Cricket.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 992, 6 March 1891, Page 17

Cricket.

SENIOR AND JUNIOR FIXTURES. The readjustment for senior and junior matches now stands as follows : SENIORS. March 7th .and 21st, No. 1 pitoh—Wei. lington v. Rivals. April 4th and 11th, No. 1 pitch—Phoenix v. Rivals; No. 2 pitch, Wellington v. Midlands. JUNIORS. March 7th, No. 2 pitch—Phoenix v. Midlands. March 7th, No. 3 pitch—Wellington v. Rivals. March 21st, No. 2 pitoh—Phasnix v. Rivals. March 21st, No. 3 pitch—Wellington, v. Midlands. April 4th, No. 3 pitoh—Surrey v. Rivals. April 11th, No. 3 pitoh Phoenix v. Surrey. 1 April 18th, No. 1 pitoh—Surrey v. Mid. ands.

SENIOR CUP. The heat between the Midland and Phoenix first elevens was resumed on Saturday after, noon. Rain fell daring the greater part of the afternoon, and considerably interfered with the play. The Phoenix continued their second innings, which closed for 177 runs. Taylor was again top scorer with 55, and Webb (46) and Moorhouse (23) also rendered good service. The Midlanders, who required 253 runs to win, started their second innings, and had scored 46 for the loss of one wicket when stumps were drawn owiner to the rain. The match will be continued this afternoon at five o’clock. The scores are as follow : Phcenxx—Second InDinga. Taylor, b Richardson ... ... ... 55 Benbew, b Salmon ... ... ... 12 Webb, b Richardson ... ... ... 46 Moorhouse, b Fitzsimons ... ... 23 Malcolm, b Richardson ... ... ... 8 Ogier, b Fitzsimons ... ... ... 6 Frith, b Fitzsimons ... ... ... 9 Davis, c Fitzsimons, b Richardson ... 0 Niven, b Richardson ... ... ... 5 Roberts, b Richardson ... ... ... 2 WireD, not out ... ... ... ... 3 Extras 8 Total ... ... ... 177 Total, first innings ... ... ... 121 Grand total 298

Midland—Second innings. Salmon, c Malcolm, b Moorhouse ... 4 A. Blacklock, not out ... ... ... 21 R. Blacklock, not out ... ... ... 20 Extra .. ... ... ... 1 Total 46 The heat was resumed on Monday. The Midlanders, with one wicket down for 46, con tinued batting, the not-oufe men being Bob and Arthur Blockloclc. After adding 5 to the total the latter was well caught by Malcolm in the long field. Richardson came next, but wns bowled after scoring 3. Wynvard joined Bob Blacklock, and a fine stand resulted, the pair carrying the score from 5S to 126. when stumps were drawn for the day. Both men played well. Blacklock especially. Blacklock’s score is 59 and Wynyard’s 30. The match was finished on Tuesday night, when the Phoenix won by 61 runs. JUNIOR MATCH. The Wellington. Surrey heat for the Junior competition was commenced on No. 2 pitch at the Basin Reserve on Saturday, the latter team having somewhat of a leather, hunt. The Wellington’s have made 197 for the loss of three wickets, Littlejohn (9S, not out) showing linß form. Wilson rattled up 51 before Barlow found a weak spot in his defenoe, and Doughty (29) also succeeded in getting into double figures. Littlejohn and Day, the two not out men, will resume tatting this evening at 5.15. The following aro the scores : —Doughty, c and b, Barlow, 29; Littlejohn, not out, 98 ; Meek, run out, 6 ; Wilson, b Barlow, 51 ; Day not out, 8; extras, 5; total for three wickets, 197. The heat was continued on Monday. The Wellingtons, who had three wickets down for 197, succeeded in bringing up their score to 262 for the loss of nine wickets, Littlejohn adding four runs to his score of 9S, when he was caught in the slips, Day 19, Inglis 14, Erskine 17 (not out), and Bethune 14 (not out), also got into double figures. Barlow, for the Surreys, trundled well. OTHER MATCHES. The Wellington-Albert heat for the Third Class Championship was won by the latter team by default, owing to the Wellingtons not turning up. In the Rival College heat for the Thirdclass Championship tho latter team in their first innings only succeeded in reaohing 50, Port and F. Luckie’s bowling being rather too much for the Collegians. McGovern (12) and Duff (10) succeeded in reaching double figures. The Rivals, who batted two men short, put on 90 before they were all disposed of, Warner coming out of his shell for a nicely played 25. Oswin (18) and Port (12) also batted well. Duff and Han. nay divided the bowling honours for the Collegians. No. 3 pitch ons Saturday was occupied by elevens from Sargood, Son and Ewen’s and John Duthie’s warehouses, the latter team proving victorious by 24 runs. The hard, ware men succeeded in putting on 124 before they were all dismissed, Dyer, of the Rivals, being top scorer with 35. Smith (19), Gardner (IS, not out) and Wilson f 11) also played good cricket for their runs. The softgood’s eleven succeeded in reaching the centurv, F. Galloway (44), H. Upham (21) and Disher (11) being the principal scorers. E. Duthie, of the hardware eleven, dis. tingnished himself by dismissing A. Blaoklock, the well-known Midland player, by a brilliant catch in the long-field after he had scored a single. Disher and Salmon bowled well for Sargood’s, Dyer and Waters sharing the bowling honours for Duthie’B. The Thorndon-Midland match, which was to have been played on Saturday, did not come off, the latter being unable to get an eleven. The Thorndon men, however, were not to be denied, as a match was arranged with the Roseneath Club, at whose bands they suffered defeat by 24 runs on the first innings, the scores being—Roseneath, 54 (Jones 19, Page IS i ; Thorndon, 30, Wiggins (7) being top scorer. The Rival-Petone match, which was to have boen played on Saturday, did not come off, owing to the adverse weather that prevailed.

The Rival-Midland heat for the Junior competition was concluded last night week at the Basin Reserve. The Rivals, who had nine wickets down for 80, only succeeded in adding four when Ellis was bowled by a trimmer from C. Taylor. The innings thus closed for 84, leaving the Midlands victors by 18 runs. The following are the full scores :—Rivals, first innings—Lash, b U. Taylor, 4; Fowler, b Wyatt, 16 ; Dyer, b Wyatt, 0 ; Marryatt, b H. Taylor, 24; Parsons, b C. Taylor, 0; Lnckie, b C. Taylor, 12 ; Luxford, c Turner, b Easton, 12 ; Thompson, b C. Taylor, 0 j Ellis, b C. Taylor, 4 ; Oswin, not out, 9 ; Gormley, b C. Taylor, 0 ; extras, 3 ; total, 84. Bowling analysis—C. Taylor, 20 overs, 3 maidens, 27 runs, 6 wickets; Wyatt, 13 overs, 1 madden, 26 rnns, 2 wickets ; Easton, 3 overs, 1 maiden, 5 runs, 1 wicket ; Turner, 4 overs, 1 maiden, 8 runs; H.

Taylor, 5 overs, 1 maiden, II runs, 1 wicket;; Hutchings, 2 overs, 4 runs.

Fitzslmons Bowling. Balts. Mdns, ... 126 1 Runs. 73 Wkfcs 3 Upharn ... 30 0 14 0 RiohardBon ... 94 1 63 6 Salmon ... 24 1 16 1 Tucker ... 12 1 13 0