SUBURBAN CRICKET.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20234, 19 February 1934, Page 11

SUBURBAN CRICKET.

Start Made with Eighth Round Matches. Matches in the eighth round of the suburban competitions, which began on Saturday, were played on good wickets. The weather, which was fine in the early part of the day, changed later to a south-west gale and the light at the close of play was very bad. Shirley and Railway met at Sydenham Park in what promises to be an even game, Shirley having 132 in their first strike, while Railway have lost five wickets for 80 runs in reply. A weak tail spoilt Working Men’s Club’s chance of a good first innings score against Sunnyside, at Sunnyside. The innings closed for 124 and Sunnyside made 173 to give them a lead of 49. Again the tail-enders of the team failed. Mairehau occupied the crease the whole of the afternoon against Beckenham, at Elmwood Park, to make a total of 229 runs. Determined batting' by W. Bampton (74), C. Candlish (54) and W. Sweeney (40) consolidated Mairehau’s position. T. Sincock was the steadiest Beckenham bowler, taking four wickets for 3 9 runs. S. Cawtheray took two for 39. Sunnyside v. W.M.C. Working Men’s Club had first use of a perfect wicket, but lost two wickets for 12 runs, Shand and Clegg going cheaply. H. Hooper and C. Smith carried the total to 50 before being separated; and later Warr and Harris made a good stand and added 40 for the fifth wicket. The tail-enders went cheaply, however, and added only 22 runs. The innings closed for 124. With two hours to bat Sunnyside compiled 173, the last two wickets falling for no runs in the last two overs. L. Gordon batted well for 47, G. Grose hit up 45 in good style and C. Cocks batted very nicely for 22. Scores: WORKING MEN’S CLUB.

Bowling analysis.— H. Thompson, 12 overs. 2 maidens, 30 runs, 4 wickets; -C. Cocks, 15 overs, 1 maiden ,18 runs. 1 wicket; W. Ellis, 2 overs, 12 runs- W Oliver, 11 overs, 38 ruhs, 4 wickets; L. Gordon, 4 overs, 1 maiden, 16 runs. SUNNYSIDE. First Innings.

Shirley v. Railway. At Sydenham Park, Shirley batted first against Railway, and were all out for 134. Britten den was. top scorer with 50. Hood took five wickets for 70 runs. After a disastrous start. Railway recovered well, and when stumps were drawn had 80 or.* for five wickets, due chiefly to a good partnership between Hood and Peattie. Scores:— SHIRLEY.

Mairehau v. Beckenham. Although the Mairehau opening batsmen, J. Gordon and E. Grenfell, both scored double figures, matters did not look promising when three wickets were down for 40 runs. W. Bampton and C. Candlish then became associated in a prolific partnership which added 104 runs before they were separated, and put Mairehau in a very favourable position. Bampton seemed set for his century when he was run out with his score at 74. Candlish batted attractively for his 54. W. Sweeney further improved Mairehau's position with a solidly compiled 40. The innings closed at 6.15 p.m. for the respectable total of 22 9. The Beckenham bowling was steady and the fielding good. T. Sincock. S. Cawtheray and W. Skelton bore the brunt of the bowling. They secured seven of the eight wickets that counted to the bowler.-. Sincock sent down nineteen overs for 45 runs and four wickets—a good performance. Cawtlieray took two wickets for 39 runs. Sincock and Cawtheray opened Beckenham’s innings. batting for a few minutes in a had light without scoring. Scores:— MAIREHAU. First Innings. J. Gordon, b Sincock 10 R. Grenfell, ibw b Sincock 15 R. Brook, c Sincock b Skelton .... 1 W. Bampton. run out 74 C. Candlish Ibw b Stokes 5 4 A. Davis, <• Wealherheatl h Sincock 3 R. Lisle, c Columbus b Sincock .... 0 W. Sweeney, c Mills b Cawtheray . . 40 Tv. Oakley, st Columbus b Cawtheray 8 S. Oakley, -run out 0 C. Wi lb am s, not out 1 Total 229 Bowling analysis.—S. Cawtheray. 14.8 overs, 1 maiden. 39 runs. 2 wickets: T. Sincock. 19 overs. 2 maidens, 45 runs. 4 wickets; W Skelton. 13 overs, 1 maiden. 4 4 runs. 1 wiclcet: X. Stokes. 8 overs. 25 runs. 1 wicket; .1. Mills. 5 overs, 9 runs: D. Bateman. 6 overs. 25 runs; M. Heath, 7 overs. 19 runs. BECKENHAM. First Tunings. S. Cawtheray, not out’!!!!!! 111! 1! 0 Total for no wickets 0 The Lower Grades. SENIOR B. Spreydon 12'9 (Freeman 34. Giddens 26 not out. Senior 18), met Beckenham 55 for six wickets. Griffiths, five for 26, and Besley, three for 14, bowled well for Be< kenha m. Clock Tower 56 (Brown 16 not out) ' and 59 for one wicket (Smith 39 not out), met Mar Ist 122 (M ’Donnell 49). Waiive. seven for 32, and M’Donmell. three for 15. bowled well for Marisl, and A. Bcsley. four tor 48, and Smith, three for 16, for Clock Tower. Junior A. Riccarton 119. met Avon 66. F. Timms, five for 37. and Ho well, four for 25, bowled well for Riccarton, and Marshall, five for 22, and F. Pitt, two for 23. for Avon. Provincial Buildings 166 (Johnson 40, Doh.be 33 not out, Russell 19), met llarewood 127 for six wickets.

Shirley 64 and 77 for two wickets, met St Albans 109 (Witty 30 not out). Junior B. Avon 31 and 9S for five wickets, met Stewart's Gully 146 (Poulton 76). Junior C. Sprey'don 104 and 4 2 for two wickets, met Oddfellows 71. Kia Ora 129, met Harmonic Society 101 for four wickets. Whitcombe and Tombs S 7. met Beckenham 132 for eight wickets (Clarkson S 3 not out). Third Grade A. Lyttelton 162, beat Stewart’s Gully 45, by 117 runs on the first innings. Beckenham 14 8, beat Northcote 91, by 57 runs on the first innings. Opawa 168 for two wickets declared (Wickham 93), beat Mairehau 35 and 107 for seven wickets, by 133 runs on the first innings. Ouruhia 149 for one wicket declared, beat ArgyJe House 81 and 100 for seven wickets, by 68 runs on the first innings. Third Grade B. _ Templeton 174, beat Harewood 98, by 76 runs on the first innings. Heathc-ote 105 for five wickets declared and 16 for no wickets, defeated Waltham 28 and 92, by nine wickets. Papamii 154 for two wickets declared, defeated Northcote 83 and 71 for eight wickets, by 71 runs on the first innings. Corsair beat Ouruhia by default. North Canterbury Games. The North Canterbury Cricket Association’s competitions were continued on Saturday. Results:— Seniors. „_At Rangiora, Kaiapoi. 9 7 (Capstick 20, Gordon 20, Hopkins 17), met Rangiora, 17 for two wickets. Bowling for Rangiora, W. Steele took three wickets for 12 runs, P. Roberts three for 26. S. O’Dea one for S and H. K. Kippenberger one for 37. At Woodend. Woodend, 182 (D. Nixon °O. E. Little 4 2. A. Smith 33. H. Bottrell 17), met Oxford, 20 for three wickets (H. Feary 15). Bowling for Oxford, D. Grant took three for 7 4. B Debenham three for 28 and W. Sail three for 30. Junior A. Fernside beat Rangiora by default. At Swannanoa. Swannanoa 74 (E Verral! 21. F. M’Hugh 16) and 9 for no wickets, met Woodend, 63 (Shepherd 20). For Woodend. Scott took three pickets for 16 runs and Shepherd one Junior B. At „ Loburri - Loburn. 127, met Woodend, 9 for no wickets. In Other Places. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, February 18. The one-day series of first-grade championship matches was interfered with by rain. M^ en - , ~ JO fo *’ two wickets, declared (Mills 118 not out, Carson SI not out) drew with Y.M.C.A., 21 for one wicket. ’ Parnell, I<9 for six wickets (H. Vivian 89 not out), drew with University. North Shore, 258 for six wickets declared (D. Webb 6 7, J. Bush 64, Cur* tayne 51 not out), drew with Ponsonby, 82 for nine wickets (Snedden 42; Saunders six wickets for 18 runs). Grafton. 201 for seven wickets, declared (C. Guiney 47; S. G. Smith, five wickets for 89 runs), drew with King’s Old Boys, 5 for one wicket. WELLINGTON, February 18. rhe second round of senior cricket competitions began on Saturday in beautiful weather. Results:— „ d Boys, 215 (Duchateau 88), met Ivilbirnie, 132 for two wickets (Hepburn 67 not out). Petone, 362 (Roberts 73, M. F. Nicliolls 64) met Wellington (Caldwell, five wickets for 79 runs). Institute, 101 and 7 for no wickets, met University, 116 (Tricklebank. eight wickets for 4 1 runs). Midland. 253 for nine wickets (LaWton 92 not cut, Clark 70). met ITutt. 3 for no wickets. M'Leod took five wickets for 53 runs. DUNEDIN, February 18. Steady rain fell practically all dayyesterday and all sports fixtures, including the Plunket Shield match, Otago and Wellington, were postponend. West Australia Beaten. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. MELBOURNE, February 18. 'Vietoria won the cricket match with the est Australian touring team by an irmings and 120 runs. Victoria declared then* first innings closed with 438 runs for seven_ wickets. West Australia scored 185 in the first innings and in Hie second 133 (Rvan 26, Frances 21. Ditehburn not out 20). Lester took two wickets for 36 runs; Sievers, two for 18; Cleary, one for 24>; Gregory, one for 25; Plant, four for 25. GIRLS’ CRICKET. Canterbury Team Plays the Rest. Play was distinctly disappointing in the game Canterbury v. The Rest which was played at Malvern Park on Saturday prior to the girls’ representative team’s departure for Wanganui to compete m the Dominion women's cricket tournament. The batting, except in a few instances, was devoid ol' enterprise, the Canterbury bats, who were particularly bad offenders, treating the bowling with far more respect than it warranted, so that scoring was painfully slow. Bowling, though inclined to be erratic, was good, as was work in the field. The fielding of The Rest was particularly sound and resulted in four plavers being run out and two being caught. Altogether, however, the teams seemed to lack the keenness and dash that goes so far towards success. The teams were:—Canterbury: Misses R. Symons (captain), B. Te Rangi (vicecaptain). J). Preece. M. Kennerley. E. Jones, M. Preece. ,T. Webster, V. Belworthy. E. 'Borland, P. Tavlor. M-. Marks and E. Hooper. The Rest: Misses M. Richards (captain). J. Blackmore, H. Wood ham, K. Sullivan, E. Wormald. R. Cursons. B. Fellowes, F. Campbell. A. Sibley, J. Gray, M. Sisson and N.. Ne.aley. J. Webster and M. Marks opened for Canterbury, but with the score at seven Miss Marks played on from E. Wormaid and was dismissed for two. M. Preece joined Miss Webster and a du.ll spell ensued, onlv 15 runs going on after an hour’s play. With seven to her credit Miss Webster was run out and then B. Te Rangi came in to liven matters considerably. and 20 runs were put on in ley and a misunderstand im?"with her partner-. Miss Preece. The Pest flelrThvg runs hard to tret. 1 R. run out when she had scored onlv one. After n rather stolid exhibition. Miss Preece retired at 21 and then F. Jones, with 9. was the onlv one to make a stand, the Inninvs closing for fit runs A Sihtev with three wickets for 7 runs, was the most effective bowler for The Rest. An hour was Teff to nln v when The nr.tr.], for t b o' Ca n t erbu r v ‘ a tt - «-k. 11> ree wicket s railing for 5 and th-n four for 6 Within twenty minutes. Tfowevea fiediting effort bv P. Cursons end R. Fellowes. during which Miss smacked a loose one to the hoimdarv N r rix. saveu the innings from ntte*> m«ds- - Tbe nair sfoco on reallv well to the Canterbiirv fast howiin o- and their hatting was much better then their seores. 7 and U respoetivelv. l-dleote. The innlnwc realised ?4 runs. Bowling for Canterbiirv. R Te Rana-i seen red three wickets for « runs. V Bel-worthy two for *> and B. Tavlor two for 13. C""ttrhurv 61 (M. P-eene 21 retired n. Te Boner I 10. A SOl-dew three for -t Kent Th« Best 3 < (R. BeHowes 1 2: R Te B.antrv three for C • V Ralv.orthV for 2: P T~,-ior *„-o for 13). Mai Moa 10 (P. Stevens 22; L. Phili*«n. six for 8) heat RaHantynos 13 (X. Thiel*. 4: P. Newell, three for 7; C. Guthrie, three for 2.) Harewood heat Barred Heart by default. Representative Team. The Canterbury girls’ representative cricket team, which will he in charce of Miss A. Scott, chairman of tin* Csn- | terhury Association, will leave to-night

for Wanganui to compete in the Dominion women's cricket contest for the Amalgamated Theatres Shield. The tournament, held during Wanganui Carnival Week, will be played in Cook s Gardens on February 21 and 22. On the first day Canterbury will play Wanganui B and then, if successful in that game, they will meet the winner of the Wellington v. Wanganui A match in the final. _ Ashburton Competitions. (Special to the ” Star.”) ASHBURTON, February IS. The Ashburton County Cricket Association’s competitions were advanced a further stage on Saturday, when several of the matches were interrupted by rain. The feature of the games was several good bowling averages. S. Roulston (Technical) took six wickets for six runs in the junior grade match with Kia Oro. P. Willis (Kia Ora) averaged seven for 12 in the third grade game against Methven, while A. R. Gourley (Methven) returned the best average in senior grade by taking three for 9. Ashburton B v. Methven. In tiie match played at Methven Ashburton B defeated Methven by 63 runs on the first innings. Methven made 63 (F. W. Cutler 15), Ashburton replying with 126 (G. C. Nicoll 27 not out, B. M’She'rry 21, P. N. Harper 20). Ashburton A v. Rakata. The match between Ashburton A and Rakaia, played on the Oval, was abandoned on account of rain and resulted in a draw. Rakaia made 137 (A. Doig 30, J. Doig 24). Ashburton had made. 26 for the loss of no wickets when play was stopped. Junior Grade. A win by 84 runs on the first innings was registered by Technical against Kia Ora, the respective scores being 113 and 29. A win by 40 runs on the first innings was obtained by High School in the match against Lauriston. at Lauriston. School went to the crease first and made 138. Lauriston’s innings pro*duced 98. A -three-point win was obtained by Kia Ora in the match against Methven, played in Ashburton, the home team having a margin of 52 runs on the first innings. Batting first, Kia Ora made 78 runs. Mfethven were all out for 26 runs, five members of the team failing to score.

RIFLE SHOOTING. Christchurch Club Holds Competition. The Christchurch Defence Rifle Club fired its fifth three-range competition at Tai Tapia on Saturday afternoon. The weather was fine, and conditions were fair. Several good scores were registered, including a possible of 35 at 500yds by J. Chapman. With a better grade of ammunition the scores would , have been much higher.

R. Shaw 25 27 24 41 82 Jack Shield Team. The following team will represent the Christchurch Defence Rifle Club in the Canterbury Rifle Association Jack Shield competition at Redcliffs on Saturday afternoon, February 24, commencing at 1.45 p.m.:— No. 1 Team—A. HaLmshaw, G. Crimp, D. Murray, R. Harries, E. Truman. No. 2 Team—F. Hickenbotham. H. Mason, W. Oakley, J. Chapman, O. W. Sand ford. No. 3 Team—S. F. Nelson. D. Harries, F. Hiscock. A. Gibbs, F. Matthews.

A. First Innings. Shand, c Ellis b Cocks C. F. F. Harris, c Oliver b Thompson . . . . 15 P. Li. W P. M’Eachlgn b Thompson Cunningham, c Ellis b Oliver 0 4 Total

E. Barnes, b M’Lachlan 1 C». Grose, c and b Cunningham .... 45 L. Mahoney, b Cunningham 0 L. Gordon, c Manttan b Cunningham 47 A. Cullen, c M'Lachlan b CunningWv Ellis, b Smith ft C. Cocks, Ibw b Smith 22 R. Chinnery, c Warr b Cunningham 2$ J. Hartley, b Smith 11 H. Thompson, not out n W. Oliver, b Smith 0 Extras 1? Total 173 Bowling analysis.—L. M’Lachlan. 8 overs, 43 runs, 1 wicket; C. Smith, 8 overs, 40 runs, 4 wickets; W. Cunningham, 11 overs, 57 runs, 5 wickets; F. Harris, 2 overs, 20 runs.

First Innings. r- Kington, st D Mitchell b Hood 1 R. Dixon, b Hood G. Brittenden, c Don Mitchell b Hood E. Taylor. b Hood 15 R. Pitt, b Lohrey . . 134 Bowling analysis.—E. Brook, 10 ove 35 runs, 1 wicket; L. Hood. 16 overs maiden, 70 runs, 5 wickets: F. Bartlett, 4 o\ers. y runs l wicket; M. Lohre> overs, 1 maiden, 10 runs, 1 wicket; Peattie, 2.6 overs, 3 runs. 2 wickets. 5 J. RAILWAY. First Innings. R. Overend, c Kington b A. Pitt . . Don Mitchell, run out M. Lohrey, b A. Pitt E. Brook, run out 12 Total for five wickets .... 80

■Scores were a s follows SO© 500 600 yds. IIcp. Tl. A. Halni.shaw 31 32 32 05 H. Brake .... 28 3 2 4 05 G. Ori m p .... 33 32 30 Bcr 95 A. Gibb 28 34 27 6 0b D. Murray .... 31 31 04 U. Neill 31 31 30 1 03 D. Harries 30 30 3 03 F. Hiscock . . 31 20 30 3 93 J. Chapman . . F. ITicken28 35 20 1 03 31 fl. Run die .... 20 31 28 03 H. Harries . . 32 3 2 28 O. W. Sandford 32 32 1 K. Truman . . 31 32 2 8 01 F. Mail hews 33 2 1 3 SO J. Sugrir 27 26 8 80 J. Davison 28 3 0 88 R. Honey .... 28 85 H. Reynolds . . 20 3-0 245'. scr 85