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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1400, 28 March 1912, Page 6

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(f WEDNESDAY ASSOCIATION. UNION CLUB WINS ROTH CHAMPIONSHIPS. Tlio final games in tlio Wednesday com« petitions wero concluded yesterday afternoon. Both wickets and weather wero nil that could bo wished for. Artillery had a lead of St on the first innings, and declared their second innings closed with eight wickets down for 17!), with a view of getting a four-point win, but Post and Telegraph played .out timo with the loss of three wickets for 121. For Artillery, Major Hume put on'G2 l>ofore he fell to a good catch by Thomson. Bowles (Post and Telegraph) scored 10 ill a very short timo. _ Artillery won by 31 runs on the first innings—a two-point win. In the Rivals-Vivians' match, Vivians had very bad luck to lose, by one run on the first innings, thus giving Rivals' a twopoint win. Mills was vorjr lucky in reaching 59. lie did not bat with his usual freo style, and gavo several chances. Hill, after making 22, was dismissed by a fine catch by Crouch. In Rivals' second innings Dr. Anderson was the only one to put on a gooil score. CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS. The following aro the points scored in the eomnolition, which was won by the Union Club:— SENIORS. r . In If! I. nion 8 (i 2 — 21 Artillery 8 ti 2 — 18 Vivian ft 4 5 — H Oriental 8 3 5 — ]2 Post and Telegraph 8 2 5 1 8 Rivals 8 3 5 1 8 ARTILLERY V. POST AND TELEGRAPH. Artillery—Second I linings, MTntyre, e. sub., b. Bale 11 -M'.'kin lion, retired • n Major Hume, c. Thomson, b. Greig ... C 2 Smith, c. ami b. BaJe n Jackson, run out s I'aton, 1.b.w., b. Bowles 1!) ' Douglas, b. Greig n M'Ciill, not out 18 Ching, b. Oreift o Collerton, not out H Exlras u Total for eight wickets 179 First innings % Aggregate 275 Bowling Analysis. Balo tool; two wickets for 30 runs; Sclatcr, none for 3!); Grey, three for 52; Thomson, none for 15; Bowles, ono for 29. Post and Telegraph—Second Innings. Bowles, b. Smith 10 Mtinro, st. Paton, b. Douglas 1 Prarman, b. Smith 14 Sclatcr, not out 28 Bale, not out 37 Lxtras i Total for three wickets 121 First innings 02 Aggregate 188 Bowling Analysis. Douglas took one wicket for 44 runs; M'Gil 1, nono for 30; Smith, two for 23; Major Hume, nono for 17; Collerton, none for G. RIVALS V. VIVIAN. Vivian—First Innings. Dcmpsey, c. M'Kenzie, b. Parroeh 0 Castles, c. M'Kvcdy, b. Vale 13 Vumbleton, c. .M'Kenzie, b. Darroch ... 0 Havden, b. Darroch I) Hill, c. Crouch, b. Vare 22 Mills, not out 511 , Ci'terer, 1.b.w., b. Vnre 5 » : '{cad, b. Dnvis 11 • Huddlestone, run out lti Hxtras '5 Total { 103 . Darroch, three wickets for 9 runs; Vnre, three for OG; Dr. M'Evedy, none for 32; Butlor, olio for 10; Davis, two for 1G; Dr. Anderson, nono for 9. Rivals—Second Innings. Dr. Anderson, b. Hill 3(1 Vare, run out J> I'ickering,, c. sub., b. Hill t Dr. Pjgejn, run out H Crouchi b. Hill jj liiitler, b. Mills < Davis, not out : J Dr. M'Evedy, 1.b.w., b. Mills 1 Extras 5 \ Total for seven wickets TO First innings 101 Aggregate 213 Bowling Analysis. Hill took three wickots for 33 runs; Cording, none for 27; Mills, two for 11. JUNIORS. Tlio junior competition waa won by the Union Club, the club thus making a ■ double win. At the end of tlio round Union and Artillery wero level, but in the plnv-off Union easily defeated Artillery by "158 runs. ■ Tlio following aro the points scored by ench club:— t' i N .i S i a Union 8 7 1 • -8 Artillery 8 2 , 21 Y.Jt.C.i 7 4- 3 10 United 7 i 3 10 Chemist 7 2 5 S . Rod Cross 7 2 5 8 Post and Telegraph 7 1 0 4 UNION AND ARTILLERY. Union, first innings, lit; second innings, 122 (Coleman, not out, 50, Slmnd 22, Cohen 12); total, 230. Artillery, first innings, 32; second innings, 40 (Corlett was the highest scorer with 9); total, 78. Howling fur Union, Tassie took ono wicket for G runs; A slier, five for 23; Coleman, four for lti. l'or Artillery, Milroy took five wickets for 4G runs. Union won by 158 runs, and thus won tlio junior championship.