CRICKET.

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 49, 27 February 1908, Page 2

CRICKET.

9 WEDNESDAY COMPETITION.

Tho weather favoured cricket yesterday in tho Wednesday championship competitions. The senior matches wore concluded and junior matches commenced. Union defeated Oriental and thus 6tands ton points ahead of tho next best team in tho senior championship, which is now theirs beyond any possibility of displacement, since theru are only two moro matches left. UNION v. ORIENTAL. On last week's play Union had a lead of 34- runs on the first innings. Oriental resumed yesterday and scored 166 for eight wickets in their second venture. Truscott and Pioken played good cricket for M and 36 respectively. Union were left an hour and a half to get tho 132 runs necepsary to win a four-point viecory. They accomplished the font in an hour and a quarter, winning by 5 wickets, Wilkinson 37, Weybourne 33 not out, and J. o'Sullivan 26 not out, were the highest scorers. Following arc details: — ORIENTAL. First innings 103 Second Innings. M/Kenzie, b M'Gill 11 Picken, o Davies, b Weybourne ... 36 Little, c New-on, b Weybourne ... 11 A. Moore, o Mullford, b M'Gill ... '25 Trubcott, not out 4-1 N. Cook, lbw, b M'Gill 17 Lauronson, run out 1 Billman, b M'Gill 5 Alpe, b M'Gill 1 Extras 18 Total 166 Grand Total 269 Bowling Analysis. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. M'Gill ... 10.3 1 36 5 Bonnar ... 7 1 28 0 Weybourne . . 6 1 47 2 Mullford ... 5 0 29 0 J. O' Sullivan ... 2 0 8 0 UXION. First innings 137 t Second Innings. T. O' Sullivan, b Picken 7 Wilkinson, c Truscott, b Picken ... 37 Neweon, lbw, b Picken. 14 Mullford, b Billman 18 C. M'Gill, c and b Billman 2 Weybourne, not out. 33 J. O1O 1 Sullivan, not out 26 Extras ... ( 4 v Total for fivo wicketa 141 Grand total 278 Bowling Analysis. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Picken ..14 1 52 3 Littlo ... 6 2 34 0 A. Mooro ... 2 0 20 0 Billman ... 7 0 29 2 GIfoRGE AND GEORGE v. RIVALS. This match. wa= won by George and George on tho first innings by 14- runs. Yesterday George and George added 143 by their second essay. Law* stood out with an excellent innings of 52. Rivals followed and managed to make 75 by the close of time at a Toes of 7 wickets. Following aro tho scores: — GEORGE AND GEORGE. First innings 08 Second Innings. F. Laws, b M'Kcnzie 52 Georgo, b Benlley ...-- 24 Martin, b Spiers 22 Gosling, o and b Spiers ' 7 Gilbert, run out 2 Paul, o and b M'Konzio 4 Ishorwood, not out ... ... ... 12 Fox, o sub., b M'Kenzio 5 Gini, c sub., b M'Kunzio 0 Cane (absent) 0 Extras .., 14Total 143 Grand total ". 241 Bowling Analysis. Overn. &Idns. Runs. Wkts. Benlley ' ... v" 1 32 1 Smers ....11 1 12 2 M'lvay ... 6 ' 0 16 0 Oarson ... 5 1 13 o M'Ken?ie ..9 2 23 \ . RIVALS. First innings .. v 84 Second Innings. Slater, b Gosling 1 Bentlcy, o Fox, 1> Laws .' 2 M'fCay, not out .., , 34. Spiera, b Laws 3 Burton, o Carson, b Gosling 1 M'Kenzie, o sub., b Laws ... ... 20 Wood, run out 0 A. O. Pearce, run out 5 Extras 9 Tolal, for seven wickets 75 Grand total ... ,' 159 JUNIOR MATCHES. Artillery A v. Gcorgo and George. — Artillery 163 (Major Ilumo 50, Joyce 37, Brown 16, M'Mahon 16, Thompson IS, and M'Gill 12) ; George and George 52 (M'Fadgen 15; and 66 for one wicket (DobEon 29, M'Fadgeu 37 not out). Joyce, for Artillery, took five wickols, Smith two and Major Hume two. For George ana George, Davis took four wickets, Jahn two, and Ellison three. Pakeha v. Oriental. — Oriental : First in, nings 76 (Prioo 19, Coltman 16, Burley not out 13). Second innings 76 (Roberthon 24, Coburn 18. Edwards 14). Pakoha - First innings 65 (Elliott 23, Duthie 10). Second innings, one- wicket for nil. Y.M.O.A. v. Thorndon.— Thorndon-. Firat inninga 105 (Brown 37, Gayford 21) Y.M.O.A. : First innings, 254 for eight wickets (H. N. Holmes 100, Dyson 27, O» borno 25, Shipton 15, Turner 19, Plant 13). Artillery B v. Vivian.— Artillery 114 (Manley 35, M'lntyre 18) ar.c 1 84 (Sawle 12, Manlcy 12, A. Klee not out 12) ; Vivian 47 (Martin 11). For Vivian, Mapleston 8 for 26, and Dernpsey 3 for 30, bowled well, and for Artillery, M'lntyro took 5 for 19 and Cooper 3 for 26. FIXTURES FOR SATURDAY. Tho following fixtures havo been arranged for tho next round of the Wellington Cricket Association's Junior Championship t College v. Nowtown, Collcgo ground. Waiwetu v. Wellington A, Waiwetu. Petono v. Thorndon, Petono No. 1. St. John's v. Old Boys, Petono No. 2. Midland v, Wadeatown, Basin No. 4. Victoria Collogo v. V.M.C.A., Athlotio Piwk No. 1 Phoenix v. Wellington B, Athletic Park No. 2. St. Patrick's Old Boys .v. Gas Co., Athletic Park No. 3. The following third-elasß fixtures have boen arranged for Saturday: — Karori v. Newtown, at Karori ; Johnsonvillc v. Virtoria College, at Johnsonville; Phoenix v. St. Patrick's College, at Day's Bay; College B*. Petone, at College ; Hawthorne v. St. John's, at Hutt ; Solwyn v. Gas Co., at DayM Bay ; Thorndon. v. Old Boys, at Petone; College A. v. Templars, at College.