CRICKET

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12395, 15 March 1926, Page 9

CRICKET

END-OF-SEASON MATCHES LEADERS VERSUS THE REST MODERATE SCORING The meeting of “experience” and “youth” in the opening afternoon’s play of the Leaders versus the Best match at the Basin Reserve on Saturday, occasioned a good deal of public interest. Weather conditions' were favourable and the wicket was in good order. Taking first strike, the Leaders’ strong batting side, with the exception of J. S. Hiddleston and W. A. Baker, who compiled 113 in attractive style for the opening wicket, gave a very moderate display. The last wicket fell with the. board showing 213, of which Hiddleston (65) and Baker "(51) had contributed 116. Brice and Massey bore the brunt of the attack for the Rest, and both kept well on the spot, and allowed the batsmen little liberty. Brice claimed five Victims at a cost of 71 runs, while Massey bagged four wickets for 45 runs. F. T. Badcock, D. Patrick and H. Murphy were absent from the Leaders’ side, and were replaced by H. El Burton (Wellington), Haughey (Y.M.C.A.), and Donegliue (Midland). HIDDLESTON SETS THE PACE. Winning the toss, McGirr elected to take first strike, sending Hiddleston and Baker to the wickets. Brice and Finlayson took up the attack. Double figures soon appeared on the board, but with the total just short of the 20 mark Hollings dropped a hot chance from Baker in slips. Thirty was soon hoisted, and at 34 Brice effected a double bowling change bringing on Hollings and Massey. However, the advent of the colts to the bowling wicket failed to “put the brake on” the exhilarating pace at which both batsmen were rattl'ng on runs. Hiddleston, in particular, was batting in his best and most enterprising, form. PARTNERSHIP BROKEN. The merry pace continued, and the century appeared after 80 minutes’ play. With the total at 113, Hiddleston’s dashing career came to an end, Brice clean bowling him. The retiring batsman had played a brilliant knock of 15, including nine boundary strokes. 113—1—65. Westbrook was the newcomer and opened quietly. However, with the board showing 13S, ho lost Baker, in front to a good length medium pace ball from Honings, after a solid display. 133—2—51, WICKETS BEGIN TO FALL.

McGirr joined Westbrook, but after 13 runs had been added to the total, the Y.M.C.A. man was sent back to the pavilion per medium of a uice catch in slips by Finlayson off Massey. 1463 —8. ... Tattersnll followed, but after just hoisting 150 on the board, the Hutt veteran was beaten by a good ball from Massey. 152—4—4. Burton joined McGirr, but failed to trouble the scorers. Leys was responsible for his dismissal, bolding a good catch off Massey. No wickets down for 113, bad become five wickets down for 154. . ■ McLeod was the incoming batsman. After running into double figures, McGirr met disaster, being prettily snapped up by James behind the sticks off Brice. 158—6 —12. Watson followed, hit Brice for a six missed the big Petone next delivery and was nicely stumped by James. 1667 —6.

JAMES STUMPS ANOTHER. Haughey joined McLeod and a short but quite lively partnership ensued as the result! of which 35 runs were added, and the double century hoisted. However with the total at 201, Haughey went out to a ball from Bnce, missed, and James whipped the bails off beforo the Y.M.C.A. man could get back. 201—8—15Beard followed, but with a single run added, McLeod lifted a ball from Brice to Dempster, and the Institute player made no mistake in holding a good catch. 202—9—18. Donegbue was last man, and with Beard raised the total to 213, when the Midland player returned a hall into Massey’s hands at the bowling end. Beard remained undefeated after just opening his scoring account. 213—10 7. Stumps were then drawn for the afternoon. Details: —

LEADERS. —First Innings. Baker, ibw, b Hollings 51 Hiddleston, b Brice 65 Westbrook, o Finlayson, b Massey 8 McGirr, c James, b Brice 12 Burton, c Leys, b Massey 0 Tattersall, b Massey 4 McLeod, c Dempster, b Brico 18 Watson, .std James, b Brice 6 Haughey, std James, b Brice 15 Beard, not out 8 Donqghue, c and b Massey 7 Extras 25 Total 213 Fall of wickets: —One for 113, two for 133, three for 148, four for 152, five for 154. six far 158, seven for IG6, eight for 201, nine for 202, ten for 213. Bowling aiialysis:—Brice took five wickets for 77 run®. Finlayson none for 39, Hollings one for 22, Massey four for 45, Christopherson none foT 11. THORNDON LEAVE KILBIRNIE E. ROBERTS TOP SCORER. Thorndon and Kilbirnio opened a match at Kilbirnie on Saturday. Despite the heavy rain of the previous night the wicket wps quite satisfactory. Thorndon won the toss, Phillips and Roberts opened the batting. The best score of the day was put up by E. Roberts, who made 74. Phillips made 30, and Carruthers 19. For the Kilbirnie team Eaton made 31. When the stumps were drawn Kilbirnie were three wickets down for 58 runs. The nlay will be resumed next Saturday. Detailed scores:— THORNDON. First Innings. Phillips, run out 30 E. Roberts, o Moss, h Bramley ... 71 Ayson. c Eaton, b E. Christopherson .1 8 Cnid+on, b Bramley 6 E. Foley, b Algar 17 Hvder, o Edmonds, b Bramley ... 4 L. Foley, c Algar, b V. Christopherson 11 Carruthers. b Morris 10 Rouhy, not nut 2 Gray, c E. Cfirlstoptierson, b V. Christoph"erson 1 Wame. absent 0 Extras 17 Total , 180 Bowling analysis.—V.’Christopherson, two. wickets for 14 runs; H. Algar, one

for 22; H. Bramley, three for 66; IC. Christopherson, one for 39; A. Morris, one for 31. ( Fall of wickets.—One wicket for 66 runs, two for 91, three for 104, fout for 131, five for 136, six for 149, seven for 182, eight for 182, nine for 189, ten fcr 189. KILBIRNIE. First Innings. F. Eaton, o Roberts, bE. Foley ... 81 H. Bramley, c substitute, b E. p oley 24 T. Edmonds, oE. Foley, b Souhy 0 Extras '—* 8 Total for three wickets 58 Bowling analysis.—Kyder, no wickets for 26 runs; L. Foley, none lor 11: E. Foley, two for 16; Souby, one for

POOR SCORING COMBINED TEAMS AT KELBURN HALF-CENTURY BY MACKENZIE. Bowlers beat batsmen at Kelburn Park on Saturday afternoon, and poor scoring was a feature of the match. The teams were University-Old Boys and Y.M.C.A.-Institute. The former batted first, and with the aid of a half-century by Mackenzie, could only total 175. Foley did mest damage with the ball. Poor as the effort of the opening team was, it may not mean defeat, as when stumps were drawn the other side had six wickets down for 136. 'Jniversity-Old Boys batted two men short. Details are: — UNIVERSITY—OLD BOYS. First Innings. J. Greig, c Darby, b Foley 1 H. Bailey, o sub, b Rogers 4(1 A. MoGavin, c sub, b Foley 32 A. Ronaldson, c Burt, b Foley ... 4 C. Mackenzie, run out 5i C. Arndt, not out 34 C. Patrick, 1.b.w., b Burt 0 Lusk, c Darby, b Burt 3 J. Maokay, b Foley 5 Extras 3 Total 175 Bowling: Foley four for 28, Rogers one for 45, Aitken none for 35, Monkhouse none for 19, Bilby none for 22, Burt two for 5, Darby none for 9, Rogers none for 11. INSTITUTE—Y.M.C.A. , First Innings. Aitken, run out 14 Bilby, o Lusk, b Ronaldson 32 Foley, b Ronaldson 5 Rogers, b Ronaldson 10 Condliffe. b Patrick 14 Virtue, not out 28 Burt, c Maokay, b Patrick 13 Darby, not out 14 Extras ; 0 Six wickets for 136 JUNIOr"gRADE RESULTS Junior B.—University and Y.M.C.A.. the two unbeaten teams in the Junior B championship, met on Kelburn Park ort Satariiy. ’Varsity, winning the toss, batted first, and made 20-l (Dormer 14, Evans 17, Mullins 46, Cormack 30, Love 33, Duff 30, Ha in 13, Digliton 20). Tilyard took 5 wickets, Spicer and Hayden 2 each. Y.M.C.A. lost one wicket for 5 runs (Duff one for 2). Third B.—Technical College v. Hutt. Technical College, first innings, 118 (B. Ratcliffe 31, Whittington 25, Roberts 17, T). Ratcliffe 11). Bowling for Hutt,. Morrison five for 26. Hutt, first innings, 75 (Dyer 38). Bowling for Technical College. Johnston four for 22, Cross four for 14. Technical College, second innings, three for 62 (Don Ratcliffe 20 not out, H. Bennett 19). Technical College three-point win.

Y.M.C.A. (St. Mark’s) scored a win by default from Wellesley College, the latter team failing to put in an appearance at Wakefield Park.

HAWKECUP RETAINED BY WANGANUI POVERTY BAY FAIL. Per Press Assort ation. WANGANUI, March 13. The Hawke Cup match, Poverty Bay v. Wanganui commenced yesterday afternoon at Cook’s Garden. The weather was perfect, and the wicket in fair condition. The visitors won the toss; and batted, but fa“ed to make the most of the opportunity, being disposed of for the very moderate total of 127. The only batsmen to make a stand, were Robertson (25), J. Scbo'lum (18), G. Lockett (15), and S. Reeves (14). Bernau took six wickets for 46 runs, Treadwell three for 26. Wanganui, at stumps, had. scored 68 without the loss of a wicket —Orr 38, Wood 27. The match was resumed to-day in fine weather. Wanganui continued batting, but made a poor showing, and were all out for 190. The principal scorers were Orr 42, Wood 67, Bernau 31, Cave (not out) 19, Williams 17. Ellis took six wickets fbr 57 runs. Poverty Bay, in the second innings, scored 165. J. Scholium playing faultlessly for 55. Ellis (2.5) and B. Scholium' 713) were the onTy others to reach double figures. Tn their ' second innings Wanganui lost seven wickets for 103 runs (Wood 20 Bernau 38, Cave 15, Treadwell 11). Ellis took three wickets for 32 runs. Robertson ond for 23, Lockett two for 31, and J. Scholium one for 13. Wanganui won by three wickets.

IN OTHERCENTRES NORTH SHORE PREMIERS IN AUCKLAND EDEN DEFEATED. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, March 14. Th« final matches in the Auckland senior cricket championship were played in fine .weather. North Shore succeeded iti training a two-point win oyer Eden, thus maintaining an imbeaten record for the aeaeon, ning the championship. North ohoie in the first innings .had made 314, and Eden tried to play out time in an offort to secure a draw. However, the last wicket fell at 229, with five minutes to go, leaving North Shore winners by 85 runs. Weit made 49 for Eden, and Mills 45. University secured a two-point win oyer Grafton, and Ponsonby a threepoint win over Parnell. DUNEDIN GAMES DUNEDIN, March 14. Grange beat Carisbrook yesterday hv the narrow margin of eight runs. Oil the first innings Carisbrook, who bad six down for 62 on the previous Saturday, took the score to 137 (Cameron 30, Faulks 30). McGregor took four wickets for 35 runs. Grange in their second innings, made 2.31 (A. W Alloo 96 ‘not out, Galland 4b, Knight 41?. Dickenson took five wickets for 80 runs, and Dougins four Dunedin defeated Albion by 149 runs in the first innings. The former’s first innings closed for 245 (Cherry 68, Anderson 42, Casey 37). Blair took four wickets for 50 runs. Albion, in their second innings, had lost three wickets for 72 runs (Allen 31), when slumps, were drawn. Torrance sent u£ nine overs* seven of

which were maidens, and took two wickets for three runs. WAIRARAPA FINAL (By Telegraph.—Special to “Times.”) MASTERTON, March 14. Wairarapa High School and Featlierston seniors met at the High School ground on Saturday in the final of the Wairarapa senior cricket championship. High School made 218 (Falloon 55, Bird 34, Holmwood 24, Uttley 21, Bundle 19, McClure 13, Udy 12, Dickens 11). In bowling, Tracy took three wickets for 47 runs, Boesley two for 30, Beech two for 75, Cundy. one for 43. Featherston has lost four wickets for 42 (Burt 16). OLD BOYS LEAD IN MANAWATU Per Press' Association. PALMERSTON N., March 14. By securing a four-point victory over High School on Saturday, Old Boys were assured the Manawatu senior cricket championship, although the third round is incomplete. The points to date are: Old Boys 22, Railway 181, High , School 134, R.S.A’. nil. In view of the position and the proximity of outside fixtures, there is a probability of the competition now being declared closed. FINAL ROUND -IN CANTERBURY Per Frees Association. CHRISTCHURCH, March 14. The ninth and final round of grade matches for the season commenced on Saturday, in beautiful weather. St. AI ball# had already won the championship, having come through the season to this stage unbeaten. Linwood batted first in the match with St. Albans and scored 196 by very uneven cricket. They had 140 on tor twe wickets. Kennedy’s, score of 116 was the highest individual score in grade cricket this season. Read’s score waft 40. St. Albans started badly, and had lost.six wickets for 103 when stumps were drawn. Riccarton playing Sydenham ran up 70 runs for the first’ wicket, but the remaining batsmen failed miserably, and the side was all out for 157. Cunningham put up tHe great howling performance of taking nine wickets for 70 runs. Sydenham lost six wickets for 89. The host scores for Riccarton Were: Cox 26, Gorrio 49, and for Sydenham Oliver 29. West Christchurch hatted first in the match with East Christchurch, and ran up 69 before losing tlie first wicket, and the fair total of 217 was reached, the best scores being: Blunt 33, Hayes 65, Norman 33. Bowling: McEon three wickets for 81 runs, Weston three for 24. Gregory and Brosnahan, opening for East Cliristchurch. were still unbeaten when stumns were drawn. The score then was 53. FAST austrauatTcricketers POHSFORD AND TAYLOR HIT OUT. Bv Telegraph.—Press ’ Assn.—Copyright. (Received March 14, 5.5 p.m.) PERTH, March 13. In their match against the Australian Eleven Westralia in the firstinnings made 282 (Fremantle 87, Evans 33. Harrold not out 21). Bowling,

Richaxdson took six wickets for 71 runs: Grimett, three for 88; Andrews, one for 35. Australia’s first innings realised 337 for seven i ckets (Ryder 37, Taylor 102, Ponsford 1-19). The chief feature of Westralia’s inn-' ings was Freeman“e's powerful and effective defence and Richardson’s success with the ball. Taylor and Ponsford treated the spectators to a splendid display. After starting carefully they played with the greatest freedom, racing for the century. They banged the ball to the fence among tho spectators. The partnership lasted 146 minutes and 234 runs. M.C.C. BEAT JAMAICA FIVE WICKETS"TO SPAKE, KINGSTOWN, March 13. Marylebone beat Jamaica by five wickets. Jamaica, in the first innings, made 334 (Morales 74, Rae 75, Martin 66), and in the second 12S (Scott 54). Marylebone compiled 238 in the innings (Holmes 62, Astill 44), and in the second lost five wickets for 227 (Smith 46, Holmes 62, Tennyson 42, Watson 42 not out).