CRICKET.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 36, 12 February 1912, Page 3

CRICKET.

PLUNKET SHIELD MATCH. AUCKLAND IN THE LEAD. {BY TKt-BGBAPH— J?BHSS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH, 11th February. It is a long time since a cricket match carried so much interest as to-day's fixture. Auckland had the very beet side down, and with Thomson, the allEngland eleven man, to strengthen them, were thought to have an excellent chance of lifting the shield, although Canterbury were very strong, both in, batting and bowling. Unfortunately, rain on Thursday and Friday made the pitch very slow. The weather was fine with a varying wind, and consequently Reese's action in deciding to bat when he" won the toss wa6 adversely commented on. It was understood that if Auckland had won the toss they would have sent Canterbury in. In any case, Canterbury's downfall was due only in a very small degree to the wicket ; the majority of their side got out by bad strokes. The Auckland batting was a hundred per cent, better than Canterbury's, for the wicket was still difficult, and Canterbury's bowling was as good as their batting had been bad. Auckland's good total was the result of sheer solid oatting under difficult conditions. Sneddon gave a masterly display. The fielding of both sides was firstclass, though Hickmott, near the boundary, and Hayes in different positions closer in, did such magnificent work that Canterbury's fielding was rather the best. Boxshall was right " off " aa wicketkeeper, for in addition to twentyfive byes his missing Sneddon was disastrous. There was an attendance of over 3000, the takings amounting to £168. Scores : —

LOCAL GAMES. NORTH BEATEN BY PETONE. The Basin Reserve not being available, all senior cricket was off in the city on Saturday. The Petone-Noath game, however, was continued at Pejone, [ the suburbanites winning easily by an i innings and 30. runs. The outstanding feature of the game was Nuuh's splendid not out innings of 132. Details: — NORTH. First innings v ' 91 Second Inning 6.

Bowling Analysis. — M'Kenzie, seven wickets . for 30 runs ; Barber, one for 12 ; Nunn, one for 51 ; Bennett, none for 22. ' PETONE.— First Innings. '

Bowling Analysis.— Findlay, three wicket* for 78 runs; Finlaysoii, two for 42; Luckie, two for 63; Sheridan, two for 33; Phillips, none for 16; Windley, none for 7. JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP. Catholic Club 194 and' 104 for four wickets (Casey 51, O'Donohue 42), beat Hutt 97 (Everton 33, Aldersley 15, Pole 12, Dennehy 11, not out) and 187 for seven (Yeatts 118, Pringle, 30, not out, Parker 10). Bowling for the winners, Casey took six Jpr 53. Aldersley (three for 24) did welTfor Hutt. Victoria College 142 and 113 (Mackay 22 and 17, Bruce 42, not out, Duncan 22, Miller 21, O'Shea 21, Atmore 11), was defeated by South, 217, and 44 for one (Haigh, 65, not out, Pickering 49 and 24, Carter 25. Barnett, 12, not out). For South, Barnett (seven for 32) and Carter (four for 65) obtained the best bowling figures, &a "did Schramm (four for 25), Martin (three for 55), and Bruce (two for 20) for College. Wellington College defeated East by eight wickets. East's Gecond inning* realised 110 (M'Cardell 48, Hughes 23). College required 72, and hit them off for the loss of two wickets (Hindmarsh, 25, not out, Staples, 24, not out, Joplin 11). ' • St. Mark's obtained a full point win in the game with North. THIRD GRADE. Templars, 196 for five (Sauvarin, 50, not out, Farrell 51. Ryan 39, Boyd«38), beat College B, 32 and 33. Bowling for the winners Dooley (seven for 17), Blenkinsop (four for 13), and Farrell (five for 21) did best. Catholic Club, 113 for seven (Bradley 34, Carruthers 24, Little 18, Layburn 14, Foote 10) beat Petone A, 35 and 77 (Bolton 24, Ley 19,,Taplin 11). Bowjing 'for tho winners, XJarruthers took ten for 47. North, 87 and 58 for three (Hanratty, 22 and 14, Coleman 15, Portman 16, Hunter 10), beat Central, 75 (Briggs 17, Gender 17, not out). Hanratty (five for 37) and O'Sullivan (four for 32) bowled well for North. JUNIOR ASSOCIATION. j Selwyn A, 97 and 75 (Bradley 22, Taylor 21 and 13, Jeffries 13, Galvin 12, Hopkins 10, L. Murphy 23, not out), beat Evans Bay A, 39 and 82. M'lntyre (nine for 35), Burns (five for 42), and Waldee (two for 9) bowled well. Kilbirnie B 226 (Gray 103, HoliiwelJ,

55, Samuels 29 not out, Hill* 21, Church 15, Pay 10) beat Selwyn B 102 and 44. MISCELLANEOUS. Whitcombe and Tombs 111 beat A. E. Kernot's 84 and 16. Cameron (22), Wetherall (22), Tyrrell (31), Bulford (16) batted well for the winners, as did C. Malone (23), B. Alalone (22), Innes (19), and Griffiths (12) for the losers. Wetherall (twelve for 40], and Gully (five for 3G) bowled well for Whitcombe's, "as did Leddy (si* for 38), and Simm (three for 10) for the losers. Vacuum Oil Company 141 (Leggatt 60, £• V 2a ?.?u 32 i« Gu ?r ll > beat Sanders Bros 56 (Chant 28, Hagan 10). AUCKLAND GAMES. [Bt TXLKQBAPH— PKESS ASSOCIATION .1. AUCKLAND, nth February. 'The seventh series of senior cricket matches was concluded yesterday in fine weather. Parnell : beat University by an innings and 61 runs. Parnell took their previous score on to 273, and University, who had made 147 in the first innings, got only 65 in the second effort. Ponsonby, with 141 and 56, beat Eden, who scored 74 and 109. ' North Shore beat Grafton by 49 runs on the first innings, scoring 177 to Grafton a 128. «

Ualgleish, b Luckie Bennett, b Finlayson Nunn, not out Barber, b Finlayson Brice, c Luckie, b Sheridan ... M'Kenzie, b Finlay Hardham, run out .., pornell, b Sheridan ... Ekmthgate, b Finlay Pointon, sfc sub., b Finlay ... Sates, b Luckie Extras ... 32 ... 1 ... 132 ... 0 ... 15 .... 5 ... 21 ... 0 ... 30 ... ' 0 ... 5 "... 18 Total ... ' ... 259

Blacklock, «t Soufchgate, b Nunn ... 16 Finlavson. b M'Kenzie 20 Crombie, b M'Kenzie ... 7 Wynyard, b M'Kenzie ... .... 6 Sheridan, lbw, b M'Kenzie f . s ... 12 Phillips, b M'Kenzie .... 5 Windley, not out ' ... 13 Boddington, c Dalgleish, b M'Kenzie 4 Findlay, b M'Kenzie 0 Lufckie, c and b Barker 32 Extras ... ..^ ... 14 Total ... s. 129

CANTERBURY.— First Innings. H. B. Lusk, c and b Thomson ... 27 Alf. Norman, b Thomson 0 W. Haye6, b Thomson .. ..» 5 W. Carlton, b Thomson ' 10 D. Reese, c Thomson, b Olliff ... 18 R. G. Hickmott, b Olliff ... < ... 14 W. Patrick, c Hemus, b Olliff ..« • 0 D. Sandman, c Horspool, b Olliff... 1 A. W. Thomas, b Olliff -1 C. Boxshall, st. Ellis, b Olliffff ... 0 J. H. Bennett not out 5 Extras 5 Total 86 Bowling Analysis. 0. M. R. W. G. J. Thomson... 21 ' 7 32 4 C. Olliff ... 17.5 3 37 6 F. R. Mason ... 3 — 12 — AUCKLAND.— First Inninge. E. V. Sale, b Sandman 4 Hemus, b Carlton / 34 W. Brooke-Smith, b Reese ... 1 Sneddon, b W. Carlton 76 G. J. Thomson, b ,Reese :■ 12 E. Horspool, b Reese 0 L. Taylor, run out ... ... „,. 17 A. Wallace, b Reese ,".^ 0 F. R. Mason, not out 3 W. H. Ellis, lbw., b Reese... - ... 5 Extras , v ... - , 31 Total for nine wickets ... p.. 183