GOOD KNOCK

NZ Truth, Issue 1201, 6 December 1928, Page 14

GOOD KNOCK

Crawford's Form With Bat

(fFroni •" "N-.Z. Truth's" Christchurch ■ . ... . „,_ Rep.)- :, ; ; ■;. •,;;■■; While, the wind and the weather • were playing- Ijavpc with batsmen at^ Christchurch on Saturday, Cyril Crawford knocked up a century and a-half for St. Albans like ■':»-■ ,- tradesman. . , HE . opened with. Woods, 'and when: rain finally drove the' players back to coyer, he was still ' undefeated, having contributed 147 towards the eightwickets total of 251. Old Collegians took no chances m their; match .with Lin\yo6d;w and took almost four hours to compile 205 for the loss of five 'wickets. , ' ;• ; Burrough-, the '■ ex-Oxford man, gaveanother sourid display,, though he was rather stodgy when compared with his dazzling 13-S of the previous. weak. With their sensational defeat xif/the' 1 previous week still stinging; a bit, Old; Boys took the fleid against East Christ-, church with a single thought, and they, largely Succeeded m giving effect to it. - ;■■■ - ■•-■• ••- • ■■■ - : ; "- „.■•.. Easts lost their skipper, Gregory, who Syas smartly caught;. at the Svickets off Harris' by Burns. Mullan; 47, and Egah,' 19, niade, yajiarit stands for East, but the remaining 1 batsmen' were easy meat for; the Old Boys' bo-.vlers. .■'-■ Allen' and" Cox gave the side a good start '-.with 87," but another; four wickets fell for '. 25 , runs.. ; Allen, y who keeps AVickets for' JRiccartorf, - scored freely off FinAlay a*nd Cocks, and bit up a bright 62 Jl/the 87 for the flrstrwicketv' - -■ • Rjwman finished up with five wick-