CRICKET

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 99, 23 October 1913, Page 4

CRICKET

♦ — WEDNESDAY GAMES OPENED M'GIRR SCORES A CENTURY, j The season for Wednesday -cricket ' opened yesterday afternoon. The wicket favoured the batsmen, but the light was bad during the last hour's play. A feature of the Oriental-Union match was the century scored by M'Girr. He compiled his runs in a little over an hour and a-half. ' When stumps were drawn Union were all out for 181, and Oriental had lost one wicket for 53 runs. In the Artillery-Rivals match, Artillery made 144 runs in their first venture, while Rivals have so far lost three wickets for 1 27 runs. Detailed scores follow: — UNION AND ORIENTAL. Union. — First Innings. M'Gill, b Billman „. il M'GirTj c Osborne, b Cording ... 102 Warne, b Cording 45 Williamson, b Gourlay 6 Taylor, not out ... ... ... 1 Mulford, c Castles, b Gourlay ».. 4 Bonner, b Gourlay ... 0 Whelan, b Gourlay 0 Barry, b Cording ..* , 3 Extras ... „. ... „.. 3 Total ... 181 Bowling Analysis. — Gcirlay," four tickets for 47 runs; 'Billman, one for 27; Cording, three for 29; Wyatt, none for 23; Defiipsey, none for 34 ; Mills, none for 18. Oriental. — First Innings. Dernpsey, not out ... ... ... 27 Gourlay, b Warne ... ' „., „.. 13 Cording, not out „, „« h .. S Extras ... „_ ... ji., 8 Total for one wicket 53 Bowling Analysis. — M'Girr, no wickets for 26 runs; M'Gilli none for 12; Warne, one for 7. ARTILLERY AND RIVALS. Artillery. — First Innings. Major Hume, c Tyrrell, b George 55 M'Mahon, b Kinvig 0 Owles, c Kinvig, b Dr. Tolhurst ... 12 Wilson, lbw, b Dr. M'Evedy ... 29 Smith, b George i 7 Houlihan, 6 Rev. Bartlett, b George 4 Cullen, c Rev. Bartlett, b Kinvig ... 18 Major Hughes, b Kinvig 0 Beard, b Kinvig 0 M 'Gavin, c Rev. Bartlett, b Kinvig 13 Dr. Gilmer, not out ... ... < ... 1 '- Extras i^ • „, „, „.. 5 v Total ... ... 144 Bowling Analysis.— Kinvig, five wickets for 49 runs ; Greig, none for 11 ; Dr. Tolhurst, on© for 13 ; Burke, none for 16; Dr. M'Evedy, one for 19; Darroch, none for 10; George, three, for 21. Rivals. — First Innings. Kinvig, not out ... ... *.. 8 Greig, lbw, b M'Mahon. „, ... 2 Darroch, b M'Mahon 5 Tyrrell, b M'Mahon « ... 11 Dr. Tolhurst, not oufc ... ».. 0 Extras ... „, •„« „« 1 i — Total for three wickets ... 27 Bowling Analysis. — M'Mahon, three wickets for 15 runs; Beard, none for 10; Houlihan, none for 1. JUNIOR, MATCHES. Union v. George and George.— George and George, first innings, 87. Ward 28, Clark 27, Clapshaw 11, 'were the highest scorers. Union, first innings, 74. Bay (45) was the only man to reach double figures. Bowling.— For Union : O'Brien took four wickets foi 35, and -Ward Jfor George and George) four for' 16, ■ Y.M.O.A. v. Wardell's.— Y.M.C. A., first innings, 160. Slater. 32, M'Kay 30, Paget 29, and Gamble 21, were the highest scorers. Wardell's lost nine wickets for 44. Oriental v. Artillery.— This game wai played on Newtown Park. Oriental, first innings, 52. Marshall (14) was th« only one to reach double figures. Ar/ tillery, first innings, 101. Paton (60) was the only man to reach double figures. Bowling. — For Artillery: Tayjor took five wickets for 7 runs, Haydon and Kemple took five wickets each foi Oriental. - Chemists v. St. Patrick's College.— St. Patrick's, batting first, scored 58 runs (Father Bartley 23, Flanaghan 14). Chemists replied . with 77 runs (M'Kenzie 29, Simpspn 19,. Masters 12). Bowling. — For Chemists, Masters took four wickets for 16 ,runs,- and M'Kmwie three wickets for 28,' ■ For St. Patricks, O'Donoghue got fotfr wickets for 31. REVISED JUNIOR FIXTURES. Following are /the revised junioi championship fixtures for Saturday and Monday next (play will commence on Monday at 11 a'/m.) :— i North v. Central, -at Kelburne No. 1 j East v. Victoria /Collftgo, at Basin Reserve No.. 4; Old Boys v. Wellington College, at College , ground ; , Hutt v. Brooklyn, at Eujrt; Artillery v. Porirua Asyhun, at Porifua ; Petone, a bye. Ab th© college ground will not be available for Monday, the match, Old Boys v. Wellington College, cannot be continued on that date. THIRD CLASS. The matches for the third class chanv pionship for Saturday will be the same as drawn for last Saturday. There will be no matches played in the third class Sade on Monday, tho 27th inst. (Labour ay). _ ;i