SOME HEAVY SCORING

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 53, 26 November 1928, Page 8

SOME HEAVY SCORING

ANOTHER GREAT STAND BY FOLEY AND DEMPSTER 260 FOR FIRST WICKET AGAINST OLD BOYS CENTURIES TO FOLEY, MACKENZIE, AND DEMPSTER On firm wickets and fast travelling outfields, some sensational scoring was witnessed in senior championship games on Saturday. Those sterling batsmen, H. Foley and C. S. Dempster, who had put on 185 for the fourth wicket against Petone on the previous Saturday, opened the Institute innings against Old Boys at the Basin Reserve, and 260 runs were on the slate before the first wicket fell. At eleven minutes past six, Dempster, who had scored 123, was caught at long on. Foley, who overshadowed his captain throughout the afternoon, went on to score 162 before being caught in the slips. This great first wicket stand was marked by ultra-cautious methods, and many more runs would have been put on had both batsmen forced the pace after becoming well set. At drawing of stumps, Institute had 318 runs on for the loss of two wickets. University also scored heavily against Midland on the Kilbirnie ground. The ’Varsity captain, R. H. C. McKenzie, played a solid innings for 158, this being his second century of the season, and A. M. Rollings also helped to swell University’s fine score of 367 for eight wickets. The feature of a low-scoring game between Petone and Wellington on Petone Oval w'as the auspicious first appearance in local cricket of the exCambridge University and Warwickshire County player, G. A. Rotheram, who bowled very ably in securing six Wellington wickets for 62 runs, his victims including J. S. Hiddleston, whom he clean bowled. Kilbirnie hit up 191 against Hutt on the Hutt Recreation Ground. W. J. R. Christopherson, the Kilbirnie captain, had bad luck in not reaching his century, as, when 94, he was caught right on the boundary by Warnes off Watson. L. Beard again bowled well for Hutt in capturing five wickets for 50 runs. Hutt made the vigorous response of 118 for two wickets.

RESULTS AT A GLANCE Institute, 2—318; v. Old Boys. ■Wellington, 151 and o—6; Petone, 98. Kilbirnie, 191; Hutt, 2 —llB. University, B—-367; v. Midland. BEST PERFORMANCES BATTING. H. Foley (Institute) 162 R. H. C. Mackenzie (University) . 158 C. S. Dempster (Institute) 123 W. J. R. Christopherson (Kilbirnie) 94 A. M. Rollings (University) .... 94 BOWLING. G. A. Rotheram (Petone), six for 62. L. Beard (Hutt), five for 50. INSTITUTE IN SCORING MOOD FOLEY AND DEMPSTER DEFY OLD BOYS’ ATTACK. Despite the distraction of the Transportation Pageant, a fair crowd assembled at the Basin Reserve to witness the game between Institute and Old Boys. Dempster won the toss and took Foley in with him to open the Institute innings. This pair had put on 185 for the fourth wicket against Petone on the previous Saturday before the innings was declared closed. They started batting at 2.15 p.m. last Saturday, and it was eleven minutes past six before the first wicket fell. Here Dempster, who had reached 123, was caught at long-on by Parsloe off Badcock. The fieldsman misjudged the catch, falling backwards so heavily as he caught the leather that he shook himself up so badly that he had to leave the field. Though Dempster and Foley did so well, neither was at his best, and the cricket throughout the afternoon was painfully slew. It took an hour and three-quarters to bring the first hundred up, and Dempster took two hours to reach his half-century. Never before has Dempster been so restrained on a fast wicket. As a matter of fact, Foley, who is a notoriously slow scorer, was much more enterprising and kept ahead throughout the partnership of 281 minutes. It appeared as if both batsmen had made up their minds to outdo the 185 they had put on for the fourth wicket against Petone on the previous Saturday. Neither batsman would take the slightest risk, arid as Badcock, Parsloe and Duncan maintained an excellent length, scoring was painfully slow, even after the leather had become as big as a football to both batsmen. A loquacious wag in the crowd became indignant about 5 o’clock.. “Bowl under-arms, Badcock,” he yelled; ‘throw the ball at them!” Tired of bowling up against barndoors. Badcock and Barclay at last started bowling outside the batsmen’s legs, and this for a time made proceedings more tedious still. Foley reached his century at 5.19, while three figures did not go up opposite Dempster’s name until 6 o’clock. In all. Dempster hit one sixer and nine fours, while Foley, who was at the wickets for four hours and twenty-five minutes, found the boundary on nineteen occasions. His best strokes were straight and cover drives. The first wicket well at 260, and Banks then assisted Foley to run the score along to 307, -where Foley’s long innings was terminated with a catch in the slips by C. Patrick, off Dunean. Aitken then joined Banks, and the pair were still together when stumps were drawn, at 7 o’clock, with the board showing 318 runs on for the loss of only two wickets. Great credit must be given to the Old Boys’ bowlers for keeping Dempster and Foley so quiet on a batsman’s wicket. Badcock kept an immaculate length in sending alorr 45 overs for 110 runs, and one wicket, and Duncan also did well in capturing one for 102, off 28 overs. In all, James employed seven bowlers, but it was surprising that he did not give Browne and Malcolm a turn at the crease. The following are the INSTITUTE. —First Innings. H. Foley, c. Patrick, b. Duncan .. 162 C. S. Dempster, c. Parsloe, b. Badcock 1“3 J. S. Banks, not out 1«> W' Aitken, not out 4 Extras 14 Total for two wickets .... 318 Bowling analysis: Badcock took one wicket for 110 runs; Parsloe, none for 18; Duncan, one for 102; Lambert, none for 55; Barclay, none for 15; Eton, none for 5; Patrick, none for 9. MODEST INNINGS BY KILBIRNIE HUTT SECURE GRIP ON GAME. The afternoon’s play between Kilbirnie and Hutt, on the Hutt Recreation Ground, saw Hutt gain a firm grip on the match. Kilbirnie had first knock, but found the bowling of Begrd, McGirr, and Watson too good for them. Had it not been for an enterprising knock for 94 by the Kilbirnie skipper, W. J. R. Christopherson, the score-sheet would have looked very dismal. W. Christopherson set his men an inspiring example by going boldly for the bowling. He was particularly severe on McGirr’s fastmedium deliveries, which he seemed to relish. When six short of his century, the Kilbirnie captain went for a grand slam of Watson, and was brilliantly caught right on the boundary by Warnes. Greig, V° Christonherson, and W. Tucker were the only other batsmen to reach double figures.'Beard maintained bis fine bowling form bv capturing five wickets for • 50°runs,'anil was well supported by McGirr and Watson. O;i going to the wic-

kets, the Hutt batsmen scored freely. Biggar and Ross made their usual useful opening, and Birch and the colt, Lees, carried on the good work. At drawing of stumps, the board looked well with two down for 118. Morris, who captured two for 29, was the only Kilbirnie bowler to meet with success. The following are the scores:— KILBIRNIE.—First Innings. I. Greig, b. Watson 21 C. Hayman, b. Beard 0 8. Ward, b. McGirr 6 W. Christopherson, c. Warnes, b. Watson 94 W. L. Monkhouse, b. McGirr .... 8 G. Hearne, b. Beard 0 A. Morris, b. McGirr 0 H. Bramley, b. Beard 2 V. Christopherson, c. Biggar, b. Beard 20 A. Currie, b. Beard 8 W. Tucker, not out 16 Extras 16 Total 191 Bowling analysis: McGirr took three wickets for 44 runs; Beard, five for 50; Nunn, none for 12; Watson, two for 17; Ross, none for 7; Aldersley, none for 31; Warnes, none for 14. HUTT.—First Innings. A. Biggar, st. Currie, b. Morris .... 36 C. Ross, c. Tucker, b. Morris-24 A. Birch, not out 19 W. Lees, not out 29 Extras 10 Total, for two wickets .. 118 Bowling analysis: Hearne took no wickets for 14 runs; W. Tucker, none for 19; Morris, two for 29; V. Christopherson, none for 23; Bramley, none for 8; W. Christopherson, none for 15. ’VARSITY IN SCORING VEIN ANOTHER CENTURY TO R. H. C. MACKENZIE. Knocking up the big score of 158 runs, R. H. C. Mackenzie, playing for ’Varsity against Midland at Kilbirnie, gave a splendid batting display. He occupied the wicket for over three hours and although runs came slowly for most of that time he did practically as he liked with the bowling. Bailey and Mackenzie opened up for ’Varsity. After about 15 minutes’ play 30 runs came up and 45 were reached within the next three-quarters of an hour. At the tea adjournment 116 runs were on the board without the loss of a wicket. Shortly after resuming Mackenzie called his partner for a short one, and Bailey was run out. The partnership had put on 124 for the first wicket. Rollings then went in and runs commenced to come more freely. After batting, for just on two hours and three-quarters Mackenzie reached his century. A few minutes before 6 o’clock he took a chance and was caught by Cleverley off Baker. Rollings, who made 94, made some nice strokes and batted confidently. He was rather unfortunate to be caught when within six of the century. T. Nelson (17 not out) was going well when stumps were drawn, 367 runs having ‘been made for the loss of eight -njekets. Tn capturing three wickets for 85 runs Baker proved himself to be the most successful bowler for Midland. The following are the scores: — ’VARSITY.—First Innings. H. C. Bailey, run out 36 R. H. C. Mackenzie, c. Cleverley, b. Baker 158 A. M. Rollings, c. Cleverley, b. Hutchings 94 H. W. Osborne, run out b E. T. C. Leys, c. Robertson, b. Clever- j _ E. McLeod, 1.b.w., b. Baker 10 T. Nelson, not out 1‘ A. C. Tripe, 1.b.w., b. Baker 1 W. Vietmeyer, not out 2 J. C. Greig, b. Cleverley 10 Extras Total for eight wickets 367 Bowling Analysis.—J. H. Hutchings took one wicket for 58 runs; Robertson, none for 54; Cleverley, two for 93 ; Grant, none for 24 ; Patrick, none for 26; Baker, three for 85. LOW SCORING AT PETONE ENGLISHMAN MAKES AUSPICIOUS ADVENT. Wellington had first use of the wicket on the Petone Recreation Ground, but they could not do better than a century and a half against the bowling of Petone. Hiddleston headed the score list with 43, but he gave two chances while at the crease. Robertson knocked un a useful 28, and Westbrook added 25. O Connor, who made 12, was the only other man to reach double figures, and. with 16 extras, the score was 151 when the innings closed. Petone’s latest acquisition, Rotherham, took six wickets for 62 runs. He is an ex-Cambridge University and Warwickshire player, who had an average of 39 in county cricket last season, and he bowls a fast medium ball. Hope took three wickets for 42 runs. Petone also fared ill when they went to the wickets. The first two wickets fell for 9. the next three at 39. the sixth and seventh at 44, and the eighth when the half-century was hoisted. Smallwood was the only man in the early stages to make a stand, and he was. out for 22. Hope, who went in eighth wicket ’down, with the total at 50. proved.the r saviour of his side. When the innings closed for 98 ho had 34 against his name and was unbeaten. His score included a sixer and five fourers. Off the final over he hit a pair of boundaries and one over the fence. Morgan, a colt who came from the Junior B ranks, took three

wickets for 13, and Hiddleston gathered. the same bag at a cost of 21. With six minutes to play, Wellington opened their second innings, and 2 runs by Hiddleston was the only scoring shot played. Following are the scores:— WELLINGTON.—First Innings. J. S. Hiddleston, b. Rotherham .... 43 W. F. Airey, c. Rotherham, b. Hope 3 H. R. Whyte, c. Cameron, b. Hope 0 R. A. Westbrook, c. Hunwick, b. Rotherham 25 J. Robertson, b. Rotherham 28 W. I. K. Jennings, b. Rotherham .. 5 J. Duff, c. Hamilton, b. Rotherham 2 F. Morgan, 1.b.w., b. Smyrk 3 C. V. O’Connor, c. Hamilton, b. Rotherham 12 A. M. Cousins, not out 8 A. J. Hyder, b. Hope 6 Extras 16 Total 151 Bowling Analysis.—Brice took no wickets for 15 runs; Hope, three for 42; Rotherham, six for 62; Smyrk, one for 16. Second Innings. J. S. Hiddleston, not out 2 H: R. Whyte, not out 0 Extras 4 Total for no wickets 6 Bowling Analysis.—Rotherham took no wickets for 2 runs; Reyling, none for 0. PETONE. —First Innings. L. Reyling, c. Airey, b. Cousins .... 4 A. Hamilton, c. Hiddleston, b. Hyder 5 S. A. Hunwick, b. Morgan 6 N. C. Sandwood, c. and b. Hiddleston 22 E. M. Bundle, c. Hyder, b. Morgan 0 R. Cameron, b. Cousins 10 G. A. Rotherham, c. and b. Hiddleston 5 W. S. Brice, c. and b. Hiddleston .. 0 H. Martin, c. Whyte, b. Morgan .. 3 R. W. Hope, not out 34 E. Smyrk, b. O'Connor 3 Extras 6 Total 98 Bowling Analysis.—Cousins took two wickets for 28 runs; Hyder, one for 5; O’Connor, one for 15; Morgan, three for 13; Hiddleston, three for 13. LOWER GRADE RESULTS JUNIOR O. Y.M.C.A., Ist innings, 261 (R. Roberts 91, Crawford 54, Hawker 16, Caskey 12, Kelling 11, and A. Reynolds 11 not out) v. “Evening Post," ’3 for 115 (Hanley 50). Bowling for “Post” J. Hanratty took four wickets, L. Hanratty 2 wickets. For Y.M.C.A., R. Roberts, 3 for 29. Wellington, Ist innings. 41. (Bowling, Gentry, three for 11; Bradshaw. 6 for 20) Second innings. 152. (Bowling, Gentry, 3 for 40) v. Khandallah. Ist innings. 103. (Bowling. Ward, four for 8: Glascow, 3 for 57), and second innings, three wickets for 22 runs. JUNIOR D. 'Varsity,' 115 and 9 for 168 (Nicole, 40 and 49. Tavlor 20 and 19, Frazer 21 rnd 20, Flint 19 not out, Frost 12. Scholefield 10, Struthers 10 not out) v. Eastbourne. 139 (Orr 52, Hearn 15, Johns 12). Bowling for 'Varsity Taylor took four wickets for 36 and Nicole, 3 for 28. THIRD A. Stop-Out, 85 and 7 wickets for 147 (Mclvor 14 and 23, Mason 14 and 16, Marshall 26 and 21, Kemp 40, Wallis 13 not out) defeated Kilbirnie, 75 and 48 (McDonald 17 and 10, Toomer 20, Clarke 13, Rickard 13 not out). Bowling for Stop-Out Petersen took four wickets for 13 (hat trick). Kemp 5 for 25, and 3 for 25. Wallis 7 for 14 (hat trick). McDonald and Clarke bowled best for Kilbirnie. THIRD B. Kaiwarra 94 and 83 for six, declared (Muir 43 not out and 21, Fuller 14, Telley 12) met Eastbourne, 67 and 30 (Jenkinson 14, Marrist 15, Phillips 10). Bowling for Kaiwarra Wilson took six wickets for 9. runs, and Hodges, 4 for 32, while for Eastbourne, Judd secured 5 for 39, and Johns. 5 for 35. United A. first innings. 86 runs (Gibbs 29. Hearfield 18) and 112 runs for three wickets (declared! (Bateman 72 not out. Hearfield 17) defeated Petone. 56 runs (Ogg 14). and 41 runs (May 18) by 101 runs. Bowling for United, Godfrey took three wickets for 15 and seven for 28. Butcher. 3 for 27 and 3 for 10. MacFarlane. 3 for 7). For Petone (Foster, 3 for 14; Laracy. 3 for 26). Kilbirnie (122 for 6 wickets) defeated United B (114). For United B. Moses scored 31. Cole 22. Walters 18. and for Kilbirnie. Hancock scored 37 not out, Churchill 34. and Brownlee 21. Gilbert took 8 wickets for 27 runs for Kilbirnie. For United B. Roach took one for none, Cook 2 for 19. and Cole 2 for 23. MERCANTILE LEAGUE . A GRADE. Shipping, 68 and 116 for four wickets (Whinham 38 and 16, Lapworth 35 not out, Thompson 21 and 19, Jones 11 and 11 not out). Bowling for Odlin’s, Chudleigh took six wickets for 21 runs and Davis four for 43. Odlin’s, 34 and 144 for seven wiekets, declared (Chudleigb 41, De Muth 41, Francis 24. Corless 21) Bowling for Shipping, Herd captured five wickets for 39 runs, Jones five for 9, and Whinham five for 19. Shipping won by six wickets. Dalgety’s, 216 for six wickets, v. Customs. 69. Batting for Dalgety’s; Grubb 58, MeWhinney 50. Lawrence 44 not out. Black 32, Bews 18. Batting for Customs: Brown 17. Jennings 10. Bowling for Dalgety’s: MeWhinney took three wickets for 18 runs, Johnson two for 13, Black two for 8, Grubb two for 6. Picot’s, first innings 144, v. Cables, first innings 116. Batting for Picots: E Picot 32. Cobb 24. Battintr for Cables: Mabin 43. Hart 20. Bowling for Picot’s: Shanahan took five wickets for 21 runs. Pastimes 86 (Paterson 32. Wylie 21. Anderson 10 not out) and 94 for two wickets (Parsloe 42 not out), defeated Customs, 60 (Mitchell 21, Tilyard 20). by 26 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Pastimes Toms took eight wickets for 15 runs. Wylie one for 8. and Pars-, loe one for 35: and for Customs Boyd took four for 20. Cotterill four for 26. Martin one for 12, and O’Shea one for 20 . P. and T. Stores. 270 for seven wickets defeated Macky. Logan. 48. Batting for P. and T.: Adams 87. Corrin 46. Malin 24. Perston 25 nottout. Kelly *>2 not out. Dawe 20. Carr 11. Bowling for P. and T.: Perston took five wickets for 12 runs and Kelly three for IS. CITY AND SUBURBAN LEAGUE South B, 137 and 83 (Elliott 25 and 13 W. Hoare 22. H. Hoare 17 and 10, Oaks 17, Dalgleish 13). defeated Overhead, 115 (Winter 25. Bolton 20. H. Weisford 17, L. Welsford 10, McCune 12). Bowling for South B: Elliott, five wickets for 17 runs. Bowling for Overhead : Canute six wickets for 51 runs, Coffey four for 22. BOYS’ LEAGUE INTERMEDIATE. United, first innings 33 and second innings 48 (Meach 12), v. Marist, first innings 91 (Randall 16, Vaney 20. Oliver 10, Burge 10). Bowling for Marist: Oliver took five wickets for 8 runs, Burge five for 9. Riley four for 2, Randall three for 8. Marist won by an innings and 10 runs.

ENGLAND v. QUEENSLAND SMALL SCORES BY BOTH TEAMS NOTHLING GETS FOUR ENGLISH WICKETS FOR 15 (Rec. November 25, 5.5 p.m.) Brisbane, November 25. There was an attendance of 12,000 people at the cricket match between England and Queensland yesterday. The weather was alternating cloud and sunshine. The temperature was round about 75 degrees with a light breeze. The wicket was somewhat slow and patchy, and inclined to give a false idea of pace. Oxenham agreed to play for Queensland. The Englishmen came out at 12.6 p.m. to face a battery of cameras. Tate and Hendren were busy taking snapshots. The match began at 12.14. Gough hit Hammond for 4, provoking tumultuous cheers. Geary’s bowling was not impressive, being short-pitched and laboured. Freeman has a curious flattening-out action when delivering, and was tricky all through. The fielding was smart the whole time, Chapman giving clever displays. The Queenslanders’ batting was patchy: and uncertain except for brief intervals. Chapman kept changing the bowlers at both ends. Fifty-eight runs were scored in the .first hour, and the innings lasted--2 hours 51 minutes. Three wickets fell in thirteen minutes, beginning with O’Connor, who with Thompson made the best stand. Hammond does not look a dangerous bowler for the Test, but White created a great impression. Just before 4 o’clock the Queenslanders’ innings finished. ■ * Hobbs and Sutcliffe opened England’s innings after, tea, and knocked up half a century in 37‘ minutes. ' Hobbs was caught brilliantly by. Rowe at second slip. A few minutes. later, to the accompaniment of frenzied cheers, Sutcliffe. was caught by: Thompson at coyer, his 34 having been made in 44 minutes. The crowd roared when Hammond was caught by Lister before he had scored. The game became thrilling beyond description when, like lightning, O’Connor picked up a ball tapped by Tyldesley and skittled the wicket before Mead had reached the crease. The wicket-keeper, O’Connor, caught Chapman smartly. The English captain had made his runs in 47 minutes. Nothling took four wickets for 15 runs. The following are the detailed scores: QUEENSLAND. First Innings. O’Connor, c. Hobbs, b. White 25 Gough, c. Mead, b. Freeman 9 Nothling, st. Ames, b. Freeman .... 8 Thompson, not out 41 Rowe, c. Leyland, b. Freeman .... 1 Oxenham, c. Hammond, b. White .. 0 Lister, st. Ames, b. Freeman 11 Higgins, run out 0 Knowles, c. Leyland, b. White ..... o Hornibrook, c. Hammond, b. White 2 Thurlow, st. Ames, b. Freeman .... 9 Extras 7 Total Bowling Analysis.—Hammond; no wickets for 23 runs: Geary, none for 9; Freeman, five for 51; White, four for 26. The wickets fell as follow: —One for 17; two for 31; three for 79; four for 80; five for 80; six for 97; seven for 97; eight for 103; nine for 107; ten for 116. ENGLAND. First Innings. Hobbs, c. Rowe, b. Hornibrook .... 30 Sutcliffe, c. Thompson, b. Nothling 34 Mead, run out 1 Hammond, c. Lister, b. Nothling .. 0 Tyldesley, c. Hornibrook, b. Nothling 8 Chapman, c. O’Connor, b. Nothling 35 Ames, not out 4 Extras ; 0 Total for six wickets ......... 112 CRICKET IN SYDNEY. IRELAND MAKES DOUBLE CENTURY (Australian Press Association.) (Rec. November 25, 5.5 p.m.) ' ■ Sydney, November 25. In grade cricket matches yeterday, for Balmain against Paddington, Ireland made 215, and Hunt 51 not out. For Petersham against St. George, Seddon made 94. For Northern District against Gordon, Loder made 86. Bowling for Western Suburbs against Manly, Dupain took six wickets for 31. For Cumberland againt Randwick, Stenmark took six for 53. For University againt Mosman, Cooper took five for 78. PLAY IN OTHER CENTRES AUCKLAND. By Telegraph.—Press Association. . Auckland, November 25. Third round matches in the Auckland Cricket Association’s senior championship concluded yesterday, in fine weather. Results: Ponsonby, 259 (McLeod 128, Guinev 43), beat Grafton, 232 and 29 for five. Eden, 378 (Postles, 131, Mills 80, G. L. Weir 61), beat United Suburbs 200. Parnell 208, beat University 94 and 101. For Parnell McCoy took four wickets for 23 runs, and four for 31, and Goodsir five for 28. North Shore 133 (Saunders 48) and 37 for four, beat Y.M.C.A- 118 and 122, for three (declared). Bowley made 79 not out for Y.M.C.A., and took seven wickets for 44, and Lyon four for 7. University’s defeat places Ponsonby in the lead for the championship by one point over University, Eden, and North Shore. CHRISTCHURCH. Christchurch, November 25. The third round of. the senior cricket competition concluded yesterday in ideal weather. R-iccarton, 206 and 149 for five, declared (Roberts 82 not out), beat Linwood 161 and 163 for eight (Smith 40 not out). For Riccarton Beuth took six wickets for 34, St. Albans 137 and 153 (Crawford 42), defeated Old Boys 200 and 66. Thomas secured five wickets for 29, and Lindley four for 17. West Christchurch 233 and 126, beat East Christchurch 169. Sydenham 386 defeated Old Collegians 303 (Burroughs 138). DUNEDIN. Dunedin, November 25. In the senior cricket competition Old Boys 246 defeated Carisbrook 133 and 133 for seven. For Old Boys Dickinson took three wickets for 18 runs, including the hat trick. Grange 462 for eight (declared), and 63 for six, defeated Albion 206, on the first innings. For Albion Shepherd took three for 22, and for Grange Elmes took seven for 86. Dunedin 139 and 171 for seven, defeated Colts 115, on the first innings. For Dunedin McGregor took five for 16. and Cavanngh one for 2.

LONG SCORES

NOTABLE PERFORMANCES The 260 runs put on for the first wicket for Institute against Old Boys by H. Foley and C. S. Dempster at the Basin Reserve on Saturday recalls similar notable opening performances. This constituted a record for local club matches, the previous best being the 252 which was hit up by C. G. Wilson and B. J. 'Tuckwell for the North Club against the Trentham Camp team at the Basin Reserve in the 1916 season. This performance was all the more meritorious as J. N. Crawford, the famous Surrey and All England player, was amongst the military bowlers. Other notable performances in local club games included 250 scored by M. J. Dind and W. A. Baker; 220 by W. R. Gibbes and W. A. Baker; and 211 by W. T. Bray and J. S. Hiddleston. The record stand for the first wicket recorded by Wisden is the 554 put on by J. T. Brown and J. Tunnieliffe for Yorkshire against Derbyshire at Chesterfield in 1898. E. R. Mayne and W. H. Ponsford hit up 456 for Victoria against Queensland at Melbourne in the 1923-24 season. F. Lash and A. B. Williams put on 213 for Midland against Rivals at "Wellington in 1897. 'The best first wicket stand ’ recorded in New Zealand was the 441 hit up by J. E. Mills (236) and H. D. Gillespie (234) for Eden against University at Auckland in the 1924-25 season. Another notable opening stand was the 306 recorded by L. A. Cuff and J. D. Lawrence for Canterbury against Auckland at Christchurch in the 1893-94 season. The record stand for a second wicket partnership in New Zealand stands to the credit of A. Young (275) and L. McMahon (226), who hit up 518 for "Wanderers against Taruheru at Gisborue in the 1916-11 season. The cousins Reg. and M. R. Eden put on 437- for the second wicket for Wanderers against Wakefield at Spring Grove, Nelson, in the 1922-23 season. G. Marshall (252) and C. Wilson (200) made a great stand for the fifth wicket for United A against United B at Napier in the 1898-99 season. J. S. Bruges and W. J. Wagstnffe scored 249 for the fourth wicket for "Wellington ngalnst Y.M.C.A. in the 1923-24 season. ,T. S. Hiddleston and W. .1. "Wagstaffe put on 307 for the fifth wicket for North Club in a local match a few seasons back.