SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 69, 22 March 1920, Page 2

SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

PETONE WELL IN THE LEAD

Toe Bonior cricket championship was practically dacided at the conclusion of the seini-linal stage in fch© matches played on Saturday. Petone,- by a thre&polnt victory over Xast, the runne-re-up, are now well in the lead, and there is siight prospect of their displacement. Old /Joys defeated Thorndon by 28 runs on the first innings—a two-point win— and Thorndon, after a close call, secured the decision over Hutt on the Hutt ground.

The sensation of the day was thecollapse of East in their first venture against Petone. On a drying , wicket after the overnight rain they coufd only aggregate 49 against the bowling of Finlayson, Brice, and Smyrke. Dind with 13 was the only double figure contributor. FinJayaon's average rail to five wickets for 14, while Brice took four for 23. Eaet iiad to follow on in the- face of Pctone's first innings of 239, and did hotter, but not nearly well enough to stave off a single innings defeat. Tho total of the second innings was 120,- to which several batsmen contributed creditable figures. The result was a-victory for Petone by an innings and 61 runs.

Old Boys succeeded in pulling off a two-point win against North on the first innings. To North's 155 they replied with 184, to which Birch and Lambert, who had already made a good start the previous Saturday, furnished 62 and 45 respectively. North went in again, and had made 131 for the loss of three wickets when stumps were drawn, Bray 30, R-yan (not out) 45, and Robinson (not out) 39. The last stages of the Hutt-Thorndon match were interesting. Hutt made 95 in»their first innings .against Thorndon's. 166, Hughes (not out) 47. Thorndon went in again, and, after making 73 I'ovnine wickets, declared, leaving Hutt to' I try their luck with 145 runs to get .to ■win, and an. hour to. do it in. Hutt j managed 100 for 'eight wickeiis, tlio tail i not succeeding so well as Aldersley and j Hughes, who knocked up over 50 be- | fore they were separated. Judd was again successful with the ball for Hutt, taking seven wickets for 26, and Plant, Warne, and Phillips bowled well fov Thorndon. Following are details of the scores: — PETONE AND EAST. ""Petone. First innings ."; 239 East. —First Innings. . W. Baker, c Cate, b Brice 5 Dind, c Donoghue, b Smyrke 13 Hutehings, b Brice & Watson, b Finlayson 8 Condliffe, b Fhuaysoii 6 Schraeder, b Finlayson .. ■ 0 M'Girr, b Finlayson ..- 4 Bauinber, not out i 4 Wighton, b Finlayson 0 Smith, b Brice „.. 6 Eenton, c CDonogliue, b Erice ... 0 Extras 0 Total 49 Bowling Analysis.—Brice took four wickets for 23 runs, Smyrke one for 12, Finlayson. five for 14. Second Innings. Dind. c H. E. Nicholls, b Brice... 24 Condliffe, c snb., b Smyrke 16 M'Girr, b Brice 23 W. Baker, c Gedye, b Smyrke 0 J. Hatchings, not out ../..... 24 Schraeder, 1> Finlayson . 2 Watson, b Srnyrke .•■• * 17 Smith, b Smyrke .' 0 Wighton, c Finlayson, b Brice 6 Fenton, b Finlayson 11 Baumber, absent 0 Extras ••• 6 Total _129 Grand total 178 Bowling Analysis.—Brice took three wickets for 57 runs, Finlayson two for 38, Smyrke four for 28. NORTH AND OLD BOYS. North.—First Innipgs 156 Old Boys.—First Innings. Lambert, c Ryan, b Robinson 43 Birch, b Middleton 62 Barclay, lbw, Middleton; 16 Tucker, lbw, Middleton 10 Duncan, c Middleton, bA. Wilson ... 5 G. Baker, lbw, b A. Wilson 2 Ronaldson, c C. G. Wilson, b' Robinson 12 M'Coll, b Middleton 0 Knowles-Smith,/ Bray, b Robinson 3 E. Smith, st Patereon, b Ryan -. 14 Binnio, not out 9 Extras , 8 Total f 184 Bowling Analysis.—Robinson took three wickets for 32 runs, Middleton four for 69, Ryan one for 30, Patrick none for 2, Bray none for 22, A. Wilson two for 21. / . ■ North.—Second Innings. I Patrick, b Tucker 4 Bray, c G. Baker, b Lambert 30 W. "Wilson, b Tucker 12 Ryan, not out 45 Robinsdn, not out .. .... 39 j Extra „ 1 Total for three wickets 131 Bowling Analysis.—Tucker took two wickets for 41, Birch none for 27, Knowles-Smith. none for 8, Ronaldson none for 3, Barclay none for 6, Lambert one for 33, G. Baker none for 12. THORNDON AND HUTT. Thorndon.—First Innings 166 Second Innings. Berry, c substitute, b Judd 0 Charles, c Tullett, b Judd 21 M'Kellar, c Longford, b Judd 0 Phillips, c and b Judd 8 Prince, not out 28 Warne, b Lusty 0 Carruthevs, b Lusty 2 Moore, b Judd 2 Martin, c Lusty, b Judd „... 0 Plant, c Ball, b Judd 5 Extras 7 Total for nine wickets > 73 Bowling Analysis.—Judd took seven wickets.for 26 runs, A. Aldersley none for 15, Lusty two for 25. Hutt.—First Innings. A. Aldersley, b Warne 8 Hughes, not out 47 R. Aldersley, b Plant 1 Tullett, c Phillips, b Plant 0 Dukeson, run out 8 Martin, c Plant, b Warne 1 Lusty, c Phillips, b Plant 4 Langford, b Warne 5 j Judd, b Warne 0 Ball, b Plant 1 Glennie,' b Warne 8 Extras 12 Total 95 j Bowling Analysis:—Plant took five wickets for 45 runs, Warne five for 25, Carruthers none for 3. Second Innings. A. Aldersley, >c Phillips, b Warne ... 38 ' Hughes, b "Carruthers : 20 Langford, run out 3 Glennie, c Charles, b Plant 1 Tullett. stumped Pram, b Phillips ... 16 Judd, b Phillips 0 Lusty, not out :.., 11 Dukeson, b Phillips 0 Martin, c Carruthers. b Phillips 4 Ball, not out 0 Extras 7 Total for eight wickets IDO Bowling Analysis.—Warne look one

wicket for 33 runs, Carruthers one for 32, Plant one for 15, Phillips four for 24.