WEEK-END CRICKET

Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 104, 28 January 1924, Page 4

WEEK-END CRICKET

BIG INNINGS BY INSTITUTE AND Y.M.C.A, .THREE CENTURIES SCORED. COLLAPSE MIDLAND Ideal conditions prevailed for the continuation. of competition matches on Saturday. The weather was gloriously fine, the wickets perfect, and the outfields fast. Y.M.C.A., at the Basin Reserve, did splendidly in passing Wellington’s big total of 431 with only seven wickets down. Westbrook (126) and R. Murphy (80 not out) put on 159 for the fourth wicket. The Institute batsmen ran up the solid total of 464 for nine wickets at Kelburn Park, heading Thorndon by 102 runs on the first innings. H. Prince led the way with a brilliant 144, made in two hours and a quarter. In a modest scoring game. Old Boys defeated Hutt by 27 runs on the first innings, Hughes scoring a bright 126 for the suburban team. The most sensational happening of the day was the collapse of Midland against Petone on the Hutt ground. Requiring only 63 runs to win the match outright, the leaders crashed for the ridiculously small total of 55, giving Petone a 4-point win by 12 runs. A. Finlayson was responsible for Petone’s meritorious win, as he recorded another very fine all-round performance. The victories recorded by Petone, Y.M.C.A., Old Boj’s, and Institute make the position for the championship particularly interesting, as will be seen from a glance at the table given below. RESULTS AT A GLANCE Y.M.C.A., 7—439 beat Wellington, 461 Institute, 9—462, beat Thorndon, *-gO Old Boys, 317 and 5—164, beat Hutt, 290. Petone, 109 and 184, beat Midland, 226 and 55. ' CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE Midland 14 Petone 14 Old Boys 12 Y.M.C.A nJ . Hutt n Institute 9 Wellington ' 7 Thorndon 1J BEST PERFORMANCES BATTING. H.y Prince (Institute) 144 W. G. Hughes (Hutt) ; 126 B. A. Westbrook (Y.M.C.A.) 126 A. Finlayson (Petoce) 98. 'JC. Bajrr (Ilnstitutl) ... 88 J. S. Banks (Institute) 81 *R. Murphy (Y.M.CLA.) 80 A. Sugden (Y.M.C.A.) . 78 T. B. Nelson (Institute) 60 *Not out. BOWLING. A. Finlayson (Petone), six for 19. D. Patrick (Midland), six for 91. PETONE V. MIDLAND PETONE. First innamgß 109 Second Innings. H. E. Nicholls, run out 1 J. Patrick, b. Judd 2 A. Finlayson, b. Patrick 98 W. Borrows, b. Patrick 34 E. Smyrk, b. J. Hutchings 5 M. Corner, 1.b.w., b. J. Hutchimgs... 1 M. Nicholls, b. Patrick 15 D. Sutherland, b. Patrick 5 J. Hamilton, b. Patrick 2 A. K. Barber, b. Patrick 4 A. Cate, not out 5 Extras 12 Total 181 Bowling Analysis.—Judd took one wicket for 23 runs; D. Patrick, six for 91; Bruce, none for 23; J. Hutchings, two for 35. MIDLAND. First innings 226 Second Innings. A'.. Bruce, o. H. E. Nicholls; b. Finlayson ® B. Gibson, b. Finlayson 20 J W. Hutchings, b. Finlayson ... 10 j’ Hutchings, b. Finlayson 0 H L. Cooper, b. Corner 1 D. Halley, b. Finlayson 5 D Patrick, b. Corner •> E. Judd, b. Corner ...••* ” G. Watson, b. Finlayson 7 A. Clarke, not. out 0 W. Johnston, absent 0 Extnas . £ Total' 55 Bowling Analysis.-Finlayson took six wickets for 19; Corner, three for 29. WELLINGTON V. Y.M.C.A. WELLINGTON. First Innings 431 Y.M.C.A.—First Innings. A. Sugden, b. Good 78 C W. Francis, c. Marris, b. G00d... 22 if. A. Westbrook, b. Napier' 126 H T. Bowyer, run out ™ R. Cox, b. Marris £ R. Murphy, not out w E. D. Haughey, c. Bruges, b. Napier 21 J. W. Condliffe, c. Johnstone, b Ward 0 Jones, not out Extras 54 Total for seven wickets 439 Bowling Analysis: Napier took two wickets for 117 runs; Lewis, none for .>0: Marris. one for 54; Good two for 87; Anderson, none for 40; Ward, one for 15; Johnstone, none for JL OLD BOYS V. HUTT HUTT.—First Innings. W. G. Hughes, b. Lusk 1-h E Lockett, c. Donaldson, b. Lusk ... b n. Nunn, c. Bull, b. Duncan 2 D. McLaren, c. Joplin, b. Morton 33 W. A. Aldersley, c. Ronaldson, b. Barclay „„ R. McKay, b. Joplin .. R. A. Pringle, c. Ronaldson, b. BarD. Near,or, c. Lusk, b. Barclay -3 J. Shannahan, not out ■■■■■■ -w B. R. Wakelin. c. Barclay, b. Joplin 15 L. Beard, b. Lusk . Extras Total 290 Rowling Analysis: Duncan toc * 7J e wicket for 504 runs; Lusk, three for 43, Barclay three for 77: Morton, one foi Joplin. First innings 517 Second Innings. W. H. Stainton. b. Aldersley 37 W. Grubb, b. Beard • < A. W. Duncan, c. and b. Aldersley ... 4 W. Barclav, b. Beard- K A R. Ronaldson. not out F. Joplin, st. Wakelin, b. Nunn 13 E. I. Bull, not out >0 Extras

Total for five wickets 164 Bowling .Analysis.—Beard took two wickets for 30 runs; Aldersley, two for 29; Pringlo, nono for 7; Nuno, ono for 42; McLaren, nono for 24.

THORNDON V. INSTITUTE THORNDON. First innings 360 INSTITUTE—First Innings. J. Banks, 1.b.w., b. Ellerm 81 T. Nelson, b. Ellerm 60 D. Burt, c. Leggat, b. Ellerm 5 H. Foley, b. Leggat 30 J. Malcolm, b. Mason 0 J. Rodgers, b. Hyder 12 N. Griffiths, c. and b. Mason 1 H. Prince, c. Warne b. Mason 144 T. Barr, c. Warne, b. Ptfellips 88 R. Massey, not out 14 L. Condliffe, not out 6 Extras 23 Total 464 Bowling Analysis.—Warne took no wickets for 48 runs; Leggat, one for 49; Hyder, one for 66; Wareham, none for 30; Taylor, none for 44; Ellerm, three for 57; Carruthers, none for 30; Mason, two for 67; Brook, one for 30; Phillips, one for 20. JUNIOR GRADES JUNIOR A. Old Boys, 333 (Trott 119, Whitwell 61, Burt 34, Souper 26 not out, Morton 24, Burke 18, Eton 14, Leys 12), beat Petone, 226 (Senior 52, Barber 32, Pawson 24, McKee 22, Rodgers 22, Pointon 14, Hamilton 14, Martin 14). Bowling for Old Boys, Binnie took five for 49. Petone in their second innings scored 120 for seven wickets, Pawson 45 not out, Barber 30( McKee 20. Morton took three wickets for 15. Resuming with 368 on the board for four wickets, Selwyn took their first innings total against Wellington to 483. Redmond carried his 177 not out to 197. Other scorers in the big total were Murphy 106, Leggat 54, Mummery 36 F Walters 32, Buck 20. Hanna bowled well for Wellington, taking five wickets for 19. Wellington could only manage to total 117 and 75 (Evans 37). Bowling for Selwyn, Millar captured six for 39. . Kilbirnie defeated Thorndon by an innings and 84 runs. JUNIOR B. Eastbourne, who had made 141 for nine wickets, wore all out for 149 against Wellington’s 235. In their second inS ng n Wellington only made 89 (Crombie Burd la). L. Foley howled - well securing seven for 32, while Nash got two for 6. Wanting 175 to win, Eastbourne secured the necessary runs for seven wickets, and thus gained a fourpoint win. E. Foley (45), Hav 132 not °«t). Goldfinch (32), Nash (25), ystephenson (22), and Hylton (10 not out) P wero tne run-getters. iJ Ci , 1 ? irnie WOJI outright against Karori oy oo runs. THIRD GRADE. Y.M.C A 171 (Gillies 33, Lang 27 retired Hall 19 I’Estrango 17 dAudney 11 not out) defeated Institute 24 (Clay 10) and 38 (Gough 10, Kind 10) e 109 runs - Bowling for Y.M.C.A. Gillies took six for 13 Spiers four for 10, d’Audney four for 23, Hosking three for 1, Jones two for Kilbirnie, 226, scored a three-point win over Hutt, 54. FOURTH GRADE. Institute Old Boys defeated Y.M.C.A. A by nine wickets. Institute made 85 and 18 for one, and Y.M.C.A. 58 and 82. Batting for Institute W. Douglas scored 56. and Worthington made 35 for Y.M.C.A. Bowling for Institute, Turner took six wickets far 30, and five for 7; Douglas four far 25, Caulton three for 15, and Quin one for 6. For Y.M.C.A. Bale secured six for 30, Worthington four for 23, and Shaw one for 7. OTHER MATCHES. Petone scored a four-point win over KiJbirnie in the Third B A Grade match. Eastbourne had a four-point win over Kilbirnie in the Third B B Grade match. Kilbirnie eeouned a four-point win against St. Platriick’s College in the Junior C Grade by default. BOYS’ LEAGUE. Institute 109 for five wickets declared) defeated St. Thomas 22 and 65 for no wickets. Bilby (47 not out), G. Cleverly (22 not out), Chamberlain (16) did the Wijriilg for Itnstiltutfo, while far St. Thomas the principal Tun-geltsrs were Parsons 30 (not out), and Stevenson 19 (not out). Bowling for Institute, Chamberlain secured three for 9. MERCANTILE LEAGUE. Merit, Cuttrel 138 (Osborne 39, Rogers 20, Donaldson 18, Burridgo 19, Anketell 14, Alexander 12) were defeated by Vacuum Oil by six wicltets. Wheatley made 74, Cottrell 27, Wliite 15. Bowling for Munt, Cottrell, Osborne took two wickets for 38, and Rogers one for 13, while foi 4 Vacuum Oil, Duck secured five for 38, Anderson four for 65, and White one for 31. GAMES IN OTHER CENTRES AUCKLAND By Tbleobafh.— Pcess Association. Auckland, January 27. Parnell made 325 for four wickets in the first innings against Eden (Hemus 138, E. McLeod not out 92). Grafton scored 148 against Ponsonby, who replied with 143 for six wickets (Smith not out 55). North Shore made 159 against University, who collapsed, and were dismissed for 38. Following on, University had scored 41 for four wickets. Bowling for North Shore, Townsend took five wickets for 20 runs, Coates four for 16. CHRISTCHURCH By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, January 27. At the conclusion of the 7th round of the senior competition matches the championship points stand as follow: — Sydenham 13, West Christchurch 10, St. Albans 9, T.inwood 8, Riccarton 7, East Christchurch 3. To West Christchurch’s big total of 508, Riccarton replied with 329 (Haines 48, Caygill 51, Bain 76, Fuller 30, Powell 50, Evans 14). Bowling: Cocks took one wicket for 70 runs, Findlay two for 79, D. Foster one for 16, Blunt four for 73, Hayes two for 49. In their second innings West Christchurch have Jost one wicket for 46 (Chrystall not out 25). St. Albans defeated Linwood by an innings and 27 runs. Linwood, who had made 159 in the first innings, could only compile 112 in the second strike (Boon not out 57, Smith 28). Bowling: Thomas took five wickets for 40 runs, Sandman three for 86, Martin one for 33. The, St. Albans first innings yielded 298 (Woods 19, Crawford 83. Norrie 36, Thomas 25, Martin 46, Sandman 22, Graham 27). Bowling: R. Read took six wickets for 111, Russell two for 92. East Christchurch, playing against Sydenham, made 178 in the first innings and in the second innings lost five wickets for 89 (Brosnahan 35. Gregory 29). Mcßeth took the -whole of the five wickets at a cost of 46 runs. Sydenham, in the first innings, declared with nine wickets down for 295 (Young 46, Mcßeth 28, Oliver .39, Gasson 581. Bowling: Stringer took four wickets Tor 6-1, Flood two for 55, Gregory two for 37. DUNEDIN By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, January 27. Grange, who made 33fl for the first innings a fortnight ago., defeated Albion by four runs. In tile first innings Albion made 332 (Blamires 101 not out, I. Duncan 47, Shepherd 38, O’Brien 43). For Grange, Galland took seven wickets for 139 runs. Grange, in the second innings, lost three wickets for 62 (L. Chadwick 39 not out). Carisbiook made 253 for eight wickets a fortnight ago, and then declared. On Saturday they put Dunedin in, who made 77’ in the first innings .Strang 35). Dickinson took four wickets for 36, Douglas three for .13. Ramsden three for 8. In the second innings Dunedin had lost eight wickets for 218 when stumps were drawn (Torrance 84. Eokhold. 43, Baker not oijt 46. A. P, Alloo took

two wickets for 19. Carisbrook won on the first innings. In a fourth grade match. Butler, of Carisbrook, made 11 7 and retired. SHEFFIELD SHIELD MATCH NEW SOUTH WALES V. VICTORIA (Keo. January 27, 5.5 p.m.) Sydney, January 26. The Sheffield Shield match New Spu th Wales v. Victoria commenced to-day in fine weather. Owing to the recent heavy rain the wicket was soft and slow. Victoria won the toss and sent the homo team in. New South Wales in the first innings made 217 (McCartney 30, Andrews 96, Mailey not out 22). Wallace took three wickets for 48 runs; Hartkopf four for 49. New South Wales opened inauspiciously on a wicket which appeared not too bad, Bardsley being dismissed for 4, and at rhe luncheon adjournment four wickets being down for 72. Andrews, however, who came in before tlhe adjournment, batted carefully on a wicket which now was much easier, and when later he was partnered by Mailey he played a magnificent uphill innings, varied by patches of enterprising cricket. Mailey played well, scoring all round the wicket, but being principally concerned in keeping the strike to Andrews. Victoria in the first innings has cue wicket down for 41 (Love not out 23). New South Wales gave a deplorable exhibition of fielding, being the worst seen for some time. Four easy chances were missed and may cost the home team the game. —Press Assn. The N.Z. Sports Service H.M. and L. W. McGirr, 38 Willis Street, Wellington, supply everything for crickat, tennis, bowls, croquet, etc., at competitive prices.—Advt.