HUTT BEAT WELLINGTON.

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 26, 1 February 1926, Page 9

HUTT BEAT WELLINGTON.

i'-With,.four wickets down for 60 runs,, Hutt, at the Basin Reserve, continued their fin;t innings, against Wellington, ■whoso first innings > score had totalled .344. Watson: ■■»• ent on to make 29, but' Matthews was unable to add id his score. Beard, and Neaz'or were the' best of the others with 23 runs each, and the innings closed for 140.. Welling ton's second innings did not produce any, outstanding batting performance, the'bowling of Beard and Aldersley being too deadly for: the batsmen. -'Craig's. 40 was best score in an'- innings which brought 121. Requiring 126 ruiis to win, Hutt did not start off. tod well, and' the first few wickets fell very cheaply. Watson played a steady 30, but Hutt were still a long way from, their desired total until the Beard-Nunn partnership began to pile up the score, with time fast approaching. Beard Lit out at everything, and got four 6's, the last being a beautiful drive, which gave Hutt the victory, a four-point win, by five wickets. Details follow:— ' ■ ■'.',' ' ' ".HUTT. ' First Innings. !':" -. Aldersley, b Craig .......... V 8 Lockett, lbw, b Craig 3 Nunn, c Wagstaffe, b O'Connor .... 11 Shanahan, b Cousins i ............ 9 Watson, b Craig ; 29 Matthews, b Cousins ............. 5 Balks, c and b Cousins .........•; 4 Murphy, b Cousins .............. ,3 Beard, b Cousins .....'...■;. 25 Neazor, not out .................... 25 Ball, run out 2 ; Extras i' . % . ....". 1C Total ...........140 Fall of Wickets.—One for 6, two for 11, three for 28, four for 47, five for 61, six for 73, , seven for 85, eight for 85, nine for 132, ten for 440. . v Bowling Analysis.—Cousins took five wickets for 54 runs, Craig three for 50, O'Connor one, for 20. WELLINGTON. First innings .......';• 7... 144 Second Innings. Aitken, c Watson 3 Monkhousc, lbw, b Beard 5 Wagstafl'e, c , Nu'hn, b Beard ........ 11 Burton, b Watson .....' 3 Jacobsen, b Beard- ......... 18 Bruges, b Beard 2 Craig, b Watson . 40 Maxwell, run out ..". 0 AVhitwell, not out IS O'Connor, b Alderslcy „.. 0 Cousins, b Aldersley 4 Extras ■■• 24 Total . ..' 121 Fall of Wickets.—One for 9, two for 13, three for. 25, four for 32,, five for 38, six for 85, seven for 85, eight for 109, nine for 110, ten for 121. ' ' ; • Bowling Analysis.—Beard took four wickets for 31 runs, Watson three, for 50, Balks none, for none, Nunn none for 2, Aldersley two , for 14. HUTT, . Second Innings. .Watson, b Craig 30 Neazor, c Cousins, b Craig 3 Lockett, b O'Connor 4 Balks, c and.b Craig 15, Aldersley, c Craig, b O'Connor .. ■ 8 Beard, not out 49 Nunn, c Bruges, b Craig 19 Extras .. ■ • ■■ . 4 Total for six wickets ...,. 132 Fall of Wickets. —One for 9, two for 39 three for 43, four for 61, five for 71, six for 128. . . Bowling Analysis.—Cousins took no wickets for 34 runs, Craig four fr>r 62, and O'Connor two for 33.