CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 652, 1 November 1909, Page 3

CRICKET.

SENIOR DISTRICT MATCHES. GOOD WEATHER AND GOOD WICKETS. . ; . SOME FAIR SCORES. '. " - For tho first time this season perfect'weather attended.; the Saturday. cricket - fixtures.' . Tho second round' of the 1 senior: championship matches was commenced and the. junior, matches advanced a.' 1 second ; stage.. : No senior matches can yet be; played. on the' Pptone 'Recreation .Ground. The -following'is tW >generol/.summary of the games as they stand:— ' . Wellington. South, nino wickets for 247, :v. East A. Petone,' 134 v. Wellington North, seven wickets for 61. Wellington East B, 60 v. Victoria College, five wickets for 117, Wellington Central 108,, v. Hutt, 8 wickets for 29. ' Spectators were very; numerous on the Basin Reserve where three senior matches and several other games were -' n progress. .. The wickets '.ver>,' in good order, and, as far. as could be see;;, did not help the attack of the bowlers either, in tho natter of break or pace " off the pitch;'' Tea was provided by the Wellington Southv.ladies, and needless to : say, this, splendid little innovation is a popular.Tono. An interesting feature of the plav was . the' improved forms shown by Petone, whose defeat by Wellington South on the previous Saturday, was a deplorable record for senior; cricket. On No. 1 wicket Wellington South made a good beginning against Wellington East . A, Patrick and Burton giving . most trouble, to the bowlers. The highest score of the day, 72, was obtained, by Burton in this match. ' East B are making little headway, against Victoria College, and.it would seem that the College are to have another win, and East B their second successive defeat.

t rSOUTH V. EAST A. The match between Wellington East A and Wellington South is going to be interesting. ,On Saturday's favourable wicket, the South batsmen made a determined stand, and three fair scores were obtained.. The aggregate of 247 for nine wickets is a satisfactory achievement for' the Southerners, and as. East' A ■have a number of experienced batsmen in their team,the second day should.produce some plav worth seeing, provided, of; course, that the picket remains firm. Cobcroft and Dind commenced for South, but play had not proceeded far v.-'ipn Tucker, at mi'H-on, fie'ded-n ■ jjeirf-'o one oil Dind's fcat, and Hales swept off the bails while! Cobcroft was several yards .'from his crease. After a little less than an hour's partnership with, Taylor, .during which time the score-book recorded 62,"Dind; himself was rim out, as tho result of a good-throw-in by. Little at point. During his stay at the wickets the retiring batsman gave one. chance which 'Midlane declined. Patrick replaced him, and presently began' to Iny oh the wood. Ho drove .Collett, high almost to the'street, and throughout his innings played fairly attractive cricket. Burton's 72 represented 90 'minutes' batting. He hit out at everything loose, and his square cut for five, off Gibbes, was* one-.of the prettiest strokes; of the day. Until lie returned one to Lomax, it was a chanceless innings. ' The scores at the fall of.the wickets Were:—One for 29, two for 62, three for 3D,' four for .129, five for' 215, sU for 220, seven for 239, eight for 214, and nine for-247. The individual scores : " WELLINGTON SOUTH.. -,' ■. * First Innings. Cobcroft, .111111, run out g Dind, 121322311)222133111112, run out ......' 37 Taylor, 1111113111. 1.b.w., b Tucker ;12 Patrick, 1210141311114111311321113113413111133 • 111, b. Tucker ..: 69 Tilyard, 1112313,' st. Mahonev, b. Gibbes ... 12 Burton, 3353113412131131312121231121235231, c. . and b. Lomax 72 Vare, 111,'b. Hales 3 Plimmer, 11111, not out ; 5 MTCay, 11, c. M'Gill; b. Lomax 2 Walters, I,' 0. Midlane, b. Lomax 1 Extras 28 [ .......Total.for- nine .wickets ...a.,.,., 247 -Bowling Analysis: yLbmax.' threo wickets for 5 runs;-Tuckeri two for: 53; . Gibbes,.. one for. 32; Hales, ; one', for. 03;,,M'Gi11,..nil -for. 10 ;■ Collett,. nil' for->2C, Hutcmngs, nil for 30. .

PETONE V. V/ELLINGTQN NORTH. -Petone and...Wellington', North met. en theBasih Reserve. The former team won the toss and elected to bat, and they acquitted 1 themvery well,, quite wiping out the stain of their inglorious showing-. on the previous baturday.. rhey had possession .of the-wickets' for, two and a half/hours, and scored a total of 131 runs,. 6n a pitch that did not assist tho bowlers. ■ Tlio -principal scorers wero Bennett, 47, and Senior 41, and the former'player hit the only "sixer" of the day. lioth' received due ) applause on retiring. Wellington North replied, with seven wickets • for .61, the only pair. to. secure double figures being Williams and b. Hickson. Tho scores at the fall of each wicket., were as followl'etone: One for 15 two for 33, three for 38, four for 121, five for 128, six for 128, seven for 128, eight for 132 nine for 132, and ten . for 134. Wellington Nor-h: One for 8, two for 37, three for 40, four for 48, five for 54, six for 53, and-seven for 61. The detailed scores were as follow:—

•PETONE. First Innings. Cate, 13321, b.\ Luckie 10 . Joyce, 22113, b. Luckie v............. n Brice, 1122221111, b. Luckier....,..' 11 Bennett, 111233130112211312312114, b. Upham 47 Senior, 11312312312241431231, .c. Waters, b. Uphani {| Dalgle!<:\J, b. Luckie... j Bold. c. vVilliams, b. Luckie . 0 Nunn, 3, b. Luckie .-. 3 Green,'not out . fl Powell, b. Luckie .. 0 Reynolds, 1.b.w., b. Luckie 0 Extras ~.„j ij Total 134 ■ Bowling Analysis! ' : Luckie, eight wickets for 34 runs; Uphani two for 42 j Moore, none for' 26; Phillips, none for 12; and Richardson, none for. 12. WELLINGTON NORTH. •; First. Innings. Williams,; 11312132112, " st. Cate, b. Brice ' 18 Waters, 314, b. Senior ... u S., "1211311, c: Bennett, b. Brice 10 Blacklock,-j. P., 2; run out- 1 2 Richardson, 111, c. Brice, bf Senior 3 11, b. Brice 2 Phillips, 1111, not. out 4 Luckie, c. Joyce, b. Brice .' 0 ■Upham, 11, not 01it....'.'...'......„. "2 Extras ....; . i .............;....„.....„....... > •j 2 Total, seven wickets for 61

1 EAST B V. VICTORIA COLLEGE. No. 3 wicket.Vwhich'wasrin fair order,.Wollington East. B, playing against .Victoria College, made only, 60 in "their first innings, while, at. the end. of the day,, the- Collegians bad compiled 117 runs for five wickets down. For Wellington East, Wills and N. Hales were the only batsmen who reached double figures, and the side .were all out at 3.30. The wickets fellas follow:—One for 22, two for 32, three for 52, four for 52, five for 52,' six for 52,' seven for '52, .eight for 52, nine for-58, and, ten for 60. Four'successive batsmen. failed to'break the dreaded "egg," a fact which sgeais well. forthe bowling of Monaghan and Niven.. College opened very slowly, and, at, the'end of the first half-hour, only ten runs .had come off: the bat.- -Monaghan, however, opened-out later, and the score then advanced by threes and fours.. Monaghan's: wicket(the third) fell at.5.35, and 33 more runs were.'put on before six o'clock. Dr. Foster, an Ot-ago University graduate, made 18 not-out" Frequent changes were made in the bowling, which, horwever, was not very dangerous on the whole. The wickets fill according to the: following table:—Ono for '20, two for 58, three for:B4, four for .98, and Sto for 117. Scores axo given below:—

' EAST B. ■ ' ' •'.■■■ " First Innings. Wilson, 1319, b. Niven i Wills,' 32423, o.'-Miller, b. Niven ; i; N. Hales, 31131211, run out ;jj Mason, 2211, c. Bcrondson, b. Monaghan ... < .Mliennan, • b. Monaghan- . , ( Grimmett., b.'Nivcn , ..»{ Hickey. 1). Nivcn . ... ( Nash, b. Monaglmn v . ( Claridge, 3, 1.b.w., !.v Monaghan ; ; Miller, 31, run out .....! Johnson, 11; not out . 1:5 . Extras <oi] ■Total Bowling Analysis. ; : Monaghan, four wickets for 80 runs; Niven iour £ox 19. ; ■ ■ /

VICTORIA COLLEGE.. . , , First .Innings.Monaghan, 11113111222311,341423113, o. Grim...mott, b. Nash ....: 43 Dempsey, 1123, .1.b.w., b. Hickey . 7 Ward, 2112211131112,- c. "Johnson,'b. Hales... ■19 Poster, 111115311111. not 0ut.........18 Niven. 323, b. Miller 8 De Marc',' 32132, runout 11 ■ Extras 11

■• / Total,..for five'wickets' 117 ' ' - Bowling Analysis.. • Hickey,- (wo wickets for 3S iruns; Nash, one for 12; Hales, one for 13; Miller, one' for 20; Grimmett, nil for 10; Johnson, nil for 15.

HUTT V. CENTRAL. At the Waiwetu ground, Wellington Central were pitted against Ilutt. Neither team was in; good-batting form, arid Hutt in particular made a bail start, losing their first and best batsman,' Wilson, before a ran had been notched.; The rest of the team followed with various small scores, Pringle making, top score with 8 to his credit. When stumps were drawn the suburban team had lost eijjht wickets for 29 runs. Central did not fare quite so badly with; the bat, their total score being 108. Over half of this total (sfi) was put on py Hickson, who played sound cricket, though he gave a chance before his score had reached double figures.' Laws bowltid well 'for Central. The score at tho fall of. each wicket was as follows Central: 1 for 11, 2 for 17, 3 for 19, 4 for 19, 5 for 20, (S for 54, 7 f0r.73, 8 for 83, 9 for 93. Hutt: 1 for 0, 2 for 6, 3'for 7, 4'for 7, 5 for 17, 6 for 19, 7 for 27, 8 for 29. . Detailed scores were:—

CENTRAL. ... First Innings.-"' , ' Hawthorne, 121, c. Staples, b. Rodgers 4 Beechey, 1113, st. Staples, b. Rodgers 6 Laws, 112, b. Pringle :. 4 Naughton, 1.b.w., b. Rodgers 0 Bruce, 31221122, c. Olliver, b. Collyer 14 Birch, 1, b. Pringle 1 Hickson, ,12111123312211113211143112111, b. ' Rodgers - ; 56Murphy,.lllll, c. Staples,, b. Pringle ......... 5 Condliffe, 1, b. Pringlo ....;. 1 Kinvig, 1, run out 1 Miller, 21, not out ;.... 3 ' Extras 13 Total ;; 108 •Bowling Analysis. Pringla, four wickets for 37 runs; "Rodgers,' four for 21; Collyer, one for 19; Pilcheri nil for 18. ' HUTT. First " Innings. ■ Wilson,' 1.b.w.; b. Law 5.................. 0 •Aldersley, 11, c. Condliffe, b. Miller ............ 2 Pringle, 211i}l, c. Hickson, b. Stiller ............ : t ,Judd, 1, c. Bruce, b. Laws 1 Climic, b. Laws ;.- 0 Staphs, 121, b. Lr,v s "... 4 Roilwi'S, lllLl, c. ,i;ckson, b. Laws fi Sanderson, 1111, b. Kinvig . 4 Olliver, 1, not out 1 Extras .:... 3 Light wickets' for ; ; .' 29 ■ Bowling Analysis. , iiliuer,.two wickets for 5 runs; Laws, four for 19; Kinvig, one for 2. .

• ' JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP. " Wellington Central, and. Wellington North concluded .their .match on the 'Basin Reserve, tho former wipning easily by an innings and 35 runs. ..Central, made'2l2 in their first innings, and N"rth responded' with 88 (first ,innings) aiid bj (second , innings)., : .In ' the; , junior . match, Victoria College v. Petoii6, Vicioria College scored 61 in,the -first innings (Low 19, Maekay 16)." Petoue replied "wi,th ,33 (Ciosuey 17, Southgear'lo).' For Victoria .'College; Cadifick (three. for-8), Mapkay. (two for 15), and Burbidge (live.lor 9) obtained the -wickets. - - v • • W'cllingtort" South- made' 92 in their, ' first : innings;..against, Y.M.C.A., Suckling 39 being the chief scorer. 1 Scott, for Y.M.C.A., took eight wickets for 30 runs. Y.M.C.A. responded with 149' (C. Murphy, not out 51 and M'Girr 47). .Gutlirio. with . five wickets for 33 . was Wellington South'? best bowler. .In tho second innings Wellibgtdu South have lost four wickets for 33' runs. : In the .match East juniors v. College Juniorn, Collega won the toss, and made 85. The first four wickets.fell'for 72 runs, but tho remaining six wickets only put l on 13. The chief scorors were Parker 24, and. Joplin 20. For East.M'Malion four for 13 bowled bost. -East mado '90, five more than tho College score, Browman 1G not out and Ilowe 13 bein«' tho chief scorers. ;For .-College, Findlay took three wickets. In 'their--second' innings .College have made' 27 ruilsf 'for : the. loss of,two wickets,"

| : ;; .THIRD GRADE. In the'.match'East'A v. Wellington Colleg'e-ii | East batted first and mado 116; Bock ; 38 and ]• MastetSon 37„ being the chief' scorers.., Martin, two for 14,' aid' Chapman, 3 for 58 getting > wickets. College made SO, Pope 11, Salmon.l 2, and Cs.stle 11 getting double figures.' Tor East, Mastorson, seven for £3, and Bock, thrcb for 5 got .the wickets. East A have'started the second; innings, and have ilost three wickets for ,4. Pope in his first over did tho "hat trick." : ' ■ East-B has defaulted to'Aspland. ' Wellington North made .92 in the first innings against Y.M.C.A. (M.o Sheridan 43 not out). I'.M.C.A. • made 128. runs for nine wickets, the principal scorers being Blackburn 28,-Hollis 23,' and Phillips. 28 not out. ■ . ■St. Mark's compiled 69 runs in the first innings, against St. John's, Morrison making 24 and ; Bray ,19. Brotherton captured six ■•rickets;for' 14 runs. St., John's innings realised 72 runs, to which Huntingdon contributed 24 and EUiffe 21. . \ • MISCELLANEOUS., '' ' Marist Brothers beat Northland by an innings and 43 runs..- Marist' Brothers' best batsmen were Coleman: 38 and Vetori 33. The best bowlersj were Carruthers five" for' 23 and Jef : fries four for 10.';.'. ,' - ■■ In -a' match between representatives of Reed and Feriwick and Young's Chemical. Works, the former made 110 The latter could only ■reply, with 47. .', : ... . ; , Templars v. Kilbirnie.—Batting first, the Kilbirnie team compiled 74 runs (Derbyshire 32, Cowan .12),. njid 27 forthree wickots.. Tenlplars, batting one man short/ were s dismissed tor 16 rims. A notable feature was that four players were run o\it.,-; With-tho leather, Brown (five wickets for 36 rims) and Patterson (three for, 20) performed'well for. Templars.: For Kilbirnie, the best bowlers ' were Thomas and Bramley.. , ■<

T IN OTHER CENTRES. ; FIRST CENTURY OF THE SEASON. ; (By Tclccrnpk—Frees, Association.) .. . Auckland, October 31. i , The second round of, the Auckland; Cricket Association's district, championships was commenced on Saturday afternoon, in boisterous weather. > A north-east gale was blowing and; about 4.30 p.m., rain commenced to fall and stumps were drawn at 5.30, this, being the third successive Saturday that rain: had interfered with play. The first century of the;feeason in local cricket was scored by N. R..Jacobson, of: the' University team. The first day's, play of the senior grade matches, resulted, as follow :— University v. Ponsonby: University, first innings, 247 for seven, wickets (Jacobson 106, Wallace 49, and Graham 28). Eden v. Grafton; Eden, first innings, 741',(Cummings 32)'; F. R. Mason took five wickets for 44 runs, and Archer, three for, 12. Grafton, first innings, 95 for one wicket (Horspool 59 not out, D. Hay' 24' not out). Parnell v. North Shore: Parhell, first innings, 819 (Caro 79 ; not out,, Jackson 51, Hartland 30) j Howdon took six wickets for 76 runs, and Hidden four for ,71. :.

;; ' AT, CHRISTCHURCH. ... Christehurch, October. 31. The senior grade matches were continued today, with-the following results:—Ricoa'rton, 103 runs, y. West Christchurcli,lßß for two wickets (B. Lusk not out 71,.D..Keese,not out 84). ,-Sfc Albans, 138 (H.-A. Bishop 57), v. East Cliristchuroh, 23 for four wickets. Sydenham, 135 (A. Jones; 58), v. Linwood, 34 for three wickets.

; ' DXTNEDIN SEASON OPENED/ /■ ■ ' ' Dunedin, October HI. The cricket season opened .yesterday, in iino weather. i.Carisbrook B met Opoho and made 95 runs in the-first,innings (Columb. 27, Barron 19), and 37 for one wicket in tho second ■ innings. Opoho compilod 88 in their 'first; innings (Casey.2s not out). C'arisbrook A made 80 against Grange, and . the latter replied with--139 for nine wickets (Henderson 30). Dunedin met Albion: and scored 91 (Wilson 26) and 7 for three wickets,' while Albion put together 128 (Wordsworth 25, Williams 25). In Duncdin's first innings Wordsworth took four wickets for 24' runs.' 1 . .-,

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