CRICKET

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7980, 11 December 1911, Page 7

CRICKET

SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP .PARTICULARS OF SATURDAY'S MATCHES. GOOD BATTING BY NORTH. Desnito the rain of the morning the wickets at the Basin Reserve on Saturday were in good condition and fairly fast. The most notable feature of the play was the good scoring put up by North and tire complete breakdown of the East A bowling, which, up to the present, has proved too good for the average Wellington batsman. Phillips and Blacklock started the hitting and, before the day was ended, the excellent averages of Hickey and Gibbcs had been lorn to pieces, and tho East bowling changes practically exhausted. Playing against Central, South went down for 12(1. Central, with four wickets to fall, have already passed this total. NORTH v. EAST A. North batted first and, at tho start, looked as if they were going to hand their scalps meekly to the bowlers from East. Richardson played Gibbes on to his wicket when his score was one, and Wynyard, after ho had hit three singles, fell to tho samo bowler. O’Sullivan speedily followed Richardson's bad example, though ho got IS runs first. It was not until Phillips and Blacklock joined partnership that any really good batting was seen. Blacklock. who, on tho previous Saturdays, had saved his side against Ilutt, made his first appearance on tho Basin Reserve this season and soon showed that he had lost none of his old skill. Hickey and Gibbcs ho hit all round tho wicket, with, clean and masterly strokes. Phillips did likewise. Blaoklock’s innings was a treat to watch. K was practically chanceless; a hot return to Gibbes being almost tho only faulty stroke made. Phillips gave a chanco to Nash when his score stood at ■ls. His fall was most unfortunate and rather extraordinary. A bill from Nash had gone past the batsman and lodged in tho wicketkeeper’s pad. Thinking tho ball had passed the wicketkeeper, Phillips started to leave tho crease and was neatly stumped by Hpwq. It was, a moot point whether ho was run out or stumped; but ho was out anyway. The partnership had yielded 111 runs, compiled in a little less than an hour and a half. Blacklock fell a few minutes later, caught in tho long-field by Grimmett. Some of tho spectators doubted whether the catch was taken over the boundary, but tho umpire decided that it was not. Finlayson, Sheridan and Findlay in turn took up the running and they also hit out at tho bowling. Finlayson, at 43, was let off easily by the wicketkeeper. His partnership with Windloy yielded 55 in twen-ty-fivo minutes. Altogether North made 276, their wickets failing as follow: 1 for 1,2 for 11, 3 for 11, 1 for 35, S for 51 6 for 163, 7 for 163, 8 for 218, 9 for 229, all out for 276. At a quarter to six East went in to bat and at the call of time had 82 runs to their credit without the fall of a wicket. Detailed scores follow • NORTH. —First Innings. Richardson, b Gibbes 1 Wynyard, b Gibbes 3 Crombio, o Tucker, b Hickey 10 o-SuUivan, b. QibW 18 Boddington, b Hickey 8 Phillips, st Howe, b Nash 18 Blacklock, ® Grimm elf, b Nash 60 Windley, Ibw, b Hidkey' .‘..if Finlayson, b Hickey 49 Sheridan, not nut 32 Findlay, b Hickson ”0 Hxtres , 15 Total 276

EAST A.—First Innings. Bowies, not out 31 Hickson, not out 39 Extras . a Total for no wickets 82 Bowling Analysis.

SOUTH v. CENTRAL. The South-Central game was very dull. South wont out easily for 126, Laws and X’atnok being the only batsmen to make any sort of stand. Blamires took a couplo of good catches for Central, and Pate-son did, well behind tho wickets. The South wickets fell as follow; —1 for 9. 2 for €6, 3 for 78, 1 for S 3, 5 for 90, G for 92, 7 for 95, 8 for 108, 9 for 121,' all out for 12S, Central batting, at first, was not much better than that of their opponents, but Beechy is now in with GO to his credit and every prospect of adding more. Blamires went cut for two, being dismissed as tho result of a fine catch by Ward. Central wickets have fallen as followl for 13, 2 for 19, 3 for 21, 1 for 21, 5 for 60, 6 for 108. Detailed scores follow:

-. SOUTH.—First Innings. Daws, o Beechy, b Braggo 39 Walters, run out 2 Patrick, o Blamires, b Braggo 21 Fenton, run out 6 Qrace, c ami b Braggo 1 Burton, e Naughton, b Hickson 7 Ward, o Paterson, b Braggo '1 Johnson, o Blamires, b Braggo ... 1 1. Johnson, st Paterson, b Braggs ... 7 hoys, not out 13 Sohmoll, o Eohingon, b Hickson 0 Extras 23

CENTRAL —First Innings. Laughton, Ibw, b Fenton 14 3iroh, b Patrick 3 Jlamires, c Ward, b Patrick 2 lobinson, b Patrick 1 Vilkinson, b Laws 11 Jeechy, not out C 5 Attle, c Patrick, b Fenton 15 Jraggo, not out 2 Extras 17 Total for six -wickets i 128

HUTT v. VICTORIA COLLEGE, Although the wicket was damp for the Cutt-Victoria College match, tho suu soon ried it up and it played better os the fternoon wore on. Hutt batted first and emptied 200; five of tho batsmen made

quite a decent stand. College, when stumps Tvero drawn, had lost lour wickets lor 38 runs. Details are as follow •. —

HUTT—First Innings. Lshorwood, c Bcrendson, b Dempsey ... 0 A, Pringle, c Bcrendson, b Atmoro ... 11 Staples, c Atmoro, b Dickson 39 E. Jucld, b Dempsey ... 33 Aldcrsiy. c Atmoro, b Griffiths 31 Climio, Ibw, b Griffiths 37 W. Pringle, run out ‘l3 Turner, o Caddick, b Dempsey lu Matthews, c and b Dempsey 0 E. .Jiuld, c Griffiths, b Dickson It Simpson, not out *3 Extras 13 Total 200 Bowling Anatysis.—Dempsey, 4 wickets for 44 runs; Dickson, 2 for 34; Atmoro. 1 for 22; Cuddick, 0 for 29; Griffiths, 2 for 11. COLLEGE—First Innings. Salmoud, c Turner, b Pringlo 0 Atmoro, b Pringle H Dempsey, c Judd, b Pringle 0 Griffiths, b E. Judd 20 Miller, not out 3 Burbidge, not out 7 Total for 4 wickets 3S Bowling Analysis.—Pringle, 3 wickets for 30 runs; Judd, 1 for 7; Matthews, 0 for 1. PETONE v. EAST B. East B batted first against Pctono on the suburbanites’ ground, but they could do little with Brice’s deliveries, being all

out—excepting due of the eleven who failed to ax>pear—for 101 runs. Petone, thanks to Brice, put on 189 before their innings closed. Brice’s score of 78 was tho only respectable one in tho match. He hit two 6’s and ten As, and also gave the best bowling performance, taking 5 wickets for runs. The following are the scores:— EAST B—First Innings. O’Shea, b Bennett 2 Collett, b Brice 29 Hutchings, o and b Brice 27 Johnston, o Southgate, b Barber 1 Mason, b Brice 3 Smith, b Brice 4 Wagstaffc, c Southgate, b Brico H Bates, c Cornell, b Barber 7 Hales, not out 1 3 Extras 7 | Total 101 Bowling Analysis. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Brioo 17 2 56 5 Barber 11.3 6 19 3 Bennett 5 0 19 1 PETONE—First Innings. Dalgleish, st, b Hales 6 Cornell, c substitute, b Hutchings ... 17 Nunn, o substitute, b Hutchings 19 Barber, b Hales 1/ Brice, c ami b Smith 78 Bennett, b Hales 5 McKenzie, Ibw. b Johnson 8 Hardham. b Johnson 9 Taplin, b Smith 13 Southgate, o Smith, b Johnson 0 Smith, not out 6 Extras 12 Total 189 Bowling Analysis.

REPRESENTATIVE MATCHES TRIAL TEAMS SELECTED. Arrangements have been completed by the management committee of tho Wellington Cricket' Association for representative inatphes at Wellington with

Hawke's Bay on Saturday, December 23rcl, and Monday, OHriatmas Day; and with Canterbury ou December 30th, 1911; January Ist' and 2nd, 1913. Ae chiuppidnship 1 mgtehep wilt be postponed dn Saturday; 'next owing to the Basin }ieSffvo VsiPSf, JRSjiagf} by athletic ‘gporfs bodies, it has been decided to. hojd a trial match ■ between two'equal teanjs fi-em which' tho eldyeu to' rqeet Hfawhe'e Bay will lie selected. 1 Tho {fame, will pi'filjalfly bp played ou tVelUn'gfbh Col-, lego ground. ll'Ufl following have been chosen by the selectors, Messrs Blacklock. Blamiree and Tucker, to play In the trial match :A teanr —Beeohy, Brico) Gibbes, Grace, Hickey, Laiys, Naughton, Patrick, Phillips, Schmoll, Staples; B team Baker’, Berendsan, Blaruires, Bowles, Cvoinbie, Finlaysoa, Benton, Findlay, Bittlo, Mahony, Saunders, Bmorgduciea Birch (batsman), Qrimmett (bowler).

JUNIOR GAMES. Playing against East, Catholic Club compiled IG9 (Leydon 40 not out, Knapp 43. McGrath 32). East responded >vith 73 (Watson 33 not out, Clark 10). the former Knapp (5 for 31) and Toms (3 for 33), and for the latter McCardlo (4 for 51) bowled best.

THIRD-CLASS. Templars defeated Petono B by 71 runs on the first innings. Templars, with 145 for seven wickets, declared. (Dooley 40, Eyan 21, Sauvoriu 12, Lambert 10 not out, Boyd 10 not out, Farrell 10, Creswell 13). Petono B made 74 and 80 . for seven, wickets. Boyd 15 for 29) bowled .veil for the winners. North 73 (Pagan 22, Hunter 14 not out, O’Sullivan 10) beat Catholic Club 33 (Bradley 24 not out). For the winners O’Sullivan took 3 for 13 and Berry 3 for 2Q, while for the losers Cameron (5 for 34) and Layburu (3 for 43) did best. HOUSE MATCHES. Whitecombe and Tombs, at Ntdvtown Park on Saturday, defeated the "Now Zealand Times" on the first innings by

93 runs, the scores being 149 runs against 56. For the winners Wotherell (83), Hanratty (23), Davis (11) and Mcttuiro (10) were the principal rungetters. For the “‘Times” Falks (22 not out) and Gayford (12) were the only doubly figure scorers. When stumps were drawn “Times” in their second innings had no wickets down for 60 runs (Edmiston 38 and Gayford 14). Wetherell and Davis bowled best for Whitcombe's and Balks (6 wickets for 40 runs) for the losers. A match between, teams from the Wellington Cooperage and Bos Factory and the Phoenix Aerated Waters Factory resulted in l a win for tho fonnor by au innings and four runs. The winners scored 112 runs (Gardiner 37, Basset 18, HelliweU 11). The losers made 59 and 49 (Schultz 34, C. Hugo 31, X. Hugo 11). HelliweU took six wickets, Bassett four, Chirnsido and Donaldson three each and Andrew’s one, and for the losers Lyons took four, Schultz three, Hugo two and Simmonds one.

MATCHES ELSEWHERE PRESS ASSOCIATION. CHRISTCHURCH. December 9. The weather was fine for to-days grade matches, and the wickets were fast and plumb, . West Christchurch, with a first innings deficit of 127, against St. Albans, made 208 in their second attempt, Lusk batting brilliantly for <o, and bourne getting 37 by attractive cricket. St. Albans made the 82 required to win with tho loss of ono wicket. Crawshaw showing his best form this season for 50, not out. . . . Biccarton. had a first innings lead of 104 against East Christchurch, and tho lastmentioned, following on, mado 247, W. Carleton (professional) batting very solidly for 75, whilst Eosshall, who is showing exceptional batting form this season, made 50 in good stylo. Biccarton failed to get East Christchurch out a

second lime, and thus "won on tho first innings. Kiccarton, in their t*ocoad innings, male 92 for seven wickets. Harper (•19) being 1 the top scorer.

Liuwood, who had totalled 160 on tho previous Saturday, were completely outplayed by Sydenham, who scored 263, Bruges (.80), -Windsor (63), and Hayes (41), all playing excellent cricket. Linwood, in their sccon.l innings could only total 76, and thus were beaten by an innings and 27 runs. In tho second grade, Hickmott (Christchurch Boys’ High School) made 12S, this being his fourth century during tho present season. AUCKLAND, December 10. Tho fourth series of esenior cricket matches opened yesterday. .The weather at first was good, but after play had started showers of rain fell, making the bail greasy, tho wickets sticky and the outfield heavy. Eden made 323 for five wickets against University, Homus making 84. Taylor 68 not out, Brooke-Smith 67, Mills 37. In the Parnell-North Shore match Parnell’s first innings realised 231 runs, and stumps were then drawn owing to rain. Extras yielded 54, and Sutherland was top sqprer with 46 not out. Grafton gave a dull display batting against Ponsonby, tho afternoon’s play ending in 17-1 fife sis wickets {Mason 49, Ward 37); GAMES ABANDONED. TEESS ASSOCIATION. DUNEDIN, December 9. Owing to the sodden state of the grounds ail local cricket had to he abandoned to-day.

Hickey . Bowling Analysis. Overs. Meins. Buns, "Wkts. s. 17 1 07 4 Gibbes .... 2 GO 3 Grimmett 6 1 10 0 MoGtirp . 6 0 23 0 Baker .... 0 29 0 Nash 6 0 27 Hickson . 4 0 4 1

Findlay Overs. Aldus. Runs. "Wkts. Q 23 0 i'inlayson ... 0 17 0 Windley ... 3 0 1G 0 Sheridan ... 0 11 0 Boddington 0 . 6 0

Total Llott Bowling Analysis. Overs. Ildus. Euns. IVkts. 0 mires D ggo •• G kson 6.2 1 19 2 insoa -1 U 12 0

Bowling Analysis. Overs 3tldns. Runs. Wkts. Patrick 3 46 3 Fenton .. 13 6 20 Laws 9 1 26 1 Grace 0 11 0 Burton .. 0 8 0

Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wklt. Hales 13 3 4fl 3 Kutciiiuga .. a i is 2 Johnson 13 1 43 3 Bates 0 Smith 4.3 0 11