CRICKET

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7974, 4 December 1911, Page 4

CRICKET

SENIOR MATCHES SOUTH DEFEATS EAST B. VICTORIA COLLEGE LOSES TO EAST A. an exciting finish For half-an-honr on Saturday cricket at the Basin Reserve was interestingoven exciting. That half-hour was the time in which Laws and Keys, supported by a wideawake field, strove hard to displace the East B batsmen who blocked nervously and cautiously. East 1? wanted i 24 to gain a three-point win and they had to' keep at the wickets for an hour and ton minutes to win on the first innings. It certainly appeared as it they would accomplish the latter task —at least it was certain until Wagstaff went out first ball. Even then a victory was tolerably sure, but as the minutes dragged ou to half-past six the certainty dwindled away. At half-past six the betting was even, and then the odds began to favour South’s chance of a three-point win. Keys and Laws, not forgetting the field, did the task assigned them, and gained for South a three-point win when the chances at the commencement of play pointed rather to a defeat. But for this bright half-hour, play in the Reserve was dull—persuing tne very even tenor that has for seasons been the way of cricket in Wellington. The batsmen batted in the way tiiat Wellington has grown accustomed to; though banning for a brief period was so inconsiderato as to cause a disturbance by knocking the East A bowling about. He oven went so far as to tyit Hickey over the fence for six. Though the wickets were good there was no other striking innings. Hast A had little difficulty in recording a three-point win over Victoria College. SOUTH v. BAST B. Up to half-past five the South-East B match was not even mildly exciting. Laws, Walters, Patrick and Grace made fairly good scores, and the last-named batsman showed some pretty strokes. One ball ho sent over tho band rotunda and the next he skied—to Mason, who dropped it. Nash did some serviceable bowling and took two wickets in succession. -At half-past five with seven wickets down for 185, South’s innings was declared closed, leaving *tho aggregate score at 316. As East B made 193 in their first turn at tho wickets. South had to get their opponents out for less than 124, and do it in seventy minutes, or suffer defeat. East began with disaster, for Wagstaft was l.b.w. to Fenton for tho first ball of tho innings. Hutchings took his place, but tho score had only reached 10 when Goldfinch was dismissed, caught by Fenton, oil Patrick. Then the batsmen became cautions and stonewalled. Seven successive maidens were recorded, and Grace took tho ball from Patrick to bowl maidens also. Patrick in his third over caught Mason for one. Laws then took the hall and Hutchings’ wicket fell. In laws’ next over O'Shea sent one hard into the hands of Patrick at mid-on. At this time Laws’ average read: 2 overs, 2 maidens, 2 wickets. Keys was the next change bowler tried. Bates lifted one of his to J. Johnson, but tho fieldsman dropped it. A single was scored off Laws’ third over and a two oft his fourth. In his fifth he clean-bowled Collett. From then- on there was a procession of batsmen to and from the pavilion. Wills went in and the field spread out. The batsman hit 10 in throe strokes and rhen jilayed over a ball from Keys. Hales succeeded him and the field remained -wide, but only for a minute, for the first ball went to Patrick at mid-on and ho hold it. Keys had taken two wickets in succession when tho last man, Hornby, went to the crease. There was only time for one more over and Nash played very cautiously, but Laws tempted him and ho lifted tho fourth ball to 0. Johnson at mid-off. South were loudly cheered as they left tho field. They had played well, and. by good bowling and smart fielding, gained tho victory. Had East B been unsportsmanlike they might have taken tlieir minutes of grace and won, but they preferred to play the game and lose. South won by 83 runs. The wickets in the respective innings fell ns follow: —East B, first innings: 1 for 39, 2 for 60, 3 for 105, 4 for 115, 5 for 116, 6 for 157, 7 for 175. 8 for 176, 9 for 182. all out for 193; second innings: 1 for 0,2 for 10, 3 for 12, 4 for 18, 5 for 22, 6 for 29, 7 for 32, 8 for 40, 9 for 40, all out for 40. South, second innings: 1 for 54, 2 for 75, 3 for 86, 4 for 165, 5 for 178, 6 for 178, 7 for 185. Following are details:— SOUTH.—First Innings. 131 Second Innings. Laws, o O’Shea, b Hutchings 24 Walters, o Hutchings, b Hales 37 Patrick, c Collett, b Hutchings 48 Fonton, b Hutchings 7 Grace, b Nash 47 Burton, b Nash 4 0. Johnson, b Nash 0 J. Johnson, not out 4 Ward, not out 0 Extras 14 Total for seven wickets (declared) 185 Aggregate 316 Bowling Analysis.

EAST B.—First Innings. Wagstaff, b Patrick 23 O’Shea, o and b Patrick 53 Wills, c Walters, b Laws 15 Goldfinch, b Grace 28 Mason, b Patrick .' 5 Collett, c Schmoll, b Grace 1 Hutchings, b Pcnton 23 Nash, b Fenton ..; 14 Halos, b Patrick G Bates, c 0. Johnson, b Patrick 10 Hornby, not out 2 Extras 2 Total 193 Bowling Analysis.

Second, Innings. Wagstaff, Ibw, b Fenton 0 Goldfinch, c Fenton, b Patrick 10 Hutchings, b Laws 6 Mason, c and b Patrick 1 Collett, b Laws 4 O’Shea, o Patrick, b Laws 3 Bates, o Ward, b Keys 5 Wills, b Keys •• 10 Nash, o 0. Johnson, b Laws 0 Hales, c Patrick, b Keys 0 iornbv. not out 0 Extras • 1 Total Aggregate 2"3 Bowling Analysis.

EAST A v. VICTORIA COLLEGE. With six wickets down for 351 on the first day’s play East A declared their

innings closed, and sent College in again. They might well do so, for College, up against the bowling of Hickey and Gibbes, had a first innings score of only 32 to their discredit. Hut though College opened their second innings badly, they closed with a record less disastrous than that of the previous Saturday. Tanning gained 43 in quick time with hard hitting. One ball of Hickey's ho lifted over tho fence for six. He made one or two uppish strokes, but gave no good chances. In the end ho was run out as the result of a smart return from Tucker. Burbidge also came to light, and, with Dempsey for a partner, put on 28 for tho last wicket. East A won by an innings and 29 runs. Tho wickets foil as follow: —Victoria College: Second innings—--1 for 12, 2 for 17, 3 for 20, 4 for 73, 5 for 102, C for 110, 7 for 126. 8 for 158, 9 for 162, all out for 190. Detailed scores follow: — EAST A. First innings declared close with six wickets down for 251. VICTORIA COLLEGE. First innings - 32 Second Innings. Caddick, b Hickey 3 Miller, b Hickey 13 Griffiths, b Gibbos 3 Dickson, c Howe, b Gibbes 13 Fanning, run out 43 Boroudsen, b McGirr 17 Burbidge, not out 32 Salmond, c McGirr, b Grimmott ...... 13 Stainton, b Gibbes 14 Saunders, b Hickey 0 Dempsey, o Bowles, b Hickey 13 Extras • 20 Total 190 Aggregate 222 Bowling Analysis.

PETONE v. CENTRAL. Central secured a three-point win from Petone, having five wickets to spare when the Petone total was passed. Barber (Petone) and Eob nson (Central) were top scorers with 61 runs each. PETONE. First innings 133 Second Innings. Dalgleish, b Robinson 23 Bennett, Ibw, b Bragge 1 Nunn, b Hickson, 9 Barber, b HicKSon 61 Brice, b Beechy " Cornell, b Hicnson 1° McKenzie, c and b Blamires 2 Hardham, c and b Hickson a Southgate, not out o .Smith, c and b Blamires ; 6 M.tchell, c and b Blamires o Extras “ i Total 1™ Bowling Analysis.

CENTRAL. First innings Second Innings. Blamires, b Brico 20 Robinson, b Brico “i Little, b Brice J! Wilkinson, o and b Brice ° Beechy, c Brice b Bennett * Patterson, not out ° Braggs; not out “ Extras _ Total for 5 wickets 115

NORTH v. HUTT. Climie and Judd, who were not out from last week, took up the running on Saturday, Judd did not last long, out Climio made a good scoie; in iac;t, the tail of Butt made quite a decent stand, and finished up ono run behind North. Several times they only ran 3, where anyone else would have got 4. Luckie s bowling was good, and went a long way towards their win. North's second innings yielded 207 (Crombie 83, Blacklock 45) Blacklock was in fine hitting form, and got 19 off four balls. Buckie threw his wickot away. With about halt an hour to go Hutt had no chance of getting the score, and the match is a two-point win for North by one run. HUTT. First Innings. Isherwood, b Buckie 7 Pringle, b Buckie 3 Staples, b hinlayson 0 Aldersley, b Buckie j G. Judd, b Buckie 13 W. Pringle, b Bi.iokie 0 Turner, b Buckie 8 Climio, b Buckie 31 Simpson, b Buckie 10 E. Judd, c Crombie, b Buckie 13 Matthews, not out 11 . Extras T<|tal 131 Bowling analysis:—Buckie, 9 for 48; Finlayson. 1 for 27; Muldoon, 0 for 32; Sheridan, 0 for 2. NORTH. First Innings 132 Second Innings. Sheridan, o Climie, b Isherwood 12 Wynyard, b E Judd 0 Crombio, b Judd Phillips, c and b Judd O’Sullivau, b Pringlo 10 "Windley, b Judd 6 Wilson, b Judd 0 Blacklock, c and b Judd 45 Buckie, thrown out 1 Muldoon, not out 13 Finlayson, absent ■ 0 Extras H Total 207 Bowling analysis:—Pringle, 1 for 67; E Judd. 6 for 51; Matthews. 0 for 30; Isherwood, 1 for 18; G. Judd, 0 for 24. HUTT. Second Innings. W. Pringle, c Wilson, b Sheridan ... 5 , Turner, c Wilson, b Sheridan 6 ; Aldersley, not out 18 Extras 5 Total for two wickets 34 . Bowling analysis:—Sheridan, 2 for 9; Buckie, U for 20. JUNIOR MATCHES Central gained an innings victory over South. In their first innings Central made 215 (.Coona lot), Mitchell 23, Carman 30). South compiled 83 in tlieir first. innings (Pickering 20, Ryan 19), and 126 in their second (Pickering 61, naigh 33). Selwyn A (41 and 118 for five wickets) beat Thorndon A (91 and 66) by five wicaets. Buck 30, .Murphy 15, Bradley 26 not out, and Jefiries 21 not out, batted 1 best for Selwyn, and Mclntyre 4 for 33, Burns 5 for 52, Ilopaius 5 for 22, and Buck 2 for 20, bowled best for Selwyn. Thorndon B (115 and 15 lor 1) beat Selwyn B (57 and 72) by nine wickets. Watkins 21, Corlett 11—ll, Murray 10, Paton 28, Mcßeod 11, and liuxford 12, batted best for Selwyn, and Corlett 6 lor 15, Paton. 3 for 17, bowled best. Playing against Victoria College, Catholic Club made 214 (Warne 79, Thomas 28, Sheehan 25, Moran 20) and 49 for five wickets. College mode 171 and 153 (Atmore 53, Broad 28, Martin 20, Duncan 20). The club won by 43 runs on its first innings. For the winners. Knapp (6 for 30) and Warne (4 for 46), and for the losers Bruce (6 for 54) bowled Hutt (120 and 171) defeated Y.M.C.A, (59 and 144) by 88 runs. The chief scorers were:—Hutt)—Pilcher 31 and 48,

Harris 31, Everton 23; Y.M.C.A.—-Plant 29, Murphy 49 not out, Attnoave 04. THIRD CLASS Catholic Club, 185 for six (Carruthers 103 not out, Kyan 19, Cameron 12, ViatEOU 12), beat Hetone 128 (Key 2<. Hold 23 McEarlaue 21, Whitley 19, Ryan 13 uot out). lor tho winners Colemanl took 4 for IC, Laybourn 2 lor 12, and Carruthers 3 for 3». . . . Templars secured a three-point win against Central, winning by an uuuugs and 27 runs- Templars first innings realised ItW for live declared (Itvau G 9, Ulenkuisop 3i, Lambert IS uot out, Dooley 13)- Uyau and Dleiikinsop added 80 for the fourth wicket. Central retaliated with 04 and <7. lor ■ the winners Bleukinsoii t 5 for 30), Dooley t 3 for 23 runs) bowica well St David’s defeated North by 14 runs. The*latter team made 100, Ragan {&>) being tho chief scorer- for the winners Wilson took three wickets tor 11 rims and Dowell three for 33. Of St. T>ivid’« score of U 4, Robinson made 31 not out, Powell 22, McConnell 14, and Ureeu 32. Pagan howled best for North, fArmtf three wickets lor 12. p’tonc B \145) defeated Wellington College (82). BOYS' LExVGTJB. Senior Grade. Trinity beat Telegraph by 17 rnuo. Best scores lor Trinity—B. Hornblow 15. Philing 13, Dates 13, Shannon. 15, bhand 11; for Telegraph—Peterson 14, Durrant 13, Pearuuui 12. Christophesou 10. YM O A beat Donald McLean i'.M. by an‘innings and, 99 runs. Dcst scores for Y M.O.A. —Watson 88, Henderson 33, Adair 24 Aitkeu 14, Baker 16, Undge 13, Mardoii 13 not out: for Donald McLean— Christophesou 20, Lister 27, Hedges 12, Maudersou 35-19. Junior Grade. 1 Y M.C.A. beat Trinity by 39 runs. Scorers for T.M.C.A.—Hicks 13-20, Smaey 12; ior Trinity—Hollis 21, Elion 10. Murist Brouiers beat Mount Cook. Vacuum Oil Company defeated tho "Tillies" eleven at jveluurne Park on Saturday. Owing to the second innings ot each team being uncompleted, the game was taken on tne first innings. Batting first, Vacuum Company's team compiled 95 runs (Earnsliaw 44, and Ashton 13) tho "Times” first innings closing wmi the total at 79 runs (Hewitt not out 20, Bailey ISJ and Gerard 13). _ Teams representing A. E. Kernot and Sanders Bins, met at Kelburne Park, the Cornier winning by eight wickets. Kernot's compiled 107 and 69 for two wicl:ets, and Sanders Bros. 32 and 140. Siium 75 C Midlano 40, Miair 19, were the chief scorers for Hornet's, and C. Murray 56, Thompson 29, S. Murray 31, Monk 21; for Sanders Bros. In tho bowling, ; Leddy captured eight wickets for 45, Mair 6 for 20 Midlano 2 for 25, for the winners; and Kohinson G for 37, C. Murray 2 for 22, for tho losers. GAMES ELSEWHERE SPECIAI, TO THE “ TIMES.” MASTEETON, December 3. _ Tho Wairarapa Cricket Association s fixtures were continued ou Saturday afternoon in fine weather and on good wickets. In the senior contest at Masterton between tlio Carterton and Masterton elevens the latter batted first and made 231. Tom Jordan, an ex-Welling-ton Old Boys' player, made 89 by capital batting, which included ten fours; Essen put together 40, Waters 28 not out. Perry 17, Logan 17, and Itedraond 11. In the bowling Feed took 3 wickets for 68, Penwick 2 for 47, McKenzie 2 for 49, Williams 1 for 9. At tho drawing of stumps Carterton had lost ono wicket for 34, Smart not out 13, Fenwick not out 13. In the junior championship. Masterton (42 and 56) beat Carlton (56 and 23). For Masterton, Thompson took 7 wickets for 11 runs in the second innings,, while for ■ Carlton B; Welch took 3 for 1 and 4 for 19, Temple 3 for 20 and 5 for 18, and C. Welch 3 for 12.

Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Halos 0 61 1 Nash ........ 1 24 3 Hutchings .. u 2 61 3 Bates .... 5 0 13 0 Collett .... 3 0 9 0

Fenton Overs. Mdns. Rune. Wkts. Patrick 19 2 82 5 Laws 7 3 35 1 Grace 7 0 23 2 Keys 4 1 9 0 Burton. 1 3 0

Kenton Overs, 8 6 Mdns. Kune. Wits'. 5 7 1 4 9 2 i 2 5 0 7 3 10 4 Keys 1 4 8 3

Hickoy .1 Overs. Mdns. 16 2 Runs. Wkts. 52 4 Gibbes 3 56 3 Grimmott . 8 2 30 1 McGirr 1 32 i

Overs. M-dns. Runs. Wkts. Braggo 0 50 1 UicKson ... Robinson .. 4 1 11 1 Guliett 4 0 21 1 Biajuires ... 6i

Bowling Analysis. Overs. Mans, -Kuns. WKts. Brice . . 9 1 3G 4 McKenzie .... 2 0 13 Barber .... .. 1 0 13 Bennett ... 7 0 45