' and lost five wickets in getting them. Scores:— RAILWAY. First innings 327 Second Innings. •T. Hatterslcy, run out 3 C. Quaid, not out T. Gilroy, b Egan 1C L. Hood, c Clar’:son b Gray 2 3. Clegg, c Egan b Gray 0 C. Rolls, b Egan 0 W. Catling, not out '* Extras 3

Total 186 Bowling 1 analysis.—W. Catling, 7 overs, 50 runs, three wickets; S. Lohrey, 2 overs, 11 runs, one wicket: S. Clegg, 3 overs, 30 runs, two wickets; T. Gilroy. 3 overs, 25 runs: W. Aitken, 1 over, 9 runs, one wicket; L. Hood, 3.5 overs, 21) runs, two wickets; J. Hattersley, 1 THE LOWER GRADES. Junior. A Section. At Christ’s College ground, Christ’s College. 135 (J. M. Ollivier 45, E. H. Denham 23 and T. A. Harper 19) met Old Bovs A, 14 5 for eight wickets (Hill 48 and A. S. Bile!iff 34). For Old Boys, A. C. Harris took five wickets for 51 runs and A. Marriot five for 52. At Lancaster Park, Lancaster Park, 312 (A. Saunders 75, H. Westwood 61, D. M’Lennan 37, A. Chaston 28, H. Snooks 22). met St Albans A. The match between Boys’ High School and St Andrew’s College was postponed. B Section. At Elmwood Park, St Albans B, 153 (A. Sandman 30, H. North 19, J. Logie IS and Pearce IS.), met Old Collegians. 59 for five wickets (W. S. Coop 27 and J. S. Bruges 19 not out). At Hagley Park, West Christchurch B. 182 (E. R. Caygill;4s, J. Ramsden 42 and R. Camm 39), met St Albans C, 61. At Lancaster Park, Sydenham B, 111, met Lancaster Park B, 160 (J. Prosper 87 and R. Fleete 33). For Lancaster Park, Hamilton took five wickets for 30 runs, and for Sydenham Watt took seven for 35. At Hagley Park, East Christchurch, 103 (T. M’Clelland 45 and A. Candlish 24), met Old Boys, 266 for seven wickets (G. D. Innes 103, B. Carl 57 and Li. Fisher 35). For Old Boys, H. JR. Escott took seven wickets for 43. Against Riccarton, Rangiora scored 148 (Lockhart 41, Chappell 28, Anderson 19, Kippenberger 17, Mehrtens 16). Riccarton had eight wickets down for 90 (Phillips 29, Young 1 15, Bull 14, Eaunder 13) when time was called. Young bowled best for Riccarton, and Kippenberger and Lockhart for Rangiora. Third. St Andrew’s, 167, met East Christchurch, 168 for seven wickets. Boys’ High School, 124 and 61 for four wickets (declared), met St Bede’s, 33 and 45 for one wicket. Lancaster Park, 117 and 38 for one < wicket, met Sydenham, 148. Riccarton, 326 (Royds 64), met Old Boys, 17 for no wickets. West Christchurch, 131, met St Albans, 211. B Section. Merivale, 218 (Turner 57 and Blazey 54), met Lancaster Park, 65. Old Boys, 121, met West Christchurch, 197 for six wickets (M’Ray 67 and Sutherland 51). Old Collegians, 290 (Williams 75), met Spreydon, 14 for one wicket. Fourth. A Section. Boys’ High School, 112 and 156 for three wickets (Fowke 64 not out), met St Albans, 52. Christ’s College, 210 for four wickets (declared) (Jcrram 64), met Old Collegians, 67. Old Boys, 168, met Christ’s College B, G 3 for three wickets. B Section. Merivale, 103 and 9 for no wickets, beat Papanui. 37 and 71, by ten wickets. Riccarton, 103, met Lancaster, 77. West Christchurch, 133 and 33 for five wickets, met East Christchurch, 10S. Fifth. Y.M.C.A., 139, met Lancaster, 106. Christ’s College, 100, met St Andrew’s, 41 and 27 for three wickets. Sixth. Boys’ High School A, 130, beat Sydenham, 62 and 60* by an innings and 8 runs. Boys' High School B, 131, beat Y.M.C.A., 55, by 76 runs on the first inNORTH CANTERBURY GAMES. The North Canterbury Association matches on Saturday resulted as folSeniors. Kaiapoi scored 155 (J. H. Blackwell 81, Bottrell 27, Capstick 17, Templeton 12) and Loburn 163 for four wickets (Hamilton 72, M’Beth 47, C. Pulley 16 not out and J. H. Bennett 11 not out). Bowling for Loburn, Bennett took five wickets for 28, Croft three for 49 and G. Smith one for 21. Eyreton had a three-point win from Amberley. Batting first, Eyreton made 211 (A. Jones 59, F. Beal 31, W. Ashe 31, R. Bennett 29, X. Cherry IS, G. Cherry 11). Amberley, playing eight men, scored 59 (C. Adams 44) and 10. For Amberley, L. Rhodes took five for 73 and Mansford two for 9; and for Eyreton, H. Carter five for 7, G. Cherry three for 18, N. Cherry two for 3 and C. Martin two for S. Playing against Oxford, Woodend scored 126 (E. Little 45, T. Gibbs 30 not out, C. Bourne 16, H. Little 12, R. Ballinger 10). Oxford responded with Brown 34, Neylon 22 not out, Gibson 11). In their second innings, Woodend had scored 22 for no wickets when time was called'. Bowling for Oxford, Brown took three for 4, Mahoney five for 62, Neylon one for 19; and for Woodend, Smith four for 19, Ballinger six for Junior. Kaiapoi, 95 (Mealings 20, Pearce 20, Beere'lß, Burgess 23) defeated Loburn 75 (Chambers 13, Greenwood 28). Hopkins and Beere for Kaiapoi, and Austin, Miller, Croft and Lindsay for Loburn, were the most successful Ijowlers. Junior B. Rangiora, 146 (Griffiths 57, Fisher 36, Pulley 13, Cox 12), beat Amberley, 86 (F. Adams, sen., 4 2, Hadler 14). For Rangiora, Mahoney took four wickets for 7, Steele four for 22, and for Amberley Hadley three for 25 and Hadler three for 20. B’ernside, 45 (J. Smith 11, S. Minchington 10), defeated Eyreton, 26. Bowling for Eyreton, H. Clothier took seven for 21 (including the hat trick) and Higginson two for 0; and for Fernside, C. Minchington two for 0, G. Milne five for 8 and S. Minchington two for 6. IN OTHER PLACES. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, December 7. Cricket was played yesterday under ideal conditions. The third series of matches was concluded. Eden, 348 (G. L. Weir 73, Mills 72, Postles 42) beat Parnell 237. Grafton, 190 and 54 for three wickets beat. Y.M.C.A., 3 29 (Cooper 37 not out'. Martin took five wickets for 38 runs. Ponsonby, 226 for seven wickets declared. and 90 for five wickets (Guiney IS) beat United Suburbs, 136 (Tliakobau 58 not out). Cleverly took six wickets for 42 runs. University, 3 68 and 99 for four wickets (Bush 42 not out) beat North Shore, i 126 (Wensley 50). Mnlheson took five wickets for 62 runs. WELLINGTON, December 7. With conditions all in favour of rungetting poor scoring was again witnessed in senior championship games oi y^e> suffered its first reverse at the hands of Midland, but Petone continued its victorious career by having a comfortable win over Old Boys. Brilliant bowling by L. Beard, who captured seven wiVkets for 42 runs, enabled Hut; to bpftt rniversitv by 109 runs on the n..ot j mdpit--' institute, who closed the first ti-riiiiVs when nine, wfeketa had fo? J 214 ruh.3, had no difficulty in heading Wellington by I nto jn the first innings. This leat es Petone and Midland with unbeaten records, leading for the premiership with 15 for nine wickets (do-

clarcd) beat Old Boys, IS9 and 139 for five wickets. Midland, 222, beat Kilbirnie, 174 and 183 for three wickets. Hutt, 234, beat University, 125 and 114 for two wickets. Institute, 211 for nine wickets declared, beat Wellington, 131 and 106 for four wickets. DUNEDIN, December 7. Cricket matches were played under excellent conditions. Grange, playing Dunedin, declared with 312 for nine wickets. Dunedin replied with 160 (Cavanagh not out 49, Badeock 49) and 151 for six wickets (Ditchfield 54, Coupland 37). Lemin took two wickets for 21 runs. Old Boys, 305 for five wickets (declared) and four for 29, beat Albion 231 (Barron 67, Vorrath 45). Carisbrook, 88 and 100 for six wickets (Cameron not out 47) beat Christian Brothers, 86 and 144 (Brookes 36. Blair 33). Blunt took three wickets for 28 runs. Grange, Old Boys and Carisbrook secured two point wins. Playing for Grange second grade B against High School Old Boys, Allen compiled 111 not out. BRILLIANT BOWLING. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, December 7. The feature of the concluding day’s play in the annual trial of cricketing strength between the town and> the country representatives at Basin Reserve yesterday was the brilliant bowling of A. Newman (Nelson) who, in the town team's first innings, sent down 27.2 overs, seven of which were maidens, and secured seven wickets for 42 runs. The majority of the town players could do nothing with hi» accurate spin bowling and the whole side fell for 163 runs, 100 fewer than the country eleven had totalled on Friday. J. R. Lamason (70) was the only town batsmen to shape confidently, though Tindill and Blundell, each of whom gcored 23, managed to put on 47 for the last wicket. Reaney (Hawke’s Bay) captured two wicket:; for 32 runs and Massey (Wairarapa) one for 47. The town team followed on and at the call of time had scored 251 runs for the loss of nine wickets. Dempster and Crook put on 94 for the fifth wicket. Dempster went on to reach 105, while Hepburn 32. Airey 27, Crook 25, J. Newman 15 and Blundell 14 did better than in their first knock. A Newman again bowled well in securing two wickets tor 26 off thirteen overs, thus taking nine wickets for 68 runs in the match. Gallichan (Manawatu) did well with his slow left-hand deliveries, capturing five wickets for 112 runs off 31 overs. Massey took one for 59 and Reaney one for 37, though the tall Hawke’s Bay right-handed fast-medium bowler had two catches dropped off him in tho slips. The match was drawn. ENGLISH TEAM IN AFRICA. Uuited Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. CAPE TOWN, December 6. Tho Marylebone team met Rhodesia tc-d-ay. Several of the tourists are unwell. Hendren remained in Johannesburg-. Sandham, Goddard and Duckworth are all casualties, thus the remainder were compelled to play, tlioug'h ill with influenza. Marylebone scored 27S (Wyatt 78, Chapman 48). These two added 50 in fifty minutes. O’Riley took three wickets for 49 runs, Tomlinson five for 106. Jlhodesili had scored on© run when the light failed and stumps were drawn. SYDNEY GRADE MATCHES. SYDNEY, December 7. The following were the results of the day’s play in the grade cricket competition:— Paddington, 70 and 201 for two wickets (Rowe 98, including 15 fours, Maurice not out 54), against Petersham, 165 and 30 for two wickets. Petersham won on the first innings. University 259; against North Sydney, 202 for eight wickets. Drawn. Balmain, 100 and 177 for seven (Hird 64); against Northern District, 72 and 94 for seven. Balmain won on the flrstt innings. Gordon, 130 and 58 for none; against Manly, 185 (Gwynne SO). Manly won on the first innings. Marrickville, 72 and 141 for three; against Waverley, 229 for three declared (Fingleton not out 129).“ Waverly won on the first innings. Rand wick, 118 for six declared and 189 for two (Marks 98); against St George, 322 for four (Vaughan 73, Waghorn 140, Henderson 60). St George won on the first innings. Western Suburbs, 256 and 126 for five (Hunt 64): against Mosman, 136 (Withers 69). Western Suburbs won on the first innings. Cumberland, I6S and 207 for eight (Leadbetter 63); against Glebe, 157 (Donnelly 74) and 78 for four. Glebe won on the first innings. SOUTH AUSTRALIA V. WEST INDIES. ADELAIDE, December 7. The wicket was fast and the weather fine for the resumption of the match between West Indies and South Australia. The most interesting portion of the day’s play was the last wicket stand by Wall and Walker, for South Australia. The two internationals showed contempt for the bowling and took the score from 237 to 330 in sixty-six minutes. Earlier, Lee and Grimmett punished the bowling scoring 25 in sixteen minutes, Constantine sepai-ating them after Lee had made 55 in 114 minutes. Lonergan, who was still sore on account of his accident, partnered Grimmett who, when 50, stopped one with his pads. His back wicket play was attractive. The tail-enders batted stylishly. The Indians were alert and accurate in the field, their throwing over long distances being a revelation. Constantine was particularly prominent in this respect. Walker and Wall batted confidently, the latter scoring 50 in eighty minutes. The Indians began their second innings briskly, but Grimmett and Waite were troublesoms. The former’s first wicket cost two runs, Wall catching Roach brilliantly. Birkett was out next ball from Grimmett, whose average was two wickets for 2 runs. Waite's first wicket, Headley, cost nine runs. Grimmett again worried Grant, catching him for one. Martin and Bartlett had just posted the century when the former went lbw to Waite, and four runs later Hunte was sent to the pavilion. The Indians were puzzled and waited for Grimmett’s slows. With four minutes to go. Sealey was caught at silly point by Rchardson. Grimmett’s average was four for 38, and Waite’s three for 32. These bowlers had the visitors demoralised.

HONOURS LIST. (Batting.) R. O. Talbot (O.C.) 83" G. Condlitte (St A.) 79* W. Merritt (O.B.) 78 F. Kerr (L.P.) 59 S. G. Lester (O.C.) 39 T. Tacobs (R.) 38 M. L. Page (St A.) 3G A O. A. V. Johnston (O.C.) .... 34 R. J. S. Bean (W.) 33" G. A. Stringer (R ) 33 B. Champness (.) C. J. Oliver (S.) 30" * Not out.

First Innings. P. Alien, lbw b Fraser 10 X. O'D. Alexander, lbw b Thomas .. 3 3 .T. Peake, c Dorreen b Fraser .... 2 W. Douglas, lbw b Thomas 0 F. Jarrett, b Fraser it M. Ward, c Dorreen, b Fraser .... 4 T. Condliffe, c Crawford, b Thomas 24 R. Champness, c Dorreen. b Lindley 33 J. E. Findlay, c Page, b Thomas . . 15 C. Gibbs c Falloon, b Fraser I S R. J. S. Bean, rot out S3 Extras 4 Total 165

ST ALBANS. First Innings* C. G. Crawford, c Bean b Champness 16 G. Condiiffe, not out 7 9 2kT. E. Page, not out 06 Extras - Total for one wicket 133

First Innings. •T. Jacobs, b Bellamy ?,8 G. Stringer, lbw b Bellamy 33 A. W. Roberts, e Wallburton b Smith 14 T. Powell, b Bellamv 17 G. Haines, b Bellamv 17 ,T. Patterson, run out 2 P. Powell, c Oliver b Bellamy .... 24 A. Cox, lbw b Smith 9 O. T. Rix, b Bellamy 1 O. E. Evans, not out 0 D. Dunnett, b Bellamy 0 Extras 1* Total 176 Bowling analysis.—F. Bellamy, 26.4 overs, 6 maidens, 59 runs, 7 wickets (one no-ball) ; M. Patrick, 15 overs, 4 maidens, 38 runs; D. Smith. 9 overs, 3 maidens. 32 runs, 2 wickets; C. J. Oliver, 4 overs, 1 maiden, 14 runs; W. Spong, 5 overs, 1 maiden, 15 runs. SYDENHAM. R. TVallburton, c Roberts b F. Powell 4 M. Harper, c Rix b J. Powell .... 22 E. Gasson, b Roberts 1 C. J. Oliver, not out 30 W. J. V. Hamilton, not out 4 Extras 8 Total for three wickets . . 69

First Innings. L. R. Dunster, b Burrows C. Iv. Jackman, b Merritt 0 O. A. Y. Johnston, b Burrows . . . . . 3 4 S G. Lester, b Merritt R. O. Talbot, not out K. Pinney, c Mulcock b Merritt . . - . S3 5 G. L. Talbot, b Burrows D. F. Anderson, Ibw b Merritt 0 p. Wvnn-Williams, run out 1 A. Graham, b Merritt 0 G. Heasley, c Graham b Merritt . 0 6

OLD BOYS. First Innings. R. C. Burns, lbw, b O. L. Talbot .. 1 S. R. Carleton, c Anderson, b Heasley 2S W. E. Merritt, c Dujister, b Heasley 78 G. B. Grose, c Graham, b G. L. Talbot 10 ■\V. Vincent, b Lester f5 J. Moffat, not out 12 J. Burrows, not out 3 Extras 0 Total for five wickets .... 15 G

3-pt. 2-pt. wins. wins. I>. L>. Pts. Sunnyside .. 2 2 0 0 10 .Beckenham 2 1 0 1 S Shirley 2 0 l ] 7 Railway .. 1 0 1 2 4 w.m.c i o o a Marist .... 0 0 0 4 0

First Inning's (dec.) eight for ...... 449 MARIST. First Innings. J. Roach, b Pitt 16 0?. Waine, b Pitt 10 T. Loose, b Davis . 2 C. Dobbs, c Fraser b Pitt • 27 E. Flood, c Husband b Davis 5 W. M’Donnell, c Fraser b Davis .. 14 A. Murray, b Colthart 32 .T. Coomber, not out 18 J. Jones, b Davis 23 X. Gillespie, e Kirk, b Davis 17 R. Jones, b Davis 0 Extras 25 Total 199 Fowling analysis—A. Davis, 17 o'frers, t maiden, 74 runs, six wickets; B. Pitt, 14 overs, 3 maidens, 40 runs, three wickets; X. Archer, 4 overs, 7 runs; R. Colthart, 6 overs, 1 maiden, 22 runs, one wicket; R. Husband, 1 over, 12 runs. Second Innings. R. Jones, c Mitchell, b Pitt 4 J. Coomber, c Fraser, b Pitt 4 W. M’Donnell, b Davis 0 J. Roach, c Fraser, b Davis ...., 6 C. Dobbs, b Pitt 8 E. Flood, lbw, b Pitt 1 J. Waine, c Watson, b Davis ...... 0 T. Loose, c Watson, b Pitt 4 A. Murray, c Pitt, b Davis 3 X. Gillespie, st Mitchell, b Davis . . 19 J. Jones, not out 16 Extras 20

BECKENHAM. First innings 216 Second Innings. A. Shand, played on b Sincock . . . 0 H. J.ilburne, c Cox b Gordon tV. Skelton, b Sincock 13 E. Brooks, bit wkt b Sincock 1 N. Stokes, lbw b Roberts 24 S. Cawtheray, c Thompson b Roberts 9 E. Cummings, lbw b Roberts L. Carlisle, b Sincock F. French, not out 11 K. Hollands, not out 0 Total for eight wickets 94 Bowling analysis.—T. Sincock, 12 overs, 41 runs, 4 wickets; L. Gordon, 3 overs, 10 runs, 1 wicket; G. Roberts, 9 overs, 3o runs, 3 wickets. SUXXYSIDE. First Innings. R. Chinnery, c Harper b Cawtheray 57 M . Oliver, b Carlisle 42 G. Roberts, c Cawtheray b Skelton lu7 L. Gordon, b Lilburne 8 L. Watson, c Shand b Harper 5 J_>. Cox, c and b Harper 1 I. Barnes, c Lilburne b Skelton .... R. Langford, c Cawtheray b Skelton 61 J. Hartley, not out T. Sincock. c Cummings b Harper . . Total (one man short) .... 363

W.M.C. First Innings. H. Mills, b Gilroy 4 H. King, b P.’ Egan, b’ Gilroy 7 J. Clarkson, b Hood .1. Gray, played on b Clegg F. Harris, c Qua id b Hood W. Lee, ’c and b Aitken 7 S. Muirson b Aitken J. Gordon, not out r tal 31 runs, two wickets; S. Clegg, 6 o\ ers, 51 'runs. 1 four wickets; J. Lohrey, 5 overs 27 runs; W. Catling, 3 ove runs; W. Aitken, 3.1 overs, S runs, three Second Innings. L. Gordon, b Aitken H. King, c b Lohrey J. Gray, c 1> Catling P. Egan, b Clegg P. Peacock,’ c Catling b Hocxl .. . J. Flood, b Catling H. Mills, b Catling F. Harris, ’c b Hood , . 26

Scores: WBgT INDIES Second Innings. Birkett, st Walker, h Grimmett . 26 Martin, Ibw. b Waite Bartlett, not out Hunte, c Nitschke, b Waite Sealey, o Richardson, b Grimmett ! 6 Total for seven wickets SOUTH AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Harris, run out •' I5i Nitschke, b Francis ' . *Hj Pritchard, run out a Richardson, lbw, b Constantine Lee, c Hunte, b Constantine Grimmett, lbw, b Martin ! 55 Lnnergan c Roach, b Martin Waite, c Roach, b Griffiths . 19 Wall, not out K o Total — Bowling:

„ . O. M. R. W. Francs 16 0 77 1 Constanuno 1 s 0 Sfi 2 Griffiths 23 5 4 73 3 • 23* 3 60 2 Birkett 4 0 42 0 Headley 2 0 12 0