PETONE WINS

Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 155, 27 March 1922, Page 6

PETONE WINS

FINISH OF SENIOR CRICKET COMPETITION HUTT A GOOD SECOND REST OF TEAMS NOWHERE The curtain was rung down on the competition for the senior cricket premiership on Saturday afternoon, when Petone, with 18 points, secured the cup. The outstanding fea-. ture of the season's play has been the pronounced superiority of the Hutt Valley clubs over the city teams. Petone thoroughly deserved their success, as they have played with enthusiasm right throughout. Esprit de jorps and sound team building contributed largely to their marked superiority. Hutt, too, have come ' on surprisingly well, and in the second half of the competition proved themselves the best team in the district. Their seven sucoessiye wins, six of which were outright victories, included a defeat of Petone by . 3 points. It was a case of p.etone first, Hutt a good second, and the rest of the teams nowhere. • POINTS FOR THE CUP POSITION OF SENIOR TEAMS. The following table shows the posh tion of the teams in the senior competition, which concluded on Saturday Petone Hutt Midland ' Wellington 4 Old Boys “Y Y.M.C.A “ 7 . Thorndon " Institute »The above points do not include drawn matches played by Fetone and Wellington, Institute and Y.M.UA., Midland and Old Boys. Hutt maintained their superiority over Wellington at the Basin Reserve, and secured a 2-point win, giving them a total of 13 points for the cup. Old Boys defeated Thorndon at Kelburn Park by 197 runs on tho first innings, and the latter were very lucky to stave off a 3-point defeat, as when stumps were drawn they had eight wickets down for the small total of 92, and still required 116 runs to avoid defeat. Institute scored a meritorious victory over Y.M.C.A. at Anderson s Park by 51 runs on the first innings. D. Burt nlaved a fine innings for 107 for the winners, out of a total of 205. Fetone easily triumphed over Midland on the Petone ground. The bowling of Brice and Finlayson was too good tor the citv eleven, who could only total in 5 their first innings. .Hus 2-pomt win brought Petone’s points for the cun up to" 18, giving them a clear five pjnt. over Hull, runners-up.

Another Victory for the Champions. The match between Petone and Midland was concluded on Prtone gipund, and resulted victory, for Petone by 49 runs on the first innings. -Thus they secured 2 points, which increased thenlead and gave them the championship. Neither team gave a good display oi ciicket and the scores obtained were u.. ».«■ r °‘ & 1~1 & ss v»wickets. seven wickets and ture, scored 131 tor sev then declared, Cato (3Ub D Smyrke (16) (two for 4), getters. J. J? Hutchings Patnck (two best . bo wiing (one for 1 1 e . tbeir secon d injx s ing honours. -- - n tbe mft tc* the The fielding w W as n |o<Kl and several fine, catches were brough.ll off. Hutt Outplays Wellington. ’between Hutt, and Wellington. S^rak overnight had soaked the way word get Aldersley (68). and Hughes 45) resumed Hutt’s innings, with no mcvlTi rtown for 122. Runs camo freely against the bowling of Middleton and Fauvek Aldersley in Particular, put them on at a brisk rate. With the totM at 146, Htighes, who 'had scored the even half-century, cocked one up from Fauvel in front of the wicket, and Patterson, running round from behind the sticks threw himself foi the ball and took a clever catch. Hughes had hit six fourers, and given a very fine display. Eccleston then joined Aldersley, whose score stood at 85 but without alteration to the score Aldersley played Middleton on. Alderslev had found the boundary a dozen times, and his innings prove , what a sound bastman he ie. McGirr then joined Eccleston. The Hutt captain started confidently, hanging a tourer off each bowler, and bringing 160 up. With 165 on the board, Middleton clean bowled Eccleston with one of length, which whipped back sharply from the off. Condliffe took up the running, and McGirr forced Middleton off his legs prettily to the long-leg boundary, and sharply leg-glided the next delivery to the fence, bringing 170 up. McGirr late cut Fauvel past Hiddleston at second slip.to the boundary, and turned him to the pickets at ‘long-leg, passing the 'Wellington total, and bringing 180 up. Middleton, who was bowling with great precision, clean bowled Condliffe with another of his deadly off-breaks. 187 — 4 —g. Lockett then joined his captain, whose, score was 28, and opened with’a single. McGirr square-cut Middleton past point to.the fence, bringing 190 on tlie board. With 197 on, McGirr let out at Fauvel, missed, and was clean bowled, 'lhe Hutt captain had hit s : x fourers, and was shaping very confidently until his impatience cost him his wicket. Nunn partnered Lockett, and the 200 came up with 4 for byes off Middleton. Things were now going Wellington’s way, as Middleton shattered Nunn’s sticks with another fast off-break, a ball which he

•wits employing with deadly effect. Balks next emerged from the pavilion and got Middleton away to long-leg for 4. It was a desperate stroke, and next ball Middleton clean bowled him. Shannahan, a left-hander, faced Middleton’s off-breaks, which were legbreaks to him. Play was slow. With 212 up, Fauvel beat Lockett with a good one, which made pace from the pitch. Langford was next, and a bit of a stand was made. The score crept along to 221, when Shannahan, who had scored half a dozen, was thrown out by W. 11. Wilson in attempting a short run. Lusty, the last man, joined Longford, who got Middleton away to leg for 4. With the end in sight Langford let out at Middleton and banged him to the fence at longoff, bringing 230 up. The end came at 236, Patterson snapping Lusty up behind the sticks, off Fauvel. It was an indifferent display, .after the fine opening, but the wicket was‘difficult. Middleton once again proved that he is a dangerous bowler whenever the wicket gives him a little assistance. From none for 50 on the first day, he finished up with five for 100, thus securing five for 50 on Saturday, and he hit the wickets each time. Fauvel kept a steady length at the other end, securing four for 68. With two hours and five minutes left for play, 1 Hiddleston and C. G. Milson opened iWellington’s second innings to the bowling of McGirr ana Nunn. When 10 showed on tho board Wilson attempted to hook one from Nunn, but missed and had his wickets upset. Hiddleston, who was shaping like a batsman in form, was joined by Anderson, but after scoring 7 tlie newcomer was beaten by a leg-break from Nunn. Burton, the Wellington captain, came next, but was unable to stem his run of batting failures, as after scoring a single he made a poor stroke at a very good ball from McGirr, and had his wickets spreadeagled. Jennings, who followed, was vorked by McGirr, and four wickets were down for 45. It now looked as if Hutt had a fighting cliance of securing the three-point lyin. 'However, Bruges, who came next, lent Hiddleston valuable aid at a critrnM time. Nunn, who was making the ball turn the width of the wicket from both sides', was giving serious trouble,, but both batsmen adopted the wise tactics of going resolutely at the slow bowler and "they had the satisfaction ot hitting him off his length. The pair took the total from 45 to 91, when Bruges, who had scored 23, was bowled by Alderslay, who had relieved Nunn. The light had now failed, and it was difficult to sight- the ball. Aldersley struck a length right auaj, and worked havoc, .clean bowling Middleton and Fativel ami getting W. H. Wilson leg-before. With 127 up, Hiddleston, who had given a very sound display on the difficult wicket, cocked a rising ball from McGirr to Balks close in at sillv point. His 6. wass put together in first-rate style, a push stroke through the slips bringing him many runs. This batsman towered head and shoulders over the rest of his club mates and at the present time is unquestionably one of tt beet batsman in the Dominion. Ho has plenty of defence, requisite patience, and a wide variety of sc shots. In the first innings ke scoied 62, and after going in first hrs was the last wicket to fall. On Saturday he aga : n opened the innings, and carried on until the eighth wicket had fallen. Wagstaffe and Patterson were fighting for thoir lives in a very bad light, when at 5.50 the umpires decided that further play was impossible. 'Hie score then stood at '134 for nine wickets. Hutt thus won on the first innings by 60 runs. Aldersley placed himself'in the forefront of senior players by his capable all-round work in this match. Following up his fine innings of 85 with the bat, he secuied four wickets for 22 runs with the ball, besides fielding smartly and cleanly. McGirr took three for 38, and Nunn two for, 46. Condliffe did good work behind the sticks. i)ld Boys Try for "Three-Pointer.”

When stumps were drawn on the previous Satifrday, .Old Boys had made 240 in their first innings against Thorndon, and the latter had six wickets down for 60 runs. ' Phillips (5) and Leggat'(l), the not-out men, continued their innings, and only eight runs had been added when Leggat was caught at point by Bull off Duncan. Warne followed and the total was 89 when Phillips was caught by McColl behihd the wickets off the same bowler. King filled the vacancy and was dismissed almost immediately without scoring. Cusack was the last man in and he and Warne made a fine stand, the score being raised to 145 before Barclay bowled Warne, thus saving the team following on. Ronaldson and Barclay opened Old Boys’ second innings, and the former scored very freely, the board showing 64 when Barclay was bowled by Tarrant after contributing only 9. • Duncan was tho next batsman, and after Ronaldson had added a boundary, he was bowled by King. Lambert followed, and the century had just beep topped when he lifted one from Tarrant to Leggat in the deep field, and it was accepted. At 106 Tucker, the newcomer, was run out. Bull joined Ronaldson, "and at 113 it. was decided z to declare and try for a three-point win. Ronaldson contributed 58 in fine style, his hits including a dozen boundaries. In their second venture, Thorndon had eight wickets down for 92 when time was called, Cusack making 46 and Tilyard 30. Old Boys thus-won'by 97 runs on the first innings. Institute Defeat Y.M.C.A. This match was continued on a very dead wicket on Anderson Park, and resulted in a good win for Institute by 51 runs on the first innings. With five down for 64, Institute took their score to 205. Burt, with 107, was the chief factor in the win. He played a very good innings, and made his runs chiefly by drives. Three chances behind tho sticks were down to his debit. He is promising, aiid watches the ball well, but must eradicate, some faults. Cox caught him on the boundary by a very fine effort; as a matter of fact, the ball would have dropped clear over, but the fieldsman took it with hands outstretched over the line. James (25) lent Burt great assistance, and it was this partnership that won the match. Henderson, White, and Fulton bowled well for Y.M.C.A. PETONE V. MIDLAND. MIDLAND. —First Innings. W. A. Baker, b. Finlayson 45 J. Cunningham, b. Finlayson b D. Patrick, c. Parrant, b. Brice ... 3 A. Gilchrist, b. Finlayson 1 A. Bruce, 1.b.w., b. Brice 7 A. Cunningham, c. M. Nicholls, b. Finlayson : 1 J. W- Hutchings, 1.b.w., b. Finlayson 3 J. Hutchings, b. Brice -13 E. Judd, not out 7 Williams, c. McNicholls, b. Brice u E. Upham, absent 0 Extras ~•••13 Total 99 Bowling Analysis.—Brice took four wickets for 40 runs; Finlayson, five for 46. Second, Innings. W. A. Baker, 1.b.w., b. Brice 25 D. Patrick, c. M. Nicholls, b. Finlayson J J Hutchings, c. Cate, b. Smyrktf 5 A. Bruce, st. Cate, b. Smyrke 11 J. W. Hutchings, not out 12 A. Cunningham, not out " Extras 0 Total tor tour wickets 54

Bowling Analysis.—Smyrke took two wickets for 13 runs; Finlayson, one for 20; Brice, one for 21. PETONE. First innings 148 Second Innings. A. Borrows, c. Patrick, b. Judd ... 26 Hamilton, 1.b.w., b. J. Hutchings ■ 7 E Smyrke, c. Patrick, b. Bruce ...• 16 A Cate, c. Baker, b. Patrick 30 H. E. Nicholls, b. J. W. Hutchings 4 J. Corner, b. J. W. Hutchings ... 2 Finlayson, not out H M. Nicholls, b. Patrick 3 Extras 31 Total 131 Bowling Analysis.—Patrick tqok two wickets for 29 runs; J. Hutchings, ofie for 14- E. Judd, one for 18; Bruce, one for 25; J. W.. Hutchings, two for 4. HUTT V. WELLINGTON. HUTT—First Innings. Aldersley, b. Middleton 85 Hughes, c. Patterson, b. Fauvel... 50 Eccleston, b. Middleton * McGirr, b. Fauvel Condliffe, b. Middleton 3 Nunn, b. Middleton Balks, b. Middleton ® Lockett, b. Fauvel < Shannahan, thrown out o Lusty, c. Patterson, b. I'auvel ... 3 Langford, not out 1® Extras 236 Bowling Analysis—Middleton took five wickets for 100 runs; Hiddleston, none for 21; Fauvel, four for 68; Anderson, none for 11. WELLINGTON. First innings ■■■■■■■■: 176 Second Innings. Hiddleston, c. Balks, h. McGirr ... 67 C. G. Wilson, b. Nunn 6 Anderson, b. Nunn 7 Burton, b. McGirr 1 Jenninge. b. McGirr o Bruges, h. Aldersley Middleton, b. Aldersley A Fauvel, b. Aldersley 0 W. H. Wilson, Lb.w., b. Aldersley 4 Wagstaffe, not out 3 Patterson, not out 3 Extras -*-U

Total for nine wickets 134 Bowling Ana(lysis>.—McGirr took three wickets for 38 runs ; Nunn, two for 46; Balks, none for 18; Aldersley, four for 22. ■ - . , OLD BOYS v. thorndon; OLD BOYS. First innings 240 Second Innings. Renaldson, not out 58 Barclay, b. Tarrant 9 Duncan, b. King ■■■■■■•••••• ® ‘Lambert, c. Leggat, b. Tarrant ... 19 Tucker, run out ” Bull, not out Extras 20 Total for four wickets ....113 Bowling Analysis.—King took one wicket for 45 runs; Tarrant, two for 85; Christophersen, none for 7. »- THORNDON.—First Innings. McKellar. b. Barclay 12 Tilyard, 1.b.w., b - ® arcla y,'"i4''" 1 Christopherson, c. Wilson, b. BarDonieglnie, c. McCoiij b.’Tucker ..4 10 Brook, b. Barclay 12 Tarrant, b. Tucker ® Phillips, c. McColl, b. Duncan 28 Leggat, c. Bull b. Duncan 1 Warne, b. Barclay King, b. Duncan ” Cusack, not out ' Extras •' Total 140 Bowling AnaTysis.-Barclay took five wickets for 66 runs; Duncan, three for 39; Tdcker, two for 19. ' Second Innings. King, h. Wilson 0 Tilyard, not out •••••• Christpphersen, b. Lambert 1 Tarrant, c. McColl, b. Wilson ... McKellar, c. Lambert, b. Milson ... 0 Warne, c. Duncan, b. Lambert ... 0 I.eggat, c. Wilson, b. Duncan 6 Brook, h. Duncan Phillips, not out ® Extras I 1 Total for eight wickets 92 Bowling Analysis.—Wilson took three wickets for <8 runs; Lambert, two for 21; Duncan, three for lb, Barclay, none for 6. INSTITUTE V. Y.M.C.A. INSTITUTE—First Innings. Dempster, c. Jones, b. Henderson 7 Banks, b. Fulton ® Nelson, b. Henderson Bell, b. Henderson - 1 ® Ditchfield, h. Henderson 3 James, 1.b.w., b. Fulton 25 D. Burt, c. sub., b. Fulton 197 Thomas, b. White ‘ G. Burt, b. White ° Barr, not out Griffith, c. Edmond, b. White /... <5 Extras Zo Total 205 Bowling Anaiysis.—Fulton took three wickets for 79 runs; Henderson, foui for 59; White, three for 4(1. Y.M.C.A. . . 154 First innings •••••••••. Second Innings. = Jones, b. Griffith Deighton, b. Dempster M. Henderson, not out r R Henderson, c. Burt, b. Barr ... 0 Taylor b. Banks J Edmond, c. James, b. Burt Extras Total for five wickets 64 Bowling Analysis.—Dempster took one wicket for 1 run; Griffith one for / ; Banks, one for 11: Ditchfmld none for 14; Barr, one for 18; G. Burt, one for 4. ’ JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP. .In the Marist-Petone match Petone batted first, making 131, to which Marist replied with 184 Petone, m the second innings, made. 57 tor six wickets, which gave Marist a two-point win on the first innings by 4< runs. For Marist Hopkins scored 84, I’ol eman 27, and Flannigan 19. l<or l etqne Martin got 37 runs, -Hope 22, and Wainwright 18. Bowling for Marist, Mulli three wickets for 12, Roberts three for 30, Hopkins two for 20. Bowling for Petone, J. Barber took three for 12, Senior four for 49, Rodgers two for 53. , r .j, j Midland v. Poneke.—-Midland von this match at Kelburn by eight wickets, thus winding up the season , by three consecutive three-point wins. Watson and O’Connor carried the Midland score to within 5 runs of Ponclce s first innings total. Poneke fared badlv in their second innings, H. Moss and H. Baumber, backad up by fine fielding, dismissing Poneke for 30 Tlie scores were: Poneke 124 and 30. Midland 119 (Watson 32 not out) and 47 for two wickets (Gibson 25 not out, Baumber 14 not out). Bowling for ■Midland, H. Moss took• four wickets for 15 runs, H. Baumber three for 15. For Poneke,' McCardell six wickets for 53, and two for 37 runs. University defeated Old Boys by an innings and 57 runs. Scores: Old Boys 88 (Souper 20, Kirker 15, Faber 15, Almao 10 not out), and 35 (Hislop 10). Bowling for University, Lusk took three for 22 and five for 11, Harwood three for 28 and two for 18, Joplin three for 27. University, first innings, ISO (Joplin 62, Broad 15, Harwood 27, Lusk 41, Lewis 14). Bowling: Kirker took one for 28, Benjamin two for 23, Faber two for 38, Casey three for 21, Bourke one for 10. ,

’J’liorndon A secured a three-point win over Wellington College. The Thorndon score was 164, and seven wickets ifor 63 (Plant 12, Salmon 10. Martin 10). Wellington College got 57 and 167 (R. McKenzie 46, Rollings 40, Evans 28, Foley-13 not out, Arndt 10, Forde 10)!' Bowling for Thorndon, Salmon took two wickets for 19, Mason two for 19. Martin two for 37, Plant three for 67, and Eton one for 23. For College, Forde five for 37, and Rollings one for 9. Thorndon B (174 and .54 for one wicket) secured a three-point win over Y.M.C.A. (74 and 138). FOURTH-CLASS FINAL. Marist Old Boys won the fdurth grade championship by securing a twopoint win over Thorndon. Marist won the toss, and sent Thorndon in- for first strike, but the batsmen could not make any headway against the bowling, of Andrews and Johnson, the whole side being dismissed for 38 runs. Andrews finished with the fine average of seven wickets for 19 runs, and Johnson three for 8. Marist then went in and compiled 93 runs, passing Thorndon’ score with, one. wicket down. Thorndon batted again, and compiled 103 runs for the loss of five wickets, and declared. Thorndon gave Marist 20 minutes in which to obtain 44 runs for a three-point win. but after knocking up 16 runs off the first oyer, the batsmen made an appeal against the light, and the match thus ended in a win for Marist by 60 runs on the first innings. TOWN V. COUNTRY THIRD-GRADE MATCH. Teams representing the' town and country clubs engaged in the third B 'grade competition (the country players coming from Hutt, Petone, Makara, and Johnsonville), commenced a two days’ match at Newtown Park on Saturday afternoon. The sides were very evenly matched, and after an innings each had been completed, 'the country lads had a narrow lead of 3 runs. The scores were: — Country.—Neazor, b. Whaler, 1; Luxton, b.' Cox, 2; W. Monk, b. Whaler, 4; G. Caskin, b. Cox, 0; Elvey, 1.b.w., b. Cox, 10; L. Monk, run out, 10; Carter, run out, 0; Clarke, c. and b. Brooks, 6; Webley, b. Brooks, 7; G. Monk, not out, 4; Moore, b. Brooks, 0; extras, 4. Total, 48. Bowling: Cox took three wickets for 22 runs; Whaler, two for ’ 15; Brooks, three for 7. Town.—Cox b. Carter, 9; Allen, io. and b. Carter, 6; Brooks, c. and b. Carter, 2; Keenan, c. ana b. Carter, 4; Whaler, b. L. Monk, 1; Watson, b. Carter, 8; Boxall, b. Carter, 5; Stokes, b. Moore, 0; Clarke, not out, 2; Kent, b. Carter, 0; .Smith, b. Moore, 1; extras, 7. Total, 45. The bowling analysis was not available. MERCANTILE LEAGUE. ' The ?nal match for the “knock-out”-competition for «the Myers Cup was continued at Duppa. Street, and resulted in a win for the Vacuum Oil Company by 168 runs. In their second innings (first innings 151) the Vacuum Oil Company compiled 179 runs (Wilson 29, Aitcheson 44, Wheatly 37, Mcßean 15, Jennings 11). Lawrence secured five wickets for. 48 runs, Dowsett, two for 33, and Drake two for 12. Dalgety and Co., in their second innings (first innings nine wickets for 125 declared), compiled 37 runs (two men absent), of which Dawsett made, 12 not out. . Anderson secured fiv»* wickets for 18 runs. BOYS' LEAGUE. Junior.—Y.M.C.A. D were defeated by Y.M.C.A. B by eight wickets. Batting for the D’s Moore made 34 not out, Butler 11 not out, Watt 10 and 25, and Handcock 10. For the B’s Cox made 15, Wiren 21, and' Brown 16. Wellington College defeated Te Aro School by eight wickete. The College batsmes to reach double figures were Currie 11, Watt 23, Pearce 18, Montgomery 15, and McKeeman 14. Intermediate.—Y’.M.C.A. C defeated Y.M.C.A. A by 6 runs. For'the C’s Sneddon made 13, Jomlinson 23, and Barrett 23, and for the • A’s Mace made 12, Leicester 13, and Patrick 18. Donbank defeated Y.M.C.A. D by four wickets. Batting for Donbank Worthington made 11, Blucher 14, Pulsford 11, Parker 16, and Kelly 13 not out; and'for the losers Organ made 23, Caldwell 30, and Clouston 14.