CRICKET.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 139, 9 December 1912, Page 3

CRICKET.

UNBEATEN TEAMS MEET NORTH BEGIN WELL. ..East A; 191; North, no- wickets for 89. Victoria College, 54 and six wickets • for 3s; South, 115. ' J Hutt, 165; East B, eight wickets for 69. Petone, ,199; Central, six wickets for - - 97. HONOUR BOARD. M'Girr (East A). 72. Bray (North). not out. Smith (South). 55. Rodgers (Hutt), 72. Judd (Hutt). 06 not out. Brico (Petoue). sb. , Finlayson (Petonc), four for 24. • Robinson (Central), seven for 41. Pattern (Hutt), four* for 23. 'Liickie (North), fdur -for 32." > Fenton (South), five for 22 .and four .for' 2l. . -, Carter (South), three for 10 and 'two for 10. M'lntosh (College), five f0r, 32. ' Hutchings (East B). four for 27. R'odgers (Hutt); four, for 28.'Prospects.of good cridket and the pre-sent-delight of a fine day attracted some hundreds of people to the Basin Reserve" on Saturday afternoon, when that ground was -reopened for senior cricket matches. The'day continued,, most pleasant, ,and r in', the promise of good play the spectators' Were not disappointed. Of 'course, the , greatest interest centred in' the matdi between " North and Eadt A. the teams which have reached this stage wfthoUt -being defeated. ' Southall early r got to work amongst, the ' Eaflt batsmen, whom. he,. tempted to give patches. The fieldsmen did their part also, so that . four wickets l were gone when the score stood at 16. M'Girr saved the situation with a lively innings for 72. Cullen, Gtimmett, 'and ;WiUs also played' serviceable ctickei. The innings closed for 191.. - Phillips' and Bray opened .North's innings, and compiled 89 hetween ,them before Stumps were drawn. On No. 2 ground Victoria College made ,a bad* beginning ' against South. In theit first turn at. the wickets the. Collegians scored' only '54. Soufch reached 115, Sniith being responsible- for 55. College played without Saunders, who had been hard at wor k preparing the, ground for the afternoon's play. In their • second innings they , had lost six wickets for 33. Petone,) hit up 195 against Central, Brice' contributing 56. Central have so far fallen short of the century ■ with seven pickets do*n. Hutt, playing EaSt B, made 165, Rodgers hitting 72, and East have lost eight wickets for 69. • > - EAST. A. v.'.NORTJI. Bpt ifor M'Girr, "East A would hay© made &-poot snowing Jndeed againet North. -Tucker. was caught and' .bowled •by * Southall 'when . the tbta.l stood ' at 6. Midlane was caught behind the wickets by Berendßen when 7 more had been added, Gibbes was clean bowled with the score at 15, and Hickstfn was caught by, Casey in the slips with but" one .'more on , the total. Barker and M'Gitr, however, carried the, score to 45, and then, with Cullen as a partner, , M'Girr began to lift the ball over the boundary. He scored • rapidly, and bowling changes for a time failed to dislodge him. At last he was .clean bowled byrLuckie. Qrimmett, who came after, added' 30 to the score, and Wills played with .characteristic energy for 26. Luckie justified his reinclusioh -in the North eleven by securing the highest bowling average. The .East score of 191 was not inconsiderable, but North set out early to 1 catch it. ' Phillips - (28) and Bray (54) » were both- not out with the total at' 89, when stumps were drawn. Phillip? /playing 'his usual steady game, and' Bray, rnakingi clever "stroke* to effect,, tired five, bowlers. Appended are detailed scores :*- ,s, s '.East A.— First ,' lnnings. Tucker, c and. b -Southall, ...■ ..... j3 Midlane; cßerendsen ' b SouthaU ... , 3 Hicksoh, o.jDasey, b Southall .... ,6 Gibbes,'. b Southall /..' .... ... 0 Baker,. cfelacklock, b.SodthaU T ... 11 M'Gifr, . Luckie 72 Cullen,. b Southall 29 GHratnett,,c Blacklock, b Luckie ... 30 Wills, , Ibw,- b Luckie ■ - _26 Johnson, b Luckie ./. ... : ...' • 1 •Hickey.not out ' ... ' 2 Extras...; ... ♦» ... , ... 8 Total ' ... ..... lpl .Bowling Analysis.— Casey no. wickets for 40 % runs, Southall' six' for 76, Bray none for 33, Liicki«/ four for 32,- Wilspn none for 2. • » , ' ' North. Innittga. Phillips, not' out 28 Bray,. not out 54 Extras ... ... ' ... 7 . Total-for no wickets ... ».. 89 Bowling analysis.— Grimmett none for 13,- Gibbes none, for 33, Hickey none for 17,, M'Girr none' for 10, Johnson none for 9. , : • • , ; , SOUTH v. VICTORIA -COLLEGE. Fepton and Carter arranged a procession of Victoria College batsmen, and sent them all back to the for 54, runs.' Howe (12) and Diekson (16) were the only two to make' double figures. Saunders was absent, but. his presence would prdbably not have made ffiueh difference to the battihg. One South batsman, .Smith, passed the College total ( after he had beeh let off once ih>the field ; but the other .Southerners^ with the! exception of Greig, were hardly much' better 'than' so -Hiany. Collegians, /the end of the innings was a, total of 115. M'lntosh and Diekson did the greater part of the bowling. College's second innings was even more disastrous than, the first : and there 'are now six wickets down for ; 33. Howe made four, and Diekson, who may generally be relied .upon, lost his wicket to Fenton for nothing. scores are appended. Victoria College.— First Innings., Birch, 1.b.w., b Fenton '• a Howe, b Smith 12 Fanning, b Fenton' 4 Diekson, c Laws, b Feuton < 16 M'lntosh, b Fenton 5 Dempsey, b Carter ■ ... 0 Burns, b Garter „.' 0 Caddick, b Cafter ... 6 Mills, not out ■ 3 Griffiths, b Fenton 1 Saunders, absent ... 0 Extras ... 3 Totaf 54 Bowling Analysis: Fenton, five wickets for 22 runs; Smith, one for 19; Cartel three for 10. Second Innings. Birch, b Carter ... ... ..* 6 Howe, b Fenton ' 4 Miller, ,b Carter ... » 9 Diekson, b Fenton ... ... ... 0 Fanning, b Fenton 1 M'lntosh, st Schmoll, b Fenton ... 4 Detnpsey, not out ... 5 Burns, not oUt '. ' 2 Extras ... 2 Total for six wickets 33 Bowling " Analyeie ! Fenton, four wicket for 2J ; Carter, two for J. 0..

South.— First Innings. Walters, b Diekson ... 7 Laws, b Dicksbn 0 Burton, c Dickson, b M'lntosh ... 2 Smith, c Caddick. b M'lntosh ... 55 Blehkinsop, c Caddick, b M'lntosh ... 0 Fenton, b- M'lntosh 0 Greig, c Dickson, b Caddick ... 24 Langford, b M'lntosh < ... 2 Keys, b Dickson ... ... „.. 2 Carter/ not out i 12 Schmoll, b Dickson 6 I Extras , ... „,. 5 , 'Total ..: 11l Bowling Analysis : - M'lntosh, five wic- ; kets for 32 rims ; Dlokson, fdur for 40 ; Caddick, one fol' 24 ; Griffiths, none for PETONE v. CENTRAL. j Quietly and without any fireworks Petone set , themselves to pile up a §ood lead at the suburban ground on attirday. Brice played a* careful innings' for 56. aTid until caught out by Little, the chances he gave were nil. M'Kenzie helped materially with 28|, included in which was an enterprising hit for a six— over the bicycle track and trotting ring. Had not Robinson been on hand to take the wickets Petone must undoubtedly have made even better headway. He bowled very fast, down the wind and against it, and more than once * scattered the stumps in several different ' %yays. Hardham, who .began with ten consecutive singles,' .was finally caught by Hickson off Robinson. Brice was disposed .of in a very tame fashion after so good an innings. „ Apparently he' did not catch the baits true and it shot off the shoulder of his bat into the hands of the waiting Little. ( For. Central,' Little with 24, Smith with 18, and Beechey with 32 not out were the most /useful scorers. For six wickets they now have 97 runs. Finlayson'todk four wickets' for 24, keeping a nice even length. He was also responsible fdr disposing of Kinvig before the latter had broken his duck. I Petone.— First Innings. Dalgleish,, b Nelson ...' 0 Rowley, b Robinson ... 20 Brice, c Little, b Robinson ... ... 56 Barber, c Patterson, b Robinson ... 10 M'Kenzie, b Robinson 28 Finlayson, b Robinson 2 Hardham, c Hickson, d Robinson... 33 Nunn, b Nelson ... 3 Tregeaf, b Robinson ' ... 20 Bfennett, run out ».. ' >.. «... '6 Cate, not' out »., 0 Extras „., »„ .... ... 21 Total .... w „. * ».Jl99* 1 Bowliftg Analysis.— Robinson took seven' wickets for 41 runs ; Nelson two for ' 44;4 4; Naughton, none for 20 ; Mitchell, none for 36 ; Kinvig", none for 24 ; Hickson, none for 13. ', Central.— First Innings. Naughton, b Finlayson ... . ... 2 Little, b Finlayson. ... , 24 Cook, b Brice ..." ... »., ... 5 Kinvig,' b Fihlayson ... ..* „.. 0 Robinson, b Finlayson , 2 Beechey, not out' , >.. 32 Smith, c Brice, b M'Kenzie ..< ».. 18 'Extras ... ..'. ..< .... 14 Total for six wickets ... *.. 97 Bowling Analysis.— Finlayson took four wickets for 24 runs ; Brice, one for 34 ; ; Mitehfcie, otfe'for 10 5 ,Nunn, noa«s for 15. HUTT v, EAST B. • Hutt' made a very good start against , East B, scoring 165 on the first innings. ! Rodgers made 72, playing soundly after he had been let <m once. Judd came later, and 'was apparently getting • set when his' stock of partners ran out. Rogers and.Patton demolished the East wickets very rapidly, and by the end of the day eight had been lost for 69 runs. Unless the unusual happens it would appear that the chances of victory are with Hutt., Following are the scores :—- Hutt.-— First Innings. A.^S. Staples, b Stephenson .. K ».. 15 J. ,Patton, b Stephenson 17 L. 'j , Isherwood b Hales ... . „.. 6 W. A. Alderaley, b Stephenson ... U J. Rogers, b Hutchings 72 G. Judd. not out ... »., ... 36 Clittie, b Hales ».» „. „. 0 Boek,,b Hutching* ... ... „., 2 b Hutcmngs,... v .. ... 0 Stiles, *b Hutchings ... „. ... ,0 Hollis,<lbw,.b Hales ... ' 7 1 .Extras ... „ >.. 8 'Total ... > "165 Bowling 1 Analysis.— Hales" took three wickets for 29 "runs ; Hutchings, four for 27 $ Stephenson, three for 30. y East B.— First Innings. Bowles, c Staples, b Rogers... ... 6 O'Shea, c Patton, b Hollis 0 Hughes, b Rogers ... 16 Hutchings, lbw, b Rogers .... ... 5 Waffgstaff, b Patton... ..>- ... 20 Dooley, b Rogers ... 3 Stephenson, b Patton .... ... „. 6 Nash, not out ... ... ... ... '1 Collett, b Patton ... 9 Wighton, .not out ... „. ... 1 . Extras , „,. ... 2 , Total for eight wickets "... 69 '■ Bowling Analysis.-" Rogers took four wickets for '28 runs j Hollis, one for 16 ; Patton, three for 23.