THE CITY CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1278, 6 November 1911, Page 2

THE CITY CRICKET.

SOMEONE ERRED, WHO PUT UP THAT NOTICE? SATURDAY'S FIASCO. Unpleasant interference was carried pretty far by the. City Council authorities en Saturday with respect to the Basin Keiorve. .Some small raini had wet the turf during the morning, mid a Czar-lilvo ukase had. in consequence, been hoisted on windows in the city statins that no cricket was permissible. Thorn was troublo about that notice iaier in the day, and sonic effort was made to find out who was responsible, for it, but th< author, like "Brer ]( n bbil," in Lcwii Can-oil's phantasy, "lay low and said nulimy Unco the truth of tlio situation hit him, ho was, apparently, not very proud of his "Filth ot November" effort, even although (as was remarked on tlio ground) he had "made Guys of several hundred cricketers." Somo time ai lor 2 o'clock the spectacle at the Basin Reserve was u somewhat peculiar one. yuito a large number ol cricKciors-ftome irate, somo merely dismal—had assembled, ana tilery had also gatnercil n considerable portion of tin usual Saturday crowd. The rain had long ' ceased, aud Hie ground was pcricctly my, and, in lact, a good deal inter tor piay tnan liad been tlio case on Die prccc-aui" batimiay. Tlio situation was Culiicitian —a number of peneetly fit crickuteis could not uso it perfectly lit ground on a pcnectiy lit day—but there wus the ukato that the city reserves were closed lor sport lor tlie day. The situation was presently being vig. orously discussed in tno dressing-rooms, and it was pointed out that, in previous years, a notice of this kind had never uei'ii sullicient to close the Basin Unserve. With respect to that ground tlio Wellington Cricket Association meet the cost of any damage clone to the turf, and, formerly, it had invariably been left to them to decido whelliet the ground was playable, or not. The notice on Saturday Had marked the lirst departure Irom this well-understood, though unwritten, rule. . Alter a number of informal discussions of this nature, it was presently resolved, by some ot the more prominent officials connected with the sport, that the situation should not be allowed to remain as it was without protest. Mr. R. C. Niven, club captain ol Wellington Fast took steps to get into communication by telephono with some of the city authorities, and similar steps were taken by Councillor M'Larou, after conference with Mr, Vance, the secretary of the Wellington Cricket Association. They presently got into touch with .Mr. Glen, superintendent of city reserves, to whom the situation was explained over the telephone. Tlio result was that the embargo was removed. Meantime, however, a number of tho cricketers who had assembled at tho ground had departed, but there were still a large number left, and tho question was whether any ploy should be gone on with, seeing that the senior match programme had already been broken down as tho effect of the notice. To .Mr. Niven and others it seemed that some sort of game should be played, if only as a protest against the action that had hcea taken that day, and this line was adopted. Tho material available for selection included portions of Wellington North and Central, Victoria College and East B seniors, and tho whole of the East Club't junior eleven. From these fragments teams captained by Wynyard and Tucker took tho field, aid tiie "protest game" proved a very enjoyable affair. It was also marked by somd bright and vigorous batting, especially on the part 'of Tucker, M'Uirr, Smith, and Sheridan. Wynyard's team batted first, and were all disposed of for 101 runs. At the call of time Tucker's cloven had lost seven wickets for a total of HI). Following ore the details:— Wynyard's Team. Wynyard, 11, b. Mitchell % Collett, 2111212123, c. Robinson, b. Bccchov 16 Schlaadt, d-13, b. Mitchell 11 Wilkinson, b. M'Girr ; (1 Bowles, 131112, b. Sheridan 9 Forteous, 1112321212, b. Smith ]lj Smith, 11, c. Kobinson, b. Mitchell ... 2 Clarke, c. and b. Mitchell (I Bragge, 23123, run out 11 Findlay, 241131, not out 12 Howe, 1113111211112, c. and b. Mitchell 17 Extras 5 Total 101 Bowling Analysis. M'Girr took one wicket for 9 runs; Mitchell, five for 44; Beechy, one for 11; Sheridan, one for 10; Smith, one for 22. Tuckor's Team. Tucker, 111111323M34, retired 28 Kobinson, 221, b. llraggo 5 Spence, '11111, b. Findlay 5 Beechy, 32131115, c. Howe, b. Bragge 17 Patterson, 313, b. Findlay 7 M'Uirr. 2113317121212113221, c. Bowles, b. Clarke ..'. 37 Smith, 2211113121, c. and b. Findlay ... 15 Watson, 1311, not out; 0 Sheridan, 5243221, not'out 19 Extras !i! Total for seven wickets 143 Bowling Analysis. Findlay took three wickets for 57 runs; Bragge, 'two for 34; Clarke, one for 26; Collett, uono for 20. MATCHES ELSEWHERE. THE DEBUT OF THOMPSON. (By Telegraph-Press Association.) Auckland, November i. Tho second round of the Auckland Cricket Association's district championships was commenced yesterday in line weather, but; on soft wickets. Ponseuby, plaving against Eden, made 48 (0. ];. Thompson, (he English professional, 15). The Kev. Mr. Hay and A\. B. Smith each took five wickets for 18 runs. Eden replied with 117 (11 em us 39). Woods took live wickets for 17 runs, and ihoiupson three for 46. • ~ North Shoro v Grafton.—North Shore miule 109 (.Joyce- 39, Howdon 31, Sale 25). Ward took five wickets for 3" runs, tiration have made 111 for the loss of Iwo wickets (Ilorspool 55 Hay 25, not out). Paruoll v. University— Pamell made 147 (Somerville 85). Taylor took four wickets for 49 runs. University .compiled 90 (Faweett 25). Olliff took seven wickets for 31 runs. tliy Telegraph.—Special Correspondent.! Masterton, November S. Championship matches in connection with tlio AYainiraiia Cricket Association commenced yesterday, but were interfered with bv the'rain. In the senior division, at Featherston South, Wairarapa in their lirst innings scored 38, and Masterton ISO. At Masterlon, Carlton, in a match against Carterton, lost one .wicket for 2! runs, Several junior matches were commenced.

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