CRICKET. SATURDAY'S MATCHES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 34, 10 February 1908, Page 3

CRICKET. SATURDAY'S MATCHES.

SOME INTERESTING GAMES. Excellent cricketing weather prevailed on Saturday, and the largo number of spectators who assembled at the Basin Reserve were treatrd to a display of really iatcresting cricket. Midland continued its gam? against Wellington, and Prtone against Old Boys. Tho game*, which vpie the semi-finals of ths s:mor i-haapionship, had been begun a foitnight previously. Or thcit occjsion Wellington scored lE4 and Midland had lost two wickets for 52, Wighton (4) and Wynyard (38) being the not out. men; Wynyard got to work as socn as play started, and, playing good cricket, ran his score up to 05, whfn he was beaten by a beautiful swerving ball from Nash, who' at that pjriod of tho game was bowling capitally. Throughout his innings ho hit freely, and his score included a ten, uhich he hit off Fisher. It was a beautiful drive, right, Into the south corner near the church, and seven were run straight put, three moio being added for a culpable overthrow. Bcorinc went on slowly for a whilo after that, until Patrick and Upharo joined forces, and then the pijee became faster. Patrick, particularly, hit wilh splendid freedom and confidence, and kept tho irldsraen busy. His placing, too, was excellent, and as Uphnrn was also in j^ood scoring form, tho display was attractive and interesting. Patrick, however,'had a bit of luck. Before he had Rofc >into doublo figures' he was jr.issed by Hales, and \vh?n his score was 80 Vare missed an easy catch from , him. In feet, the two batsmen had bowlers and fieldsmen fairly '"rattled," and the fielding v.ai of the poorest quality.. /At 5.3Q the score- board showed 300, of which Upkam and Patrick had contributed 124, Ujpham's sharo.beIng ?0. The latter, however, kept on scoring, though not so ffrec<ly as Patrick, .and after being mis&cd by Fisher when his | iota' was 58 was caught and bowled j by Quiun before he had aclueu to his j store. The partnership had resulted in a total of 159, of which Fatrici; ' had made 23. Mitchell filled tha vacancy, and made sr^en, while Patrick j added fourteen to his, total. When *he j had scored a century (a result greeted with loud applause) he was shockingly missed by Qiunn. I"he ball ran up his bat straight into the air. Quinn' stood under,- caught the ball,' and dropped it. It V vas the worst, "mull" of an afternoon fruitful of "mulls," and the crowd greeted it accordingly. Shortly afterwards IVFilchelJ was ,nuj out, and Patrick was lotully .applauded for what was really :i splendid innings, which included an 8 (six run straight out and two for an overthrow), a 6, and a 5. The innings concluded-Tr^tty a store o£ 353, piling Midland 'a. . lead of 199 on the fli'st innings. ".*,■' In tho Old Boys-Prton- game," Old Boys made 273 on the first innings, and Petone had lost three wickets for 68, L. Isherwood (36)' and Senior (10) being tho not out men. There was nothing remarkable about the conclusion of the innings, which lesulted in a score of 138. Old Boys again did .veil in their second attempt. The chief feature was a fine stand 'made by B»e-hsy and Tucksr. Beecbsy was in particularly good forni, and, mastering the bowling, hit out frcsly all round the wickcjets, and ran up the excellent score of 75, which indgaed.three, fives'," three fours,' and sev'^iP'thr£fiS. Lomax also played a good "n'.jnngs for 30, vhich included two fours and five threes. J. P. Blackiock's score of 26 was made in eight hjts, l. fi&lttding one. of seven, and MonSghau's 13 included onefive. • In fact, hard ihitting was the order of ths day, and fielders had a, pretty hard time. ;' The exciting featuro-jof the Gas Company v. Newtown mattli, \vhich, however, did not count fpr the championship, was tho remarkable stand made by Hodge and Spottiswoode. Both players were in the vein for'hard hitting, and they made- things \lively. Hodge made "a century, and . Spottiswoode topped lus scors} by four. "Extras" were four during their .stand, which, therefore, made tlicir partnership total 203, On the previous Saturday Gas Company had made 352 for right wicknts, of which Hodge had contributed 74 and Spottiswooda 79. Newtown responded with a score of 156, cf which Payne made 63 by retilly £ood, lively cricket. Altogether ths afternoon's play was as interesting afe has been Been o>i the Basin Reserve for a long time. Following are tho scores :—

JUNIOR COMPETITION. j Victoria College' v. Wellington B — I Victoria College, Srst innings, 169; Wellington B, first innings, 56; second innings 90. Victoria College won by an innings' and 22 runs. , .Newtoicn v. - Thorndon. —Thorndon won by an innings and 27 runs. Thorndon made 192 (Humphries 115, Martin 35); Nowto\vn 54 (Hopkins 22. Tyler H) and 111 (Sullivan 37, Castle* 26, Tyler 15, Stewart 13)./ THIRD-CLASS' ..CHAMPIONSHIP. St. John's v.'Phpaaix. St. John's won by five ' rickets. Phoenix made 251 and 79 (O'Brfen 50 and 41, Charlton 74, Webb 55); St. John's 235 and 1,01 for five wickets (Hoare 84.and 58 not out, Crawford 49, Bradley 28). BOYS' CIiIOKET LEAGUE. Senior Grade..—Y.M.C.A'.beat Marist Bros, on the first innings by 34 runs. Thorndon A. beat St. Andrew's by an innings and 96 runs. ' St., Peisr's'beat Thorndon B. by 9 wickets and 5 luns. Diamonds beat - Vivians by. 9 wickfts. Junior Grade.—V.M.C.A. A. beat Kelburne by nn innings and 105 -runs. Boys' Institute beat if.M.CA. B- by 7 runs. St. PeteV's beat St. Paul's by 2 wickets and 2 runs. Marist Bros, beat Diamonds. ' SPLUNKET SHIELD. The' proposed v visit of a Wellington representative team ,to Auckland to compete for the Plunked Shield has been abandoned by the Wellington Cricket Association on account of the inability of ,i several ot tha leading pluyeis to get away. < • MISCELLANEOUS. Young's OieimcaJ Company defeated Scouilar and Com piny by 14 runs on the first innings. Young's m«do C 4 J fCarswell r.nd "VVardcll 12 each, Kershaw 23, Cunningham 14, md Wilson 10 not out), and Scoullur's CO (Makin 34, Willianu'll). llasrel»(7 lor 23) bowled wcl! for the v.innors, and Makin (3 for 15), Burns (4 for 19), Raucc (3 for 2E). for the losers. i Smith and Smith v. Huniphri's Eros. Smith and Smith made £0 and 53 (A. Marsh 16, Gregory 16, B. Williams 12, W. Nagle 11); Huniphrisa made 17 ond 35 (L. Humphries 16 and Davis 9). Bowling for Smith and Smith B-. "Williams took 5 for 7 and 6 "for 12, J. Nagle 3 for 13; for * Humphries, A. Cameron 5 far 17, A. Lindsay 3 for 15. Smith and Smith, Ltd., \\on by 53 runs. ' IN OTHER CITIES. [Br TELEGr.APJI —FKESS ASSWHTION.] AUCKLAND, Bth February. The sixth round of the senior grade matches was concluded to-dny, when Eden beat Noith Shoic by 163* runs on Ihs first ir.nings, the latter , responding with. 09 to Edtn's 202. Edon went in again rind knocked tip 187 for six wickets (Hob;on-96 not' out), tttemsou (<ot four of the losers' wickets for 2b. Graf ton f£orcd a three point win over Ponsqnby, th; sroies Ijeing : —Ponsonby, first innings, 111; second innings, 111. Giafton : 172 and SO for two vitkst^. The City Club scored a thicc-point wiri over Pnrnell. DUNEDIN, Bth Februnry. The crickot mat ekes wore continued yesterday in splendid weather. Carisbrook B, playing against Grange, made 239 in the Hi ft innings (Austin 67, Roberts 47), while Grange had lust three wicl:»lo for 30 nt tho call of time. Cumbrook A met Opoho and loihpik'd 209 (S. Foster 37, Hniraway 30). Opoho lost two wickets for 30 (Turnbull 26). Dunedin put up K9 ;igainst Albion (Crrfmcnd 57), and the latter compiled 92 for five wickets (Williams 38, Corbett 33, not out). (JHRISTC'HURCH, Bth February. Another round of the first-grade cricket matches was commenced this afternoon in splendid weather. The results wpre a.s follow: —Sydpnham made 403 for beveu (W. Patrick 71, A. Jones 158, J. Bruges 68) v. East C'hristrhurch; Linwood 294 (H. A. Bishop 56, H. ElhK 52, H. A. Orchard 58, A. E. Ridley 40) v West Christrhurch 25 for two; St. Albans 278 v. Ekcarton 47 for no wicketft.

WELLINGTON v. MIDLAND. 1 Midland. — First Innings. Hickson, c Wailis, b Hales 4 Wynyard, b Nheli 65 Williams, c Na&k. b Holes 6 Wighton, c Naughton, b Nash . 28 Brure. b Nash , ... ...25 Murphy, b Nash . ..'. . 5 Que?, c- Vare, b Fisher ... . 22 Patrick, not out ..j ... . 107 Manson, 1.b.v.-., b Fisher ... . 4 \ L'pham, c and b Quinn ..' ... 58 Mitchell, run out 4 Extras .'.: ...' 27 , Total 353 Bowling Analysis. Overs. JJdus -Jinn*. Wkts. Fisher . 22 5 78-2 Hales ... 20 '4 73 • 2 Luckie ... 10 0 44 0 Hickson ... 6 1 20 0 Nash ... 15 i 0 61 4 Quinn ... 8 0 57 1 Rklmdsop "... "3 0 13 0 Wellington. , j First Innings IS4 Second Innings. Richardeon (not out) 0 Naughton (not out), , ... 2 . Extras ' 2 Total for- no tickets . ... 4 Bowling Analysis,. j Overs Mdnf Runs, "\Vkt=. Mitchell .3210 Bruce . . 1 0, . 1 . 0 Hickf.cn .110 0 OLD BOYS v. PETONE. i Old Boys. First Innings .... 273 Second Innings. , C. P. Blacklock, b Cobcroft . 0 Beechey, c Green, b Brice .-.. .'. 75 Birch, raa out .. . 17 Tucker, c Cate, b Ishervood . 29 Ix>max, c. Brief- 1-> Cobcroft .. . 30 J. Black\j^ ' , jenior, b Cobcroft 26 MonaE^J, I'r. obcroft > 13 JUVan Rt c ACe > b Cobcroft 5 o Hreen, b Brlce ... . 4 Maso" I.1 '. st Catc> ' b Cobcroft 2 Jacobs, not out • 1 Extras 12 Total 214 Grand total 487 Bowling Analysis. Overs Mdns Emu. Wkts. Cobcrott ... 19 4 49 6 Brice ... 17 0 65 2 • Green . . 4 0 16 0 B.arber ... 6 i 13 0 Isherwood .. 6 1 18 1 Smyik ... 5 1 21 0 A. Hou«e ... 3 0 20 0 ?e*one.— First Innings. €&*croft, c Tucker, b Beechey . . 11 Ifiherwood, run out _■ „. 46

Barber, c Tucker, b Mason 4 J. House, b Mason • ••• 4 Senior, b Monaghan ... ■ . ..." 12 Taylor, run out . 10 Graen, c Monaghan, b Mason . . 8 A. Hous" 1 , not out . 15 Cato, i- C. Blr.cklork, b Monaghan 0 Bnee. c Mason, b Monaghan ' ... 15 Smyrk, run out ' . . ..10 Extras 3 Total 138 Bowling Analysis. Overs. Mclns. Runs. Wkts. Mason ... 12 0 31 3 Monaghan ... 12 4 45 3 Beechey ... 7 2 22 1 M'Gill ... 2 0 6 0 Tucker . . 10 1 31 0 GAS COMPANY- v. NEWTOWN. Gas. Company. — First Innings. Waters, c Woodier, b Evan 49 Dredge, cA. Day, b Smith . ... 3 Church, cF. Alpe. b Tilyard. ... 20 Waugh, 1.b.w., b Payne 2S Burke, b Tilyard 0 Ashbolt, cJ. Day. b Tilyard ... 8 Topp, c Woodgcr, b Ryan 56 Gourlay, b Tilvard .. 1 Hodgp, not. out . •• 104 Spottiswoodr, c G. Smith, b F. Alpe 100 Hill (did -not bat) 0 Extras 27 innings declared closed for ... 406 Bowling Analysis. »Oers. Mclns. Runs. Wkls. Ryan ... ... 29 6 105 2 Smith ... 17 2 71 1 Alpe' 16.4 3 65 1 Tilyard ... 17 4 62 4 G. 'Day ... 6 " 1 22 0 Payre' ... 3 0 13 1 A. "Day ... 5 0 22 0 J. Day ... 2' 0 10 0 iVcwtown. — First Innings. Payne, ct Hodge, b Church 68 Alpe, i- and b Hill 29 Tilyard, b Hill 3 A. Day: b Topp 5 ' Smith, b Church 20 Woodger, b ,Tqpp ... 4 L. Cart-u- (sub), b Topp . . . '12 Maplesdon (sub), c Ashbolt, b Topp 0 Danks (sub), c Hodge, b Church' ... 4 Ryan (absent) ... ... 0. Carter (sub), not out ... , 3 Extras ... 0 i Total 156 Bowling Analysis. Overs. Mdns, Runs. Wkts. Gourlay ... 7 1 21 0 Topp . . 13.1 1 62 4 Hill' 6 ] 20 2 Ashbolt 2, 0 16 0 Church ... 3 0 19 3 Second Innings. Smith, b Church 37 Carter, c Tnpp, b Church 10 Tilyard. not out 29 Payne, b Church 2 A." Day, b Church 5 Alpe, c and b Church 0 L. Carter, 1.b.w., b Topp .' 1 ; Extras ... , "11 Total ... ' 05 Woodger. Maplesden, Danks, and, Ryan did not bat. Bowling Analysis. / Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Church ' ... 7 0 34 5 Top'p ..'. 6.1 0 .32 1 Hill 2 0 10 0 Gourlay ... r2 r 2 0 8 0