SECOND GRADE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2807, 1 January 1908, Page 61

SECOND GRADE.

The match Dunedin No. 2 v. Mornington was. commenced' on December 21 on the Caledonian Ground. Dunedin, batting first, made a poor stand, all being disposed of for the small total of 3.7, flarris Q.B) alone reaching double figures. M'Farlane upheld^ hit •

. xeputatipn as a bowler, securing the fint average of 6even for 13. T. "Young (thretf '.for 15) also bowled well. Mo'rnirigton started badly, losing' four wickets- for 18, w-hen Young and Croxfofd opened out, the; fifth wicket falling at 111. The team we( disposed of for 260 runs T. Young, in cqnipiling 111 not out,, gave a ■ splendid exhibition of clean hitting, "making good strokes all round, the wicket. -He was ably\ supported i>y Croxford (38),. M'Farlane (37), and Stalker (27). Briggsand Harris bowled the best for Dunedin. T. Young has the honour of compiling the first century since the Mornington Club started. Albion put lip the good score of "202 against Roslyn at Bishqnscourjb, the principal contributors being Shelton (48), Cramond (43), Duthie (41), Strang (35), and Vorreth (12). The home team had scored 62 for ■two wickets -when time' was called (Kavanagh 22 not out, F. Anderson 18, and^C. Anderson. 17, not out. The most successful bowlers for Roslyn were F. Anderson (four for 63) and Reid (two for 20). The Grange and Opoho commenced their match at Opoho on December 21. The GrangJ compiled 99 runs in their first innings, Bond! (36 not out) and Patterson (20) batting we'll. The Opoho replied with 128, Hayden <33); Gollar (21), Webb (16), Jenkins" (15), Dunn (10),. and Munro (10. not out) reaching double figures. For the Grange Crosbie and Davidson- bowled well', and May hew (sis for 25), Dunn, and M'Donald performed" well with the 'ball: for Opoho. ; ■ THIRD GRADIE. ' ' Grange defeated Port- Chalmers, by eight wickets ana 74- runs. . Port/, batting first,, made 58, Small '(ls), Laing (10) f/ -and M'Qann,' (10 not out) batting 'well. Grange replied! with -132 for. 2^ wickets, Graham (25)", Simmonds ' (retired; '25), Galland (18 riot out), Stevens (64- not* out), found the bow* ling to their" liking. Fogarty, Jones, and Graham shared the bawling honours for Grange, while the bowling of the Port was. not of a very high order. Sykes obtained the only wicket t-hat fell. . Star No. 1 defeated Anderson's Bay by, " five- wickets arid ,27 runs. Anderson's Bay' made 59 (Reid 24 and Reekie .9).' Star, made 86. -for the loss o£ five wickets, '" W. Dow, making 36 not out, W. Higgins 17, and J. M<Neill IS. Weatherstone 'and 'Reid b<?wled! r well for the Bay, 1 while' C. Aitchison (seven, for 29) an L. 'Ahlfeld (two" 'for 24) did likewise for' Star, FOURTH^GRADE. Star defeated St. Kifda by an 'innings and 132 runs. • Star made- 88— C. -Alloo 30, J. Keilar 26, and*G. West 18. St.' Kilda xe-. plied with 15 and, 4l (Willis 15 and Rosewear 11). • For Star E. 'Aitchison (six fofl 2) and,D. M'Leod (four to* 10) bowled well; Parker and Home securing the wickete fo* St. Kilda. '. ''■ The 'match St. Kilda No. 1 v. St. Mar< *irA» resulted in a yria for the^ f9nn«r by\ 75 runs— lol to 26. C. Booth (17) batted and bowled well for the losers, whilst For<J rester (31),. Robb".* (23), Chambers (15 notout), and^A3lin' J (10) batted well, while 'Cham^ bers and Forrester - were the best of '-th^ s bowler'e for t)ie winners. - . , OTHER MATCH! • ? ,• • By. Kilba t. Obokonui. - The jrnatfth Orokpm>i Cojllege, v. St. Kild* resulted In a win for the latter by 8 runs* ' —St. K-ilda 98, ' College 90: 'For the losers Given (38), Banbury (15) and J. 'MaeonJll). batted/ well, whilst Given and BanbuTyi, bowled well, and Palmer took a sensational catch. • For the .winners Edwards (26 retired), Harvey (29), and Batting (25) battedwell,- whilst! "Edwards"&nd Harvey did alll-- } the bowling. Having partaken of a veryi enjoyable dinner Mr T. .Ashton, on behalß of the visitors, thanked the hosts for thavery enjoyable, day they had spentj and\in i reply Captain Beasley said they much ap--. ; predated the visit, and hoped that a return. 1 mateh 1 could be arranged "for in the near' future. They would always welcome any team from town,. and. .would' promise then> a good game. '"~ " . (