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Evening Post, Issue 113, 10 November 1930, Page 15

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BAKER AND LAMASON

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES. ■: Batting. "(.Midland) I™ liiunason (Old Boys) 12:! James (Old Boys) 73 Crook (Kilbirnie) 51 Morris (Kilbirnte) 4!) Parfloc (Old Boys) 4a Dempster (Institute) 45* Standlds'e (Midland) '12 Hamilton (Wellington) ,40 *Xot out. Bowlinp. Harrison (University) fi for 3D.) M'Girr (Butt) 4 for 6S The commencement of the second series bf senior championship matches on Saturday afternoon was marked by further good batting and bowling efforts, although the jilay •was affected to some extent by the j-ain which fell during a period of the afternoon. W. A. Baker, who has a great 5 eeord as a batsman in Wellington cricket, headed the list of senior scorers on Saturday with 170, his performance being one of great merit and one which now places him on terms with K. H. Tucker in scoring the largest number of centuries in local Senior cricket, each being credited with jnineteen. Lamason made 122 and indicated that he is back to his best form. James was also a big. contributor to the Splendid score compiled by Old Boys against University. Crook gave a good display for Kilbiruie, who were also assisted to good purpose iy Morris..' It is noteWorthy that not one of the players mentioned is included in Wellington's team I to meet the West Indies ou Wednesday :md Thursday. Dempster and Banks save. Institute a good start against Kilbirnie, who played a. man short, and who lost a chance of breaking Institute's openingl partnership before many runs had been scored. Wellington again failed to perform to advantage with the bat, and this' time (hey havcno.t set Petone a very difficult task, although their . attack- is strong. University and Hutt will both have to do well in "order to "pass the totals made by Old Boys and Midland respectively. Among the bow]ing performances on Saturday that by Harrison, for University, was exceedingly good. M'Girr nnd Briee were two of the more experienced bowlers to indicate that they are by no means back numbers when it comes to taking wickets. The day's play resulted:— Old Boys, 332, v. University, 16 for one picket. Kilbirnie, 227, v. Institute, 72 for no wickets. .■•'■■" Wellington, 140, v. Petoue, 44 for one Svicket. Midland, 276, v. Hutt 5 for no wickets.. SOME BIG HITTING. Able hitting by Lamason, James, ParsJoe, Bull, and Dv Chateau has placed Old Boys in a good position •in their match pgainst University. This game was played on an easy wicket at Kelburn Park, and 4m the whole the ■ scoring was fast. Old Boys were given use of the wicket by the University captain, M'Lcod, and hit up K32: before the Jast wicket fell. At. the. drawing of stumps University had lost one wicket for 16 runs. Ronaldson aud Parsloe opened the innings against Leys find Aim, and runs came steadily until Macallan took over from Leys and skittled Ronaldson. dames joined Parsloe, and between them they put on 93 rims. Both played forcing cricket, and James •was particularly aggressive. He played a wide variety of shots, and hit the ball very hard. His total of. 73, which .was made in about an" hour. - included four sixes and seven fours. He was particularly severe on Aim, a bowler of pace, to whom he eventually fell Ibw. Parsloe nlso -went leg-before, to Harrison, who was the most accurate of the University bowlers, Lamason continued the good ivork, and batted very soundly. He was associated in- a good partnership with a young lejft-h.a.nder, Dv Chateau, who played'doixectly' foi-" 20,' anil looks like beeomj ing an asset to' the Qld Boys side. After ;i quiet opening, Lamason forced the jjace, and readied the century in _ about one: hundred, minutes. He used his feet ■well''to the bowling, and towards the end, when the bowlers were tired, hit lustily. With Bull, -who made 24, ho added 64 for the ninth wicket, and aided by Moore (lOl.ratled up: 49 for the last wicket. His in nings.ot" 122,. included' six sixes. " Harrison, wh«"captured six wickets f0r.105. was the ■: best:, of "the University bowlers. He sent down 28 overs altogether, and bowled fip)i rattled up 49 for the last wicket. His fielding was also good, and he was responsible' for a magnificent catch which dismissed■'-Duncan. In the. half-hour to go University lost &ne wiciet for 16 runs. . Details:—^, -. : • ' . ' ■■"' '' ' OLD BOYS. First Innings. : KpnaMsdh;. b. Macallan 15 Parsloe, Ibw, b Harrison 49 James, Ibw, b Aim 73 Lama-son, b Nelson 122 Browne, b Harrison 1 Patrick, Ibw, b Harrison :..:.. 0 Dv Chateau; c ■ Aim, ,b Harrison ...... ,20 Duncan, c Harrison, b Aim ... . 2 Bird, b" Harrison ... 5 Bull, b Harrison ........... 24 Moore .............. >••• 10 Extras ........... •••■ 5 Total . ... •• 532 Fall of Wickets.—One for 39, two for 132, three for 150, four foi.' 169, five for IG9, six for 207, seven for 210, eight for 210, nine for 283, ten for 332. Bowling Analysis.—Leys took no wickets for 11 runs. Aim two for 103, Macallan one for 63, Harrison six for 105, Nelson one for 29, M'Leod none for 16. ■. : . . :::' " UNIVERSITY. ; First Innings'. Robinson, not out 3 Bailey, c Lamason, b Parsloe 4 Nelson, not out 7 .Extras- 2 Total 16 Fall'or-Wicket—One for 6. ; KILB»RN!E v. INSTITUTE. After an "unpromising start, three wickets falling with only 59 ou the board, Kilbirnie made quite a good recovery iigainst Institute at the Kilbirnie Reserve, ami when the last wicket fell the side had made 229 for nine wickets, Virtue being absent. This was mainly due to sounct" batting by Morris and Crook, each of whom contributed 51. ChristJopherson- and. Hepburn opened, but after he had scored four Christopherson was'howled with the last ball of Fortune's first over. Hayman followed, and he and Hepburn took the total to 54 before he. was caught by . the bowler, Bilby. Hepburn did not last much longer, and Ward-and Bilby raised the total to 77 when Ward stepped iv front of a straight one from Dempster. Crook .-joined Bilby, and they had added 57 by sound cricket when Bilby was smartly taken by Hankins behind the wickets. Cvools and "Morris then became associated and the.'pair played quite brightly, addiug fi4 to the total, at which sta^o Crook was caught by Wareham.- Morn's continued jflitil the score, reached 225, when he was clean bowled, and the Snnings closed shortly before 5.30. Dempster and Banks opened for Institute to the bowling of Crook and Tucker. Both batsmen gave chances, but they were still at the crease when stumps were drawn. As a mark of sympathy for J, Virtue, .a member of the team whose father had died, the Kilbivnie eleven wore black arm bands. -Virtue's place behind the wickets was taken by M. Bilby.' Details:— KILBIRNIE. First Inningß. Christopherson, b Fortune 4 Hepburn, c Foley, b BUby 27 Hayiban, c and b Bilby 17 Ward, Ibw, b Dempster 18 M. Bilby, c Hankins, b Dempster ... 24 Crook, c Wareham, b Dempster 51 Morris^ b Aitken 51 Bramley, c Hankins, b Henderson — 4 Tucker, not put 4 Henderson, cE. Henderson, b Aitkcn 1 'Virtue, absent Extras 2S Torn! -'20 Fall of "Wiekete.—One for 4., two for {ft Ihrrc lor 3D, four for 77 ; five for 13-1,

?ix for 199, seven for 203, eight for 225, nine for 229. Bowling.—Fortune took one wicket tor 20 runs, Aitken two for 16, Foley none for 39, Bilby two for 33, Dempster three for 60, M'Lean none for 12, none for 14, Henderson one for 7. INSTITUTE. First Innings. Dempster, not out *> Banks, not out -, Extra J; Total for no wickets •• 72 Bowling.T-Crook took no wickets for 24 run?. Bramley none for 8, Tucker none for i 20, Morris none foi- )0, Ward none for 3. PETONE AND WELLINGTON. Conditions for the Wellington-Petone. match at the Petone Oval were not conducive to attractive performances with the bat. Wellington batted first, but Airey was out without opening his account. However, the Hollings-Hamilton partnership shaped very well against the bowlers, who were keeping a good length. Runs came slowly, but the batsmen were sure, although Hamilton gave a chance ol stumping when the score was 45. Bnce took up the bowling from the south end after an hour and a half's play, and the slow scoring became slower than ever. JMve maidens were bowled in succession, but at the tea adjournment the batsmen were still together with one wicket down lor 57. Hollings did not return to the crease on resumption, Walker replacing htm. More wickets fell cheaply until \\agstatt came in and showed a good variety oi strokes. Wagstaff reached 20 in as many minutes. Hamilton, who had played a very steady game from the fall of the first wicket, was run out after making 40. The effect of the sun on the drying wicket made matters uneasy for the batsmen. Wagstaff reached 30 with a cut past third man, but Cousins, who had followed Hamilton, was beaten by a low ball from Hope. Goodwin, after giving -i fbance, brought 130 up with a cut through slips. The innings closed for 140, made in a little over three hours. _ Petone commenced their innings at u.io, but Roberts put his leg in front of a straight one from .Blundell. who was using plenty of pace. Hamilton did not sepm steady, but scored nicely to leg, bringing 2b up in a quarter of an hour. Ritchie soon found the boundary with clean hits to leg. The scoring continued freely, and both batsmen were well set at the close of play—44 for one wicket. Details:— WELLINGTON. First Innings. Hollings, retired 27 Airey, Ibw, b Rotherham 0 Hamilton, run out 40 Walker, b Briee 5 Wiren.: b Briee 3 Klle'rm, b Briee 3 Wagstaff, not out 3S Cousins, b Hope — 0 Goodwin, c Simmonds, b Hope 8 Blundell, b Rotherhsm 2 Plant, c Nicholls, b Hope '. 0 Extras 1* Total HO Fall of Wickets.—One for none, two for 65, three for 71, four for 77, five for 116, six for 123, seven for 137, eight for 139, nine for-140. " Bowling Analysis.—Rotherham. two -wickets for 2S runs, Hope three for 43, Simmonds none for 27, Briee three for 17, Hamilton none for 11. PETONE. First Innings. Roberts, lb'w, b Blundell 3 Hamilton, not out ; 24 Ritchie,, not out 15 Extras 2 Total for one wicket 44 Fall of-Wicket—One for 6. Bowling Analysis. —Blundell one wicket for 22, Cousins none for 19, Goodwin none for 1. MIDLAND AND HUTT. Although Midland in their first innings against Hutt on the Hutt Recreation Ground on Saturday ran up 276, their performance as a team was not brilliant. Baker made 170 of the total, Standidge made 42, and the only other man to reach double figures was Armstrong with 12. Baker and Doneghue opened the batting, but Doneghue did not last long, and he was replaced by Standidge. The partnership between Baker and Standidge was the best of the afternoon, and before it was broken by the dismissal of Standidge through ii catch behind the wickets, the score had been carried from 38 to 101. Standidge had scored 42 of this total in excellent style. Dustin, Tiudill, Cutts, Armstrong, and Lawton came and went in that order without adding greatly to the number of runs. The score between the falling wickets was kept moving almost entirely by Baker, wl|d was hitting out splendidly. Finally, he was caught by M'Kenzie from one of Judd's deliveries when his score ■was 170. It included 28 fours. Clark, Bryant, and Newman were the following batsmen, and neither scored more than half a dozen runs. The innings closed a few minutes after 6 p.m. M'Girr was the most successful of the Hutt bowlers, taking four wickets for 68 runs. Judd and Beard did next best. Hutt commenced their first innings, and in the short time before stumps were drawn scored 5, of which 4 were for byes. Details are:— MIDLAND. First Innings. Baker, c M'KenEie, b Judd 170 Doneghue, Ibw, b M'Girr 6 Standidge, c Biggar, b Beard 42 Dustin, Ibw, b Beard 2 Tindill, c and b Wavnes S Cutts, Ibw, b Judd 6 Armstrong, c Aldersley, b M'Girr .. 12 Lawton, b M'Girr 3 Clark, run out 6 Bryant, c Biggar, b M'Girr 5 Newman, not out 6 Extras 10 Total 276 Fall of Wickets.—One for 38, two for 101, three for 121, four for 156, five for 205, six for 234, seven for 252, eight for 260, nine for 269, ten for 276. Bowling Analysis.—M'Girr took four wickets for 68 runs, Judd two for 50, Beard two for 74, Warnes one for 55, Aldersley none for 19. " HUTT. First Innings. Biggar, not out 0 Ross, not out 1 Extras k 4 Total for no wickets „,.. 5