Our Sports Summary

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 10, 18 March 1925, Page 41

Our Sports Summary

; v CHRISTIAN BROTHERS' CRICKET CLUB, DUNEDIN. Another exciting finish was witnessed on Saturday, the 7th inst., resulting in the Christian Brothers' 2nd grade team scoring a. win from High School by 17 runs. By their success in this match the Brothers' team notched a one-point lead for the championship. Christian Brothers, batting first, compiled 147 runs, Brooks (41) and A. Sullivan (36) being the principal scorers; the bowling analysis reading: A. Sullivan 4 wickets, D. Sullivan 2, McCarten 2, Brooks and Dawson 1 each. The opening batsmen for High School (Allan) with 46 runs, took the score to 61 'before they lost a wicket. After this batsman was dismissed the wickets fell much faster, until High School, with two wickets in hand, wanted 17 runs to win, but as the time for finishing was close at hand, they' decided, to play for a draw. With three minutes to go, High School still had two wickets to fall, but McCarten clean bowled one of the batsmen with the last ball of his over. D. Sullivan bowled a maiden over from the other end, and with the agreement that the coming over would be the last, McCarten once more took the ball. The first was blocked, as were the second and third, but playing a little too far forward the last man was bowled with the fourth ball of the over. , The third grade team defeated Kaikorai ■ by 13 runs. Batting for Christian Brothers Cusack headed the list with 33 runs; Mattingly (18) and Toomey (14) also showing good form. O'Connor (4 for 23), Cusack (1 for 2), and Lynskey (5 for 39) 'secured the wickets. The fourth grade won by default. TIMARU NOTES. (From our own Correspondent.) The St. John's Tennis Club 0 grade team recently won the competition in South Canterbury and regained the Pennant, which they held during the 1922-23 season. The following members were successful in defeating the Y.M.C.A. team in the final match by 10 sets to 6 sets:—Misses Mason, H. McGrath, K. Costigan, and Martin, Messrs. Marshall, Martin, Craim, and Knight. The Celtic Senior Cricket team is now in second place to Zingari in the competition between six clubs in South Canterbury for championship honors. A telegram from Invercargill says that at a gathering of cricketers there, Mr. Mayne (captain of the Victorian team) said: -"You have a batsman here whom they should pick j in the New Zealand team, and you people j&.'\ should see that his name goes forward to f should see that his name goes forward to the selectors of the New Zealand team. '■} Mr. Jas. Lynch, the man to whom I refer, played as well, if not better, than any other . i player in Dunedin the other day." J. Lynch and his brother Stan, who also played against the Victorians, are sons of Mr. T. W. Lynch, Timaru.

CRICKET IN AUSTRALIA. The public were pleased to see Sandham strike form against New South Wales (says the Sydney Freeman in referring to the return match with the Englishmen). He was not at all disturbed by the bowling, and by careful cricket he had the pleasure of seeing 132 runs against his name ere Ratcliffe stumped him off Mailey. Sandham and Hendren were some time ago welcome visitors to the St. Patrick's (Churchhill) Old Boys' Communion breakfast. Later they attended the 11 o'clock Mass at the historic church on the hill.

" LARGEST CRICKET SCORES. I> Australia has the following record of largest total scores compiled in one innings :'—rl' 1094 runs, University ' Club (Melbourne), March, 1898; 1059, Victoria v. Tasmania, at Melbourne, February, 1923 (a world's record in a first-class match); 961, Melbourne Grammar School v. Geelong College (J. C. Sharpe 506 not out), March 19, 1915; 922 for 9 wickets by an Australian XI v. South Can- 1 terbury, at Temuka, N.Z., 1914; 922, Carlton Club (Melbourne), February, 1896; 918, New South Wales v. South Australia, Sydney, January, 1901. The highest Test total by England is 598, at Melbourne, February, 1912, and the highest by Australia is 600, compiled in the second Test of the present series. This, so far, is the Test record.