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Evening Post, Volume XLIII, Issue 62, 14 March 1892, Page 2

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LORD SHEFFIELD'S TEAM IN TASMANIA. I UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.! (Received March 14, noon.) Hobart, This Day. Tho matoh between Lord Sheffield's team and Northern Tasmania was drawn in favor of the Englishmen. SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP. MIDLAND V. PHfIBNIX. Two heats of the above championship wore commenced on the Reserve on Saturday, the Midland-Phoenix and Rival- Wellington being the contesting clubs. The Association left the choice of wickets to be decided by the spin of the coin, the result being that Cross (Phcenix) won from Fuller (Rival), who was forced to occupy No. 2 pitch, No. 1 being the scene of the Midland-Phconii matoh. Blacklook won the toss from Cross, and he and his brother Arthur faced the bowling of Virtue and Taylor. The brothers at once settled down to their work, but Benbow, who waa put on to allow his colleagues to change ends, dissolved the partnership, the rep skipper being caught by Virtue at cover point when he had made lb. Arthur left shortly afterwards, playing one of Taylor's on, a dozen being recorded in his favour. The Midlands had lo3t 5 wickets for 49, when M'Girr oame on the field and partnered Fitzsimons, and very soon knocked up 26, when Virtue lowered his stump. Tho retiring batsman was let off by Chisholm in the slips when he had scored 3. Eighty-eight was on tho board when M'Girr retired, and at 99 tho trundler was forced to resign his position, being wellcaught by Davis off Taylor. Fitzsimons' 19 was a useful contribution, and the manner in which ho covered the ground between the wiokets showed that he had completely recovered from the accident to his leg, which befell him on his journey from Lyttelton to Christchurch yesterday week. Upham made 16-^an unusual event for this player— the innings closing for 114. Niven was unable to keep wickets for his team owing to his injured hands , the vacancy being filled by Cross, who made a very able substitute. Ogier also fielded, 'well a,t mid wioVet, as Pram found out to his cost when he was smartly caught. At the close of the day's play the Phoenix had lost 6 wiokets for 28 runs, Benbow being tr* scorer with 10. Upham bowled well, se AJ. ing 4 wickets for 8 runs, but he wi seen to hi 3 usual advantage in tU^ g]jp S when he lot vies avl Angus '^q FitzSimons, w» ' "* F Jenbow nn d ?? a ™ 3 for ¦. will °c able tr ,d the game mll no * v h interest.

Messrs. Ashbolt and Knapp umpired on Saturday. The following are the scores :— Midland.— First Innings. R. Blacklock, o Virtue, b Benbow . 16 A. Blacklock. b Taylor 12 Wynyard. b Taylor . 7 Fitzsimons, c Davies, b Taylor . 19 Tucker, c Cross, b Virtue 0 Stephenson, run out 3 M'Girr, b Virtue '„ 26 Pram, 0 Ogier, b Virtue 2 Upham, b Taylor . 16 Eyre, b Taylor 1 Thawley, not out 4 Extras . ... . ... 8 Total ... ... 114 Bowling analysis— Taylor, 5 for 28 ; Virtue, 3 for 61 ; Benbow, 1 for 17. Virtue bowled two wides. Phcenix.— First Innings. Benbow, c Fitzsimons, b Upham . 10 Davies, c Fitzsimons, b Upham 5 Roberts, b Upham .... . . 1 Angus, b Fitzsimons 1 Cross, b Fitzsimons 0 Niyen, c M'Girr, b Upham 3 Chisholm, not out . . . . . . 0 Taylor, not out . .. .. 6 Extras 2 Total for 6 wickets 28 WELLINGTON V. KIVAL. This match, on present appearances, should result in a one innings victory for the former club. Fuller, for the second time during the afternoon, lost tho toss, thus allowing the Wellingtons to bat. The wicket was anything but perfect, but 102 was hoisted before the last wicket fell. Day came out on top with 38, Izard close up with 31, Wratt a steady 15, Crawshaw 13 (including a leg hit for 8 off M'Master), Frith played a lively innings for 13, Ashbolt playod steadily and surely for 12, and E. Goro also contributed 11. The rough ground was a source of trouble to the Eival fieldsmen, Fuller in particular was seen to disadvantage. Lash deserves mention for the manner in which he snapped up a low one from Day. The Eivals have lost 9 wickets for 39 runs, Holdsworth being top scorer with 10. Dryden only made a single. Fuller, after a short display, spooned one to Ashbolt at midwicket. Frith dismissed Eamsay, Lynch, and Chapman in one over, the first-named player, after a consultation with his skipper, being bowled first ball. Dryden was most successful with the leather for tho Eivals, capturing 6 wickets for 49 runs. Messrs. Morice and Fulton umpired. Tbo following are the scores : — Wellington Ist innings— Wratt, b Dryden, 15; (Jrawshaw, b Dryden, 13; C. Gore, b M'Mastor, 5 ; Wilson, b Dryden, 6 ; Izard, b Drydon, 31; Day, o Lash, b M'Mastor, 38; Frith, c Chapman, b Fuller, 13; E. Goro, b Dryden, 11; Kirker, st Chapman, b Fuller, 1 ; Ashbolt, b Dryden, 12 ; Luckio, not out, 6 ; extras, 11 ; total, 1(52. Bowling analysis— Dryden, 6 for 49 ; M'Mastor, 2 for 41 ; Barlow, 0 for 28 ; Coltman, 0 for 11 ; Fuller, 2 for 22. Eival First innings — Dryden, b Frith, 1 ; Holdswortb, c Ashbolt, b Frith, 10 ; Fnller, c Ashbolt, b Kirker, 6 ; Eamsay, b Frith, 0; Lynch, c Crawshaw, b Frith, 0 ; Lash, run out. 7 ; Coltman, b Kirker, 2; Chapman, b Frith, 0; Barlow, not out, 4 ; M'Master, b Frith, 0 ; extrab, 9 ; total for 9 wickets, 39. JUNIOB CHAMPIONSHIP. A beginning was made on Saturday with tho Wellington and Midland heat of the Junior Championship. Wellington went to the wickets first, and mado 87, the best contributions being those of Longden 29, and Sanderson 16. When stumps were drawn for the day. the Midlanders had lost three wickets for 60, A. Smith making 21, Hutchings and Brittland 11 each, H. Taylor 12, not out. The best bowlers for the Midland eleven were Taylor, Salmon, and Wyatt. Tho match will be resumed at 5.15 to-mor-row evening. THIBD-CLABS CHAMPIONSHIP. The Phcenix-Kilbirnio heat was played on tho College ground on Saturday, the suburan team winning by 52 rnna. Kilbirnie Btarted badly, losing five wickets for 14, but completed their innings for 101, Baron making 21, A. Topp 28, and Kollin? 26. Thompson and Trevor also batted well. The Phoenix responded with 49— Desmond 14 (not out), Grady 10. The best bowlers for Kilbirnie were Greenfield five for 21, and Thompson three for 21 ; and for the Phoenix Hueston one for one, Millward three for 32, and Deslandeß two for 21. Henningway and Baron fielded splendidly for the winners. The heat between the Thorndon and Wellington College clubs was played on the Thorndon ground on Saturday, and, as expeotod, it proved very interesting and exciting. The College team batted first, but it was soon evident that they could take no liberties with tho bowling, which was well on the wicket, and when the last wicket fell the score stood at 29, Morton having secured 5 wickets for 9 runs, Bee and M'Govern (7 each) being top scorers. Thprndon started their innings badly, losing three wickets for 1 run, and, like their opponents, had to treatthe bowling with respect, the last wioket falling for the small total of 39— Teddy, 10 (not out) ; Morton, 8. Both Tripe and Firth bowled splendidly. In their second innings the College scored 40— Beo, 13 ; Gilmer, 11 ; Morton again doing well with the ball, ably assisted by Gardner and Haggett. With half an hour to play and a bad light, Thorndon started their second innings, and when time was called had only scored 18 runs for the loss of eight wickets. Firth appeared to be "all thero " with the ball on the asphalt wickol, his average for the two innings being 10 wickets for 24 runs. Thorndon thus won an exceedingly olose game by 10 runs on first innings. The feature of the matoh. was undoubtedly the good bowling performances on both sides. This is the first defeat the College has sustained under tho captaincy Of Firth. POSITION TO DATE. Won. Lost. Toplay. Wellington College ... 9 3 2 Kilbirnie 10 3 1 Thorndon 9 4 1 Midland Third ... 6£ 7£ 0 Eival Third 6 7" 1 Karori .... 5 9 0 Wellington Third ... 4 10 0 Phoenix Third ... 3J 9J 1 MISCELLANEOUS. The Stars defeated the Midland third by 20 runs on Saturday. The scores were — Midland, 55 (Johnston 21, Green 12) ; Stars, 75 (Warren 38, A. Howe 13). Thawley (9 for 29) bowled well for the Midland, as did Warren (4 for 12) and H. Carman (3 for 11) for tho winners. A match was played on Saturday at Island Bay between teams representing the hardware houses of Messrs. Wilkins and Field and John Duthie and Co. The latter's team proved victorious by 20 runs, the scores being— Wilkins and Field, 46 (Coull 19, Hall 13); Duthie and Co., 66 (Dyer and Young, 11 each). Dyer and J. Duthie bowled well for the winners, while Masters and M'Noil shared tho honours for the losing side. The return match between the Kaiwarra first and Johnsonville first ended, after an exciting match, in a draw. The scores were Johnsonvillo 90, and Kaiwarra 48 for five wickets. Bowler (2) and Hope batted well for Johnsonville, and Staples, Sedgwick and Haddon for Kaiwarra. Better and Moore took the bowling honours for Johnsonville, and Skinner and Cooney for Kaiwarra. The Kilbirnie second were defeated by the Excelsiors on Saturday, at Kilbirnie, by 40 runs. Samuels batted well for the winners. Hoar and Kidding bowled well for the losers. The Marist Brothers' School first team defeated Newtown School by eight wiokets and three runs. M. and D. Naughton were the top scorers for the victors and Doyle for tho losers.