CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 147, 16 March 1908, Page 4

CRICKET.

■■■."■ -—— - , ; WE^LIHCTON^v v MANAWATU. T FOR"WELLINGTON ' ■ Play m tho representative match, Wellington 1 v. • Manawatu, was resumed at tho ■'Athletic Park on .'Saturday, in fino weather, thehoavy wind which spoiled tho'play on the , previous; day. having; dropped... .Littlo.: interest \?as.. oxhij)it<y';. In .tho.'. match; '• only a dozen or so spectators being present. \ Manawatu oontinued their innings, having eight wickets down with 37 runs to their credit, as compared with Wellington's first -mnings?'"acorG'''of"''-289.*" s Bartholomew and Goldspring commenced thp; batting.. .' The ■' latter proMiso' of'.better: things &d. tipped; Bribe's :first ball to leg for threo, thus sending 40 up; A four rfoltowcd.ifrom.Luckio's. bowluig, but .tho noxt vballi saw him caught- by Cobc'-oft— a 44— Warden toot the bat, ■ but had no chanco .to mako .a . score, his partner,. Barthojomew,-' who L had' lasted tho wholo innings ,for.l4.ibpuig.caught behind the wickets by Mu'qjliv—44£<l6i-ii s ) Wellington *thon wont 111, and played out timOj'V.tilli.itJiej lujichpgn...adjournment, losing ;2o ' ninsf!' Murphy .madoifour, and4heniroturnod an oasy. one.to JBaitlctt,. ~ w ho, la i)6^l>t6tl. Aftor lunch Wellington' declared thoir : innings closed, aridrManawatu- went in again; fMason Jand; Boechoy Soiii'mehood; the bowling' .for ,Wellington. BefOro" any runs had been scorcd Bartholomew was. run out —0—1 —0. J bunas' fille'd "the J gap, L and, with Goldspring; made things lively for a-time. The .partner-- .. ship,hadiyieldedc.32- .wh9n >Jounax was clean bowled by Beechey—32—2—lG. Goldspring had brought tho scoro up to 00, m company •with t Wakolin; : wh<\n , .latter' /ivas t caught, lieliind. the wickets';by"M'urphy .off thp bowl-; - ing of Brice; ; who had replaced; Beechey-f----60—3—5. AVith. his s,CQro, at 34 Goldspring chahco JfiSaii in tho long-field, l ;but. it was' not' accopted. A leg drive-by tho ' same batsmaa then placed the scoro at 80. *Ai. (few/ balls:;later;i.'npwbver, ho was ' clean ■bowled by Brice, leaving the score —81—4—41; ! Ho' had played the.soundest. innings of- his. 'side;o»?i<l-'!irtdjgiyen!,oiily,. bno'.'chance.'. -Bartiett, who singles,' and ; narrowly ve6C'apeil- I .bem& : run' out. He re.taliatedrtbyiidriyingf Brico ■ to tlio .southern ' for ;:four,'"but was, soon after, clean bowled by Luckio—9l—S—l3. Cleland Host fell a victim to a fast one from Brice— 93ttt-6—-,6 r ijAYarden's wicket fell witli no atldittoh iH 'th(! score, and shortly after GreOr ; ■;p,enturyf,;nftor: au : ihdur::and':"a quarter's play, by a drive , into tho long field. ■ In>'Jthb Cfioxt'-SveVVt hoVever;' Luckio.: brought off,, a , ; fine » cat<3h -O'Connor—lol— ' Tucker J;,', tlie last : matt,'was deah'ltoWled^yV had v been short owing chiefly to tho exdel- j lent bpwlmgXof'->Brico:"t') It had .104" run?, making a,. gra|id .tptal . of 148.;, .Wellingt6n"were thus tho. victors-'by 166- fuiis'.v..Fol-' Rowing, are .details-,of tho play : —/ ./ ■; ,i WELLINGTON. 'Fira't inmngs !:V','V ... ... 289 .'A:, . Second Innings. A'; ; . Ashbolt, 2411211, not out-... •-. •...' ,' ~.• '12 Murphy, 121;, c.-'find-'-b, Bardect ... y... ;.',4 ~..: ; 2 ii-i-A ■•iElxtr'ds ..r' 1 ' ' ' ... -... 7 . Total ... . ... ... ... 25 ... ... 314 ► Bowling.tAiiALYSiß. ■ , Overs. Mdns. , Runs. Wkts. , 4 " , 0 11 . V -I' •MBartholomew.!-; 3 ■. 1 .7 ': '0: ' MANAWATU. u v'i s-.! : ..v--.,; J-f, S. JounaXj b.JLiuckio ... ... ... 0 IC, Bartholomew,. 111211111112, c. Murphy,, b. Luckio ... ...' ... ... 14 A. Wakolin, 11). Brice ... , 1 W. H. Bartlett, 144, b. Brice ; ... ... 9 1 .0., Cl^and^b.^Brico..^... ... . ... - 0 "G."Greer,"c. 'Bfico',"b. Lucltio ... 0 A.; Tuckor, 1, c. Mason, b. Brice... ' •'... 1 R. Eyre, 11, run out ... ... ... 2 Warden, not.t.oiit «S- h.y:- '- {■ '.r, 0 Goldsjiring, 34,'ic.-Coboroft, :b;-Luckie 7 .• "Extras '.n .., '■ U. . 9 ; Total., , ... 44 ■ ■ - , BdWiiira'Analysis., • ' .Overs.-Mdns.' Runs. Wkts. . Brice 17 13 .5. ; 'Lu^i^fJl'. 17 . 22 'SECOND .vlnnings. ; ■ ' runout ... • ... -...- • 0 vHSS. J6unaxp;llilllil6, h.- Bcechoy ... -16 'Goldspring; : ■1111121'i42441121213'1,' b. - ...;;4T. A. Wakelin, 311, c. Murphy, b; Brice ... 5 W. H. Bartlett, 1111111114, b. Luckio... 13 O..Cleland, 1232 b. Brico ... A:: ... -•■ 6 /Warden; ,b.;-Lnckio/r,;;,'. ; 0 :it^P'^6|nUor^i4lf A c; b.->Luckio6■ firioe' .! ... - " .\'. '-'--l ; - R. Evro, 11, not 0ut.;.... ..... ... 2 Extras ..i ; '"... '■ • • ... .12 V ' Total ... ... 104 -. ;,y'. . - -' 1 ' ;':Mason,?< ; ;• • ,13 0 " " ..'i ' !) —' 2 "35' A- 1 ifclyudkifr p.f'-j-rt. 1 :1-1;20 22 ' 4 A Bficd ' A:'"'i) " 0 22 4

; Messrs., employees .dcJekte° 'hiitl '"T6legTtpli' Stores ' Do* -partm(ajt;;byva;if,imnngß,:and ;68-,runs. Tho plhyora mado 26 and 37, and Fletcher- and Co. mado 121 in thbir ono turn, at 33,-. Donaldson -W.-'-H. botcher 10; A; For r . the,-,iranors Bannister,-Hi'''F-lotchcr bowled well." 'j.j. Goyjfoit and ; G' oteh_playod Smith and - Smith '• result 'boing a win for Gordon and Gotoh by an innings .and'"6o runs. Gordon and Gotcli mado 112—Jamieson 36; : 13. Smith and Smith mado 21 and 31—Cliristeon 10, \Vil-j-.lin.ms 6.- #:• "■ -. 1 ■ ■ ''"A"ma'tch, tho Central Mis'-' !. sion Band and ~th<{.vM WMal .Helpers, ~ resulted "in tho Missibn by sis'wiokbts." Scores: —Band, 84 and. 26 tor four wiekots; Musical Holpors, 8 a-nd 99.' For tho winners vF.,- D.tetoffi(no.t out.v Will. Balser -23,- and -played* bost, whilo- s for tho batted wall.in tho second' "'innings.' ' I -' *•' St. John's played Mount Cook_ at Day's >?Bav, -jtlio.'.gamo;?resuV>ing. in a win for St. and 18 runs. . .St.Jdhuis': b'atfced: firstj-'niakinK 115 runs—Elliffo ,34, E. A.' Caldow 24, Watson lu, <W. jfi. Caldow 13. Mount Cook replied with 07 ami -30r5rMacdougal]..10, .-Williamson. 8, >J. Mac"morran 9. Bowliug for St, John's B. A. for 40'mns, ; W. ; 'E.'

-' Claldow seyon for IG. For tlio losers, Wil ; liamson, six for. 33, and Macdougall, threi for 25, were tho best bowlers; : . a A match played at Ivilbiniio on Saturdaj ; afternoon , betweqn teams representing th< - Phoenix' mid' Saundors's aerated' water, fac tories resulted in a win for tho former bj 21 runs—73 to 52. Mr, T. Quinn, who cap | tained PhcGnix,.scorod 32 runs, • ; A -,: , BOYS' LEAGUE. ■ ' The. matches played oil; Saturday resultec as follow :—Y.M.C.A. v. Thorndon-A. firnl inningslAM.C.A.,- '86 ;-Thorndon ■ A, 9] . for eight wickots. ■' '• ■ ; . i t ' Next Saturday grade compotitiori , wijl take place) when ;a • picked team from . the other clubs _w)ll pliiy Y,M,0,A.," winner! | of Junior Grado Championship. , MATCHES IN OTHER CENTRES. / • A TW9 CHAMPIONSHIPS WON,, , ' ; .(BY TEIiEGIIAPH—IfItKSB ASSOOIATION,). " '! 'Christchurch, March 15. : ri West Christchurch and Sydenham, the two leading teams for tho championship, concluded their match on Saturday, when the former won by., soven wickots. . .Thp scores were:—Sydenham,: 39 and 107 (Ackroyd - 24, . Bennett 21, "Gasspn 21); West Christchurch, 103 and 45 for thi;eo wickets. West Christchurch thus" secured'the championship. In tho match St. Albans v. East Christphurcli, , which ,was . commenced on jSaturday, the former occupied the wibkets all tlio afternoon, and .established a v great .porformanco'. When time was- called they had only lost four wickets . for . .466, .runs , (Ford, 101, Frankish 84, T, AV. ;Reeso 84 r J. P. Bareth, not out, 74, B. B. Wood 57, and Dr. O'Brien, not out, 36). •• - - . ; . y, ;-.Vi .' ■Riccarton made-151' (Anthony 42;and : Cay r gill 36) in .'thoir first. inning 3 .against -Linwood. The-latter'responded with 142 (G. 'Kinvig 39). Auckland, March 15. ; ■ The eighth round, of. the crickct cup'championships was decided this aftornoon in' ideal weather...... '.. City, ;pla'ying Grnfton, scored 119 and 70, and Grafton's total in the first innings was 242 (D.- Hay 67, A, Jones, not put, 47, Graham'' 29, Horspool .20)'. '. For ; Cityi" Ellis scorcd 20 and. Beechey 18. Grafton won by an innings and 53 runs, scoring a threo-ppint win. A'' ' A ' I'v'Eden '-won 7the;:>dh£mpoiisliip-. ; :foii. > 1907-8 by to-day ; defeating ~ Ponsonby.. ,on the first innings by 103' runs. Porisonoy ' made 60 and 86 for: four, wickots._(R...Woods 32, Robinson 23). ' ,Eden scored -163 (Smith 43, Stemson 27,- ; . G. !Mills. White got'eight wickets for 47.' ' ' , North Sh'oro: ,defeated AParnoll' on? the, first innirigs"'by'llo ruhsV 'Parnell ! scoretl 90 and 51 ■■ for ..-'eight wickets-(Murray 17).. North Shore scored. 20Q. (Haddon .26,-Howden 65, Wallaco 27, . Ddcee 24,- Primo'l9); : .' . Tho 3eaSpnAis'Apractically .finished new. Eden II wcro ' defeated by - Grafton for the' , 'first time this.season].A-:',.- !';/•. ■ ( Dunsdirv March 15. • •" Boisterous weather: ; prov'ailed"for'the cricket matches ' yesterday; lii :,.thp' - Senior grade Graugo scored ;a. win over CarisbroplL' A aftqr an exciting, finishA l , ".Grange's .two'winnings realised 87 .and -. 57 .irespectively,' while Caris;brook■' wero ; ,of ,:;for; : 83 • and' 51. In the latter's second winnings; Downes took six wickets 'f0r."12, v 'Ditvis:,'three fo'r'!3l;' Opoho "seoured tlie first wiii of the season by defeating Dunedin by'B runs on. the first innings, the scores being 186-and 178 respectivcly. , Albion defeated Carisbrook B, by. 100,; runs on ,tho'. : first ''innings, thb : .scdres being Albion 171, arid'so for eight.wickets: Carisbrook 71 and 152. A. ~ i A - : , one match to ,be played, Grange;- isleading .by; one point, for tile championship j Carisbrook A being second, arid Albion third.