Saturday’s Cricket

Evening Star, Issue 21631, 29 January 1934, Page 6

Saturday’s Cricket

Playing at Logan Park, 'Albion secured a two-point win against -Dunedin, who had made 211, Albion replying with 288. Miller played a very attractive innings for 85, Dalziel took his score to 36, L. Smith put together 37, and R. Silver 43. For Dunedin Doiiglas took' three for 43, M'Gavm two for 24. and Claridge two for 79. Grange beat Christian Brothers by 33 runs on the first innings, the game being played on the North ; Ground. In reply, to Grange’s-score of 135, Christian Brothers made 102, T. Rodgerson putting together 46. Elmes took four for 35 against Grange, Chettleburgh two for 21, and Ledgerwood two for 23. Grange declared their second innings closed with four wickets down for 116, Knight making 68 and Chettleburgh 31 not out. Christian Brothers replied with 97 for five, Blair making 41. Kaikorai scored a four-point ■, win, against University, the hill team declaring its innings closed' with _ seven wickets down for 307: University responded with 127, Swinton being topsjcorer with 22. Talbot took fourwickets for 25 and M'Gregor two for 11. In the second innings ’Varsity could make only 84, Priest compiling 34. The left-hander, Cook, took seven wickets for 25 runs. .- , 7 ? High- School Old Boys continued on their winning way in. their match with Carisbrook ■at Carisbrook. Declaring with 323 ,runs showing for the loss of six wickets from the previous session, the ex-High School players dismissed Carisbrook for 274; Moloney top-scored with 57, soundly compiled, and the Cameron brothers all made most useful contributions. H. Cameron played a sound innings for 56, giving only one chance, while J. Cameron batted most attractively for 50 not out. D. Cameron put together 39. For Old Boys Groves took four for 102, Leader three for 85, and Dickinson two for 42. In a second grade A match between 'Albion and Dunedin, B. Downes, a son of A. Downes, the New Zealand and Otago representative cricketer, took all ten Dunedin wickets in the first innings for 41 runs. HONOURS LIST _ BATTING H. Miller (Albion), 85. iA. Knight (Grange), 68. D. A. R. Moloney (Carisbrook), 57. H. Cameron (Carisbrook), 56. J. Cameron (Carisbrook), 50 not out. T. Rodgerson (Christian Brothers), .46. . " B. Silver. (Albion), 43. ■ ■ , . J. Blair (Christian Brothers), 41. BOWLING G. Cook (Kaikorai), seven for 25. M'Gregor (Kaikorai), two for 11. R. O. Talbot (Kaikorai), four for Ss. v ; C. Elmes (Grange), four for 35. T. Chettleburgh (Grange), two fop 21. B. Ledgerwood (Grange), two for 23. M'Gavin (Dunedin), two for 24. Douglas (Diyiedin), three for 43. - POSITIONS OF TEAMS The position of teams is as follows:

OLD BOYS AGAIN . GARIBBROOK DEFEATED High School Old Boys further strengthened their grip on the senior premiership by defeating Carisbrook by 49 runs on the first' innings in the game at Carisbrook, this giving Old Boys a clear load of six points over the next team. It was an interesting day’s cricket, and Old Boys’ declaring with six down for 323, Carisbrook had the whole afternoon to get the -runs. Though several batsmen put together good scores and 'the cricket at times was of .an attractive nature, the majority of the Carisbrook men erred on the side of cautiousness, even later in the afternoon, when time was an important factor in the result. Had some of the batsmen shown more enterprise it is possible Carisbrook would ■ have gone even closer to Old Boys’ total. Cameron and Cox opened for Carisbrok on a first class wicket, the attack

being in the hands of Dickinson and Leaner. Both men began very slowly, Cox being nearly half an hour in getting into double figures. His batting lacked judgment, and with the score at 44 he was stumped, by Clark off Groves, the left-hander’s total being 16., Cameron' gave a chance to N. Cherry when he had scored 8, but this was not accepted, and he went on to play a sound knock for his team for 39j making some well-placed cover drives especially. He failed to get properly on to one from Leader and was caught by Dickinson at mid-off. 72—3—39. Moloney and M'Mullan were now together, and the former batted very soundly though rather restrainedly at the outset. M'Mullan started nicely with a neat leg-glance, but when he had scored 5 was splendidly caught at forward short-leg off Dickinson, Payne snapping the ball almost off the ground, a brilliant piece of work. Three wickets were down for

82. ' H. Cameron partnered Moloney, but Dickinson and Leader kept both batsmen quiet, the rate of scoring being slow. Moloney ran into the' twenties by off-driving Dickinson for a single, and he collected runs by.forcing shots to the on. He brought the hundred up by straight-driving Dickinson for a ■ingle. Cameron hooked Groves to the square-leg boundary, though somewhat uncomfortable against the slow bowler. He had a life just before reaching double figures. Cherry dropping a catch Grytea* Jg move an ©xpen-

Old Boys Increase Lead—Carisbrook Defeated— Losers Compile Good Total Moloney and Cameron Brothers Bat Well Kaikorai Collect Four Points University Well Beaten Fine Bowling Figures to Cook and Talbot—Albion s Firtt Win—H. Miller’s Big Score—Grange Beat Christian Brothers—Knight Makes 68 Elmes Bowls Well

sive miss, for Cameron began to attack the bowling, and picked the gaps in the cover very, skilfully. Moloney’s well-timed off-drives and .cover-drives were worth, watching, and his leg-side shots were also well executed. At the tea adjournment 148 runs showed for the loss of three wickets—Moloney 53, Cameron 27. - Dickinson brought about Moloney s downfall soon after play was resumed, the batsman pulling away from a ball that was well up and being cleaned howled. 153—4—57. Moloney’s tally included five four’s. Smith and Cameron toeik the score to 182 before Groves abeat the former after he' had scored -13 in' promising manner. J. Cameron joined bis brother, who was now batting very confidently, and ran into the fifties‘with a sizzling drive through the covers to the boundary. Payne brought about his dismissal soon afterwards, the batsman playing one on. 196—6—56. Cameron played a solid innings and hit six four’s, Proctor became ■ associated with J. Cameron, who made some powerful drives to the off-boundary. Proctor, however, was never at home to the slow bowlers, and it was Groves who sent him back to the pavilion, Dickinson taking a catch at mid-on. 209—7 —5. The scoring had been enlivened by J. Cameron, but Dotting did not stay long before he dragged a ball from Dickinson on to his wicket. 224—8—3. Kerr partnered Cameron, who was batting very freely indeed, _ scoring with powerful off and cover-drives and' neat leg-glances. Kerr brought 250 up by lifting Groves to the 16ng-on boundary, but- a shorter one brought about bis downfall next ball, Clark stumping him. Russell was last man in, and had a short, but merry, knock, hitting Groves into the pavilion for 6. After reaching 10,, however, he .was bowled by Leader, and the innings closed for 274, J. Cameron being 60 not out, eight 4’s being included in his score, which was put together by forceful batting. ... , ‘ A , The wicket was a little too hard lor Groves, but he got some turn on the ball and took the most wickets, securing four for 102. Under conditions that did not help him he put up quite a fair performance, too many of the batsmen failing to use their feet against 'Him,' Dickinson took two for 42, and Leader bowled steadily and took three for 85. Dropped catches proved expensive ,to Old. Boys, just as they did to Carisbrook, but some smart ground, .fielding., was ■witnessed, . Details:—-' . " ’ v - OLD BOYS. First innings (for six wickets declared) - - - 323 CARISBROOK. —First Innings.— D. Cameron c Dickinson b Leader 39 K. Cox st Clark b Groves Ifi D. A. R. Moloney b Dickinson ... 57 J. M'Mullan c Payne b Dickinson 5 H. Cameron b Payne ..... ••• 56 F. E. Smith b Groves 13 J. Cameron not out ... .... ••• 50 A. C. Procter c Dickinson b Groves 5 G. Dotting b Dickinson ■ .3 A. Kerr st Clark b Groves ... ■ 10 G. Russell b Leader ... 10 , Extras .... Total ••• 274 , BOWLING ANALYSIS.

TWO POINTS TO GRANGE BROTHERS’ BATSMEN FAIL In reply to Grange’s total of 135 Christian Brothers could only make 102 in* the game at the North Ground, and thus assured of a win on the first innings Grange attempted to obtain a four-pointer. Knight and Chettlebiirgh were both in good form with the bat, the former in particular giving a very aggressive display in collecting 68. Grange declared an hour before time, leaving Christian Brothers 150 to make to win. and when stumps were drawn for the day they still required 53. A feature of the play was the, splendid wicketkeeping of Chadwick, who took four catches and stumped three men._ Only 5 runs had been added to Christian Brothers’ total when Dawson was nicely taken behind the stumps by Chadwick, and Rodgerson was joined by M’Carten, who started off.in promising fashion, 50 appearing on the ’board without further loss. Rodgerson soon settled down to give a good exhibition of free batting, and by means of wellplaced shots soon ran into the twenties. Although not scoring as quickly as his partner,. M'Carten was shaping well. After a good stand, which added 36 runs to the total, however, M'Carten was well caught at mid-off by Ledgerwood. 82—-5—14.

Chadwick, who was giving a fine display behind the wickets, was responsible for causing Spillane’s dismissal, and Brookes, the Brothers’ captain, l?e----became associated with Rodgerson. Brookes brought 90 on to the board with a pretty stroke through the covers, but in Elmes’s next over he lost Rodgerson, who had given an aggressive and polished display in collecting his tally, which included several boundaries. He had contributed half of his team’s total. 92—7—46. Brookes was keeping his wicket intact by defensive play, and with Wilson run out without opening his account began to attack the bowling. The century was reached after ninety minutes’ Two runs Inter Chadwick caught Cahill well out of his crease, and without any addition to the total Mowat was run out, the innings closing for the poor total of JO2 runs,, Brookes, with 12 to his credit,' being the not-out batsman. Grange' began their second innings at 4 o’clock, Knight and Dey facing Lynch and Cahill. Both men attacked the bowling from the start, and runs came rapidly. Dey was the first to go, Spillane howling him with a good delivery, f

and Tomkinson was dismissed by Mowat after scoring 6. Then came the best partnership of the day. Chettleburgh joined Knight, and both men settled down to give an exhibition of hard-hit-ting. Without being reckless they pasted the ball to every part of the field, Knight in particular giving a free and forceful exhibition. The century appeared in ninety minutes—the same time that Christian Brothers had taken to make 59 runs—Knight being 58 and Chettleburgh 30. , With .the score at 116 Knight was eventually dismissed in attempting to force Cahill to the boundary, and in an effort to gain a four-pointer Grange at this stage declared, leaving Christian Brothers 150 to make to obtain an outright win. With an hour left for play Toomey and Rodgerson opened Christian Brothers’ second innings, and 30 appeared on the board in fifteen minutes. Toomey then attempted to play a rising ball on the leg side and Chadwick took a simple catch. 31—1 —11. Rodgerson soon got into his stride, and, partnered with Blair, runs came freely. Rodgerson was the next to go, for in attempting a short run Lemin at mid-on threw down his wicket with a sjjlendid return,, and Brookes and Blair became associated. Blair continued to bat well, ans signalised the appearance of 60 by placing Elmes down the gully for 4. With the total at 83, however, he played late to a good delivery from Dey, the ball shattering his wicket.' Blair had given an attractive display in collecting his runs. Elmes captured his second wicket by having Brookes caught in the slips, and Wilson and Cahill played out time, Grange thus winning on the first, innings. . Details: — GRANGE. First‘innings ... ... ... 135 . Second Innings. A. Knight c Brookes b Cahill ... 68 0. Dey b Spillane ; ... 10 S. Tomkinson Ibw b Mowat ../ ... 6 T. Chettleburgh not out ......... 31 JExtra ... ... ... 1 • Total .for three wickets ‘.'(declared) ... ... ... H 6

> CHRISTIAN BROTHERS. .'.First'lnnings.' T. Toomey Ibw b Elmes «... 19 T. Rodgcrson b .Elites ... -- 46 J. .Blair c Chadwick b Ledger wood 3 C. 'Lynch -b Ledger,wood, ■ ; 0 F. Dawson c Chadwick b Elmes ... ;5 T. M'Carten c-Ledgerwobd b Chet- |,’ tlcburgh <... ; 14 ; Spillane st Chadwick b Elmes/' .... jT W. Brookes not but : ... 12 Wilson rim opt...v '••• •••' fl ! V. Cahill st Chadwick 1 b Chcttle- : burgh", - ., ... Mowat run out. ... ••• ;uExtra 5,...”..,. ....• ... ... ■ .... £ ■ :Total ~.. ... iO2

r Second Innings. F. Toomey c Chadwick b Elmes '... 11 T. Rodgerson run out ... ... ... 24 .1. Blair b Dey ... ... ... ... ... 41 W. Brookes c Galland b Elmes ... 13 F. Dawson st Chadwick b Dey ... 1 Wilson not out 3 V. Cahill not out. 4 Total for five wickets ... 97

FOUR PGINTS TO KAIKORAI MORE THRILLS AT BiSHOPSCOURT Still another exciting finish, was seen at Bishopscourt when Kaikorai, who declared its innings closed with seven wickets down for 307 runs, managed to dismiss University twice, the students’ first innings realising 127 and the second 84. Apart from the displays of Sinclair and several of the tail-enders, ’Varsity’s batting in the first innings was not impressive, the earlier batsmen failing against the howling of Talbot, who took four wickets for 25 runs. In the second knock Driest was the only batsman to get into his stride, and this time it was Cook, the slow left-hander, who did the damage. By means of clever variation in flight and accurate pitching he collected seven wickets for 25. dust on time the last ’Varsity wicket fell, giving Kaikorai a fourpoint win by an innings and 96 runs. University opened its first innings with Burt and Ibbotson, who were called upon to face Talbot and Constable. The latter bowler opened with a maiden to Ibbotson, and then Talbot clean bowled Burt with the first ball of his first over. Priest batted quietly for 7 before becoming Talbot’s second victim. A fair start was then made by Ibbotson and Sinclair, who took the total to 38 before Sinclair, who had done most of the scoring, fell to Talbot in the effort to makeia big hit. So far Sinclair had been the only batsman to show any confidence worthy of note. Three runs later Ibbotson was bowled by Constable, and only a single had been added when Horwood, without having scored, went the same way to Talbot. Cameron was another who did not last long, but Jolly, who, apart from a 6 off Cook, batted quietly, and Lawson took the . score from 48 to_ 71, Jolly then being bowled by M‘Knight. Lawson batted with confidence against any kind of bowling, but when partnered by Swinton lost his wicket to Mathias with the total at 81. Swinton and Robinson batted soundly and attractively till the tea adjournment. • Shortly after the adjournment Swinton was dropped by Cook off the latter’s own bowling—a fairly hard chance —but in the next over this batsman hit up a simpler ball which Cook accepted. Robinson and Gilkison made a useful last-wicket stand, the former having revealed many safe but forcing shots before sending up a skier to Talbot off M‘Gregor. The innings closed at about 4.45 for 127 runs. Kaikorai made the students follow on, Burt and Ibbotson again opening to Constable and Talbot. Runs came slowly, most of them being scored from occasional boundaries. At 24 Ibbotson got his leg in front to Constable, and Priest joined Burt. Priest carried the score to 30 with a beautiful cut down the gully to the boundary off Talbot, followed by a well-placed single. Talbot was still bowling with great accuracy, having bowled five maidens out of seven overs when 40 runs were on the board. At 41 Cook bowled Burt

with the fifth Dali of his first over, and Sinclair, who joined Priest, was bowled without alteration to the score by a yorker from Cook. Four balls later Cook took Lawson’s wicket with another fine ball, his average at this stage being three wickets for T run. Four wickets were down and the score, was still 41. dolly, the incomer, hit back for a 4 to the on, but Cook got him with the next ball, the score then being 47. . . Swinton opened his account with a good sixer off the left-hander. When forcing M'Gregor in the next over, Swinton was dropped at point by Holden, who, however, made amends by taking him smartly in the same position at the other end off M'Kmght. Six wickets were now down for 69. Priest continued his stylish knock in convincing style, but when the total was 76 he was bowled round his pads by Cook. Only ten minutes of play remained, with three wickets to fall. Then, after banging Talbot well to leg for 4, Robinson succumbed to a fulltosser from the same bowler. Amid tremendous excitement Cook added to his triumphs by skittling Gilkison. Cameron, the last man in, his his first ball to the on-boundary for 4, but when facing Cook’s first ball in what would have been the last over of the day, he hit his wicket. The team total came to 84, and Kaikorai had won by an innings and 96 runs. Details:—

KAIKORAI. First Innings (for seven wickets, declared) 307

UNIVERSITY. First Innings. Burt b Talbot 0 Ibbotson b Constable 7 Priest b Talbot 7 Sinclair b Talbot ... 17 Jolly b M'Knight ,9 Horwood b Talbot 0 Cameron c Holden b M'Gregor ... 3 Lawson b Mathias 18 Swinton c and b Cook 22 Robinson c Talbot b M'Gregor ... 21 Gilkison not out 5 Extras 18 Total ... 127

.. Second Innings. Ibbotson IW b Constable ... ... 10 Burtrb Cook ..V ... 10 Priest b-Cook ... •... ... ... ... 34 Sinclair b Cook ...■ i.i ... ... 0 Lawson b Cook .... ... ;.. ... 0 Jolly b Cook ...• ... ... , 5 Swinton c Holden b M‘Knight ... 8 Robinson b Talbot ... ... .;. ... 7 Horwood not out ... ... ... ■ 0 Gilkinson'b Cook ... ... .... ...>■ 0 Cameron hit wicket b Cook ... - 4 . Extras ...‘ ..: ... ~v 6 > Total i ... ... ' ... ... ... 84

ALBION’S FIRST WIN TWO POINTS AGAINST DUNEDIN A first-innings victory against Dunedin at' Logan Park brought Albion-its first wirt for the season. In reply to Dunedin’s _ 211 on the first day Albion carried its- score of 62 for no • wickets' to 288 ■’ : \ ; Miller (33) and Dalziel (26)_ resumed to’the bowling of Cavanagh. and,/Badcock,'/but this phir failed, to effect/a separation. The total reached' 92 befori pouglas succeeded in getting'DapU ' ziel Ibfv. The same bowler', Mso -accounted for Shepherd 1 , after‘ he / had scored 1 run; Smith and Miller then became associated in a partnership which produced’ 68 funs, both .men batting attractively.’ The total reached 172 for two wickets before Smith was beaten, and then Miller, who had given a fine exhibition of, off driving, followed * a few minutes later. The remaining batsmen, however continued to make runs,; and both Silver and( Vorrath scored freely all round the wicket. The innings closed at 5.15, and it was decided to cease play for the day. Details:— DUNEDIN. First innings ... ... ... 211 ALBION. —First Innings.— Miller b M'Gavin ... 85 Dalziel Ibw b Douglas ... 36 Shepherd b Douglas 1 Smith b Claridge 37 Martin b Douglas ... ... 6 Barron b M'Gavin... 0 Duncan Ibw b Badcock ... 23 Allen o Cavanagh b Claridge ... 10 Silver c Ditehfield b Noble • 43 Vorrath b Cavanagh ... 20 Heenan not out 1 Extras ... 26 Total 288

SECOND GRADE A Dunedin and High School Old Boys met at the Oval. Batting first, Dunedin compiled 241 runs (Gallant: 77, Heather 35, Brooks 27 not out, Vernon 23, Simons 16, Hope 14, and Ritchie 10). Bowling for Old Boys. Green took four for 83, Grey two for 56, Anderson one for IS, and Russell one for 20. Old Boys’ innings realised 186 runs (Grey 65, Farrell 23, Turnbull 22, and Russell 18). Bowling for Dunedin, Hope took seven wickets for 85, Rackley two for 40, and Arnqtt one for 25. Dunedin scored a two-point win. Replying to Christian Brothers’ Old Boys’ total of 84, Carisbrook A scored 189 for five wickets the previous week, and the innings wasNdeclared closed before play was commenced on Saturday. Bowling for Christian Brothers, Dolan took two for 46, Armstrong one for 31, Sullivan one for 26, and C. Toomey one for 38. Christian Brothers Toomey one for 38. Christian Brothers’ second innings yielded 98 runs, C. Toomey (32). Tracey (26 not out), and Tarleton (17) being the only batsmen to make a stand. Bowling for Carisbrook, Charman took four wickets for 19 runs, M'Kay one for 13, Lumsden one for 19, and Howorth one for 28. Carisbrook A secured a four-point win.

Grange and University met at the University oval. Grange had first use of the wicket, and put together 278 rims for nine wickets (declared). The ■good score of 101 was put up by Anderson. Other good totals were made by

Allen (46), Douglas (42 not out), Hogg (38), and Pickup (11 not out). Bowling for University, Thomson took five for 67, Christie two for 29, Andrew one for 37, and Armstrong for 111. The University first innings realised 222, to which total J. M'Lachlan (79 not out), Rayner (38), Elder (21), and Benson (17) were the best contributors. Bowling Tor Grange, Douglas took four for 61, Pickup one for 44, and Anderson four for 27. In the match North-east Valley v. Kaikorai Kaikorai batted first and made 140 (Pitches 34, Hollebon 33 not out, Vial 13, Hood 12, Dunbar 10). Bowling for Valley, Morgan took two for 10, H. Cullen three for 23, and J. Cullen two for 26. North-east Valley responded with 150 (J. Cullen 33 not out, Clauson- 24, Faithful 18, Hughes 16, I. Jones 16, Coates 17). Bowling for Kaikorai, Vial took four for 17, Hollebon two for 17, Smith two for 31. In the second innings Kaikorai was all out for 88, Hood (29) and Stewart (15) being the only players to reach double figures. North-east Valley made 44 for the loss of three wickets (I. Jones 21, Albrandt two for 3). Continuing at Logan Park against Carisbrook B, Port Chalmers carried its score to 158 (Anderson 47. Sinclair 44, Hutton 11, Pepperil 15, Walsh 17 not out). Bowling for Carisbrook, Campbell (five for 45) and Smith (four for 54) secured the honours. After a vigorous display of batting Carisbrook declared for 172 for seven wickets. Wilson ('3B), Lambert (32), Ramsay (19), William (35 not out), and Mackie (18 not out) batting well. Anderson (four for 44) and Walsh (one for 53) bowled best for Port. At the call of time Port Chalmers had lost seven wickets for 81 (Braithwaite 15, Nelson 23, Davis 10 not out). Port secured a two-point win on the first innings. Albion 144 and 165 (Wilson 45, Samuels 31 and 24 not out, Walkinshaw 21 and 16, Sinton 33, Riach 29, Frood 14, Sinclair 13). Bowling for Dunedin Holly took four wickets for 54, Malcolm three for 31, Denholm three ■ for 33, Robinson ' four for 56. Dunedin made 142 and six for 80 (Thompson 43 and 15, Hill 20 not out and 14, Malcolm 35, Robinson 27). Bowling for Albion in the .first innings E. Downes, a son of Alex. Downes, the ex-representative New Zealand and .Otago ■ bowler, took the whole ten wickets for 41 runs—eight bowled, one stumped, and one Ibw. Frood took two wickets for 18, Downes one for 18, ando Green two for 30 in the second innings. Albion won by 2 runs on. the first innings. , SECOND GRADE B Dunedin made 139 (Robson 39, Hayden 25 not but, Kenney 24, Daniels 21; Daniels four for 11, Hayden three for 31) and beat Y.M.C.A., who scored 137 (Harris 51, Holdsworthy 18 ;■ Paten six for 42). Logan Park made 137 (E. Hay 57, Howie 32; E. Hay four for 27, Stark one for 8) and drew with Taieri, whose score was 93 for eight when stumps were drawn (Scott 41 not out, Doogue 18 ;■ Scott, three for 25, Tomkins three for 16, Cbtterill two for 43). Carisbrook D made 125 (Nelson 42, Ringland 27; Stuart three for 31, Duerdon two for 21), losing to Old Boys, who made 157 (Harraway 57 .not out, R. Stevens 28, M'Millan 18; M'Millan five for 14, R. Stevens two for 19)'. Green Island'! made 141 for nine (Olliver 35, Berry 24, Lindsay 15 not out, Miler 13; Cameron four for 45, Berry three/ for 19, Olliver one for 0) and beat Christian Brothers, who scored 65 (O’Reilly . 23, ' Donnelly 11 not out; Dabinett 11; Donnelly three' for 22, Dabinett three for 48, Stephens two for 13).

Grange, playing Old Boys B at the North Ground, declared with seven wickets down for 249 (Graham 94, Knowles 35, Nesbit 31, Hughes 23, Campbell 21, Burgess 16). Bowling for Old Boys, Wilson took fqur for 46, Buddicom two for 25. Old’Boys had lost six wickets for 195 (Otway 79 not out, G. M. Edwards 57, Benzoni 21 not out, Buddicom 13). For Grange, Knowles took four for 26 and Graham one for. 11. Y.M.C.A. made 80 (Oastler 18 not out, Marks 16, Miller 11; Dixon six for 57, Miller two for .84, Marks one for ILand lost to Albion, who, made 181 (Heydon 83, Kennedy 28, Hayden, 16; Cameron four for 13, Hayden three for 25, Cowie two for 22). Kaikorai (eight for 200, declared) drew. with iNorth-East Valley at Bishopscourt. For Kaikorai, Barnard 48, Burgess 48, Henderson 33, Lennon 24, and M'Hardy 10 batted well. Valley replied with 81 for nine (Montgomery 18, Hughes 12, and Stone 12 not out). Bowling for Kaikorai, Lennon took five for 26 and Vial two for 18. THIRD GRADE Logan Park scored 142 (Gillan 31, Sanders 29 not out, Paterson 29, Taylor 16; Foster six for 38, Paterson one for six), and beat Carisbfook,' who made 109 (Ritchie 20, Carruthers 16, Miller 16, Malcolm 13). , ■Logan Park made 93 (Campbell 21, Cox 18, Nearno 16 not out, Broadfoot 10 J Ferrers eight for 49) and defeated Port Chalmers, who scored 91 (Duggie 58). Dunedin A made 155 for nine wickets (Beatson 73, Douglas 16, Barr 12, Car-> ruthers 10 not out, and Mearns 10; Barr two for 7, Beatson three for 9, Carruthers two for 22) and defeated Grange, who compiled 85 (Mallard 22, Sandom 14, Bennett 10; Mallard four for 23, Simpson two for 34). LEAGUE MATCHES^ A SECTION. Hillside 134 (M'Keuzie 11, Symonds 48 retired, TI. Nieper 24 not out, Crawford 21 not out; Symonds three for 16, H Neiper two for 16, Crawford two for 4, M'Kenzie one for 1, Townsend one for 0), defeated C.F.H., 51 (E. M'Lean 15, Simon 13, Wood 27; Simon seven for 26). Pride of Leith, A.0.F., 92 for eight wickets 1 (N. Croft 11, Dillon 10, H. Gaston 30 not out; Dillon three for 23, E. Hellyer six for 24, Brown one for 2), defeated Shell, 51 (Griffen 24, M‘Kay 12; Hummerstone four for 29, Hopkins three for 15). Town Hall, 102 (Collins 29, Cameron 12, Arnold 16, Wilson 13 not out; J. Gould four for 32, A. Gould three for 17), defeated Standard, 65 (Keenan 14, Timlin 27 ; Quest four for 30, Timlin three for 34, Higgins, two for 7). Railway won from Tramways by default. B SECTION. Three Star, 134 (Thompson 40, Currie 17, Rennie 11, Bennett 13, and Milne 34 retired; Thompson five for 28, Rennie two for 23, and Currie one for 0), defeated Star Stores, 64 (Payne 25, Hellyer 12, Palenski 12; Laurie four for 43, Palenski three for 28). Post Office, 75 (Templeton 29, Rogers 26; Reddington' nine for 18), defeated Loco., 45 (Simpson four for 21, Briggs two for 20, and Butter two for 6). Roslyn Mills, 68 (Scott 25, Hambleton 16; Berry five for 27, Muir two for 17), defeated ‘ Star,’ 53 (Dawkins 26, M’Lachlan 13; Clements two for 15. Berryman eight for 28). Grocers, 142 (L. Inglis 29, Smith 26, Marrett 26, Barclay 13, H. Connell 14 not out; Marett one for 7, Barclay two for 8), drew with E.P. and L., 65 for five wickets (Morrison 22, Walker 28;; Morrison three for 29, Smith four for 29, Jefferson one for 5).

LADIES’ GAMES A GRADE. St. Kilda gained a four-point win from A. Barnett’s at Bathgate Park. A. Barnett’s compiled 35 and 29 (B, Anderson 10). St. Kilda declared with four wickets for 86 (O. Daniels 56, R. Paris 19 not out). For St. Kilda M. Whyman took three for 9 and two for 4, E. Busbridge four for 3, and O. Daniels four for 3. For A. Barnett’s D. Meder took three for 31. Planet secured a win on the first innings from Grange I. at Logan Park on Saturday. Grange batted first, compiling 31 runs (N. Knowles 7). Planet answered with 42 (H. Hollander 18). Grange again batted, making 23 for the loss of one wicket (M. Bishop 17 not out). Bowling for Planet, Margaret Freeman took seven for 16, Mary Freeman three for 3, and D. Broadfoot one for 18. Bowling for Grange, M. Hollis took seven for 6, and T. Divers two for 9. B GRADE. Albany 11., 92, defeated Invicta, 72, at Kettle Park. For Albany M. Parker (20), M. M'Donald (17), and J. Haley (13) batted well. J. Haley (five for 18, including the hat trick) bowled well. For Invicta H. Sinclair _ made 27, L. Johnson 17, and E. Meinung 16. 0. Evans (four for 6) bowled well. Albany I. made 80 for two wickets (G. Winder 26 not out, F. Maxwell 21,: B. M'Lean 18 not out) and defeated Grange 3 and 48 (V. Mant 13, R. .Sew Hoy 12, L. Beel 10). The bowling honours for Albany were secured by B. M'Lean (six for 1 and five for 23), G. Winder (four for 2 and four for 16), and M. Beard (one for 5). Mayfair and Y.W.C.A. met at St. Clair. Batting first, Mayfair compiled 27 runs. Bowling for Y.W.C.A., A. J. Arnold (four for 6)_, R. Brookes (two for 14), B. M'Kenzie (one for 2). and G. M'Auslin (two for 4) secured! the wickets. Y.W.C.A.’s innings realised 45 runs (J. Arnold 24). . King Edward Foresters beat ' St, Kilda by 5 runs. For King Edward, M. Dabenett (21) and B. Curry (20) batted well. For St. Kilda, M. Stevens (39) was top scorer. FRIENDLY GAME Brinsley’s 62 (Robertson. 14, Hogan 14, Preston four for 22, and Fay three for 19) defeated Ross and Glendining’s 56 (Hazelwood three for 10 and Robertson three for 16). HAWKE CUP [Per United Press Association.] NEW PLYMOUTH, January 27. Taranaki is in an excellent position to retain the Hawke Cup against Rangitikei. When the game was resumed on an improved wicket this morning Taranaki had scored 184 for the loss of four wickets, and the innings closed with the total at 311. Rangitikei, which made, 112 in its first innings, has nine wickets-dbwn for 224, and as there will be less than two hours’ play on Monday the cup should again be held by Taranaki. /Parkinson, who shone as a bowler yesterday, made a bright 50. for Taranaki, and Christenson and Kirwin added 34 for the last wicket., Harpur (five for 92) - and Duncan (three for 77) were tbe most successful bowlers. Harpur bowled fifty overs, of which twenty-five were maidens. Cameron, who scored 78 for Rangitikei, gave only one chance. Hayward (30) played carefully, to keep with him. Duncan was batting attractively when he was run out for 38. Biggar again showed excellent form behind the wickets, and has let only one bye go, while over 300 runs have been scored. ‘ ; .v ■;/ , IN OTHER CENTRES AUCKLAND. The first grade championship was continued in fine weather and on a fast wicket. King's Old Boys made 103 (Cleverley five for 18) against Ponsonby,-which has scored 187 for six wickets (T. Clark 59) Y.M.C.A. scored 269 (Elliott 95, Sutherland-. 53) against North Shore. Parnell 290 (Wallace 99, Vivian 71; Postles six for 86) met Eden, which has scored 26 without loss. Grafton made 312 (Angus 150, Byerley 61) against University, which has scored 25 for two wickets. WELLINGTON. Rain interrupted play in the championship. At the end of the sixth series Wellington is leading with 26 points, with Kilbirnie (25) second and Old Boys (23) third. Kilbirnie (377 for seven, declared) beat Petono 263. (Brice 63). Wellington 334 (Ell 100, Hollings 66, Whyte 55) beat Old Boys 292. Midland 253 for nine, declared (Tindall 75, Lawton 66) beat University 163 and 151. Hutt 308 for seven declared (Aim 50, Birch 89) beat Institute 155 and 110 for seven wickets. CHRISTCHURCH. Against Sydenham, West Christchurch made 254 (Gregory 63, Vincent 27. Peake 39, Patrick 34). Sydenham has scored 72 for the loss of one wicket (Bellamy 36). Playing Old Boys, Lancaster Park made 379 (Kennedy 48, Dryden 54, Kerr 99, Cromb 50, Read 28, Cobden 60) Old Boys have scored 1 without loss. Playing East Christchurch Riccarton declared with a score of 342 for three wickets (Jacobs 189, Roberts 133). East Christchurch has scored 84 for the loss of three wickets (Park 22, Coupland 33). Old Collegians against St. Albans declared with seven wickets down for 338. HAWKE'S BAY V« WAIRARAPA [Pbk United Press Association.] MASTERTON, January 28. The representative match between Hawke’s Bay and Wairarapa was concluded at Masterton on Saturday, and resulted in a draw; Wairarapa playing out time in the second innings. In the first innings Hawke’s Bay made 204 and Wairarapa 139. After Mahoney’s dismissal for 6 in Hawke’s Bay’s second innings Rees and O’Brien became associated, bringing the score to 100 after eighty-eight minutes’ play, the partnership being responsible for 97. O’Brien’s flisnlay in making 64 was the best of the innings. Hobbs (39 not out) was the only other batsman to make a stand of any length. ' Bowling for Wairarapa, Massey took five wickets for 57 and A. Whiteman two for 41. Wairarapa made a bad opening in its second innings, four wickets being down for only 33 runs. Then W. Peterson and Sherratt became associated, and between them knocked up 162. Sherratt continued until the call of time, his total being 102. He scored freely all round the wicket. At the close of play .Wairarapa had four wickets in hand

with a score, of 214. Bark took four ■wickets for 59 and Kavanagh two for 55. SHEFFIELD SHIELD EIGHT WICKETS FOR 672 Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, January 28. New South Wales continued its remarkable first innings against Victoria in the Sheffield Shield match, declaring at 4 o’clock with eight wickets for 672 (Brown Ibw 205, Fingleton, who resumed yesterday’s innings 145, Rowe run out 42, Chilvers run out 42; M'Cormack one for 148, Ebeling one for 154, Ironmonger one for 86, Fleet-wood-Smith two for 178). . Victoria has lost, one for 98 (O’Brien 16, Woodfull not out 61, Rigg not out 21).,

s a CU % & cy - K *L3 66 c3 Id rt 5 ■4* ft d Old Boys ... ... 7 1 5 0 1 15 Carisbrook ... . ... 7 0 3 1 3 9 Grange 7 0 3 2 2 8 University ... ;.. 7 1 1 3 1 7 Dunedin 7 0 2 2 3 7 Kaikorai ... 7 1 u 4 2 6 Christian Brothers ' 7 0 1 3 3 5 Albion ... ... ... 7 0 1 3 3 5

0, M. R. W G. R. Dickinson ... 21 4 42 2 V. Leader ... 25.2,3 85 8 0. R. Payne ... ... 8 3 26 1 L. Groves ... 21 , 2 102 4 L. Giles ... ... i ... 2 1 8 0 J. N. Macassey ... 2 0 6 0 Dickinson bowled one no ball. ,

■ iiowunf AT1S ,0. 1VS1S •ir.. R. W C.; Lynch , .t. , 1 ■; , 0 . 8, 40 0 V. Cahill , ... 7.5 0 1 Spillane ... 6 2 7 1 Mbwat ' ... ... 3 15 ' 1 J. Blair ■... ... 4 0 24 0 W. Brookes. 5 0 26 0

—Bowling Analysis. 0. M. R. W c. Elmes 22 10 35 4 T. Chettleburgli 14 5 21 . 2 F. Ledgerwood 11 3 23 o G. Lemin 8 3 13 0 0. Dey' 3 1 6 0 A. Galland ... 4 3 2 0

■ — Bowling Analysis. — , . 0. M. R. W, C. KImes ... ... 30 1 43 2 0. Dey < ... ... 8 0 38 2 Gi Lemin ... ... 3 0 16 0

■ —Bowling Analysis 0. M. R. W. Talbot ... 11 4 25 Constable ... 9 4 17 1 M‘Gregor 4.5 — 11 2 Cherry a — 11 • . Cook ... ... 10 . 3 17 1 Mathias '4 . — 25. 1 : M'Knight ... 4 2 3 1

—iiOWll ng Ana lysis, . • 0. M. R. W, Cook , 10.1 3 25 7 Talbot . 13 .7 22 1 Constable .. 7 — 23 1 M'Gregor .. . 0 4 6 — M‘Knight .. . 2 — 2 1

—Bowling Analysis.— 0. M. R.. W, Claridge 23 2 79 2 Badcock 27 8 84 1 Cavanagh. 4 1 , 26 1 Douglas 12 — 43 3 M'Gavin 10 3 24 2 Noble 2 — 6 1