SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 127, 26 November 1923, Page 11

SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

■■■■—• I IMPROVED BATTING DISPLAYS ! INSTITUTE AGAIN IN SCORING ■ . MOOD. OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES. Batting. M'Glrr (Hutt) 97 j . Ellenn (Thorndon) 64 \ Hamilton (Petone) 68 Griffiths (Institute) 53* j Masaey (Institute) SI Nelson (Institute) 50 ! 'Not out. 1 Bowling. % Collins (Old Boys) 6 for 46 < Judd (Midland) 1 for 35 < The start of the third series of senior j matches on Saturday was favoured with excellent conditions, and the batsmen generally took advantage of the good ■wickets. Another splendid all-round j score was compiled by Institute, this time against Midland. A feature of the innings, which realised 337 runs, was a fine last-wicket stand by Griffiths and Masssy. Nine wickets were down for 217 runs when Masaey went to the crease, and before he was beaten by Judd the total had been .taken to 337. Midland's attack was not supported by good fielding. Hutt, with H. M. M'Girr again the chief performer with the bat, ran up a total of 234 runs against Wellington. M'Girr had an escape after compiling a few runs, but he then dealt with the bowling in his usual aggressive style, and was only three runs short of the century -when, he fell to a catch by Wilson. Thorndon started out well against V.M.C.A., but when the latter appeared to be in poor plight H. Murphy and Cox came to the resuce. Ellerm, Warne, and Martin batted best for Thorndon, who made 221. After losing five wickets for 38, V.M.C.A. finished up. the day with six for 132. Old Boys gave a glimpse of their true form against Petone, whom they dismissed for 141, and when stumps were drawn they were within five runs of that total witn only three wickets down. Hamilton, the Petone colt, again batted splendidly. The state of the games gives tromise of interesting play next Saturay. ' " . ' Details are as follow :— INSTITUTE AGAIN SCORE WELL. Further evidence of Institute's Batting strength was provided on No. 1 wicket at the Basin Reserve, when, playing against Midland, the side remained at the crease practically the whole afternoon, and ran up the big total of 337. A remarkable feature of the match was the last-wicket partnership between Massey and Griffiths, the pair adding over a, hundred runs to the total before Massey was .clean-bowled by Judd. It was an unexpected and pleasing development in an innings that had already provided spectators with much that was interesting. Dempster and Foley were the opening batsmen, but the former was beaten by a good ball from Patrick when the total was 27. Dempster's contribution being 15. Foley and ■ Nelson were responsible for a marked improvement, carrying the total to 103, and Prince also did well in getting a nicelyplayed 48 together. Banks could not get past 2, but James, playing attractive ■ cricket, put' 3 on the board before a ball from Judd brought his innings to a; close. -The-contributions of-Burt, R-"gers, and Malcolm did- not assist, very materially, and;,when the last two. men, Griffiths and „Massey, became associated, the team's total stood at 222. It was then that the unexpected happened, the two batsmen taking kindly to the bowling, and scoring freely off anything that was at all loose. Gradually the rung mounted, and before Massey was clean-bowled by Judd 115 runs had been added .to the total, Griffiths carrying his. bat for 53, and Massey scoring 51. It was a splendid performance, and proved • beyond doubt that Institute has no tail. Midland tried six bowlers, and the only one to.achieve any measure of success was Judd, who secured four wickets at an average cost of just under 9 rune. J. W. Hutchings, who, at last week's meeting of the local Management Committee, ■was classified as a senior player, took his place in the Midland team. Institute's innings closed at 10 minutes past 6, and in,the ten minutes' left for play. Midland scored 11 without losing a wicv ket, Johnson and Clarke being the batsmen. \. . . Details of the scoring follow:— ■■' ' INSTITUTE. First Innings. Dempster, b Patrick , 15 Foley, b Johnson .' 44 Wilson, c Baker, b Judd \ " 50 Prince, c Cooper, b J. W. Hutchings 4g Banks, c Baker, b Johnson 2 James, b Judd .'."" 33 Burt, c Judd, b Bruce ... H Rodgers, run out 7 Malcolm, b Judd '.'.'.'.'". 4 Griffiths, not out 53 Massey, b Judd ." 51 Extras ig Total ;...~337 Fall of wickets: One for 25, two for 103, three for 129, four for 136, five for 183, six for 209, seven for 213, eight for 217,-nine for 222, ten for 337. Bowling Analysis.—Bruce took one wicket for 54 runs; J. W. Hutchings, one' for 31; Patrick, one for 91; J. Hutchings, none for 58; Judd, four for 35; Johnson, two for 49. MIDLAND., . ' " First Innings. Clarke, not out '.. 5 Johnson, not out ..! * 6 Total for no wickets 11 Bowling Analysis.—Massey took no wickets for 8 runs; Nelson, none for 3.