SENIOE CUP MATCH.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5485, 10 February 1896, Page 1

SENIOE CUP MATCH.

. . Lancaster Park. With' one wicket dowfc for 175 in the second innings, C. Eidley and Wilding ; resumed batting 1 for the Lancastrians. ; Eidley added a few more runs and was then badly run out by his partner. A. ', Eidley played very steadily, whilst Wild- . .. ing scored freely. Both were put at 248, . and at 252.0jrchard was dismissed. North , and jPowke made a good stand; exhibiting _ freecncie^ but the innings dosed' at ihe fall of the ninth; wiciet for 333, Labatt; of course, being an absentee. ' The United commenced batting in a bad light, and fared Very badly, as the score will show. Mathias executed a brilliant catch just on , the boundary, dismissing Cederwall, and • Cuff ran- Sims put by as fine a piece of fielding as has ever been seen at Hagley -. - £grk. Scores :— r • Second liOnigß. ' ■ ' H. C. Bidley, rtm ont ... ... ... 78 , '■--;:: .L. A. Cuff , c and b Simß ... ... ' -93 ' , P. WUdinft, b J>. Wood ... 51 A. E. Bidley, Ibw bD. Wood. ... ... 16 S. Orohard, b Sims ... 2 J. N. Fowke, c Sims b Fi-anldßli 20 T. H. North, st Hannan b Sims ... 26 A. Hasell, b Clark 28 ' . W. F. CederwaU, c Mathias b Sims ... 1 H. Stringer, not out ... 4 . ■' A, Iff. Labatt, absent ... 0 . Extraa ... .. ... 19 Total... ... ... ... ... 333 • Bowlino Asxlt sis. — Kitto, 96 bolls, 2 maidens, 40 runs ; FranMah, 102 balls, 13 maidens, 75 runs, 1 wicket; Wood, 114 balls, 5 maidens, 40 runs, 2 ' wicket; Sims, 126 balls, 2 maidens, 84 runs, 4 wickets; Wigley, 42 balls, 2 maidens, 11 runs ; Medlow, 24 balls. 29 rnns ; Clark, 71 balls, 2 maidens, 535 rnnß, 1 wicket. Wigley towled a wide. ■■■■ V ■■■'•." • ':' ■UNITED.' ■ •"• . "• • i First Innings... i.. ... ... ..,380 Second Innings. G. H. N. Helmore, o Hasoll b CederwaU ... v ... ... ... ... 7 A. Sifts, run ont ... ... ... ... 3 .C. E. Clark, b Wildipg. ... ... 3: B. D. Herman, not out ... ... ,„ 18 , J.T. Medlow, b"Wildiri(j ... ... ... 0 v W. C. H. Wigley.c North b Wilding ... 1C „ W. J. Cotterill, not out ... ... ... 13 ' ■/' Extras ...... ; ... ... .* 3 Total for five wickets ... ' ... 57 JUNIOR CUP MATCHES. ' . Midland v. United. — This match was continued at Hagley Park on Saturday, ■ when the former gained a, strong lead on j •■ the first innings, but the United batsmen - did far better in their second attempt, and the game may now be regarded as fairly even. Scores :— Midland 233, United 129 (T. D. Harman 32, /Vincent 24 not out, Marshall 19 and W. Harman 16), and 129 \ for three wickets (T. D. Harman 72 not out, Vincent 26 and Marshall 14). Stephenson and Barry bowled beat for the Midland. St Albans v. Stden^aiv and AddingTon.— These teams played their retrirn match on Saturday. After a close finish St Albans won by 14 runs. At the close of the first day's play the' scores •stood— St Albans 42 and Sydenham 67. St Albans in their second innings scored 106, .C. Colville 41, Forsyth 14 and Eitchie 13 being the chief contributors. West four -wickets for 6 runs and Toit four for 3!7 bowled well. Sydenham in their second innings scored 68 (Jones 38 and Tait 19). ' The bowlers for St Albans were C. Colville three wickets for 5 runs, West two for 10, Eitchie two for 25 and J. Colville two i •. for 25. .-.,: ,

PRESIDENT'S CUP MATCHES. Lancaster Pabk A Team v. Lanoasteb Park B Team.— This match was continued at Hagley Park on Saturday, and when play ceased the scores were : — B team 115 and- 166 (Irwin 41, A. and E. Steeds 28 each, Bromley 20, Tolan 19 and Weir 15) 5 A team 120 (Henderson 34, M. Steeds 23, Johnston 18, E. H. Pavitt 13 and Manning 12) and 45 for two wickets (M. Steeds 23). Pegg bowled best for the A team and : Mason and Johnston for the B team. The match will be continued this evening at 5.15. i :". ° . St Albans v. Midland No. I.— This match was brought to a conclusion at Hagley Park on Saturday, when the former • won by eight -wickets. Scores — Midland 91 and 70 (Munf ord and Barry 17 each and Manson 13), St Albans 134 and 31 for two wickets (Chapman .20 not out and Chaplin 10). Hardy, Eldridge and Chaplin divided the bowling honours for the winners. The Midland batted two men short in their second venture. .