CRICKET.

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12394, 13 March 1926, Page 17

CRICKET.

B. J. Kortlang, in scoring 110 not out for. Thornton against Old Boys f”a|st Saturday, , batted in masterly ashion. The ex-Victorian pulled, hooked, drove and cut all round tne wicket and proved that on occasions he can put on runs at an-exhilarating rate. He found the boundary on no less than eighteen occasions. Behind the sticks Kortlang also gave a brilliant display, prettily snapping up a couple of Old Boy’s batsmen, Ronaldson and Bailey olf Ell. * * * * Warno also hatted solidly, contributing 42 not out, and assisted Kortlang to rattle on 158 for the third wicket. 1 •»* , * J. R, La-mason, possibly the most promising all-rounder playing in Wellington cricket this season, has been transferred to Nelson. • * • * Lamason has scored a couple of centuries for Y.M.O.A. this season, and showed great batting- form against the Auckland touring team ‘at New Year. The Y.M.O.A. colt is also quite a good medium pace trundler and a brilliant man m the field. On / his Wellington form he should gain a place in the Nelson representative eleven. The veterah, Tattersall’s consistently line performances behind the sticks, have' played no mean part in the outi standing Success achieved by Hutt this I season. The fact was exemplified against Y.M.O.A. last Saturday, when Tattersall stumped both H. R.. White and Browne off McGirr’s fastish deliv«rier». ■ Throughout the the veteran has rarely missed the slightest chance of snapping up or of stumping an opposing, batsman. As an opening batsman he has, also shown consistently good form. To have gone clean through the season without losing a single match is a record that Hutt may well he' proud of The premiership winners have played i eight senior championship matches this season, and with the exception of. against Wellington, - when Beaxd just knocked off the runs required to win with only a minute or two to spare, have won decisively on each occasion. With. 3B points Hu" have romped home with the premiership, Wellington being runners-up with 17' points. Quite considerable interest is . centred in the meeting of the two elevens picked by Mr Ken Tucker,ln the match between tbe four leading senior teams and the remaining six teams, commencing at tbe Basin Reserve this afternoon. - - # •• Either of the sides selected by Mr Tucker would do credit to Wellington, os a representative eleven, and their clashing should result in bright and interesting cricket' being witnessed.'.' „ - It is pleasing to note that the sole selector has included in Hie eleven drawn'from the remainmgjsux teams, no less than seven colts,,James and Barclay (Old Boys), Hollings and, Levs ('Varsity), and Dempster, Banks and Massey (Institute) D. C. Collins j (Old Boys), Brice qnd FinUyson (Petbne). and B. J. Kortlang (Thomdon) supply the experience necessary to the. side. * * "Hiddleston and Badcock (Wellington), McGirr, Tattersall, Bernd. Watsdn (Hutt). and Patrick (Midland). and Westbrook and H. Murphy . (Y.M.C.A.), have .beta chosen to represent the/elejrenpickqd from the four premiership leaders, and the side is a'strong all-round comoination, -compnsi&g. experienced flayers. , . . . . ' '

The -match therefore resolves unto test between Experience and Youth, and for this reason alone should prove of decided interest.