CRICKET

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10206, 17 February 1919, Page 7

CRICKET

SATURDAY'S MATCHES

j BIG SCORING AT THE BASIN. | FOUR CENTURY PARTNERSHIPS' I REGISTERED. I Saturday's matches were played Tn beautiful cricketing weather. The fine weather attracted n large number of people to the Basin Reserve, and the wickets were in first-class order. For the first timo this season the. threo senior matches were played on tho Basin. The Old Boys' eleven "put up" 508 for the lass of seven wickets. This included three century partnerships and 180 scored bv Tucker. It is the highest scoro made by any team this season. HUTT v. OLD BOYS. In this match Old Boys opened with the bat, and stayed in all the afternoon, making n total of 508 runs for seven wickets. Beechy and Lambert opened, and tilings were looking well for a long partnership, when Beechy was bowled try Stiles. The next man, Ronaldson, joined Lambert, and the pair made 127 runs between them, Lambert making most of the runs. He was run out when his scoro was 09. His splendid innings brought out all tho batting[qualities of. .the Old Boys' skipper. During his stay at the wickets he made eighteen 4's and one 6. Tucker joined Ronaldson at the wickets, but soon after tho latter was caught by Thirkell. Binnie was the next man. He played steadily, but had the misfortune to ho run out when at 22. The partnership between' Tucker and Binnie realised 101 runs. Harris filled the gap at the J wickets, and made 30 before he "skied"' ono to Thirkell. Knowlcs-Smith followed on, and rdayed a very attractive innings of 33." He and ' Tucker, who had by this time reached his century, made 116 runs between them. At the call of time Tucker was still unbeaten, and had scored 180 runs. His exhibition . of hatting was the best given on the Basin for'somo time. He played his strokes well, and scored all round the wicket. Though it is about seventeen vears ago since Warner, the English captain, said that Tucker and Reese (of Canterbury) were' the two best batsmen in New Zealand, "Old Ken" can still keep up his reputation. , The details of the scoring are as fol- | low : ' OLD BOYS.—First Innings. Beechey, b Stiles 17 Lambert, run out ■•■ :2 Ronaldson, c Thirkell, b Naughton 4o Tucker, not out ; I°°, Binnie, run out Marris, c Thirkell, b Aldersley ... 30 Knowles-S'mith,- c Thirkell, b Aldersley f* W. Findlay, b Stiles 23 Birch, not out J** Extras , ; _^ Total for seven -wickets 50 8 Bowling Analysis.—Aldersley took one.wicket for 130 runs; Stiles, two for 105; Baumber, none for 80; Langsford, ,-,nne for 24- Naughton. none tor 3; Hughes none for 61; Thirkell, none for NORTH 'VV RETURNED SOLDIERS. In the "match iNottii v. Returned Soldiers, the returned men went in first and compiled 210. -Patrick made a useful 61 for the soldiers: He p ayed a forcing bat, and hit'hard at time*. Allardyce gave a. pretty display of batting while getting his 20. Thomas played some good cricket before being caught.by.Crombie f0r..37. North followed on with their innings, and had two wickets down for 233 runs at the call of time. Middleton, who made 129 runs, was unbeaten when v stumps were drawn. His partnership with Patrick realised JoJ, which was the biggest recorded on Saturday. He and Brice, of Petone, are Wellington's hardest hitters, and Miadloton kept up his reputation last week. The details of the scoring are as follow: RETURNED SOLDIERS.—Ist Innings Allardyce, c Wagstaffe, b Patrick 2d Roberts, c Middleton, b Patrick ... 5 Champness, b Patrick 0 Praine, b' Windley ' Patrick, st Paterson, b Patrick ... 61 Thomas, c Crombie, b Wilson ...... 37 Miller, c Wagstaffe, b Wilson 20 Pringle, lbw, b Patrick 6 Hitchard, b Windley 30 Smith, not out '..' 0 Good, c Patrick, b Windley 7 Extras • 12 Total 210 Bowling Analysis.—Patrick.took fivo wickets for 75, Middleton none, for 10, Windley three for 49, Wilson two for 27, Lewis none for 15, Eaton none for 24. • NORTH.—First Innings. Wilson, run out 10 Wagstaffe, c Champness, b Miller S Middleton, not out •• 120 Patrick, c Smith, b Good 76 Baton, not out ti Extras 7 Total 233 Bowling Analysis.—Miller took one wicket for 52 runs, Thomas none for

41, Allardyce none for 48, Good one for 44, Smith none for 21. EAST~vr"PETONE. In the match East v. Pctone, the latter batted first and made 289 runs. Tho East fielding was poor, and as a result many catches were missed which proved expensive. "Sixer" Brice signalised his return to cricket, after an absence through an injury, by "knocking up" 30 runs for Petone. Smvrke mado 91 not out. Ho batted weli, but should have been caught in the early stages of his innings. Hamilton notched a useful 35. Most of his runs were made through tho medium of a leg glide. North have one wicket down for 69. Baker, who is not out for 39, may yet prove dangerous to the Petone men. The details of the .scoring are as follow: PETONE.—First Innings. Doneghue, c Condliffo, b McGirr 19 A. Cate, c Condliffe, b McGirr ... 3 Brice, c Baker, b McGirr 30 Nirolls, b McGirr IV Findlayson, b McGirr 31 Smyrke, not out ....." 91 Fanning, c Dwyer, b Dind 26 Hamilton, b Baker .....' 39 Calleghan, c Schrader, b Baker ... 0 Thomas, b Fenton' 0 Stephans, b Fenton 11 Extras 32 Total 289 Bowling Analysis.—McGirr took five wickets for 88 runs, Dind one for 20, Fenton two for 69, Hutchings none for 64, Baker two.for 16. EAST.—First Innings. Baker, not out 39 Dind, b Finlaysou 8 Schrader, not out 18 Extras 4 Total 0 y JUNIOR. CHAMPIONSHIP. North batted first against Thorndon, but could make little headway against the bowling, being all out for 62 (Shaw not out 12, Wright 11). Hylton (53) and Salmon (21), opening for Thorndon, took the score past North's total before being separated, the side being all out-for 173. other scorers being Waine (25), Moore (17), Humphries (lo), Murphy (12), Elliott (10). The bowling was done by Waine (four for 34), Elliott (three for 21), Plant (one for 1), for Thorndon, and Spencer (five for 27), Manson (two for 35), and Ward (two for 37) for North Marist v. University.—University, in their first innings made 154 and in tho second three wickets are down for 71. Scorers: Ward 4 , Duncan 29 and 25, Lusk 31 and 25 not out, Morton 13, and Barker 12. Marist collapsed in their first innings, scoring 59 {Wilton 25 and Carruthers 11). Bowling for Marist, Lennon captured five wickets for 25, Hayden two for 11, Carruthers. two for 37, and O'Donovan two for 41For University, Duncan seven wickets for 21, and Morton three for 2, were I the bowlers. Ordnance and Hutt met at Lower Hutt on Saturday. Hutt . made 101 (Lockett 43, Aldersley 19, Glennie 11), in their first innings, and have lost two wickets in their second for 90 runs, Patton being 42 not out and Aldersley 25 not out. Ordnance compiled 79 in their first innings (Granger 31, Battorsby 10, Taylor 10). Hill's Pioeworks, playing against Baso Records on tho Basin Reserve, batted all the afternoon for 446 (H. Murphy 177, R. Murphy 78, C. Murphy 48, Love 48, Mcßay 37, V. Harris 30' making the runs. THIRD-CLASS. lb a ' third-class game between. St. Patrick's College and Hutt, at Lower Hutt, the Collegians secured a threepoint win by an inings and 54 runs. 'St. Patrick's made 137 (Gamble 18. Columb 51, Johnson 31) and Hutt 66 (Elliott 15, Matthews 12, Burt 14). In their second innings, Hutt were disposed of for 10 runs. .