MIDWEEK COMPETITION.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 9, 11 January 1912, Page 3

MIDWEEK COMPETITION.

UNION ' DEFEAT .VIVIAN. ; Union, 91 and 240 {or 8 yv, Vivian, 205' and 54. Artillery, 167 and 76 for 0 wickets vj • Rivals. 87 and 180. Oriental, 161 v, p. and T., 116 for 7. HONOUR 'BOARD.

After an interval of come weeks, matches under the auspice* of the Wednesday Cricket Association were reeum-' Bd yesterday. The weather was fine/ Mid the wickets on the whole were good. The Artillery-Rivals fixture wa» continued on No. 1 wickot, Basin Reserve, and, as wae anticipated, multed! in an easy win for Artillery.' Rivals' gave an improved display in their eec-| ond inninge, the board ehowing 180, when the ln*t wicket fell. Artillery,s however, had little difficulty in obtaining the 78 rune required for a full-point win, excellent batting form being shown by Hume and Smith. On the adjoining wicket, Union 'unexpectedly won ouM right from Vivian. When the play, ccaaed in this game before the holiday's each side had. completed an innings^ Union being in a, minority of 113 runs. Following on yesterday, Union registered the fine total of 249 for eight WKkfeU, and then declared. Vivians" second innings was a procession, Dempaey being the only one to chow anything like form. A quarter of an hour from time the last Vivian wicket fell, and Union won ">by • two ¦ wickete and 81 runs. Warne' was top-scorer in Union's second innings with 111." • He was extremely lucky, being missed quite cix times. The best performance of the game stood to the credit of Harris, who took six wickets for" 24 runs, incidentally performing the hat trick. The Vivian batsmen could no nothing with Ins slows. The Vivians* fielding, so good on the first day of the match, fell of! badly, fully fifteen'catches being missed. Practically all of the Union batsmen were given a life. Details :—: — UNION v. VIVIAN:. UNlON".—Piret Innings ... . .„, 91 Second Innings. ' Warne, b Cirson ' „, ill Mulford; b Milla *.. fi Taylor, c and b Hill, ... ... 24 M'Gill, b Carson ' 12 Harris, b Bramley," ,„ ... „. 4 Driver, not out 4g O'Sullivan, b Hill" '. 16 Whe"lan, not out , 12 Extras , 13 Total .for 8 wickets (declared) ... 249 Bowling Analysis: Hill, two for 89} Bramley, one for 32; Mills, one for 43; Dempsey, noae for 21"; Cording,' none foi 18; Carson, two for 33. VIVIAN.—Fi»t Innings 205 Second^lnnings. Bramley, c Taylor, b Harris ... 3 Dempeey, not' out 2"! Castle, c Whelan, b Harris ... ... C Haydon, c Mulford, b Sauverin ... ( Hill, b Harris :. ... 2 Caterer, b Sauveria „» .„ '... ( Mills, b Sauverin ... < Carson, b Harris ... ... ",„ . ... ( Cording, l.b.w;, b Harris ( Huddlestone, ,b Warne ( Reid, b Harm J Extras -, ... „. * J Total ~6^ Bowling Analysis: Sauverin, three foi 17; Harris, six for 25; Warne, one foi ARTILLERY v. RIVALS.. RIVALS.—First Innings 51 Second Innings. Pickering, b' Bailey „. It Howe, b Bailey • ... ... t „.. ( Vare, c Smith, b Bailey ... ' ... ( Davis, c M'Gee, b M'lntyra 3£ George, 1.b.w.; b Bailey ... ... < Cherry, c Bailey, b Blamires „.. 3( Hull, b Bailey ... ' £ M'Kenzie, b Cooper ... 31 M'Evedy, b 'Cooper ... ... ... IS Andereon, rim, out t Crouch, not out ... ... ... ( Extras ... „. «.« ... 2£ Total ' ... ..."ISC Bowling Analysis: Bailey, five for 59 \ M'lntyre, on« for 48; Hughes, none foi 6; Blamires,' one for 23; Smith, none for 12; Cooper, two for 7. ARTILLERY.—First Innings ... 16"i Second Innings. Hume, not out ... ... ... > ... 6C Smith, not out >.. 21 Extras ¦ .• ... ,£ Total for no wicket* ... ... 7£ Bowling Analysis: Hull, none for 17; M'Kenzie, nona for 14; George, none for 12; M'Evedy, none for 11; Cherry; hone for 3; Vare, none for 16. ORIENTAL v. POST AND : TELEGRAPH.. ORIENTAL.—First Innings. Truscott, run out ¦ ... ( Gourlay, run out ... ..„ ... 21 Little, b Plimmer 2 Alpe, run out 25 Lifctk. W., c Plimmer, b Toms ... 4,M'Kklowney, b Toms ... X Oeborne, b Toms ... U Spenco, c and b Greig .k U Bilbnan, b Greig ... ... £ Duncan,, not, out i Extract a] „. " Ml Bowling Analysis.—Bale none for.S"; Plimmer, one for 36; Tome, three ' foi 33; M'Kay, none for 18 j Greig, two lcr 21. POST AND TELEGRAPH.—Fir* Innings. Sclater, b Billman ... „.,. „. iG Greig, b Gourlay ... ... */M', 24 Bale, c Sponce;,b Billman ... '„. C Tyrrell, c Little, b M'Eldowney... . V YVyatt, b Gourlay .. • .., .. • 0 Grjndrod, .b M'Eldowuey . ,„• „. - 2 Marehall, .not out .; ' 8 Thomson", c Little,, b, M'Eldowney , 6 Extras i. „. ' 8 xotal for seven wicket* ... 117 Jowling v'Vrialysis*—Gourlay, two fot 38; Little, nono - for 32 j Billman, twe for 24; M'Eldowney, four for 15. JUNIOR' GRADE. Post and 'Telegraph,' 248 (Neal 83j Greig not out 51, Christopherson 43, Boyne 19, Kielly 18, Hadfield 10 v. Y.M.C.A-. 29. ¦ Bowling for V.M.C.A., Whiteraan took five wickets for 42 runs, and Kitto two for 4. For Post and Telegraph, Jones took five for 12,. Chrk' topheruon three for 7, and Kielly on< for 10. Red Cross, 20 and 167^ (Rouse' (-S, Clayton 3s, . Haynes, 2£, Hill U, Sum 12), beat, Oriental.- 71 and 50. Bowling for Red Cross, Rouse took five for 17, Artillery , 61 and 155 (Duley 46, Por ter 30,' Milroy 17, Corlett 16, Chapmat 15, Crichton 15 not out) beat United, 64 and 82 (A. Chamberland 27, C. Chamberland 16, Crook 10). v Union, 08 i»nd 157 (Williamson 63,

ivarne (.union.; m Major fiutuo f Artillery) not out ... 50 Driver (Union) not out ... ... 40 W. Little (Oriental) 43 Sclater (P. and T.) ,; 46 V. Harris (Union) 6 for 25 Bailey (Artillery) 6 for CO tfcKidowney (Oriental) 4 for 15 Sauverin (Union) 3 for 17