CRICKET.

New Zealand Times, Volume LVII, Issue 2414, 21 January 1895, Page 2

CRICKET.

5 ■ *— ' ’• 1 SEMiOE CHAMPIONSHIP: 3 ___ ■’ HOLDSHIP SCQEES 127 (NOT OUT). • Beautiful weather prevailed on Saturday last, when the contests in the second round of the Senior Championship were resumed * on the Basin Eeserve. There was a large attendance of spectators, the Midlandi Eival h out commanding the greatest share of I public attention. Seeing that the weather 1 was all that a batsman, should wish for, and the wicket in good order, the batting of both teams cannot be described as anything but extremely disappointing. Both teams had an innings each; and the Eivals also lost five wickets in their , second ’ innings, and only two men reached double > figures, and between them they scored 59 runs of the 187 scored off the . bat. Had it not been for the brisk and lively . play oh No. 2 wicket there would have been some justifi, cation 1 for the. spectators having a nap during one stage of the game. The bowling was certainly good on both sides, , and, in the case of the Midlands especially, the fielding also, but this should not account for such a poor display from senior batsmen. The batting was bad, and the judgment of the batsmen worse, i'ivo men were run out, and a return to the right end by Gamble would have added still another to the list. As the game stands now the Eivals are almost hopelessly out of it, and unless they show improvement next Saturday the Midlands will add another innings victory to thoir record. The play in the Wellington-Phosnix heat, on No. 2 wicket, was in marked contrast to that in the other-match. In one case the bowlers beat the batsmen, and in the other the beat the , bowlers, and the latter was certainly very much more entertaining for the spectators. The Wellingtons ran up the fine score of 264 for nine wickets. Their success should effectually dispel the idea that ("the. Wellingtons can’t baton No. 2.” Other teams can play well there, and why not they ? The Wellingtons had a day out, and Holdship seems to have had some spiritual indication of this, for, ho told a friend that ho was going to " win the toss and make a hundred himself,” and both prophecies were fulfilled. The Wellington captain’s innings was a very fine display; of free and graceful cricket. He played from the start as if he was full , of runs, every stroke being made with confidence and ease. It is true that he should have been caught in the slips when he had made 31, but that was the only distinct chance in his long innings, which has not yet closed. When he bad made 79 he was seized with cramp in one of . his hands and had to retire. He continued his innings, however, after another of his comrades had lost his wicket.' It took hini a long time to make those precious 21 runs, but at last a Phoenix fieldsman failed to stop a cut, and. his innings had reached three figures, which was the signal for a great outburst of genuine and hearty applause ; from the players and spectators all over ■ the field. Centuries in {Cup matches are like angels’ visits. Moorhonso was one of the first to reach three figures, when . he scored 107 | for the Phoenix against the Midlanders j in 1889. Morioe, another member of the I Phoenix Club, in a match against the ■ Eivals, also topped the century. Hpham, in 1893,. scored 102 (not out) against the Phoenix. Probably ill Incfc alone prevented E. Blacklock from adding his name to the little list of century-getters in the still unfinished Phoenix- Midland heat. Hoenan's 146 against Hawke’s Bay in 1887 and A. Blaoklock’s 106 against the Christchurch Midlands at Christmas,, are ' the oniy other three-figure scores by Wellington players in matches of importance. Some attention was also : given to the play in the Junior Cup match between the Excelsiors and Eivals, jn which A. Staples and Parsons, of the former club, knocked up 100 for the first wicket before they were separated. Descriptions of the games follow ■ KSniißD V. EIVAL. There was joy in the Eival camp when the spin of the coin favoured Jones, but the joy was shortlived. The innings began disastrously. Cross and Dryden, as usual, started the innings, and after a bye had been scored; Drydon drove one from Pitzsimons hard to the off, and the batsmen attempted a run. Naughton, one of (

the St. Patrick’s College boys, who was abiding in place of B. Blacklock, stopped the ball splendidly, and-whirled it id to Williams, who whipped tho bails off, and Cross was given olit. It was a magnificent piece of work, and fully deserved a wicket, blit there is just a doubt whether Cress did apt reach the droasd in tinie. The batsman complained that he Had boon placed at a groat disadvantage through Naughtou fielding in his ordinary clothes: At jthfl reqliOSt of the Rival cftptiUll, NauShtoii left the fiflld, hud dbhried his Ordinary crio&fjtj Jfig flSSluflie. ,As.h’o oiime ip the speotatqrl warmly qpplftUded hiiii for his fine fleldipg: Dryden was Bpwled Bjr Fitzsimons iti thd latter s second over, Fuller was run out, Howard was easily caught at tho wickets, and had Upham taken a fairly easy chance in the slips off Fitzsimona five wickets would have been down for 0. The fields men Were anything hut Kind to Fittshlldhs, for in the Sanio over Nioholls badly missed Stinson. However, tho batsmen wore unable to take advantage of their escapes, and one after another followed each other hack to tho pavilioni thei innlllga .atlohgtli (dosing to* of Kliioh 23 bflly WhrO Eporeii Off. the bat; ." BlitisS "■ io was! the highest score, yphaiii; . tltnir.cd tfctuarkable average of five wickets for 10. runs, aud Fitzsimons secured the other- three at a cost of 15 runs. The fielding of the Midlc.ndors, with the exception of the mistakes referred to, was capital, a rare amount of energy being displayed. Poof as had- been tho Rivals’ batting, the Midlanders’ was very little better, and at one stage it looked very doubtful whether they Would ha Vo; HiUmU|B£, it hjdd uli Warren and A. Blacklock opened the innings and the latter ran himself out when he had made 7, tho total beiiig, 1$ Upham, who followed; returned bile Sbltly. to Dry den, Warren, after making 7 in singles, skied one to leg and was easily caught, and three were down for 17. The piay then became dreadfully slow, Drydea sending down 7 maidens in succession. The Rival bowler kept a fins length and completely stuck up the batsmen, but Haldane, at the other end, was treated too leniently. Ho sent down some sWeet leg balls to Fitsslmons which should have been sent swinging to the fencC; but tho Midlander, usually so strong on this §id6 of tiio wicket, missed them nil. The dissolution was brought about at 36 by Dryden bowling Fitzsimons, who had scored four singles. Tucker should have been run out some time before, but Gamble throw the ball to the wrong -end. Some life was temporarily put in the play by the arrival of Holdsworth, but the wily Dryden found a Weak spot when ho had mado 0, which included a beautiful off drive for 4. Holds Worth’s , display was positively refreshings Irish; who came nett, Assisted Tucker in raising the sCol’O to GQ, had the latter whs then bowled by Howard: He had shown A let of defence iff Scoria {f his 26 funs. Basil parried his total to 83 and; tliotl, ..fell a,.;Htitiifi lo Dryden; motto., several..#os M StK»lc«s .at; sHS qp r ginning of his innings, but .he improved o 3 ho. went pn, one well-timed hit to leg '.ct£ Dryden .producing --him 5., None of the others Were able. to stay, and the innings closed for 103.' R. Blaoklook, who Was unwell, went in last, and was not out. The Midlaadfers no doubt lost something by not having tbo ■ use' of liis ■ services » earlier in tho innings. " Dryden ■ took -four wickets for 39, and-Howard two’ .for 0. Of the foriher’s first 21 overs, .13 were maidens. His splendidlength was responsible for this. The Rival , batsmen had fared badly enough in the first innings, but their display was even worse in tho second. Dryden was immediately caught in tho slips by Upham, and Cross, after scoring one, lifted one from Fitzsimons into the out-field, where it was beautifully caught low down by Holdsworth. Tho' Midland , supporters yelled with delight at the early downfall of Cross. Fuller and O’Sullivan put on 11, and the Rivals wore just beginning to hope that “ Don ” would save them, as he had done so often before, when he was run out for the second time in the match. O'Sullivan put one from Fitzsimons up in the slips, and Upham, who was determined to make amends for his mistake in tho first innings, brought pit another good catch. Four for 12. Howard scored one, and was then completely - beaten by Upham. Five for 14 was the melancholy record as stumps were drawn. Messrs Aahbolt and Woods were the umpires, FolloiVing are tho scores iBifAlS—First Innings: Cfoss, riiii out .:; ... ... , 0 Dryden; b J?ifczahiioiia ... ... . ... 3 ; Fuller,runout... ... .... ... ... 0 Ramsay, b Upham ... ... 7 Howard, o Williams, b Upham ... ... 1 Stinson, b Upham ... . ... 5 O’Sullivan, b Fitzsimons .. ... ... 6 Jones, o Tucker, b Upham ... ... 0 Haldane, b Upham ... ... ... ... 0 Gamble, not out , ... ... ... ... 1 Bead, b Fitzsimons ... . ... ... ... 2 Extras ’ ... .:. ... 10 Total ... , 36 BOWIUKO AKAI.TBIS; Balls. Mdna. Bluis; Wkta. Fitzsimons .;. 63 3 15 3 UpUani... 60 . 4 Id 6 MtDbAftn;—First Innings. A; Blaoklook, run out .... 7, ■ Warren; p Gkmblo, b HaldaHo ... 7 Uphiiiri; bind b Dryden ... ... ... 1 Fitijaimdris; b Pfydoh ... - ... -:Jk Tucker, b Howard ... ... ... 26 Holdsworth, b Dryden ' ... ... ... 9 La-h, b Dryden ... ... ... ... 33 Williams, b Howard ... ■ ... ... ... 4 Nioholls, run out ... ... , ... 0 MoGirr, b Road .:. ... ... ... -8 E. Blaoklook, not out ... ... .1 Extras ... ... ... ... -8 Tofitl ::: ... ... 108 JiOWXiING ANALYSIS:

•Bowled one nb-boll;-EivAi-S.—Second’ Innings; Cross, o Holdsworth, b Fitzsinions ... i Drydon, o Upham, b Eiizsitnons ... 0 Puller, run out .... ... . ... ... 8 O’Sullivan, o Upham,"b Pitzsimons ... 3 Gamble.'not out 1 Howard, b Upham ... ... ... 1 Bead, n<st out ... ... ... 0 Totalfor five wickets ... ... 14 WELLINGTON V. HIDIANp. The Wellingtons batted' first; Holdship andAshbolt being the first to go to the wickets. When the latter bad. scored 8 runs he made a start to run, but in trying to regain his crease 1 Was - thrown out by Benbow. Izard then joined his captain, and the pair hit freely, After having made 17, Izard yVas given’out hb-W., a . decision with which he’,seemed greatly dissatisfied. His place was taken by A. Duncan, who made 16 in good style, although he once gave a very fair chance to Bennett,, which was not accepted. 0. Gore knocked up 26. by dint of vigorous hitting, befoie he was bowled by Benbow. Wood, who' improves every time he plays, played good cricket for 22, and was finally cleverly caught and bowled by Chisholm. Whitehorn, who 'still limps slightly, the result of an accident ho received some months ago,; was given out l.b.w. when ho had scored a unit. E. Gore hit freely, and quickly made the useful score of 26. Kirker was caught by Ogier before he had scored, - and when play ceased for the day, Bethuno, the last man in, had made 7 not out. The other not out man was Holdship, whoso -score stood at 127, the highest individuaT score made in senior matches this season. Ho gave an easy chance to Benbow in the slips when he had scored 31, but; after that ho completely collared the; bowling, and his hitting throughout was remarkably vigorous. He was not at the wickets all th* afternoon, a bal attack of cramp causing him to retire for a rest. . Wood replaced him for a.time, andwhenC.lGoro was bowled; Holdship again went in. Apparently the rest had done him good, for ho h]t with renewed vigour, several times sending the ball clean over the fence. His century : was brought up by a neat cut for. - 3 off Taylor, And the hoisting of the numbers was received with loud applause from the--spectators. He became considerably fagged before the close of the day's play. He- received another hearty cheer As' he {eft the field of play. The bowling of the Phoenix was not very strong. Water* in sending down some very 1 washy stuff, which was deservedly punished. ’ Chisholm, Benbow, Taylor and Webb were the most successful trundlers. The fielding of the Phfflnix was not up to.the mark, and Mullins and Bennett especially fumbled a great deal. Messrs Caygill and Guise acted as umpires. The following, are the scores:— Wellington.—First Innings. Holdship, not out ... ... ... 127 fishbolt, thrown out Benbow ... ... S Izard, 1.b.w,,- b Chisholm ... 17 A. Duncan, b Taylor... ... ... ... 16 O; Gore, b Benbow ... ... ... 26 I Wood; c and h Chisholtn . ... 22 I Whitehorn, hb.w.j b Chisholm ... 1 Judd, b Taylor ... ... .... ... 10 E.’Gore, o Taylor, b Chisholm 26 Kirker, c Ogior, b Webb . , ... ... 0 Bethuno, not out ... ... 7 Extras ... ....; .... ... . . ... 7 .Total for nine wickets■ ... ... 264

The-Kival-Excelsior heat for the Junior Cup was continued on No. $ wicket* .on the Basin Eeserve. The ; Excelsior in their second innings made; 153, A. Staples o£, S._J?arsons (44) Wyatt (12) and Martin (11) being top scorers. Staples : and Parsons scored 102 for the first wicket. ■ When play for the day concluded the Eivals in their second innings had knocked up 100 for six wickets (Baker 64, not out, Newbold 22). They now require SO runs to win the match. For the . Excelsiors Bannister (five for 26) bowled best, and

for tho Rivals Morton (eight for 38) was the moat successful. Tho match will bo continued on No. 3 wicket on Wednesday evening. The match Star first v. Kilbirnio first for tho Junior Cup was concluded on Saturday, tho Stars winning by 10 wickets. Tho Kilbirnie in their second innings scored 07, Baron (26, not out) and Dean (17) batting best. Mcßain (two for 4) and Barton, (four for 20) bowled boat for tho Stars Tho Stars, with 23 runs to win, sent in J Woybourno and Page, who knocked up tho required number between them, Pago making 14 and Weyboarno 9. The Midland-Phcenix heat for tho Junior Championship was concluded on the College ground, and resulted in a win for tho Midland team by 12 runs. Tho winners, who wore 24 runs behind on the first innings, and bad scored 22 without tho loss of a wicket in their second innings, continued, and made 94. Of this 11. 11. Taylor contributed 22 and E. Smith 12, while extras totalled 15. Wilson, with six wickets for 26, secured the best bowling average. The Phconix in their second innings scored 58, of which Ellison made 21 not out in good stylo, and Millward 10. Latta (three for 1) and C. Taylor (three for 17) bowled well. Tho total scores were —Midland, 58 and 94; Phconix, 82 and 08.

Tho Kival-Pctono heat for tho Thirdclass Championship was concluded at Karori, tho suburban club winning in an innings and 57 runs to spare. Tho Rivals’ innings closed for 94, Port showing a stubborn defence for 47, and Longmoro hit out merrily for 17. Tho Rivals batted a man short. Pickin was tho most successful bowler for the victors, who have a decided load for this contest. A team from tho Wellington Navals defeated Tustin and Godber’s team on Saturday by 17 runs. The scores were: —Navals, 57 j Godbor's, 40. By Telegraph.—Frees Association. — Copyright. Sydney, January 20. In their first innings against tho Broken Hill team, tho Englishmen scored 178— McLaren, 60; Stoddart, 55. In their second essay, Brokon Hill knocked up 102, leaving' the visitors victorious by an innings and 8 runs. Iredale denies that ho has received an offer to proceed to England. By Telegraph. —Own Correspondent, Mastbbton, January 19. The second round of the Championship cricket matches was commenced hero today, when Grey town beat Mastertou on the first innings by 45 to 31.

Halls. Mdns. Eiifls. Vfkfci Dryden* 108 14 ' 80 4 Haldane ... 78 3 29 1 Jones ... 42 2 -14 0 Howard ... . 35 *'• d 2' Bead ... v 9 o ■, 9

BOWLING ANALYSIS. Balls. Mdiis. Eun*. Whts. Taylor ... ... 120 3 56 2 Bcnbow 144 6 49 : 2 Chisholm ... 126 . 5 53 4 Roberta 63 3 . 33 0 Waters 42 ■ • 1 22 0 Barton... ... .24 2 12 0 Offior ■ .... 24 . 1 6 0 Webb ; ... ■ 78 4 - 23 1