CRICKET.

Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 28, 4 December 1930, Page 12

CRICKET.

HIPTT v. UNIYEBi^rY.

(;By ''Stwrnps.")

Ideal cricket" t weasti.er reigned^foT t^; opening of the third round of the senior ctJiampionship. Hutt won the toss,taking fir^t st^|e ok a wictet wa^eh; jEavoured the biftsineiiV TJte loxsal sicl€»; batted all the afternoon for 284 runs. Against ibowling which appeared to be Quite ordinary, some of the Hltt ibatsmea gave very mediocre displays. The £rat h.<yar and f three-quarters play produced 86 runs; ample testimony to the slowness of the cricket. 'Superb fielding on the part of the students wasi responsible for saving numerous runs.' Bailey and Paetz in particular covered a lot of ground to cut off many botaadaries. As an exhibition of fielding/ University^ showing in tihis gamewould be hard to surpass^ by any side. The fielding, however, did not "wholly abcount for Hutt's slow batting. No- ■ attempt was made by the early batsmen, Biggar cxeepted, to force the pace with the result; that never at any stage was the bowling made to look easy.' Seven batsmen obtained double figures, Lees being top scorer with a nicely played 46. Boss and Birch, who have' had a loan time this season got 43 and 31 respectively.- Biggar, Pihillips and1 McGrirr maintained their consistent form. Warnea was not playing in view oi' his inclusion in the Town team to play Country on Friday and- Saturday this week, his place being filled by Monk, the Otago representative who - foiled tiv score. Details are as follows: HUTT-^-First. Innings. Biggar, b Aim"." '. 32 Boss, b. Aim ; 43 Birch, c. Nelson, b. Harrison 31 MeGirr, c. Harrison, b Aim •. 22 Less, c. Harrison, b Aim 46 Aldersley, b. Leys 12 Phillips, b Leys . 29 Monk, c MeLeod, b Leys 0 McKenzie, b MeLeod 1" Beard, b MeLeod ..:.;... v 7 Judd, not out .................... 0 Extras ..••... ..•..•..•......... 11 Total .y..i : 234 Bowling Analysis— Aim took four wickets for 72 runs; Nelson none for 24; Leys, three for 33; Harrison one for 59; Macallan, none for 19; MeLeod two for 15. ' : . IX>WEB -. - .-I-, 4--- •■ >: .:•■ ■■ -■ ' -■' '•■■■■■ Junior ,A^pft^iJ32i .: Matthews 41, 24, Heap 21, Judd 20, Soberts 13. Old; Boys 5 for 85, Loekett 3 for 20: Junior B.—Marist 154 and 2 for 15. Hutt 107—I>pi^ 46 not out. Junior ,B 2.—inbt 304 fox 1 (declare^)/ 132, liamfbert 61, C. Muir 35,' L. Muir 24. Old Boys 9 for 130: Cameron 5 for 50, Laniibert 4 for 53. junior C—fruit 80, Thome 24, Hoare 15;'Btteidey 13. St6"p.6ut'6 for 143, Gwilliam 3 for 47. ' ' Thira'A^Hutt'lOS atid' 7 for 47. jLaugford 27, Perkiris'' I2oY Ell 17> Boberm rrM arid 12/ Wall 13. SheU Co. 138"' 1" 4 f6r 48V■Langford 3 for 23>*WiIkinh;6n^2 for s:' A 5-point win for SheU Co. ! * Tidrd B.—-Hutt 87 and 3 for 71 (de-

tclarod). Gray 20, Withs*a 22 aid 35, $$$&'. (n$ o»$)/26, Bttdman 16; Ml W I^t <wid for 117. Oldfield 6 [f<w ;21; $ai ; 3 for 32; An 8->point win •;toSeatoiuu : ~ThiM C.^ttutt S3 and G9. Kemp 22, , Ga^ey 15, Ktillips 15, Woo Hey 12, B. fG-ray;'il. Mad&nd 75 and 2 for 36. Caughey 4 for 18, Gray 5 for 17, Wdliiinson 2 for 12. An 8-ppiirt Win to |3VELdlana, ' .. '" ■ '. NOTES. . j Seldom lias such weary cricket "been 3een on the local ground as "that served up against "University. The partnership -between Boas and Birch almost sent the spectators to sleep. No doubt these two batsmen were" out to get a score to make up for their failures in the precee.ding matches; howeveiy they could have forced the pace more with profbaibly b.ett&r result 3to themselves and their side. Biggar helped himself to 32 runs of tiie first 50 scored. Some of the follpw.ing batsmen should : endeavour to emu-" late their keeper by floating tlio bowling on its merits. • ; Wally Lees improved upon his previ•ous score. A century will come liis way before the season ends. Phillips again came to light for a sound 29/ ; - >■ Birch, Lees and Phillips scored the majority of their runs on the off. All seem to have difficutly in timing the leg stuff. Concentration on this "point at' practise, should be their aim, always providing they can secuTe the services of a bowler who can trundle'accurately on the leg pin. _ . Skipper MeLeod showed sound judgment in placing this field. He believes in saving the boundaries and not bother ing aibout the singles. The Junior A's should secure another win in their present game. Old Boys. have a deficit of 147" runs, with five wickets in hand. Eight Hntt batsmen > secured double figures, Matthews being top scorer with 41. A last wicket partnership between Hyder and Grower produced 44 runs, the veteraxi ; ■ adopting 'tip and run" tactics interspersed with a' couple of thuge sixei*s, one over the • Cenetaph, kept 'the crowd in a good humour. Not the least amusing part of the proceedings was the demoralising offeet- on the Old Boys' field. _ The Colts team have prepared the ground for another outright win. A "prolific sixth wicket partnership 'between Mudgway . and Lam/bert; added '185 runs to the score; Mudgway top scored with 132, ibis century taking ju^ under an hpii^.;; sixers and "sivign^e^^^ £2 of ■ hisi' total. This batsman is^riot of the ''hit and miss" type as his figures may indicate.. He just treats each ball on its merits, hitting it for six or patting it back to v the bowler. Lambert ?s knock was also a good one. Declaring' the innings with..7 f ot 304, Hutt managed to dismiss nine Old Boys by 6.30. Cameron, again ..proved;, destructive, securing 5 for -50, Lam- J bert backed up . his good^ batting. by, taking-4- for 53. v • The Third A' 9 went under to Shell Co., despite good bowling Tsy Dooley 4 for 48, Langford 3 for 23J and Wilkinson 2" f»6r 5. ' The Tihrd B's in going for an outTight win; miscalculated the strength

of their opponents. In the first innings Butt secured a lead of 43 runs and declared their'second innings closed with. 3 for, 71 giving Seatoun 115 to get in an hour. The sea^siders Icnaoked up 117 by, 6.30 p.m, securing an eight poiat win.

iGtower, the' Junior A keeper, deserves a trial as opening batsman. He, ap^ pears to have t&e Tight temperament for this important position.

Mr. Dan McKenzie's lecture on Thurs ,day last was attended by aibout 40 cricket enthusiasts.- A most interesting talk on the Laws of Cricket w?« listened to attentively by those p*e-' The President, Mr. 35. P. Bunny, .presided and mov«d a tieaVty vote of.. .thanks to the lecturer.at the ■eqneiusiori

■?o£ the meeting. iOn ThftrsdißQr -next, -the 11th iriflt, Mr. McKenzie witi"at« -tend again^ at the payiltQii' to anfewer j qiiestions pertaining to t3io Iyaw& ,of