CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 955, 24 October 1910, Page 9

CRICKET.

A REVIVAL IN BATTINC. GOOD SCORES. SAUNDERS WITH THE WILLOW. , The dull.and cold weather of Saturday gave,. the ■ summer gaiuo a rather inappropriate sotting; but there was nothing: in tho state of the olemonts to prevent, the various fixtures boing " carried "out as arranged. The attendance of spectators : at the Basin Reservo was small at the outsei, opd, dwindled still further in the chilly late hours of : tho\'r. afternoon.''•;•; Cricketers, however, pursued, tlieir pastime with unaffected enthusiasm, and ih many respectß play at the Basin a decided adyaneo upon what has. hitherto been seen this .. scasoiu'-'Batsnien' in 'general held their own 'reasonably well.. Scores that may be described as distinctly above the average, at this stage of the season, were fairly numerous, and thero was an almost' Universal: escape from- the state . of disastrous collapse into which several batting teams fell on the previous Sat- ; nrday. It necessarily follows that the ■bowlers; as a body, lost grQiind to some extent. /In tho North v.'Central match / there was a fairly balanced tussle be, tween : trundlers . and wielders of the willow,-but the bowlers' of ■ tho■ East'B team had obviously -b,- difficult task in .-'■■.' disposing ■ of. the Viqtoria College; bats- / m(m../ : The wickets''■.sw'ere,;pn '■ eide, .but- otherwise: iii good' condition, ,' /while" the outfield was.:surprisingly fast,. Central 8.-.made/ra;.: poor/ showing .'against:.-the trundlers of ,East,.A, and /their batsmen provided an exception to the geherar rqviyal.. ii\ ; batting else- ■"' where-visible; -Only one man.(Miner) made what could: ho described- as a stand./-Hiscomrades went out-unable to obtain "any useful number of runs— at disheartening-sp^ed.'East Ay following on,:had variegated,-fortune. -Some of the 1 six wickets they 'lost went down ■ easily; h but';Mah'oney,. : 'with .54','runs to. hjs credit, and. Midlane, with ,29, each ! K piit in ;usefur^ijr)t|,/•'.:.-',.-■'. : •''■', ./ NORTH V. ;:/ ; ;:"/:// : ':QENTRAL-'A. ■■';: : '''^/'-.; Wellington North,' in their match , against/Central'.'Aj'played-on No. 2 ' ; iWicket,/showed, a decicjed improvement .. in'ifofiri .aS compared "with, their per-, - formahce' of. the- , Vprpyious' "Saturday, . Of :the\'men/who opened-the batting,: iWynyard':proved:,.a'. ; 'stayer. Phillips ,/ le'is;. fdrtunate, : '; and .succumbed'-, to', by/"Miller : when; ; ,five; runs' etood ; opposite/his name' on/'-'the/ 1 , scqre list. -Lamberj; •-.filled/,: tho ya'pahcy, '- but /'with.: ah":' incautious stroke.ho'/.seii't "the'/ballv /to:'; Little,-/ field-' ; ing at iiiid-bff, wlio succoeded in taking "adifficult, catch. ■■;. Blacklock, who .join-i ed/./Wyn-yard at ten'/ minutes past ./ threes'/was'; /the/:'-first;/ to/'/become' . 'his / ,effective,,, partner.;// Wynyard was. now batting easily, and, compiling runs:, steadily, though, at ..no .great spße'd.'.'.';<Blacklppk : indulged ...in some, froo-hitting, and,had •. obtained 16.runs." . : - in twenty minutes,,, wlieii a., .trimmer] 'from Bruce, swept/off his.;;bails.,/Just : •after .play, resumed; a "ball sent down by: ■:•:; Beecljy, '. was ■•' lifted: Dy \"Wyn- " 'yftrd;--'and: / caught '/by / -'Blamires in //thi?/ slips.,: -Manson opened with '. a ■.'••v-yjgorous'. driyp,/for. three, find . contitiued.tp strike- out;.boldly, /during; his'batting ten'ureV/-He was'ultiniatejy, caught in the long-fieldby Law,s, after/ aji amount'of/hard'hitt-ing/'that .made 'Ws' score-*6f .21;-seeni '-.astonishingly/small... Tfl' Finla'yson, at .''first- par'ttiered with' ■ Manson and,;latef ; with' Sheridan, : the stop-Scoring.honours' of the/innings. .Both/Manson; and he.'e'reated an dcoa-:'aigijaj'-jcatter'. '91S9SS $9 spectiitors at the bouiidaryi.andontno hill beside the; paTJlibn',>fa'n4'"'gncjS)- a splendid •- drivef that /brought "•him-pfe' l runs, ;'Fin-> laysdn.-sent the ball well over towards the Vorner,qf/'the.grqund/'in the direcr .'- tipn'--, : 6f /St. • Mark's. ■ well-!" "" earned run's, stood toFinlayson'spredit wheh'/he ■ Was ~ beaten : by a delivery'from Laws. Sheridan- knocked. up 21 in. a style that, entitled him to an /earlier stand at' the wickets.. Ho. was -to/'all "appearanqes;;/comfortably settled:' When - the; tenth ', wicket. ' fell."' The remaining -patsmfih '.was quickly disposed' of:./'/.Findlay. hit/a..ball, sent doTvr( : "b.y/Law.s,'smartly: to square.leg, where it "was. snapped up smartly/by Miller:;/. The, bowjing jn general/ was gopd, Laws.in.'partip'ular'.'displaying ex-' cellent ■ form. : Bruce and .Beechy. also performed meritoriously with the ball, North /-wero all out at. : s",o'clock,' having been just two! hours ahd'-a ;balf' at the.'wickets'..,; ~/,.~v : ., . Central made good use of the. three'"rjuarters of' anj hour-.at their disposal, attaining a score of 54: "'■ without".'- thd lo'ss of a, wicket.-Interest at this stage . centred chiefly in the opppjng display of the Rev. Mr. Blamires, whom the '■ Central, Club, may 1 justly regard as a 'decided-acquisition., Partnered , with -' Birch, .he ; took .the measure pf' tho bowling in a leisurely, capable way, . and; then started to hit and drivo in a/-fashion-that made' 'the /"gallery" .cheer. The bowlers at • the outset' wore Bragge,; a tricky' loft-hand bowler, and Findlay, who ) has.; considerable pape, ; 'After;a time Luekie replaced' Bragge, but everything came alike to the clerical - crick.eter, -who /continued ■".■' his'i driving with/unabated zeal.'■ Birch, although he did not treat the bowling so lightly as liis.;vis'-h-yis, made tolerably; good use of,his time, arid had:'■'■added, eleven to the score when stumps" were'' drawn. ; ; -;/-. ■•■: : ■• -V ■ . '■ ■y:, WELLIj^GT6n;N6RTH.,;,'o ; ' : ■■■■'V ■/-.•'" First Innings. . -,'■'. Wynyard,:. ■■ 11131111211121142, ■ 0../' Blamires, b.- Beechy ..,./.......... 25 Phillips,,3ll,b.'Miller/..',... ■...,.......'• 5' Lambert, 2112/e: Little, b. ; Laws 6 Blacklock, 24113131, b. Bruce ...... 16 Waters, 2312, b; Briice ~.:...:.-...... • 8 Manson, 111133111113111, c.'Laws, ■ b. Miller 1..........,........;......... 21 Fin1ay50n,311313116123113122111, " /b. Laws .!..'./:........;..;........... 39 Sheridsh, 1211311331211,n0t out ..-. 21 Findlay, 1, c." Miller, b." Laws ....... I' Bragge; 2, b,.Laws ............."'.;./.... . 2 Luekie, b:. Laws .v.;. 1 ...../.•.....;..,.' 0 Extras ~..;....... ...i/;.,;,i.......... 12 Total .:..,......'...„.........,.. 156 '/•' .'■ Bowling.Analysis-. Laws, five wickets/for 36 runs; Miller, two for 43; Beechy, one for 15; ■Bruce, two for 20; Mason, non-s for 30, WELLINGTON'.CENTRAL A. -/,.'First Innings: . ' • . yr. Birch, 112111121, not 0ut \5.......''.: 11 Blamires, 111332224241133311, not out 38. Extras. ;..'....:':.;...;....1.'../.'........ 5 "','•■ Total for no wicket5'....,..,',,.... 54 ""'Bowling Analysis. / ■ Findlay, no wickete for. 9. runs; Bragge,. nono for 14; Luekie, nono for . 15;. Finlayson, none: for 13. ,-/,-. .VICTORIA COLLEGE V. WELLlNG- ■*■■:■■;■ '.- TON EAST B. Victoria Collego, on nuinber three wicketj made a stand against East'B that kept tho East B attack busy for 1 the whole- of, tho afternoon.' Play was opened by Burns and Fanning. -The -former, through an unfortunate stroke, fell art early victim. ' Following on a quiot opening, he played a delivery from Pavitt into the hands of Crombie.' This, was not a very promising beginning, but with Fanning nnd Monaghan rests-: the honour of initiating a"productivo innings., Fanning kept his end ; up for fifty minutes, and, by occasional .driving, interspersed with ; lighter work: had compiled 16 when he was caught by Goldfinch. It. was a.

day of. entohes, no fewer than eight of the College, men being disposed of in this way. Stainton, the Collego topscorer, replaced Fanning at 3.20 p.m., and held his ground until nearly halfpast five. Saunders camo to tho wickets at a quarter to four and delighted the spectators as ono of the most successful batsmen in a tearii that, as a whole, did tolerably well. \ The hatting methods of the Australian, on this occasion at any-rate, may bo described as gentle. As often as not ho merely patted tho ball, but oven' from those light strokes. runs resulted at times. Now and then, hut not often, ho let out with a will. There wero four threes in the 32 runs he compiled during his innings of three-quarters of an hour. Niven was bowled by Wilson after a brief, hut spirited, innings of a quarter of an hour. His score of 13 included four threes. Stainton was finally caught by' Wills off Pavitt's bowling and carried his! bat for 48. Dempsey was the last pf tho College batsjnon to put up a good performance. After an innings in which he made some good drives, ho was bowled by O'Shea with 24 runs to his credit. .Victoria-Collego left the wickets at half past five with 210 runs to their credit, and; play thereupon concluded .for tho day, VICTORIA COLLEGE. •■' First Innings. ' ' Bums, 1211, o. Crombie, b. Pavitt 5 Fanning, 131311312, o. Goldfinch, b. ' Johnson 16 Monaghah,: 122132145111331, c. Pavitt, b. Johnson 31 Stainton, 112212243111331121233121 :.- 'SIX" c. Wills, b'. Pavitt 48 Saunders,' 31112113223131111211, c. Pavitt,'b. Wills 32 Niveiu 31333, b- Wilson' 13 Burbidge, o. O'Shea, b, Pavitt ...... 0 Dempsey, 312211213143, b. O'Shea 24 Berendsen, 132, c. Brabin, b. Crom- . bje .„.,;.,.....■ ••••■■ • • 6 Caddick, 312, not out :.... 6 Griffiths, 12, c.sub.,,b. O'Shea ... 3 Extras 26 Total- ......... '....1..„....L..:...... 210 - . . Bowling Analysis.' V. Pavitt,'fonrwiokets fori 39 runs; Nash;none for 35:-Wills,-one for 21; Johnson, two for 34; Crombie, none for 9: Wilson, one for 13; O'Shea, two for 23.'" ■■.'-;■' - : ";'- v ;; - CENTRAL B AND EAST A. Schlaadt and Wilkinson opened the batting for Central in their match' on Saturday' against East A,.. but , their . union 'suffered -ah . early interruption, ■for ,•■ when tho "total was only' 9, Wilkinson was caught by M'Gill off the bowling of Hickey, after doing all the ..scoring. Fauvel,' the next comer, did not stay long, and two wickets were down for 18—another wicket to Hickey. With the exception of Schlaadt, tho remaining 'batsmen could do nothing against tho bowling of Hickey and Gibbes. ' There were two absentees from the Central B team, and "the innings •closed for the small total of 47.. Schlaadt, Whp went in first, was out just before the end of the innings, after ■■■making 19 of the 47 runs. Of the two bowlers for East A, Hickey came out with the fine average of five wickets for 22 runs, Gibbes taking three wickets for 21 runs. Midlane and Hutchings took their stand at the wickets when East A commenced innings, but, with only 4 runs scored, Hutchings'•' W.as caught and bowled by Keys.:' 1 M'Gill, the next man in, proved a better stayer, .and hit freely all round the. wjpket. • Thp spore stood at 21 when he w'as well caught off Keys's bowling; .Midlane and Mahoney now hegan to alter the-look of the game, and settled down to a' steady, if ; not rapid,' compilation of runs. Despite- the, change of bowlers,' the score steadily /crept up, until the Central's score of 47, was passed,. Mahoney- now commenced to do most of the scoring, a.n(j by clean driving he repeatedly seciuv ed two's and three's. Midlane was • the - first to leave, being bowled. by MitchelJ. '"Mahoney soon followed; affor ii co'm'piling' i " a: good 54, and undoubtedly "it"was"the. best .batting performance of ,the two teams,'.-. The,innings clqsed.for. a total of 153-; runs, io'r six" wickets, Tucker, being not r out.for 24/ CENTRAL B.' -, First Innings. / Schlaadt, 13143121111, c. Miller, b. Hickey ;::;....' ........'...;........ 19 Wilkinson, J2113, o. M'Gill, b. Hiokey : :..............:...' .;.!......,. ~.8 Fauvel, 131; c: Midlane, b. ; Hickey 5 Keys, c. Mahoney, b. Hickey 0 Stephenson, b, Mahoney ~-.,; i:"..,... / :.' 0. Wighton, b. Gibbes 0 Patterson. 32, ?t. Hornby, b. Gibbes 5 ■Mitchell, 31, not out 4 /Wilson, 2, b. Gibbes .................... 2 :" Extras ....'..........'...................... 4 '■': Total. ~.;:;,.:...........'„........;...'.. 47', -..'•■.'•''■■•'■ Powlm'g Analysis. ' - ■ Hickey,'. five 'wickets for' 22 runs; Gjbbes, three ior 2.1. ■ /' ■' ; EAST'A.'' •, ■./ '■''• ■- First Innings. : Midlane; 11111111113131113221, b. ■'.--' Mitchell ' ; 29 Hutcliings, : 12, 1.b.w., b. Keys ...... 3 M'Gill,' 2131112, c:-—r-, b. Keys./. 11 Mahoney, 2141121132132311332111311,'" , -■• 24111, c. Wilkinson, b. Mitchell 54 Gibbes, b'. Mitchell ......•.:....../ 0 Collett, 13313112, b. Stephenson ...... 15 Grimmett, 11123. not out ............... 8 Tucker, 3131231311311, not out ...... .24. Extras ..............!....,... 9 Total for six wickets. ;;..„.,.... 153. .Bowling Analysis. .-, Wilson, one wicket for 28 runs; Keys, one for .37; Wighton, none for 15; Stephenson, one for 28; Mitchell, three for 34;'Schlaadt, nono for 1; Fauvel, none fori.- yh" " ■ -v SOUTH V. HUTT. As tho Hutt Recreation Ground wicket was pretty greasy, .it was resolved by the captains of South and Hutt to defor commencing play for forty-five minutes, to allow the ground to harden up a bit. Play commenced at 3.15: Hutt. won the toss, and sent South to the wipkets first, in order to haye the advantage of a dry wicket next ■ Saturdaj'. This ."polioy-'.'proved sound, as South wero all the afternoon compiling 107, with tho exception of the last fifteen minutes, when Hutt batted. Walters and Burton, opened for South, and played steadily for the first half-hour. Tho partnership, after an hour's. play, yielded 38, when Walters was noatly thrown out by Staples. A little later Burton, who was showing excellent form, was run out, after getting 30, When Burton was 15, he gave a chance to Judd in the slips, bijt otherwise he made no mistakes; Scoring would have been much heavier had it not been for the deadness of the outfield. , Grace shaped ' pretty iwell in compiling 16. The remainder of South wero disposed of for very few runs, ' Brice bowled well, and had bad luck in not taking more wickets. . The runs at the fall of each wipkot were as follow:—Ono wickot for 38 ,runs; two for 67; three for 74; four for 75; five for 78; six for 91; soven for 93; eight for 106; nine for 106; ten for 107. WELLINGTON SOUTH. . First Innings. Walters, 141224111111, thrown out 20 Burton, 221112111111111242121, run out '-.'. 30 Grace, 41111111221, c. E. Judd, b. Brice 16 Patrick, 1, c. Pringlo, b. Brice 1 Dickson, 12, 1.b.w., b. E. Judd :.. 3 Murphy, 21, c; Pilcher, b. E. Judd 3 Wilson, 11311, b. Brico 7 Norris, 111312, b, Brice 9 Guthrie, 132, 1.b.w., b. Pringlo ... fi Smith, 1, "not out : 1 Schmoll, b. rringle 0 Extras ~...,...,.,... 11 . Total 107

Bowling Analysis. Brico, four wickets for 31 runs; E. Judd, two for 25; Pringlo, two for 0; G. F. Judd, none for 5; Pilcher, none for 14; Aldorsley, nono for 12. HUTT. First limings. Pringlo, 1, not out .' 1 G. I' 1 . Judd, not out 0 Extra 1 No wickets for 2 Bowling Analysis. Patrick, no wickets for 1 run; j3mith, none for 0. THIRD CLASS. Wellington College A beat Catholic Young Men's Club by 44 runs on tho first innings. Collego made 171, and Catholic Young Men's Club 127. Tho best scores on each side wero:—College: Brodie, 7G; Stewart, 3G; Catholic Young Men's Club: Carroll, 34; Lcydon, 25. Y.M.C.A. beat St. Mark's by 104 on the first innings. The best scores on each side were:—Y.M.C.A.: Wilson, 49 not out; Coad, 34; Williamson, 27. St. Mark's: Morgan, 16; Healej, xu. in tho second innings St. Mark's.made 36 for five wickets.' Templars beat Victoria College by 38 runs on tho first innings. ■ The best scores were:—Templars: •' Pooley, 41; Dooley, 37; Victoria Collego: Bruce, 33; Salmond, • 23 not out. Karori v.Wellington South,—Karon ' made 115 for eight wickets, and closed their innings. Wellington South ringed with 23 in tho first innings and 19 in tho second. Wollingten College B dofeated North by 64 runs. College compiled 145 runs (Borrows, 37; Renner, 19), and North, 81 (Hobbs,'?2; Izard, 21). For the victors, Banner:,took five wickets for 30 runs, and for the losers Proud took six for 24. '■'. ''Hutt,'* with 74, defeated Central by 8 runs. !: _. ■ JUNIOR ASSOCIATION. The first round of championship matches .under tlje Junior Association was completed last Saturday. The following a.ro the results— Thorndon v. Harbour Board. —In their first innings, Thorndon made 88. Harbour Board responded with 14, and following on made ■ their total for two innings 58. ' Hamilton, 29 not out, was the only man to reach double figures on Harbour Board's side, while Alartin 30, and Roberts 20, were the chief scorers for Thorndon. Bowling for the Thorndon: eleven, Martin, took five wickets for 19 runs, and Wilson twelve for 26. " ■•■,;■■ ■■-.- Selwyn v. Seatoun.—Thso_ teams wero able to complete a two-innings' match. Intheir first venture, Selwyn made 96 ruiis, and on going to the wickets for the second innings, put up 98—a grand total of 194 runs. Seatoun responded with 0n1y,49 for their two ventures, Selwyn thus winning by 145 runs. Batting for Selwyn, Hopkins mado 22, M'lntyre 20, Buck 19- not out, and Jones 19. Djgby 10, and Buller 11, were the only players to reach double figure's 'for; Statorin. For Selwyn, Burns took live wickets for. 5. runs, M'lntyre three for 7, Buck seven for 10, and Bradley .one for 1." Fuller bowled best for Seatoun. .".■'. Evans Bay B v. Kilbirnie Wesleyans. —Evans Bay. .boat Kilbirnie Wesleyans bv' 63 T -runs'.'after a two-innjngs game. EVans Bay made 71 and 98, and Kilbirnie 31 and. 75V Principal scorers for Evans Bay were:„Calo,' 26 not out, R. Ganibrill 15, Brown 13, and Flanagan. 1 11." For Kilbirnie Wesleyans, Neilson, made -26, -W&llaqe 11, and Emery 10. The most successful' with tho ball oil Evans Bay .side wero Kells sis p'ickets.-for-D runs, and Blick two. for : B,arid : for Kjlblrnie, Emery four for 29, jnd Smith: two for' 24, gained the best averif§6s5 ''■'*' K - , -'' 1 - •' 1 "*-'- v ' ■•-.•'■■■■•:y't- . Albion played a practice match with Wanderers, and beat them by," 101 runs to -23 runs! ' ■ a- score op-iae!'-.'. Kilbirnio v.'.Evans Bay—Kilbjrnie, 61 (Masters,,. 20) and 269' (Thomas, 136; Russell, 36; Plimmer, 30; Brapvley, 17; Clark, 16; Poqloy, 10). Evans Bay: 33, and one for 89. For Kilbirnie, Thomas seven for 11, and Pooley, -threo for 15, did best with the. ball.' Kilbirnie won on tho first innings. JUNIOR CRICKET. ' THE CENTURY AND ONE. . Johnsonville v. Hntt.—Jolirispnville in their first innings compiled'lß9 runs, and Hutt 40 runs for nine wickets (Matthews, 12, top-scorer for Hutt). For Jobnsonvilje'.Windlcy obtained 101 runs, After playing a magnificent innings he .succumbed to a straight one at the ninth wicket. • Other good scorr ers were Carroll (30) and Bentley (19). Carroll for-Johnsonville took six wickets for 24 runs ?nd Thompson two for 8. South v. Wellington-Collego.—South defeated Wellington College on the first innings by 6' runs, . South : .made '?5 (Murphv 35), and College obtained 79 (Joplin'lß, Atipore 13, Beard 11). College, in a-second innings, secured 16 runs (Beard 15). Y.M.C.A- v. East.—East juniors defeated Y.M.C.A;, by 64 runs.' The Y.M.C.A. iirst innings produced 111 runs (M'Girr 33). East obtained 175 (Lynox 38,.H0we 27, Newton, not ouii, 38), -Trundling for East, Baker took foiir wickets for 21 runs and Kirker one for 7. .'.■ : St. Mark' 3 v. Central.—St; Mark's defeated Central by 19 runs. The vic-r tors in their first innings knocked ua 75. (Charlton 19, W! Smith 11, Cordin| 10 not out). Central made 56 in their first innings (C. Robinson 10 not out). St- Mark's made 26 for in their second innings (Cording 16 not out).. North v. Potone.—North visited Petone with six men short. Petone won the toss, and graciously sent North to the wickets, and they wero:disposed of for 7 runs. Barber secured two wickets for one run. Petone made 43 (Barber 20 ; a.nd Nunn 15). North's second innings yielded 40, and Petone thus won by an innings. Hamilton, {or North, mado 16 not out. IN OTHER CENTRES. (By Telegraph— Press Association.) Masterton, October 22. ' In the senior cricket match, Carlton V. Masterton,- Carlton mado 92 (Wargh 32). Masterton.have lost three wickets for 128 (Jordan,, not out, 55; Anson, not out, 49). - In the match South Wairarapa v.' Carterton. South Wajrarnpa made 200 (Cobcroft 29, Miller 34, Fenwick 31)! Junior matches: Masterton (113) v. St. Matthews B (29, and four wickets for 74).. Mauricevillo (82) v. Onaki •(12 and 36). . Auqkland, October 23. The first round of the Auckland Cricket Association's district championship matches was concluded yesterday in ' perfect weather, and' on good wickets. .In the senior grade, threepoint wins wero secured by Grafton and North ' Shore, while Parnoll and Eden played a drawn game. Tho results arc as follow:— Ponsonby v. Grafton: Ponsonby, 79 and 112 (Wilson 30). Mason took four wickets for 29 runs. Grafton, 227 for six wicknts, the innings being declared closed (S. Gleeson 71, F. Shaddock 54 not out). Grafton won by an innings and 36 runs. University v. North Shore: University, 106 and 88 (Wallace 39). Howdcn took five wickets for 29 runs. North Shore: 70 and 131 for three wickets (Prime 43 not out, Ralfe 33). North Shore won by soven wickots.- '

Parnoll and Eden: Pnnicll 265 for nine wickets, declared closed (Caro 47, Sale 39, OllirT 47, Wright 47, Sommorvillc 37 not out). AVard (professional) took four wiekots for 59 runs. • Eden, 208 for six wickets, (Cummings 47, C!. Mills 37 not out, 1!. Gordon 34, AVard •27). Tho match was not finished. The North Shoro District Club has obtained lour three-point wins in this round. Dunedin, Ootobcr 23. Tho oricket matches commenced yesterday in lino bnt dull weather. In the first grade, Carisbrook A, playing against Albion, compiled 173 (Rutherford 55, .Watson.37, Cameron 37), whilo Albion made 157 for thrco wickets (M'Farlano 75, Hiddleston 70 not out). Opoho, playing against Carisbrook B, made 240 (liilgour 54, retired hurt, Higgins 51, Casoy 37, Ecldioff 37). Carisbrook lost three wickets for 13. Grango compiled 133 agaiust Dunedin (Hohhs 66), while Duncdin mado 101 for seven wickets. (Young 37). CHRISTCHURCH GRADE MATCHES, (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Chrlstphurch, October 22. , Heavy scoring marked the commencement of the second round of tho grade cricket matches to-day. Indeed, in the two senior' games at Hagley Park an aggregate of 250 runs was scored in tlio first hour and a half's play for tho loss of only one wicket. There woro three centuries made on the old ground, for, in addition to T. W. Reese's and Norman's, F. 'O'Brien, for St. Albans third grade team,' got the coveted three figures. , St. Albans and •Riccarton .n? v 0 botll put themselves in a safe position, and Sydenham have set East Christchurch a big task for next Saturday. The weather was fine and the wickets m firsl>class order. The results were as follow:— St. Albans, 543 v. West Christchurch (two wickets), 19.' . Ricpartqn (seyen vyickets), 362 y'. Lmwood,' nil. . : ' I Sydenham, 354 v. East Christchurch, nilCatch of the Season. Laws and Manning's splendid stock- of oricket materials. Courtenay Place. Repairs a speciality.*