ATHLETIC SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1642, 8 January 1913, Page 4

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

THE NOMADS, PLAY AGAINST WELLINGTON. LOCALS SCORE WELL. ' WILSON IN HITTING MOOD. TheiNomadp commenced a match again->t (i Wellington, team on tho Basin Ecieno yesterday afternoon. Most,of tho visitors oro utiknown here, but 'they took the field with Iho reputation of being a good bat-, tin? side, without'much bowling talent. Wellington Went to>the wickets first, and ran up 327 runs, and whan stumps weio drawn thc-visitors hod lost three wickets for 11runs; * ' ;:,';^?~-K-.•-, .,,/ , The Wellington team (captain), Blamires, 'BMohoy'.vßodKers.jM'ln' tosh, Casey) Brice, and Collett. ; :: ;,';;' ■•<';■}■■:■ The following repiosen'tfid Nomads: H; M. Butterworth (captain), H. Arkwrifffit, C. Cook, J. H. Miles, E. W. Bread, E.B/ Bernau, J. W. Hussey, N/ Gr«nier, ; P; H.laitham, G. Marshall, and -Pomeroy. '■■•<> y ,'' ;y . W.-jv;:-, ,; . ' Wellington Begins;,:-!, ;;•; Wellington opened the-innings: with Baker and Rodgcrs, and the bowling was undertaken by Hussey and Beriau;'; Bernau tossed up ,the hrst r balL:ti>.Baker, and the Bast boy got it away;for a sVngile. He made another off Husley.'but Bernau clean bowled km in theSfirst'ball ,of .his next over, with a bail whioh 'came considerably from the off. >One,wioket was'dowh-i for 6, and BerntUrhad bowled a maiden over in which was lncludedone wicket. '.. Beeohey followed, andl'wi'th'.Rodgere.he brought tip 40 in twor-ty miniites--Eodgers 19, Beeohey 13. Pine bowling by;Bernau kept the batsmeii quiet awhile;: and at this etago Broad replaced HuS9ey at bowling from the south comed Broad by llvico banging him to'the boundary in his first oveh -.It seemed evident at this stage that Beeohey. was cut to "have a lash" Rodgers-:was'going: steadily, but scoring quickly throdgh pun-j ishing the loose eloif.t In'halif an hour-60' went Up. ;.■;;,'.. ,^:-.''."!■;'-.'>;'- : ';.'..-Vj A double change m thq bowlimV was effected. Grower was putoa at'tne north; end, and Pomeroy at .-.the south. «nd. Grenier opened with a maiden-oyer, but' Bcechey hit two sjccs and.'ft:.:two.'off the oi«mng over,of pomeroy; "'"'When .-3.7, Beeohey gave a very hard chafice'.flt,was a big hit, which would have gone outcof the held for 6. A Nomad in:tne;out-field got one hand on to it, but failed, to hold rt, and it reached the four,; ' Good Partnorshlp;;Broken, jj ':.;. When ho had made 45, - and ; .the total was 89, Beecbey was cauphti.iii'the slips off Miles.' His partnership with Eodgers had yielded 84. : if'!^"-ir Bnco filled, the gap, and -had Vscafcely' ftrnved-'whaTho was smacking:' fours' about. y : -'::: v ■{'''>'■-V ;.-';'.'. - . 1 ; ■.■'-Ji > .\' The oeritary -went up'after: 55' minutes' play. The batemon continued to knock-the bowling' about freely till .Bernau ; was turned on again. The Wahganui boy at once quietonud Bnco, who had been, very aggressive 'When tho Rodgers-Brice part-: nership had added 38 to.tnejtotal it was dissolved through Groniericatching'Bodg-. ers off Hussey, Rodgers had made 49, and his inning 3 was a good one.',.'>.-"> :; Brice was brilliantly caught; by ; -Mar-_ shall at mid-on, half-a-dozen runs' later, olt Boruan. Four ioi 133.v ;p; ;vJ«;;v: Wilson Hitting?sixes,ft: r' Blamires and Wilson were now associated, and Bernau and Hussey'wore bowling, Tho century and a (half Twehtiup 1 when the match had been in progress an hour ofid. a half. Wilson brought mth a sky-scraping six off "Hussey. HJWiI-; ton was now 16, and Blamires was:)lo.-; Two strokes later Wilson.'ejected;the;ball: i fiom *tho ground agam^:yith' mighty,smiloi T*S('\ ■ "/C'tf'/Si'■';; ; Things quietened for frequent cuangea m the bowling.failed to •"■ dblodge the batsmen ' At';l92, :wheh his 1 : own scoro uas 35, Blamires gave a chance but Marshall failed to getto itiii time.f' Tho second century was passed after;an hour and 55 minutes of play. brought tho 200 up wsthja six and two' fouls off Gienier. Whcnplayhadbeen' in progiess for two hour.s;.tho'total, was 210 Wilson was then missed by. Gre- : nier, to whom ho had returned a'very; fioft one .Gronier v/as' m.uca.Mo the batsmen's liking, and Wilson:-hit':his* fourth 'six off him Some ..overs later; Hussey cost 19 in one these; Wilson i hit 18—four.fourers' 1 a'nd ; a;vtwo;': Wilson continued to gneavgreat 'display' of hitting In tikingi-hi3,'owhvscore from 50 to 83 he hit only. 6he,;single.':.Hereached 83 with the biggest'ihlt to date;: 6ending,tho ball out of the Bcsin'oh to tho tram-line O.ii'^y^w'VV;-:-^ ThrM for a .Centur^ ; \aiid^:^j:^i Blamires was clean bowled, byYßroad/ who was keeping a good,'lengthVvwhen-'. the score had risen to 260.V 'The Central man had made 48. Ninetcenr.ruhs later,: Wilson, within three of his century,:-lbst''. his wicket. He pasted, a;'ball,:.frdih'. Bernau, end a boundary joked probable;, but Broad, Holding •licld - it., Sa>for 279 v;-;;: : .'.v v.- :.;;.', > Play became dead with' Wilson out, of the way Wagscaffo uudiM'Girrwereut' tho wickets. At>s29J, bortled by Bernau, swung across. Collett;,' followed, and very soon retired with a: : ''ducK." : •:,;:,',';.''. M'Girr and -M'lnto3h carried "on '"the game M'Girr opened but,' arid .hit 'a three, a two, a four, and;n six iri'qujck succession Ho knocked twelve of i.these', off/one over from Bernau;.-; The; following* over, from Broad, , yielded Jjteii.V,to' M'Girr's hitting—two fours ahd.a'two. '''-. At 319 Bernau got M'lntpsh's wicket. : 'The last'mart in was Cnsey,; who opened with a nice two off Bernau; continued vigorously till hc-jreac'hed-35, whan he succumbed to Hueseyi-y '■'••■'•'' The,winnings, .which lasted just ..three, hours, closed for 327 runs.' -;-,•':-; -.-;: ' ■"■ Nomads Doing 'Baiily.;'r.-''--' L .''.'ft''; i , The No"mads opened minutes bcfoie stumps weie to be drawn.'.-Mar-shall and Gronier vent -to the wickets, and M'lnjosh and went; on'to. bowl;. The /first wicket fell for 12jrGrenier's j and the second ior lHHu~ssey:B.*,M;iiitdsh had Ijnkca both wlck<>ts r for;-no.?runs.' k/> Pomeroy followed, but, alteration in the 'Core, M'lntoshvtowled- i)im: : M'lntosh had now for no run= Stumps were drawn .with three of the Noimds wickots down for 14 runs' The iratch will bo continued at 11 : Vclock this morning ... ~:,;'. '■ Wellington First Innings. ';" Baker, 11, b Bernau .....;.;.;,...;T.'.;.. 2 Rodgers, 411133141224241121142223,' .c. : Greniei, b.. Hussey- ...-....■.;.......... 52 B=cch, 111U1U422G0H111, c. Mills, b. Pomeroy , 45 Brice,' 1421H1U1, c Marshall, b. Bernau 2-1 Blnmnes. 221112113211144114113121, b. Broid '48 Wil«on, 122U3C161121M41G14-t4244221G14l 41 c B-rnau, b Brov.l 97 Wnsrstaffe, 1111113, b Bernau 9 M'Girr, 1121328121111, b Hus'sey 35 Collett, b Broad 0 M'lntosh, 1, b. Bernau II 21 not out 3 TMras '..... 11l Total 327' Bowlin! 1 Analysis— Hnssey took two wicked fsr "0 runs, Bernau, five for G8; Bio id, two for 45; Grenier. none for 51; I'omeioj, one for 4G, Arkwright, none foi CI) Nomads.—First Innings. ' Mnr'hall 442 not out 10 lirenei, b M'lnto'h 0 flisiey, b M'lntosh 0 PoiUpha. b. M'lntosh 0 . ." * Total i ;> 1* 4UCKL\ND-CANTEEBUEY, ■ (By fclcßraph—Press Association.) Auckland. January 7. The \iiiMan<l Cricket Association' deiiili f to'iuht to accept Canterbury's I, i,K I'.u i match nt Auckland for the VI iitbt sh-ild 'lho dates suggested are Jiin/jn -". 30, and 31,