THE WORLD OF SPORT.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1002, 17 December 1910, Page 12

THE WORLD OF SPORT.

-CRICKET. , « tßi Tub Breakeb.] . WEDNESDAY BATTING AVERAGES. :- -J * <P • •• . . fcfl rj tfl : -"3 - - '.5° £ ' ' • o ■ •- a - o 2 '..Blamires, Artil'ry 101- 120'- 2- 0 80l -'' and T; 51' 35 3 2 54.0 v,. Tramways..: 234 . .96 ; 5 0 46.S Waters,"Union.... .229 100 5 0 45.8 •• ' 'S?S^ 3r W^ mwi '' lra ' 75 ■ 4 0 «-2 Mt.il!, Union ... 170, 72 5 0 34.0 tarding, Vivian.,. 129 75 '4 , 0 32.2 ... . Little,.-. Oriental..-194 50 8 1 27.7 Weybounio Artil'y 132. 57 s S I 26.4 Mulford, Union... 104 35 6 . 2 . 26:0 . Tolhurst, Rivals 78 57* 4 1 26 0 - IJnver, Union ... 103 02» fi 2 ->5 7 Bramloy, Trams. 125 46 5 0 25.0 ilason, Ariillery 49 22 4 2 24 5 -45 ' 8 0 24.0 ; M Eldowaey, Orien. 141 86 ' 8 2 23.5 Wyatt,.P. and T. 112 38 G 1 ' 22,4 - . Btamton, Eivalsi.'. 109 5C* 6 1 '21.8 ;•{ O Sullivan, Union 108 37 5 0 21.S Tyrel!,.P. and T. 130 78 6 0 21.6 Darroch, Rivals... 85 - 39 4. 0 21.2 M'Kay,;-P. and T. 102 35* 6 'l 20.4 . tnopp, P. and T. GO 41 3 0 . 20.0 ■■■■■. M'Kcnzie; Rivals 98 32 G 1 19.6 . Carson, Vivian...' 71 43 4 0 17.7 Smith, Artillery;.. 104 42 6 0 17.3 : . Plimmer, P. and T. 69 28 - 5 1 17.2 - - George, Rivals ... 81 35* 6 1, 16.2 i r ;,: MHvody, " Rivals 57: 49 4 0 14.2 M'Donald, Trams. •14 14 1 0 14.0 -Whelan, Union... ,55 32 -I 0 13.7 • Clark, Tramways 51 31* 5 1 12.7 . Greig, P. and T. 50 . 31* 6 2 .12.5 : Perkinson, Trams!' 49 27 5.1 12.2 Sclater, P. and T.' 37 26 3 0 ,12.3 vYUMarshall, . Trams.-' 36 22- 3 0 12.0 Shaml, Oriental SO 41 8 1 11.4 Howo, Rivals ... 6S 25 G 0 11.3 H'lntyre, Artil'ry 66 24 MS u 11.0 Wilkinson, Orien. 33 21 3 0 ,11.0 Brans:, Artillery... 63'.- 20 6 0 10.5 v. Robinson,' Union ' 31' SO 3 .0 10.3 Clapshaw, Trams. -50 -15 5 0 10.0 ... 'Indicates "Not out." -. In. addition to the above, Picken (Oriental) lias a r.ot-out aggregate of- 41. !'■ lii tho. case of tho Rct. E. O. Blamires, ho has a "retired" innings in both Sat-: ; urday. . and Wednesday cricket. Thifsa have been counted.cs: Tout."' If counted as . "n-ot": qjtit" ho .would, be far ahead of - all-other batsmen in . the Saturday and tho Wednesday, averages.. ' ; BEST BOWLING. V" --' .' " I' ' ■'■'' ®-w - --.a H > & 'K -f- '■ < a Darroch, Rivals ;..... 33 8 4.1 'M'lntyre, Artillery... 287 ' • 31 " 8.4 . Greig,' P. and T. ... 115 10 11.5 ;a;-little,. Oriental , 208 17 12.2 M'Gill, Union ,191 '14 13.8 vO'Sullivan, ;Union ... T145 ... 10 , 14.5 . Shand, Oriental ...... ICI 11 1-1.9 ' Harris, Union 197 13 15.1 Thompson, Vivian ... 133 9 - 15.3 ' Bailey,- Artillery 331 --19 17.4 . . Billraan, Orienral ... 212 12 17.6 - Championship Points.The position of Saturday senior teams v'. : . in';, regard to championship points now : - stands as follows:—. ' iV : ;.: .Wellington..East-, A 11 points. ; - . Victoria College 6 „ •Wellington Central A 5 „ . -Wellington East B - 5 „ . Wylington North 4 Hutt ;. 3 Wellington Central B 2 „ " .Wellington South -............ 2 „ X;. ; , .-E»sti'|ias obtained-,three 3-point wins. .Central-A, -EasF B,tand> Hutt have e'acli 1 Bec'uredJone. 3-point-win. ■ - .The Boom in Wednesday Cricket., Sincoi.the season .■ opened Wednesday ?oricket., has.decidedly, improved, In most games played-there has been a steady upward tendency and this desirable feature "was: again - ill evidence on - Wednesday.- '• ' -Batsmeii and bowlers alike show improving form and in fielding the betterment i .is- even 'more,- marked. -No doubt'- this deJ:-. wrable development'is due iii a very large part .to.:the; preparation of good wickets to the' state, of the ground, which is • jn better order than for/years past. The . TVedntsday men are, generally, speaking, "• very much alive to tho. beneficent Work of baunders. He has planed down, roll- ; ed,. coaxed, watered, shaved, and' mown the pitches. And now they are just the . thing. Fielding in tho ' matchbetween - Rivals and Oriental was .probably the best exhibition; of its kind . that has' boen seen ' [ in_ either/ Saturday or Wednesday games, this season. The improvement was general,: smart fielding and clean returns -.' being the order of tho day. A particu- ': larly good jperformanco was that of George :, who. was fielding at' mid-off. for Rivals. ; Ho took a right-hand catch from M'El- . downey in splendid style,'after a lengthy reirwurd run, Tolhurst took a catch last I.' week, in the sam© station, which wns describ'od when it occurred as tho catch of 'the season, but George, if anything, did. /• even. better. . .

I - Artillery Smiters. - : li-/ Ail, acquisition to tlic Artillery, Club is the. Dev. E. •0. Blamires. In' the 1 : .,r . L , match, against .Tramway ' last'" week he : made 99; not .out,' 'and following this up, .'eventually/retired: after -.notchi; '~ ' jtig .120 runs. His strokes .wero timed • beautifully and • placed all round L tho wicket, with perfect judgment. ' Bla- |\ mires is a past master in the .art <i V ; carpet-driving. - When he doss lift a ball j- •- it usually travels safely over the heads of the-outermost fioldsrueri. Another good. Artillery-batsman, though he does not [v: : touch thei standard of Blamires, is.Wey- ; bonrne. So far this season he has-com-:'.ptted in an average innings about 27. L'A : runs, obtained by steady play and strict tS',K attention to business. He is a splendid f'.::' -'.-hand at piling what ball, to hit,' and | uhat to play. 'Artillery have a ; couplo of excellent f ; , bowlers in and Bailey. Both Iv are in, the' left-hand , medium-pace class, f/r; Jl'lntyre, up to last Wednesday-, . had ! v : '-taken .29 wickets at a cost of 221 runs, I-" and Bailey in the same period tool: 15 .wickets for 222. M'lntyro's average of 7.G ; Tuns .per .wicket would tako some 'beat-1 ! , ing. . | The Leading Wednesday Elevens, i Oriental and Union now lead neck and i.: ";,., neck for senior championship honours, jr. : ; Jf'Eldowney and Little are. the best OricnI ■ tal batsmen thus far, and Thompson is i.V .also developing. In the, matter of bowl,',ers Oriental is capably served by Little '/and . Billman, each of whom has an |:C".V'-. average, of (approximately) a wicket for '14 runs. -■ 'V : Among Union batsmen, Waters, up to t- '.;. .'last week hod an. average of 53, with n f . century as his toj) score. He has a gift f;; ■of clean, hard driving, and at the same time is a careful player, very steady if .ft: ', the .bowling calls for a defensive attip.: . tude. M'Gill, with an average "for the . • eame period of 33, is another rcliablo ,man, although, so far, ho has had rather i- . ■■■:■ poor luclc, ii - : . Driver opened' out in a lively way .on y : Wednesday, and made 92 not out. It .was : r capable bit of slogging, and his strokes {• were well placed;. 'Mulford is gaining the reputation of a .steady_■batsman, and, in addition,, is a clever wicket-keeper. Most I. : : promiiicnt among the Union bowlers are f- ' M'Gill, a. fast rightjiander, and O'Sulli- ;*•• . van, who affects, the left-hand slow dc- [■:, , • livery. . jr.- The Advent of "Tramways." P Tramways, a team which made its debut P'.:: : ' when the present season opened, : has, un.:d« the circumstances, done tolerably well. (! . ' Hull, the star batanan of . the team, is a player of exceptional promise. Up to [C . tlie Wednesday beforo last ho had an avf : , erage of '32,. but, on that day, he came : out of his .<hell, and imsde DO beforo he [■'■■' was sent out l.b.v. Last week he made 42. Each score tvas obtained by a stylish display, which it would Ik difficult to , mateh in current Wednesday cricket, i . Bromley, another Tramways player, is a .' batsman of the steady "plugging" order. ; : He enlivens his work at the iviclcets by • nn occasional hard drjve, but takes lev jr.-, chances.

A WEEKLY pECORD OF SPORTS AND OTHER PASTIMES.

<?f the Tramways bowlers, Yates has a fait delivery, but would improve his average if ho init-moro head-work into his trundling. .Hull is' a 'good"alWround righthand bowler. Ho breaks from both sides and varies his pace well and with efl'ect. Rivals and Vivian Efforts. .Ia tho Rivals team Staiuton (a Saturday senior player) is a steady bat. At times ho is slow between tho wickets, and 1 loses the chance of a run. As a change bowler ho. trundles with effect. George has a habit of consistent run-gotting, and also is a good change wickefcltceper and bowler. L. Jl'lvenzie is another' capablo all-round player. Ori occasion he takes wickets with a punishing straight delivery. As a fieldsman, usually stationed in the slips, he is reliable. Hatting honours for the season in tho Vivian Club are held, with an average of 43, by Dompscy, who also has his value as a change- bowler. Cording is good all round. He obtains riins consistently, has a fast delivery, as a bowler, and is reliable at deep field. Carsons gets runs slowly, but is good .it keeping, his wickets up. lie is the kind of batsman who blunts the ardour of aggressive bowlers. Caterer is one of the best fields at point. now playing in the Wednesday competitions. A Glance at "P. and T." . Oii the season's piny the Post and Telegraph team has no. brilliant batsmen, but it has several of' the plodding variety given to .'compiling'usefulScores, of moderate dimensions. Tyrrel, Plimmer, and Wyatt, tho skipper of tho team, are among;rtho_se^ho_^havo~mHde , \bcst use of their Mlvay is probably the steadiest bat in tho team, \Vyatt is a slow bowler, very effective at times as a late change.' Gregg and Toms handle the leather well, and' both are good also in the outfield. A Word on the Averages. Correspondence has reached the writer suggesting/that tlie.weokly-ltable of averages would look better if tho column bended "Number of Innings," included all innings out''or not out; and not merely the completed innings as formerly. That is the way in which the table of averages is given, in "Wisden," and though the writer does not believe that it is the best way, he has made the change. It does not affect the actual averages in tiny: wayi,-, Thro is. also tho question: Should a "retired" batsman be counted ns "out"? . Well, for the purpose of Tiii; DoinsioN' averages, 'ho is goinij to bo. counted as "out" every time. There is stated to be a .Wellington, provincial rule to tho contrary, but reflection will show that it is not a,very sound one. Sunday Ssrvice for Cricketers. Our genial compiler of big scores, the Rev. E. 0. Blamires, is holding a special "talk" for cricketers on Sunday evening at the King's Theatre. Rumour hath it that these "talks," as conducted in Duuedin, were bright and very interesting, and, on onc'occasion, the Carisbrook Club, for which Mr. Blamires played, furnished a quartet narty. It is not known whether Mr. Blamires will tell his audience on Sunday how to make conturies, but, if he handles his "talk" in the interesting way in which he sometimes handles tho local bowling, he should be worth going to hear.