DUNEDIN NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 334, 18 November 1911, Page 3

DUNEDIN NOTES.

Matches were continued, m the fir s st round on Saturday last m weather which could have stood a lot; of improvement fr6m the clerk, rMr Paulin. There were short 'but heavy showers, and the wickets consequently were slow. Things brightened up some m the second innings, Albion v. Dunedin. but it was a slight flash m the pan caused by the nice batting of Stephens. This" party compiled a handy 67, when he /was unfortunate enough to get put l.b.w. Still his exhibition was a, good one. Latham and Wilkie gave -Eh ings a hand along with 31 and 28 respectively; but afterwards it was practically a procession. Still, the total was good enough to let Dunedin score a four point one wicket" victory. - . ' Albion went all to pieces m its second innings, and could only put on 72 for 10 wickets, Wallis. being absent. Bennie was the only party of note, and his score reached the giddy total .of 25. Eckhold's bowling was m fine working order, and was the main cause of Albion's< short stay at the stumps. / The veteran got a nice swerve on which accounted for 7 wickets for 39. Latham was m good going order also, and collected 2 for 10. For Albion Davis* collared 8 for. 81, and was thei only bowler out of , four worth mentioning. Carisbrook B got . home by 44 runs from .Grange after a very ..mixed and ordinary game. Continuing their second innings, tbey could only, got together another 93, whilst Grange's second innings resulted m a still more modest 60. H. C. Watson was the best performer for the B team, with a score

of 39, and Ramsdcn came next with 24. The bowling of Ogg and Graham was .too solid, the former party collecting Ramsden and Austin, two of the best bats for ten runs. Grange's second innings was a pror cession pure and simple, the top score being 10 made by Hollyman ; balance was made up of sevens and sixes and fowl fruit. Aloo's bowling accounted for most of the damage, collecting 6 wickets for 30. Ramsden got the balance of «_ for 20. ' / Carisbrook A won on the first innings from.' the champions, Opoho, by 96 runs. Going for their second innings Carisbroook rattled up a comforting 103 for 6 wickets, but between the rain and other things Opoho never got a chance to get a second innings. Carisbrook's scores, were of the modest variety, Hopkins, beirig the star performer with 39. /"Watson and Seidiberg could only come to light with eleven each, and Adams got outed for . five and, these ' being gone, the game lost interest. Opoho's bowling analysis looks funny, being mostly made up of singles. Callaway, got two for 21, then Eckhoff one for 43, Casey one .for 20, and Ingram one for 3 runs. Taking it all round, the first round has been a very tame affair, both from the point/ of view of ithe players as wbll as the specta- ' tors, and a miserable Saturday to : finish up with made this scribe reeikon that he didn't care if he never saw a match again. Most followers' of the gane found that they had an appointment with a man about a dog, variously named "Snifter," "Pint," "Bowl," and ''Taste"— all classic and of good pedigree.