CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 949, 17 October 1910, Page 4

CRICKET.

' MATCHES ON SLOW WICKETS. ; —7-,-yv'.• POOS BATTING. . SOME RATHER EASY VICTORIES. \ i -Contral B baat East B by GC runs.- - : East A boat . North by-99 runs. ■ ■ I Contral A beat South by 5G runs. [ College boat Hutt by . 100 runs, ! Championship cricket was contumed. }' at tho Basin -Reserve on Saturday, in; I admirableweather and beforo a conf eidorable attendance, of- the public. Tho' " t wickets, as a." result of recent rain," iVL Tathor; slow, but.in : other respects; H'pKj^2w.^;:.vUp6n'^he-.few.- : ;t)atsmen; ; vrho put up a sturdy defence, the [ ; bowlers had to expend a lot of patient' i ; ',,labour, sbiit these staliyarts' werb 'few,' ■ and tho bowlers, despite,the prevalence, I"of conditions. that; reasonably 1 favoured. ;;,.the -:Ppp'ositioii interest, < had in • the :i-Vinajorityvof : instances an easy task ;iii, land. ; . Tho out-iipld -. wasmuchslower f thaii- on the previous Saturday; but/the ' fielding as a wholo was, poor! .'The' fact • that so > many batsmen were run; and i.'-. thrown out was rather a reflection on F'.. their judgmont than■■ an indication of smart Adding:, Very frequently,, -too, !, r: catches wore mi&scd. 1 Tho. performance r v .'of : ; : the,v W r ellihgton, North ref presented the most obvious collapse in ; a day of similar'happenings.'.; Only two i'- batsmen in the tcaril obtained scores. i .worth;, mentioning. ; Eight _ batsmen added by their.-joint 'efforts, just eight runs to the score. Tho record of A\eli lington ' East B ill tho match with t'i Central. B was, only ; a - little better, s Tlio burden of what was , accomplished [ foil on two or three good bats,. :and i' tho .remaindermight almost. • as; >well ■ ■ not have been there. Tho best batting • performance of the day was that of i' M'Cardie, playing for. Eaat Juniors in' i a match against Johnsonville. -In tho fi- course' of. a .fine, display .' he several i'times;'hit -the !-;ball' right,; outside the j ground, and obtained for. his side; 95 • ytms out of a total of 170. : :

i CENTRAL B AND EAST B. [ . Crombie and -Goldfinch . took '-. their giaid ;at the wickets when Central--B. [ 5i and /East B.resumed 'on Saturday.;/jThe' I pair had rattled up 73 runs on the I/*.;.' preceding' Saturday, - and, under, K. the. j/'/ circumstances, although their opponents | - - lad registered am /imposing;-/'score of I . 212 .runsi .'the .'task; of bettering' 'it !;J seemed not' altogether hopeless.: Tho . partnership,- took things calmly at -, the j' outset, and played • cannily. /They ['///.-■ hardly' displayed ..the. dash' . that;/ marked K\liHdr--Vdisplay.-Vofy-' ; a( , [. /managed to /settle, down' to a steady, -if. -" not rapid, compilation ot / runs. ' Tho ; . bowling as -a whole lacked "devil." The pitch was a trifle slow, as a!result of recent riiin, which all in the :/-■ batsmen's favour.. Crombie : had /diffi- ■ culty at times in dealing . effectually ! but' managed to v;^;£ikveWff<^ast((^ atf^times •' catch-os that : -he'was liicky iii 'liavirig- '.' team -was iir general-.mediocre. Gold--I//' finchff was / the^first;{ofi i /i^iarfiiershipi |?V, l to/deparf/'//.AilOTn»^ :'...'15 ruiisi lie'-had liis bails .swept/pff-by [•'' a smart delivery from Koys. Koys .was decidedly; the bowler 'of the match, fTenj minutes a-fier Gdldfinch ' liad de-' /- ■' parted; .Crombie was . similarly .disposed ; . of by tho same bowler. ..When these two 5/-;-;> .wxloubtable batsmen 'had gone,'■ the Ea-st : defenco collapsed, [ and the . batsmoh f-jfwho? /remained I were disposed pf /. with < - -sittlo effort. M'Kay opened well w ; _ith vigorous drive for four, but was im■''^eifiately.. afterwards--/- 'bowled-: by. . 'IWilsoju . Chapman ./was thrown out • .•■with only , a couplc of - small strokes to // his credit, and Nash- was bowled ..by 'Keys when ho had added only six. runs • to the total. Nash and Brabin seemed for a few minutes likely to institute a ////-staying partnership, but Nash. went.but .' 'as stated after ten minutes'; play, and • Brabin soon afterwards succumbed to v-'/a fast delivery by R. Wilson. Tho re- ;/:,' /maining proceedings ./amounted / to. a ->.-Tout, and, at ..half-past .three, the last' I «f. the. East wickets was drawn for a f . /total of 146 runs. The team played one man short, Brow-man being absent. .. / , .Schlaadt and W'ilkinson opened the batting f{)r.' Central in their second -. innings,' but their uinion suffered an early -, Pavitt,' -with'- his -fifth 'hall, neatly removed Selilaadt's' middle' / • stump. Wilkin son • proved -\a- better : ;'/,/. staler, and/zhitting^out/freely,; all round, w .the wicket, compiled 41 ere he: was .. . caught off M'Kay-'s bowling. - Central * . declared their sijfeond- innings ■ closed i: -',-iwith foiir wicliets doivii fpr 77 runs.. In- • terest .in the game had by this .time deS. - parted, for it was / clear that in the period of;a little over a hour !that re- / Drained. Central could scarcely hope to .. disposo of the/whole .of their .opponents, •// -/ and .'.obtain a;; double-ibnings •; victory. !Any hope, of tho kind was early dissi- ' ' pated by tho stand which the East batsmen made. Goldfinch was batting free- . . '!>• and well when;, ho was' : Caught. Out. for ;//-21/jftWilson Tetrieved/his/failure in the first innings by duplicating his; part:/;/ner's score, and Crombie batted in much i' better form than ho. had shown earlier ' in tho day. By clean driving ho re--1 :. peatedly -secured', threes and . fours, and. • once'al five.' When'stuinps wero''drown' /', four East batsmen had. been sent out ' ; for a .tet'al of 94 runs. /;. .. 4 WELLINGTON CENTRAL B. f/ / !First Innings/ ..ii;;.':;;;;/ 212 t-x ■/■!'' 1 Second Innings.', - . Schlaadt,-b. l'avitt .; , 0 Wilkinson, 2122121114141111114315, . c. , b. M'Kay.4l /Fativel, 2113, b. Nash ............... 7 Sisson, 2111111331123, c. , b. ' M'Kay 21 Jl'Mahon, 213, not out 6 Extras 2 : . Total for four wicket 5............ 77 •' . Bowling -Analysis. . Pavatt,-one wicket for 16 runs; Nash, // .; onofor 26; Wilson, none for 11;.M'Kay, two for 13; Crombie, nono fer 6. WELLINGTON EAST B. :. - First Innings. ; ; / ! ' ; Goldfincii, 31131213322112113122422' ■ 111, b. Keys 49 ' Wilson, b. R. Wilson o Crombie, 113533111143212121311141 ' 3123, b. Keys. 56 = ' M'Kay, 4, b. R. Wilson 4 / Chapman, 11, thrown out ............ 9 Nash, 1113, b. Keys 6 ■ Brabin, 1123, b. R. VYilson . 7 Pavitt, 1113, thrown '.-out: (j Green, 111, b. Koys 3 Browman, absent O'Shea, 312, not out ...;.. G Extras 9 Total for nine wickets 146 ~ / Bowling Analysis. R. Wilson, -three wickets for 71 runs; Stephenson, none for 26; M'Ma- ' hon, none for.9; Wighton,.npne for-13; Keys, four for 19. Second Innings. Goldfinch, 34111443, c. Wighton, b. R. Wilson 21 .// Wilson, 312341111241, b.. Stephenson 21 Crombie, 12233121342342141524, c. //. . Wilson, b. Wighton 48 . J«"ash, 31, b. Stephenson 4 Extras ......i.. 4 • -'/ ■ Total for. 4 wicket5'............... ,94 . ;- Bowling Analysis. / 'R. Wilson;, one wicket for 24 runs; /.. Keys, none for 30'; Stephenson, two ' for 29j Wighton, one for 7.

EAST A AND NORTH. •' Wellington ;';Northj' ;,on':'gpiriß; ,tlio wickets on Saturdayin; continuation, of their/jijatcli' with. ]j'ast' : A, had : a -total •of: 156-rims/to better '..in order to , obtain tho victory.' :On tho.., previous Saturday' Richardson and. Phillips (not out) had compiled 19 runsbetween: them, nnd , so j>oor 'was the continuing play, .;that : ; ; o'n.ly';33 . . ruris ' were/added': to >tliis. :>core^iuing , t d)ho. rdniairidorVof, ;tho; innine's,'i.yphillips: was bowled by 'Hickey when Jio had added only ono run to ilis previous scpre v .: Tho-first-notablo' ovont 'pfj; tjlie-J;jgain'b".'was the; dismissal; .of .Richaydsqn.vwho.''was batting in. a pro-mising''v.-ay. Following on a stroke .by Blacklockvdte raii about tMcc-parts. of :±h£.;way:-al6iig,the. pitch. wiffioutVobsorv- ■ ing)ippar,eiitljV ,th at, Blaekldck: had regained.,.within his.' crease. •/,Observing ■tho".fact' I'ati- length Richardson 'turned back,; but Ilickey had comfortably removed: the. bails, with . plenty of.;, time to v'snaro,' before tl\o batsman.'arrived. Biaokiock,'iafter' somo;freo:. hitting,-" including- a- couple .of'-'.'strokes for, four,, was ioivled 'by. :Hicke.v:..wheu , his , score :st6pd.\at' '2l. : ; Thereafter' a.'Va'ot'.' spt in two. of'.the batsmen who remained •obtaining V.as- many,, as ,two ; . runs.- 'At 'nbput. a' 'quarter-to four the last of the North wickets had fallen, fors 57 runs. v ','":East''^,;liail.ill-fortune at the beginning 1 - of' their-' second- innings. The fifst ball■ which"Liickie sent•down' was. played by; 1 'Mahoney on to his, stump's. Left alone, : it would . have. cleared,the wicket, •butS.ilie batsman somehow got his bat outsido'it, ;ivith the : result named; Midlane '6pened';.cSutiously, 'and after a period of/steady play was beginning to hit with effect when he had the bad luck to be -run. Put. A similar fate befell Tucker', who ; /was thrown out as the result of a biti'of; smart -fielding by. Finlayson. Hutchirigs and Collet proved a staying partnership ,'and had obtained between thein;32 runs when tho innings was declared closed with three wickets down for ! 60. . North, returned to the wickets with about an'hour and a quarter remaining for play, btrtmadp no, effective-stand, and had four'wickets down for 36 runs ' when stumps were drawn.. ; ....', WELLINGTON EAST A. First innings;- ....................156 ' .' ' • - Second Innings. . .-' . Mahoney, b. Luckio 0 Midlane, 4241; run out 11, Tucker, 3321,' thrown out i........... 9 Hutchings, 11111143313, not out ... 20 Collet, 211233.. not outl2 Extras — .8

Total for 3 wickets ; 60 ; Bowling Analysis. . , -.. './ Luckie, one wicket, for. 14 runs; Finla'yson, none for 11; Firidlay, none for 21; Phillips, nono for' 6. '•'

WELLINGTON NORTH. '> ; - : / First liinings. '/ . 112311111121, run out. 16 Phillips, 33221, b. Hickey V ;,v;.. V .v. 11 .Blacklock,' 111212141114.1, ;b. Hickey . 21. Finlayson, 1, ruii. out ............... . 1 Upham, 1, b. Hickey •••• 1 Quinn,: b. Gibbcs. ..; 0 -Manson, 11,-c. Hutcliings; b. Gibbes 2 Waters, 1, . not. out' 1 ;Findlay;;,2; i-;b;--. Hickey^;.;;; / v 2 ' Cliarleswort.h»t-K : '''Hipke^-.; 0, Luckie,, lyabir-Gibbes •■••• ~1; .Extras', 1 lotal „ 57 //? 5' '.Bowling Analysis.' -| ; ?/1 ! ■' 'Rickey,;'''ifive:-'/wicjcets>',for, ,21] runs; 2Tuckerj none' for -1. / ;; ■ '; ' - Second Innings. ' Waters, 3, b. Hickey ; .•••••••• . 3 Richardson, 1132, b. Grimmett 7 Blacklock, 23, b. Gibbes O Fihldy^h,' ! "2l4li-b'.-'/Gibbes '- 8 Phillips, 11, not .out... 2 /Quinn'; 323;^; not out,'B / Extras . ..v.....;.'....;; ..•«> • 'Total for four wicket's" •' 36 r'-P - Bowliiig Analysis:: "'" • ' Hickey, ': one*-: wicket /.-for . ; 18' -'--runs; G-ibbes, two'frit;9 ;;MiM^npne?for 0; Grimmett, ono for, 6. , . - :..., , - CENTRAL A AND SOUTH. When -the- mateh between Central. A arid-Wellington' Seut-h was' resumed on No. 1 wicket at tho-Basin Reserve on Saturday/afternoon,/the positions of^the teams were Central A- 167 for itneir first innings; and Wellington South 42 runs. without. the ..Vloss'r-. ofv' a .wicket. /When the .two- not out. men .took . strike the South team. appeared to have a simple task to equal and beat the Central Iscor^' but,' "simple though' .it' appeare'd, it•: was.; not simple; enough ■ for those' batsmen. .'Disaster .'.came early, Wilson being run oiit ; when he 'had ■added two' .runs to/his, previous' score,. while Mason clean bowled Walters when that player had made three more runs. Excepting Burton, who . made 28 (during 'the' compilation.'of which ' lie/ gave some/ chances), vnorie . of : the- remaining batsmen reached . . double figures, and the' innings closed.for' 111 runs,'after a very poor display of batting. Only an hour was left :to play, .when' Central A •took -their ,second stand at the. wickets, arid as this gavo them no chance securirig a full win, they did not oifer to "declare," but batted, right _■ up till time. / Naughtou was hitting vigorous•ly, and had just reached double figures, when he was given out l.b.w. Roberts quickly knocked up: 28,_ ,Be.echey ; made 12; and Bruce was again not out with 9 opposite his name. .; / Of .the Central bowlers Laws came out best with four '■-wickets for .38 ruiis, ; while, 'for Welling-ton-South, Gutarie,.. during/both innings, secured four wickets for a total of .29 runs.. The wicket played' much better on Saturday than on. the previousweek. ' Details of the; scores are.:-r- '

WELLINGTON CENTRAL A. First'; Innings 167 ; // Sec-ond Innings. Naugiiton, 33112, 1.1i.w., b. Guthrie 10 Birch; 11212, run out ..............v.... 7 Robots, 11311111312212421, b. \Grace' ••••••• 28 Beecliey,; 111111114, b. Dickson:...-,.'. 12 Hawthorn, l, b. Smith- 1 Briice, 1111113, riot out 9 Extras. : . 10 /" Five 'wickets' -for.vi. 77 Bowling-Analysis.-, v.-y / Grace, one wicket for 0 runs; • Guthrie, one for 10;' - Smith,- one for . 12; Dickson, one for 15; Patrick, none for 17; Walters/none f0r.,13. . WELLINGTON SOUTH. . . ' First Innings. - ; Waiters, 1341113111111112, b.' / Ma- j soil -' . . 24 Wilson, • 1131312133111,: run /Out C. - 22 Burton, 1121211131111111113111,- b. " Laws 28 Patrick, c. Bruce, b. Milleir 0 Grabo, 1111211, b.:Bruce';.\.. 8 Dickson, 111311, c. Hawthorn, '~b. Laws 8 Murphy, 12112, b. Bruce 7 Smith, b. Laws 0 Johnson, 1, run out , 1 Guthrie, ;ll, : not' out/ .. 2 Sehmoll, 211, c. Bruce, b. Laws ... 4 ..Extras . ~ 7 V /Total." : 1/.'.'.V.^.111 . ' Bowling Analysis'. /. Laws, four'wickets for 38 runs; Bruce, two for 20; Miller, one for 15; 'Mason, one for 20; Kinvig, none for 11. '•-. . ' ■ AT HUTT. The match Hut-t- v. Victoria'ij Collego was continued at Hutt on Saturday. On the previous Saturday Collogo had compiled ■ 198 runs, and Hutt had two wickets down for 16. Continuing their innings on Saturday last Hutt were all

disposed of for 98 runs. Monaghan got the splendid bowling average of 8 wickets for 39 runs. Saunders'took two wickets for 40 runs, our detailed report is unavoidably held over. ' SECOND GRADE. The junior match between Wellington East and J'ohnsonvillo, which was ■ commenced on : October 8, was continued on Saturday. East made 170 and John sonvillo had 39 for one wicket when stumps were drawn. Bast's score included a fine 95 by M'Ardle.. The match was decided on tho first innings, the scores in which wero-Jolmsonvillo 162, East 29. Wellington South, .playing against Y.M.C.A., made 43 and 104. In the second innings Johnson made 30 not out, Wagstaif 17, and Murphy 15. Y.M.C.A. scored 87 and 61 for seven .wickets, and therefore won on tho first innings. 1 . • Wellington Central defeated Wellington College by four wickets. .College 83 and 62, and Central 101' and 56 for six wickets. For the college team Baird knocked up 19 and Atinore 10. For Central Knapp 15,..Carman 14 not out, and Smith 10 were tho principal scorers.. C. Robertson (five ior 19), Carman (three for 14), and Baillie (two for 19) took wickets'.for Central, and Childs (three for !35) and Atmore (two for .14) ■ for College., ... .. , THIRD GRADE. East v. College.—College made' 69 in their > two innings, and East.sS. and. 14 for the loss of three wickets, thus beating their opponents by eight wickets.. In East's first innings Connole (23) and Cusack (16) were top scorers.,

Y.M.C.A. v. Catholic. Young Men's Club.—C.Y.M. Club inflicted a defeat upon the Y.M.C.A. 'representatives', by. 63 runs on the. first innings. Playing for Y.M.C.A., Hodge (22) and , Mabin (19) were the highest scorers. On the C.Y.M. Chib's side M'Grath (15), O'Sullivan (13) and Leydon (12) reach-ed-double figures.;: Bowling for Catholic Club, Carroll took eight .wickets for 8, and four-for 22. O'Doivd, one for 12, and AVatson two for .4. Ma.bin, of the Y.M.C.A. Club, obtained six wickcis for 30 runs.

Central v. College A.—Central ' gained; a victory over' College A by 55 runs on the -first innings. ' Newman (32); and C. Gillespie;(2o) were the most success-' ■fill with the . bat oil '. Central's; side, while Abbott (10) was thel only- man to reach double figures for College. Bowling for College,-' Taylor took live -wickets for 24 runs,, Geil. three for 12,, and Brodie 'two. for 5. ' Of the Central bowlers, A.'Bay took -two 'wickets for 2 runs, aiid out of six overs 1 he bowled' five maidens. { Jones, took three wickets for 10, Makeham-.three for IS, and Newman one, for 4.\- ,: . ;•■//'- \

: Templars v.! St. Marks.—Batting first -Templars -were disposed of,for 43 runs* (Dooley -16,' Brown 9), and in the second essay' knocked 'Tip 78 runs for four, wicketsVin, half an -hour .(Greig - 25, Dopley 25, Blenkensop 11), and declared the innings- closed. St. Mark's compiled 74 (Vallance- 20, Morgan 14, Healey 14, Edmonds 12), and 30 for six' wickets, ' when time .was called (Vallance 12). With the ball, for Templars, Brown-(four for 28), Blenkirisop (two ;for'-14) '.in,the first Jnnirigs, i and; ISlonkensop (four, for 17) in second innings did . best. • For,- St., Mark's,...who; won by Vallance and Broganbowled /with best/ effect.;-. /■'-'/■ ; JUNIOR ASSOCIATION. THE "HAT TRICK" BETTERED. : ' The first round of - the/Junior Asso- : ciatiori' championship matches was commenced last paturcfay-■ with- the - folio w'ing results:—. /' ;. . V.-: ..- A.Grade.. ■^Kilbirnio/v. .. Evans: Bay.—Kilbirnie made :61 and'l2 (incomplete); and . Evans Bay made 33. . Best' scorers for Kil--birnie.in the first innings-were:.-Masters 20 and.Hatchaid,9; :Eyans Bay, Fitzgerald ;; 10 and Allandge 9. .For Kilbirnio Thomas took, seven-.wickets, for 11 runs (four; wickets -in iarid PoOlly three for -15,-;-For,Evans Bay : W;rigiey;took five pickets. for 34 /runs, and' Burns four for 18. . . Selwyn v. Seatoun.—-Selwyn, in their first innings; compiled 96 (Burns 36 not out; M.'lntyre 28, and Bradley 9). Sea-, touii obtained 15 runs (Digby .10). - For Selwyn. Burns; took. five, wickets for 5 runs and M'lntyre three for 7. Fuller and Taylor were the most successful of tie Seatoun tru'ndlers. Y B Grade. Evaus Bay B v. Kilbirnio Weslcyan. —Evans Bay ;B, in their, first innings, made 71 runs, and Kilbirnie Weslcyan made 3l;i.yln: their second. innings the latter team compiled 75. For Evans Bay Keegan made. 18 and Brown >.31. Neilson obtained 26 for Kilbirnio and Emeny 10. /Of the Kilbirnie bowlers, Emeny took three' wickets for 12 rims; Neilson, two for -15 ; Lamberg, one for 12; and Smithi two for 26. For Evans Bay, Kells took three wickets for. 14 runs; Connor, two for 2; Cole, /two for 3; Keigan, .three for 10; and Blick, two for 8. - ; • . - ,'■-'/ - ..Practice Match. . - - . In a- practice match Albion defeated Wanderers on the /result of the first -innings by 101 to 23; In their second ,'inhirigs'.Wanderers obtained 14 runs for. four wickets'. ,For.Albion,- Winter'com.piled 34 and Farrell 28. Garnett, with' 8. was top-scorer, for Wanderers. / Of; the Albion bowlers Sauverin took three, wickets for 0 runs; Farrell, three for 4; and Devenpoi;t, one for 4. Whiterod took three for 9 (second innings). For Wanderers Garuett took four . for ,16 and Hastigs tlireo/for'2l.- .//'■■' MATCHES ELSEWHERE. / (By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

Ch7lstcJiurch, October 15. . Beautiful 'weather favoured cricketers to-day, when the first round, of the various grade competitions, was continued. West Christchurch played a good uphill game against East Christchurch,' and it was within ten minutes of closing 'time before tho' last ticket fell. The respective scores were: East Christchurch, 357 runs; West, 291 runs; Riccarton also made a, good stand against St. Albans, but, in the end, suffored defeat by 41 runs on tho first •innings. Scores; St., first innings, 271 runs; second innings, two wickets for 87; Riccarton, 230. Linwood again outplayed Sydenham, beating them by 112 runs on the first innings. Indeed, they narrowly missed a threepoint win, the la§t two Sydenham men .being in when time was called. Scores: Linwood, first innings, 171 runs; second Winnings, three wickets for 198; Sydenham, first innings, 86 runs; second innings 142 rims. ■ Auckland, October 16. ■ Tho cricket season opened yesterday in fairly .fino weather, the light showers of rain which fell not interfering with play. The'wickets, however, were dead, as tho result of the rains of the weoli.

Tho. senior grado matches resulted as followl'onsonby v. Grafton: Ponsoriby, first innings, 79 (Mason fojir wickets for 18, and Shaddock three for 23); Grafton, 83 for four wickets. Parncll vi Eden: Parriell, first innings, 218 for seven wickets (Oliff 47, Caro 47, and Sale 39)-. University v. North, Shore: University, first, innings, 106 (Wallace 57 not out). Howden took five wickets for 15 runs; North Shore, first innings, 70 (Taylor five wickets for 35, and Fonwick four for 27).

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