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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 936, 5 December 1933, Page 11

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Suburban Notes and Comments. HONOURS LIST. Batting-. M. l.ohrey (Railway) 106 irley) j 6 11. Risle (Malrehau) 47' *Candlish (Mairehau) 45 K. Brooks (Mairehau) 4 4 'l'. Waine (Marist > 44 1-:. (irenfell (Mairehai?> 43 i:. Dixon (Shirlev) 43 .1. Blackaby (Marist. 42 * Xot out. Bowling-.

Considerable interest was shown in the conclusion of the fourth round pf the senior games on Saturday on account of the interesting positions of the teams at the close of the first day s plav. Working Men s Club, who staged a recovery, were unfortunate in losing owing to' lack of time. With a lead of 113 runs on the first Innings. Sunnvside declared with eight wickets down' and endeavoured to secure an eight-point win. Beckenham, however, rallied in their second attempt and Sunnvside had to be content with a win on the first innings. A brilliant eenturv by M. Lohrey enabled Railway i to stave off a decisive defeat and to play out time in their match against Mairehau. whose lead on the first innings gave them five points. Lohrey s century was the first scored in the senior' grade this season. It was a great knock, the 106 runs being compiled in eighty minutes. Two bowling records were made In the lower grades. F. Pitt, of the Avon third grade team, secured eight wickets for 2S runs in the first innings and six for s in the second. TTe performed the “ hat-trick” in both innings. This great feat was nearly equalled by A. Nolan, of the Ppreydon junior C team. who secured four wickets with four successive balls, his figures for the innings being seven wickets -for 1 4 runs. SUNNYSIDE v. BECKENHAM. Scoring was slow* when Sunnyside resumed their first innings with Oliver r. 3 and Chinnery 4 3. Oliver was bowled by Sincock without addition to the score, and Chinnery and Ellis went four runs later and six were down for IS2. Thompson and Hartley added 25 for the seventh wicket. Hartley and Mahoney batted slowly for another 20. At the tea adjournment Sunnyside declared with eight wickets down for 235. Beckenham opened badly. losing ■VYeatherhead, Cawtheray and Heath for 20 runs. E. Cox and X. 'Stokes stopped the procession and took the score to 87 before Stokes went lbw to Oliver. Cummins assisted Cox to carry on to 130 for the fifth wicket and then Cox and Bateman went for an additional ten runs. Sincock and Skelton livened up the closing stages of the innings and put an end to Sunnyside’s chances of an outright win by adding 40 for the ninth wicket. The innings closed at 6.20 for 206. The outstanding feature of Beckenham's innings was the success of W. Oliver, who secured eight wickets for ** SHIRLEY V. W.M.C. L. M'Lachlan and S. Clegg saved a follow-on for Working Men's Club, for. with five down for 38 at the close of play on the first day. a poor first innings total looked likely. M'Lachlan was particularlv aggressive, his 24 not out including two beautiful sixes. X. Archer bowled steadily for Shirlev. He sent down twenty-four overs, of which nine were maidens, for 25 runs and three wickets—a good performance. A. Pitt was also consistent, taking three wickets for 40 runs off maidens. After the loss of one wicket for two runs. L. Kington and R. Dixon made up the leeway in Shirley's second innings and quickly took the score up past the half-century and into tin Warr. who lias not done much bowling this season, then came on and immediately broke up the partnership. He claimed Dixon log before wicket, with the S. ore at r.S. Tn his first over lv* also dismissed L. Kirk and Kington, all three going lbw. W. Cunningham also struck a good length, and between them they went through the Shirley team until seven wickets were down for only 79 runs. Shirley declared at 5 p.m. with eight wickets down for S 3 runs. Dixon batted splendidly for his 43. and Kington showed good form in making 26. Warr finished up with the great average of f«\ir wickets for 4 runs, off only three overs, two of which were maidens. W. Cunningham showed a return to his best form with the ball, taking three for IS. off five overs. Working Men's Club, who went to the wickets about 5.10 p.m., had the task of scoring 165 to make a draw. The long handle was clearly indicated and the W.M.C. batsmen made good use of it. The first six batsmen each made useful totals. With about five minutes to go ten runs were needed with three more wickets to fall. The Shirlev skipper. E. Cummings, took an «.ver and settled Working Men’s Club s chances of a win by clean-bowling two men. It was a splendid finish and a fine sporting spirit prevailed When time was up the eighth wicket fell with the score at 159 —only seven short of the number required for a win. C. Smith, with 26 not out, contributed his share in playing for a win for Working Men’s Club, ns also did F. Warr, who was unlucky to be run out at 29. H. Hooper, P. Hooper, Shand, M'Lachlan and Clegg all made useful contributions to the score. MAIREHAU V. RAILWAY. Consistent batting gave Mairehau a first innings victory over Railway, but they failed in their effort to gain, the major points. M. Lohrey batted well to score a century and spoil Mairehau’s chance of an outright win. Davis and Brooks continued_ Mairehau’s first innings and raised 145 before they were separated by Lohrey, who beat both men. They had played quietly for 46 and 44 respectively, and paved the way for the later batsmen. The next three wickets added nine runs, but Bampton arid Lisle stopped the rot. They went after the runs in attractive style, clouting the loose stuff and running smart singles. They were unbeaten with 45 and 4 7 when the innings was declared at 251 for six. Lohrey bowled well and took four for 31. Bailey and Overend. who opened for Railway, went cheaply, but Lohrey and Mitchell got together and added 83 for the third wicket. Mitchell played soundly for a useful 29, Brook made 23 in quick time, and Hood knocked up 17. Bartlett mixed poor timing with good defence and was not out with 15. Lohrey reached his century shortly before time, after being dropped near the boundary when 80. He played attractive cricket and scored with powerful placements all round the wicket, although Ite missed a few on the leg side. Lohrey is batting very well this year and has been responsible for some useful bowling performances. He is a likely young player who might be worth a trial in the .Suburban team. REPRESENTATIVE MATCH. Last week’s representative match against Ellesmere aroused a eonsider>ble amount of interest, partly on u count of the result as affecting the Sub-Association Shield competition and partly because it was looked upon as a !iial for likely players for the Town v. Country match to-morrow. The fact that the Canterburv selector ! ns included T. Waine and S. Cawtheray tn the Town team must cause a con--iderable amount of satisfaction to suburban supporters. There is no doubt that it is a step that will do much to foster cordial relations between the The selection, as far as it goes, is justified, but it is difficult to understand why J. M’Ewin was not included, as bis performance in Ellesmere’s second innings. when he secured seven v.ickets for 25 runs in thirteen overs, speaks for L»ltsolf. M’Ewin is bowling as weli ns i valuable asset to Canterbury’s Shield The score of 364 for nine wickets con-

stitutes a record for Sub-Association Shield games, the previous highest being 326 put on by Suburban at Jlagley Park two seasons ago. \V. Oliver played his best knock m Shield matches to register 03, although weak fielding gave him three lives. The best partnership of the innings was that of S. Cawtheray and T. Waine, which added 120 for the third wicket. Later Oliver and Harris added 106 for the seventh. The fielding of the Suburban team was of a high standard, very few runs being The final match for the Shield will he that between Suburban and North Canterbury. It will probably be played at Rangiora. but no arrangements have been made so far. Notes on Second Grade Games. The fourth round of the second grade competition concluded on Saturday.; wins being gained by Old Boys, Ricearton West Christchurch and Lancaster Park. The scores were not large, hut most of the games were won by good margins. „ Lancaster Park showed good form against Svdenham and won by 9 6 runs on the first innings. On the previous Saturday Lancaster Park batted first for 261 while Svdenham had four wickets down for 24 at stumps. Continuing on Saturday, however, the Sydenham batsmen failed to make a stand and the innings closed for 165. J. Young (35) was again top scorer, and B. Vine (34) and L. Walsh (24, not out) also added useful scores. Bowling for Lancaster Park. Hamilton took five wickets for 34 and Stout three for 4. In their second innings. Lancaster Park played out time, making 104 for the loss of seven wickets. At Hagley Park.** Old* Boys and St Albans had only one innings each, Old Boys winning hv 98 runs. When St Albans began their first innings they were faced with the task of making 316 runs to win. They made a bad start, however, and at one stage had five wickets down for 97. Truscott and Sandman then made a good stand and the score board showed 140 for the sixth wicket. With little chance of winning, the St Albans batsmen made a good endeavour to out time and When stumps were drawn on the first day. West Christchurch had lost three wickets for S 4 in their match against Old Collegians (14S). A. good partnership between Condliffe and Patrick brought West’s total up to 129 for the next wicket. With that pair out, however. the innings did not last much longer, the last wicket falling for 173. Gibson bowled steadily for Old Collegians. He sent down 18 overs and took five wickets at a cost of 14 runs. Harding and Thomson, the opening pair, gave Old Collegians a good start in their second innings, putting on 50. The others, however, failed to make a stand and the wickets went cheaply until the) score board showed 97 for nine. Graham and Fryer then made a determined stand and gradually raised the total to 122 before Graham was bowled. Hill was in fine form with the ball. He registered his best performance this season in taking seven for 44. West started their second innings late in the afternoon, and when time was called had lost two wickets for 52.

F. Warr (W.M.C.) 4 for 4 A. Pitt (Shirley) 3 for S W. Cunningham (W.M.C.) 3 for IS X. Archer (Shirley) . .. 3 for K. Cummings (Shirley) .. 2 for o W. Oliver (Sunnyside) 8 for 7» T. Sincock (Beckenham) 3 for