WEDNESDAY CRICKET

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 69, 14 December 1907, Page 9

WEDNESDAY CRICKET

The completion of the first matches in the second round of the senior championship resulted in, lour-point wins for the Orientals and Unions. .A., superabundance of water on No. 1 wicket turned what should have been a batsman s wicket into one which favoured the bowler, and on a wicket which suited him. J icklii, for Oriental, put up tho wry good performance of eight' wickets for 27' runs and the Orientals were thus enabled to turn a two-point loss on the first innings into a four-point win. A knowledge of the rules of tho game was used to advantage bv A. C I oarce, who, noticing Little's keenness in backing up, put .lown the wicket instead of delivering the ball, thus running Little out. An equal.knowlcdgo on the-part of others would have saved them from passing somo uncomplimentary remarks on Pearcb's action, -which was'in' every respect a perfectly legitimate one. Gosling treated the spectators to some.lively hitting on No.' 2 wicket, but tho Unions wore.too strong, and finished up 1-6 runs to the good. • As after next Wednesday there will bo no more Wednesday cricket until January S,' it has been decided to play a senior 'eleven against eighteen juniors on No. 1 wicket, and a second senior eleven against a junior fifteen on No. 2 wicket'next Wednesday, and so avoid the. long break. The following have been selected to represent the seniors—l'irst Eleven—J. Moore, A. Moore, Alpe, Little, Laws, Burton, Weybourno, M'Gill fackson, Truscott, Barr'aquet, Gosling! Second Eleven—Bentley, Lomas, Bonner \ George, T. O'Sullivan, M'Eay, Wilkinson' Wyntt, Vare, N; Cook, Mulford, J. O'Sullivan. , Two interesting games shbuld result, and the juniors will have a chance of equalising the defeat they sustained last season.