CRICKET.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20538, 13 February 1935, Page 11

CRICKET.

Brabin Shield Match Postponed. WICKET UNSUITABLE. As a result of the acute shortage of water in Wellington, the Brabin Shield match between Canterbury and Wellington, which was to have been played next Monday and Tuesday, will now have to be postponed indefinitely. Information to this effect was received at a meeting of the Management Committee of the Canterbury Cricket Association last evening. It was decided to write to the Wellington Cricket Association suggesting that the Wellington team should come to Christchurch, with the condition that Canterbury should go north for the next two years. Mr W. H. Winsor said that while in Wellington as manager of the South Island team he had been told that the shortage of water in the city was so (acute that the City Council had informed the Wellington Cricket Association that it would have to stop all cricket next Saturday as there was no water available. The stopping of all matches had been confirmed late on Monday [ night, and this meant that the Brabin Shield game would be postponed as long as the weather remained the same, which might be for a month. The chairman (Mr W. L. King) reported that the Canterbury team would play South Canterbury on February 27 and 28. after the match with Otago. Mr C. H. Ayling would be manager. The Canterbury team for the West Coast was not yet completed, three players still being required. Mr R. W. Coupland was appointed manager and captain of the side. Congratulations were extended by the committee to the Canterbury members of the South Island team, and also to the team upon its win. City Council Match. Bright cricket was seen yesterday when the City Council met the council staff at Elmwood Park. The council won the match by 39 runs. The Mayor, Mr D. G. Sullivan, M.P., was, one or the top scorers, making 33 retired. He hit two sixes and three fours. Councillors Butterfield and Andrews were the other members of the council team to reach the thirties. Councillor Andrews played a good innings against the staff’s best howling. For the other councillors, the howling was limited to under-arm. Scores:— COUNCIL. D. G. Sullivan, retired 33 J. S. Barnett, run out I T. H. Butterfield, retired 33 T. Milliken, c and b Kinvig .... 20 E. A. Armstrong, b Keller 0 J. K. Archer, c Jones b Kinvig .. 4 G. T. Thurston, lbw b Potter .... 0 E. H. Andrews, retired 30 J. Mathison, run out 1 J. F. Eames, b Kinvig 13 Extras 20 Total 161 STAFF. F. Jj. Kinvig, retired 35 A. T. Black, retired 30 G. P. Kellar, b Andrews 1 S. O’Callaghan, b Andrews 5 R. B. Potter, b Andrews 17 E. M’lntosh, st Archer b Andrews 0 H. Haworth, b Thurston . 3 G. Peek, b Armstrong 3 N. B. Jones, b Milliken 10 L. Cade, not out H Mrs Sullivan, c Archer b Milliken 3 Extras 9 Total 122 Position of Teams. Following are the points for the Petersen Shield and the positions of teams in all grades up to the end of the eighth round of matches:—

Petersen Shield—Sydenham, 5921: Old Boys, 54 2J : St Albans, 529 J: Lancaster Park, 365: West Christchurch, 363; Ric*arton, 268 J; 8.H.5.. 264: Old Collegians, 253-i; East Christchurch, 223: Christ College, 3 61: Technical. 300; West District High School, 76; St Andrew's, 64i; St Bede’s, 58. First grade—Riecarton, 38; Sydenham, 32; Lancaster Park, 28; Old Collegians, 27; Old Boys, 20; East. 19; West, 18; St Albans, 16. Second grade—Sydenham, 51; St Albans, 37; Old Boys, 35; Lancaster Park, 31; West, 25; East, 15; Riecarton, 9; Old Collegians, 7. Third grade, A section—West, 36; Lancaster Park. 34; Old Boys, 34; St Albans, 34; Old Collegians, 25; East, 24; Sydenham, 18; Riecarton 15. B section— Sydenham, 45: 8.H.5.. 42; St Albans, 28; Old Boys B. 28; C. College, 26: Old Boys C, 20: West, 13; Lancaster Park, 10. Fourth grade A section—West D.H.S., 38; 8.H.5., 33; St Albans, 33; Sydenham. 30; Technical, 26; Lancaster Park, 13; West, 10; B section—Old Boys, 44; St Albans, 33; Old Collegians, 31: St Bedes. 29; Riecarton. 26; St Andrews, 24; East, 21; C. College, 14. Fifth grade—West, 49; St Albans, 45; Old Boys, 43; Sydenham, 34; Technical, 32; B.H.S. A., 29; C. College, 29; B.H.S. B„ 17; Lancaster Park, 16. Sixth grade—Sydenham, 86; St Andrews, 33; c College A. 31; 8.H.5., A 29; 8.H.5., B, 19; C. College B, 18.

Cheques for Players.

United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. MELBOURNE, February 12. Two cheques, each for £lO4 2. being the proceeds of the recent testimonial cricket match, have been handed to W. M. Woodru 11 and W. Ponsford by the Hughes (president of the association) said that the names of Woodfull and JPonsford would be for all time among the honoured.

Annual Match.

The New Zealand Newspapers team and tiie “ Press ” team plaved a drawn game in their annual cricket match at | Hagley oval yesterday afternoon. New [Zealand Newspapers scored 189, and the ’Press” replied with 181 for six wic- [ kets. The best scores for New Zealand I Newspapers were:—A. Marriott 44 rei tireef. W. Fright 37 retired, E. Hartley Smith 54, G. Kearney 13 and E. Nee 15 not out. Bowling for " Press,” Belaize took four wickets for 15 runs and Mahoney three for 35. The ‘‘Press" scorers were:—G. Blazev 81, Mahoney 37. Godby 20. Bowling for New Zealand Newspapers, Marriott took two wickets for

Match at Prebbleton.

Members of the Carlton Cricket Club visited Prebbleton to play a friendly match against the local club in the domain. The visitors batted first, making 49 runs in the first innings (Pilkington 19, Dryden 13) and 104 in the second (Laverv 27, Kennedy 26 and Dryden 19). Their best bowlers were Dry den, Entwhistle and La very. Prebbleton, in the first innings, made a total of 96 (P. Barr 36, Hands 12, Skinner 11) and in the second 159 (Johnson 41, Hampton 36, P. Barr 17. V. Ayers 15, R. Cherry 18 retired and Gil?s 13). Their most successful bowlers were Hampton, Skinner and Cherry.

Relief Workers’ Matches.

Bottle Lake Hospital Club v. New Brighton, at Lin wood Park to-morrow, at 2 p.m.—Bryan, Pettit, Newman, Hill, Hunt, Hall. Patrick, Donavan. Craib, Laurie, Barrow. Emergencies: Chantrell, Lylleyman, Mills.

Friendly Match.

In a friendly cricket match at Barrington Street Park. Todd Motors beat the Monarch Cricket Club by 165 runs to 156 For Todd Motors, J. Kirwan 103 was the highest scorer. C. Line and P. Ellis howled best for Monarch. R. Brown (59) and A. Cummings (24) were the highest scorers for Monarch. J.

Kirwan was the best bowler for Todd Motors. The Veterans’ Cricket CluHj will play Stacey and Hawker’s to-morrow (weather permitting) at Hagley Park,