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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 447, 4 March 1909, Page 7

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WEDNESDAY MATCHES. , Fair scoring marked the matchcs played at the Basin Reserve yesterday, the duel between bat and ball not* being remarkable tor any particular advantage either way. An oven strugglo appears to bo in progress between Union and Oriental, the latter requriing to make 93 runs for tho six wickets stiil to fall. As, however, Union have their score actually "on the book," while the bulk of Union's total is still in prospectu, they have, on tho whole, • better position. The batting of these teams was " spotty," seven batsmen were bright, spots, whilf} .othors proved not so bright, and thrco failed to trouble the scorers at all. Rivals, with a score of 119, seem to hold a better position than T.M.C.A, whose last four batsmen will ba required to achieve 53 runs if their side is to win. Details are as follow:— UNION v. ORIENTALS. ORIENTAL. Fikst Innings. Hull, b. Mills ' 39 Shand, b. Mills 12 S. Boalton, c. Bonner, b. Harris ... ... 33 Little, c. Mulford, b. Mills 0 Truscott, b. Bonner ... 0 K. Boulton, c. Quee, b. Mills' 7 A. Moore, run out 21 M'Kenzie, b. Ogden ' 18 Cook, b. Whelan 0 Davis, run out ... .; 2 Moore, not out ... 9 Extras ' • ... 15 Total 159 Bowling Analysis. Harris, 1 wicket for 40 runs; Mills, 4 for 4G; Bonner, 1 for 3G; Ogden, 1 for 16; Whelan, 1 for 6. UNION. . First Innings. Waters, not out 31 M'Grath, b: J. Moore 1 Quee, b. Hull 9 Whelan, b. Hull ... 14 Mills, c. and b. Hull ... 3 Ogden, not out ' 2 Extras 1 6 Total for 4 wickets ... ' ... ... GS t RIVALS v. Y.M.C.A. T.M.C.A. First Innings. Gibson, c. and b. Spiers .7" 17 Dyson, c. Grindrod, b. George 28 Holmes, b. M'Kenzie 8 Sclator, c. Pigeon, b. M'Kenzie 5 Osborne, b. George 14 Giul, b. George ..! l Greenwood, c. Anderson, b. Spiers ... 12 Richardson, b. Spiers ... ...' ... ... 7 Ferkins, absent 0 Plant, b. Spiers l Clarke, not out 1 Extras ... 25 .Total ' ... no Bowling Analysis. Spiers, i for 29; M'Kenzie, 2 for 21; Darroch, 0 for 25; George, 3 for 19. RIVALS. FinsT Innings. MTCaj,''Lb.w.,'»b. Holmes ... .- ... ... 27 George, c. Gibson, b. Holmes ... ... ... 2 Darroch, c. ! Gibson, b. Plant ... ... ... 0 Spiers, not out ... 16 M'Kenzie, c. Dyson, b. Holmes' ... . ... 0 Dr. Pigeon, run out 0 Wood, c. Dyson, b. Ferkins ... 15 Dr. Anderson, not out 3 Extras 1 ... ... 4 ' . Total, -for six wickets G7 JUNIORS. lied Cross defeated Oriental by 210 runs. Union defeated Y.M.C.A. by an innings and 10 runs. The winners put up 243 in their first innings, while in two attempts Y.M.C.A. scored 178 and 15. In the match, Vivians v. Dairymen, the latter batting first, put up 93 (Edwards 33, Morris 17) ; Vivian's first innings realised 93 (Mapleson 42, Cording 1.1). A. Deinpsey, bowling for Vivians, took 3 wickets for 5 runs, and did tho hat trick. THE INCREASING SPLITS ifa SPORT. (EX TJfLXGUAI'I1 —TRKSS \SSOrUATION.i Christchurc'n, March 3. Regarding tho Southland Cricket Association's request that the New Zealand Cricket Council should allow tho Otago v. Southland match to be played as arranged, and that action ba suspended until the association states its case to the council, as the association has very serious reasons • for asking that tho disqualification of the three Southland players be removed, the management committee of the council at a special meeting decided: "That this council adheres to its decision as contained in the resolution passed at the meeting held on December 17 last, and that the Southland Cricket Association be again advised that members of the South Caledonian Society may play in matches under the jurisdiction of the Southland Cricket Association by resigning their membership of the Southland Caledonian Society." v