CRICKET.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1247, 23 January 1896, Page 28

CRICKET.

FIXTURES. The following fixtures have been drawn : SENIORS. January 18th and 25th —Wellington v. Phoenix, No. 1 ; Midland v. Rival, No. 2. February Ist and Bth—Phoenix v. Rival, No. 1; Wellington v. Midland, No. 2. THIRD-CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP. January 18 and 25 —Rival v. Karori, at Karori; Wesley v. Phoenix,at Kilbirnie ; Petone v. Excelsior, at Petone; Johnsonville v. Kilbirnie, at Johnsonville; Wellington v. Thorndon, at College Ground. JUNIOR CRICKET ASSOCIATION. The following is the result of the drawings for the second round in the competition for Mr A. Hoby’s trophy : January 25 —St. John’s v. Kaiwarra, No. 1; Thorndon v. Kilbirnie, No. 2; Times v. Painters, No. 3. February I—Kaiwarra1 —Kaiwarra v. Painters, No. 1 ; Vivian v. Thorndon, No. 2; St. John’s v. Kilbirnie, No. 3. February B—Kilbirnie8 —Kilbirnie v. Kaiwarra, No. 1; Vivians v. Times, No. 2 ; Painters v. Thorndon, No. 3. February 15 —Vivian v. Painters, No. 1; Times v. St. John’s. No. 2; Kaiwarra v. Thorndon, No. 3. MANAWATU CRICKET UNION. ! January 25 —Birmingham v. Palmerston, at Feilding ; Sanson v. Carnarvon, at Carnarvon' February I—Palmerston1 —Palmerston v. Sanson, at Feilding. February B—Birmingham v. Colyton, at Colyton ; Pohangina v. Carnarvon, at Feilding. February 15 —Feilding v. Palmerston, at Feilding. February 22 —Palmerston v. Pohangina; Colyton v. Carnarvon, at Feilding. PHCENIX v. MIDLAND. The Phoenix-Midland heat for the Senior Championship was concluded last Thursday, and resulted in a win for the _ former by 34 runs, their first victory in Senior Championship matches for the last two and a half years, and it is needlesis to say that it was a very popular win, both their opponents and friends heartily congratulating them on it. K. Tucker and Pauling, the not out men, resumed batting, and Tucker’s innings was by far the best he has played this season. The Midland’s inning 3 closed for 231, and they are entitled to the greater credit for the excellent fight they made under circumstances the reverse of favourable. The fielding of the winners was not all that could be desired, several easy chances being dropped in the field. Page kept wickets well considering the fact that this is his first season as a senior player. The following are the scores : Midland. —Second Innings. Upham, b Millward 3 Fitzsimons, b Millward ... ... ••• 5 [ Warren, c Roberts, b Millward ... ... 10 R. Blacklock, c Page, b Webb 14 Williams, c Millward, b Benbow 51 S. Tucker, b Webb ... ... ... 33 K. Tucker, c Stevens, b Millward... ... 51 Pauling, b Chisholm..'. ... ... ••• 12 Nicholls, c Millward, b Chisholm 0 Lash, run out 29 Smith, not out... ... ... ... ... 6 Extras, byes, 9; leg byes, 8 17 Total 231 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Balls. Mdns. Runs. Wilts.

The return match between the Permanent Artillery and the United Tradesmen’s first eleven was played on the Basin Reserve yesterday week, when, as on the former occasion, victory declared for the Artillery, but on this occasion by 96 runs. The Trades- | men were the first to bat, the first three •wickets falling for 7 runs, but Bell, by vigorous hitting, brought the score up to a decent total, his contribution to the 63 being 31. The Artillerymen hit out lustily from the start, and put up a total of 159 before the last wicket fell. No less than five men entered double figures, Jones (30), Pauling (25), Key (17), O’Malley (35, including a 6) and’ Sawle (not out, 21, including a 9). For the victors, Pauling secured three wickets for 1 run ; Duff, four for 27 ; and O’Malley, two for 29.’ Thawley, five for 51 ; Kirkland, two for 16*' and Newell, one for 22, were the mcrft successful trundlers of the defeated team. The final match for the Dixon Cup, concluded yesterday week when Tfirkcaldie and Stains defeated the Thorndon Onen Club by 4 wickets and 7 runs. The following are the scores of each innings Thorndon Open, 77 and 48 ; Ivirkcaldie and Stains 67 and 65 for six wickets. Collins and Kirkcaldie were the two principal scorers for the latter team, they making 22 and 20 respectively. For the winners, Martin and Collins bowled with good eftect, as did Ingram and Birch for the losers. After the final match for the Dixon Cup a anixed team of drapers played the United , i olovati. The TrflflQsmciX-

drapers responding with 151 for seven wickets. A match between the Jewellers’ team and an eleven captained by Mr Pearson was played on the Basin Reserve last week, the former winning by 68 runs. Pearson’s team scored 91, and the Jewellers 159 (K. Tucker 51). The match between the Waiwetu and Te Aro House Clubs last week resumed in a decided victory for the former. With six wickets down for 97 the Waiwetus declared their innmngs closed, Puketapu being responsible for 31 ; Jounnax, 28 ; W. Pringle, IS; and W. Russell, 11, not out. The Te Aro House innings totalled 88—McGuire, 21; Butler, 17; Lawrence and Turner, 11 each. Smith and Shelly, for Te Aro House, and Puketapu, for Waiwetu, obtained the best bowling averages. Afternoon tea was provided by the ladies of Te Aro House, and in the evening the teams dine 1 at the Trocadero, where a first-rate spread was provided by Mr Price. Songs and recitations helped to pass a very pleasant evening. The piano used was lent by Mr G. F. Parsons. A drizzling rain fell on Saturday afternoon at the time at which the Senior Championship matches should have been commenced, and as there were no signs of the weather improving, it was decided to postpone the matches until next {Saturday. The juniors, however, were moro enthusiastic, and the Excelsiors and Wesleys decided to risk pneumonia and rheumatism, &c., and proceeded with their heat for the Junior Championship. The Excelsiors continued their first innings, which closed for 295, A. Staples carrying his bat through the innings for the fine score of 182. He gave three chances, but on the whole he played excellent cricket, his legglancing being really first class. He was heartily applauded all over the ground at the conclusion of the innings, and several of his comrades carried him off the field. This is the highest individual score ever made on the ground. The Wesleys in their second innings made 96, the same number that they scored in their first attempt, and were, therefore, beaten by an innings and 103 runs. The Junior Cup match Petone v. Kilbirnie was advanced another stage on Saturday at Petone. The first innings of the visitors closed for 159, of which Bell made 35, Savage 30, Mowbray 26 (not out), Kelling 24, Topp 13, Drummond 10, and Trevor 9. The Petone bowlers were handicapped by the rain, the best averages being—Piclien, three for 47 ; Arnold, one for 18 ; and Cook, one for 15. In their first innings, Petone, batting without Picken and Hinchcliffe, scored 38, Wynyard (captain), with 16 (net out), being the only “ double.” The home team followed on, and had lost one wicket for 13 at call of time. Alf. Topp, five for 15, and W. Thompson, one for 3, bowled best for Kilbirnie. The match will be continued next Saturday.

Kaiwarra won their match against the N.Z. Times Club by default. The Vivians defeated Kilbirnie third by one wicket and 116 runs. Scores made as follows : Kilbirnie, 56 (Churchill, 8). Vivian, 172 for nine wickets (Quee, 45 ; H. Da-vis, 41 ; Miller, not out, 21 ; C. Godber, 16; Fraser, 14). H. Godber and Hart, for the winners, and Hansen, for the losers, bowled best. The Rival-Karori match for the Thirdclass Championship was begun at Karori on Saturday, and at present the advantage is with the country team, who replied to the Rival soore of 110 (Murray, 18; Henderson, 33; Port, 34;) with 117 for eight wickets, Hill making 25; W. Dasent, 24 ; C. Dasent, 15 ; Lowe, 13, and Spiers, 12. For Karori, Spiers, a good bowler, took seven wickets for 41, while for the town players, F. and F. J. McNeill bowled well. Liddle, of the Rival team, while taking the ball from the field had the misfortune to break one of the fingers of his left hand. The match St. John’s v. Painters was won by St. John’s by 12 runs. St John’s scored 71 (Drummond, 17 ; Hilton, 16, and Stitt, 12;), and the Painters scored 59 (Lamb, 25). Stitt and Young, for the winners, and McCullock, for the losers, bowled well.

SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES. ! I By "-001.” Batting. The following are the first twenty-five in the Senior Championship batting averages, revised up to Wednesday, January 22nd, 1896

Mill ward ... 132 4 66 4 Stevens ... 72 2 30 0 Webb ... 81 2 36 2 Benbow ... 96 3 37 1 Obisholm ... 93 1 41 2 Harris ... 6 0 2 0 The following are the batting and bowling averages of the New South Wales team: — BATTING. O 'P .j Cj CO jjj to to-S -5 g) Name. S c-S go -g.g S a © fcXj es a g o a o 2 * H o g s HP3 L. 0. Poidevin 8 1 64 286 40-85 D. Noonan ... 9 3 57 213 35.5 S. E. Walford 9 0 122 203 22.55 S. T. Callaway 7 0 86 142 20.28 A. J. Purnes3 6 2 43 # 74 18.5 T. L. Cobcroft 10 1 85*= 160 17.77 F. Eidge 6 0 46 98 16.33 F. Wade ... 10 1 40* 145 16.11 F. Burton ... 7 2 30 78 15.6 M. Shea ... 7 1 25 90 15 D. G. Pryor ... 10 0 35 136 13.6 JB. Hume ... 8 1 3b* 88 12.57 not out. BOWLING. No. Balls. Euns. Wkts. Avr. S. T. Callaway ... 1209 369 40 9.22 D. Noonan ... 946 829 20 16.45 E. Hume ... ... 1238 381 17 22.41 M. Shea 271 99 4 24.75 F. Wade 132 68 2 34 T. L. Coboroft ... 154 77 2 38.5 F. Eidge 84 25 0 L. O. S. Poidevin 24 6 0

ft ■+* ci & CJ 1 o to G to P r-p Total Runs Batsman. d-| ,§° S B-g 3 -4-* * Vi P O P o g o 5zi < A. Blacklock 2 0 53 75 75 37-5 R. Gore 6 1 87 87 166 33-2 Waters 4 2 31 32 56 280 R. Blaokloek 6 0 69 69 164 273 Howard 7 0 56 62 1*1 259 Holdsbip 7 1 42 63 155 25-8 , Benbow 7 0 76 86 179 25'5 j S. J. Tucker 7 1 33 49 118 19-6 Williams 6 0 51 75 119 19.6 Warren 7 0 63 63 131 18'7 Fuller 7 1 69 72 107 17’8 Fitzsimona 6 1 38* 38 88 176 O’Sullivan 7 0 44 44 110 17T Howell 5 0 32 32 85 17'0 Cross 6 0 38 50 95 15'8 Askbolt 7 2 52* 53 79 15.8 1 Upham 0 0 37 37 91 1ST Drydon 7 1 25 35 91 15 T K. Tucker 5 0 51 52 86 14‘3 Naughton 8 1 54 68 99 14'1 Burton 7 0 47 49 98 14'0 Roberts 8 0 24 36 108 13-5 Holdsworth 5 1 17* 22 49 12'2 Ogier 5 1 28 40 48 12-0 Strange 6 1 24 40 55 11.0 * Not out. Bowling. Following' are the first dozen in the Senior Championship bowling averages, revised up to Wednesday , January 22nd , 1896 r O o o m a CO <u 6 IP tO W m ci k—< M % > < Ashbolt 750 27 277 31 8'9 . Upkam 846 32 308 34 90 i K. Tucker 10G 3 54 6 90 Bethune 408 19 139 14 9-9 Harris 27 0 20 2 10.0 Holdsworth 104 4 44 4 ll'O Crawfurd 295 5 174 13 11-3 i Millward 154 6 71 6 11.8 Fitzsimons 621 26 239 20 11-9 Holdship Stevens 370 9 12 12.3 108 2 . 13-0