EXHILIARATING CRICKET

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 135, 4 March 1929, Page 9

EXHILIARATING CRICKET

SOME CLOSE AND EXCITING FINISHES WINS FOR OLD BOYS, WELLINGTON, VARSITY AND MIDLAND CENTURIES TO DONEGHUE, HARRIS AND CHRISTOPHERSON does and exrfttng finishes were the order on Saturday, when the second round of senior championship cricket fixtures was concluded on firm wickets and in bracing weather. Old Boys maintained their position at the head of the ladder by scoring b. most meritorious victory over Institute at the Basin Reserve by one wicket. Institute declared with their opening day’s tally of 323 for seven wickets, and after a most exciting finish, in which the last wicket performed wonders, Old Boys just managed to make the winning hit on time. Thanks to a courageous display of hard hitting by A. J. Hyder, and a stubborn last-wicket stand by A. M. Cousins and P. Ellerm, Wellington managed to lead Hutt by ten runs on the first innings at Kelbnrn Park. Features of the second innings in this match was A. M. Cousins’ hat-trick for Wellington, and a bright knock for 72 by W. F. Airey for the same team. Some heavy scoring was witnessed on the Kilbirnie ground, where Midland declared their first Tunings dosed at 349 for nine wickets. Towards this total A Donoghue contributed a brilliant 194. Kilbirnie, who had fallen fbr 162 in their first innings, had scored 305 for seven wickets when time was called. W. J. R. Christopherson, who is scoring prolifically this season, hit up 136, and W. Harris also recorded an even century. A most sporting game between Petone and University on Petone Oval saw the honours go to ’Varsity by five wickets, after Petone had courageously declared their second innings closed when only 135 sons wene os the slate for' the loss of seven wickets. t;

RESULTS AT A GLANCE ■ Old Boys, 9—327, beat Institute, 7— 123 (declared). V Wellington, 268 and 6—130, beat Hott, 258 and 180. Midland,. 9—349 (declared) beat Kilbirnie, 162 and 7—305. University, 175 and 5—106, beat Petone, 149 and 7—135 (declared). ' BEST PERFORMANCES BATTING. A. Doneghue (Midland) 194 W. J. R. Christopherson (Kilbirnie) 136 W. Harris (Kilbirnie) ........... 100 W. F. Airey (Wellington) 78 H. M. Lambert (Old Boys) 63 CL Birch (Hutt) 60 J. Robertson (Wellington) 59 K. C. James (Old Boys) ........ 53 P. Caldwell (University) ........ 52 a W. Parsloe (Old Boys) 52 , BOWLING. . R .W. Hope (Petone), six for 73. / H. M. McGirr (Hutt), six for 97. H. B. Massey (Institute), five for 104. CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE <' 4pt 3pt. Wins Wins L. D. Pts. OM Boys .. .2 3 2 1 18 Midland .. 1 4 3 0 16 Wellington . 0 > 5 1 1 16 University . 22 2 1' 15 Petone ■ ... 2. 1 ... 5 0. 11 J ‘ Institute . 0 3 3 2 ■ll Kilbirnie ... 0 2 4 1 7 Hutt .... 1 ~'o 5' 2 6 WEIjLINGTON OUT-PLAY HUTT AN EXCITING FINISH. There was an exciting first-innings’ tussle between Hutt and Wellington on Kelburn Park. On the opening day Hutt had scored 258, to which Wellington had responded with 169 for the loss of five wickets. Robertson (59) and Morgan (6) carried on for the old club, but wickets commenced to fall. After adding a single Robertson moved in front to one ’ from McGirr, and fell l.b.w. Morgan, after ' reaching doubles, put -his pad in front of one from Watson, and also departed by the l.b.w. route. McGirr, who was bowling well, skittled Duff’s timbers shortly afterwards, and eight wickets were down for 215 when Hyder strode to the crease. Swinging the long handle in most resolute fashion, Hyder delighted the crowd with his hurricane hitting. In half an hour he banged up 49, hitting three mighty sixers off McGirr, and finding the boundary, on five other occasions. With the total at 232, he was well taken by Wall off McGirr near the boundary at extra, long-on. In spite of Hyder’s in- ■ valuable contribution, Wellington still required. 27 runs to win when Cousins, the last man, joined Ellerm, who had been 8 defending well. Amidst the keenest interest, the last wicket commenced to put the runs on at a good pace. Cousins shaped well with the greatest confidence, crisply, cutting Watson square for four, and leg-gliding the same bowler to the

'track. Cousins carried on with deter- , mination, and there was great jubilation in the Wellington camp when the winning hit was made. With the total at 268, ElifiEjp was bowled by McGirr, leaving Cousins unbeaten with 24 to his cre.dit. McGirr bowled well for Hutt in taking six for 97, but it would have been a wiper policy to have given Aldersley or Waynes a turn in place of Watson. Biggar and Birch gave Hutt a splendid start in their second innings by putting on 80 for the first wickpt. Here Biggar, who had shaped brightly for 46, was bowled by Ellerm. Wickets then commenced to fall quickly, and Cousins provided a sensation when he accomplished the hat trick by dismissing Warnes. Gwilliam. and Wall with successive deliveries. Aldersley was the only batsman to show any confidence, and he played a sparkling inn-, ings. banging up 41 in double-quick time. McGirr, who came in second last, was clean bowled by a trimmer from Hyder, and, with Ross absent, the Hutt annings only, realised 180. Cousins, Hyder, Morgan. and Ellerm all bowled well for Wellington. With a four-point win in sight, Wellington forced the pace in their second knock, and an outright win looked pos-. sible when Whytfi and Airey put on 65 for the first wicket in half an hour. Here Whyte, who hit 'a sixer, was run out after scoring 22. Aldersley then clean bowled'Robertson, got Burton 1.b.w., and yorked Hyder, while McGirr accounted ■ for Roberts. The game had now swung round in Hutt’s favour, but Westbrook ! and Airey put their backs to the well, and stopped the rot. Airey gave the brightest display he has given this season, and ran to 78 before Aldersley got a good one past him. When 6.30 sounded the board showed six down for 130, which gave Wellington a win on the first innings by 10 runs. Aldersley bowled well for Hutt in taking four for 52. The following ye the scores:— WELLINGTON.—First Innings. R. A. Whyte, b. McGirr ....J..... 30 W. F. Airey, b. McGirr 15 H. E. Burton, c. Lees, b. Warnes .. 43 R. A- Westbrook, 1.b.w., b. Watpon . 4 J. Robertson, 1.b.w., b. McGirr 59 G. Roberts, c. and b. Warnes .... 9 R. Morgan, 1.b.w., b. Watson ...... 10 XJ. Hyder, c. Wall, b. McGirr .... 49 .T. Duff, b. McGirr 7 P. Ellerm. b. McGirr 10 A. M. Cousins, not out 24 Extras 8 Total 1 268 Bowling Analysis.—McGirr took six wickets for'97 runs; Watson, two for 104; Aldersley, none for 25: Warnes, two ■ for 34, . '

Second Innings. R. A. Whyte, run out 22 SV. F. Airey, b. Aldersley 78 J. Robertson, b. Aldersley 8 H. E. Burton, 1.b.w., b. Aldersley .. 3 A. J. Hyder, b. Aldersley 0 G. Roberts, b. McGirr 1 R. A. Westbrook, not out 11 R. Morgan, not out 2 Extras 5 Total for six wickets 130 Bowling Analysis.—McGirr took one wicket for 67 runs: Aldersley, four for 52; Warnes, none for 6. HUTT. . First innings . 258 Second Innings. A. Biggar, b. Ellerm 46 C. Birch, run out 60 R. Williams, b. Morgan 1 W. Lees, c. Hyder, b. Cousins .... 7 E. F. Warnes, c. Whyte, b. Cousins 5 T. Gwilliam, b. Cousins 0 R. Wall, b. Cousins 0 W. A. Aldersley, b, Hyder 41 H. M. McGirr, b. Hyder 5 H. Watson, not out .- 2 B. R. Ross, absept 0 Extras '. 13 Total 180 Bowling Analysis.—Cousins took four wickets for 66 runs; Hyder, two for 41; Morgan, one for 33; Ellerm, one for 27. MIDLAND DEFEAT KILBIRNIE THREE’ CENTURIES RECORDED. Some heavy scoring was witnessed on the Kilbirnie ground. In reply to Kilbirnie’s first day total of 162, Midland ran their 252 for five wickets to 349 for nine wickets before applying the closure. The feature of the Midland innings was the great score of 194 hit up by A. Donoghue, who gave a masterly display, driving with power and placing his shots accurately. D. Patrick, who reached 66. was the only other batsman to show form. Kilbirnie did much better in their second knock, which realised 305 for seven wickets. The Kilbirnie captain. W. J. R. Christopherson, maintained his consistent form by running up 136, while W. Harris also played a sterling innings for an even century. The bowling on both Sides was weak. The following are the scores: — MIDLAND. —First Innings. A. Doneghue, c. Ward, b. Hearne .. 194 E. Roberts, b. Brortily 8 N. Robertson, b. Bromly .......... 6 E. Tindill, c. Monkhouse, b. Bromly 4 D. Patrick, c. Harris, b. Griffiths .. 66 A. Grant, c. W. Christopherson, b. V. Christopherson 13 W. Turvey, b. Griffiths 14 W. Lawton, b. Griffiths 7 A. Bruce, b, Griffiths o C. Hester, not out ° A. J. Cleverly, not out 1 Extras Jo Total for nine wickets 349 (Innings declared closed.) Bowling Analysis.—Bromely took three wickets for 83 runs: Ward, none for 23: Hearne, one for 25; V. Christopherson, one for 47; Griffiths, four for 86; Lang, none for 20: W. Christopherson, none for 42. KILBIRNIE. First innings I" 2 Second Innings. W. Monkhouse, e. Tindill, b. Grant 18 W. Christopherson, c. Patrick, b. Roberts 136 S. Ward, b. Cleverly ............ 6 W Hepburn, c. Tindill, b. Cleverly 0 W. Harris, b. Lawton .......... i. 100 H. Bramley, c. Cleverly, b. Hester . 1U C. Hayman, not out ............ 19 B. Griffiths, c. Patrick, b. Tindill ~ 1 Extras J Total for seven wickets 305 Bowling Analysis.—Cleverly took two wickets for 65 runs; D. Patrick, none for 39; Grant, one for 51: Bruce, none for 12; Robertson, none for 27: Doneghue. none for 5; Turvey, none for 24; Hester, one for 21; Lawton, one for 0; Tindill, one for 7; Roberts, one for 4a. FOUR POINT WIN TO ' ’VARSITY EXCITING FINISH. There was a sensational finish to the, Petone-’Varsity match at the Petone Oval. With a bare four minutes to go, ’Varsity required 5 runs for a 4-point win over Petone. A 4 to the fence and a single decided matters. Continuing their innings from the previous Saturday, Leys and Caldwell opened for ’Varsity. Leys was shortlived, however, being clean bowled by Hope. Caldwell played a bright innings. Hope was bowling with a good length and great pace, and Leys in attempting to lift him was bowled for 7. Tripe, after playing for a steady 13. succumbed to Smyrk, who was bowling well. McLeod was another victim to Hope, who was at all times dangerous. Greig, after playing a useful innings, was bowled by Smyrk with his score at 21. Wilson, the not-out man, had riot opened his account when the last wicket fell. Hope took six wickets for 73. and his bowling was of the untiring variety. Witli the total at 179 ’Varsity had a lead of 30 on Petone on the first innings. M. Nicholls and Brice opened for Petone in their second innings, but Nicholls was bowled by Tripe for a single. Brice showed a. revival of form and opened up with two sixes and several snappy fourers, and was finally dismissed for 45. Patrick also played a bright innings, opening his shoulders to hit. Bundle nnd H. E. Nicholls, who carried his but at the declaration, were the remaining batsmen to reach double figures. The former played an erratic innings, and he was very fortunate in

I not being out earlier. With the score at 135 Petone declared with seven wickets down. University opened their second innings with McLeod and Caldwell, who batted cautiously, although only having an hour in which to make 106 runs to register a win. McLeod was bowled for 4by Hope. Caldwell commenced to open up, and after a spirited innings, which consisted chiefly of 4’s, he was, in attempting to lift Brice, caught by Hope, with his score at 52. Hollings was bowled by Hope for 19. With the score at 102 and time pressing, Vietmeyer hit a 4, and two singles came from Mackenzie. ’Varsity thus won by five wickets. The following are the scores: — UNIVERSITY. —First Innings. R. H. C. Mackenzie, b. Brice .... 41 H. C. Bailey, b. Hope 1 A. M. Hollings, b. Hope aT. Nelson, b. Hope ■ 1 W. T. Vietmeyer, run out - E. T. C. Leys, b. Hope O P. Caldwell, b. Hope -7 A. C. Tripe, b. Smyrk lg E. McLeod, c. and b. Hope 2 Wilson, not out 16 J. C. Greig, c. and b. Smyrk 41 Extras • • 20 Total - Bowling Analysis.—Smyrk took two wiekets for 25 runs; Hope, six for <3; Brice, one for 59; hi. Nicholls, none for 2. Second Innings. McLeod, b. Hope 4 Caldwell, e. Hope, b. Brice yHollings, b. Hope 19 Leys, b. Hppe Vietmeyer. not out .. Wilson, b. Hope *’ Extras ’• Total for five wickets 106 Bowling Analysis.—Hope took four wickets for 40 runs: Brice, one for 37; Reyling, none for 12; Smyrk, none for 16. PETONE. First innings 149 Second Innings. M. Nicholls, b. Tripe 1 W. S. Brice, c. and b. Tripe 4a J. Patrick, st. Mackenzie, b. MeLeod 39 R. W. Hope, b. McLeod 1 H. Martin, b. Tripe • J» E. Bundle, c. ’—‘rine, b. MeLeod •- • - la C. Smallwood, c. McLeod, b. Tripe 1 L. Reyling, not out 7 H. E. Nicholls, not out la Extras •• • _ Total for seven wickets (dec.) 135. EXCITEMENT AT BASIN OLD BOYS HEAD INSTITUTE. Excitement was manifest in the closing stages of the Old Boys-Institute match at the Basin Reserve. On the previous Saturday, the first portion of the match was played on the Hutt Recreation Ground, owing to the New Zealand athletic ehampionships occupying the main city reserve. Institute, who batted throughout the first day, made 323 for eight wickets, and, straight away on Saturday, declared their innings closed. Old Boys were left to make the 324 runs for a win. Elliott and Parsloe opened the innings, and the pair added 83 before Elliott, who had made 24, was run out. Lamason replaced him, but ten runs later, Parsloe hit his wicket, having contributed a valuable 52 runs to the total, t Badcock and Lamason now became associated, and pushed the total along in fine style. Both batsmen were caught in the slips by H. Foley, off Massey, and each scored 31 runs. Four wiekets were down for 154 when James joined Lambert, and they provided the best stand of the day. It seemed that Old Boys would have no trouble in hitting off the required runs, and when, with 53 to his credit, James was clean bowled by Massey, half the team had been dismissed for 269 riins. Then a procession started. Lambert lost his wieket after making 63, which included nine fourers. The time was then four minutes to six, and the total, six wickets down for 275, Five minutes’ later, the tally was nine for 278. The position was then 46 runs to make, the last man in. and 25 minutes to go. Robinson and Reynolds .now began to play the finest cricket of the day. Both placed valiantly, and ran smartly between wickets. The figures on the board changed rapidly, and just on call of time, a boundary, shot by Robinson brought victory to his side, amid great excitement. As the batsmen came through the picket gate, the crowd gave them an ovation. Massey was Institute’s best truridler, taking five wickets for 104 runs. Henderson also bowled well The extras, 21, showed a weakness in the quality of the fielding, and it was in this department that the game was lost. The last partnership had three lives, due to the poorness of the field. Following are the detailed scores 4 : — INSTITUTE. ■First innings, eight wickets (dec.) 323 OLD BOYS. First Innings. >» C W. Parsloe, hit wicket, b. .Foley 52 H. Elliott, run out .............. 24 J. R. Lamison, c. H. Foley, b. Massey 31 F. T. Badcock, c. H. Foley, b Massey 31 K. C James, b Massey 63 H -M. Lambert, c. Massey, b. Hendqrson 63 W. R. Barclay, b. Henderson .... 1 -L. V. Brown, c. Aitken, b. Massey .. 3 0.-Reynolds, not out 21 D. O. Binnie. b. Massey 9 H. Robinson, not out Extras J 1 7 Total for nine wickets .. 327 Bowling analysis: Massey took -five wiekets for 104 runs; Henderson, three for 96; Exton, none for 27: H. 1 oley, one for 44; Rogers, none for 37. ■ - ' LOWER GRADE RESULTS JUNIOR A. Midland, first innings (two men short), 336 runs (McCardell 77, Morgan 63, J. W. Hutchings 65, Burgess 50, Cooper 31, and Walker 17 not out). The best bowlers for Hutt were Haines and Judd. Hutt, first innings, 157 runs (McSherry 42, Davies 36. Haines 25, Lockett 20). Hutt followed on, and compiled 233 runs tn their second innings (Pegler 116, McSherry 40. Lockett 11) Bowlers for Midland were Morgan six for 61 and three for 57, McCardell two for 28 and five for 52, Jack one for 29. Dean one for 44, Hatch one for 29. Midland required 55- to secure a 4-polnt win, and this was done without losing a wicket (Morgan 32 and J. W. Hutchings 15). Midland won by ten wiekets. - ,<•. Petone 176 and 184 for eight wickets fCorner 46 not out, Cowan 24 not out, Spence 32, Nlcolls 28, Parrant 20, Hanwick 21) v. Institute 272 (Stevens 88. Ward aO, Fortune 26, Crook 21, Algar 24 not out), Bowling for Institute, Martin took five for 60 Fortune five for 39. Algar two for 23 and two for 13), while for Petone Parrant captured four for 52 and Cowan two for 11. Institute secured a three-point win. Institute, 117 and 111 for six wickets, scored a 4-point win over Johnsonville, 140 and JUNIOR C.

“Evening Post." 88 (Blundell 24, Hanley 10 Ford 18, L. Hanratty 11), met Wellington 250 (O’Shea 52, Charlton 28. Rowden 24 not out? Heddan 23. Abbott 21, Gilmour 19 Hoben 17. Griffen 14. Ward 13. Glasgow 11) "Evening Post.’’ in their second innings scored 329 (L. Hanratty 134 not out. Freeman 65, Hornblow 34, Blundell 28, Nickless 19, Howitt 15, ,T. Hanratty 14). Wellington won by five wickets. Glasgow playing a sterling innings for 90 not out. Glasgow also bowled well for Wellington, capturing six for 45 in the first Innings. Hanley secured four for 37 for “Evening PoSt ' THIRD B. Kilbirnie, 252 (Hancock 127, Crook 32, L. Cavliss 25. Lockwood 13. Gilbert 12). v. Kalwarra 85 (Wilson 25. Hendry 17. Fuller 13. Muir 13). This is Kaiwarra’s first defeat this season. SECONDARY SCHOOLS. Technical, 142. v. Wellington College, 56 and 90 for eight wickets. ' Batting for Technical Asliendon (33)- D i?4»i°i rS Hot’ Cousins (15), Masters (13). Obeli (12), Mvers (11). Griftin. three for 39, Reynolds three for 33. Batting for Wellington. Clark (26 and 18). Heenan (13). Reynolds (14) McLean (18). Bowling. Myres three for 19 and five for 23, O'Neill five for 31, Dyhrberg three for 19. MERCANTILE LEAGUE Mackv Logan, 148 for five, V. Dalgetys 147 Batting for Macky Logan: Rait (37 not out), Martin (36 not out), Townsend (18), Johnson (18). and bowHng Baker six for 56, Laurenson four for 42. Batting for Dalgetys; McWhlnney (48 not out).

Hunt 127). Hannay (26), Harrington (17); bowling. Hunt two for 20, Johnson one for 12, McWhinney two for 34. Batting first against B. L. Hart s, New Zealand Truth” scored 253 for wickets declared (G. Mummery 110, J. Hennessey not out 104). took two wickets for 73 n w -S> o replied with 107 (C. Aamodt 22, Wilsoni 18, Hassell 34L Hennessey took five wickets for 44 for “I*ruth.«* CITY AND SUBURBAN South A .177 (A. Gell 72,' Thorn 43 not out, Bolt 22) beat St. Thomas A, 47 and 228 for five (C. Rooke 10 and 86, PerKius 66 not outj Sparrow 24). B°wljng for South A, C. Gell took six wickets for 77 runs, and Thorn six for I°6, while for St. Thomas' Mills secured two wickets tor 3 runs, and C. Rooke three for 34. PLAY AT CHRISTCHURCH, By Telegraph.—Press Association. ■ Christchurch, March 3. The semi-final round in the senior cricket championship commenced on baturday, the competing teams being Old Boys, Riccarton,’- Sydenham, 'and west Christchurch. Rain fell in the forenoon, making the wickets difficult, but tue weather remained fine. _. Old Boys, Winning the toss, put RiC" carton in on,.a tricky wicket. The suburban team gave a disappointing display, all being out for 165, of which Allen scored 100. Merritt took six wiekets for 03 and Burrows four, for 42. Old Boys took three wickets for 82. . . West Christchurch had first .strike against Sydenham and scored 2<>7 lor nine wickets (Alexander 9<, Hill ■33). Linwood, batting against Old Collegians, scored 107. Old Collegians were all out for 107 (Duhster 33). Read took seven wiekets-for 36. East Christchurch, playing St. Albans, were all out for 91 (Kennedy 28). Walloon took five wickets for 23. St. Albans lost five wickets for 144 (55 oods 72). DUNEDIN COMPETITIONS. By Telegraph.—i’ress“associutlon. Dunedin, March 3. Under ideal conditions the senior cricket matches were continued on Saturday. Carisbrook, who declared with 314 for the fall of nine wickets on the first day, drew with Old Boys, who made 287 for eight (A. W. Alloo 100 not out, Dickinson 58, Harraway 46). Dunning took four wickets for 76 runs. Grange, who made 419 on the first day, won on the first innings against Albion, whose first strike realised only 71. Lewin took three wickets for 18 runs., and Knight three for 29 in the second innings. Albion made 216 for six (Allen not out 108. Simmers 37). Colts, who were without Eastman, were beaten by Dunedin by an innings and 175 runs. Colts macle 62 and 120 (Sinclair 67). Cavanagh took five wickets for 18 runs, and five for 36. nnd Torrance two for 15 and four for 17. With only one match to be played Old Boys are lending with 11 points, and Carisbrook. Grange, and Dunedin each have 9 points. The Otago Cricket Association has decided not to invite L. C. Eastman to return next season. The president (Mr. C. Todd), when asked by a reporter for an explanation, declined to say anything forpublication. Eastman will leave for England on Saturday next. AUCKLAND MATCHES. By Telegraph.—Press Association. ' Auckland, March 3. The second series of matches in. the second round of the Auckland Cricket Association's senior championship concluded on Saturday in fine weather. Eden, 218 for six (declared) and 39 for four, beat Ponsonby, who made 135. Snedden took 45 for Eden. Langton took six wickets for 34. Y.M.C.A., 378 for eight (declared), beat Parnell, who made 313 (Aitken 74, Anthony 53). For Y.M.C.A., Bowley took five for 134. Grafton, 260, beat ■ University, 225 (Garrard 101). North Shore, 305, beat United Suburbs, 137 and 110 for three. Eden and Ponsonby are nofw level for the championship with 22 points each, University being third with 21 points, UMPIRE’S DUTY b' At the last meeting of the Wellington Umpires’ Association it was decided to call the attention of umpires appointed for matches to the necessity of-notifying the secretary of any alterations to be made prior to the next playing Saturday. This action was adopted on account of reports being received from players.