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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20479, 4 December 1934, Page 12

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Notes on Second Grade Games. The fourth round of the second grade competition was concluded on Saturday. wins being gained by Qld Bovs. St Albahs, East Christchurch and Sydenham. The cricket was of a bright order and there were some fine batting performances. Walsh (Sydenham), who scored an unbeaten 122. gave a solid display, and Kinvig (124) also showed excellent form. When stumps were drawn on the first day, Lancaster Park had lost six wickets for 54 in response to Sydenham's 195. Resuming on Saturday, the not out batsmen, Dawson and Fleete, looked like making a stand. However, when the total was 86 Fleete was dismissed, with 22 to his -credit. The next two wickets went cheaply, and then Gibbs joined Dawson, and the pair made a fine last-wicket stand which added 49 to the total. Gibbs (25) was the first to go. Dawson carried his bat for 50. Newton took seven wickets for 42 runs in 20 overs—a fine performance. In their second knock Svdenliam made a poor start and lost the first four wickets for 16 runs, Westwood taking three wickets in one over without having a single run scored off him. With seven down for 120, Johnson joined Walsh, who had been playing sound cricket, and a fine partnership was established, which was still unbroken when time was called. The partnership added 139 to the total. Walsh batted steadily, and in scoring 122 hit seven sixes and ten fours. Johnson, who also scored his runs quickly, included ten fours in his total of 69. East Christchurch* defeated Old ColV legians by 87 runs on the first innings after an interesting game. Old Collegians batted first f»Or 2?,2, while East declared in their first attempt with 319 on for seven wickets. East made a good start. Liddell and Kinvig putting on 143 for the second wicket. The ■. runs came quickly, Liddell, who knocked up 62, scoring nine boundaries. Kinvig continued to punish the bowling severely and, scoring all round the wicket, compiled 124, which included 22 boundaries. Although Old Collegians tried seven bowlers, the rate of scoring did not decrease, boundaries being frequent. Old Collegians made a good showing in their second innings and played out time, making 84 for three wickets. Ruchanan-Matson scoring an unbeaten 53. After collapsing badly in their first innings, which realised only 75 runs, Riccarton were faced with too big a hurdle in their game against St Albans. St Albans, who won by eight wickets, declared with 236 on for six wickets and put Riccarton in again. Riccarton made 195 in their second strike. Most of the scoring was done by two batsHaines, who compiled 52, and Greer 31, the others failing rather badly. To secure a straight-out win St Albans required only 34 more runs, and these they made with the loss of two wickets. Suburban Notes and Comments. A splendid innings by L. Gordon, who missed his century by eight runs, put Sunnyside in a sound position in their match against Shirley and they eventually secured an eight-point win by eight wickets. After leading by 24 runs on the first innings against Railway. "Working Men’s Club failed to maintain their advantage and lost by ten runs. A sound knock by E. Grenfell (40) gave Railway their lead. T. Gilroy’s bowling played havoc with the Club batsmen. At Beckenham Park, Marist made an effort to stave off defeat and fine partnerships by A. Murray and M-Donnell and Murray and G. Waine gave Beckenham 87 to make. This was accomplished for the loss of four wickets. HONOURS LIST. Batting. L. Gordon (Sunnyside) 92 A. Murray (Marist) 40* E. Grenfell (Railway) 40 A. Shand (W.M.C.) 37 D. Cocks (Sunnyside) 37 N. Archer (Shirley) 35 •Not out. Bowling. T. Gilroy (Railway), six for 20. A. Davis (W.M.C.), six for 47. L. Gordon (Sunnyside), three for 27. T. Sincock (Beckenham), four for 38. S- Rich (Shirley), four for 42. N. Stokes (Beckenham), three for 34. L. Kirk (Shirley), four for 32. MARIST v. BECKENHAM. With a deficit of 34 on the first innings and five wickets down for 32 Marist*s position looked hopeless, and T r /£?« N< ? onan was clean bowled with M Mil lan s second ball their stock dropped still lower. Eight were down ior 06 when Murray joined W. M’Donneil and the pair carried the score to 99 before M’Donnell was beaten by Heath. Murray batted brightly for 40. He gave :^v, SO “ nd ,f- st d,spla >' of the match and, wilt Fv A Y aine - added 21 for the last wicket before Waine was run out in * rn p ossi ble run. Murray looked set for a big score and it is diffi cult to understand why he was put in so late in the innings. T. Sincock took four wickets for 3 8 Jho« W i elV f overs * He is bowling better than la st season and should be included in the next representative side. N ♦ i, oke sj who turns th e ball in well from the off, secured three for 34 in eight sas-d t £ SumS. eave a sood d,sp?ay J. Weatherhead’s display for 23 not out was the brightest knock in the Beckenham innings, although he failed to deal with Waine’s breaks to the off. “t? an s? Stokes (19) were still going " nen the necessary runs were secured. RAHWAY v. W.M.C. The wicket at Sydenham Park again fn V tlJ he fj ,°r ler ; s P |e «y a£i»tfSce WMF between Railway and a 4 Ra,l jy a ? r won by 11 runs after the batsmen had little chance of high scoring. . Gilroy proved himself to be the s®®* ~° f J he - Rai,wa y bowlers and his n?L Ur tfsj S,x for 20 were a tribute to htvf b i! lty to use the wicket. He would XX®. be ®. n effective on any pitch, al- /**’ ures might not have been ®? g< ? od - Although he sent down rather short-pitched balls they kept low and were always on the wicket. Gilroy took most of his wickets with a ball that came in sufficiently to beat the bat. J« W £ r - C -> also did well with the ball. His bowling is still lir.prov*"?y better length and control. L. M Lachlan failed to repeat his first innings performance, bi*t still did wcM holding a good length. . A - Shand (W.M.C.) played a fine innings when the early wickets had gone cheaply. He covered up w?!l to the slow stuff and placed his scoring shots neatly to get 37. With H. Mills it looked as if he might knock off the runs required for a win. but Hood had him well caught in the deep field. Mills made a useful 14 and F. Warr batted aggres- - being unluckily caught off a hall that rose sharply. W. Lawson (Railway) was in a long time for 29, playing captiously and scoring mostly with off shots. L. Hood, by contrast, was always bright and hit lustily for 29 also. Apart from Grenfell s 40.. scored on the first dav, the other Railway bats failed badly.' SUNNYSIDE v. SHIRLEY. L. Gordon, who had made 64 not out on the first day, was unlucky to miss his century on Saturday by the small margin of eight runs. He played good shots all round the wicket, his total of 92 including eleven boundaries and a nice six. Gordon has played good cricket this season. D. Cocks gave a good display for 37. Cocks and Gordon carried the score from 122 to 179 for the seventh wicket. L. Mahoney was batting well at the end, being undefeated with 14 to his credit. S. Rich, a slow break bowler, who turns both ways, secured the best average of the Shirley trundlers. He took four wickets for 42 runs, off eight overs. L. Kirk, who sends down a medium-fast hall, with a swing in from leg. took four for 52, also off eight overs. N. Archer maintained a good length and the* runs down. Ho took two fors 26, off eight overs. Shirley did only moderately well in

their second inning’s, being all out (two men short) for 101. N. Archer displayed his good form of the first day and was top-scorer again with a stylish 35. L. Kirk made a valuable 22 and S. Rich contributed a useful 13. L. Gordon was in good form with the ball to take three wickets for 27 runs. L. Mahoney, who was a hard man to score off, took two for 13. W. Oliver kept a steady length in taking three for 51. Sunnyside secured the necessary eighteen runs for an eight-point win for the loss of one wicket. Jottings. Playing for Oddfellows junior C, A. Trott took five for 17 in the first innings and seven for 2 in the second—a fine performance. The next representative match for the Sub-Association Shield will be between Malvern and North Canterbury Association, but the date has not been arranged as yet! The winner of this game will play the Suburban team in the final contest, which will probably be decided in January. Mr Dan Reese was an interested spectator at the Railway v. W.M.C. match. At the invitation of the Beckenham n l t*b, Messrs H. M. Chry stall and A. Gray, of the Greenkeepers' Association, visited Beckenham Park on Saturday and gave the club’s groundsman some valuable advice on the preparation of wickets. The club has followed Shirley’s lead and ordered some Waikari soil for the top-dressing of its wickets. Grimmett in Form in Sheffield Shield Game. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Cony right. BRISBANE, December 3. In the Sheffield Shield cricket match against South Australia. Queensland, in their first innings, made 401 (Oxenham 70). Grimmett took six wickets for 138 and Dee for two for 02. South Australia, in their second innings, have lost seven for 205 (Nitsclike 35, V. Richardson 28, Donergan R 9, Waite 77, Whiting- ■ ton not out 39, Badcock not out 0).