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SATURDAY'S MATCHES Tlio form displayed in tlic first grade matches showed considerable improvement on that disclosed in several recent games, and several good individual 'tallies were made, including a splen-didly-mado 90 by Alloo. Dunedin easily accounted for Albion on the first innings, and are loading Grange by one point for the championship. Dunedin, however, should win the unfinished ■game with Grange. GRANGE v. CARISBROOTv On the first day Grange made 1,45 and Garisbrook had six wickets down for 02, Continuing on Saturday, the sonth-enders were all disposed of for R 37, Cameron, Faulks, and Gourlcy all making fair efforts to retrieve the position. Grange made a much better showing in their second venture, Knight and Galland putting up a lino stand, both playing attractively. Alloo, who has been under a cloud this season, was unfortunate in being four runs short of his century when Henderson, the last man, was bowled by Douglas. Grange secured a two-point win. Scores:— GRANGE.
Bowling Analysis.—Dickinson, 128 balls, 4 maidens, 80 runs, 5 wickets; Dougins, 102 balls, 1 maiden, .09 runs, 4 wickets; Bardsley, 48 balls, runs, I wicket; Proctor, ,‘42 balls, 20 runs; (la moron, 24 balls, 8 runs; Cantrell, 111 balls, 17 runs.
Tola I 137 Bowling Analysis. —Gallnud. 170 balls, 12 maidens, 40 runs, 3 wickets; Alloo, 192 balls, 7 maidens, 02 runs, 2 wickets; M‘Gregor, 08 balls, 34 runs, 4 wickets. DUNEDIN v. ALBION. Cherry was in fine form on Saturday, scoring 08 in bis most attractive manner, lie was ably assisted by Casey, Anderson, Symnnds. and Graham, and when Hie last wicket fell 245 appeared on the board. Albion made 72 for three wickets, Allen giving a. good account of bimsell by scoring nearly half of this number: Scores; -
Bowling Analysis—Blamires, 120 balls, 3 maidens, 34 runs, 2 wickets; M'ivor, 160 balls, 2 maidens, 56 runs. 1 wicket; Blair, 108 balls, I! maidens, 50 runs, 4 wickets; Duncan, 56 balls, 45 runs, 1 wicket. ALBION. First innings 96
Bowling Analysis.—Casey, 48 balls, 1 maiden, 14 runs; Torrance, 72 balls, 7 maidens, 3 runs, 2 wickets; Cberry,24 balls, 16 runs; M'Cardell, 56 balls, 2 nuu’dens, 13 runs; Sinclair, 24 balls, G runs; Anderson, 32 balls, 1 maiden, 11 runs. SECOND GRADE A. North-east \alley 63 (Gallinan D, Bnrridge 15 not out) and 83 for eight wickets (Hanan 22, Hope 13, Mae.klo 13) beat Grange 96 (Randall 25, Jenkins 20, Sansom 16 not out! and 42 (Randall 10, Elmos 13, Knowles 11 not. out). For North-east 'Valley Hughes took five wiekets for 21. Bunn three for 30, Bnrridge two for 7 and three for 22, and Ingram one for 0; and for Grange Elmos took one for 30 and Randall two for 22. Valley won by two wickets and 7 runs. Albion 228 and three wickets for 25 (R.'iaeh 30, Simmers 22. Johnston 2“ not out) defeated Carisbrook 125 (Holden 28 not out) and throe for 223 declared (Holden 102 not out, Allan 724. Bowling for Albion MlGavin took eight for 106 and two for 39, Simmers two for 48. SECOND GRADE B. Carisbrook C defeated High School Old Boys No. 2 at Carisbrook by five wickets and 33 runs. Old Boys batted first and scored .157, Allen (77), Harvey (IS), and Sharp 14 scoring most of the runs. Carisbrook C made 190 for live wiekets (G. G. Austin 81, W. Butler 68, J. Ramsden 13, and T. O’Shea 13). Austin scored 24 off one over. Leader was the most successful bowler for Old Boys. For Carisbrook Austin, O’Shea, Dawson, Ramsden, and Drumm floured wiekets. High School beat Dunedin by U 5 runs. High School made 180, of which Cherry made 39, Moloney 38, and Cavaiiagh 29. Dunedin made 35. Bowling for School Blyth took eight for 8, and for Dunedin Prebble took four wickets. Otago High School Old Boys No. 1, who scored 197 runs for eight wiekets declared (Harraway 97 not out;, Giles 35, Brinsley 10, Rodger 10). cleleaxed Carisbrook D, 46 runs (Barr 10). Bonding for Old Boys Alloo took five wickets for 13 runs and Giles two wickets for 4 runs. Albion 9 for 207 (M'Allum 47, Martin 31 not out, M‘Ghie 2S, Miller 26, M'Neil 214 defeated Kaikorai 123 (Rennink 37, Holden 26. H<wl 20). Bowling for Albion M‘Ghie took seven for 44, Silver two for 26. Albion won by 64 runs. THIRD GRADE. Otago Old Boys’ High School 143 defeated Carisbrook. E 113 by 30 runs. For School Jennings (29) and Jones (24) were the chief scorers. BOYS’ ASSOCIATION. Albion 79, and six for 84 declared (Grant 31, Silver 23 and 17, Munro 20 not out, Weiner 20 not out) boat High School GO and 102 (Buckbam 23 and 25, Murray 18, Ruff 13). Bowling for Albion Silver look ten for 69, Sinclair eight for 02, and Neilson twm for 12. Albion won by four wickets and 1 rim, LEAGUE GAMES A GRADE. Tramways 74 defeated Otago Harbor Board 62. For the winners Mattingly (23) and Taylor (234 batted well, and for the losers MtNeill (32) was the nnlv n l avei: io reach double figures.
For Tramways Mattingly (seven for 2;!) and Saylor (one for 38), nnd tor Otago Harbor Board Gould (six for 23), Holey (one for 9), Howie (one for 8), and Hindi (one for 17) shared tho bowling h °H°ilfside 84 defeated Methvcns G 5, For the winners Templeton (34), A. Eckhoff (18) and R. N. EckliolT (11) were fbe principal scorers; while for Methvons H. Cullen (15), M'Langhlin (14) and Anderson (13) showed best batting form. For Hillside Templeton (two for 23), LcofUer (three lor 10), A. Eckhoff ‘(one for 11), and Ravenwood (one for 16) bowled well, as did J. Cullen (six for 20) and Anderson (two for 12) for Methvcns. B GRADE. J. and W. Faulkners (81 and three for 39) defeated Port Chalmers (39 and 35). For tho winners Anderson (29 and 17), M'Ewan (18 not out), Arthur (15) and Jones (14) batted well, a* did Lewis (13) and Rawlins (10 not out) for tho 'losers. For J. and IV. Faulkners Jones (six for 23), Arthur (seven for 13), and M'Ewan (six for 21) bowled well, as did A. Davis (five for 48), W. Davis (two for 19), Lewis (two for 9), and Rawlins (three for 17) for Port Chalmers. IN OTHER CENTRES AUCKLAND. The final matches for the Auckland senior cricket championship were played in fine weather. North Shore succeeded in gaining a 2-point win over Eden, thus maintaining an unbeaten record for the season and winning the championship. North Shore in their first innings had made 314, and Eden tried to play out time in an effort to secure a draw. However, the last wicket fell at 229 with five minutes to go, leaving North Shore winners by 85 runs. Weir made 49 for Eden and Mills 45. University secured a 2-point win over Grafton, and Ponsonby a 3-point win over Parnell. WELLINGTON. A match began on Saturday between representatives of the leading championship teams and others. The leaders scored 213 (lliddleston Brice took five wickets for 77 runs. CHRISTCHURCH, The ninth and final round of the grade matches for flic season commenced on Saturday in beautiful weather. Si. Albans had already won the championship, having come through the season to this stage unbeaten. Linwood batted first in the match with St. Albans, and scored 196 by very uneven cricket. They bad 140 on for two wickets. Kennedy’s score of 116 was the highest individual score in grade cricket this season. Read s score was 40. St. Albans started badly, and bad lost sis wickets for 103 when slumps were drawn. Ricrarton. playing Sydenham, ran up 70 runs for the first wicket, but the remaining batsmen failed miserably, and the side was all out lor 157. Cunningham put up the great bowling performance of taking nine wickets tor 70 runs. Sydenham lost, six wickets for 89. The best scores for Riecnrton were made by Cox (26) and Gorrie (49), and for Sydenham by Oliver (29). West, Christchurch batted first in tho match with East Christchurch, and ran up 69 before losing the first wicket, and the fair total of 217 was reached. The best scores were made hy Blunt (33), Hayes (65), and Norman (33). M'Ewm took three wickets for 81 and Weston three for 24. Gregory and Brosnan. opening for East Christchurch, were still unbeaten when stumps were drawn. The seoro then was 53. MANAWATU. By securing a 4-point victory over High School on Saturday Old Boys are assured of the Manawatu senior cricket championship. Although the third round is incomplete the points to date are as follows;—Old Bovs 22. Railway 181, High School 13 J, R.S.A. _O. In view of tho proximity of outside fixtures tiie competition will now probably ho declared closed. AUSTRALIAN TEAM AT PERTH Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Press Association. PERTH. March 14. Playing against the Australian eleven Western Australia in its first innings made 282 (Eroemanllo 87, Evans 33, Harrold 21 'not out). Bowling, Richardson took six for 71, Grimmctt three for 88, and Andrews one for 35. Australia in its first innings has lost seven wickets for 337 (Ryder 37, Taylor 102. Ponsford 149). The chief feature of Western Australia’s innings was Freemantle’s powerful defence and Richardson’s success with the ball. Taylor and, Ponsford treated the spectators to a splendid display. After starting carefully, they played with the greatest freedom, racing for Ihc century. They bunged the ball to Ihe fence among the spectators. ’l'he partnership lasted 146 minutes, and added 234 runs.
First innings ... 145 Second .Innings. Knight c and b Bardsloy ... 41 M'Mulian b Dickinson’ ... 12 Galland c Green b Dickinson ... ... 40 Alloo not out ... t)0 Bush b Dickinson ... ... ... ... 0 SPGregor o Allan b Dickinson ... 0 Chadwick b Dickinson ... 9 J-lanan c Proctor b Douglas ... ... i Paul sfc Green b Douglas ... ... u Grant b Douglas ... 4 Henderson b Dougins ... 8 Extras ... 14: Total ... ... 231
CA R1SBR00K. —First Imiings. Worker c M'Grognr b Gnlland ... 1!) Cantrell c Hannn h Gnlland Id Dickinson rim out 1 Douglas b Gnlland in Gnnrley c and b M‘Gregor 25 Bardsley b Alloo 0 Allan b Alloo 0 Cameron c Henderson b M'Gregor dll Proctor r Gnlland li M'Gregor ... ‘2 Faulks c Henderson b M.'Grcgor ... dd Green not out 1 Extras (i
HUNFJMM.— First Innings. Kenny c Dnuean b M‘lvnr 2 ('■berry e Barron b Blamires (id (trigs b Blair 19 .M'Carrlell run out 4 Casey run out ... .47 Higgins b Blair . 0 Anderson b Duneiin ... - 42 Torrance b Blamires 9 Kymonds c; and b Blair ‘>2 (Jrabam o it 1 Ivor b Blair 21 Sinclair not out ... 2 Extras 28 Total 245
Second Innings. Binnie c and b Torrance 7 Allen not out .‘M Barron b Torrance ... 0 Vorrath run out ... 15, Reid not out ... 1 Extras ... 9 Total for three wickets ... 72
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