CRICKET

New Zealand Times, Volume XLV, Issue 10450, 1 December 1919, Page 9

CRICKET

SATUHOAY'S GAMES BRICE PERFORMS THE "HAT TRICK." Tlio weather on Saturday could not bo described as ideal for cricket. A keen south wind blew and the players did not iippjur to bo comiortabio in light summer attire. Tlio batsmeu and bowlers wore in the- best i)osition to encourage the circulation of tlieir b-ood, while tiuiieidsmen reported to acrobatic feats between overs in order to pi event their umOs becoming numbed with the cold, fno spectators wore heavv winter clotiling and although there was aorue inter'.■sting play oniy a lew remained on bi various g,ounds throughout the afternoon. On account of the Basin Reserve being occupied by a. sports gathering two senior matches were played in tilt Hult Vailev and one on Kelburn Park. Thorndon and Petone tried conclusions on the IVtone oval, East and Hutt wsie pitted against each other at Lower Hutt, and North and Old Boys played at Kelburn. PJJTONE'S GOOD PERFORMANCE. A feature, of tho game between Thorndon and Petone was the bowling and batting of Brice for the local team. "Sixer" p.iiyiitl ioreeiui cricket for his score o. u'7, which included two drives for G each and eigne -i's, while he secured a bowling average that will, in a>U probability, constitute th» record for 'the season in senior cricket. Bowling against. . tlio wind Bricß accounted tor Bony, Warne, and Tilyard in three successive balls and secured the. remarkable average of eight wickets for 10 runs. .[t was a performance wort.'iy of baing placed on record, it was not the first time Brice had performed the "hat trick," as hs is credited with accomplishing it on two occasion* during an afternoon's play, while 'Uu' allowing Saturday he repeated it. Briei lias also accounted for nine wickets in an innings. Petone s last wicket added 63 runs to the total, mainly tliwugb the \ii.°tmmen taiitv of Fanning, who gave o fino exhibition of clean, vigorous and well placed drives. His score of 50. included ter boundary hits for 4 each." Gedyo, has batted consistently in "each match, uotched 39. and as the gamo stands the local players, who are leading for championship honours, should secure a three point win " Plant and Warne bowled well for Thorndon and the fielding of the team was good. Although tin. hatting tho not come up to expectations it must be remorabered that the players are young and are gaining experience and knowledge of the game, which, no doubt, will be turned to good account before the season close*. Th*> light on Saturday was bad «nd Thorndon was handicapped to a greater extent than Petone in that respect. When Thorndon's ninth wicket fell th?re was less >than two minutes left in which to play. Thomas was ab6ent, but in tho circumstances ho will bo r"< : Hod to bat next Saturday. Details follow : PETONE.—First Innings. Gedye, b Warne 3 J Dontghue, b Carruthers 1 Brice. b Warne 67 Smyik. lbw., b Plant 16 Nicholls, run out ljj Finlayson, b Plant 1" O'Douohue. b Warne 12 Cnte, lbw., b Plant - 6 lnglis, not out 9 Coles, b Plant : * Fanning, b Berry 50 Extras • 3 s Total 273 Bowling analysis.—Plant took four wickets for "9 runs, Carruthers one for 58, Warne three-for 64, and Berry one for 34. THORNDON— First Innings. Berry, b Brice £ Warne, b Brice - *J Moore, c Cate, b Brice < Tilyard, h Brice 0 Gibbons, b Brice - , ■? Carruthers, c Finlayson, b • Brice ... 5 Plant, c Finlayson, b Brice 4 Lawry, b Suiyrk n Pram, not out • 1 O'Donovan, b Brice 1, Extras ..: > • ' Nine wickets for :.. 31 Bowling Analysis.—Brice . took eight wickets for 10 runs, and Smyrk ono tor 14. EAST AGAINsThTJTT. Unless a reversal of form, is shown next Saturday, East -should obtain a two, and posuibly a three, point win in its match against Hutt: The local team batted -hrst and opened promisingly, Aldersley and Hughos, the, first batsmen, carried the score to 39 a separation was effected, but the icmainaer of tlio team, vita tho cic«i>tion of Langford and D. Naughton, u,« not give the opposing bowlera mucn trouble. Tho innings closed with -a score of 114 runs; the majority of tho wickets being obtained by McGirr and Penton. ' East, in contrast to Hutt, comment ed' its innings badly, and Baker ami Dind were sent back to the pavilion when tho ecore stood at 10. Hutching* and Schra'eder were then associated and rnns cajne fast. When 66 had been added Hutc'hings received a severe hurt 10 a finger and was compelled to retire. McGirr filled tho vacant place at tba popping crease and during twenty minutes'- batting made 42 by free all-round strokes. When play was discontinued Bast had lost three wickets for 126 runs. Scores:—. ,' HUTT.—First Inning*. Aldersley, c and b Fenton 1<) Hughes, 0 McGirr, ,b Fonton 21 Dukeson, b Fenton 0 M. Naughton, st Baker, b Hurdlings 7 Glennie, b Fenton •• '•••• < Lockett, b Hutclungs ■> Langford, b Dind M Lusty, b McGirr 0 Stiles, b McGirr * Judd, b McGirr « D. Naughton, not out !•> Uxtras -. ■ - b Total -*»*' .• l* l Bowline Analysis.—McGirr took three wickets for 26 runs, Fenton four for 22, Hutchings two for 28, and Dind one for 10. EAST.—First Innings. Baker, c Alderslfty, b Judd ..., 8 Dind, c Langford, b Aldersley & Hutching 3, retired hurt 24 Schraeder, not out 31 McGirr, not out « Extras _W Three wickets for 136 Bowling Analysis.—Judd took one wicket for 56 runs, Aldersley one for 30, Stiles none for 14, Langford none for' 12, ana M. Naughton none for 5. OLD BOYS vrNORTH. North batted first and were at the wickets most of tho afternoon. Although there-was some good scoring the bowling at all times twubled the batsmen. The Old Boys' fielding on the whole was good, but tho returns to the wicket wore sometimes erratic. This fault proved most expensive. Palorson, who made 53, played a forcing bat and hit hard at times. Wogataff (39) played a steaUy innings, and got many of his runs from nicely placed shots. 'Burton (3<5), 'Patrick (30) did a lot of hard hitting. Beechev and Lambert put on tho pads for Old Boys aud looked as if they were in to stay, but, when h,is score stood- at 15 Boechey fell foul of a full pitcher from Robinson. Stainton joined Lambert and the pair punshod Patrick and Robinson severely. Soon after tho half-cen-tury had been reached Stainton failed to

stop ono from Patrick. Mams joined Lambert and tho two batsmen played out time. Tho details ot the scoring avo as follow: NOIOTH—First Innings. Tuckwell, c Duncan, b Lambert 13 Wilson, o Lambert, b Mams ...» lo Quiun, 0 Birch, b Mams- 1 Little, c Birch, b Mams 01 - Patorson, b Tucker ;~ Burton, c Binnie, b Lambert j*> Patrick, c Knowlrs-Sinith % J Wagstaffe, b Lambert ■■■• ■>•> Robinson, run out , * Ryan, not out Crumble, b Lambert U Hxtias l J_ Total 230 Bowling analysis-—Lambert took, four wickets for 50 runs, Tucker ono ior 50, Marris -thiee for 37, Knowles-Smith one lor io, Ueechey none for 29, Duncan none , for 22. 1 OLD BOYS.—First Innings. i Beechey, b Robinson ; 15 , Lambert, not out ;•••• *9 ; Stainton, b Patrick •■" Marris, not out •• 1* Extras _^ Two wickets for HI JUNIOR CUGKET BIG SCORING 1 . Playing against Thorndon, Marist batted all tho afternoon, scoring -111 runs. Leggatt, going in seventh wicket down, played an excellent innings of 110. Demuth 55. Gaivin 51, Foreman 48, Barrett 45, Wilton 30, Reid 19, and Hopkins 12 were the other scorers. Kins three wickets for 33 and Aston four wickets for 117 bowled best for Thorndon. FOUR WICKETS FOR 369. Playing against North A. on 'Saturday, Murphy's Pipoworks made another, big score. In their first essay North A made 51 <Ward 13, Moss 10). Harris took six wickets for 34, F. Smith four wickets for 7 runs (including the hat trick). Murphy's Pinoworks have- lost four wickets for 309 runs. V. Harris made 100, W. Church 112, Keys 30, Smith 17, Erskino 51 not out, and McMiken 17 not out. BIG TEST MATCH SOUTH AFRICA v. AUSTRALIA. Australian and N.Z. Cable _Association. (Received November 30, 5.5 p.m.) CAPETOWN, November 29. In the second test match, Australians v. South Africa, the latter made 83 for four wickets. Rain stopped play. (Reuter's Teletraiu.i (Received November 30, 11.40 p.m.) CAPETOWN, November 27. South Africa in theier first innings scored 118. Australia have made 114 for two wickets. NEW SOUTH WALES v. QUEENSLAND. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright BRISBANE, Novembor 29. At inter-Stato cricket New South Walos scored 300, Kippax 93, Tozer 51. Queensland have Josl, two wickets for 00, Sheppard 54.