CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1032, 23 January 1911, Page 6

CRICKET.

FIFTH ROUND CONCLUDED. ' EASY VICTORIES. GRACE PASSES THE CENTURY. East A beat East Bj innings and 183. Central A beat Central B; innings and 33 South beat College; innings and 17. . i Emphatically Saturday was an off-day at ' tho Basin. Threo one-sided contents were : . each steered to a foregone conclusion. That is the epitome of things. The moderate cor- ' ; don of spectators who wero present, when • the umpires called "Play!'.' dwindled ' iast as the afternoon wore on, and the :/ last hour disclosed a vista of almost bare ' bank and seats. The pitches, it may be : added, were liko billiard tables. : '-I'ho teams. all played' short-handed. • • East. B could muster only seven players, but soventeen could scarcely, have dug it • out of thfc morass in whicn it was soon • 'eye-deep. They and. their antagonists retired from tho scene as early as 3.20 p.m., and the Central-match petered out just after; five o'clock. • Sounders and some , helpers were peacefully watering the two , , deserted pitches as the College-South contest, on N0..3 wicket, ambled towards its , . finals. On the previous playing day East A. ha£ compiled 251 runs in a declared f • innings, as. against. 31 scored by tho B l' a completed first innings. East iB batted so "expeditiously", in their sec- ; ond try that in less than an hour the last ! • wickel had fallen.. By. a coincidence thd - 6coro:for the . innings again "stood at 34. j. Xrombie for a whilo seemed likely to • *'do things." He opened with a fine cut j.. for four, and soon afterwards drovo'tho | ball to the-• shrubbery ' bordering the ! • ✓fround. .. His defence railed, however, as • it has; often done of late. When lG . ; ■ etood .to his credit he slogged valorously f • ac a .delivery from Gibbes, and was clean i bowled.' Tho others did not efrect much. , Gibbes . arid; Grimmett were the execui v tioners. Between ;them they, bowled..just r . ; overs»* Gibbes .'carried.- Johnson's .wicket' with "an . opening delivery, and when he bowled Crombie had an average of two - , for a. Grimmett bowled two men with euccessive deliveries, Goldfinch and Chap- ; man, but' failed to perform tho "hat i • trick." position .when'Central-A and-Cen-tral B resumed was th;at 'the junior [ cloven had mado 116' in .a ini nings, while -their seniors* Had'scored 197 : .at a. cost'of five wickets. On Saturday . Naught'on ; and Robert's .continued the-bat-j- ting for' Central A. Both'played good [. . cricket and - rapidly improvea thc'-'scpre." Then Roberts fell a victim' to "'circum- 1 • stances over which =ho had ' little control. Naughtonfcalled him' for a run, ' but thOughtybetter,. of:.it, i and' returned to 1 • crease.-'-.-Rbberts: meantime had »gohe 1 half-way.-.a-lorig • and Arthur- j Wilpon scattered -his- bails 1 ' before 'he • could get-back. Wilson-soon afterwards 1 ' took a catch from Mitchell in the slips before tho flatter had made \ Naughtori was in the full tide.of a'steady innings and had/-lifted his score'-from 1 27 to 45,S.when -the eighth Central 'A i •wicket fell.; This'completed the iniiings ' as Laws and Mason- were absent. • • ] Going again to tlio. tickets Central B- i lasted there for about an hour and made \ ,94.- Central A'fielding was sound; Wil- - Sis'son - wetb 'cach' snapped iip while batting; strongly,' and 'Patterson, ' whilov*steadily compiling runs, was' run c out. = The rest of .-the'batsmen mostly en- a - disaster. ' 7 'Playing'••agdirist'r-South a . fortnight 1 earner Victoria-College Jiad made 9rruns a . Jn tho first'.innings andVSouth, at a .cost'^l; • of six wickets, had ; obtainie'd : 167 runs,'- 74- ' of which were produced by' Grace. -Grace 'continued, irt capital style, knocking the ! bowling about freely,' \.l making ttouhdary hits. -College,.'it may' ,•: be mentioned, ■ were, as on tho previous playing daiy,.minus the services of Saurid- : ers. Grace, brought up the century well r , inside the .first half .hour. Eventually i •he fell l.b.w, with a scoro of 111, arid t the crowd, greeted him with a well-earned 0 Tound o%pplause as he returned to the d pavilion. l

The position was not so desperate, but that .Collegia Cshould have been able to avert a t'hree.ipoint defeat. As the event ■turned, however, the necessary effort ■proved beyond them. The South bowling was frequently changed and it was on the •wicket all'-; the time. It was uoi. the 'fiort of trundling to take liberties with, but' the .wicket was running clean and true and Collego should havo been able to knock > tip about twice as many runs as they actually did. ' ' Grace performed almost .as well; with the tail as. he had done with the bat. He dismissed Burns'and D.cmpsey. at tjie outset with slight ceremony.' -llonaghari opened a tolerably lively innings with a stroke for. sand had poor luck : in being caught and. howled by Dickson when lie had seemed likely to make a lengthy stay at the wickets.. Do la Hare, who topscored ' for College, put solid effort into his work. ,Ho has a freedom of style that might be mistaken' at a casual glance for-carelessness but the fact is lie is' a capable .bat though somewhat out of.practice.,;. Scores:— -

EAST AND EAST B. I -Wellington East-First Innings. •'Total for-, seven wickets , (innings dcI dared).-' ; 251 . Wellington East 8.--Second Innings. i Johnson, b.;-.Gibbes -. o Crombie, 42133, b. Gibbes • •• ]G | . Wilson, 31312, ran out ... io , Goldfinch,/b. Grimmett o Chapman,' 'b. Grimmolt o L 'Payitt, 124,, c. Grimmett, b. Gibbes 7 'Wiven, 1, not out ...; J • , Total . 31 • ' First innings 34 j , Aggregate' 68 j ..-Bowling Analysis. : Grimmett took two wickets for 18 runs: : pibbes, three for 16. - r- CENTRAL A AND CENTRAL B. - Wellington Central A;— First Innings. "' i '.Beechey, : U1i1243341323411114, 1.b.w., • b. Stephenson /p Birch, 13121141113132111, b. Stephenson 23 Blamires, 143, thrown out 8 Bruce, 1111311341133135341342114142611, c. Schlaadt,- b. Haines i 71 (Hawthorne, 3111111, c. Robinson, b. Wilson ; 9 (Naughton,-133113124341111112131123, not' out 45 Roberts, 2333113, run out 16 Mitchell, c. Wilson, b. Robinson 0 ; . Smith, 333, c. Sisson, b. Haines 9 Extras 15" Total ; 243 Bowling Analysis. ,• Wilson took one wicket'for 67 runs; Millar, none for 43; Robinson, one for 62; Stephenson, two for 37; Haines, two fori Central B.—Second Innings. Porteous, b.\Bruce 0 .Wilkinson, 13142331, c. Mitchell*-b! Hawthorne 18 Sisson, 41115143, c. Naughtou, b. Haw- ■ I thorno 1 Patterson, 11333333, run out io Schlaadt, 1, c. Beechey.b.'HawtlTorho "l ; Haines, run out 0 ; Wilson, 2151, c. Naughton, b. Jlitcliell 9 Stephenson, 2111331, not out 12 i Robinson, 3, e. sub., b. Hawthorne ... 3 | Donaldson, 113131, b. Mitchell 10 Extras 1 ■; ■ Total '. !....; First innings j]g Aggregate ilO Bowling Analysis. Mitchell, took two wickets for 34 runs; Bruce,, one for 15; Hawthorne, four for 41; COLLEGE AND SOUTH. Wellington South—First Innings. Waters, b. Stainton 13 Burton, b. Monaghan G Grace, 1.b.w., b. Monaghan 11l Johnson, b. Monaghan 0 Dickson, b. Griffiths 42 Wagstaff, b. Stainton 4 Patrick, c. Do la' Mare', b.- Ward. 14 Wilson, st. Burns, b. Monaghan 8 Norris, not out " j Guthrie, 1.b.w., b. Monaghan ......j Schmoll, b. Monaghan ; 0 Extras 12 j Total , ; ; 214 I Bowling Analysis. Monaghan took.six wickets for 56 runs; Stainton, two f0r.39; Griffiths, one for 33; Ward, ono for 9 .

Victoria College—Second Innings. Burns, 3, c. and b. Grace 3 Demp'sey, 3, bV GFaceT Ward, 112, b. Patrick 4 i Monnghan, - 531233111132, •• c.. and. b. '• Dickson 20 De la. Marc; -431121111313212112, b. Grace 31 Griffiths, 233, run out 8 BerendsDri, 11, b. Patrick 2 Burbidgc, 1212121,. b. Grace . 10 Jameson, 2211, c. Wilson, b. Grace ... G Mackny, 3, not out 3 Extras 10 ' Tolal .. ICG First-failings 91 , Aggregato 197 ' Bowling Analysis. ' Patrick took two wickets for 27 runs; [ Grace; five for 35; Dickson, olio for 1C; , Guthrie,, none-for 11;-Walters, none for OTHER CITY MATCHES. THE JUNIOR GRADE. Hutt, playing; Wellington East; made 110 in a first innings and '80 for one wicket in a second, Johnson (not out) 32, and Pileher (not out) 12, being the successful batsmen. Wellington East, in their first innings, made 71. Harris was tho best bowler for Hutt. Playing Petone at Petoue Johnsonvillo obtained 193 runs.. Windley batted strongly for 106; Lopp made 26; Jacobs 2i; Bontley 10. Barber and Brico bowled well. Petone lost three wickets for 103 runs (Barber 51, not out> Nunn 23). The wicket gave evidence of careful preparation.- ■ Third Class, ' The North Club on Saturday defeated Templars by 2G runs, in a single innings game. Jforth declared their innings closed with seven wickets down for 162 (Hobbs 4S, Hamilton 23, A. Thompson 21, Edwards 17v Johnspn.'.not out,, 17). Templars • made '136. (Dooley- 43, >- Ik" Blenkinsop 36, Wright. 15);' Playing for : Templaft Dooley and Blenkinsop added 51 for tho second wicket: For North the first wicket added 48.'- Thompson was best of the- North bowlersand •. for the losers' Patterson (2 for 19) and Dooley (3 for 44) did good work. Wellington East v. Y.M.C.A.:— Y.If.C.A. made 68 and Wellington East replied with 125. for seven wickets. For Y.M.C.A. Maybun (40) batted well." For Wellington- East, Prain .: (18), Reynolds (13), Clarko ..(19), Browmaii (14), Eraser (34), and Forester (17) were all in good form. v liarori won by default from St. Marks. ' On-Saturday, tho Catholic Club scored a- three-point win . against Hutt. The Catholic- Club, made 156 for seven wickets, (O'Sullivan 45, not out,. Jephsen 2G). Hutt made--10-.in-their first innings, and 29' in the second. for the Catholic Club, Carroll .took eight .'wickets for 31 runs, and O'Dowd eight; for 34. Hutt'-and'Everton Were most- successful : a'mong the'Hutt bowlers; •. Junior Association. ■ Kilbirnio B v.- Kilbirnie Wesley-.—Kil-birn'ie'mado 63 (Helliwell 12, Higginbottom 10), 'arid 52 for five wickets (Perry : 21,"Hills 16).- Wesley made 81 and 32: Bowling for - Kilbirnie, .Cowan took six wiokets for-39. and F. Russell six for 12. The'latter did the "hat trick." i : ' •-j Outsids Games. ' . At'Newtown Park Telephone Exchange easily-defeated Jli.lligaus by one .wicket and' 72 runs;" Exchange made 151_(Ryalls 76,; Lambie; 3i,, 'ap'd M'lntosh 17). Mil-ligans-cbinpired, 1 79 (Moffat, not out, 39 ■and--Juldobh'.'ilG). . jlagep and Larabio ■ bowled well 1 for Exchange. ' 1 - 1 •' : THE;AUCKLAND.TEAM. > 'I ; (BV ; 'TclckraDli-~i , reSG ] Association.) ". ■, - :V . j-i'v January. 22...., - : The-following ten'Tu ;liasV beeii". selected; to represent ■ Auckland- in the .CanterbiiryAucklaud Plunket:Shield match',ivhich', is i to be commenced: on (captain), Brboke-Smith,-.Ha.yward,: Had- '• den, Sale, , Pearson, Sneddon, .and' ,Wal- : lace twelfth;.nian/J I .,'j. : 'j : ' HATCHES ELSEWHERE. ' (By Telegrapn—Special Corrv-spondent.) • :

Masterton, January 22." i'Cricket, matches were''.resumed at Jla'sterton' yesterday in ideal'weather. The senior games produced results as follow ■— Masterton, 237 (Ibbetson 12, Redmond 45, Jordan .14, Esson -IG, Perry 34, Waters : 12, Congdon 20, Mackellar 3',)) versus Carterton, - ono down lor "43 (Smart 28 not out, Hart 12 not out). Carlton forfeited' to Lower A'alley. Junior Jlatches:—Jlastcrton, 270 (R. Williams 120, L. Williams 52) versus St. Matthews B, six for 37. This is a record junior score'for the AVairarapa and tlio only century compiled by a junior, in tho. history of cricket here. Mauricevillo made 4G and 41, aud beat St. Matthews. A (seven. men), 26 and 53, by 8 runs. . • .

Auckland, January 22. Tho first day's play of tho district competition's rook place yesterday. In the senior, division .Grafton, playing against University, niado 205 (Horspool 70, Jl'Ccripaok 70), and, when stumps were drawn, University had lost two wickets for 33: In-- tho North Shore-Parnel! match, tha former are all out for 160 (Hadden 43). Pirnsll havo four wickets down for 121. Eden made 191 against Ponsonby (Taylor 39). Ponsonby have lost three ivickets for no runs..

Christchurch, January 21. Tho seventh round of grade cricket began to-day in .fine weather and on firstclass wickers. St. Albans.got a com-manding-'lead over AVest, Cliristchurch, the lfist T mentioried shoiying poor batting form, and only scoring 131. ■ Salmon took nvo wickets for 53. St. Albans replied with 120. for five wickets, Crawshaw (32) and T. AV..Reese (38) both batting solidly. East Cliristchurch fared badly against tho leading team (Sydenham), and was disposed of for 52,. three Canterbury representatives making 27 between them. Sydenham responded with 278, a fino partnership being established between Patrick (92) and Bennett (113). In their second innings East Christchurch again failed, three wickets falling for 20. Linwcod batted first against Ricearton, and totalled ISO, Thomas playing excellent cricket for 49, and Perrin batting well for 41. Riccarton's innings «'as opened by Caygill and A. Norman,'two Canterbury representatives who will ke absent next Saturday in Auckland, and they played out time, putting up 94 without th» loss of a wicket. Caygill made 38 and Norman 34. -