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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20205, 16 January 1934, Page 11

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Suburban Notes and Comments. After a spell of three weeks the Suburban Cricket Association’s competitions ( were continued last Saturday. The bowlers were right on top at Lin wood Park, where the pitch, which showed a Jack of preparation, was distinctly in their favour. The scoring was lament- ' ably slow, only 190 runs being compiled after four hours’ play. Mairehau were all out for 87. but disposed of Working Men’s Club for an even smaller total, and had a lead of three runs on 4he first innings. However, W Cunningham got busy in good style, and at stumps Mairehau had lost five wickets for the poor score of 19. Cunningham took three 1 wickets for 6 i uns. < Sunnyside had first use of a batsman s 1 wicket, and ran up the respectable total "f 250, L. Gordon (63) playing a good « knock. Shirley played quietly for three- : quarters of an hour for 38 without losing a wicket. Beckenham made a poor start, losing six wickets for C 5 runs but a valuable stand by Stokes and Sincock saved the side, and the total reached 132. At stumps. Railway had lost eight wickets for 93 runs. HONOURS I-IST. Batting. K. Watson (Harewood) 88 b. Gordon (Sunnyside) A. Alsop (Templeton) candlish (Mairehau) W. BHis (Sunnyside) 3o G. Grose (Sunnyside) -G W. Owen (Railway) 30 , Bowling. W. Sweeney (Mairehau). five for 22. A. Davis (Mairehau). three for 16. _ W. Cunningham (W.M.0.), six for 37. i L. Kington (Shirley), four for 39. I W. Owen (Railway), four for 41. < E. Brook (Railway), four for 44. < P. Hooper (W.M.C.), three for 12. « « SUNNYSIPU v. SHIRLEY. Sunnyside opened with K. Barnes and L. Gordon. Gordon survived an appeal ( for a catch behind before he had scored, ; and went on to make 63 in good style. I He was eventually beaten by a good I one from Kington, who was bowling I well. Barnes was the first to go, when 1 the score had reached 74. Grose batted I scratchily for 31 before getting liis leg , in front of a straight one from Cum- l mings. Oliver played quietly and was never at home. Finally he gave Kirk t an easy chance. R. Chinnery scored ; rapidly and looked like making a big < total, when he drove one hard to Archer. | who held a difficult catch. Cullen and i Cocks failed to reach the twenties, but ‘ J. Hartley and W. Ellis livened up the « closing stages by a merry partnership f which added 50 runs in half an hour, i Ellis was very aggressive for his 35. . Hartley went caught behind by Bissett. and Cocks was stumped with no addi- i tion to the total, which reached 250 . when the innings closed after three and a half hours' play. L. Kington bowled well to secure four . wickets for 39 runs in eleven overs. R. Dixon, who had 33 runs scored off his four overs, took two wickets. E. Cummings took two for 27 in eight overs. Only two chances were missed in the field, but the fieldsmen were slow in getting to the ball and a fair number of runs were given, away. With only three-quarters of an hour left to bat. Shirley were content to play cautiously. The total was 38 when st-uraps were drawn. L. Kington (20) and X. Archer (14) butting very confidently. s MAIREHAU v. W.M.C. Runs were hard to get in the match between Mairehau and Working Men s Club at bin wood Park, and the bowlers were on top most of the time. Mairehau opened badly, three wickets falling for ]S. A sound partnership between C. Candlish and E. Grenfell added 55 before Grenfell was run out at 24a useful knock. Candlish batted well to secure 37. but none of the other batsmen reached double-figures and the . innings closed for 87. Cunningham was in good form with the ball. He bowled unchanged to secure six wickets for 37, and made good use of a tricky wicket. F. Hooper bow Ted steadily to take three for 12. Working Men’s Club seemed to have an easy task to reach Mairehau’s score, but the opening wickets fell early. Harris batted patiently and, with Clegg, appeared to be set when be touched one from Candlish and Brooks accepted the chance. He had made 16, mostly by neat placements. M’Laclilan hit lustily for 10, but was unluckily run out,, and the last three wickets fell quickly. Clegg was not out with 25 a restrained knock in which singles and twos predominated. Working Men’s Club failed by three runs to catch Mairehau’s total. The fielding was smart and the attack steady. Sweeney had the best bowling figures, four for 22. Cunningham performed the “ hat trick ” in Mairehau's second strike, and Smith took two good wickets to place Mairehau in a bad position at the close of the day’s play with five down for 19 runs. They have some good batsmen yet to go in, however, and may retrieve the position next week. BECXEraAJI V. RAILWAY. S. Cawtheray and J. Weatherhead went in as opening batsmen for Beckenham. Weatherhead did not last long. ..but Cawtheray shaped well and was unlucky to be run out when 16. E. Cox went in first wicket down and gave a good display for 17, when he was .caught behind the wickets by Mitchell, off Brook's bowling. Several wickets then fell cheaply, and when X. Stokes and T. Sincock became associated for the seventh wicket the score was only moderate—6s for six. These two saved the'side from having a mediocre total. 'Stokes made 28 and Sincock 20. .T. Columbus made a good last-wicket stand for 17 not out. W. Owen and E. Brook bore the brunt of the bowling. With two Beckenham men run out. they divided the wickets. Owen took four for 41 and Brook four for 44. L. Hood was rather expensive, 32 runs being knocked off him in five overs. The Railway fielding was clean and sure. Railway made a bad start. J. Peattie being bowled by Sincock in the first over. W. Owen, who had gone in first with Peattie, made amends, however, and rattled on 30 in good style. He was unfortunate in being run out just \vhen he had got bis eye in. After Owen went, a rot set in, E. Brook (20) being the only batsman to make any sort of a stand. At stumps Railway bad lost eight wickets for 93. They require 39 runs to overtake Beckenham’s score of 132 —a difficult task. Notes on Second Grade Games. The sixth round of the second grn<P* <'Mupetitlon started last Saturday. Alt lough some big scores were recorded in two of the games, the play in the remainder was disappointing. Sy«l.-*n-| ham. with 397 against IHccarton. were lop scorers for the day. M. Gray (101) making the best individual effort. Lan--•aster Park also showed good form and had scored 377 for six wickets at stumps in their match against Old Boys. Although Old Collegians (94) failed badly against East Christchurch, the lattcj put up a worse display, scoring only 45. In the other game. West Christchurch (158) met St Albans (21 for one At Elmwood Park. Old Collegians took first strike against East Christchurch. but made a poor showing and were all out for 94. Monteath (28) and Mitchell, with an unbeaten 23. did most of the scoring. Graham (IS) being the only other batsman to reach double figures. Old Collegians batted with two men short. East appeared to have an easy task to secure a first innings lead, but they failed badly, being dismissed for 45. The only batsman to reach double figures was Henderson .(16). At one stage the score board showed 3 6 for five, but the last four wickets fell in two overs. Both Fryer and AVxander secured good bowling figure--Frver taking four wicke’s for IS rumin nine overs, and Alexander four for 1 4 In six overs. Old Collegians made a better start In their second strike, and have scored 44 for the loss of one wicket.

Lancaster Park occupied the wickets; for the. whole afternoon against Old Boys and scored 377 for the loss of six wickets. The opening pair, Prosper and Stout, were not together long. Pi*osper being bowled when 12. Dasler joined Stout and the score mounted steadily and reached 92 before they were separated. Both wickets fell within a few overs. Stout having scored o2 and Dasler 29. Taylor and Fleete both batted soundly, and despite frequent changes of bowling continued to sc<*re freel v. Fleete, in particular, played a bright innings, his total of 80 including sixteen boundaries. Taylor was not so aggressive, but finished up with the good total of 51- With six down for 273 Brooks and M’Lennan began their partnership, which was unbroken when stumps were drawn, the total having reached 377. Brooks contributing 51 and M’Lennan 36. At Hagley Park, West Christchurch did not show their usual form in their game against St Albans. West scored only 158 in their first innings, the total including 32 extras. Burton gave a nice display in knocking up a half-century, and Condliffe also batted well for his 31. but the remainder failed badly. a fair number of bowlers were tried, the most successful being Scott, who captured five wickets for 33 runs In 17 overs. St Albans began their Innings late in the afternoon, but were taking no chances and at stumps had scored only 21 runs for the loss of one wicket. Ashburton Representative Team. (Special to the “ Star.”) ASHBURTON, January 15. A meeting of the Management Committee of the Ashburton County Cricket Association was held this evening, Mr F. Pritchard presiding. It was intimated that the Borough Council would not accept the association’s offer of £2 for the occasional use of the ground in the Domain previously occupied by Kia Ora. The rental required was £3. It was decided to ask the council to reconsider the matter in view of the fact that the ground was seldom used. Following is the senior representative team to play against South Canterbury at Temuka on January 27:—1. M. Hamilton (Ashburton, captain), J. B. Nicoll, P. Harper, A. A. Todd, J. Pritchard, B. M’Sherry, B. Knox (Ashburton), I. Behrnes, R. Drcnnan (Rakaia). H. Fryer, F. W. Gutler (Methven). Emergencies— A. Gourley (Methveii), .T. Varcoe (Ashburton) and T. Hooper (Rakaia). Folio-wing is the junior representative team to play South Canterbury at Timaru on January 27:—W. Goodwin (Lauriston. captain), B. T. Clothier, X. Phelan, J. Dillon, S. W. Kerr, H. Lennon (Kia Ora), H. Adams (Lauriston), K. Stlgley. S. Roulston, IT. Baird (Technical), IT. F. Fear (High School), Emergencies—P. Fear (High School), V. Crequer (Technical). P: Baigent, 11. J. Jordan (High School). The third grade representative team to play South Canterbury at Titnaru on January 27 is as follows:—E. A. Osmers (Methven, captain), N. Aitken, IT. Reid (Methven), A. M’Call, Don M’Kay, IT. •Tones (Technical), E. Evison (Rakaia), V. .T. Stills, M. M’Nally, R. Wear and C. Hansen (Kia Ora). Emergencies—P. Willis, L. Moore (Kia Ora), X. Jones (Technical) and H. Craig (Rakaia). Geelong Grammar School Team. Per Association. WANGANUI. January 15. The match. Geelong Grammar School v- Rangitikei. which was postponed on Saturday on account of rain, was played at Mnrton to-day in dull weather and on a slow wicket. Tt resulted in a draw. Rangitikei hatted first, and made 149 (Marshall 23, Lambert 23, Duncan 59). Meehan took six wickets for 4 7 runs and Ballach two for 4 runs in seventeen overs. Geelong replied with 123 for eight wickets when stumps were drawn (Ballach 24. Hardman 31 and Davis 17). Harpur took two wickets for 16 runs and Duncan £wo for 23 runs.