PREMIERSHIP COMPETITIONS.

NZ Truth, Issue 352, 23 March 1912, Page 3

PREMIERSHIP COMPETITIONS.

LAST SATURDAY'S GAMES.

WELLINGTON

Central, 259 for 7 (declared) v. East A. 82 and .179 for 4. Soilth, 182 and 23 for 0 wickets v. North, 67 and 137. Victoria College, 103 and 126 v. Petone, 106 and 67. East B, 143. and 183 v. Hutt, 125. Wellingtoh cricket crept on one more lap on Saturday last to its pain- . aul and lingering death, which will take place m ahout fourteen days. By a peculiar bit of bad luck for East A. Central beat 'em bad and the position is now "as you were, have it over again." "Which they, accordingly will do -before the, winter sets m and Use muddied oaf makes heel marks on the .-delicate turf of the Basin Reserve. ,And the sooner the quicker. ' The usual numher. of, paying people turned up 'to see the .sport. One can pount them now on paying days and pick out the spot, where each chiap sits. They're always , the same. -Anyway, East-Central was the game that took' tlie attention of the multitude, and the same didn't . get much, for pkying to see it. Of course, it was a good thing for Central, 149 for 6 after the first day, I but that was hardly any reason wny the other chap should have, gone to pieces. Beechey once more came out of his • shell and dealt it. ouifc to all and sundry bowlers that East could produce, with the result that all said bowlers immediately dropped their tails, and howled rot. The smiter continued to--121, and by, that time things looked pretty safe. Therefore the closure. ■Hickson made a braye effort to keep ■w ith the hi tting<. solicitor, but had no chance. Still, .his ' 36 was good goods, and his go with Beechey liveried . things up fine. Grimmett, who was- going to be the real thing m googlies, or something like it a week or two back, got belted to the tune of 0 for 75. Extras numbered only 24, which equalled third on the score sheet. » East A's second strike to avoid a ! cne innings defeat and temporary wiping out, looked pretty .rotten, at the start, but pulled through all right before the gong went. , ILen Tucker and Miller Gibbes stopped, the rot, and the old crack played a bit like- the way he can play and would .play if he'd take it more se'ricatciy. His 88 was a fairly dashing at- ' ■'.fcr/pt with some good and a devil of a lot. of bad strokes in ' it. But he got »3ure, and that's the main point. (/iibbes looked like getting about 7:400, but had the bad luck to be ran •mil' at 34., " • Midlane, with 32 not out, assisted >ith the salvage. Robinson got 3 wickets for 49 (and the rest shall -be. nameless). This chap has whole heaps of criefket up his t/leeve, and will make a goody. All heinsr well, this ds-gument will bo ' spumed to-day (Saturday). • - Wellingtoh North took it again, this f.lme from South. I It was just the thing m dreary, disjnal displays that we're used to. North are quite hopeless, and tbe sooner the players can drop the district scheme and creep back into the old "'club system the better. They're not blindly shook on the present system. Anyway, same district cricket without local grounds m each district-. Is* a fcbl. ' • North had 33 for 4 when they started the second day, and finished m the pavilion with G7, which was a hug-_. performance, and should be tagged. . Phillips was the one bright shiner . m the show . with 22 m the first, innings. South bowlers divided the spoil pretty evenly. • ■ / ■ f s North did just twice as well m their second deal,, and Pinlayson's 53 deserves a lot of mention. o'Sullivan'_3 little 2.7 was also useful. The verdict was i 0 wickets. . By their defeat of Petone, College ran into third place m. the competition, their grand total of 229 being a heap too much for the Geartown team. Dcmpsey (62) made nearly all the runs for -College at .their second help:ng. The rest had no time for ■ absolutely "nunn." Saunders and Dickson, with five wickets apiece, easily made Petone believe that crick&t wasn't their long/ .suit, so they got out of it quick, and will probably do better with the jersey hoisted m 'a week or so. . After looking as if they had. a. good chance, Hutt went under to < East B. It didn't matter very much which way it went. Not even the players were keen on the. game, except a few of the winners m the second hit — Hughes 49,' Willis 33 and Tom Hales 27 keeping their ends up m great style. Seven Hutt men bowled with more or 'less -success- (mostly less).