COLOURLESS CRICKET

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 120, 15 February 1926, Page 8

COLOURLESS CRICKET

WEAK BATTING IN SENIOR GAMES HUTT DEFEAT MIDLAND OUTRIGHT WINS TO PETONE AND OLD BOYS Though conditions were all in favour of run-getting poor scoring prevailed in the championship matches on Saturday afternoon, only one innings of over 200 being registered. Hutt’s strong bowling string proved too much for Midland, who could only total 187, and were thus defeated by 145 runs on the first innings. Wellington headed Y.M.C.A. by 51 runs on the first innings, winning their way to second place on the championship ladder. Old Boys defeated University by 209 runs at Kelburn Park, after declaring their second ihnings closed. -Petone also scored full points over Thorndon on the suburban ground, the margin being eight wickets. After applying the closure with 353 up for nine wickets, Institute dismissed Kilbirnie for 159, scoring a win on the first innings by 194 runs. The highest batting of the day was shown by the colt, J. R. Lamason, who hit up a sparkling 106 for Y.M.C.A. against Wellington, whose bowlers included Badcock and Hiddleston.

RESULTS AT A GLANCE Hutt, 332, beat Midland. 187 and '6—150. Wellington, 262. beat Y.M.C.A.. 211 and 9—189. Old Boys. 210, beat University, 101 and 82. Petone. 196 and 2—31. beat Thorndon, 32 and 196. Institute, 9—353 (declared), beat Kilbifnie, 153 and 6 —90. BEST PERFORMANCES •BATTING. J. It. Lamason (Y.M.C.A.) 106 A\ Ronnldson (Old Boys) *lO2 J. Hutchings (Midland) *B2 'B. J. Kortlang (Thorndon) 79 E: Phillips (Thorndon) 65 W. A. Baker (Midland) 55 *Not out. BOWLING. K. 11. Tucker (Old Boys), five for 33. J. A. Malcolm (Institute), five for 60. -L. Beard (Hutt), five for 67. A. Finlayson (Petone), five for 70. CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE.

HUTT’S BOWLING STRENGTH TOO MUCH FOR MIDLAND. There was a good deal of speculation as to whether Midland would be able to reach the solid total of 332 set them by Hutt on the previous Saturday. Mid- . land’s hopes disappeared early, as the two Hutt star trundlers. Beard and McGirr, struck their best form right away, and had all-the early batsmen' ■ in dire straits. Six wickets were down for 39, when A. Bruce joined J. Hutchings. and the pair stopped the rot. Batting soundly, they ran the score to 127. when Bruce, who had played a serviceable innincs for 38, was bowled .by Beard. J. Hutclpngs once again rose to the occasion, and showed his club-mates that runs could not only bo got off the Hutt trundlers. but that they could be punished. He was very strong on the leg side, getting McLeod’s slows away time and again -to the boun- . ■ dary. Tt wns one of his best innings. . and he wns still unbeaten with 82 to his credit when the innings closed for 187. or 145 behind Hutt’s total. Judd, who got a dozen with desperation strokes, helped _ Hutchings to add 34 for the . last wicket. Beard howled very ably in securing five wickets for 67, and was well supported by McGirr (three for 34). Midland followed on. and at call of time had lost six wickets for 150. Baker scored much faster than usual in putting on 55. while Bruce, D. Patrick, nnd Turvey all got a few. McGirr, McLeod, Board, and Watson took the wickets. The members of the Hutt eleven wore crepe bands in respect to the memory of the. late W. G. Hughes, who for several seasons past played with the ■senior team. > WELLINGTON HEAD ' Y.M.C.A. 6 SPARKLING CENTURY BY LAMASON. Though Wellington had 132 up in reply to Y.M.C.A.’s 211 on the opening day, so good was the bowling that it looked for a time as if the runs would not be obtained. The colt, W. Tucker, who was making a first appearance in the senior ranks, continued to bat confident- . ly, but seven were down for 176-when Burton came to the rescue, and played his best innings since returning from Auckland. Tucker, after reaching 45. attempted to hit White, and was clean bowled- Burton hit a spanking sixer before being snapped up in the slips by Henderson off Haughey. Five runs were still required when O’Connor joined Aitken, who was batting very soundly. The number required to win was hit off before O'Connor was caught by Lamason off Henderson. Cousins joined Aitken, and 50 were added for the last wicket. With the total at 262 Cousins was run out. In Y.M.C.A.’s second strike Westbrook was clean bowled by Badcock with five runs on the slate, , hut Lamason and Grant then ran the score along to 87, where Grant, who had contributed an enterprising 33. was smartly caught and howled by Hiddleston. Almao and White were both beaten nnd bowled by Badcock, and Henderson was dismissed by another brilliant catch low down by Hiddleston off his own bowline. The colt, J. R. .Lamason, rose to the occasion in resolute fashion, nnd carried his side on his own shoulders. Opening out to the bowling, he treated the spectators to a sparkling display of fast scoring. He wns particularly severe on Badcock unfit this bowler changed round and got the wind behind him. Lamason, batting with tho confidence of a veteran, snnnked the bowling to nil parts of the field, and applause broke out from all round the ground when he rnn to bis second century of the season. After reaching 106. he was howled in attempting to lift Airey out of the ground. Tt was a great feat,to score 106 out of 189 for nine wickets, which was tho position when stumps wore drawn nt 6.30. OLD BOYS v. UNIVERSITY FOUR-POINT WIN FOR OLD BOYS. Ronaldson’s century in his second innings for Old Bovs was the main point of interest in the Old Boys’-University match, which concluded r-t Kelburn. In

compiling 102 not out, he secured fourteen fours and one six. In their second round at the crease the students found Tucker’s slow leg breaks too much for them, the innings being a procession to and from the wickets. McGavin, with 31, and Hollings with 14, secured the highest scores, while Arndt carried his bat for 13. In capturing five wickets for 33 runs, Tucker bowled five maidens. Shortly after 6 o’clock Old Boys had dismissed their opponents for 81 runs, thus securing a four-point w r in. INSTITUTE v. KILBIRNIE KILBIRNIE’S WEAK DISPLAY. At Kilbirnie, Institute, with nine wickets down for 353 on the first day of the match, declared their innings closed on Saturday. W. Christopherson and A. Morris opened for the home side. Morris was not comfortable when facing Massey, and was soon caught by Banks off that bowler. The bowlers had the batsmen thinking very hard, and runs were coming very slowly, the innings closing at 5.15 p.in., after Kilbirnie had been in three hours for 153 runs. In the follow-on, Kilbirnie got together 90 runs in hit-or-miss style before stumps were drawn. Institute thus secured a four-point win. PETONE v. THORNDON WIN FOR SUBURBANITES. Although Thorndon fought an uphill battle against Petone, the home team proved too good, and gained a fourpoint victory. Thorndon, however, played better cricket than last week, when only 32 runs were secured in their first innings. K. B. Kortlang- batted well for 79. E. Phillips also defended his wicket well, running to 65 with good strokes. Bowling for Petone, Finlayson took five wickets for 70 runs. After Thorndon had been dismissed in their second innings for 196. Petone only-re-quired 33 to win. This was a fairly easy task for the home side, and, quickly 1 compiling 34 runs, reached their objective. HUTT v. MIDLAND Hutt (first innings) 332 MIDLAND.—First Innings. C. Hester, c. Beard, b. McGirr .. 14 L. G. Clarke, b. Beard 10 M. J. Dind, b. Beard 5 W. A. Baker, b. McGirr 7 D. Patrick, c. Aldersley, b. McGirr 0 W. Turvey, b. Beard ' .' 0 A. Bruce, b. Beard 38 J. Hutchings, not out 82 A. Doneghue, b. Nunn 6 J. W. Hutchings, b. Beard 0 E. Judd, b. Watson 12 Extras 13 Total 187 Bowling Analysis: McGirr took three wickets for 32 runs; Beard, five for 67; Watson, one for 27; Aldersley, none for 24- Nunn, one for 22. I Second Innings. W. A. Baker, c. Beard, b. McLeod 55 D. Patrick, c. McGirr. b. Beard ...18 A. Bruce, c. Tattersail, b. Watson 25 W. Turvey, b. McGirr 18 J, M. Hutchings, not out 6 A; Doneghue. 1.b.w., b. Watson ... 4 E. Judd, c. Watson, b. McGirr ... 7 C. Hester, not out 6 Extras U Total for six wickets 150 Bowling Analysis.—McGirr took two wickets for 45; Beard, one for 21; Watson, two for 33: McLeod, one for 32; Shanahan, none for 8. Y.M.C.A. v. WELLINGTON ‘4 ~ WELLINGTON—First Innings. J. S. Hiddleston, b. White 26 F. T. Badcock. c. 11. Murphy, b. Grant i 65 C. G. Wilson, b. Henderson 3 W. Airey, b. Grant 0 W. Tucker, b. White 45 W. L. Monkhouse, c. Virtue, b. Henderson 13 J. B. Bruges, b. White 0 H. E Burton, c. Henderson, b Haughey 22 W. R. Aitken, not out 39 C. O'Connor, c. Lamason, b. Henderson 3 A. M. Cousins, run put 29 Extras 17 Total f 262 Bowling Analysis.—White took three wickets'for 84'.runs; Haughey, one foi 38: Henderson, three for 6J; Grant two for 31: C. Murphy, none for 10; Almao, none for 13. •Y.M.C.A. First innings : 211 Second Innings. R. A. Westbrook, b. Badcock 5 J. R. Lamason h. Alrcv 106 A. Grant, c. and b. Hiddleston 33 K. Almno. b. Bndcock 0 H. R. White, b. Badcock 11 M. Henderson 1 , c. nnd b. Hiddleston 2 r . R. Virtue, c. Cousins b. Bndcock 5 C. Murphy, b. Hiddleston 5 I. Browne, b. Wilson 14 R. D. Hnughey. not out 5 Extras 4 Total for nine wickets 190 Rowling Analysis.—Cousins took no wickets for 19 runs: Bndcock. four for •5: O'Connor none for 16: Tucker, noun for 27: Hiddleston, throe for •!; Wilson, one for 15; Airey, one for 20.

OLD BOYS v. VARSITY OLD BOYS. First innings 210 Second Innings. A. Ronaldson, not out 102 K. H. Tucker, b. Mackay 21 A W. Duncan, b. Clouston ....... -3 k'. C. James, st. Mackenzie, b. Wilson 10 \V. Dustin, c. and b. Clouston 8 C. Patrick, run out — 6 E. Blundell, b. Mackay 1 G. H. Lusk, c. and b. Hollings .—2 H. Bailey, not out 3 Extras ' • • 6 Total for seven wickets 182 Bowling Analysis—Mackay took two wickets for 61 runs; Hollings, one for 34; Greig, none for 36; Clouston, two for 16; Wilson, one for 28. First innings 101 ’VARSITY. First innings 101 Second Innings. A M. Hollings, b. Tucker 14 A. M. McGavin, c. James, b. Tucker 31 J. C. Greig, st. James, b. Tucker .. 0 C. H. Arndt, not otft 13 R 11. Mackenzie, b. Duncan 4 E. T. Leys, b. Duncan — 0 E. C. Wiren, c. sub., b. Lusk — 4 P. Wilson, 1.b.w., b. Lusk 5 E. Bferry, c. sub., b. Lusk 0 E. Clouston, c. Patrick, b. Tucker — 4 J. Mackay, st. James, b. Tucker .. 0 Extras 6 Total 81 Bowling Analysis.—Tucker took five wickets for 33 runs; Lusk, three for 22; Blundell, none for 9; Duncan, two for 12. INSTITUTE v. KILBIRNIE INSTITUTE. First innings, 9, wickets for 353 KILBIRNIE.—First Innings. W. Christopherson, c. Foloy, b. Malcolm 27 A. Morris, c. Banks, b. Massey ...... 5 E Edmonds, b. Foley 13 A. Moss, c. Bilby, b. Malcolm 28 Sykes, o. Massey, b. Malcolm 19 E. Christopherson, b. Malcolm ...... 0 G. Lang, c. Condliffe, b. Massey 6 11. Algar, b. Massey 18 Peckston, c. Condliffe, b. Malcolm ... 24 H. Bramley, run out 3 V. Christopherson, not out 0 Extras 16 Total 159 Bowling Analysis—Malcolm took five wickets for 60" runs; Massey, three for 44; Foley, one for 24; Dempster, none for 0; Rodgers, none for 14. Second Innings. V. Christopherson, c. Malcolm, b. Banks 5 W. Christopherson, b. Banks 11 H. Bramley, c. Malcolm, b. Dempster 20 Edmonds, b. Dempster 0 A. Morris, c. Condliffe, b. Banks .. 21 Peckston, st. Condliffe, b. Prince ... 4 G. Lang, not out 5 E. Christopherson, not out 23 Extras 1 Total for six wickets 90 Bowling Analysis.—Banks took three wickets for 40 runs; Dempster, two for 36; Prince, on e for 12; Massey, none for 1. THORNDON v. PETONE THORNDON. First innings 82 Second Innings. E. Phillips, b. Finlayson 65 E. Roberts, b. Smyrk 11 K B. Kortlang, 1.b.w., b. Finlayson 79 W. Warne, st. Kate, b. Finlayson ... 2 K. Mason, e. Cate, b. Patrick 4 C. Caulton, c. Marris, b. Finlayson 19 A. Foley, b. Finlayson 4 B. Foley, c. Capstick, b. Patrick .. 0 Ellerm, absent Ell, c. Cate, b. Patrick '0 Carruthers, b. Finlayson 0 Extras 12 Total 196 Bowling Analysis.—A. Finlayson took five wickets for 70 runs; J. Patrick, three for 23; Smyrke, one for 32; B. Morris, none for 26; M. Nicholls, none for 17; A. Capstick, none for 16. PETONE. First innings, 196 PETONE.—Second Innings. A. Capstick, c. Mason, b. Foley 13 V. C. Hardie, 1.b.w., b. Foley 0 A. K. Hamilton, not out 13 B. Marris, not out 8 Extras 0 t Total for two wickets 34 Bowling Analysis.—M. Foley took one wicket for 13 runs; E. Foley, one for 16; E. Phillips, none for 2; Carruthers, none for 3. LOWER GRADE RESULTS JUNIOR A. Hutt, four for 293, declared (Matthews 92, Weatherall 88, Lockett 52 not out, Elsom 24), beat Y.M.C.A. 188 (Anderson 90 not out, Smith 24, Johnston 33), and four for 147 (Smith 98). Bowling for Hutt, Elsom took four for 11. Institute, 172 and 121. defeated Petone, 151 and six for 72. The best scores for Institute were: Leggat (62 not out), Baumber (20 and 32). Bowling for Institute. Leggat took nine wickets for 60 runs. Thorndon beat Midland by 78 runs, •lining a four-point win. Thorndon scored 214 and 169 for nine wickets, declared (Martin 40, Cudby 36, McDougall 23, R. Brooks not out 20, Hum-

phreys 14. Polden 13). Midland,- 151 (Cooper not out 70, Walker 30, Spence 14) and 151 (Watson not out 41, Cooper 27, Cleverle 22, Tidman 14). The best bowling for Midland was done by Plant, seven for 47 and three for <O, Martin, four for 39, Harris three for 25; for Midland, Spence four for 66, Cleverly three for 47. JUNIOR B. Y M.C.A 214 (Farrell 38.. Bennett 37, Hayden 32 Holtz. 20. Greig 251 and 186 for three wickets, declared (Greig 88, Hayden .55, Thomas 16, Tilyarci 13 not out) beat Midland. 136 (Bromlev 22, Taylor 16. Green 16, Lloyd 12) and 148 (Taylor 25, Smith 17, McKinnon 17), bv 116 runs. Haydon. Tilyard. Holtz bowled best for Y.M.C.A., while MeKinnon. Smith and Hutchings bowled best for Midland. Y.M.C.A. thus have i> four-point win. JUNIOR C. Wellington A, 248. beat Wellington B, 110 and 128, by an innings and 10 runs. JUNIOR D. Hataitai. 270 (Osborne 92. Reid <6, Bal] 32), defeated Wellington, 231 nnd 30, by an innings and 6 runs. The damage in tho second innings was done hv Reid (six for 21) and Barrett (three for 7). THIRD A. Hutt, 220 (Miles 73. Saunders 43, Clarko 371. met Midland B. four wickets for 67 (Dydder 21). Bowling for Midland. Arange took five for 27. The game was drawn. THIRD B. Hutt, li)2 (Lees 47, Dudding 19) and 102 for six wickets (Lees not out 47, Pearce 27. McCaw not out 10) met Y.M.C.A.. 193 (Peddio 50,'G. Hawker 45, Kelling 15, R. Matthew 24, Reynolds 28). The best bowlers were Hylton (Y.M.C.A.). six for 23. and Pearce (Hutt), five for 34. A three-point win for Y.M.C.A. ‘fourth CLASS. Hutt, 180 (Raff 56, Lindop 44, Griffiths 29), played Technical College, 128 (Sando 51, Johnston 17, Cheeseman 17). Bowling for the College, Phillips captured three wickets-for 24, while for Hutt Wright took four for 50. Petone, 72 and 106 (Barstow 23 not out, and 14, Hill 26, Cat 6 18, A. Macfarlane 17), beat Institute 63 and 58 for seven wickets (Burridge 29). Bowl- ' ing for Petone, Barstow took five wickets for 21, and Cleland four for 39. Petone scored a 3-point win.

MERCANTILE LEAGUE. Harbour Board 149, defeated Stewart's 100. Beveridge (35) and Forbes (34) were the chief scorers for Stewart’s. Ingram (five for 13) and O’Brien (three for 66) did the bowling for Harbour Board, while for Stewart’s Winter and Devonport each secured foru wickets. Cable’s, 71 for four wickets (J. Cunningham 39 not out) beat Munt, Cottrell 56 (Daly 20). Bowling for Cable’s, Hart took five wickets for 13, and Cornell four for 37. Rodgers (three for 29) bowled best for Munt, Cottrell. Goll in’s, 155 for seven wickets, declared (Hanrattv 44 not out, Everton 30,. Arndt 26) defeated Whitcombe and Tombs, 141 (Whaler 62). Bowling for Whitcombe’s, Whaler captured five for 71, nor secured five for 40 for Gollin’s. Pastimes, 181 (Toms 37, TTeapy 36, Patterson 29, Brogan 23, Grindrod 23) defeated Niven's 47. Bowling for the winners, Toms took five for 22, while tor Niven's Bolt took five for 69. RESULTS ELSEWHERE CHRISTCHURCH FIXTURES. By TBLEORArn,— Pi-.bss Association. Christchurch, 14. Tho seventh round of tho grade cricket matches opened in fine weather. St. Albans have their game against Riccarton well in hand, and their position for the championship is now almost unassailable. Results:— Riccarton v. St. Albans.—Riccarton, batting first,, made 140 (A. Cox 38); St. Albans, three wickets for 149' (I I ’. Woods 62, C. G. Crawford not out 56). East Christchurch v. Sydenham.—Sydenham, batting first, made 108. Bowling, J. McEwin took six wickets for 41 runs. East Christchurch, five wickets for 77. ~ , v rLinwood v. West Christchurch.—Linwood. 142 (Condliffe 25, Kennedy 29). Bowling. Blunt took five wickets for 53 runs. West Christchurch, 114 (Blunt 85). Bowling, Read took six wickets for 54 runs, Talbot, four for 30. ALBION V. CARISBROOK. Dunedin, February 14. The cricket match between Albion and Carisbrook commenced yesterday. Albion batted first, and made 248 (Shepherd 59, Barron 57, Binnie 31. Blanurcs 28). Douglas took four wickets for 40, and Gourley three for 64.

AUCKLAND CONTESTS.

Auckland, February 14. The cricket competitions were continued on fast wickets yesterday. Parnell scored 243, defeating Grafton (160 and 115 for three wickets). For Parnell Irving scored 101 not out. Bowling for Grafton. Taylor took four wickets for 41 runs. North Shore (216 and 249 for four wickets) defeated University 184. Elliott (85) wns the top-scorer for North Shore in the second innings. Dacre, bowline for North Shore, took four wickets for 81, and Player three for 27. Eden (300) beat Ponsonbv (85 and 141 for seven wickets). Cooper took seven wickets, in Ponsonby’s two innings for 88 runs. INTERNATIONAL TOURS By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch. February 13. The New Zealand Cricket Council decided last night to invito a team from South Australia to tour the Dominion during 1926-27. ■ . It was also decided to enter into preliminarv negotiations with the Marylehone Club for a tour of England by a New Zealand team. LOSS ON AUSTRALIAN TOUR Christchurch, February 13. The report to the New Zealand Cricket Council states there was a loss of <£7oo on the recent Australian tour. Mr. p eake, the manager of the team, state* it would be foolish to say the New Zealanders were better bats than the nnposing teams, but they flayed more The council, vesterday congratulated the team on its success. M.C.C. TEAM v. DIMERARA Georgetown, February 12. The match between Marylebone and Demerara was drawn. Marylebone n ade 350 runs in the first innings, and in tho second lost no wickets for 46 runs. Demerara made 373 m the first innings.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

PLUNKET SHIELD MATCH

WELLINGTON TEAM TO BE CHOSEN TO-DAY The Wellington team to meet Auckland in the deciding match tor the Plunket Shield, which will commence at the Basin Reserve on Friday, will be selected to-day. It is not_ anticipated that the solo selector (Mr. K. H. Tucker) will make miinv alterations in tho teams which he has already placed in tho field this season. The selector has given ample proof that he has pinned his faith to ripened experience and is not inclined to trust vouth in important engagements of this kind. There is Httle doubt that the old brigade will turn out against Auckland on Friday. CENTURIES AT SYDNEY (Rec. February 14, 5.5 p.m.) Sydney, February 13. Playing for Balmain against North Sydney, Thomas made 134 not out. For Glebe'against Waverley Morgan made 142 nnd for Waverley, Caswell 103 not out. —Press Assn. KELLEWAY GOING TO ENGLAND Sydney, February 12.' An interesting development has occurred In connection with the nonselection of Kelleway for the forthcoming tour of England. Kelleway has now made arrangements to be present during the team’s tour, and will leave for London on March 3. He will therefore be a fellow-passenger with the team. —Press Assn. McGirrs Sports Service, 38 Willis Street, Wellington, supply everything for Football, Golf, Hockey, Basketball, at competitive prices.—Advt.

4pt. 3pt. Wins Wins D. L. Pts. . .. 4 3 o o 25 • Wellington ... 1 4 0 2 16 Midland 2 2 0 3 14 Old Boys . .... 1 3 2 14 Institute 0 4 1 2 13 Petone 2 1 0 4 11 Y.M.C.A. .. 1 2 0 4 10 Kilbirnie .. 0 2 0 5 6 University ... 1 0 0 6 < 4 Thorndon .. 0 1 0 8 3