ANNIHILATED

NZ Truth, Issue 1200, 29 November 1928, Page 14

ANNIHILATED

(From - "N.Z. . -Tl'UthJs". Christchurch !'■ i ,, v .\ . " . ; :'. ■■•Rep.).,-:; ..' , ■■ i '"The.. flags were half-mast, m the ; Old Boys' camp on Saturday when. . i the side suffered nothing-Jess than ! annihilation at the hands of the ! St. Albans' bowlers. . . ' MERRITT, Harris and Carl .put ' tlVe „ .. . opposition out for 153 m their, second; innings, ,. reaving ' last year's ■■"premiers 91 to get" ; -.fov : a three -point win". ■ But on. a- batsmen's wicket, Thomas knd Liridley scuttled Old Boys for 66 runs* leaving the suburban team winners by 24 runs. ' ; Bill Merritt took five wickets, : rather costly, while Kuku Burns ' was again a great sheet anchor m | stumping three off Bill's bowling t ! Linwood, with three down for ninety, had excellent prospects of passing Riccarton's first innings total, 0f '. .206,: but tlie 1 veteran, •R-icpaVtqri'-;'b'o i wler',v.*C. : IT. Rix,' gtryck a bright patch "wftlnhls twisty'^ slows, arid ■rduted.-thei'' Linwood batsmen; ifinishirig- up.Writli. nine wicic-. ets.for 77'r.uns. ■ ■ ■ ■• ,- -..--."... ..-...' ! Brilliant^ forceful batting v b,y, .1. : "W,. l3.urrOws raised hopes among Old "Colie'giaris' supporters' that the side would {jaas Sydenham's total of 387;- but tha innings closed 85 runs short of the required total, Sydenham scoring a firstinnings win. • Burroughs, who played for the Oxford second eleven, gave a spectacular display, lifting bails over the boundary off all" bowlers, arid placing " his strokes m ,such a manner that the fieldsmen could not cope with him. He scored 138 runs. East Christchurch, after being five dcnyh ,for : SS, struggled along to ICQ before they were disposed of, but the total was runs short of that made by Wcnts' the nrevioua Wflfik.