CRICKET

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 104, 30 October 1933, Page 4

CRICKET

SATURDAY'S OPENING

YOUNG BATSMEN PROMINENT

RAIN AFFECTS PLAY

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES. •Batting. Dtifl.v (Institute) W (lv Chateau (Old Boj's) -J;J Unstin (Midland) '.-..■„ ■>'- Burnctte (Old Boys) •■}« O'.Ncill (Midland) ' w Bowling. TrieklcbiinU (University) [our for 51 Crook (Kilbirnic) ... : lour tor bS Already late in being *et under way officially,'the cricket' season so far tis the Wellington Cricket Association is concerned, bad an inauspicious opening on Saturday, ihe state of the weather hampering the players in making a start. Kain early in the afternoon led to doubts about play being possible, and in not a few cases players did.not put in all appearance. Generally, However, there were good musters on the various grounds. In anticipation of the weather lifting, the players waited on, but in some places conditions apparently were worse than in others, with the result that play was called oft. This happened ■in r one of the senior matches—Petone v. Hutt, which was set down to be played' at Petone—and in nearly all the lower grade matches. The four senioi- teams engaged at the Basin Reserve and the two senior teams at Rilbirnie were able to make a start after about an hour and a half's delay. Teams winning the toss had little hesitation in taking a strike, and in the tune available for play some creditable scoring was recorded, though there was nothing in the way of prolific run-getting. A feature of the batting was the good showing made by several of the younger players. Dustin, Duffy, and O'Neill were among those to perform well on the Basin Reserve, and dv Chateau and Burnette were the leading lights for Old Boys at Kilbirnie. lhe bcwlers had their work cut out to give of their best under the conditions, but with the aid of good fielding runs were kept down fairly well. Crook and Incklebank secured the best "bags," each taking four wickets. The afternoon's play resulted as iolMidland, 209. for eight wickets, v. Wellington, on No. .1 wicket at the Basin EcSeinstitute Old Boys, 15S for nine wickets, v. University, on No, 2 wicket at the Basin Reserve. Wellington College Old Boys 187 for eight wickets, v. Kilbirnie, on Jvilbirnie Reserve. , Petone v. Hutt, at Petone, no play. SENIOR LEADERSHIP. The senior teams which made a start on Saturday elected their captains as tollows:— Wellington, R. A. Whyte. Midland, W. A. Baker Institute Old Boys, M. Henderson. University, L. M. Pacey. Kilbirnie, W. J.,R. Chnstophersen. , ' Wellington College Old Boys, J. -tv. Lamason.