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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1033, 24 January 1911, Page 6

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MID-WEEK REPRESENTATIVES,

, BRISK CONTESTS.DOUBLE VICTORY FOR LOCALS. Hard, true wickets, a little fiery,. were provided at the Basin Reservo yesterday for "the interprovincial melee of the midweek representatives—Canterbury and' Wellington. Two days was the allotted span of tho match,-but something over six hours saw tho whole thing—senior and junior encounters—at an end. Wellington walked away with the laurels, in the senior contest by an innings and 78 runs, and the junior game also saw them on top. by. three wickets and 4 runs. Some hundreds of spectators followed the fortunes of the day and were repaid how and-then by witnessing situations not wanting in interest.

At the noon break: visiting and local players lunched together at the Hotel Windsor. In the afternoon tea was served- at the pavilion, the ladies in charge being Mesdames Trickett, M'Gill, and Cusack. -Arrangements in connection with the games were efficiently supervised by Mr. J. C. Cusack, secretary to the Wellington Wednesday .Association, who proved a capable organiser. Canterbury in each .case won the toss and elected to bat first. . i . THE SENIOR GAME. As stated, both wickets were - fast to the point of. being fiery, and the ball came up at the batsmen very fast. The man who "back-played" was bowled, and only forward strokes told, though, to be sure, some, just waited, and blocked, and hung on for the ball to hit. That style •paid too. Groping and "scratching," when the occasion, apparently demanded dash had its place also, and that. place was mostly among the Canterbury men. Harris, the principal agent in their destruction, did not rely on speed, but the. quality of the pitch lent devil to his, otherwise tricky work. The Canterbury seniors in their first innings simply dissolved, the wickets falling as follow:—Ono for 0, two for 8, three for 15, four for 16, fivo for 17, six for 22; seven for 41, eight for 41, nine for 42, ten. for 51. Thompson bowled Bissett with the first ball of the match, and afterwards, tho stream ■ of; departures continued steadily.. George,' behind the wickets,' missed' a catch from M'Maboh, but atoned for the failure by stumping him soon afterwards. Play commenced at eleven o'clock and an hour later Canterbury were all out for 51. When the luncheon adjournment arrived * Wellington had compiled 38 at the. cost of' one wicket.

On resuming Tolhurst and Mulford took charge with the bat for the threequarters of an hour which they remained, in partnership. . Both batsmen made qniet cftcctivo strokes, and varied matters by an unceremonious bang to the boundary now and then. lutcrest at this stage of the game, however, was drawn to' the Canterbury fielding, which was deplorably bad. Bettle at point let some easy ones pass him by, and a number'of his comrades at this stage vere doing little better. Several easy catches were missed, and Tolhurst and Mulford were ablo to steal runs in a fashion that only the clumsy picking up and slow returns, of their opponents mado possible.

. Canterbury fortunes lifted at length, Tolhurst'. played forward to a delivery from Bright, and was instantly. 6tumped by. Alpe. Little was immediately afterwards caught by Pritcbard, in the deepfield. Mulford terminated a good. innings ingloriously. Edser sent down .'a. half-pitcher, 1 , which the batsman no doubt expected to deal with.. Instead, however.'i ■it,.hopped gently ;into his wicket. JThe Canterbury' fielding, all round, a had'~by" this - time sensibly improved. Alpe especially behind tho stumps proved himself a first-lass wicketkeeper. Sefton was responsible: for some smart returns from "the country.".-.! .- But .the Wellington batting now 'asserted itself -again. Knapp- got pretty well set, and made runs rapidly,, chiefly by. freo.driving. He brought up 86 with' the first stroko-in-the match for 5.-O'Sul-livan supported him ably for a time, but Campbell eventually blotted him'out with a capital catch in-the field. -George opened well with a fine carpet drive for's; and a good partnership seemed in prospect, but Knapp just, aftjerwards lifted the. ball-.to Alpe behind tho wickets. There was now a rapid march of:bats-' nien pavilion-wards.. M'Kenzie was given out l.b.w. and' Tyrell lifted an easy, catch to Simpson.' ■■ ">■■ ■ Now life entered tho game, when Harris and Thompson commenced batting in partnership, with the-last Wellington wicket to defend, Harris played a brilliant innings,, cutting-and driving freely in all directions. .In. the full tide of his work he encountered a somewhat painful, interruption. The ball shot up from his foot and. struck him heavily in the face. He dropped and lay for a minute or two, but presently was. at if again batting briskly, lhonipson, at first, played with extreme caution, and Compiled a long' string of singles, but eventually abandoned this attitude for a''policy-of big-hitting, which' proved highly productive. The partners brought.' up .200 at 4.25 p.m. Harris hid then, made 40, and Thompson 28.'- Their work'continued until Simpson dismissed' Harris ten minutes .later with a splendid one-hand catch taken at deep-cover. Thelast wicket had brought Wellington 71 runs. .The wickets fell :-l for 9; 2 for 26; 3..f0r 63;.4 for 77;-s:for'lo3; 6 for 114; 7 for 118; 8 for 120; 9 for 141; 10■for 212. - Canterbury,, in. their .second innings, did: only a little better than in their previous attempt. Wickets again fell rapidly. A striking incident was the dismissal of Bright. The batsman was out for- a run when Tyrell took a' long shot from deep-leg, and sent the middle-stump flying. The. batsman was yards away, but would have : saved his wicket- had- the throw-in been normal. G. 15 Canterbury had still two wickets in hand, but they were lowered at railroad speed. Harris.had thus far been kept- in reserve. He was now put on, and bowled a single oyer. The final ball carried Barrett's wicket. O'Sullivan, at the other end, carried the remaining wicket with an opening delivery. Wickets fell:—1 for 14; 2-for 20; 3 for 25; 4 for 25; ofor 25; 6 for 31; 7 for 54; 8 for 68; 9 for 83; 10 for 83. Scores:—, , ' . . Canterbury. Mrst Innings. Bissett, b. Thompson ....' o Pritchard, 13, - b. Harris .- 4 M'Mahon, 21321, st. George, b.-Harris 9 Edser, 1, b. Harris '. l Campbell, 1, 1.b.w., b. Harris '. ' 1 Alpe, 11, 1.b.w., b. Harris '2 Bright, 1311141133, c. Mulford, b. Harris 1!) Simpson, 2132, b. Thompson 8 Bottle, c. M'Kenzie, b. Harris 0 Barrett,.b. Thompson 0 Sefton", 3, not out -. ; ~ 3 Extras , 4 ■Total .....' .- 51 Bowling Analysis. ° Overs. M'ds. Runs. Wkts. Thompson 10 4 11 3 Harris 9 1 30 7 Second Innings. Pritchard, 214, c. George, b. Thompson 7 Edser, 325, c. Tolhurst, b.- M'Kenzie 10 M'Mnhon, 11, c. Waters, b. Thompson 2 Bright, 3,. run out 3 Campbell, b. Thompson 0 Bissett, 12311, b. George ..; 8 Alpe, 231, 1.b.w., b. M'Kenzie 6 Bettle, 11111131323, b. O'Sullivan 18 Simpson, 131163, b. O'Sullivan 15 Barrett, ; I'll, b. Harris 3 Sefton, not out 0 Extras 11 Total ' 83First innings 51 Grand total .'..; 134 Bowling Analysis. Overs. M'ds. Runs. Wkts. Thompson ~JI -2 26 3' Little ' '. 2 - 6 —: Mlvonzio .8 3 13 2 - O'Sullivan 4.1 1 3 2 George ...; 3 — 20 1 Harris 1 - i 1 1

Wellington. First Innings. Walters, 1, l.b.w:, b. Campbell- 1 Tolhurst, 1311111132311111111, st. Alpe, 1). Bright 26 Mulford, ' 31311121113311131UU1, ' b.

Edser 30 Little, 1, c. Pritcbard, b. Bright 1 Kna'pp, 3131513(413, c. Alpe, b. Bissett ' 29 O'Sullivan, 3113, c; Campbell, b. Bright 8 George, 11511114111, b. Bright 21 M'Kenzie, 3, 1.b.w., b. Bright 3 Tyrell, c. Simpson, b. Bissett 0 Harris,' 131131131131112212312311111, c. Simpson, lj. Pritchard 13 Thompson, 121111111111111143132223, : not out .'.' 37 Extras 7 Total ........;..... .: 212 Bowling Analysis. Overs. M'ds. Runs. Wkts. Campbell 11 1 39 1. Sefton 8 1 22 . -. M'Mahon 6 .1 22 - Bissett 10 - "48 2 Bright 13 — 53 5 Edser 1 -....* 1 Bettle 2 - 8 - Pritchard 2-9 .1 THE JUNIOR CONTEST. The junior representatives were, more evenly matched "than their seniors, and until Canterbury. had nearly completed their second innings the issue of the game remained in doubt;. The first half of the contest -produced no very remarkable feature, but evidently both sides found the pace of the wicket warm. Pollard, who top-scored for Canterbury with 38, was the only batsman in either team to make a score that could be described as good. He played a lucky innings, and,-indeed,, gave a couple of chances when he had only a'few runs in hand.

• Matters livened up a little in the second innings when Canterbury found the local bowling harder than ever to play. Bale mowed down wickets at a great rate, and smart "Wellington fielding was-another' factor that proved'hard, to fight against. Morgan lost his wicket in a fashion that'raised' a-laugh- among the spectators. - Douglas sent him. 'down a' slow -lob. , It looked simple, but-.it did its ..work..' Gellety got a "life", in a peculiar way". With "his partner he had rashly essayed a run that'was'by no means justified. -The ball was:smartly, thrown" in ,to the. wicket-keeper, but that player, on receiving it; knocked off the bails wirTi his' glove. He • struck tho wickets with" the "ball before "Gellety ar-rived,-.but-as he had. not removed . a stump the umpire ruled "not out." ■

Wellington resumed • batting, requiring S7;runs,to win'.and made-them at a-cost of seven wickets..' The - innings was' marred by an' unpleasant accident. *' Andrews, behind..the stumps,-, got a nasty smack ,on the left jaw, the. ball rising sharply, after striking, a bail. "Andrews had to retire in order to have his injury attended'to, but afterwards was able: to resume... The.Wellington success was duo chiefly to the efforts .of, M'Kenzie, who played in free and dashing style, and indulged'in some'big hitting, including a splendid drive for 6. Only, two runs were required to compass the victory,. when M'Kenzie was dismissed, Eeid faking a, difficult catch at mid-pff. Hills, coming in, at once made the winning stroke; and when he had capped the performance by sending the next ball to the shrubbery for four, stumps were, drawn. Scores:— . Canterbury. • First Innings. ' ' Francis, c. Bale, b. Kinnear.,... ■ 3 Lafferty, 1.b.w.,' b. Plant v. .-...-. '5 Morgan; b. Kinnear ;,., 0 Simpson, b.' Plant' 13 Booker, b. Plant ....;..'. 7' Pollard, "not' 0ut '::....:..... 1............-.::...! .38 Andrews,, b. Bale-': 1 Gellerty, c. Slattery, b. Plant ;■ 3 Stevenson,, b.- Balo ;;.... .11 'Baker, c. Douglas, b. Bale ........: .4 Eeid, b. • Douglas .......:'.... .;..';. t Extras ........;.......;.....' ;......-....._• 4 . ; .'. Total ....,...........„....'........;. '90 , ■ ■ , Bowling Analysis. vvUf,, w,v,-<- : ••;-• ■" 0. Sl.'. E. W.: ' 'Kinnear. 4 — - 16 2 Plant :...- 15 G . 36 .4. .8a1e,::....., ~.;•.:..','.!) . '2 '. 33 3 icDonglasi UyU".;;'^!.'!'"-'—.l ■ 1 Second Innings, , Francis, b. ; 8a1e;..... 0 Morgan, b;, Douglas ......X.......-.;..'..™ ,9 Pollard, run.out ..',..... , 0 Simpson, run out ~..'_ ...„■. 13' Booker, b. Bale '. 1 Lafferty, b. Bale : .....; .'...:... ■: 7 Stevenson, b:' Bale .........i..... 10 Baker,-o.'Slattery, b. Bale ........"..v.:.... 2 Gellety,. not' out 16 Eeid, run out .;......:......... :■;. ,-. • 0 Andrews, b. Plant ........;.. .' 14 Extras - ........„...;....,„„...„..„.„.'.., 6 ■'.■-. -Total '.'.'...^•...'....'...:]'.-...V......;. 78 First" innings ;:.....V;.i...........;. .90' Grand t0ta1......: -..:.. 168 ■ "V • Bowling Analysis. "■•■■.•■•■-!' 0. M. E. -W.' 8a1e'.... '..'....' 11 .4 34 ' - 5 Douglas ..•...-....;'..•...'■■ 5 ■ —- 22 1 O'Brien 2 ..— 6 0 ' MiUs; .: .....; 4; T 10 0 .- ; Plant ,-. .',..2; —, — . 1 ;';■. , Wellington, .-'.'. First Innings. ' " '" ■Tustin,' b, Stevenson .:...:.:......;.■.:...J.. 0 O'Brien, b. Stevenson ;...;..:..,„; .„.-. 10 M'Kenzie, b.' Eeid ..'......:.;..„.. ..„ 9 .Tassie, c. Pollard,' b. Stevenson 20 Slattery, b. Stevenson .;....:.'.:.......- ; 0 Kinnear, run out ........;;...."...:... 2 Bale, b. Simpson-. 10 Mills, b. Simpson .......'...'.....:;. 13 Carrad, h.-Simpson :..'..-.„... .;; ....:..-:' 8. 'Douglas, b. Stevenson ;....'. :..;..-......; ■ 2 Plant,, not out ....... ..:... 0 ; Extras -.- .........'.,....;....... ....;. 7 ■ '•'- -Total- i...;.;.;i.;,.;'..:.,.-..;..:'.....-;....-'Bl- - Bowling Analysis' ' - "'■'■•"-. ."..O. ".M. 'E. W. Stevenson :.'. 16- '.J. -'30 -;s"' Eeid „ ■ 8 -• 2 23 1 Simpson ....' "8" 1 .21 3, Second Innings. Plant, b. Morgan :. ...........:.;....„.. 17 Tustin, b. Eeid..... ;..... ;..„. „ 10 Catrrad, st. Baker, b..'M0rgan..,...: V'.'l Tassie, b. Morgan; '....)....... 1 Douglas, b. Morgan .....V.. .....'..: ' 7 M'Kenzie, c. Eeid, b.. Simpson 32 Bale, rim out ......................■.: 9 Kinnear, not out 0 Mills, not out '. 6 Extras ;....:;...,,„... 9 ■ ' ' ■, Total for-seven wickets .'. ;.-"92 First innings „'....'81 Grand total „...■. 173 ' ; . . Bowling Analysis. . 0. M. B, W.. -.Stevenson 5 1 16' 0 : Eeid ' ..'. 4 — ' 23 1'" Morgan' ;.....,.. '5 — 28 4 Simpson 7.3 4 v l6 .1 A PRESENTATION. So well pleased .were the Wednesdav Association representatives with\the condition to which the wickets prepared for tho internrovincial games Had been brought that they decided yesterday to make a presentation to.Mr. "J. ,V. Saunders, the association groundsman. - The players accordinglv assembled' in the afternoon, and Mr. J. C. Cusack, on behalf of. the association; invited Mr. Saunders's acceptance of a handsome 1 silver-mounted pipe. Mr. Cusack stated that he had. never seen better wickets-than those prepared for tho Canterbury-Wellington games, and_ tho players endorsed his opinion witri a round of cheers. COLLEGE AT CHRISTCHURCH. ■ (By Telctrraph-Prcss Association.) Christchurch, January. 23. The Victoria College cricket team (Wellington) met tho Canterbury College team at Hagley Park this afternoon. The formor,.batting first, compiled 191, P. Broadbeing the chief, scorer and S. Eeid tho pick of the bowlers. Scores:— Victoria College. . H. Ward, run out ,j A. F. Howden, b. Chambers \ 14 A. E. Caddick, run out " 9 J. Dickson, b. Eeid ;"'_ ]jj S. W. Deinpspy, b. Eeid ""' •>- F. M. Martin, c. Hudson, b. Donneiiv '•' P. B. Broad, c. Donnelly, b. Eeid ... ' 43 D. E. Mackay, b. Chambers -..., 13 N. Jamieson, c. King, b. Eeid il T. O'Shea, not out '. "".'.' 15 W.. G. Salmoud, c. -North, b. \orrio '0 Extras 27 Total „• "^7

Bowling' Analysis. Hudson, no wickets for 36 runs; Cham. bers, two for M; North, none for 17; Seid. our for 49; Donnelly; one for 29; Cham bers, two for 36;.-Nome,: one for 0. • , . Canterbury College. r'-'m h f' Dickson <"' I. k- !•• A / n ?' a ' U -T-, b. Mackay '88 ,T. G Dcnniston, b. Mackay !""" 5 ■A. I. Donnelly, not out .. "■ m J. licid, b. ■ Mackay """"""' ■f? ■■■^^■■^■■•■■A-^z'zrz^ Total for six wicket 5...:.;..,.;.-.;.... .-217 ■ SPRINGBOKS AT HOBART.' ...MOBE FREE-BATTING, .PrTeliirapli-PrMs-Aesobfa'tlon-CopytirtJ, (Bee. January 23, 10.40 p.m.) -.. . Hobart, January 23. .The match South Africa v.-Tasmania was continued to-day. The featured to-day's. play was the fine freeinnings of Nourse' and. Strieker, who practically did what they liked with- the bowling. A stand by Windsor and Eltham- for- Tasmania: -was a brilliant effort,- and stayed off what.' looked like a-heavy defeat.- ' ■ South Africa.' • First innings ■•...■.'.:.;.'.„..;....;..„.,i.„„ 179 Second Innings. '..-:'■ Commaille, l.b.w:, b. Boddam ..V.... .. 9 Faulkner, c. Martin, K Windsor ...!..'B7 stneker, b: Windsor'..-..........;... 53' Nourse, not out ;,'..:.'.';.'.';!!™"!!™; 112 " Snooke, c. and b.. Windsor-"'"■"" -88'. Llewellyn, c- Eltham, b. -Frost- ".'.."■'".'. 11Sinclair, b. Frost ....;...- _ 4 Pearse, not out .'...'......:...;:..•..:.:!!!.:!".'.'.'"!.'' °5 Extras ZZZZZZZZ. " 6 Total'fornix-wickets':(declared) ...'430 Bowling .Analysis.. . ' Boddam, one-wicket f0r.93; Windsor,' three .for 117'; -Pafon, none for-48; Carroll, none for GO; Frost;' two '.. i or ' 77; Martin, none for 29. ,;- : > .. ''■■.'.■ Tasmania/: First innings' ...'...v.;-™;;.;.:.:..........;:.,.'..;. 195 ; . Second Innings. - ■ .'< Smith,' c. Campbell;' V. •Llewellyn.:.'™ Ml' • Martin, c. Pearse, .bV-Yogler' ...:..... 29 Eltham,'c. Campbell; ;b.: Pearse - ...;"..... 51 , Hawson, c. Sherwell, b. Vogler ......... 9 Hudson, b. Llewellyn. ■;.' 5 Windsor, .c. Sherwell'. b., Llewellyn.... S3\ Paton,' not out .........'........•..„.i......:....... -15 ' Carroll,.not out'.. ....;...'....".'.' ...;.... S ■'Extra5'..'...;.:.'..;....;.;; ........;..;.........; 5; Total for six wickets" ...... 21$' Bowling Analysis. . . ..-■ Llewellyn, three wickets for -66 runsj Vogler, two .for 82;: Snooke, .none for litNourse, nono for,lß;.Faulkner, none ; folio ;'Pearce, one for'lß. '"'

THE LORD HAWKE CUP, ' ', SECOND .E'OTjTSTD'bEGTOT.. -•-'- , ' ; The second .round: of .the"'-Lord Hawko, Cup was started yesterday•'. at : .Palmerstoß' when.Eangitikei aid Manawatn-met. The' visitors were -completely • outclassed, ba the first innings, and have-a big uphiltv fight before them to-morrow. Winning ! the.toss, they took stroke,' ; but made" a, poor showing against Greer's fast de. , liveries. Hussey >as the only'batsmin? to.make a stand.. He went in first, andi carried his-bat for-45,' aiter an exhibitiottj which was a.monument of patience. Tha' total score was .95, Orton (15) -beiiig Ea* hgitikei's only other double-figure scorer, j: Greer obtained,the fine average.of four,r wickets for. 10 runs, while ,'Bartlett.' got' two for 27. Manawatu's innings was -ai much better■ exhibition of-batting, 20W being hoisted before.the last wicket felL, Ongley mado' 71' by fine 'cricket. .Toungf.j a'bighschool colt, by pretty cricket, add-( ed 31 to the total. v.Eoberts (25), (17), and Greer (17) were the other double..; figure' scorers. .. - ;:; OPAWA LADIES'C.C. WW. : ■MATCH-AT.KELBUENE-PAER ■ -Tho •'•' ladies* cricket: match, '■ Opawfe (Christchurch) y.'.Wellington'.vwhich • was, 1 , commenced on-- Saturday, was concluded'yesterday; the -visitors by teniwickets.' •'''■'.'■•"'• ' : ' ; "■'' •'' At-the drawing-of stumps onSaturdajp' Wellington L.C.C. had scored' 92 .runs, ,and the'Opawa L.C.C.had lost two-wick-' .ets' for ■67 runs; Continuing: yesterday.!,;the visitors compiled a totaUof 143.Tuns—' the*' chief contributors being Misses Bobin-v son (42),' C. Scott (38), A. .Scott (17), and. : Sorrel (16 not ■ out).. These all, showed? -. "form.".. For' Wellington, Mrs. Swausbn, . three'for''36, Miss Mahony, three;for 53,-. and Mrs. Sutherland/- two -for-14,' shared the bowling honours. . .The fielding was'j, much better than .was' the. case -on the ' ifst-'-'day. . ; ," .-.'■':■'''■ '-■"■.

In their second innings the local ladies made a good start, ana had. 75 runs up: for. six. wickets, hut the remainder failed' to add to the score. .Mrs. Du-Chateau, hit out for 19, Miss Rivers made 17, and Mrs.; Swanson and Mrs;' Sutherland 10 each. '_ ; -..- :•_■..;',: ':: • • ■■'■■ .„'

The. .Opawa -fielding was. excellent .all ■' through,, and Misses-Sorrel, "away-out,"- ~ Ja'rden at slip, and Wilkinson, wicket-, keeper, were'especially prominent. .",'" MissC. Scott (six. wickets for .34 runs) was again effective with fhe-'ball. This lady was probably the most" successful' player .in ' the match.': Altogether, she. . took' for. 79 runs, and : also made 38 runs .at her only venture; ■' Opawa,.requiring'2s runs.to win, went * in'at 4.30 p'.m.,. and knocked off what was; wanted without the the loss of a wicket —'.-.' Miss Robinson,! 16 - not 'but, Miss Sorrel, 9 nat out;-sundries,, 2; total,-27. The> following are the aggregate scores: — - Wellington L.C.C.'-first inning 5.........' 92; Second Innings ..'.......v...' a ...'.....'... 75 ' ■' Total .1.........„;...„.........:..:....„.;.„ i 167; Opawa L.C.C. first innings .'.' 143 ;Second innings, no wickets for ......... 27 : '.Total ;.......;....;.....;.......;... 170 Opawa.thus won.by. ten wickets. -Tip, chief characteristics of thp visitors' play. was the. steadiness;of their batting,'.their great accuracy .in.."placing", strokes, and ' their reliable fielding. The Wellington-, . = ladies were .rather'- niore aggressive- in" their battingi and ha;d a greater -variety,, of bowlers. The'ir fielding;.;howeyer, left. something, to bo .desired..-.- . .-.' Hearty cheers were, given at the con. elusion for victors~and vanquished alike, . and also for'the hard-worked officials. N To-day, the Opawa team meet a •com-' V bined Central and North team on Kel-'. burno Park.'. . ■_. ■ .'..,'.

.On tho Petone Eecreation Ground yes-, .tc-rday, Petone beat the Catholic Club by. six "wickets. . Petone : : scored 93. and four wickets forU33runs; Catholic Club: made 43, and- 79. . - ,

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