SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP.

Evening Post, Volume LX, Issue 103, 29 October 1900, Page 2

SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP.

,1 OLD BQtfSiv. WELLINGTON. These teams met on No. 1 wicket, Jacobs and Kirkcaldie, as representatives of the junior club, talcing strike from Hales and Ashbolt. The batsmen named had put double figures on the board when Hales got one past Jacobs. Burns filled the vacancy, but his Stay was a short one, Hales finding a weak spot in his defence. H>y, who came next, who is usually good for double figures, was. sent back to the pavilion by the fast bowler with a bjob to his name. j?arsbns joined Kirkcaldie, wuo was .immediately afterwards run out. After a long and patient innings, Kirkcaldie was given out, lbw to. Hales, his score being 11. At this stage,' Hales was bowling splendidly against the gale, his record being four wiokets for five runs. A very useful partnership came about with the association of Douglas and Wedde, the Wellington captain finding it necessary ,to make several bowling changes. The pair were separated by a ball from Hales at 54, the score having been advanced by 30 runs. The neit man, Cole, had added only a single when he was run out. M'Kenzie and Wedde proved a formidable pair, completely breaking up the Wellington bowling. Wedde played nice and steady cricket, iaking no liberties, tub punishing everything off the wicket, while M'K'effzie'put plenty of vigour into his batting. All Richardson's end«avours to effedtf & separation by changes at the botyling crease were unavailing toll 129 had bfteri reached/ when M'Kenzie o>tfr giving 1 ' Richardson, who • was staMiag near the fence, a chance off Redound/ hit the fast trundle*" to the bounliry, and then from a lofty smack was beaut ifully caught by Hickson in the outileld. The fieldsman was running against the wind, and his excellent judgment called forth warm applause. M'Kenzie scored fast from the jump, and treated all the bowlers with scant respect. His , batting was marred by only two chances. No^ less than 60 runs were scored by the Wedde-M'Kenzie combination. Neither Qilmer or Leslie gave the bowlers or fieldsmen any trquble, each man failing to soore, and the innings closed for 140. Wedde carried out hia Tjat faf 56. He gave a steady and capable exhibition, playing well all round the wicket. Of the bowlers, Hales alone came out with a decent average, and until he tired against the gale was bowling uncommonly well. M'Kenzie and Wedde smashed up his figures. The Wellington fielding was good, save in a few instances. Messrs. Broad and Bethune were the umpires. The Old Boys' innings had lasted nearly three hours and fifteen minutes. OLD BOYS.— First Innings.

Total „, , ... 140 Bowling Analysis. — Ashbplt, 102 balls 3. maidens, 33 runs; Hales, 174 balls 14 maidens, 38 runs, 6 wickets ; Redmond, 78 balls, 5 maidens, 24 runs, 2 wickets; Richardson, 36 balls, 2 maidens, 8 runs ; Holdship, 36 balls, 19 runs ; Hicksou, 18 balls, 10 runs. Hale 3 bowled a no-ball and a wide, and Redmond a wide. PHCENIX v. MIDLAND. These old time", rival* tried conclusions on No. 2 wicket- Halley, who won the toss for Phoenix, sent his opponents into the field. Burton, and Sisson opened, the "batting to the- bowling of Upham and Tucker. With 11 on the score sheet, Sisson, who had not yefc scored, was sent to the rightabout — Upham knocld.ig over his leg stump, and without another run to the total, Midlane saw Burton fall a victim to a poor stroke off Tucker. Much interest was centred in the ' app^fance of Clarke, the ea>Victorian ,and txOttigo player, who enjoyed a reputation as a finished batsman. Almost at the start he. was nearly caught out by HoWsworth, who just iailed -.to reach the ball. On this occasion, the spectators had little opportunity of seeing Clarke going, his innings coming to an end when he played " all . across " one from Upham. The board then showed 18, which was increased to 35 by the Waters-Midlane combination. It promised to read more, until Waters threw his wicket away by stepping out and making a reckless lung 9at the fourth ball of St^phenson's first « ver. Tucker had given place to Stepheflson, while Holdsworth replaced Upham. Neither Benbow nor Halley stayed long, and Mjdlane's long innings was closed by Stephenson breaking throughlris defence. His capital compilation of 25 runs was obtained by steady cricket, in which were several pretty strokes. ' The champion batsman of last year has made an excellent beginning for the season. Flint, an ex-Ponsonby 'player, but latterly a resident of Napier, notched only three singles, but gave promise of developing into a good batsman as the season goes on. He has a rather neat style. Of the Phoenix tail, Wells made five in two smacks, and Cate and Pope managed to escape tho dreaded duck, the innings finally closing for 73. Williams was in good form with the gloves, and the fielding was capital for so early in the season, Davis, Read, and Tucker doing very clean - ground, work. Stephenson got a fine average, though the bowling generally should not have been accountable for so small a score as debited to the Phoenix men, who had ocoupied, just 90 minutes in making their runs. , Midland started with Robertson and Quee, the former coming quickly to grief fov a duck, by sending v, ators's third ball into Sisson's hands. When Williams joined Quee, the tens mounted rapidly, the former being in an aggressive mood, though' he eschewed his usual recklessness, and sent the ball well clear of the fieldsmen, and at the same time did some pretty gliding and placing strokes. Quee did not shape confidently, and after attaining double figures was bowled by Benbow. The partnership had realised 39 runs. Disaster followed in the wake of the Mid!anders. Tucker, who filled the gap, played his first ball from Benbow on to the wicketi Then the stone waller, Hickson, to the delight of the opposing team, had his stumps knocked out of position by Pojpe. Upham fared a little bet-

tor, and managed to steal a single, but was easily caught by Clarke oil" Beubow. Meanwhile, Williams wai forging ahead, and his association with Davis brought another 21 run!. He should have been caught out by Sisson off Benbow, but a misunderstanding between the fieldsmen gave him another lease. After this let-qff he whacked Benbow to square lfeg for five — a really fine hit. Again Williams escaped a threatened dismissal, Pope declining a hot return. His dashing and forceful innings was npfc ctos,ecl till Bonbow clean howled him. He had oontrir. buted 52 . out of a total of 76}- and his score included two s's, £wo 4's, and three. 3's. His free hitting was greatly appreciated. Before stumps were' drawn, the Midlanders had lost two more wickets, Davis and George being dismissed by Waters and Benbow respectively. The total then was 78 for eight wickets. Benbow achieved great sitccess with the baH, keeping a pood length. The fielding was of a fairly good standard. Mr. D. M'Kenzie and Mr. P v Bevan was afterwards relived by Mr. Gardner) were the umuires. PHCENIX— First Inniugs.

fowling Analysis. — Upham, 72 balls, 8 maidens, 26 ruus, 3 wickets; Tucker. 64 balls, 2 maidens, 12 runs, 1 wicket ; Holdsworth, 36 balls, 2 maidens, 9 runs, 1 wicket; Stenliens,on, 151 balls, 1 maiden, 19 runs, 5 wickets. MIDLAND.— Firsfr Innings,

JUNIOR CUP. Kttbirnie A v. Wellington College. — Kilbirnio batted first and. scored 41, to which the College replied with 128 for seven wickets—Cook 41, Beechey 3s, Sprott 17. Kilbirnie B' v. Wellington. — K^lbirnie B 85— Churchill 18, Alpe 13, Plimmer 13, Robertson 25. Wellington eight wickets for 77— Pavitt 47, M'Lean 15, Churchill took six wickets for 22 for Kilbirnie. Midland A v. Phoenix.— Phoenix made 48, towards which Stevens scored 9. Windley took six wickets for 5 runs'. The Midlandera had totalled 58 for three wickets at the call ,of time— Widley 0, Burke 16, and Mills 12 (not out). THIRD-CLASS. Midland v. Old Boys.— The Old Boys put together .40. Webb secured six wickets for 4 runs. Midlana compiled 81 — Latta 24, Williams 20, Skelly 11. United ,v. College.—" United 171— G. Day 56, A. Day 4y, Hales, 37. College made 38 for three wickets (Jordan, 20 (not out).' Johnsonvilltew' y. Vivian.— Johnsonville made 41 (Dicken 13) and 45 for two wickets—W. Brown 28, E. Eaaon 15. Vivian, playing two men short, made 29 — Dwighton 10. Williamson (six for 16) and Yuill (two for 3) bowled best for Vivian, as did Brown (i'our for ,9) a.npV Lambert (four for 16) for Johnisonville'. Lambert performed the "Eat" hick. Wesley v. Phcenik.— Wesley 86—Godber 34, Clayton 16, Sando 11. Deslandes, Midlane, and Callaway did the best bowling for Phoenix. Phoenix had lost six wicketsl for 18 runs w-heu stumps were drawn. Carman and Clayton, for the Wesleys, carried off the bowling honours. Karori v.. Wellington Thkd,— Kavori batted first and made 140— HU1 30. Lowe 28, T. Spiers 18, Williams 18. Wellington replied with 22 for five wickets — Liversedge" 11. Hill and Hanify, bowled best foa* , Karori, and Ashbolt for Wellington. ~ ' ■ Kilbirnie A v College A. — Kilbimie 14 and five wickets for 32 ; College 122 — Robison 47, Ward 17, Aver- 17, Luckie 17. Banks (three for 16) bo-so^d best for Kilbirnie, while Lubkie (four for 3) and Wills (six for 5) did good s.ervic» for the College. JUNIOR ASSOCIATION. Tadhoft v. Rovers B. — Taih'oas scored 29, Wetherall and Eversleigh being highest scorers. The Rovers only made 14, the Taihoas «then replying with 43 (Bock 16, Mitchinson, 10, not out, and Wetherall 6). For 'the Rovers, Sutherland (eight for 8) and Wright (six for 16) bowled best, and Bock (seven for 5) and Hickey (three for 9) trundled well for the T^aihoas. United y. Vivian.— The United in its first innings made only 16. The Vivians replied with 115— Turner 34, A. Dallaston 31 , ( and Home 29. Grimrod (seven for 5) bowled beat for the Vivians, • anji Ooombes and Hardham for th© United. "*' HUTT VALLEY ASSOCIATION, The first round of Cup , matches commenced on Saturday. SENIOR MATCHES. » At,P etone No. 1 ground, St, Augustine played Petone United. Petone scored 70 — Wynyard 14, Brice 11, Prouse 10. St. Augustine mad© 33" — C. Bernsten 10, Isherwood 7. For Petone, Hawke took six wickets for 25 runs and Maddox four for 7. Kaiwarra met Waiwetu at Lower Hutt. Kaiwarra's scol'e wa-.s 6.0 —*■ Crowe 28, Hogg 15, Gardner 12. For Waiwetu, A. Pringle secured four wickets_ for 12 runs. Waiwetu's batting score wa? 46 for four wickets. Bevans and Golding showed up best in the Kaiwarra bowling. Korokoro A team (nine men) played Korokoro B foam (fourteen men). A team made 110 runs — Dalgleish 57, Brown 11, Sampson 10. B team's score was 25 for nine wickets. . For A team, Puketapu took six wickets for 9 runs, and Sampson two for 12. ' JUNIOR GAMES. ,St. Augustine v. Petona • United— St. Augustine, first innings, 27 ; Petone, ,46 ; St. Augustine, second inning's, 56 for "four wickets. _ . Korokoro A team defeated Kaiwcirra in two innings by seven rims. , \ , Korokoro B team, won by default from Waiwetu. • v ' ff '- [BT 'TELEGBAPH.— PREB3 ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH, 28th October. In the cricket match yesterday, Lancaster Park v. United „the former declared its innings closed at 29a runs for seven wickets. United (first innings 119) has los^ three wickets in the second innings lor 36 run». The Sydenham and Addington v. Midland match is also unfinished. Sydenham and Addington's first innings closed for 77. ' Midland, which in« the first innings scored 90, in the second made 152< __

Jacobs b Males ... „, „, „, 6 Ki'rkcaldie, b Hales ... ... „, 11 'Burns; b Hales ... „, ,„ 5 Haj-, b Hales .., „, „, ... 0 Parsons, run out „, „, •„ , 2 Douglas, b Hales „, „, „, 31 Wedde, nob oufc „, „, ... 66 Cole, run out „., ... ... 1 M'Kenzie; 0. Hiokson, b Redmond ... 'fo Gilmer, b Hales „, „, ,„ o Leslie, b liedmond ... 0 extras • ,„ ,. v , ' „, „. 8

Burton, o Upbam, b Tucker ilisson, b Upham „, Midlane, b Stepuenson .„ Wells, b Tucker... Dlark, b Upliam... ••.., Waters, b Stephenson ... Benbow, b Holdsworth.., Halley, b Stephensoa ... Flint, c Quee, b Stepheuson Date, c and b Upliani ... Pope, not out ... „, Extras ..'. .>« hi >•* •i* ••» M« • •• • •« • •« la* »•• ... 11 ... o ... 25 ... «5 „. 5 ... ,9 ... 0 ... 4 ... 3 ... 3 ... 1 ... 7

Quee,b Jienbow Robertson, c Sisswi, b Waters... Williams, b Beubow „c ..« Tuoker, b Beubow ,^ „, Hickson, b Pope „. *•« Uphfuiij c CUrk, b J3enbow ..« Davis, b Waters ... George, c Sissou, b Beubow .., Lxtras „, ... ,« 11 0 52 0 0 1 7 2 5 Total for eight wickets ... . ••« 78