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Hokitika Guardian, 18 December 1930, Page 6

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CHRISTCHURCH BOYS. PLAY GREY TEAMS. Two teftms ‘ representing the Canterbury Roy’s. Cricket Association yesterday flayed matches at Grey, the senior's defeated the local team hy .13 runs, while the Coast juniors won by 32 ruhsf '

The senior game, 12 men a side (under sixteen years) was played .at the ReCj' Hie Coasters batting first and scoring 'B9', to which total Morris ,contibuted 26’ by good batting, Lord 15, Chalmers" 10. Canterbury scored 102, more" than were , got by Bfown in a knock, he Staying in from the start .till' the Eighth wicket 'for 54. Hay make a doz4h, .Everett 10, Dickenson and •oarvey each 7, and Fullwood 5. Anderson and' 'Morris bowled .' best, getting 5 for 23-and 3 for 31 respectively, white McLean look one for none, Kelly one for 8, and Chalmers one for 7. Going in again, Qoast lost 6 for 25, the best scorers being Anderson 10, and McDiannid (not out) and Kiely.Reach. Hay got four'wickets for 15, Fullwood got the first two wickets, and then Hay got four in succession, two through stumping. The seniors play another gaihe to-day, and then go to Hokitika on Friday. A't the Technical School ground the junior game (under 15 years), with a better outfield than the Rec., saw the better scoring, 'the Coasters' especially batting well. Canterbury went in first, and made 150, Roberts contributing a fine 51, including ten boundaries, while Thompson who hit a couple of sixers and four foureers, made 35, Campbell 22, including five fourers and Wickham 19. Rose, with a swing to the off proved the most .dangerous Coast, bowler, getting four for 31; while Blair took four for 30, improving as he. went; and Collett two •for 14, while Teague with 1 for 12, got the top scorer l.b.w. .The Coasters island for 51, whilst Mathieson 23, including a sixer and four fourers. Orr carried his hat for 29, and Gilmour 20, with a sixer and three fourers. ißoberts (2 for 19) and Harding, (1 •tor 39) did most, bowling, but JohnStone (3 for 12) got the best average, though Byrne (2 for 40) showed promise, while Campbell gathered a couple of tail wickets for 14, and Dickson took 1 .for 27. ’ '

SECOND TEST. (Australian Press Association.) '’S : - SYDNEY, Decendier 17. The Australian team for the second ; test A against West Indies will be : AVoodfull (captaiii), Ponsford, Bradman, ’(Kippax, Jackson, McCabe, .Fairfa*, Oldfield, Grimmett, Hurwood and Ironmonger with Rigg as twelfth man. 'The match' will be played at Sydney on the first of. January.