CITY CRICKET

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2977, 15 January 1917, Page 9

CITY CRICKET

UNIVERSITY'S. FIGHT WITH TIME

EXCITING FINISH

Cricket at the Basin- Reserve on Sat- . irday afternoon was exciting, Tho exitoment was provided by North and Jniversity, who 'held the result of heir match in the balance until tho last noment. University, had secured a ead of 41 on tho first-innings. North leclared their second innings closed vlien they had five wickets down for 182. therefore, to win, University, needed, to icoro 142 runs or play, out time. As--;heir innings progressed, it, became clear ;hat they would not even approach tholeeded 142 runs, but there was no cer;ainty that they would- not be still at ;he crease whon the time came to draw itumps. With a quarter- of an. hour to. xit, University had.two wickets to fall. Dwyer and Duncan were batting, and Spence was the next and last man. in. Dwyer was playing a beautiful game at seeping up the wicket, but Duncan did oot instil quite the 6amo confidence. Frequent changes of- bowling were tried, md at length Duncan was smartly lauglit by Wicket-keeper Patterson oif Wdndley. When Spence went in only two or three .minutes, of time.remained. Dwyer had the bowling, but hit- a three, Mid thus cast the defence, on, to,. Spence. Spence weathered the- attack, and the last over opened with Dwyer again receiving the bowling. There did' not seem the slightest- chance of shifting Dwyer, but again he tapped- a three, to an easy boundary. ' There were four more balls of the over for Spence to face. He survived two, but Windley yorked him with the third, and' tie. game was North's. . . "Old Boys had an easy second-innings win over Trenthani. Details follow— OLD BOYS AND TRENTHAM. Old Boys (first innings) 185. Trentham (first; innings), 181! Old Boys'—Second Innings. Beechey, b. M'Cardell 63 Ronaldson, b. Southall 15, Lambert, c. Torrance, 39 Black-lock, not out 29 Taylor, c. Tattersall, b. Hamilton-.... 5 Morris, b. Southall 21 Baker, not 12 Extras 20 Declared, five • wickets for 20-i Bowling Analysis'.—Tattersall- took: no wickets, for 11 runs; E. M. M'Cardell, one for, 21; Hamilton) one for 30; Southall, two. for 29; Smith,, none for 11; Dacre, none f0r,24.; Torranco,, one for 30; and Smyrk, none for 28i Trentham—Second. Innings, Tattersall, c. and- b. Taylor. 25 Torrance,, b. Taylor 4. Dacre, b. Lambert U E. W. M'Cardell, b. Marris. 1 Hamilton, b. Marris 5 Smyrk, absent 0 Liversedge, c. Baker, b. Harris..™. 0 E; M. M 7 Cardell, c. Ronaldson,. b. Taylor 0 Smith, c. Beechey, b. Taylor, 0 Southall, c. Beechey, b. Taylor 11 Barrow, not out •• ijj Extras •_!» Total .................. 88 Bowling Analysis—Lambert took one. wicket for 16-Tuns-; Taylor, five-, for. 577 and Marris, three for 22: UNIVERSITY AND NORTH. North (first innings). JM,' University (first innings) ;,.... 2<« North-Second Innings. Wagstaft'e, c. and b. Fenton 12 Crombio, b. Fenton ..»••■• 35 Hiddleston, not out ™ Patterson, c. Brown, b. George, G Hickson, c. Brown, b. Ward J' Wilson, run- out , > *■ Tuckwell, not out l? Extras ~-• _' Declared, five wickets, for .......... 182 Bowling Analysis—Fenton took, two wickets for 45 runs; Duncan, nono for SS-; George, onofor. 33;. Ward,one,for 21;. and Smith* nonp. for 14. University—Second-Innings. Smith, b. Hiddleston 0 George b. Mackie } Birch, b. Mackie 1 Wilson, b. Hiddlestoii U Brown, c. and b. Hiddleston a Burns, b. Mackie 11 Fenton, b. Hiddleston * Ward, c. and b. Hiddleston 5 Dwyer, not out •- , 1 -——-.—v."" h Dmiean. c. Patterson, b. Windloy ... 13 Spence b. Windley • « Extras -_2 Total ••• <$ : BOYS' CRICKET .LEAGUE. Senior Grade— Empire, defeated- Marist; Bros, by 6 wickets and-. 3, runs.